Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

The battle for the Three Isles Treasure Ship Secret Realm, final circle! Only 10 people left!

During the intense commentary by the hosts and guests of the Superhero Alliance, the identities of these 10 individuals were all exposed once more.

On the side of superheroes, four remain!

"Phoenix" Phoenix, a professional cleric devoted to the radiant deity, Helios!

Even if her body was torn open by the Flood Dragon's claws, she would heal completely the next second. The vast flames she unleashed would scorch the Flood Dragon, wounding it all over!

"Thunderbird" Margaret, a professional Berserker and a Valkyrie wielding Odin's Eternal Spear!

Lightning twined around her feet as she moved with the speed of thunder, constantly hurling the Thunder Lance into the body of the Flood Dragon, causing explosions that left the area a bloody mess!

"Judge" Stevenson, a professional Cleric, the terrestrial saint wielding Divine Wrath!

In his hands, he held a silver cross pendant blessed by God, capable of summoning endless blades of light that fiercely pierced through the evil Eastern dragon!

"Sharpshooter" Alex, a professional Wizard, an experienced male sorcerer adept in the arcane tomes!

A barrage of magical arrows followed his incantations, tracking the Flood Dragon wherever it desperately fled, detonating with magical force!

After introducing the superheroes, the host moved on to introduce the sorcerers currently on the field.

Curse Technique Master Ajarn Luo! Curse Technique Master Mo Ha! Sorceress An Nongwan! Sorcerer Ah Le! Tattooed Charm Master Ba Yu! Oh no, Tattooed Charm Master Ba Yu has been smashed in half by the Flood Dragon's tail!

There are only four sorcerers left! Okay, now let's continue to watch the superheroes in action...

As for the blatant bias of the Superhero Alliance's production in favor of Western superheroes, giving barely any screen time to the sorcerers and merely mentioning their names when absolutely necessary, the Southeast Asian audience expressed great anger.

But there was no helping it; after all, the main body of the global audience currently watching the live broadcast was from developed Western countries, and they preferred the stories where Western superheroes dominated the battlefield.

As for the Rikoku Cultivators who had been absent from the camera for a long time, the host had mentioned them a few times earlier, like "Were they eaten by the Eastern dragon before the superheroes arrived on the battlefield?" but later on they were no longer brought up.

The cultivators hadn't appeared, and the Rikoku audience had also grown numb to it. Although the overall number of live broadcast viewers was still increasing, the comment feed had basically quieted down.

The occasional screen-filled comments were from newly-arrived viewers from the Rikoku country asking, "Where are our people, where are they?" Evidently they had recently entered the live stream. At first, other viewers explained and speculated, but later even those explanations stopped.

In the principal's office, Li Weiguo and Chen Tianming were quietly staring at the screen, not speaking.

Would Yan Yu be eaten by the Flood Dragon? Ridiculous! If he didn't strip the sinew from the Flood Dragon alive and perform a fancy jump rope routine in front of the global audience, we'd be utterly grateful.

As the number of fighters on the battlefield dwindled, the best time to pick the spoils was getting closer, and although they were silent, their anticipation grew stronger in their hearts.

Show yourself, Yan Yu!

Go dominate the battlefield and claim victory for Rikoku!

As if heeding the call of the high-ranking officials and countless citizens, the very next second...

Countless sword lights invaded the battlefield!

In that moment, whether in foreign or domestic live streams, the comment feed instantly exploded with frenzy!

On the deck of the Three Isles Treasure Ship, Zhao Yuanzhen and Lin Ning stood side by side as they charged forward with the Shifting Technique, only to hear Chen Lingyun's voice transmission:

"Left one."

She immediately split from Lin Ning, her Yin Wind Sword moving rapidly and lethally, striking the first sorcerer on the left.

Sorcerer Ah Le!

The opponent was gaunt and long-limbed, facing the oncoming onslaught of the Demonic Sect Enchantress with an expressionless face, merely pointing a finger.

Instantly, two specters, one large, one small, burst forth from the charm hanging at his waist. The larger one was wretched, the smaller one as translucent as a curtain, both charging straight towards Zhao Yuanzhen.

