The border battlefield had transformed into a two-layered slaughterhouse. High above, the clouds were torn apart by the insane clashes between four Grade 3 Sky Realm monsters. But on the ground, the atmosphere was far more terrifying. The aura of death was so thick that the blood on the ground stopped flowing. Supreme Commander Tuoba Li and Xiao Chen stood facing each other. The distance between them was no more than ten paces. Tuoba Li halted his advance. His sharp, rippleless eyes swept over the physical structure of the white-haired youth before him. He saw no tense stance, no explosive aura. All he saw was the absolute tranquility of an apex predator that ruled the top of the food chain. "This servant is no ordinary human," Tuoba Li thought coldly, weighing his enemy's strength. "His posture is full of openings, but my instincts scream that every single one is a death trap. His Qi density is only at Grade 1 of the Sk

Strands of Xiao Chen's white hair fluttered in the wind vortex generated by Tuoba Li's Peak Grade 3 Sky Realm aura collision. The tip of his thumb was still wet with his own blood that he had just licked. "Who said I could not defeat you, Old General?" Xiao Chen whispered. His raspy voice drifted through the howling night wind, carrying a resonance of absolute madness. The tyrant's smile on Xiao Chen's face widened. At the same time, the air around the youth suddenly changed. The temperature, which was already freezing from the border winds, plummeted beyond the bounds of reason. It was replaced by a thick, suffocating chill that felt like a breath from the abyss of death. BZZZZT! Pitch-black flames erupted from every pore of Xiao Chen's skin. The inferno did not emit light, it devoured the light around it. The dawn sky, which should have been brightening above the border battlefield, was instantly o

"Yan Kuang!" Tuoba Li yelled. He spat out another mouthful of black blood. "Retreat! Pull the entire army back!" Hearing that order, Yan Kuang launched a feint attack that forced Old Man Fire to jump back a few steps. Yan Kuang immediately looked down toward the Gu Empire's Supreme Commander. "But Commander, he's already half-dead! We can wipe out the Lin Family today!" "FALL BACK, YOU FOOL!" Tuoba Li barked with the very last ounce of his strength. Right after that, his vision went black, and his body slumped over into unconsciousness. Shen Gong was the Right General who always kept a cool head. After successfully breaking away from Granny Ice, he darted down faster than lightning. He caught Tuoba Li's body. He hoisted the commander over his shoulder. Shen Gong stared in horror at Tuoba Li's chest, which was still billowing black smoke. He then shot a deadly glare at Old Man Fire and Granny Ice hove

The night wind blew across Heaven's Rift Gorge, carrying a freezing chill that pierced straight to the bone marrow. Fifty miles behind the Gu Empire's front lines lay a massive encampment. It was the lifeblood for a hundred thousand invading troops. Hundreds of logistics tents and grain silos stood closely packed together. They were guarded by thousands of soldiers using a cross-patrol formation that left absolutely no blind spots. On top of a rocky cliff hidden by the dark night, a shadow crouched without making a single sound of breathing. Xiao Chen's pitch-black eyes stared downward. He scanned the movement of torches lined up neatly like fire ants. The Demon Emperor's analytical mind calculated the intervals of guard shifts, measured the lines of sight, and felt the Qi fluctuations in the air. "Fifty soldiers per patrol unit. Three King Realm lieutenants overseeing each silo sector, and a Detection Array with a one-m

The afternoon sun scorched the barren land of Heaven's Rift Gorge. Dry winds blew fiercely, scattering dust mixed with the ash of charred logistics and the metallic stench of blood that refused to fade from the air. In the middle of the gorge basin, a flat and wide natural stone table stood firmly, dividing the two sides of a battlefield that had claimed thousands of lives. Heavy, iron-clad footsteps thudded, breaking the silence. The Supreme Commander of the Gu Empire, Tuoba Li, stepped forward. His silver war cape reflected the blazing sun. Behind him, ten elite guards, each radiating the aura of a Grade 5 Earth Realm cultivator, marched in a perfect semi-circle formation. None of them made a sound, displaying the military discipline of the Central Continent's strongest war machine. On Tuoba Li's left and right, Left General Yan Kuang and Right General Shen Gong walked with hardened jaws. Both continuously emanated the