The fearsome nature of battle formations had been demonstrated long ago.
Take, for example, the Immortal Annihilation Heaven Array on the old Primordial Path. It was merely the combination of just over a hundred God Kings. Such a number of God King powerhouses might not even pose much of a threat to a first-level Monarch. Yet, by utilizing the Immortal Annihilation Heaven Array, its power was amplified by more than a hundredfold.
Didn't it manage to inflict some damage upon the transformed body of the Slaughter Demon Emperor?
Although the Slaughter Demon Emperor at that time was not at his peak state, he was definitely comparable to a high-level Ancient Monarch.
All these facts were sufficient to illustrate the terrifying nature of battle formations.
Flame God nodded: "I have also heard Brother Ye mention it. Our Flame Emperor Domain camp alone has over six hundred Quasi-Monarchs. Combined like this, even an ordinary formation would likely be enough to battle a Super Monarch. If it were the legendary Immortal Annihilation Heaven Array or the Yin-Yang Grand Array combined, perhaps even a Monarch could be fought."
To increase one's power by dozens or even hundreds of times—only the most powerful, most heaven-defying battle formations could achieve this.
However, even ordinary battle formations, when combined, could significantly amplify overall strength many times over.
"Although I do not possess it, my master once taught me a fearsome formation that requires the combined effort of five hundred Quasi-Monarchs. Even if it is not as heaven-defying as that Immortal Annihilation Heaven Array, if used well, it should be enough to battle a Super Monarch of the seventh level or above."
Having inherited the legacy of the Flame Emperor, Flame God was naturally extraordinary. He immediately gathered a full five hundred Quasi-Monarchs.
Such a number of Quasi-Monarchs represented nearly all the Quasi-Monarchs of the entire Flame Emperor Domain.
If not for this place being the Primordial Path, looking across an ordinary Chaos Ancient Universe, one might not even find such a quantity of Quasi-Monarchs.
"Excellent! Please, Flame God, bestow upon us the formation method so we may jointly deploy the battle formation and deal with the Sacred Emperor Domain Monarchs!" Gu Liu said.
Heavenly Martial Great Lord also looked at Flame God with blazing eyes, eager to join the battle immediately.
"Agreed!"
From Flame God's brow shot out hundreds of beams of light, each one entering the brows of these Quasi-Monarchs from the Flame Emperor Domain camp.
In an instant, each received a fragment of the battle formation method.
Only when everyone combined their efforts could this battle formation be fully and completely manifested.
"Five Elements Cang Dragon Grand Formation, rise!"
With Flame God's loud shout, the five hundred Quasi-Monarchs each took their positions. Beneath them, dazzling light flickered, rapidly giving rise to profound and boundless Great Dao rules that intertwined with each other.
Amidst terrifying rumbling booms, it swiftly transformed into an immensely colossal Cang Dragon, soaring above the Flame Emperor Domain camp, its fearsome aura wantonly spreading out.
This Cang Dragon possessed five heads, each representing one of the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. At this moment, as it rose, majestic Five Elements light circulated, causing many Ancient Monarchs from both camps to feel a terrifying sense of oppression.
"Although it is not the ultimate Ten Heavenly Emperor Cang Dragon, the Five Elements Cang Dragon is sufficient to dominate the world!"
Flame God let out a long breath, becoming one of the Cang Dragon's heads. He could fully feel the vast, endless, and majestic power within the Five Elements Cang Dragon, born from the combined strength of over five hundred Quasi-Monarchs—a power he wielded for the first time in his life.
"This time, we shall sweep through the Sacred Emperor Domain camp's headquarters, raze it to the ground, and make a contribution for the Flame Emperor Domain camp."
Flame God, Gu Liu, and Heavenly Martial Great Lord—three heaven-defying Quasi-Monarchs—each grasped one of the Cang Dragon's heads. The outermost two heads were held by two Great Perfection Quasi-Monarchs, one of whom was Xu Chengzi.
