Roar! Roar! Roar!
The overwhelming demonic aura of the Sea King Skeleton finally showed signs of dissipating. One could clearly sense that its life force was withering away!
It wanted to retreat to the ocean behind it and escape by riding the endless currents.
But Lu Mei had already noticed.
She controlled the Order of Chaos, using the power of earth, fire, wind, and water to reconstruct Chaos itself, enveloping this vast sea region.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The goddess's graceful figure swayed gently. Above her head surged an immense expanse of gray chaotic energy, with thousands upon thousands of strands descending. Every inch of heaven and earth became hazy and indistinct, trapping the Sea King Skeleton within.
The ocean was mysteriously disappearing, leaving behind only the dry, exposed seabed.
The moment Lu Mei acted, she went for the kill.
In one move, she drained all the seawater along the nearby coast. Coupled with the distorted space created by the Order of Chaos, the Sea King Skeleton had no chance of escape and could no longer regenerate through water.
Having received Lu Jun's guidance through voice transmission, she had long since grasped her enemy's weakness.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Moon Moth Phoenix spread its six wings.
A surging tide of moonlight flooded the void, carrying destructive energy that ravaged everything and tore space apart.
The Sea King Skeleton could not move at all and could only endure the bombardment.
Its mighty body shattered inch by inch as a look of despair appeared on its face.
"Wonderful! The Sea King Skeleton is about to die!"
Everyone was overjoyed.
Even Ding Yumian inside the Pearl Tower revealed a delighted smile.
"Sister Lu Mei has become so powerful."
At that moment, however, Lu Mei, standing at the center of the battlefield, suddenly heard an extremely strange sound coming from the distant ocean.
At this instant, the heavens and earth over Pudong, Magic City, suddenly froze.
The expressions of everyone present froze as well.
At the distant horizon above the sea, a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky came sweeping over.
It was entirely formed from the entire sea itself, as though the ocean had gained a life of its own and stretched out a heaven-shattering claw!
The ocean had truly transformed into a single claw, boundless and vast as the sky itself.
It covered the heavens above Lu Mei and the Moon Moth Phoenix and came crashing down.
The Forbidden Curse Mages within the Oriental Pearl Tower all rose to their feet, their expressions changing drastically.
"It's here!"
With the Triangular Dimensional Mirror suspended above his head, Lu Jun spread out his spiritual power, constantly scanning the distant ocean.
Only at the moment the Emperor-level Demon moved did ripples appear on the sea's surface, exposing information and allowing him to discover where the Emperors were hiding and exactly how many had arrived.
Only then could the Nine Provinces make their decisions.
This was the significance of using Lu Mei as bait.
The Sea King Skeleton had served the same purpose to probe how many Forbidden Curse Mages Magic City possessed.
"One... two... three..."
"Hiss... a total of four Emperors!"
However, even though Lu Jun and the others had seen through the Pacific Empire's arrangements, their expressions did not improve.
A rough count revealed four Emperors.
The Dragon Ant Queen, the Jewel Shark King, the Demonic Ruins White Spider Emperor, and the Variegated Demon King.
They were all old acquaintances, all located within the Eastern Pacific region, allowing them to arrive in time and launch this invasion under the Sovereign's command.
Although Lu Jun was surprised, he did not hesitate.
With a swoosh, he shot into the heavens and instantly entered his Ascension State.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He stood beneath the sky, his eyes interwoven with sacred azure and blood-black radiance.
His body was crystal-clear and flawless as boundless vitality surged from him.
A golden palace hung within his chest and abdomen; his lungs glowed golden, a dim yellow sea of wheels floated within his abdomen, and his kidneys emanated profound darkness.
Mysterious and savage patterns spread across his body as countless layers of immortal radiance surrounded him.
Furthermore, a dazzling triangular prism floated above his head, while the Water-Avoiding Pearl and the River-Suppressing Pearl revolved around him like the sun and moon.
At this moment, his aura reached the absolute peak of his life.
He resembled an ancient divine immortal king who had stepped out from primordial times.
The gigantic sea-claw surging toward him from afar seemed insignificant in comparison.
He clenched his fist and activated Fusion Magic.
