The Demon race and the Zakk race descended from beyond the heavens, immediately clashing upon arrival.
The Three-Headed Hidden Demon, a high-ranking member even within the Hidden Demon clan, possessed savage strength and a robust physique capable of withstanding the shockwaves of Star Sea energy.
However, beneath the silver orb wielded by the Zakk leader, the emitted spatial blades instantly wounded all three high-ranking Hidden Demons. One of them was grievously injured to the point of losing two heads.
The other two high-ranking Hidden Demons were also marred by massive fissures across their bodies, from which streams of green blood wept out.
The Hidden Demon whose two heads were severed did not succumb to the severe injury. Instead, this high-ranking fiend suddenly flew into a frenzy. From the crevices between its six finger tips erupted razor-sharp talons, like honed knives.
Streaks of afterimages flashed by, and with an inarticulate roar, this Three-Headed High-Ranked Hidden Demon instantaneously moved before the Zakk leader.
With a menacing flick of its sharp claws, it lunged directly toward the Zakk leader's skull.
"Hmph!" A sneer flashed in the Zakk leader's dark-golden eyes as one of its arms extended. From this arm erupted hundreds of steely, slender appendages, which swiftly coiled around and ensnared the body of the charging Three-Headed High-Ranked Hidden Demon.
"Sss! Sss!" The High-Ranked Three-Headed Hidden Demon emitted a series of sharp, furious shrieks under the restraint of the tentacles.
The sound of its howling was like steel needles, violently spreading outward.
The Zakk leader, who had released his soul's restraint, suddenly felt a tearing pain in his mind. His expression changed drastically, and he immediately prepared to strike down the Three-Headed High-Ranked Hidden Demon.
Just then! The other Hidden Demon, bearing a huge rent in its chest, let out a long cry. The wound on its chest healed rapidly, and simultaneously, a fleshy lump began to swell on its shoulder.
Boom! Green blood mist suffused the air as the lump burst open, revealing a small head, serpentine like a giant python, emerging from the shoulder.
"Secondary Mutation! Four-Headed Hidden Demon!" the Zakk leader shrieked, his eyes filled with horror.
Before his cry could fully fade, the newly manifested python head of the Four-Headed Hidden Demon suddenly elongated, instantly appearing before the Zakk leader. The once small head swelled to an immense size, lunging to swallow the Zakk leader whole.
The Zakk leader was greatly startled. He dared not focus his primary energy on the Three-Headed Hidden Demon opposite him any longer, instantly retracting the myriad tentacles he had spread out.
"All of you, out! Surround and attack this Four-Headed Hidden Demon!" the Zakk leader roared, rapidly retreating. He then opened his mouth and spewed forth streaks of cyan arcs of lightning, forming an electric net before him.
"Find... combat death!" the Four-Headed Hidden Demon mumbled, and the python head on its shoulder suddenly spewed green venom, splashing onto the cyan electric arcs.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! The electric net formed by the cyan arcs of lightning was corroded at a visible rate, dissolving into wisps of smoke in a mere moment.
The Four-Headed Hidden Demon instantly pierced through the electric net, landing next to another 'Guang Chen' vessel. The python head opened its jaws and swallowed a Zakk expert whole.
The other, less severely wounded Three-Headed Hidden Demon also began displaying lightning-fast speed, charging into the center of the Zakk experts, engaging several of them in fierce combat.
"What are these monsters?" On a gray peak, Ji Haotian watched the battle between the two alien races from afar, his face etched with astonishment.
"The Zakk race and the De-Demon race are both high-tier species from the Endless Star Domain. The Zakk race must be here looking for trouble, while the Hidden Demon race intended to wipe out the Heavenly Scholars on this continent. It's just a coincidence that they ran into each other and immediately initiated a slaughter," Ji Changkong said, the corner of his mouth curving into a strange angle, slowly pointing—
"High-tier species from the Endless Star Domain?" Ji Haotian looked bewildered, gazing at him strangely. "How did you manage to provoke these fellows?"
"Uh, it’s a long story. Let's just watch them for now. It would be best if they both suffer heavy losses, then we can move in and finish them all off," Ji Changkong suggested.
Ji Haotian paused, then slowly nodded. "Since they are enemies, killing them all is best. Right, what about those two ships?"
"Those two ships are called 'Guang Chen.' They can navigate the Starry Sky. As long as one masters the operational method, travel through the cosmos becomes quite safe."
"Oh? You seem to know quite a bit?"
"Having campaigned north and south over the years, I've had many fortuitous encounters and learned a bit more."
Ji Haotian exhibited a thoughtful expression, then fell silent.
The Zakk race had seven experts, while the Hidden Demon race only had three. Yet, as the battle began, the three Hidden Demons held the absolute upper hand.
The three Hidden Demons possessed formidable physiques, moved as swiftly as the wind, and their limbs wielded devastating strength. Once they closed in on the Zakk members, the Zakk warriors fled in disarray, seemingly hesitant to engage them up close.
The seven Zakk experts appeared more adept at long-range attacks, possessing fragile bodies that relied solely on the dark golden armor for defense.
However, the Zakk race held a higher mastery over the soul and knew how to utilize artifacts for offense. They seemed equipped with various strange devices that proved effective at critical junctures.
For instance, the light shields conjured by the dark golden armor, the spatial blades shot out from the silver orb, and the cyan electric net.
Aided by the power emanating from these artifacts, their attacks were not weak, capable of damaging the three Hidden Demon experts with almost every strike.
But they could only injure the De-Demons, not instantly slay them.
Whenever an attack landed, the bodies of the three Hidden Demon warriors sustained injuries to varying degrees. Among them, the two Three-Headed Hidden Demons could not heal their wounds immediately, but the Four-Headed Hidden Demon could restore its injuries to their original state in a short time, given the opportunity.
The Zakk experts continuously wounded the three Hidden Demons but failed to achieve a swift kill.
However, once the three Hidden Demons managed to get close to the Zakk warriors, they would exert all their strength to batter the protective light shields around the Zakk warriors' bodies. If a shield shattered and the Hidden Demons reached them, a Zakk expert would be instantly killed.
The Hidden Demon experts, relying solely on the brute strength of their physiques and the divine abilities granted by their three heads and six arms, could directly tear through that dark golden armor and pierce the Zakk expert's body.
In a short span, three of the seven Zakk experts had been slain.
By this point, the Hidden Demon warrior who had previously lost two heads was struck again by a barrage of artifact attacks, resulting in the severing of another head. It collapsed to the ground with a heavy thud.
The other Three-Headed Hidden Demon was also covered in scars, but its three heads remained intact, suggesting that as long as the heads persisted, their vitality endured—