Floating in the air, Jin Tianya held up his sword and shouted, “Why can’t it be me? Lord of the Blood River, Eternal Life Demon Sovereign, your Blood River Domain is facing a great disaster and is in need of allies.”
It seemed like he was exploiting this opportunity.
When the Titans of the three races had sealed him under the Soaring Immortal Mountains, all of his treasures had been divided between the Lord of the Blood River and the Demon Gate’s Demon Sovereign, while Chen Tianguan had taken the man himself as his share of the spoils. Now that he had escaped, he was desperate to get back what was his. He had been attempting to do so in his killing spree across the lands of the fiends and demons, but alas, he had found nothing. However, the invasion of the Rosecloud Domain had given him another opportunity.
When the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign heard this, he immediately threw two items over to Jin Tianya.
Jin Tianya caught the items, which turned out to be a snow-white longsword and a golden shuttle.
A hand also emerged from the Blood Sea, clutching a jewel eyeball that shone with a blue light. Even though it was just a single item, the Lord of the Blood River seemed very reluctant to hand it over.
Jin Tianya had naturally lost far more than just these three items, but given that several thousand years had passed, he was never going to get back everything. These three were his most important treasures, and he was satisfied just by getting them back. He immediately threw away the sword he was using and gleefully said, “Flying Snow Sword, Sunchaser Shuttle, Clear Sky Divine Eye… you’ve finally come back to me! Hahaha!”
As he laughed, he swung the sword at Mu Ziyang.
The wave of sword energy was so immense as to appear like a mountain. It was similar in aura to Tang Jie’s Skyrend Swordfall, but even more grandiose against the backdrop of space.
Mu Ziyang snorted, and the giant fiend behind him swung around and charged at the sword mountain, showing no fear.
Earth Immortals had to endure the pressure of a domain while they were within it and also had various other considerations that made them hold back. In the void, such considerations ceased to be a problem, and they could use all of the strength they had at their disposal.
The clash of only two Earth Immortals set massive shockwaves through the void, bursts of light erupting from the two domains, and when ten-some Immortals battled at once, space itself was at risk of shattering.
One could say that all the higher-ranked powers on both sides had joined the fight, except Tang Jie and Guang Yuan. As the one who had made the invitation, Guang Yuan had essentially already joined the Rosecloud side, but he was sitting on the sidelines so he could see how strong Rosecloud was.
Knowing this, Tang Jie laughed and flew out.
The Blood River Immortals were aghast when they saw that there was another Earth Immortal, and when Jin Tianya spotted Tang Jie, he froze, and then his many years of experience made him realize what was going on. He had already gotten a taste of Tang Jie’s strength, so he immediately wanted to back out. But given that he had just sworn an oath to not leave until this battle was over, he couldn’t leave. However, he did slowly begin to float away, trying his best to keep away from Tang Jie.
The Lord of the Blood River also spotted Tang Jie and roared, “It’s you!”
He clearly recognized Tang Jie, but the pressure from Yun Tianlan was such that he could only defend himself and had no strength to settle grudges with Tang Jie.
Tang Jie also ignored him, shouting, “Immortals, go and deal with Blood River. You can leave these people to me.”
Everyone was taken aback. He was going to take on six all by himself, fighting against all of the Earth Immortals of Blood River besides the Lord of the Blood River himself? ṟ𝔞ó𐌱Ε𝙎
Wasn’t this too arrogant?
In the end, Tang Jie was a new Immortal, so even with profound Dao Arts and formidable strength, he couldn’t possibly fight against six veteran Earth Immortals at once.
Even those on good terms with Tang Jie, like Huang Wuji and the Seven Absolutions Sect ancestor, wanted to tell Tang Jie to not be arrogant. But before they could say anything, Ye Yun and Mu Ziyang had already retreated. As the ancestors of Godhead Palace and the Beast Refining Gate, they had the worst relationship with Tang Jie, and if Tang Jie wanted to take on six Immortals all by himself, they were happy to let him do so. Besides, if they disobeyed, they could be punished by Tang Jie. While Tang Jie wasn’t guaranteed to do this, sometimes, it was better to overthink things.
With those two retreating, the other four also had to withdraw.
As those six Immortals turned away to deal with the Lord of the Blood River, Blood River’s Immortals were freed up.
Reverend Evil Cloud turned to Tang Jie and grunted, “Arrogant!”
He immediately reached for Tang Jie.
The other Immortals also attacked, even the Flame Celestial Sovereign joining in with Tang Jie’s blessing, charging at him together. Only Jin Tianya backed away as he attacked, though of course, he still used his full power, his Flying Snow Sword unleashing a grandiose wave of sword energy.
In the face of this terrifying wave of death, countless rays of light shot out from Tang Jie, creating the magnificent Infinite Palace around him.
The Infinite Palace exuded an intense radiance, displaying the full might of a Dao Art as it blocked the combined attack of the six Immortals. No—to be more precise, it was five. The Flame Celestial Sovereign was only attacking for show, for he would never dare to attack Tang Jie seriously.
