Facing the Abyssal invasion, Arthur was now almost fully stacked with buffs; he felt omnipotent.
"Too slow."
The moment those three words fell, the Excalibur had already traced an extremely elegant golden arc.
It was as if morning light had torn through eternal night, sweeping past gently.
The two Emperors had already been heavily drained by their struggle with Cao Dezhi and Zhang Huanyun.
At this moment, they were even more vulnerable.
The first to touch the sword's arc was the Flame Demon Emperor's abyssal flames, which could boil mountains and seas.
That demonic fire, enough to strike terror into the hearts of Titled Douluos, was instantly annihilated into nothingness before the golden light.
Immediately following were his Twin Flame Blades, which he had nurtured for tens of thousands of years.
Crack!
The crisp sound of shattering pierced the silence as the twin blades snapped into two sections, the breaks completely sealed by the holy golden light.
The Flame Demon Emperor's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpricks, his eyes filled only with the oncoming golden light.
He didn't even have time to let out a scream before his entire Emperor's body, along with his Origin divine soul, dissolved completely within the sword's arc, leaving not even a trace of residue behind.
Meanwhile, the Lord of Shadow Abyss, who had sneaked behind Arthur, happened to run right into the aftermath of the sword's arc.
That seemingly gentle arc swept through his body, and his pride and joy, Shadow Stealth, shattered instantly like paper.
"No!"
He only had time to let out a desperate roar before his entire being, along with his Shadow Origin, was completely erased by the golden light.
One strike.
Just one strike.
Two Abyss Emperor, soul and body both destroyed.
The ferocity on the Black Emperor's face froze completely, her eyes filled with a horror that reached her very bones.
Behind her, the remaining twenty-plus Abyss Emperor felt their hair stand on end; they even forgot to breathe as a cold chill rushed from the soles of their feet to the crowns of their heads.
It wasn't just because of the deaths of the two Emperors.
It was more because they heard it, sensed it.
Within the Abyss Plane, two of the originally stable one hundred and eight abyssal layers actually had their barriers collapse with a bang, like smashed colored glass!
Endless Void Realm turbulence poured in, tearing those two abyssal layers completely to shreds, leaving not even a hint of abyssal aura behind.
In the one hundred and eight layers of the Abyss, each layer was deeply bound to an Emperor; if the Emperor did not die, the plane would not collapse.
But now, two layers of the Abyss had completely crumbled!
"No, impossible!" a withered-looking Abyssal Emperor screamed, his voice shaking uncontrollably. "The Flame Demon Emperor! The Lord of Shadow Abyss! They... have completely vanished!!"
These words exploded violently in the minds of all the Abyss Emperor.
The reason they dared to be so unscrupulous on the Douluo Plane was their greatest reliance: their immortality.
The Abyss Saint Lord had promised to resurrect them.
Even if their Physical Bodies were destroyed, as long as their Origin marks remained in the Abyssal core, they could be resurrected an infinite number of times.
But now, the Origins of the Flame Demon Emperor and the Lord of Shadow Abyss were gone!
Along with them, the two layers of the Abyss they controlled had directly shattered!
This meant they were truly dead!
This realization crushed the psychological defenses of all the Emperors.
They, who had been certain of victory just a moment ago, now looked at the figure holding the gilded holy sword as if looking at a God of Death descended from the God Realm.
The Black Emperor frowned deeply. "Is this also that'Special Attack' thing?"
"Oh, not quite," Arthur said casually. "I can only say: those who know, know."
Completely eliminating Abyssal Creatures was actually a very simple matter.
The principle of Abyssal Creature resurrection was simply the Abyss Plane recalling their energy after death.
One just needed to stop the energy recall and absorb it instead.
In the original story, even the Seed of Life within Tang Wulin, which belonged to the Douluo Plane, could easily do it.
Let alone the plane consciousness.
As the Dragon God's home, the Douluo Plane was not something the Abyss could compare itself to.
And the helplessness the Blood God Legion felt against the infinite resurrection of Abyssal Creatures for the past six thousand years...
...was all due to Tang Hao's inaction.
For the sake of that bullshit ten-thousand-year plan.
Tang San takes the big blame.
...
The Black Emperor was starting to regret it; wouldn't it have been better to stay back and watch like the other Abyss Emperor?
She just had to come out and show off.
Things having come to this, it was better to flee.
Flee!
Must flee immediately!
This thought exploded in the hearts of all the Emperors simultaneously.
The Black Emperor was the first to turn around, the remaining demonic mist around her body surging madly as she prepared to escape toward the Abyss Passage.
The other Emperors also reacted instantly, each erupting with their full power and fleeing in all directions, wanting only to get as far away from this terrifying human as possible.
"Hmph, thinking of escaping?"
Arthur gently waved his hand.
The entire battlefield suddenly lit up with boundless blood-red light.
The expressions of Cao Dezhi and the various Blood Gods changed drastically; they had lost control of the Blood God Grand Array!
Buzz!
Endless blood-red runes rose from beneath the earth.
The Blood God Grand Array, originally used to seal the Abyss Passage, now transformed into an inverted blood-red giant bowl.
It expanded to its limit in an instant.
It completely enveloped all the fleeing Abyss Emperor, along with Arthur himself!
Upon the array's light curtain, an extreme sealing power flowed.
This defensive line that had protected the Douluo Plane for thousands of years had now become a killing cage trapping the Abyss Emperor.
Arthur had planned this the moment the Blood God Grand Array appeared, originally intending to let Cao Dezhi trap the opponents.
However, due to some variations along the way, the Plane Power of the array was now sponsored by Arthur.
Naturally, he could easily control the array himself.
"You won't be getting away!"
Arthur's voice rang out within the blood-red cage.
He slowly raised the holy sword, the tip of the blade sweeping across the twenty-plus terrified Emperors before him, as if looking at a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"Everyone stand still, I'm about to use my ultimate."
The Round Table Conference begins.
The golden magic circle centered on Arthur suddenly expanded to its limit, fitting perfectly with the inverted blood-red array overhead.
Ancient and solemn sounds of oaths echoed between heaven and earth.
This was the exclusive Domain of the Holy Sword of the Stars, the place that bore the Thirteen Restraints; only here could the Excalibur break free from all shackles and bloom with its true power, enough to tear through stars and sever the darkness.
Within the Domain, all Abyssal evil was suppressed to the extreme; every wisp of abyssal power sizzled as if scorched by intense fire. The auras of the twenty-plus Emperors were instantly crushed, and even the Origins within their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably.
The Black Emperor gritted her teeth hard, her Half-God rank power erupting without reservation.
Arthur slowly raised his hand, lifting the Excalibur above his head.
The gilded blade vibrated slightly, emitting a clear sword hum as if in response—responding to this holy war against invasion.
His gaze swept over the shivering Abyss Emperor before him, his voice calm yet carrying an unquestionable solemnity, word by word, resounding through the entire blood-red cage.
"This battle is a battle to fight against one stronger than oneself!"
A holy and solemn voice responded.
[Acknowledged.]
"This battle is not a battle against humanity!"
[Acknowledged.]
"This battle is not a battle against elementals!"
[Acknowledged.]
"This battle is a battle of fairness!"
[Acknowledged.]
"This battle is not a battle for private desire!"
[Acknowledged.]
...
The golden light upon the holy sword grew increasingly brilliant, and even the blood-red light curtain of the Blood God Grand Array was dyed with a layer of holy golden radiance.
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