Under everyone's gaze, an incomparably massive black vortex appeared out of thin air above the Immortal-Slaying City. Boundless pressure and an aura of evil and madness surged out from it!
It was like a heavy hammer slamming down. The entire world of the Star-Sea Continent was like it had suffered a heavy blow, vibrating and trembling frantically.
Even the Immortal-Slaying City, which had stood for countless years without falling, was vibrating continuously!
Everyone's gaze was fixed intently on this suddenly appearing massive black vortex.
Although they had mentally prepared for this scene many times, facing it directly now still caused them to be intimidated by its terrifying pressure.
"It's here!"
"It's finally here!"
Many people felt both tension and relief at this moment.
Tension because they had to face these incredibly terrifying enemies and the high probability of death; it was impossible not to be nervous.
Relief because this day had finally arrived. Instead of worrying about it day by day, it was better to fight it out. This sword had been sharpened for so long; it was time to unsheathe it!
In front of the city, Qi Ping, Baili Yun, Meng Tianqi, the Little Stone Spirit, and the other humans and beasts—though their expressions remained unchanged—were pushed back by this vast and terrifying power, instantly forced back into the city.
The vastness of world power was not something human strength could block!
If one were to forcibly confront this power, even a Mahayana stage cultivator would likely be crushed to dust.
"This is our home turf; why should we fear you?"
Facing this power, Qi Ping and the others remained unafraid.
"Star-Sea Grand Array, engage!"
As Qi Ping and the others manipulated the formation tokens, an incomparably vast power instantly erupted from the grand array!
Endless world power also surged frantically toward the city at this moment!
After passing through the Star-Sea Grand Array, this world power was like ore being transformed into sharp swords; the power of their techniques instantly strengthened by many times!
Under this terrifying might, the originally evil and violent world power was instantly blocked. Subsequently, incredibly terrifying explosive sounds rang out, and the surrounding space shattered into fragments in an instant, vanishing into nothingness!
The powerful aftershocks even destroyed the blood-stained rocks that had endured countless attacks.
Worldly power was truly horrifying!
In the core where the world powers had just collided, energy explosions that could kill Unity and Void Refinement cultivators were generated!
The Star-Sea world power, empowered by the Star-Sea Grand Array, successfully blocked the even more powerful Demon Realm. This was one of the advantages of fighting on home soil: not only would the world power itself not be lost in the process, but it could also be amplified by a special formation.
The Demon Realm, on the other hand, was the opposite. Not only did it lack the amplification of a special formation, but it had to transmit power through distant and endless time and space, losing an unknown amount in the process.
This was why the stronger demon world failed to suppress the Star-Sea Continent during the initial collision!
However, surprisingly, after the initial collision, the powers of the two worlds began to interlace strangely, starting to entwine and devour each other.
The Star-Sea world was like sharp spiritual swords, continuously strangling, cutting, and devouring the power of the demon world. The demon world was far more ferocious, like fierce beasts, frantically biting and devouring all the power of the Star-Sea world!
This mutual strangulation created terrifying destructive power. Even someone as strong as Baili Yun in the True Demon Realm or the Unity stage Sacred Demons who had begun to appear could only watch from the side, not daring to step an inch across the line.
The area where the two worlds' powers strangled each other had formed a terrifying dead zone. Whether it was the Star-Sea Continent's side or the demons' side, neither dared to cross.
The two sides gazed at each other across that dead zone, terrifying killing intent permeating every corner of heaven and earth.
The difference was that the demons' gazes were like they were seeing delicious food. Particularly the low-level demons swarming from the spatial tunnel—they couldn't even control the hunger in their bellies.
If the High-Rank demons weren't controlling them, they would probably ignore the dead zone and charge across.
The Star-Sea Continent's side, however, held only absolute killing intent and the desire for destruction. Nearly everyone's lethal weapons were already twitching in their hands.
Enemies, merits, contributions, and the Heaven-Sent Fortune of the World-Domain Battlefield... everything could be obtained by slaying the invading demons!
On the other side, after the suppression and power of the two worlds had fought for a while, they strangely began to fuse.
Incomparably powerful world laws and Grand Daos began to interlace frantically, and a brilliant light instantly obscured everyone's vision.
At this moment, Qi Ping and Baili Yun lost all perception of what lay ahead.
'The World-Domain Battlefield... is about to form!'
According to various records, once the World-Light that could block all perception dissipated, the World-Domain Battlefield would be completely formed.
This battlefield was formed by the interlaced laws and paths of two worlds. The flow of time, spatial conditions, and natural disasters would all manifest characteristics of both worlds.
At the same time, it could contain countless completely different special battlefields.
So upon entering, because the power of laws was completely turbulent and chaotic, no one could know beforehand which battlefield they would be sent to. It was all decided during the clash of the two worlds' consciousnesses.
However, based on past situations, a world would usually take the initiative to separate opponents of different realms, distributing them across corresponding battlefields.
The reason was simple: the purpose of the World-Domain Battlefield's appearance was to compete for and devour the opponent's world origin. Whether the sides were evenly matched or vastly different, a similar battlefield mode would form.
Every small world-domain battlefield would be like a world itself. One could only leave by killing the enemy or breaking through the battlefield walls.
Once you step in, it is a duel to the death!
After the flash of the World-Light, when everyone regained their perception, the demons had long since vanished. What appeared before them were countless spatial tunnels emitting various paths, with boundless killing intent billowing out from within.
"Fellow Daoists, the sharp swords in your hands have been sharpened for so many years; it is time to unsheathe them. Are you willing to fight with me?"
Qi Ping's confident and fearless voice was the first to ring out between heaven and earth.
As his voice fell, heaven and earth resonated, and purple energy rose from the east... streaks of auspicious blessings manifested throughout the world.
This astonishing scene instantly invigorated everyone!
Countless roars rang out in the next moment:
"We are willing to fight with the Star Emperor!"
"The demons shall be broken! We will not rest until death!"
Vast and powerful convictions of all life surged into the sky at this moment, subsequently gathering around Qi Ping's body, as if to drape him in the strongest battle armor...