Tatyana's aura exploded outward, pushing the 29 Demon Monarchs back some kilometers just from her aura pressure. Her aura release became extremely dense, and a black and green haze covered the sky, changing the red sky into an ominous night. Light still shone through, creating a very strange atmosphere.
Horux, accompanied by another ten Demon Monarchs, charged toward her and the other 18 continued building the formation. The attacks came one after another, and Tatyana dodged and moved in the air, evading through their attacks.
Clashes of weapons echoed in the sky as Tatyana weaved through their attacks effortlessly. It was as if the attacks weren't even aimed at her, even the Demon Monarch got aware of this, but they didn't stop.
For the ones looking at them, it seemed as if the attacks were evading her!
This was thanks to Tatyana's passive skill, [Future sight], which enabled her to see some seconds into the future with extreme clarity.
Tatyana moved like a fish in the water through their attacks, blocking some, parrying some, and sometimes sneaking a counterattack that sent those Demon Monarchs she hit flying with painful grunts.
*CLANG!CLANG!* *BANG!* *CLANG!CLANG!CLANG!* *BANG!*
While dodging, Tatyana began to chant, making her voice echo through the entire battlefield.
"You who rules the undead…."
A thick death aura gathered at one point behind them. Tatyana continued evading as her chant went uninterrupted.
"…You who, even with that ascendancy, is under my command."
The aura got denser, and the demons attacked faster, trying to stop her. However, Tatyana dodged easily and ended her chant.
"Awaken, [Sovereign of the Underworld: Undead Empress]."
A spatial crack opened, creating a pitch-black zone in that area. Laments of countless souls passed through the crack as a woman with ethereal beauty stepped out of it wearing a green and white regal dress and holding an elegant longsword. Her eyes glowed with a ghostly green light, and her aura carried the bearing of a monarch.
Ying Yue looked at the demons attacking Tatyana and instantly charged right into the fray.
One Demon Queen saw a blur approaching from the side and hastily defended; however… *BOOOOM!!*
She felt like an asteroid just smashed against her and was sent flying hundreds of kilometers away with tumbling organs and broken bones. Ying Yue didn't follow and sped toward the others that were attacking Tatyana.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
Ying Yue danced around like a whirlwind of elegance, beauty, and strength, blowing away all the Demon Monarchs. Shortly after her summoning, all the Demons decided to retreat and regroup.
When she saw that the demons were regrouping, Ying Yue and Tatyana communicated in an instant. "How strange to see you fighting like this… Why are you not stopping their formation?"
Tatyana said, "They wanted to target my little treasure."
Ying Yue eyes became murderous, "Aiming for the little princess!? Eternal punishment is to light for these scum!"
Tatyana said, "I will also summon Hui Zhong. I need both of you to buy me time to summon Little Long."
Ying Yue's eyes opened in surprise. "Empress is going to summon Lord Long? Why?"
Tatyana said, "Little treasure is here with me."
Ying Yue instantly searched for Yasenia and saw her down there between the mass of demons and flocks of phoenixes. She said, "Then what are you waiting for, Empress!? Our little princess is endangered!"
Tatyana began accumulating energy again. However, Horux bellowed, "Foolish woman! You let us build the formation, and now it will become your death sentence! Activate, [Demon Emperor Killing Formation]!"
Tatyana smirked and said, "Thank you, I will take that. [Formation Reversal]."
She waved her left hand, and a wave of fate energy crashed into a specific spot in the formation. Before they could realize what Tatyana did, the formation began attacking them!
Tatyana sneered, "Playing with formations in front of me? Courting death is an understatement!"
Using the time frame they needed to deactivate the formation, Tatyana chanted again, making her voice reverberate around, "You who rules the undead, you who, even with that supremacy, is under my command. Awaken, [Sovereign of the Underworld: Undead Emperor]"
Another crack opened in the space, making the atmosphere even more ominous. An extremely handsome man stepped out of it, wearing a black and white regal garment and holding an imposing longsword. His eyes shone with spectral black light, and his aura carried the tyrannical power of death.
After he appeared on the battlefield, the demons destroyed the formation. Horux looked at Tatyana and saw the new fighter beside her; his face became ugly. The world slowed down as he looked around.
He looked down and saw the mortal demons fighting against the mortal-ranked ice phoenixes; except near Yasenia, the demons had the advantage.
Then, he looked toward the group of Demon Monarchs fighting against the injured group of Sixth ranked Ice phoenixes; the demons had the advantage.
Finally, he observed Eira and Boreas, who were still fighting against the group of 20 Demon Monarchs; the fight was in a lock, with no sides with a clear advantage.
'Should we retreat? It wasn't easy reaching here. If we can hold Tatyana enough time, we will manage to usurp and kill most of the young Ice phoenix and some of the Legendary ones. This will be a harsh hit for their race. Their leaders are still fighting against the 20… 18 Demon Monarchs. And the other sixth-ranked phoenixes are still fighting against the others… Thankfully we managed to kill some of them.'
Horux thought, 'Shall we make her lose her calm? Maybe we will have more chances if she acts recklessly. Moreover, I will be able to know what level is she really and plan against her.'
Horux said aloud, "It will be hard to win against her before the other fights end! Stall her! We will have an advantage if we get a hold of her daughter!"
The other Demon Monarchs howled and roared, shaking the heavens.
Tatyana froze for a second, and then her aura swelled!
The Demon Monarchs looked horrified as Tatyana's aura collapsed under its own might and exploded outward in an implosion of energy.
*BBOOOOOOMM!!!!!*
The shockwave that deformed space around her darkened the sky and drowned the Demon Monarchs' shouts.
