"It won't go as you thought it would. Your wicked plans for the world end here."
Venerable Knight Lussandra still kept her calm and spoke.
"How amusing~" Mingzhi's smile faded. She looked down, "We want nothing to do with the people here. All you people have to do is give up the Realm Core and all of you could survive, but you just had to bring an army and ruin their chances of living. What a pity~"
She raised her head, her expression appearing solemn behind her veil.
"I'm not kidding. Take back your forces or watch them die. I won't be as merciful as the Divine Emperor of Death and accept a ceasefire later on, so take my words as an ultimatum."
"…"
Venerable Knight Lussandra's gaze flickered.
She was aware this woman held far more hatred for the world than the Divine Emperor of Death did. However, she really didn't have a choice in this matter. They couldn't allow the Divine Emperor of Death to capture more realms. A bad precedent was set, so all that remained was for them to stop the Divine Emperor of Death and his forces and let people restore their trust in them.
To that end, each and every one of the Heaven's Warriors were willing to sacrifice their lives. They wanted to protect the realms at all costs.
However, she knew this woman's thirst for blood knew no bounds. She really wouldn't hesitate to do what she said, and her way of killing was really decisive and gruesome, not even leaving a strand of hair left for it to given back to their families.
Regardless, she wasn't worried about this one woman.
She took a look at her entourage.
Their expressions looked- amused.
Not a single one of them looked worried or anxious. Perhaps they were faking it but her intuition told her that there was much more to their composure than it meets the eye. However, she sensed a few powerful undulations she needed to take note of.
Obviously, first, Realm Master Yughen was a character that she couldn't underestimate. Within the realm, he could reign supreme. With his faster energy regeneration rate, he could send nearly endless attacks as long as the attacks weren't too energy-consuming.
Secondly, the crimson-white robed woman appeared dangerous. It was Sophie.
And third, the white-robed woman who appeared to name herself as the commander of the so-called Reaper Soul Legion, Yotan, was also rumored to be powerful. Since the Reaper Soul Legion proclaimed itself to be the first line of defense for the Davis Family, she knew Commander Yotan wouldn't be any less powerful than his wives.
However, what she was worried about Commander Yotan the most was the life ring she was wearing.
She received information from the Verdant Vale Lower Realm that half of them were missing, so they could be inside that life ring. She heard that they were also trained in battle formations.
But more than them, she saw two men at the back, their hands folded to the front as though they were waiting for the show to start.
She recognized them.
They were none other than Fenren Jadelight and Soaren Goldsun.
However, their auras seemed vastly different, and they radiated Emperor-Tier's aura while at the Empyrean Beast Stage. Her heart shook, knowing that they were beings at the layer limit.
Altogether, she noticed that they may have five or six beings near or at the layer limit. However, she could also sense one hidden being somewhere. She couldn't pinpoint where but that would mean that person was also near to the layer limit, leaving her taking a deep breath.
Venerable Knight Lussandra opened her mouth, "We, the Divine Sentinel Order, are willing to not interfere…"
"Venerable Knight!"
The Heaven's Warriors behind her were shocked.
They couldn't believe her words. For what reason had they hidden and gathered secretly?
They had prepared so much for this day. Powerful battle formations that would allow them to battle to the layer limit were introduced. Every seven hundred hundred Early Stage Empyreans and Autarchs were capable of deploying this grand war formation, allowing them to battle against the forces of the Divine Emperor of Death even if they were near the layer limit.
They got nearly six thousand Heaven's Warriors who were at the peak of the Sovereign Stage, so that was like nine cultivators at the layer limit. The four hundred Empyreans and Autarchs could also join using battle formations to increase their prowess to the layer limit.
That would add like ten more, and considering they had nine Autarchs at the Late Stage, they would have nearly twenty-one collective forces at the layer limit.
How could they possibly lose!?
Furthermore, the Heaven's Warriors in the Verdant Vale Lower Realm were also ready to engage. Even if the forces there failed because of that apocalyptic flame spirit, how could they fail here with such an advantage?
"Silence…!"
Venerable Knight Lussandra's cold voice echoed.
It instantly caused the Heaven's Warriors to quiet down but they were still mumbling using soul transmissions.
"Heaven's Warriors, what is the meaning of this!?" A Grand Elder from the Ghostly Crow Clan screeched.
Venerable Knight Lussandra didn't bother to look at him. She looked straight into Mingzhi's eyes.
"We are willing to not interfere- only if the Divine Emperor of Death and the forces behind him, including you, promise that this is the last realm you will ever take."
"…!?"
Mingzhi raised her brows.
For a moment, she was caught off guard as she didn't expect this kind of scenario to appear. Even with her foresight, she saw a lot of Heaven's Warriors coming, but she didn't think they would come to make such a negotiation.
Even the Heaven's Warriors, who were shocked at the back, were proof of that.
She took a look again at the Venerable Knight Lussandra, not understanding what her intentions were here.
Venerable Knight Lussandra calmed her heart as another bout of mumblings erupted from the army behind her.
Closing her eyes for a moment, she thought back to the words she heard from the Celestial Transcendent after waiting a whole week for him to appear with just his avatar.
"It's fine. Don't take the criticisms to heart. In my opinion, you have fulfilled the expectations I had for you. However, the world can be harsh but the reality is that you nor anyone else can stop him anymore. With his terrifying ability to control chaos-destruction, which I didn't think was even possible, and the forces behind him, his fate in the lower realms is already one of a victor unless he makes a careless mistake."
The Celestial Transcendent said, but his eyes were full of amazement before his smile turned gentle, "Minimize the losses in the Lower Realms and focus on stopping him in the Upper Realms. However, do not take my advice as gospel. No one is above making a mistake."
He winked amusedly as though telling her that even he or the Divine Emperor of Death could make a mistake.
Venerable Knight Lussandra opened her eyes, her visage expressing a steely determination.
"If you can't- then we'll have a battle to the death right here- right now!"