The Supreme True Meaning Golden Scale Art had also reached the minor completion stage, making his physical body alone comparable to the Heavenly Venerate realm.
When activating the protective Golden Scales, his combat power could increase by several levels.
Outside the Holy Dragon Tower
Ming Huang, Dao Yuanming, Shi Huang, and the other ten Great Holy Emperors, along with everyone around the Holy Dragon Tower, had been waiting outside for over three months.
Xin Ci's absorption of the Undying Golden Dragon Blood had taken a considerable amount of time.
Some people had already departed during this period.
Ming Huang couldn't help but grumble, "Why hasn't this kid come out yet? Does absorbing dragon blood really take this long?"
However, Dao Yuanming, an old friend, immediately saw through his ulterior motive. "Heh heh, Shenwei, aren't you just heartbroken about your pool of dragon blood? That's why you're so eager for him to come out."
"Old gambler, can't you just pretend not to see it?" Ming Huang Shenwei glared at Dao Yuanming impatiently. "Besides, that's Undying Golden Dragon Blood. Every drop is precious. How can I not be heartbroken?"
Seeing Ming Huang's expression, Dao Yuanming, the rascal friend, burst into hearty laughter.
Shenwei sighed helplessly. It seemed he was going to suffer a great loss this time.
Just then, the defensive formation outside Mingguang City buzzed.
The ten Great Holy Emperors immediately looked towards the direction outside Mingguang City with vigilance. A terrifying pressure emanated from beyond the city.
Ming Huang and Dao Yuanming sensed something was amiss and immediately stepped onto the void, instantly arriving outside Mingguang City.
They saw that countless demonic creatures had gathered outside.
From afar,
a vast tide of strange and grotesque Underworld God demonic creatures surged like a black tide. The ground trembled violently. The scene was like black clouds pressing down on a city, threatening to destroy it.
Fortunately, the multi-layered Holy-grade defensive formations set up by Ming Huang managed to block the attack of these demonic creatures.
However, upon seeing the sheer number of Underworld God demonic creatures, Dao Yuanming and Shenwei couldn't help but feel their hearts sink.
Ming Huang Shenwei released his soul power to investigate the source of these demonic creatures. Under his soul power's investigation, he discovered a large spatial channel about a hundred miles outside Mingguang City!
And these Underworld God demonic creatures were pouring out from this channel.
Ming Huang was very surprised, as opening such a massive spatial channel required an extremely vast amount of true essence.
Moreover, maintaining this channel alone would consume a significant amount of effort.
It seemed that the person controlling these Underworld God demonic creatures had gone to great lengths to capture Mingguang City!
At the same time, Shi Huang, Qin Huang, Kong Huang, and the other Holy Emperors also arrived.
The sight of so many Underworld God demonic creatures made their faces grim.
Dao Yuanming scanned the area with his soul power. The number of these Underworld God demonic creatures was approximately close to three hundred thousand, and this number was still increasing.
Most of them were Underworld God demonic creatures of King level and above. Dealing with such a large number would be troublesome.
However, compared to these Underworld God demonic creatures, Ming Huang and the others paid more attention to a mysterious man floating in the sky outside Mingguang City.
The man was dressed in black, with a gaunt face and skin as pale as bone. His eyes flickered with a strange purplish-red light.
As soon as this man appeared, the surrounding air seemed to turn a few degrees colder.
A chilling and evil aura emanated from him, causing the Holy Emperors' hearts to tighten with apprehension.
They all knew that this mysterious man was Yuan Qing, the demon who had attacked Mingguang City multiple times before.
Ming Huang looked at Yuan Qing with a solemn expression.
Because the last time they repelled him, this demon was clearly only at the Four-star Holy Emperor realm.
Now, his cultivation had surprisingly increased to Five-star Holy Emperor.
This made things considerably more troublesome.
Ming Huang took a step forward and declared with an imposing voice, "Demon Yuan Qing! Stop controlling these Underworld God demonic creatures immediately. Mingguang City does not welcome you!"
"Hahahaha..."
Yuan Qing threw his head back and laughed, fixing Ming Huang with a chilling gaze. "Shenwei, today you and your Mingguang City will be buried here!"
"Shut up! How dare you address Lord Ming Huang by his name?!"
Lang Huang Xiao Chi, one of the ten Great Holy Emperors, flew out, his true essence condensing in his hand.
A purple wolf claw, the size of ten city gates, appeared above Yuan Qing's head, releasing a fierce aura.
This was Lang Huang's advanced true meaning, the Demonic Howl Wolf Claw!
Facing Lang Huang's full-power attack, Yuan Qing sneered dismissively. "Wasn't the lesson I taught you last time enough? Besides Shenwei, the other Holy Emperors in Mingguang City are all a bunch of trash!"
With that, a massive shadow appeared behind Yuan Qing.
The shadow was over three hundred feet tall before it dispersed into countless bats.
Finally, what appeared before everyone was a strange creature covered in black fur.
Its colossal body was nearly a thousand meters tall, with thick arms like warhammers.
The bat-headed creature sported demonic ox horns, pointed ears, sharp fangs, and scarlet eyes that emanated a chilling coldness.
Behind it, it possessed blood-red bat wings that seemed to darken the sky.
This was the demonic soul implanted within Yuan Qing, the Dark Night Bat King.
With a roar, the Dark Night Bat King shattered Lang Huang's Demonic Howl Wolf Claw.
Immediately after, Yuan Qing controlled the demonic soul to attack Lang Huang.
The Dark Night Bat King let out another earth-shattering roar at Lang Huang.
A sonic wave vibration attack directly ruptured Lang Huang's eardrums, making his head feel like it was about to explode.
Large amounts of blood flowed from his nose, ears, and eyes.
This sonic wave vibration attack was immensely powerful, causing Lang Huang to lose consciousness and fall into a coma.
Just as the Dark Night Bat King was about to strike again to kill Lang Huang, a small teleportation array appeared beneath Lang Huang, transporting him to Ming Huang's side.
Lang Huang was thus spared the fate of a swift demise.
"Demon Weapon!"
Ming Huang and the others recognized the demonic soul behind Yuan Qing, their faces filled with shock.
"No, he's not a full-fledged Demon Weapon yet. At most, he's a semi-finished product," Dao Yuanming shook his head.
He recalled Mu Qingqing telling him that true Demon Weapons were emotionless killing machines, like puppets.
But the Yuan Qing before them still had consciousness and could converse with them.
This indicated that, like Chu Ruoxuan, he was a half-demon who had been implanted with a demonic soul.
However, Yuan Qing's condition was more severe than Chu Ruoxuan's.
The ten Great Holy Emperors immediately joined forces, surrounding Yuan Qing.
"Yuan Qing, even with your powerful demonic soul, you cannot deal with ten Holy Emperors simultaneously. Surrender now!" Shi Huang said with his arms crossed, his expression arrogant.
"Surrender? With you lot? Hahaha..."
Yuan Qing laughed wildly, his expression instantly becoming ferocious.
"Do you really think I came alone? You're wrong, I brought reinforcements!"
Upon hearing Yuan Qing's words, Ming Huang's heart sank, a bad premonition washing over him.
The next second, he sensed a surge of intense killing intent erupting from within their ranks of Holy Emperors.
"No, you all get away...!"
It was too late to turn around and warn them.
*Pfft!*
Hai Huang Yang Yu, one of the ten Great Holy Emperors, was suddenly pierced through the heart from behind. Blood spurted out like a fountain.
"You...!"
Hai Huang Yang Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide, his lips trembling as he turned around in disbelief.
He saw the cold, merciless face of Kong Huang Gu Shixun.