The six Transcendent Powers within his body resonated simultaneously, gathering all their might into one.
All laws became one.
Lu Jun's Fusion Magic had progressed at an astonishing rate.
He was no longer limited to fusing only two Elements together.
His mastery had reached perfection.
Even all eight Elements could now be fused into one.
His sturdy physique could withstand it.
Boom!
As Lu Jun threw this punch, the frozen heavens, winds, clouds, and seawater began flowing once more.
A heaven-overturning disturbance swept in all directions.
Space shattered into countless fragments.
Before the pitch-black colossal claw could even descend, it was reduced to dust and vanished in midair.
And it was not over yet.
As Lu Jun's punch landed, the distant sea suddenly collapsed inward.
Hundreds of millions of tons of seawater were repelled, creating mountain-toppling tides and chaotic tsunami storms.
A gigantic fist imprint appeared upon the exposed seabed.
The power of the Space-Time Element had been integrated into this attack.
To him, distance and time had lost all meaning.
Near was far, and far was near.
Its power was not diminished in the slightest.
Within the exposed seabed, a layer of black tide wriggled.
Upon closer inspection, it was not black seawater at all.
It was made up of countless dust-like Dragon Ants.
This was the characteristic of the Mirage Sea Dragon Ant Queen.
The Ant Queen hid within its vast swarm, using the power of the Psychic Element to control billions of its kin and form an Emperor-level body capable of wielding Emperor-level power.
This was the path of gathering the many into one.
The Ant Queen itself had not truly reached the Emperor level.
Only its soul had touched that threshold.
By relying on its racial advantages, it barely maintained the status of an Emperor.
Once the Ant Queen was slain, the race's power would be unable to unite into an Emperor again until a new Ant Queen was born.
Thus, the Mirage Sea Dragon Ant Queen was the weakest Emperor.
However, although Lu Jun's punch annihilated an enormous number of Dragon Ant Demons, it did not damage the Ant Queen's foundation in the slightest.
In a certain sense, it was also the strongest Emperor.
"Victory! Victory! Long live Director Lu!"
"Victory! Victory! Long live Director Lu!"
The military mages along the coast were stunned by this series of unexpected events. Only after Lu Jun descended from the sky did they recover their senses. Their blood boiled with excitement as they cheered loudly.
The Forbidden Curse Mages inside the Oriental Pearl Tower were equally shocked.
They knew very well that Lu Jun had not yet fused with the Holy Spirit Emperor, yet he was already capable of displaying Emperor-level combat power.
A few of them could not help but swallow nervously.
Wouldn't that mean that after fusing with the Holy Spirit Emperor, he truly possessed the strength to slay a Sea Demon Emperor?
Dean Xiao muttered to himself,
"This kid has improved again. Ever since he returned from killing the Tyrant Dragon Evil Dragon, I can no longer understand the level of his strength."
Hearing this, all the Forbidden Curse Mages felt as though they had swallowed a reassuring pill. They exchanged glances and all resolved to fight the Pacific Empire to the bitter end.
At the same time, Lu Mei looked at her younger brother standing in front of her.
His majestic figure caused a brilliant light to shine in her beautiful eyes.
But she did not remain dazed.
Decisive and ruthless, she seized the opportunity and invoked the world-destroying power of Chaos, completely annihilating the Sea King Skeleton.
Then, carrying the remains of the Sea King Skeleton with her, Lu Mei rode the Moon Moth Phoenix and retreated far away.
She knew very well that what came next was no longer her battlefield.
Roar! Hiss!
Immediately afterward, three earth-shaking roars rang out from the distant sea.
A monstrous demonic aura that blotted out the sky swept across the heavens, shaking the stars like a curtain hanging from the skies.
The Shark King, the Demon Spider Emperor, and the Variegated Emperor no longer bothered to hide after realizing they had been exposed.
They openly revealed themselves.
They stood upon the borders of Magic City like towering mountains, resembling three heaven-supporting Demon Gods that intimidated the entire battlefield.
Countless civilians looked up in fear.
The morale that the military mages had only just regained plummeted once more.
They cried out in terror,
"Emperors.. three Demon Emperors!"
At this moment, Magic City had fallen into its most dangerous situation.
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