Even so, the Infinite Palace’s defensive powers were frightening enough from being able to stop five Immortals.
Tang Jie seated himself upon the throne in the center of the palace and shouted, “Activate!”
The Infinite Palace suddenly expanded, sweeping up the Flame Celestial Sovereign and two other Blood River Immortals.
His Infinite Palace’s Immortal-sealing formation could only suppress two Earth Immortals at once, but of these three, the Flame Celestial Sovereign was one of his and had already received orders to act like he was struggling. Thus, Tang Jie was still only really suppressing two people. Of course, nobody else knew this, so when they saw Tang Jie suppressing three Immortals at once, they immediately paled in fright.
Tang Jie raised the Sovereign Blade and swung it at the closest unrestrained enemy, Reverend Evil Cloud.
The Flame Celestial Sovereign knew the might of the Sovereign Blade, as did Jin Tianya and the Lord of the Blood River, but Reverend Evil Cloud did not. As Tang Jie attacked, he raised a hand and fired off a bolt of dark energy.
“Don’t try and block it!” the Lord of the Blood River shouted.
“Retreat!” Jin Tianya also shouted. He wasn’t actually concerned, but had simply shouted out of instinct.
Alas, these warnings came too late. As the dark bolt and Sovereign Blade collided, the dark bolt exploded into stardust and dissipated into nothingness.
“How could this be?” Reverend Evil Cloud shouted in disbelief.
The Sovereign Blade continued its approach.
Realizing he was in trouble, he threw a golden cymbal, a wooden stake, and a halberd. The cymbal grew larger as it flew toward Tang Jie, attempting to swat him down like a fly, while the wooden stake released beams of green light that attempted to coil around Tang Jie and render him immobile. As for the halberd, it simply stabbed at Tang Jie, exuding a chilling light and endless killing intent. As he unleashed these three divine treasures, Reverend Evil Cloud backed away, countless barriers layering themselves around him.
In response, Tang Jie simply charged.
The Sovereign Blade sliced through the Heaven-Holding Cymbal with one swing, obliterated the Wind Anchor Stake with another, and then shattered the Heaven-Equaling Halberd with a third. All divine treasures broke under his sword, and then it was the turn of Reverend Evil Cloud’s barriers to melt away.
Alarmed, Evil Cloud turned himself into a gust of wind.
Tang Jie swung at the air, upon which the Sovereign Blade turned into a bell, which unleashed a brilliant radiance that then transformed into a vortex. Reverend Evil Cloud was pulled into the vortex and he let out a scream as he was ground to death.
Although he swiftly revived, the ashen expression on his face revealed his shock.
As Tang Jie was killing Evil Cloud, the Demon Gate’s Eternal Life Demon Sovereign attacked.
He was the leader of the Demon Gate and possessed formidable cultivation. He sent forth a tide of black energy that turned everything around him as black as ink.
Countless demons emerged from this black fog, able to corrode the soul and make humans turn into demons. Of course, his methods of demonification were much inferior to Immortal Ji Yao’s and weren’t of much use against Tang Jie, but the screeching from the fog also had the ability to confuse the mind, even working on Earth Immortals. In this demon fog, all Immortal Platform experts would have their Divine Wills greatly weakened, which was tantamount to obscuring their vision.
At times like these, the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign was often able to launch extremely effective surprise attacks.
The Eternal Life Demon Sovereign had chosen the moment Tang Jie was attacking Evil Cloud to maximize his chances of killing Tang Jie. As a member of the Demon Gate, he was cruel and callous, so even if he was working with the fiends, he didn’t care if his ally died. On the contrary, he was happy to trade Evil Cloud’s life for a chance at killing an enemy.
Thus, when Tang Jie slew Evil Cloud, the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign unleashed his Soul-Shaking Spike.
This was an art of the Demon Gate that targeted the Divine Soul. Even the Godhood of Immortals would suffer when struck by this attack. Moreover, it continued to linger on the Divine Soul, so even if one died physically, the effects would still remain. If one could properly use this opportunity, one could kill their opponent seven or eight times.
But as he unleashed the Soul-Shaking Spike, he felt his surroundings suddenly slow down.
Everything slowed except for Tang Jie, who suddenly accelerated.
Tang Jie flitted away, and the attack he had spent so much time gathering energy for completely missed.
How was this possible?
As the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign reeled in shock, Tang Jie turned to glance at him.
His eyes completely ignored the demonic fog’s Divine Will–obscuring ability, which stunned the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign. Could he actually see him?
What Tang Jie did next proved this to be true.
He drew back the Sovereign Blade and then stabbed it at the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign.
The Demon Sovereign hastily retreated in alarm while the black fog transformed into a wave that howled at Tang Jie.
Just when the demonic wave was about to sweep him up, Tang Jie stepped forward and disappeared. At the same time, a cold light erupted behind the Eternal Life Demon Sovereign. Sensing danger, he transformed into a puff of smoke at the moment the blade touched his neck.
He had already seen how Evil Cloud had died, so rather than dispersing, he then transformed into a hulking demon that snarled and sought to devour Tang Jie.