In the background of the battle, the Demonic World Barrier looms large, an impenetrable cosmic force field that defends the Demon World. The Sorrowborns have shown their terrifying power, and the cultivators now face them with everything they've got. The air is thick with intense emotion, and the battlefield is shaking as the Sorrowborns draw closer.
The Sorrowborns radiate an oppressive aura of despair and sorrow, warping the minds of those nearby. The group of Saint Rank cultivators and Peak Transcendents could be seen fighting all around as they slowly made their way towards the barrier.
The Sorrowborns approach, but before they can unleash their devastating emotional attacks, Raven's group is already in motion. Every cultivator uses their Mandates and Concepts to overcome the Sorrowborns' influence.
Raven took charge ahead; her role and objective was to be aggressive and use her blood manipulation for disruption. Feeling the sorrow and despair that was filling the space she activated her mandate.
|Mandate of Blood Empress|
HUMMMM!
With her Mandate active she began manipulating blood on a massive scale. She doesn't hesitate to target the Sorrowborns' essence, twisting their blood and weakening their connection to reality. She forces the Sorrowborns to become more vulnerable, draining their energy and making them easier targets for the others. Her blood manipulation allows her to control the battlefield and turn the tide in their favor.
As one of the Sorrowborns charges at her, Raven simply gestures her arm forward and she siphons their blood and uses it to weaken them further, causing their bodies to slow down. Raven strikes with her daggers cutting through the despair with surgical precision.
SLASH!
GUSHHH!!!!
While Raven used her manipulation over blood to control the battlefield. Liora used her absurd control over illusions to further confuse the Sorrowborns as she reaped their lives. She immediately casts illusionary realities, causing the Sorrowborns to experience false versions of the battlefield.
WHOOOSH!
SHIMMER!!!!
She manipulates the sorrow to confuse the Sorrowborns, causing them to attack each other or miss their targets. This caused the Sorrowborns cohesion to be disrupted. Seeing this she took advantage and created multiple versions of herself. This only led to more confusion amongst the Sorrowborns.
BOOM!
BOOOM!!!!
BOOOOOM!!!!
As the Sorrowborns were distracted, Liora moved at speeds the naked eye couldn't track, she moved and delivered void shaking blows to them. While she was engaged with one another tried to launch a sneak attack.
WHOOOSH!
Feeling the growing despair behind her, Liora creates an illusion of several allies attacking from every direction as he turned around. The sudden change once again left the Sorrowborn distracted, unable to tell what's real, giving Liora the opening to strike with deadly precision.
BOOOM!!!!
The battles continued to rage on as the force from Kalpa made the Sorrowborns look like ants. With the combined assaults from each of the 10, the effects of the despair and sorrow was completely nullified.
Elara in particular was focusing on nullification along with overwhelming offense.
BOOOM!
BOOOM!!!!
Every strike she used powered with her mandate completely shredded defenses. Elara used her Mandate of No Defense to focus on complete offense, erasing defenses with every strike. Her concept of nothingness allows her to remove the essence of the Sorrowborns' attacks as if they never existed.
FWOOOSH!!
Similar to his daughter, Kaelen was dominating these Sorrowborns. Kaelen unleashes his Mandate of Tyrant's Breath, exhaling a fiery, overwhelming power that distorts space and reality. His fire burns not only physical bodies but also the core of his enemies' resolve.
Kaelen reshapes the battlefield, using flames to melt through the Sorrowborns' barriers. He dominates the space around him, burning enemies and commanding the battlefield. His dominance was like a radiant glow amidst all the chaos. As one of the Sorrowborns gathers its power to release a wave of despair, Kaelen steps forward, breathing fire that distorts the Sorrowborn's attack and sends a storm of flames that engulfs it.
FWOOOM...BOOOOM!!!!!
The battles continued to rage on for hours and hours. As sword arcs of equilibrium could be seen, or the rivers of blood that was being controlled, one thing remained a constant. And that was the complete dominance of the Kalpa's troops.
As the Sorrowborns fall one by one, the cultivators work in perfect harmony, using their unique abilities to wear down the enemy and push forward. Their combined effort finally breaches the Demonic World Barrier, and a massive crack appears in the barrier's cosmic shell.
CRACK....BOOOOM!
Kaelen, with his Tyrant's Breath, delivers the final blow, causing the Barriers to shatter and allow the cultivators to push through.
The void of space trembles as the Barrier cracks open. From within the rift, two towering figures step forth—one with pale green skin and the other with dark black skin, their auras suffocating. The Empress floats, veiled in mourning silk, her face emotionless but eyes ancient. The emperor lands with a thunderously, as he stood next to The Empress.
BOOOM!
The void shook just by his mere landing. The Sorrowborn empress then spoke, her voice soft yet heavy with despair.
"So... the children finally breached the veil. And here I thought sorrow alone would break your spirit." As she said this her eyes began to survey each and every one of them.
The Demon Emperor growled in disdain as he looked at the invading force. He then spoke "Fools. You trample toward death with pride... do you even grasp what you've invited into your war?"
Hearing this Raven scoffed as the pools of blood in her eyes glowed fiercely. "Oh, I'm hoping you'll show me. Because so far, all I've tasted is disappointment." As she said this a crimson looking aura began to show around her.
Elara steps forward, voice calm as nothingness crackles at her fingertips "Spare us the theatrics. Either you stop us... or you don't. There's nothing else to say."
Hearing this The Empress narrows her eyes, shadows curling tighter around her form. "Then let despair embraces you, arrogant children." She then prepared to make a move, but a deep voice sounded before she could continue.
"You speak of despair as if it matters to dragons. We were born in war... and we thrive in it." Kaelen said with the pride of a Dragon.
*Silence*
The silence lasted for a brief moment before the space itself crackled and groaned with energy. Then—chaos erupts.
BOOOM!!!!