Following the battle with the Cosmic Emperor, the Master of the Shadow Pavilion died, and eight out of nine Hall masters perished with their soul being used as nourishment to fuel his ascension
The only surviving hall master managed to escape because he used a life doll and didn't dare affront the Cosmic Emperor
"Impossible"
"Impossible "
"How- hick!!!
This Hall master was terrified. Although he was desperately trying to escape at the time, a glance back revealed the scene of how the shadow monarch and all other experts being instantly trapped into another dimension with countless lives turning into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Such a terrifying sight directly destroyed his cultivation heart and created a heart demon in him
"Hall master, what should we do now?"
"The pavilion master is dead, and the other vice sect masters are dead too."
"Should we stay here?"
A trembling voice from a nearby lackey asked anxiously.
"Don't leave here. Where else can we escape to?"
"This is the main headquarters with numerous mechanisms, hiding here is the safest option, till the Cosmic Emperor leaves this realm."
The Hall master calmed himself and said.
The had already considered this scenario during its rise. In case of a failure in a decisive battle against an enemy, the main headquarters would serve as the final retreat.
Dozens of mechanism masters were invited to set up numerous mechanisms within the main headquarters. Even a group of Emperor Level Etherist wouldn't dare to invade. A slight mistake would lead to severe injuries from the mechanisms.
Because of this, the Hall Master eventually chose to retreat to the main headquarters.
He also ordered the remaining guardian who stayed behind to activate all the mechanisms.
In the conference hall, the hall master, the Transformation Stage Origin King Etherist was sitting on the main seat thinking to himself.
He looked at the many Nascent Soul Stage as well as the other Transcendent sitting on the left and right, about to speak.
Just then.
The face of this Transformation Stage Origin King changed slightly.
Suddenly
"Quick, activate the Nine Defense Array, the Earth penetrating array, the Five Elements Rotation Array, the Yin Yang Fusion Array."
The Hall masters tone was urgent as he activated the protection arrays left by the pavilion master, activating all the countless arrays accumulated by shadow pavilion over tens of thousands of years.
The next moment.
Crash!
Like a crimson cloud, boundless and encompassing, the dazzling and shocking torrent of flames crashed down with an unparalleled momentum
Wailing sounds directly echoed from outside.
At the same time, a terrifying cracking sound spread almost throughout the entire main headquarters.
"No!!"
"Please let us go"
"Why are you killing us?"
"I'll surrender"
The despairing roars of the people within the main headquarters came, and in the blink of an eye, everything fell into silence.
A figure in a giant armor walked step by step, neither too slow or too fast and in a few breaths, the armoured figure stopped outside the almost destroyed headquarter
"The Human race hid very deeply, aren't I right...Duke Iffrit"
The Hall master smiled miserably.
He already knew that the mechanisms in the main headquarters might not be able to withstand the Cosmic Emperor's might, but who knew that the person he so feared didn't even bother to come, instead sending a subordinate.
Though the subordinate couldn't breach the defense of the island, it did trap them here till the Cosmic Emperor arrived
But he didn't expect the seemly low-key Duke to posses such strength. The numerous mechanisms that the Shadow Pavilion considered a retreat became nothing under the hands of this Duke, not even holding out for a moment, now only the defense of the core island could somewhat save them
"Duke Iffrit, if I choose to submit to you, submit to the Human Intergalactic Alliance, can I still live?"
The Hall master didn't give up and asked quietly.
Regardless, he was also at the Origin King realm, he should still have some use, right?
"No need."
Duke Iffrit shook his head slightly as he directly flew upwards with only a dot-like figure being visible
Suddenly, the phantom of the Universal Sun materialized in the sky as the area they were in was illuminated by it's mere projection
°Brilliant Nova°
At that moment, the sun hanging high in the sky seemed to dim down.
The boundless power of the sun seemed to receive an order as it countless rays of sunlight converged on Duke Iffrit's right hand
For a moment, it seemed like there were two suns in the sky.
Finally, Duke Iffrit weighed the 'sun' in his right hand and found it acceptable, he casually then threw it towards the Hall master not far away.
Bang!!!!
The Hall master suddenly felt the air around him heating up.
"Not good."
Over a dozen Transcendent stage Etherist's expressions changed drastically as they instinctively soared into the sky, the aura unique to Transformation Stage Origin Ascension overlooking the mundane world erupted suddenly in an attempt to halt the approaching sun
However.
The next moment.
The faces of over a dozen peak domain lords and transcends
showed a hint of despair.
Because—
They saw the 'sun'.
Descending towards the Island in an unstoppable manner as it directly suppressed both body and soul preventing them from escaping
A thunderous explosion occured as the terrifying heat spread out directly engulfing the Hall master in it's blaze, other members were no exception, they were swiftly incinerated along with the surrounding without leaving any ashes
Above the clouds.
Duke Iffrit retracted his right hand and glanced at the large island below
At this moment, the core island of Shadow Pavilion, one of the main forces of the shadow realm had turned an inferno with the Transcendent and Origin Ascension's Etherist body and soul being evaporated into Nihility
"This technique isn't bad, but it's burning power could be be further upgraded"
Duke Iffrit nodded slightly as he saw this.
Seeing as no one survived, Duke Iffrit turned around and walked away quietly as his presence faded seemly unaware of the blazing inferno he created.