Seven Progenitors faced off against ten Progenitor-level corpse kings. This was clearly a numerical disadvantage, but people like Mu Xie and Leng Qing were capable of handling more than one opponent.
"Everyone, this is the moment of truth for our Heavens Sect. This is our battle to protect the Heavens Sect with our lives!" Arch-Elder Zen shouted.
"Stay in the Heavens Sect!
"No one beneath the Progenitor realm is allowed to come out!"
After that proclamation, the Heavens Sect’s seven Progenitors charged at the ten Progenitor-level corpse kings.
Unimaginable destructive power rumbled out in every direction.
Fortunately, the Heavens Sect blocked the power in one direction; otherwise, the destruction would have swept across the entire galaxy.
Within the Heavens Sect, the Progenitor of Bloodlines looked up. No one had expected ten of Aeternus’s Progenitor-level corpse kings to suddenly appear and attack them. Such an event had not even been considered.
Without their Dao Monarch, this battle would absolutely determine the Heavens Sect’s survival.
Lu Buzheng, Skymender, Cai Er, and the other Semi-Progenitors all watched. They were forbidden from participating in this battle of Progenitors, but they knew that they were powerful Realmbreakers who could threaten the average Progenitor.
Hen Xin, Destina, Yao Di, and several others all looked towards the Heavens Sect. They simply did not know if they should approach this battle or not.
In a very short amount of time, the Outerverse had been completely overturned.
Leng Qing’s blade flashed, wounding a corpse king. This monster possessed the physical strength of a Progenitor, but it did not truly possess the strength of a Progenitor. Such a creature was not a difficult opponent for Leng Qing. His blade attacked one of the corpse kings while he faced another with his body, not suffering a disadvantage against either opponent.
Arch-Elder Zen used his Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique to summon Xue Wuqing and Progenitor Hui, both of whom easily fended off a corpse king on their own.
Mu Xie also overpowered two of the Progenitor-level corpse kings on his own. Many people were relieved at the sight. While the ten Progenitor-level corpse kings were undoubtedly very powerful, fortunately, they were not true Progenitors, and they lacked that level of strength. With time, the humans would eradicate all of the corpse kings.
Suddenly, shadows enveloped the area, and a massive thing squeezed out from the void and slammed against the Heavens Sect.
Leng Qing was startled, and countless blades rose up from below. This was the Celestial Blade World, and the endless blades stabbed into the massive form.
The Celestial Blade World was an extremely sharp attack, and anyone who entered Leng Qing’s Progenitor’s world had to overcome the threat of the blades lest they be skewered by endless blades.
This huge object had a shiny black surface. It stepped on the Celestial Blade and crashed against the Heavens Sect.
If Lu Yin were present, he would have instantly recognized it as the camphor bug. This was the same beast that had escaped from the Big Stone Universe on the Endless Frontier.
The camphor bug possessed an incredibly tough body, but Lu Yin had perfectly countered the creature by smashing its back with his slipper. If not for that, anyone else would struggle to overcome the creature’s absurd defenses.
When the camphor bug appeared and slammed into the Heavens Sect, not even Leng Qing could stop it.
However, at the last moment, Ancestor Tortoise retracted its head and limbs into its shell and slammed into the side of the camphor bug.
The two were about the same size, and Ancestor Tortoise forcefully bashed the bug away.
Countless people were stunned. No one had thought that Ancestor Tortoise could stand up to a beast with the strength of a Progenitor. This massive bug was even capable of shrugging off Leng Qing’s Celestial Blade World, so why had Ancestor Tortoise taken action against it?
On the back of Ancestor Tortoise, the entire Mavis family was completely shocked.
Heluo Mavis was clinging to the trunk of the Divine Tree. "Is Ancestor Tortoise really that powerful?"
There was no one in the Mavis family who could answer her. Ancestor Tortoise had been lured from the Lu family by the Mavis family. They had believed that the tortoise was as strong as a Semi-Progenitor, despite its absurd size. After all, Ancestor Tortoise had always acted scared of the jiao and been unwilling to even face the beast. Who could have anticipated that Ancestor Tortoise would reveal such an incredible amount of strength at this critical moment?
Lu Buzheng heaved a sigh of relief. He had heard from Lu Yin that Ancestor Tortoise was an odd creature. While it was usually bullied by the jiao, the jiao never tried to do anything more than intimidate the tortoise. This did not match the jiao’s aggressive personality, and it indicated that it could not actually do anything to Ancestor Tortoise.
Ancestor Tortoise was far from weak. Actually, the only reason why Ancestor Tortoise was regarded as relatively weak was because the tortoise had been so scared of Corpse God that it had fled the battlefield.
However, who did not fear Corpse God? He was one of the Seven Skygods. Only recently had Lu Yin truly begun to understand the horror of the Seven Skygods.
Animals possessed a far more honed intuition than humans. It was perfectly normal for Ancestor Tortoise to be afraid of Corpse God.
The camphor bug was knocked aside. On its back, a man in pitch-black armor could be seen. The armor completely covered the man’s face, hands, and legs. He sat up and rubbed his head. "Who just hit me?"
Ancestor Tortoise's head had been pulled into its shell, and it warily stared at the stranger on the camphor bug's back. The tortoise sensed danger.
The stranger in the pitch black armor turned his head and looked at Ancestor Tortoise. He was briefly stunned, but then he quickly grew ecstatic. "Great, another pet! Child, did you hit me? That’s perfect! It was a love tap! It had to be a love tap. Just wait a bit, and big brother will show you some love soon!”
The moment the man finished speaking, the camphor bug turned around and slammed into Ancestor Tortoise.
The tortoise’s head pulled tighter into its shell as tighter as the camphor bug smashed against it.
Boom!
The deafening noise hurt countless people’s ears.
Everyone watched on in horror as the two monstrous creatures filled the area. They smashed against each other with unstoppable force and horrifying crashes.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Leng Qing sighed. Two Progenitor-level corpse kings attacked him at once, one from the front, and the other from the back. The Progenitor’s eyes flashed, and his saber rose up to slash out. There was a hissing sound, and an arm was severed from the corpse king in front of Leng Qing.
The Progenitor-level corpse kings were unable to block Leng Qing's blade, even after using a Gray Eyes Corpse King Transformation that reinforced their strength ten times over.
Just as Leng Qing was about to lash out a second time, he swayed on his feet and almost dropped his weapon.
He was overcome with a strange feeling, and countless voices echoed in his mind. He felt as though he was about to lose consciousness.
The Progenitor’s eyes suddenly flared. He was the gatemaster of the ancient Heavens Sect’s Twelve Heavenly Gates. He was the first of his peers to become a Progenitor after the reestablishment of the Heavens Sect. How could he fall to a sneak attack? "Get out here!"
A man stepped out of the void in the distance and exclaimed, "Very few are able to resist my consciousness. You are very impressive."
Leng Qing stared at the man even while dodging the corpse kings’ relentless attacks. "Who are you?"
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am a captain of the True God Guard, the Chiliagonist."
The True God Guard? Leng Qing had never heard of them, though it was clear that this person was a very difficult opponent. Was he a corpse king?
Far away, Mu Xie had also encountered an oddity. His power had been torn apart by some unknown force. However, his power had not been actually torn apart, but rather strangely transformed into a flat surface, much like a sheet of paper. It was this paper-like form that had been torn apart.