This was the "Resentful Mother and Child Spirit" (in Siam language, Phi Tai Thang Klom), formed by torturing a pregnant woman of at least three months with Curse Techniques until she dies, allowing the souls of mother and child to gain magical powers due to intense hatred. These spirits could ignore most physical attacks and possess someone else's body, killing them without shedding blood.

In Sorcerer Ah Le's opinion, the opponent would first attempt to cut down the Resentful Mother and Child Spirit with the Flying Sword, only to find that physical attacks were ineffective, and by then it would be too late to flee, allowing the spirits to possess and turn on their allies... just as he had experienced in past battles with other sorcerers.

Zhao Yuanzhen indeed didn't give it much thought, simply executing a sword technique that directed the Yin Wind Sword towards the Resentful Mother and Child Spirit.

As the Yin Wind Sword howled through the air, cries of anguish rose in the wind, reaching the ears of the Resentful Mother and Child Spirit, their faces of hatred and malice quickly turning to fear and dread.

Immediately after, they disregarded Sorcerer Ah Le's commands, fleeing headlong in rebellion, daring not to come closer to Zhao Yuanzhen.

If Yan Yu had witnessed this scene, he would have instantly guessed that it was because of the Yin Wind Sword's nature; its true name, the Sword of Ten Thousand Evil Spirits, devoured souls and spirits, making it the bane of all ghosts.

Confused Sorcerer Ah Le: ?

Before he could react in shock, Zhao Yuanzhen mercilessly changed her sword technique, the Yin Wind Sword swiftly altering its course to cut down the unprepared Sorcerer Ah Le into two.

Turning to the frantic mother and child spirit trying to escape the Yin Wind Sword, Chen Lingyun had already cornered them with the summoning of five ghosts, before capturing them in the Soul Summoning Banner with a powerful spell.

Lin Ning, likewise following Chen Lingyun's command, directed her Green Bamboo Sword at the right side where Sorceress An Nongwan was positioned.

An Nongwan, a female sorcerer from Sulu, summoned not spirits but Iron Corpses. As Lin Ning pressed on, she shot a black light to fend off the Green Bamboo Sword, while directing the Iron Corpse to attack Lin Ning.

Before the battle on Changbai Mountain, had Lin Ning seen the ghastly, foul-smelling Iron Corpse leaping towards her to bite, she might have been startled.

But now, she was no novice to battling zombie-like enemies. Besides, this Iron Corpse was even slower than the Iron Corpse she'd faced before. So, she simply retreated in a calm manner using the Shifting Technique, not allowing the Iron Corpse to get close, her hand rapidly executing successive sword techniques.

Sword Technique: Eagle Strike the Heavens!

The Green Bamboo Sword performed a swift slash, colliding with the darkness emanating from the opponent and emitted a dull yet rapid sound. The dark light was forced back by the power of the sword strike, but the green sword light advanced instead of retreating, delivering a second slash in the blink of an eye!

Two consecutive strikes later, the dark light couldn't withstand it any longer and dispersed. It turned out to be a flying centipede, roughly the length of a human forearm, its exoskeleton already shattered to pieces, barely clinging to life.

Yet Lin Ning's sword technique did not cease. With another shake of the green sword light, she bisected the flying centipede.

Eagle Strike Triple Slash!

Sorcerer An Nongwan was not a Sword Immortal, nor did she understand the technical complexities involved in executing the three consecutive slashes of the Eagle Strike the Heavens.

Seeing her own life-preserving flying centipede being slain by three swift slashes from the opponent's sword, she immediately ceased counterattacking and hurriedly shook the Magic Artifact bell in her hand, signaling the Iron Corpse to quickly return and protect its master.

But how could the Iron Corpse, which was originally chasing Lin Ning, return immediately upon command?

Lin Ning would certainly not miss this opportunity. With her Green Bamboo Sword performing a technique resembling a white rainbow piercing the sun, she ruthlessly thrust it through An Nongwan's chest, killing her instantly.

Zhao and Lin both burst onto the battlefield and swiftly slew their respective opponents. To the viewers in the global live stream, especially the citizens of Rikoku still watching on their screens, it felt as if a nuclear bomb had been dropped in the chatroom, and it was impossible to make out what the frenzied scrambling of messages were saying.

