The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 892 - 889: Each Has a Plan B

"Don’t rush, give them some time to get away," Bull Demon King said with a grin.

Upon hearing this, Nine Netherworlds frowned but didn’t say anything.

A moment later, his eyes slightly narrowed as he said, "Alright, no more tricks, now hand over the Heavenly Book."

Bull Demon King hesitated for a moment but still waved his hand and sent the Heavenly Book flying towards Nine Netherworlds.

The Heavenly Book turned into a streak of escape light, speeding directly towards Nine Netherworlds.

Seeing this, Nine Netherworlds did not immediately reach out to receive the Heavenly Book but instinctively dodged to the side, merely using a tinge of mana to capture the remnants of the Heavenly Book and gradually drew it to his hands.

With mana emanating from his hands to levitate the Heavenly Book, he scrutinized it carefully and, after confirming it was authentic, a rich smile began to spread across his face.

"Haha, good! I’ve finally got it," Nine Netherworlds laughed heartily.

"Now tell me, how do you want to dispose of me?" Bull Demon King asked.

"Although you are a considerable force in battle, it’s a pity I don’t believe you’d actually switch sides. Naturally, I won’t entertain the naïve notion of taking you in. You’re destined to die either way, so why not become my puppet instead?" Nine Netherworlds asked.

"I’m not interested. I’d rather choose to self-destruct than become a walking corpse," Bull Demon King answered.

"That’s not necessarily a bad choice, but before that, I’d like to let you know that I have a backup plan outside. They won’t actually be able to escape," Nine Netherworlds said slowly with a victor’s smile on his face.

"It doesn’t matter, as long as you’re here, that’s enough," Bull Demon King responded, his expression unchanged.

At these words, Nine Netherworlds suddenly sensed something was amiss and instantly looked at the Heavenly Book in his hands.

Just then, the Heavenly Book burst with golden light, and a series of golden inscriptions flew out, looking like ancient seal script names.

As these names left the Heavenly Book, golden light expanded in the void, the names grew brighter and transformed one by one into golden silhouettes wielding weapons, charging towards Nine Netherworlds.

"Heavenly soldiers and generals..." Nine Netherworlds said, surprised at the sight.

With one hand controlling the Heavenly Book, he waved his other hand abruptly, and a series of ’zzz zzz’ sounds of thunder and lightning followed.

Streams of red thunder struck out, instantly forming a dense net of electricity that surged in all directions, shattering rocks and stones, with dust flying and everything breaking apart.

The golden illusions of the heavenly soldiers and generals, hit by the dark red thunder, hardly put up any resistance and were all scattered.

However, no sooner had the illusions of the heavenly soldiers been dispersed than new figures emerged from the Heavenly Book and continued to relentlessly rush at Nine Netherworlds.

After repelling three waves of attacks, Nine Netherworlds quickly noticed that many identical figures appeared among the golden silhouettes; those he had disrupted a moment ago were emerging from the Heavenly Book again in the next instant.

"No wonder the Master so greatly values this item; it indeed possesses profound mysteries. It’s a pity that the item is incomplete, and the summoned heavenly soldiers and generals are equally flawed, with terribly weak combat power," he said, glancing at Bull Demon King.

But what he saw was Bull Demon King sitting cross-legged on the ground, blood streaming from the corners of his eyes, his body enveloped in a layer of dark red light. It seemed that beneath the heavily injured body, he could no longer sustain the Heavenly Book, which demanded immense power.

Sure enough, the "resurrection" rate of heavenly soldiers from the Heavenly Book soon slowed down.

"You didn’t use this before because you were worried about excessive consumption and couldn’t confront me, right?" Nine Netherworlds asked with a smile.

Bull Demon King didn’t reply, but the magic spell he was forming with his hands was quietly changing.

Just then, his eyes suddenly snapped open, covered with blood silk as if all mana had been drained from him in an instant. His figure swayed violently, nearly causing him to fall.

He managed to steady himself and abruptly brought his hands together, aiming at the Heavenly Book above, and fiercely pointed a single finger.

A blinding beam of red light burst forth, shooting straight towards the Heavenly Book.

Feeling the fluctuations of mana emanating from it, Nine Netherworlds couldn’t help but change his expression.

He finally realized that the Bull Demon King’s harassment with the remnants of the Heavenly Soldiers was not a futile effort, but merely a way to buy time, to seek an opportunity for mutual destruction.

The Bull Demon King was indeed planning to self-destruct the Heavenly Book.

Anger surged on Nine Netherworlds’ face as he immediately tried to throw the Heavenly Book away, but an invisible force had emerged from the book, firmly locking his arm in place, making it impossible to release it.

As the golden light within the Heavenly Book grew increasingly intense, Nine Netherworlds frowned deeply, raised his other hand, and fiercely chopped it down toward his own arm.

"Hiss..."

Accompanied by a burst of blood light, Nine Netherworlds’ arm, which was locked by the Heavenly Book, was severed, and as it fell through mid air, he kicked it with his foot, sending it flying directly toward the Bull Demon King.

The Bull Demon King, seeing this, flashed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, but didn’t plan to stop the self-destruction.

After all, if he stopped now, he would no longer have the strength to restart the self-destruction, and by then, even if he wanted to die, he would not be able to control his own fate.

But at this critical moment, a thunderous boom suddenly echoed from deep within the skydome above.

The Heaven-sealing Array that enveloped this realm suddenly collapsed, and a massive rift exploded open at the dome above. A thick black column thrust through the breach, followed closely by half of a hundred-foot-tall warship piercing through.

With continuous explosive roars, the entire Heaven-sealing Array finally crumbled completely, revealing the huge black battleship adorned with dark red patterns floating in the high altitude.

The battleship’s design resembled that of mundane royal warships, except its hull seemes to be covered with layers of black scale armor, almost like it was clad in the hide of some exotic beast, with three rings of Array light shining below, keeping the entire ship suspended in the void.

"Get on quickly..." A loud shout came from the warship.

The Bull Demon King heard the call, immediately ceased his self-destruction, and looked up.

He saw half of Shen Luo’s body leaning out from the side of the warship, waving at him.

Although the Bull Demon King didn’t understand what was happening, he still grabbed both Nine Netherworlds’ severed arm and the Heavenly Book and leapt upward, shooting straight towards the high altitude battleship.

"Where do you think you’re going?"

Nine Netherworlds bellowed, his figure soaring from the ground, a Soul-crushing Axe in hand, as he pursued the Bull Demon King.

At the same time, all the demons on the ground also began to fly, scrambling towards the warship in the sky.

But before they could even cover a hundred feet, dark silhouettes suddenly popped up around the gunwales of the ship, leaping down directly from the vessel to meet the pursuers below head-on.

These figures wore uniform attire—short clothes of black color and a Bamboo Hat on their heads—emitting not even a trace of mana, but upon engagement, they repelled most of the pursuers.

After the first wave of dark silhouettes descended to attack, another batch quickly appeared on the ship’s edge, jumping down once more to battle with the pursuers.

By this time, the Bull Demon King had already approached the ship and was about to board, but Nine Netherworlds had caught up.