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Title: Unexpected Result
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The deadline of the ten years neared. And since Shun had nothing to do coupled with the fact that he needed to follow Katsushiki back home to see Kaguya he tagged along.
At the entrance of the Myriad Island, at the boundary of the vast Celestial realms, many experts including Chakra emperors were all gathered there.
This battle with a timeline of ten years had erupted with both Katsushiki and Monoshiki at the center.
In truth, Things weren't so simple, there were implications behind this, with something to do with the conflict among the peak powers of the Celestial realms.
Ten years was simply too short a time to emperors, something which would pass in the blink of an eye.
During these ten years, many conflicts erupted as usual. Experts of both faction didn't allow Chakra kings to enter the devil gate, even for random chakra kings no one was acquainted with.
They wanted to prevent stirring the situation too much, hence, everyone was in a state akin to a lit fuse, prior to an explosion, guarding the entrance with swords and daggers drawn.
Now, the deadline of ten years was almost up.
Today, even some youngsters had arrived. For example, Kaguya. She was here as well, standing at the side of a middle aged Emperor.
The aura emanating from her was one of someone in the Chakra King Realm.
"Time passed by so fast. Evergreen, after some time later, your little brother and cousin there would make good addition to our empire," The Skymist Chakra Emperor laughed loudly.
The Evergreen Emperor couldn't even bother to glance over, he directly ignored the Skymist Emperor.
"Ten years in the Myriad Devil Islands, I wonder how much Monoshiki has improved, he must now be infinitesimally close to the Chakra-king realm." An emperor of the Nine-Emperors Empire laughed, possessing absolute confidence in Monoshiki.
A true genius would survive even in times of extreme danger.
Hence, even if Monoshiki and the others entered the Myriad Islands, all of them still believed that this would be nothing more than an opportunity for Monoshiki.
This training field would enable Monoshiki to return in an even more domineering manner.
Time flowed by and more and more experts gathered here.
The other side of the devil gate was the Myriad Islands.
Right now on the other side near the entrance, there was quite a number of devil experts clad in armor patrolling about with long spears in their hands.
At the point where the spear tip connected with the spear shaft, there was actually a little mirror which emitted a dazzling light.
These devil expeprts seemed to be the guards responsible for protecting the devil gate entrance.
At this very moment, a surge of vast devil might gush forth from afar.
Not long after, an entire army exuding a terrifying aura could be seen coming over.
The guards couldn't help but to furrow their brows. Their devil spears involuntarily trembled lightly in their hands as they stared at these incoming experts.
This group of people was none other than Katsushiki and the others.
After coming here, Shun glanced about but didn't discover anyone from Monoshiki's alliance.
Naturally, Monoshiki's group couldn't have exited the devil gate.
"Surround them." At this moment, Hinami suddenly gave a solemn command.
A moment later, experts from the judiciary hall moved forward and circled the guards.
The guards couldn't help but to feel nervous as they glanced at these experts with fear and trepidation.
Shun glanced at Hinami, with a puzzled look on his face.
"There are no guards at the devil gate sent here by the Myriad Islands. The movements here can clearly be seen from the Celestial Mountain." Hinami explained in a low voice.
Shun's eyes flashed, gleaming with a sudden coldness as he stared at these so-called guards.
From what Hinami had said, it was clear that these people were masquerading as guards, sent here to monitor the movements here.
"Boss lady, we will leave here immediately." Those people trembled with fear.
"Who asked you all to come here?" Hinami asked with a cold voice.
"We came here of our own volition, wanting to deceive others and earn some benefits."
"Execute him." Hinami commanded.
"Yes, Priestess." An expert of the judiciary hall instantly launched an attack, causing great fear in the hearts of those fake guards.
The remaining instantly knelt down and begged, "Mercy please, someone commanded us to be stationed here, he also said that there's no need for us to do anything else."
The Fallen God Emperor stretched his hand and clutched the person who spoke, taking away his devil spear.
A cracking sound rang out as the spear shattered. The mirror-like thing connecting the spear tip and shaft floated in the air, capturing this scene perfectly.
"This is a treasure whose main purpose is for surveillance. One can observe things from extremely far away." The Vast Sky Emperor spoke.
"Monoshiki." Katsushiki's eyes flashed with coldness.
He had long made his preparations, receiving the aid of Shun and the Vast Sky Emperor, Fallen God Emperor and even Hinami.