Xu Chengzi, grasping one of the Cang Dragon's heads, a flash of sinister intent appeared in his eyes: "Battle Saint King, I originally intended to back off. But now, holding a Cang Dragon head, if I get the chance to kill you, the Sacred Emperor Domain camp's powerhouses might bestow rich rewards upon me."
Of course, he did not show this outwardly. Instead, he deeply buried this resentment. At the very least, he couldn't let anyone know of his hatred for the Battle Saint King now. Moreover, he intended to strike at the critical moment, causing the Battle Saint King's efforts to completely fall short, to fall from the verge of ascending to Monarch.
He wanted the Battle Saint King to experience that profound despair of falling from heaven into hell.
"Roar—"
The Five Elements Cang Dragon soared into the sky, arriving directly before Wu Shang, taking over the task of restraining the two Super Monarchs.
Under the manipulation of the five strongest Quasi-Monarchs, the Five Elements Cang Dragon roared towards the heavens, unleashing surges of majestic power that were in no way inferior to that of a Super Monarch.
...
At the Sacred Emperor Domain camp's headquarters, the Ancient Monarchs from both sides were locked in fierce battle.
Nine Sacred Emperor Domain Immortal Halls had fallen to the earth, eight collapsed, one dim and lifeless.
This battle was a full-scale war, almost bringing the ultimate battle of a thousand years later forward in time.
The battle of a hundred Monarchs—its terror was beyond description, even surpassing the wars of the Supreme Ones.
At the very least, more than half of the Sacred Prison Domain battlefield trembled because of it. Vast stretches of the Domain War battlefield, spanning who knows how many billions of miles, crumbled and shattered.
The heavens collapsed and the earth split; the thirty-three layers of heaven were blasted apart.
At the Sacred Emperor Domain camp's headquarters, countless other powerhouses remained, all those below the level of Ancient Monarchs.
Faced with a war at the level of Ancient Monarchs, even Quasi-Monarchs had little ability to intervene.
After all, they were facing a battle involving over a hundred Ancient Monarchs.
They could only watch all this helplessly, even feeling immense terror, fearing that the aftershocks of such a battle might sweep down, capable of annihilating all of them in an instant.
Vaguely, it seemed the entire Sacred Emperor Domain battlefield could not withstand it, on the verge of collapse at any moment.
During this time, only one person moved with leisurely ease.
Ye Chen!
His body radiated various chaotic lights, as if clad in chaos armor, traversing and weaving through the space shattered by the Monarchs' battle from both sides.
With just a glance at the battle of a hundred Monarchs, another Chaos Saint Soul avatar manipulated the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, currently engaged in fierce combat with Saint Ancient Emperor.
Saint Ancient Emperor was indeed powerful, a true Monarch existence who had inherited the supreme bloodline power of the Strongest Emperor. Even within the Monarch realm, he possessed certain amplifying abilities.
After all, the Strongest Emperor was an existence that stood above the Supreme Ones.
The might of a Colossus far surpassed that of a Supreme One.
Saint Ancient Emperor wielded a mysterious light sphere, as if grasping a primordial chaos great world. Even with the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body wielding the Imperial Star, it was difficult to gain the slightest upper hand.
Fortunately, he also had the nearly fully awakened Futu Imperial Halberd, displaying a Supreme Emperor's might greater than ever before, daring to clash head-on even with a Supreme One, let alone a mere Monarch like Saint Ancient Emperor. The battle raged on, even pushing from the Sacred Emperor Domain camp's headquarters all the way to the central region of the Sacred Prison Domain battlefield.
Naturally, he also detected the four Emperor Traces and attempted to participate.
With his mind divided, Ye Chen's true form swept his gaze over the various powerhouses of the Sacred Emperor Domain camp, all those below the level of Ancient Monarchs. Even Quasi-Monarchs, even Great Perfection Monarchs, were now beneath his notice.
Swish—
With a movement of his figure, he traversed the vast sky, arriving before that dim Sacred Emperor Hall.
As the Immortal Hall of the Strongest Emperor Sheng, Ye Chen refused to believe it contained no supreme treasures.