Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 1197: Chapter 1196: Barren Land (4 Updates!)

Northern Wilderness Realm, Barren Land.

The name Barren Land, as the name suggests, is undoubtedly the most desolate place on the entire Dragon Martial Continent.

Even within the Northern Wilderness Realm, other places, compared to this Barren Land, are considered prosperous.

Here, there are only vast wastelands, the ground completely cracked, the sun blazing in the sky, the fierce heat causing the cultivators present to be drenched in sweat.

There isn’t even water, let alone Spiritual Energy.

Here, you cannot feel the slightest presence of Spiritual Energy; the only thing available for cultivation is Spirit Stone.

Magic Elements are also absent here.

At a glance, the vast territory is filled with desolation, making one sigh.

Yet such a desolate place has become the safest place on the entire Dragon Martial Continent today, and also... the place with the most visitors!

Because now, on the Dragon Martial Continent, only here has not been stepped into by the Extraterritorial Demons.

No one knows the reason.

The Barren Land is broad, with a diameter of nearly ten million kilometers; from the sky, one can see that this Barren Land is actually an oval shape, and beyond this circle... all are densely packed Extraterritorial Demons!

The number of those Extraterritorial Demons is too, too many to count, far more than the billions that besieged Su Han and the others previously.

Among these Extraterritorial Demons, Demon Disciples, Demon Horde, Demon Spirits, and Demon Star levels are innumerable, even Demon God-level equivalent to human Dragon Emperor Realm, and Great Demon God-level comparable to Pseudo-Emperor Realm, are far too many.

Among the group of Extraterritorial Demons, there are enormous palanquins formed entirely by blood-colored light, and sitting on them are all at the Demon Lord level equivalent to cultivators in the Dragon Emperor Realm!

At a glance, there are thousands of these Demon Lord levels, far more than human Dragon Emperor Realm.

However, whether it’s Demon Disciples, Demon Horde, Great Demon God, or Demon Lords, they all stay outside the circle of the Barren Land and do not enter.

It’s not that they don’t want to enter, but they can’t enter!

Previously, Extraterritorial Demons attempted to enter the Barren Land, but the moment they entered, a large amount of light appeared in the Barren Land, directly annihilating them.

No matter how many enter, it’s the same!

It’s as if there’s a gigantic formation here specifically for annihilating Extraterritorial Demons, while humans are unharmed.

Extraterritorial Demons have spirituality and intelligence, and are not reckless and fearless.

They tried countless times and suffered numerous losses, then finally stopped entering, as if thinking of other ways.

And within the Barren Land, the cultivators have completely settled into safety.

As time passed, the cultivators in the Barren Land have gone from being on edge to facing the Extraterritorial Demons with calm composure.

One can see that within the circle, countless cultivators stand opposed to those Extraterritorial Demons.

Only less than ten steps separate them, yet no matter how those cultivators provoke, the Extraterritorial Demons dare not enter.

Outside the Barren Land, behind the group of Extraterritorial Demons, groups of cultivators are coming from all directions of the Dragon Martial Continent.

They have weary faces, with more or less bloodstains on their bodies, wearing clothes belonging to various forces, from First-Class Sects, Second-Rate Sects, Third-Rate Sects, to Fourth-Rate Sects, and even some families from the Thirteen Families, and some Grand Powers under the Top Ten Super Sects.

However, when these people arrive and see the overwhelming group of Extraterritorial Demons, they are all stunned.

They traveled thousands of miles, experienced countless life-and-death crises, about to enter the Barren Land, but outside this Barren Land is a tide of Extraterritorial Demons.

No one doubts that the number of these Extraterritorial Demons is more than all they’ve killed, seen, or heard on their way.

If they charge in now, they will be instantly overwhelmed, not even leaving a trace of blood or flesh!

Fortunately, the attention of these Extraterritorial Demons seems to always be inside the Barren Land, and even those of the Demon Lord level haven’t looked back once, whether because they truly haven’t noticed them or have and chose to ignore.

In the area where these forces are located, there’s eerily not a single Extraterritorial Demon. The Extraterritorial Demons on the Dragon Martial Continent seem divided into two groups; the first group is fighting with the cultivators elsewhere, and the second group is standing outside the Barren Land, always encircling.

Here, a temporary void zone has appeared.

Out of helplessness, these forces can only stay here temporarily.

They dare not go back, because behind them, countless Extraterritorial Demons are searching for humans.

They dare not move forward either, because in front... there are more Extraterritorial Demons.

The figures of these Extraterritorial Demons are immense, completely blocking the Barren Land, even floating can’t reveal the happenings inside.

What can be seen are just the four large characters above the void, formed by Spiritual Power—Cultivator Alliance!

...

At this moment, in the very center of the Barren Land, countless palaces are being gradually constructed amid the silhouettes of many cultivators.

This is a massive palace complex, said to be even larger than the ’Holy Spirit Palace,’ the largest of the palace complexes, with at least hundreds of thousands of palaces, and still, countless cultivators are constructing around.

In the center of that palace complex, there is a landmark building.

This is also a palace, but much taller than others, with a towering height of ten thousand floors, reaching the clouds, unseen from below.

The other palaces, at most, have only a thousand floors, a tenth the height of this one!

This tallest palace is called the ’Hall of Dragon Guardians,’ meaning to protect the Dragon Martial Continent.

The cultivators residing in the Hall of Dragon Guardians are all senior members of the Cultivator Alliance, and in fact, the forces that organized the Cultivator Alliance, in the former Dragon Martial Continent, at their strongest, were merely First-Class Sects.

Yet now, these previously inconspicuous forces have organized into the largest, safest, and most authoritative force on the Dragon Martial Continent!

At the top of the Hall of Dragon Guardians, on that ten-thousandth floor, sit three old men in meditation.

The aura emanating from these three elders... is all of Dragon Venerate Realm!

However, through their bodies, their souls can be seen, as if their bodies are transparent.

Moreover, any cultivator can sense that these souls and their bodies are incongruent.

It’s almost as if... these bodies are possessed!