The ending was already set but Monoshiki and his group truly had a few other solutions.
They left the Celestial mountain earlier and actually arranged for people to be stationed at the entrance to monitor Shun and Katsushiki's group movements and situation.
"Before this, did anyone fight here?" Shun asked.
The countenances of those fake guards flickered. One of them then replied, "No."
Light flickered in Shun's eyes, seeing past all lies and illusions. He could feel that this person was lying.
His expression turned even colder. If a battle was fought here before, it means that people from his alliance had already arrived and was ambushed by Monoshiki's group.
"Execute him as well." Katsushiki coldly spoke.
The head of the person who replied earlier toppled to the ground.
The other fake guards all had pale expressions. They didn't expect that by accepting the rewards to do this mission, they would offend such a terrifying enemy and even die here.
No wonder the reward given was so luxurious.
The light of judgement cascaded on the others as well as all those fake guards were killed instantly.
Shun's expression was cold. Their movements were already known by Monoshiki and even the devil sense of the two Devil Emperors couldn't find Monoshiki's group.
Clearly, Monoshiki intentionally wanted to do this, and his group must now be at an extremely distance place. They wouldn't appear until after Shun's group left.
Since this was the case, Shun might have missed another chance to slaughter him completely.
"That sinister fellow." An Otsustsuki beside Katsushiki coldly spoke.
"However, what's fortunate is that there's no more suspense for this battle." Shun spoke.
Katsushiki nodded his head lightly. Although it was a pity that he wasn't able to kill Monoshiki and his group.
Their purpose for coming here to the Myriad Islands was ultimately for the sake of the inheritance battle.
If they won the battle, they would have achieved their purpose. However, it was truly unfortunate for those experts who died here.
"Now, what's left to do is wait for the deadline to expire." Katsushiki calmly stated. The group of them stationed here as time slowly flowed by.
By right, there should have been a final fight here but at the very end, there was no fight at all.
The battle at the foot of the Celestial Mountain back then seemed to have already decided what the ending would be.
Right now, the area near the devil gate was extremely quiet. With the judiciary army here, the experts of the Myriad Islands didn't dare to head out at all.
Nobody knew why the army was stationed there but nobody dared to ask why.
As the deadline approaches, the atmosphere now was unexpectedly quiet and when the last day finally arrived, everyone stared at Shun, waiting for his instructions.
"Let's wait three more months for the grace period of three months to be up. Maybe there would still be people from our alliance heading over. Also, we need to prevent Monoshiki's group from exiting during these three months or we might have wasted all our previous efforts." Katsushiki spoke as everyone agreed.
Hence, they continued to quietly wait. And as expected, during this period of time, more and more experts of their faction appeared, all of them extremely shocked when they saw the devil experts with Shun.
Monoshiki and the others didn't appear at all. When the two great Devil Emperors and judiciary army appeared, Monoshiki already understood that the ajudiciation battle was concluded, there was no hope for their side to obtain victory.
On the other side of the devil gate, many Chakra Emperors were there. They were all waiting with anticipation. The people of the Nine Emperors empire were filled to the brim with confidence.
However as time flowed by, the deadline of ten years was reached.
For the extra period of three months, the deadline was gradually nearing as well but no one came out from the devil gate at all.
This couldn't help but cause both sides to feel somewhat nervous.
Could it be that the juniors of both sides were mutually defeated and none of them could exit the Myriad Islands on time?
Such a situation should be impossible, at the very least, there would still be a few survivors.
But as the deadline for the additional three months grew closer, they suddenly felt that their conjecture might be possible after all.
If that really was the case, which side would be the victor for the adjudication battle?
Today was the final day. If there was still no one who came out, it means that there was no ending for the adjudication battle.
At this moment, everyone had their eyes fixed on the devil gate, waiting nervously with bated breath.
Even if one person came out, it was still sufficient to declare victory for his side.
Nervous, worry and anticipation.
But at this very moment, a slight fluctuation could be felt in the air. An instant later, countless gazes all turned to the devil gate.
The spatial fluctuations grew more and more intense. Everyone was holding their breath. even for the extremely confident Empire, all of them couldn't help but to feel nervous at this moment.
This majestic and incomparably vast devil gate started shuddering and a moment later, numerous figures appeared, stepping out from the void, directly walking over towards one direction!