Chapter 2551: A Narrow Escape

The blood-red skeleton formed by the Army of Death stood there like a giant. Blood-red mist permeated its surroundings as it emitted a heavy presence of death that seemed to drain the life of everything.

At that moment, its huge skull was raised as it stared at the sky with its hollow eyes. Afterwards, it leapt up to receive the huge palm strike that fell from the sky.

Bang!

The huge skeleton erupted with all of its power, colliding with the hand of energy. There was an immediate, deep rumble, as if the sky had exploded. Region after region of space collapsed as terrifying storms of energy wreaked havoc there, making the space there ripple.

From that alone, the skeleton collapsed. Its huge body that stood thousands of metres tall directly collapsed in the air from the palm strike. It was reduced back into a ball of countless smaller skeletons, falling from the sky.

Moreover, during this process, a third of the skeletons directly disintegrated in the air.

The Empyrean Demon Cult’s Army of Death was renowned for its power in the Saints’ World. It had never suffered a defeat since its appearance. It did not even suffer any casualties.

This was because they were never alive. They were truly undying objects. They felt no pain, no fear, and they were extremely tough. If they encountered powerful opponents, they could fuse together and stack their battle prowess. As a result, they could even kill Chaotic Primes.

But now, a third of the infamous Army of Death had been lost after taking a single palm strike from the Rain Abbess.

The loss was extremely heavy.

After a slight pause, the Rain Abbess’ hand continued to fall. Wherever it passed, space collapsed, and a destructive power enveloped everyone from the Empyrean Demon Cult. It was an extremely shocking sight.

Boom!

In the end, the huge hand struck the Empyrean Demon Cult’s divine hall, and the collision resulted in a deafening boom. The huge divine hall was beaten into the ground, and the members of the cult who had yet to enter the divine hall all died. Their bodies disintegrated into nothingness under the terrifying power.

In that short moment, over ten thousand cult members died to the Rain Abbess. There were many Godkings among them.

The people of the Cloudsurge Empire cheered with the sudden change to the situation. Many experts praised the Rain Abbess. They were extremely excited.

The Rain Abbess’ return had turned the situation around. In just a single palm strike, she made the aggressive Empyrean Demon Cult retreat. Everyone witnessed the unstoppable might of the Rain Abbess.

A figure silently appeared within the Formation of Cloudsurge and Rainflood in the sky. The power of clouds and rain surged around her, along with the laws of the world. It obscured her figure.

As she appeared, the Formation of Cloudsurge and Rainfall that protected the imperial city truly unleashed the peak of its power. Not only did it seal up the entire space there, but even the space where the divine hall stood became restrained by a tremendous power.

Immediately, the divine hall was immobilised. Even the terrifying power that erupted earlier was unable to break free from the invisible restraints.

“Greetings to the abbess!” The emperor of the Cloudsurge Empire, Ye Yizhan, stared at the figure with respect as he dropped to his knees.

All the Infinite Primes and Chaotic Primes around him showed respect as well. They either dropped to their knees or bowed.

“Empyrean Demon Cult!” A cold voice rang out from the sky. It contained heavy killing intent.

The Rain Abbess had spoken. The bearing of ways circulated around her as she radiated with a terrifying presence. With a wave of her hand, countless colossal bolts of lightning appeared from the formation, hurtling towards the cult’s divine hall in a devastating fashion.

As if the Empyrean Demon Cult’s divine hall had become a sitting duck, it was immobilised and kept there by the Rain Abbess, so it was forced to endure the endless attacks of lightning.

The lightning came from the Formation of Cloudsurge and Rainflood. With the support of the Rain Abbess, they had become extremely terrifying. Even though the divine hall was a high quality god artifact, it constantly trembled from the attacks.

The interior of the divine hall swayed. Many members of the cult struggled to keep a stable footing, teetering and tottering or even directly falling over.

“Grand elder, where’s Jian Chen? Why hasn’t Jian Chen returned with you?” Xu Ran asked Cheng Ming. She was currently on the highest floor of the divine hall. Her expression was very ugly.

The grand elder’s expression was extremely ugly as well. He said sternly, “Something unexpected happened. I failed to bring back Jian Chen.”

“What?” Xu Ran’s expression changed. She immediately turned around to leave the divine hall.

“You can’t go out. The Rain Abbess of the Cloudsurge Empire is outside. Once you leave the divine hall, you will struggle to even keep your own life intact, let alone save Jian Chen.” Cheng Ming stopped Xu Ran. After a moment of thought, he comforted her, “But you don’t need to worry. Master treats Jian Chen with great importance. Now that he’s in danger, master will definitely save Jian Chen.”

Boom! At this moment, a great rumble rang out, and the divine hall shook even more violently. The attacks from the Formation of Cloudsurge and Rainflood became even more intense. The power of the divine hall was rapidly depleting.

“Grand elder, we need to go.” Blade Demon, Blood Demon, Cloud Demon, and Rain Demon appeared around the grand elder. They were still shrouded by demonic aura, but they were stern.

Cheng Ming nodded solemnly. Afterwards, he flipped his hand, and a hand-sized sword immediately appeared. He muttered, “The Space-shattering Sword specialises in destroying seals on space. It can only be used once. Originally, I thought there would be no need for us to use this at all, but I never thought we would still need it in the end.”

Afterwards, the Space-shattering Sword flew out and appeared outside the divine hall.

“A Space-shattering Sword!” Outside, the Rain Abbess also noticed the sword. Her face immediately sank, and she called out. She immediately tried to trap the sword.

However, it was already too late. As soon as the Space-shattering Sword appeared outside the divine hall, it exploded loudly. A mysterious power sealed in the space there immediately leaked out, shattering the Laws of Space in the region.

The space that kept the divine hall trapped shook violently. The restraints eased up, and the divine hall broke free. In the end, it shot into a spatial crack created by the Space-shattering Sword and vanished.

The Rain Abbess snorted coldly. She immediately vanished, charging into the crack in close pursuit. Clearly, she did not plan on letting the Empyrean Demon Cult go.

But very soon, the Rain Abbess returned. However, she was utterly furious, just like a volcano that was about to erupt. She gave off an extremely terrifying presence, scaring the experts of the Cloudsurge Empire into silence.

“You sure run fast. Empyrean Demon Cult, you’ve taken by Innate Orchid of Five Elements and most of my Innate Spiritual Mud and Innate Spiritual Liquid. I will never simply forget about this,” the Rain Abbess said through gritted teeth. Afterwards, she vanished and reappeared in the forbidden grounds behind the imperial palace.

The space there remained frozen. Nothing could move. The effects of the Space-shattering Sword failed to reach here.

However, the Heaven-linking Bridge was gone now, having been taken away by the grand elder. Jian Chen remained frozen mid-air in the same posture as before.

The Rain Abbess stood outside the forbidden grounds and looked at Jian Chen coldly. The iciness was pressing.