At that moment, the air became viscous, and everything seemed to have changed.
The aura didn't come directly for them, instead it flew toward the progenitor.
A doppelganger?
A doppelganger of Monarch?
Lan Jue's eyes narrowed. Although he'd guessed they'd run into a doppelganger of Monarch's caliber, when he saw it with his own eyes it still made Lan Jue's heart skip a beat.
After all, this was a Nirvana-level expert at the very least. If the Void Progenitor could reach that level as well, then this battle would not be so easy to deal with.
This was the aliens' home turf, and there were plenty of them that could pose a threat to them.
"Everyone be careful!" Lan Jue's voice was low.
His mother should be nearby, but at this time, they needed to rely on themselves.
Far in the distance, the sky lit up. Golden purple light filled the air.
An indescribably majestic aura filled the area.
Even the Pharmacist's Sword Formation was thrown into disarray by the sheer power of the attack.
The Seven Astral Swords scattered, revealing the group once more.
Lan Jue's jaw dropped. That aura alone was not something a Nirvana-level doppelganger could possess.
An extremely terrifying thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
What if … what if the alien planets had taken human form and were lying in ambush on the planet, waiting for them?
If they hadn't evolved and were waiting for the right moment to strike, then the human army would be defeated.
What would be the power of an Arcane Immortal like alien?
Lan Jue's eyes narrowed as the thought occurred to him.
This was the last thing he wanted to see.
Of course he knew the chances of this happening were slim to none. The alien planets were suppressed by universal protogenia. Until they evolved they wouldn't be able to participate in the battle.
But what if they did?
Just like last time, everyone thought the alien planets couldn't teleport, but they did it regardless of the cost.
Who could be sure that the aliens wouldn't risk it all and destroy the human army once and for all?
"Everyone, be careful!" Lan Jue's voice was low.
The Pharmacist's voice was low. "Don't worry, it's not the real thing." Whatever Lan Jue had thought of, the Pharmacist had thought of it as well.
Her perception of Monarch was different from Lan Jue's.
It had to be clearer.
Last time in the Shattered Starfields, she'd ambushed Monarch. Monarch hadn't been as strong as he'd hoped.
Because at that time, they were already in the middle of a spatial jump.
However, Ultus had appeared out of nowhere. The Pharmacist's connection to Occisus allowed her to sense the Violet Monarch's presence more than anything else.
The aura of this Monarch was just as strong as the one they had seen before, but there was no trace of Ultus. This was not the Monarch they had encountered before. At most, this was an Infinite-level entity, but not an immortal.
There was still a possibility of dealing with it.
The Pharmacist's words woke Lan Jue from his reverie.
As long as it wasn't his main body!
Monarch watched them from a distance with cold eyes. Suddenly, he took a step forward and punched out in front of him.
The air around them twisted and distorted, as if the heavens were being squeezed to the point of exploding.
That kind of pressure made everyone feel like they were in so much pain that they wished they were dead.
The Pharmacist was in front. She lifted her right hand, and Occisus appeared in her grasp.
A ray of light shone from behind her.
After the slaughter she'd just experienced, her aura had risen to Reflection of Heaven and Earth.
She became one with the sword in an instant, and the murderous aura around her was almost tangible.
An enormous figure appeared behind her, and Occisus grew larger.
She swung her sword.
There was a flash of white light in the sky, and a crack appeared in the oppressive pressure.
At the same time, a beam of grey light shot out from behind the Pharmacist. It looked like a road of grey, and it stretched out into the distance.
It was the Gourmet.
The Infernal Vanguard, the Paragon of the Infernal Vanguard, had used Hades' Flame to create a Path of Hades.
In the blink of an eye, they were out of range of the avatar's attack.
In the distance, a mountain was reduced to ash.
The avatar closed the distance between them and Monarch's avatar.
Monarch's doppelganger snorted and disappeared in a blur. In the blink of an eye, he was standing in front of them.
His hands shot out like claws, aiming for the space above Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin's heads.
He moved with incredible speed, and as soon as the Path of Hades brought them out, he made his move.
A draconic roar filled the air, and a golden dragon appeared. It circled around Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin. Although it was torn to shreds in an instant, it had bought them some time.