Until the Superhero Alliance hurriedly switched the broadcasting perspective.

Margaret the Phoenix once again clashed with Li Minghu. Leaping high into the air, she continued to hurl Thunder Lances from her arms in rapid succession, attempting to deter the widespread offensive of the Rikoku Cultivators. However, nearly every Thunder Lance shot out was intercepted and exploded in mid-air by Li Minghu's Sky Flash Sword.

Conversely, Li Minghu was momentarily held back by Phoenix, allowing the Phoenix on her flank to activate the Self-Combustion Spell. Instantly transforming into a raging fiery figure, she lunged at the Cultivators battling in the front.

"Su, be careful," Su Yunjin suddenly heard Chen Lingyun's voice transmission from behind.

She quickly lifted her head and saw the Phoenix suddenly overflying the front line's defense, her spread arms of flames forming massive wings as she dove towards Su Yunjin from above.

Su Yunjin's expression remained unchanged as she stealthily formed a Spell with her hands, her calm eyes reflecting the fiery silhouette of the Phoenix.

This ambush is nowhere near the speed of our captain.

She abruptly summoned her True Yuan, calling forth the water of the Southern Dipper River.

First technique, Jiaochong!

A powerful column of water erupted from the ground, instantly engulfing the Phoenix's flaming form and violently tossing it about.

That's not all! Second technique, Li Fan!

This time, instead of a column, a tsunami-like wave crashed down, as if an invisible hand was forcefully slamming the drowned and struggling Phoenix onto the ground.

The flames around the Phoenix had already been extinguished, and after being smashed by the wave, it bounced off the ground hard. Su Yunjin's True Yuan was now at its peak, even her hair floated in the air from the surge of True Yuan, giving her the appearance of a celestial being descending from the nine heavens, majestic, and impervious.

Third technique, Lang Feiyun!

A barrage of dense water cannon bullets fired, hitting the Phoenix continuously while still in the air, likening to a home run in baseball, directly knocking the Phoenix out of the Three Isles Treasure Ship Secret Realm. She disappeared near the boundary of the Mysterious Realm after crossing a distance of nearly three or four hundred meters.

On the surface of the real world, the bedraggled Phoenix skipped several times upon the water, barely managing to stabilize her figure. She then summoned her fiery wings to take to the skies again as the flames rapidly healed her wounds, restoring her to her unblemished peak condition, ready to rejoin the battlefield.

Huh?

Looking towards the distant Three Isles Treasure Ship Secret Realm, and the fleet of Miti carriers behind it, he suddenly fell into a state of unbelievable stupor.

I... was forcefully ejected from the Secret Realm by her?

The Miti superhero "Phoenix" Phoenix was solidly defeated by Su Yunjin and left the battlefield! Read exclusive chapters at empire

Within the Secret Realm, on the deck, as Rikoku Cultivators and Transcendents grappled with each other in close combat, Yan Yu and Li Zhaojiang, the two captains, had already rushed along the edges near the ship's sides, bypassing the intensely-fought central battlefield, and quickly arrived before the Flood Dragon at the bow of the ship.

Catch the thief before catching the king!

The Flood Dragon calmly looked at the two Rikoku Cultivators, raising its upper body high and emitting a dragon cry that shook the heavens.

The deep, ominous clouds overhead seemed to descend several hundred meters as a result of the dragon cry, as if something was about to emerge from within.

Li Zhaojiang was about to speak when he suddenly received Yan Yu's voice transmission:

"Dodge."

He hastily retreated using the Shifting Technique. The next second, a beam of golden light descended from the sky and struck where they had just been standing, embedding deeply into the deck of the Three Isles Treasure Ship.

It was a massive curved scythe, over twenty meters long and shimmering with golden light.

The Flood Dragon extended its enormous claws, gripping the side of the scythe tightly with enough force to sink the blade deep into its blood-drenched toes, and, despite the intense pain, the dragon's head seemed even more exhilarated:

"What does it matter if one is man or dragon? In this world, only power is eternal! Only power..."

"...is the eternal goal of those who pursue cultivation!"