Chapter 877 The Empress Issues a Challenge?

At this moment, with Zou Feng taking the initiative to rush in and cause havoc, the difficulty was naturally greatly reduced.

The Small Thousand World Zou Feng was currently in had originally been engulfed in raging flames, with countless Fire Dragons running rampant. However, after the collision, those soaring Fire Dragons began to look sluggish and weak.

Zou Feng directly activated the World-Purifying Poison Lotus, causing the fiery world to rapidly bloom with lotuses. Only then were those Fire Dragons purified one by one as the flowers blossomed.

After a massive number of Fire Dragons were purified, the master of this Small Thousand World instantly lost control, spewing blood uncontrollably and plummeting from the sky like a kite with a snapped string.

Without breaking his momentum, Zou Feng leaped toward another Small Thousand World. Repeating the process, he unleashed another "Flowers Everywhere," directly purifying this Small Thousand World as well.

Consequently, another person fell from the sky.

How could Zou Feng let such high-quality batteries slip away? With a sweep of a formless giant hand, he scooped both of them up. These two Nascent Soul Old Monsters, a man and a woman, appeared to be from the Divine Domain Royal Family based on their attire. Yet, these once high-and-mighty members of the Divine Domain Royal Family now stared at Zou Feng with eyes brimming with sheer terror.

"Zou Feng... wait! Killing us won’t actually bring you any benefits..." The male royal family member was panicking immensely, terrified that Zou Feng would eat him alive. After all, Zou Feng’s fierce reputation had long spread far and wide; many in the Divine Domain had taken to calling him the Thousand-Handed Poison Buddha, the Flower-Hand Demon, and the like.

The female royal family member immediately chimed in, "Yes, my constitution is unique! I can absolutely become the most useful Tripod Furnace by your side..."

In truth, the longer most Nascent Soul Old Monsters lived, the more they feared death. After all, no one wanted thousands of years of painstaking effort to vanish in an instant.

Hearing these words, Zou Feng merely gave a hollow smile. "You’re right. The benefits I’d get from killing you are limited, so...

"Go be batteries!"

The two, who had secretly breathed a sigh of relief, both froze when they heard Zou Feng tell them to be batteries. Their expressions instantly warped. Even though they had no idea what that actually meant, looking at Zou Feng’s sinister expression was enough to tell them it was absolutely nothing good.

"NO—"

Amidst their wails, Zou Feng tapped two fingers, landing squarely on the centers of their brows. With a dismissive wave of his hand, he tossed them into the Xuanwu Paradise like discarding trash.

With the addition of these two new batteries, the overall brightness of the entire Xuanwu Paradise immediately increased by several degrees. At the same time, the energy Zou Feng had expended in the previous battles was largely restored in an instant. Since Xuanwu Paradise had grown stronger, his own strength naturally increased in tandem.

Breathing a soft sigh of relief, Zou Feng looked up toward that Small Thousand World shrouded in sinister Ghost Qi. By now, Wang Yu’s eerie laughter was already echoing from within it. The master of this Small Thousand World had instinctively sensed the danger earlier, hastily rushing over to preside over it and resist the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

However, it was clearly useless.

In such an environment, the power of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was practically game-breaking. Even though Wang Yu had transitioned into a Ghost Cultivator and his personal strength had been vastly weakened, the power of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner as a Magical Treasure remained undiminished. On the contrary, with a powerful main soul like Wang Yu occupying it, it had grown even stronger. Now that it was in such a fitting environment, it was like a fish in water or a tiger with wings, receiving an immense boost.

Wang Yu’s laughter at this moment indicated that the Divine Domain Nascent Soul Cultivator was already on the verge of collapse. Still, to prevent any unexpected mishaps, Zou Feng personally dashed in and dealt the guy a lethal blow.

The reason he directly killed him this time was because he didn’t plan on hogging all the spoils. After all, Wang Yu had been a great help by stalling one of the Small Thousand Worlds in advance. Therefore, this final Nascent Soul Cultivator rightfully belonged to Wang Yu to continue strengthening the Ten Thousand Souls Banner while simultaneously stabilizing Wang Yu’s Ghost Cultivator form.

With the three Nascent Soul Old Monsters taken care of, the city below was not far from being thoroughly breached. Even though the City Defense Array was still active, without top-tier combatants holding the fort, all resistance was futile.

