Chapter 182: Critical
The warship docked in front of a large mountain, completely sandwiching the entrance to the underground palace in the middle.
Pairs of Dragon Kingdom soldiers came out of the warship and entered the entrance of the underground palace according to Feng Chun's instructions.
They cleared all the evil creatures outside the entrance.
"Survivors of the Nether Clan, we are the Dragon Kingdom army from Earth, sent by Feng Chun to rescue you from this planet."
The troops formed a neat square and waited in front of the grand formation of the underground palace.
After experiencing nearly a thousand years of darkness, this race was finally about to embrace the light.
All the people were overjoyed and in tears. They only brought necessary things and, under the organization of the village chief, orderly came out of the underground palace.
In front of the entrance to the underground palace, tens of thousands of surviving Nether Clan members gathered here.
This was a grand scene that had never been seen before.
However, the strong life force here lost the concealment of the grand formation and spread out from here.
The military personnel in charge of commanding made a decisive decision and immediately began the evacuation.
The doors of the warship on the ground opened wide, and all the survivors lined up in dozens of teams and entered the warship at the same time.
But for tens of thousands of low-powered or even ordinary Nether Clan survivors, it was still too slow.
"First and second teams, responsible for escorting women and children to Zone A; third and fourth teams, open the barrier and protect the team; fifth team, be ready for battle at any time."
Watching the evil spirits approaching here, the leader calmly gave one command after another.
However, this battle was inevitable.
The fifth team quickly dispersed, and each soldier fought against an evil spirit alone.
These top-level martial artists, each one was an important reserve force of the Dragon Kingdom, and now they showed astonishing courage.
Facing the immortal evil spirits, they gradually changed from one-on-one to one-on-many battles.
They only changed to the next team when their energy was about to be depleted.
The time for the team to change slowly became faster, and the fighting teams changed from one to three teams fighting simultaneously.
Even the reserve teams began to assist in the battle.
But even so, the Nether Clan survivors only barely managed to enter the warship.
The tightly clenched hands of the leader betrayed him; his inner calmness was not as it appeared on the surface.
Because in his perception, several Martial King-level evil spirits were approaching here.
This meant that he would soon join the battle himself.
When the commander-in-chief joined the battle, it meant that the situation was no longer optimistic.
But soldiers must not flee in the face of the enemy.
"All team leaders, prepare for battle. The rest of the personnel, speed up the transfer. Open fire on the warship and stop any approaching enemies!"
When all the team leaders appeared from the barrier with solemn expressions, several terrifying attacks instantly struck.
Everyone couldn't help but worry for the team leaders.
These Martial King-level evil spirits completely surpassed the Nether Clan's understanding. There was no one among them with Martial King-level strength.
The only one who escaped from here, Feng Chun, only had the strength of a top-level martial artist, one step away from Martial King.
And Feng Chun was now rushing from Liu Changtian to the underground cave.
Before the appearance of the Crimson Lotus Evil Spirit, according to Liu Changtian's plan, they were supposed to attract the countless evil spirits and go to the so-called underground cave.
But unexpectedly, the Crimson Lotus Evil Spirit went against the norm and came out on its own, heading towards the warship.
Before they even flew halfway, they had to fight against the Crimson Lotus Evil Spirit.
In the battle between the two kings, Feng Chun couldn't intervene at all and could only come back to rescue his clan members.
Fortunately, his lifelessness did not attract much attention from the evil spirits, allowing him to quickly approach the warship.
But the scene before him made him furious.
The barrier that was supposed to protect the survivors during their retreat was shattered into pieces.
There were also many bodies of clan members and Dragon Kingdom soldiers lying around, all drained of their blood.
Only a few squad leaders were still struggling to hold on. Looking towards the entrance of the underground palace, one could vaguely see several eerie and deathly shadows.
Just moments ago, while several squad leaders were fully engaged in battle, another Martial King realm evil spirit appeared from the sky.
It paid no attention to the other combatants and charged straight towards the barrier.
Within the barrier, it sensed a strong scent of blood, enough to satisfy its hunger.
Its claws, shimmering with a ghostly light, ruthlessly pierced through the barrier.
Attack after attack completely shattered the barrier.
During this time, the surviving members of the Underworld clan and the Dragon Kingdom army split into two groups.
One group followed the Underworld clan into the underground palace, while the other group entered the warship for protection.
There were no immediate problems, but the Martial King realm evil spirit would not let go of such a large amount of blood to feast upon.
Before reaching the formation at the entrance of the underground palace, the evil spirit emitted a powerful black light from its mouth, aiming at the protective layer of the formation.
The grand formation that had sheltered the Underworld clan for many years was on the verge of collapse under this overwhelming assault.
But just as the next beam of light was about to be released, a figure emerged from behind the evil spirit, appearing in everyone's sight like a figure from hell.
That familiar aura, that handsome face, reappeared before everyone.
Relying on the Yin and Ming Profound Technique he learned from Ye Chen, Feng Chun fully unleashed his lifelessness.
With his current strength, it would be difficult to kill this Martial King realm ghost.
But he had learned from his master that the teacher could defy the heavens and slay kings long ago.
Feng Chun still remembered what Liu Changtian had said; he must not embarrass his master.
The deathly aura from the underworld gradually formed a grim reaper's attire on Feng Chun's body. The enormous scythe of the grim reaper swung towards the evil spirit, emitting a black blade of light.
At the same time, the deathly aura filled the entire space, growing denser.
Within the deathly aura, one could vaguely see a gigantic demonic ghost claw extending from the underworld.
Black, thick blood vessels covered this pitch-black ghost claw, and within the entwined deathly aura, the wails of tortured souls could be heard.
Several chains, adorned with black spiritual patterns, shot out from the Nine Netherworlds, tightly binding the evil spirit.
In an instant, the enormous ghost claw suddenly appeared from the darkness, firmly grasping the monstrous ghost.
However, Feng Chun, despite being a top-level warrior, was clearly no match for the evil spirit. But the evil spirit seemed to have been subjected to some special attack, struggling violently within the chains.
The ghost claw would sometimes tighten its grip, and other times be forced open.
The two sides were locked in a fierce struggle.
But strands of black energy infiltrated the blood vessels of the evil spirit from its body, violating the grip of the underworld ghost hand.
The originally pitch-black and ferocious ghost hand now appeared even more eerie.
This was the most powerful binding technique that Feng Chun currently possessed, the Soul-Devouring Ghost Hand.
An attack that directly affected the soul, bypassing the enemy's defense.
But unexpectedly, it had an extraordinary effect on these evil spirits.
How could such a good opportunity be missed? The strongest attack technique from the Yin and Ming Profound Technique, the Holy Death Light, was about to take shape.
But just as the holy light was about to shine forth, the Martial King realm evil spirit suddenly erupted with an unprecedented power, forcibly breaking free from the Soul-Devouring Ghost Hand.
At the same time, countless ghost feathers poured down towards Feng Chun.
At the entrance, another Martial King realm evil spirit appeared!