Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

"Swoosh!"

As the Eastern Ancestor pointed down with a finger, the Peak Pseudo-Emperor Realm avatar within the rift violently trembled, and then... it exploded directly!

"Boom!!!"

A deafening roar echoed at this moment. The explosion of the avatar turned into flesh and blood, then into a blood mist, permeating within the rift.

This blood mist was completely different from those formed by the Extraterrestrial Demons.

"Alas..."

Seeing the explosion of this avatar, the Northern Ancestor sighed and transmitted to Su Han, "Su Han, remember all that your master has done for you. These six avatars were his last hope of stepping into the Dragon Venerate!"

The Northern Ancestor had an intimate relationship with the Eastern Ancestor, and naturally knew him well.

Why would the Eastern Ancestor go through such trouble for Su Han?

There was no specific reason, merely admiration and fondness for Su Han as a disciple.

Before Su Han, the Eastern Ancestor had accepted many disciples, all of whom spent more time under his tutelage than Su Han. Yet not one of them received such indulgence from him.

In silence, Su Han continued clashing with those Extraterrestrial Demons.

He did not say much, for words seemed hollow and powerless at this moment. If there was indeed any gratitude, he would repay the Eastern Ancestor in the future.

"Boom boom boom..."

After the first avatar, successive explosions came as well, with all of the Eastern Ancestor's six avatars exploding at this moment!

Instantly, the entirety of the rift filled with the blood mist formed from these avatars. At the moment this blood mist fully appeared, the Eastern Ancestor gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with deep reluctance, but without the slightest hesitation, his finger pointed again, forming a rune that landed amidst the blood mist.

"Swoosh!!!"

At the instant the rune merged, an overwhelming suction force emanated directly from the blood mist!

This suction force was so powerful it was indescribable in words. Even if Su Han used the Dragon Spirit Emperor Technique with his current power, it would still fall short.

"Master..."

Su Han's divine sense looked at the Eastern Ancestor, murmuring to himself.

He saw the Eastern Ancestor's reluctance, he saw the silent roar that the Eastern Ancestor never voiced, he knew that without these six avatars, the Eastern Ancestor's hope of stepping into the Dragon Venerate might truly be lost.

"Devour!"

As Su Han looked on, the Eastern Ancestor suddenly spoke. His finger reached through the rift towards the ten Dragon Emperor Realm Peak Extraterrestrial Demons, slicing through and instantly, the endless blood mist within the rift shot out, forming a massive passage that wrapped around these ten Extraterrestrial Demons!

In that instant, the overwhelming suction force acted through the blood-red passage upon these ten Extraterrestrial Demons, directly causing three of them to explode, turning into blood mist and being consumed by the rift.

As for the remaining seven, they were still resisting. Although their forms did not turn into blood mist, under the power of devouring, they were forcibly dragged along the passage towards the rift.

This granted Su Han and the others a chance to catch their breath!

"Go!!!"

Su Han shouted, nearly at the top of his lungs.

He paved the way in the front, the Phoenix Sect disciples moved swiftly, and the forces of the Holy Spirit Palace, Palace of the Holy Maiden, and others finally began advancing.

The people at the rear finally saw hope, and with great joy, they engaged in fierce combat with the Extraterrestrial Demons.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Ancestor's figure flickered, stepping forward to walk side by side with Su Han.

As they were leaving, he turned back to look at the endless blood mist within the rift, momentarily lost in thought.

"Let's go..."

The Northern Ancestor's voice came, "This is your choice. Although both of us can be considered Su Han's masters, anyone could see that your feelings for him are genuine."

"And you?" the Eastern Ancestor asked.

"Me?"

The Northern Ancestor chuckled sadly, saying, "To be honest, I helped Su Han and took him as a disciple initially for your sake. But as time passed, I also came to see that Su Han's talent far exceeds any of my disciples, and his character is excellent, it's just…"

"In his heart, my weight is nowhere near yours because you've sacrificed far too much for him."

"A master is like a father, isn't this just what I should do?" said the Eastern Ancestor.

The Northern Ancestor was taken aback for a moment, then fell silent.

...

Because the Eastern Ancestor created a space rift with the power of his six avatars, devouring those ten Extraterrestrial Demons, many forces finally began to move forward again.

Until this moment, they were about five thousand meters away from that Barren Land.

Halfway!

From the beginning of the assault until now, they had lost ten Dragon Emperor Realm cultivators, and at least millions below Dragon Emperor. Yet, until now, they had merely traversed half the distance.

And the remaining half, everyone knew, would be even more arduous.

Because they had now entered the hinterlands of the Extraterrestrial Demons, advancing was difficult, retreating was impossible, and the only option was to fight desperately!

And here, the number of Extraterrestrial Demons attacking them multiplied, increasing their crisis many times over.

As the leading Phoenix Sect advanced another five hundred meters, leaving only four thousand five hundred meters to the Barren Land, five Demon Lord level Extraterrestrial Demons, comparable to Dragon Emperor Realm Peak, finally arrived.

If it were just those five, Su Han and the others wouldn't be afraid in the slightest, but following those five Extraterrestrial Demons, came a... colossal figure!!!

This figure towered far above the eight-thousand-zhang-high Extraterrestrial Demons. At a glance, it was a full twenty thousand zhang tall, and though there were many Extraterrestrial Demons, it stood prominently visible.

From it emanated an extremely terrifying aura. Su Han had felt this aura before on the avatars of Baili Fenghan and Nangong Duanchen from the One Slash Palace.

Dragon Venerate Realm!!!

This was precisely an Extraterrestrial Demon comparable to a Dragon Venerate Realm cultivator!

In the overall classification of Extraterrestrial Demons, such a being was called... Demon Venerate level!

"Finally appeared, did it?"

Su Han's divine sense looked on, muttering to himself.

He had long anticipated that among the endless Extraterrestrial Demons, there would definitely be those matching the Dragon Venerate Realm, and the current reality proved him right.

The first Demon Venerate level Extraterrestrial Demon had appeared!

Su Han abruptly turned back, looking towards the Holy Spirit Palace, and shouted, "Holy Spirit Palace, we of the Phoenix Sect cannot contend with this Demon Venerate level Extraterrestrial Demon. Your Dragon Venerate Realm should reveal themselves!"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Spirit Palace was initially silent for a moment. The next instant, an overwhelming aura suddenly erupted from the crowd.

This was an old man, nearly bald and looking frail.

He had been hiding among the crowd, disguised as a young man. Now, as the Dragon Venerate Realm aura exploded, his appearance reverted, and he charged out from the crowd.