The garrison within the city could only watch helplessly as the City Defense Array endured a relentless bombardment. Once the Array’s energy was entirely depleted, Zou Feng waved his hand, and the entire Jingwu Dance Troupe, along with the horde of subordinates Wang Yu had brought earlier, swarmed inside.

An almost entirely one-sided, brutal massacre thus began.

The Divine Domain Royal Family members and their affiliated clansmen within the city naturally went without saying. They were a bunch of beasts to begin with; slaughtering them all brought absolutely no psychological burden. As for those puppets who had been groomed into Death Warriors since childhood, they were already beyond saving. Death was actually a release for them.

As for the manipulated commoners trapped in endless, grueling labor... They could conveniently be lent a helping hand. Zou Feng only needed to cast out a few lotuses to grant them purification and help them regain their sense of self.

In truth, the Divine Domain Royal Family was the malignant tumor of this Outer Realm. As long as they were uprooted completely, the Dubhe Divine Domain would become a normal Outer Realm. Afterward, this Outer Realm would very likely parallel the Great Yan Dynasty that Zou Feng had previously stayed in—slowly developing a Martial Arts System and then, triggered by certain opportunities, evolving toward a Cultivation System.

Perhaps ultimately, just like other normal Outer Realms, it would view the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect as a sacred land of cultivation and eventually join the Immortal Sect...

Zou Feng had no intention of participating in the slaughter following the city’s breach. Firstly, it was unnecessary; secondly, his subordinate Cultivators also needed to reap some benefits. Killing the Divine Domain Royal Family within the city naturally meant acquiring the city’s Magical Treasures and various high-grade materials, making everyone thoroughly delighted.

And this massacre did not last very long.

Less than half an hour later, Zou Feng stood atop the gate tower at the city entrance, overlooking the entire metropolis. Without the Divine Domain Royal Family, the entire city seemed considerably cleaner than when he had first laid eyes on it. Thoroughly purifying the Dubhe Divine Domain could well be considered an act of great merit.

After a brief rest, Zou Feng had no plans to linger. He was already prepared to set off and continue conquering the next city. Just as he was about to recall his subordinates and press forward, a skylark flew in from the distant horizon at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Zou Feng immediately extended his hand. The skylark landed obediently on his palm.

The Dubhe Divine Domain had no signal from the Celestial Dao Cauldron, and due to the differences in world rules, long-distance Communication Jade Talismans were also useless. To transmit messages, they had no choice but to rely on certain special Magical Treasures. This skylark was currently one of the most commonly used communication tools.

Zou Feng then removed the Jade Scroll strapped to the skylark and took a look. It was unexpectedly a message from Xu Xiongda, telling him to gather at the designated rendezvous point to discuss pressing matters. At the same time, the Jade Scroll praised his and Wang Yu’s recent battle achievements and provided a brief overview of the war situation in other regions.

When it came to battle records, the team personally led by Xu Xiongda was naturally the most impressive. As of now, they had already conquered five massive supercities. The team consisting of Zou Feng and Wang Yu came in second, having seized three major cities. As for the other teams, they had mostly only taken one city, or two at best.

However, because the Cultivators who had arrived from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect were split into over a dozen teams, overall, the number of fallen cities in the Dubhe Divine Domain had reached more than twenty. This was already a number that posed a severe threat to the Imperial City.

To break through the Imperial City’s Star Constellation Array, one fundamentally had to first dismantle the Arrays of the surrounding cities one by one. The Divine Realm Empress had originally hoped to rely on the various cities’ Arrays to stall the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect and slowly whittle down their forces. However, the speed at which the cities fell vastly exceeded her expectations.

The Divine Realm Empress inevitably panicked. Thus, she moved her plans forward, hastily sending a letter of challenge to Xu Xiongda, demanding an open, one-on-one duel with him.

Xu Xiongda summoning Zou Feng and the others over this time was precisely to hold a proper discussion regarding this matter. But in Zou Feng’s eyes, given Xu Xiongda’s temperament, calling them over probably wasn’t for a mutual discussion but rather to notify them in person...

Xu Xiongda had coveted the Empress’s body from the start; before even arriving, he had been terrified that she might run away. Now that such an excellent opportunity had presented itself, there was no way in hell he would pass it up!