Lan Jue held Zhou Qianlin by her hand, and the two of them became bolts of lightning.
A misty white sword light swept toward the Monarch doppelganger.
The Pharmacist attacked again.
This time, the light from Occisus was even more intense.
Monarch's avatar remained unmoved. He thrust out with both hands, sending the Pauper and the Gourmet flying with one hand, while the other reached for Occisus.
Just as his palm was about to grab hold of the Culling Immortal Sword, his hand flipped in a strange manner. A finger eerily flicked out and struck the spine of the Culling Immortal Sword.
Clang! The Pharmacist and Occisus were sent tumbling through the air.
Monarch's doppelganger, however, stopped in midair.
The murderous aura of Occisus was giving him a hard time.
It really was at the level of the Infinite!
In a few moments, everyone knew what was going on.
Monarch's avatar wasn't nearly as strong as Jueti, but it had definitely broken through to the Infinite.
In the space of a breath, it had forced back three Paragons.
There was only one Paragon left, and that was the Driver.
The Driver's attack was slower than the other Paragons. Purple lightning coalesced around his right fist as he punched out at the Monarch doppelganger.
Lan Jue's face lit up with a strange light. Captus leapt into her hand.
At her side, Zhou Qianlin's hand flickered with blue light.
They looked at each other, and saw their own reflections reflected in each other's eyes.
At the same time, he thrust his sword at the Monarch doppelganger.
The avatar's eyes glowed with a brilliant purple light. It faced the Driver's fist, and instead of dodging, raised its hand to grab it.
He was fast, even faster than the Driver, who was adept at using his lightning Discipline.
He caught the avatar's hand.
Monarch had sent the other Paragons flying. His goal was simple, he wanted to kill them one by one.
Killing so many Paragons in one fell swoop was difficult.
Humanity's Disciplines were a powerful counter to the aliens' abilities.
Monarch's avatar was an avatar, and although it had reached the Infinite, it was still a far cry from a human's Infinite.
The Driver was the last remaining Paragon, and the avatar wanted to defeat him.
Then it would go after the others.
But to its surprise, when the avatar's hand closed around the Driver's fist, the avatar shuddered like it had been struck by lightning. With a flick of its wrist, the avatar sent the Driver tumbling away, but unharmed.
Monarch's hand, which had gripped the Driver's fist, crackled with electricity. His hand flickered in and out of existence, as if the Driver's yin-yang lightning had shattered it.
The Driver's cultivation wasn't high enough to hurt the avatar.
But don't forget that the Driver's yin-yang lightning had merged with Lan Jue's. It also contained traces of immortal qi.
Immortal qi originated from the immortal realm of the ancient humans. How could the aliens compare in terms of quality?
Furthermore, the Immortal Qi also contained the might of the Lightning Tribulation.
Even Lan Jue and the others didn't know that the Tribulation lightning of the immortal realm was formed by the absorption of universal protogenia.
Universal protogenia was the foundation of Tribulation lightning.
The immortal realm's greatest function was to shield the immortals from the universal protogenia. If the shield failed, the immortal realm would collapse.
Simply resisting it was too draining.
Thus, the intelligent ancient immortals came up with a series of methods. One of them was to transform the power of the Universal Laws and use it as a weapon at specific times.
In order to become an immortal, one had to have the ability to resist universal protogenia. Only then would they be of use in the immortal realm.
Only then would they be able to contribute to the immortal realm.
Only then would they be able to use the protogenia of the immortal realm.
Universal protogenia was what the home worlds feared the most, and what they had to resist the most!
Monarch's avatar was overwhelmed by the power of the lightning tribulation.
Because of its perception of the Driver, the avatar didn't think the human was a threat. Carelessness had left it vulnerable.
Just then, Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin's swords arrived.
The Origin Energy Sword Technique of Ten Thousand Streams Facing the Sea, the Xuanji Sword Technique of Thousand Schemes and Hundred Changes
The Harmonious Swords!
Nothing was held back.
Lan Jue couldn't afford to hold anything back against an adversary of this caliber. He and Qianlin had no choice but to break through the barriers that separated them. They were on a whole new level.