Ying Yue and Hui Zhong thought, 'Oh… The Empress is truly angry.'
Tatyana's eyes glowed crimson as she ordered with a voice that sounded more demonic than theirs, "Protect me. I shall send them to the underworld to suffer for eternity and beyond!"
Then her voice covered the whole battlefield again. However, this time it was accompanied by a phantasmal undertone and laments of countless souls, giving chills to everyone present. The dread they felt was so bad that the fights around stopped to look at them. "You, King of Undead, King of Souls, King of dragons. You, who went against fate, and won, who went against the heavens, and won…."
A Titanic vortex of Death and Fate energy gathered in the sky, forming a black and green spiral cloud of 100km. However, it was so high up in the sky that it looked small.
Looking at that vortex, Horux felt fear for the first time and hastily said, "Charge! Interrupt her chant!" All 29 Demon Monarchs charged against Tatyana.
Anna and Eve looked at the sky and opened their eyes wide in fear. They hastily began chanting and using defensive skills around Yasenia and the rest. "FENG GUOSHI! COME HERE AND CREATE DEFENSIVE DOMES AROUND OUR YOUNG MISS!"
Feng Guoshi instantly flashed beside them and created transparent domes one after another, letting the people look at the sky as if they weren't there.
The rest also felt fear, but it was more an instinctual fear against death.
However, Yasenia and Alaia were trembling in fear, not because of the thing's strength, but because they felt like a superior being was being summoned, something Yasenia hadn't ever felt due to her superior bloodline. "W-what is Mom summoning? M-my instinct a-are screaming to run."
Eve said. "Her mount."
Ying Yue and Hui Zhong charged against the 29 Demon Monarchs fearlessly. The two against twenty-nine began with Ying Yue and Hui Zhong releasing a giant wave of death energy.
Fifteen Demon Monarchs blocked the attack, *BANG!* And they were sent flying backward. The others took the window they created and rushed forward.
Ying Yue began gathering energy.
Hui Zhong's sword blurred, and countless black slashes filled the sky. Horux stepped forward and met them with his own technique, sending red energy waves crashing against them. However, he was completely overpowered by the Undead Emperor's sword strikes. Another group joined Horux to repel his sword attacks.
Thanks to this, the rest could go toward Ying Yue and interrupt her.
Hui Zhong wouldn't let this happen. To stop the other Demon Monarchs for a second, he let himself be struck with Horux sword and redirected his attacks toward the others. Horux's attack sent Hui Zhong flying with a big lash in his chest. However, his attack managed to stop the others in their tracks for a second.
This maneuver let Ying Yue enough time to activate her skill. She chanted in her ethereal voice. "[Empress's Legion Summoning]."
Countless green cracks opened, but nothing came out. Then, she took over Hui Zhong's place while he gathered energy for his skill.
Ying Yue danced elegantly and imposingly between the Demon Monarchs, using her absurd strength to send the five to ten-meter creatures flying. She saw that Horux had changed direction toward Hui Zhong, so she hastily used a skill, summoning bone pillars around him.
The Demon Monarchs attacked the pillars, destroying them. However, Hui Zhong completed the energy charge. Then, he chanted in his magnetic and deep voice, "[Emperor's Legion Summoning]."
Countless black cracks appeared around them. Each green portal sent an energy beam toward the black portal, disappearing. The portals transformed into black-green ones.
Then both appeared beside the changing portals and chanted simultaneously, "[Regal Death's Procession]."
Following this, countless undead dropped like rain from them, covering the sky with different skeletal creatures.
A green aura exploded from Ying Yue and a black one from Hui Zhong. All the undead became strengthened and gained the ability to fly. Hui Zhong and Ying Yue commanded aloud, "Protect the Death Empress."
All the undead charged toward the Demon Monarchs.
The Demon Monarchs hastily attacked, destroying chunks of the army with each strike. Nonetheless, the undead pouring through the cracks seemed endless!
It was at this time that Tatyana's voice continued to reverberate, sounding more imposing with each line. "You, who gave up life for the unlife, who was the first, but also the last. Who ruled and lost everything, who ruled again and gained everything."
Horux was getting anxious and cursing at himself, 'Why did you have to provoke her!? We have to stop the summoning.' His voice rumbled as he shouted, "[DEMON KING'S PRESENCE: HELLISH TORMENT]!"
*BOOM!*
A red aura exploded from him, damaging everyone, including the nearby Demon Monarchs. However, this red aura, even if it was weaker than the previous fire nova. It was enough to incinerate nearby undead, clearing the undead around him and creating a path toward Tatyana.
All of them took the chance and charged through it, not minding the injuries.
Ying Yue and Hui Zhong moved fast between Tatyana and the demons, summoning every defensive spell they could. Tatyana was covered by countless bones, domes, and skeleton walls, hiding her from sight. The 30 demons attacked continuously, making a hole through those defenses in less than two seconds. However, two seconds of margin in a battle of their strength was something that could change the tides of the battle.
And it did.
Tatyana's aura inflated again and exploded outwards, destroying every defense around her and sending the demon monarchs flying. This energy explosion revealed her current cultivation level. Horux opened his eyes, stunned, and incredulously said, "Huh…? A level two Law Creator? A level two demigoddess!?"
Horux came to a harsh realization while Tatyana's last verse was heard, carrying the strength of the world's laws.
'She could have killed us from the start… She is trying to capture us!'
"I call you, my eternal companion, my eternal partner, [Sovereign of the Underworld: Progenitor King, Abyssal Dragon]!"