World 55, Death Territory, outside the entrance to the Gate of Immortality instance.
Just as the Dragon Nation professionals faced the powerful Demon Emperor Yu and felt somewhat helpless, suddenly, large numbers of professionals charged in from the left and right.
At first they thought reinforcements from their own country had arrived.
Because when the Demon Emperor appeared, someone in the squad had already reported it and requested outside aid.
However, when the Dragon Nation professionals on the scene saw the appearance of the newcomers, they couldn't help but feel a wave of concern.
Because the forces rushing in from the outskirts were, unexpectedly, professionals from the Beacon Nation.
"What are the Beacon Nation people doing coming over here?"
"In any case, they definitely don't have good intentions!"
"They must be trying to use the Demon Emperor as an opportunity to assist him against us!"
"Everyone be careful, don't give the Beacon Nation people an opening!"
Just as the Dragon Nation professionals were thinking this, very soon the Beacon Nation professional army reached attack range.
While the Dragon Nation professionals were ready to confront the Beacon Nation,they saw a large group from the Beacon Nation, led by a black-robed mage, shout, "Everyone, charge with me!"
The moment his words fell, that black-robed mage actually led the army behind him and charged at the Demon Emperor.
Once in attack range, archers and mages immediately locked onto the Demon Emperor and launched long-range shots.
Meanwhile, melee warriors and knights spread out, using defensive skills from different directions to rush the Demon Emperor.
This scene was baffling.
"Strange, what are they doing?"
"Aren't they supposed to be attacking us? Why are they attacking the Demon Emperor instead?"
"When something's off, there's always a trick, don't relax your guard, stay on alert!"
Looking across the battlefield, as soon as the Beacon Nation professionals appeared, they immediately applied powerful suppressive fire to the Demon Emperor.
And as the Beacon Nation's top elite corps, their coordination, technique, and strength were all extremely high.
They opened with control skills, imposing strong control effects on the Demon Emperor.
When the Demon Emperor counterattacked, they combined every knight on the field to release linked shields, forming a massive protective barrier to disperse damage.
When the Demon Emperor's world-shattering attacks came down, they were actually dissolved by the shield.
No one beneath the shield was killed.
Then, taking advantage of the front line's cover, the rear-rank mages and archers continued to use control skills to attack the Demon Emperor from afar.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of heavy strikes rained down on the Demon Emperor, though the damage was tiny, their powerful control effects steadily forced the Demon Emperor back.
And when the Demon Emperor had just broken free from control, the Beacon Nation's second wave of professionals immediately followed up with control skills, even precisely interrupting his actions.
Pushed back repeatedly, the Demon Emperor clearly realized these humans intended to restrain him and stop him from entering the Gate of Immortality.
So after using an energy shield to block a round of attacks, he stepped back a few paces.
"I don't have time to play with you for now. Maybe next time when I'm free, I'll play with you."
Saying that, the Demon Emperor turned and tried to enter the Gate of Immortality.
At that moment, however, another large group of professionals charged in from both sides.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Beastmaster professionals summoned large numbers of magical beasts, forming a protective wall outside the Gate of Immortality, blocking the Demon Emperor's path.
Looking out, the newcomers were none other than professionals from the Cold Nation and the Sun Nation.
With those two empires' professionals joining the battle,
the Dragon Nation people were even more puzzled.
"What exactly do they want to do?"
"The Eight-Nation Allied Force, weren't they always troublemakers before? By logic, they should be joining with the Demon Emperor to fight us, so why is it the other way around?"
"Keep watching!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The pets summoned by the numerous beastmasters all launched attacks against the Demon Emperor.
The Demon Emperor resisted the pets' attacks on one side,
while the attacks from behind arrived on the other.
Faced with such frequent and concentrated attacks, the Demon Emperor ultimately couldn't withstand them and was successfully held outside, unable to enter the Gate of Immortality.
At that instant, the Demon Emperor was utterly enraged.
"You want to die that badly? Then I, the Emperor, will oblige!"
After a brief charge, he planted his longsword into the ground.
Whoosh!
Wave after wave of powerful sword qi spread out in all directions.
Those who had just cleared one area were replaced by outside reinforcements rushing forward!
Clearly, the Demon Emperor had underestimated these professionals' persistence.
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At the same time, in the real world, in the capital of the Beacon Nation, in the chief hall of the capital city, the top leaders of the Beacon Nation, together with the Ghost Swordsman Elfa, were watching what was happening in the World 55 Death Territory on a large screen.
At this moment, everyone began to voice opinions.
"Why are we working so hard to help the Dragon Nation?"
"Yeah, this doesn't feel like the nature of our empire. The Dragon Nation people are trying to buy time and create opportunities for their necromancer to delay the Demon Emperor, and what we're doing right now is just backing them up. It gives us nothing, and our sacrifices are huge…"
"Don't you all understand?"
At this point Elfa spoke, "We're not helping the Dragon Nation, we're saving ourselves."
At those words, everyone fell into thought.
"Lord Elfa, what do you mean by that?"
Elfa said in a deep voice, "Do you know why the Demon Emperor has gone to such lengths to target the necromancer, and has never targeted higher-tier professions like us?"
"It shows that in the Demon Emperor's eyes, the necromancer is his only threat, he doesn't even put us in his sights. Once the necromancer is eliminated, this world will fall into the Demon Emperor's hands."
"Yes, I admit, before this I also wanted to kill the necromancer, but if we still think that way now, we are courting our own annihilation."
"The necromancer is the only one who can save this world. The Demon Emperor's action to enter the Gate of Immortality is to seize the Resurrection God Stone, he will surely seek more Resurrection God Stones to revive more emperor-rank bosses to deal with the necromancer."
"We can't protect the necromancer, but we must stop anything that benefits the Demon Emperor, because compared to the necromancer, the Demon Emperor is the greater threat to us."
Obviously, Elfa had seen through the situation.
"Immediately send orders, at all costs, make sure the people over in the World 55 hold the entrance to the Gate of Immortality and buy time."
"Better to let the Resurrection God Stone fall into the necromancer's hands than let it fall into the Demon Emperor's."