However, their desire to surrender now was clearly far too late.
Once the Myriad Swords Return to Origin was unleashed, even if they wanted to flee, there was no escape.
The ten thousand sword intents seemed to have gone berserk, madly rushing to assault them.
Many people’s first reaction was to defend, but they quickly discovered that their defenses seemed somewhat futile against the Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
They thought that within the Myriad Swords Return to Origin, there were ten thousand sword intents. With so many intents concentrated together, the attack power of each individual sword intent wouldn’t be very strong.
But when they truly faced it, they found it was completely different from what they had imagined.
Every single sword intent within the Myriad Swords Return to Origin contained the power of a strike from the Supreme Realm.
A strike from the Supreme Realm was no small trouble even for other Supreme Realm experts, let alone those at the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Therefore, those Immortal Emperor Realm cultivators could not withstand even one or two such strikes and were instantly slain on the spot.
As for the Supreme Realm experts, needless to say, they faced thousands upon thousands of strikes.
Vast and mighty sword intents rushed straight towards them, subjecting them to a barrage like a violent storm.
Immediately, they summoned their magical treasures, channeled their spiritual power to the limit, and shielded themselves.
They hoped to use this method to withstand the Divine Dragon Empress’s Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
However, their thoughts were beautiful, but the reality was completely different from their expectations.
Only when they pushed their magical treasures to their maximum power did they realize that, given the strength of their treasures, they simply could not withstand the Divine Dragon Empress’s Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
Especially since the Empress’s Myriad Swords Return to Origin was essentially targeted at each of them individually, making their situation even more difficult.
They wanted to hold up their defenses, they wanted to retreat from this place, but they soon discovered they couldn’t do any of that.
The existence of the Myriad Swords Return to Origin sealed off all their avenues of escape.
What made their faces change even more drastically was that their magical treasures were beginning to crack, bit by bit.
Given their grade, it was difficult to withstand such relentless and fierce attacks. Soon, they shattered with a resounding crash.
“Boom!!”
The sound of the explosions rang out, causing the sect leaders of the five major powers to finally lose control, beginning a desperate flight for their lives.
But by now, it was far too late for them to think of escape.
In the sight of everyone, during their attempted escape, they were struck by sword intents one after another and killed on the spot.
Some sect leaders were even directly hacked to pieces, dismembered into countless fragments by innumerable sword intents.
A Supreme Realm expert had just died before everyone’s eyes.
Moreover, these Supreme Realm experts were the very sect leaders of the five major powers, making the situation even more extraordinary.
Many members of the five major forces who witnessed this scene were utterly terrified.
Subsequently, fear permeated their entire beings.
“The… the Sect Leader is dead??”
“The Sect Leader, the Elders… they died just like that? Then us… can we still survive??”
“Heavens! How can these sword intents be so terrifying? How can the Divine Dragon Empress’s power be so fearsome? We… we should never have provoked the Divine Dragon Empire!!”
Many among them regretted it now, regretted not surrendering earlier.
If they had just surrendered directly, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble.
One could even say, if they had surrendered directly, they might have survived.
However, their desire to surrender now was clearly far too late.
After those Supreme Realm and Immortal Emperor Realm experts perished, the great army of the Divine Dragon Empire began its counterattack.
Their grand formation seemed to come alive again, frantically pouncing on the cultivators within the formations of the various major powers.
Such an assault filled every cultivator with dread.
They wanted to flee, but they simply didn’t have the courage to leave their own formations. They knew that once they left their formations, they would likely die fighting right then and there.
And while they were still resisting desperately, the Divine Dragon Empress made her move again.
The sword intents she had unleashed earlier coalesced once more.
However, this time, what gathered was not the Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
Instead, all the sword intents condensed into a single sword.
This was the ‘One Sword to Split the Heavens’ she had learned from Ye Wushuang.
This time, she was going to personally demonstrate the One Sword to Split the Heavens.
As she gathered her power, an immense, towering longsword swiftly appeared in the sky.
This sword was colossal, its size even comparable to the formations of the various major powers.
When it had fully condensed into a single treasured sword, it radiated a sharp, dazzling brilliance.
That keen, piercing edge shone directly into the eyes of the remaining cultivators of the major powers, instilling fear in countless hearts.
In the next moment, without the slightest hesitation, the Divine Dragon Empress struck at the remaining cultivators of the five major powers.
“One! Sword! Splits! The! Heavens!!”
The vast giant sword, without any hesitation, swung down towards the formations conjured by the cultivators of the five major powers.
One giant sword for each force, five giant swords for the five powers, showcasing the Divine Dragon Empress’s strength to its absolute extreme.
Then, their formations shattered in response.
The sky-piercing giant swords directly cleaved their formations in two.
Countless cultivators were slain on the spot, evaporated under the giant swords.
The remaining cultivators no longer had the ability to maintain a formation.
In an instant, they became scattered and disorganized, dispersed in all directions.
Seeing this, the Divine Dragon Empire’s army hesitated not at all and immediately pursued the victory.
“Kill! Kill them all, leave none alive!!”
“Attack!!”
Since the decision to wage war had been made, showing mercy was naturally out of the question.
After all, if any genius were let go, once they grew in power later, it would pose a significant trouble for the Divine Dragon Empire.
Therefore, the Divine Dragon Empire’s generals and soldiers, without any hesitation, directly pounced upon the fleeing cultivators of the various major powers.
Their demeanor showed no intention of letting these cultivators escape.
Those cultivators also knew that, under such circumstances, the Divine Dragon Empire’s army would not let them go.
So, although many among them were injured, once their formation scattered, they immediately and decisively fled for their lives.
As they fled, the Divine Dragon Empire’s soldiers naturally gave chase.
Countless powerful attacks directly rained down upon them.
A large number of cultivators died on the spot.
Only a small number of cultivators survived the fierce onslaught, clinging to life.
However, even if they survived temporarily, there would still be those who continued to hunt them down.
Their fate would only be one: hunted to death.
This time, their defeat was utterly complete.
The Divine Dragon Empress, with merely two sword strikes, had overwhelmingly defeated their five major powers.
