253: Chapter 253 Holy Light City

Great Emperor Thunder Spirit wore a faint smile, "I wonder if any of you have had any success?"

Several phantom gazes in the area immediately turned toward him.

"Lei Dajun, there is no need to feign curiosity. The heavenly dream divine fruit is not that easy to find, is it?"

"Exactly! Stop wasting time and talk about the real business!"

Lei Dajun shook his head and chuckled, feeling no embarrassment at all; clearly, his thick-skinned nature had reached the Peak of perfection.

"Since none of you wish to share news about the heavenly dream divine fruit, then so be it..."

He then changed the subject, "It seems everyone underestimated that kid named Lin Bei this time!"

"Hmph! To be able to suppress the combined forces of eight Imperial Sons wielding Imperial Weapons, I believe he must already be a Great Emperor!"

"A Great Emperor acting so sneakily is truly laughable!"

One of the phantoms, whose voice carried a metallic tremor, stated his opinion.

"Brother Qin makes a valid point!" another short, stout phantom agreed.

"The report says this person brought out eight Imperial Weapons to suppress the eight of them; that is simply absurd!"

"As everyone knows, our Dwarf Race is the most skilled in Artifact Refining in the entire Yinming Land, yet we only have four Imperial Weapons in our clan!"

"Oh?" Great Emperor Thunder Spirit looked slightly surprised, "Clan Chief Wu, I recall that ten thousand years ago, your clan only had three Imperial Weapons, right?"

"What? Does Clan Chief Lei not allow our Dwarf Race to make a little progress?" the short phantom replied indifferently.

"Alright!" Seeing that the two were about to clash, the others interrupted, "We are not here today to watch you settle old scores..."

"If that Lin Bei is truly a Great Emperor, then it is indeed troublesome!"

Another Great Emperor brought the conversation back on track, "Our true bodies are currently in the Dream Sea, and the Clones left behind in our clans only have two or three percent of our true strength..."

"Hmph! My Clone, with thirty percent of my strength, can still annihilate an average Great Emperor in the Early Stage!" one tall figure said disdainfully.

"No one doubts Brother Holy Light's strength, but would your Clone be willing to leave Holy Light City and go kill this person?"

A person next to him asked with a half-smile.

"This..." Great Emperor Holy Light's voice paused, "Why should I go? This is not just an affair of my Holy Light Clan!"

The others heard this and shook their heads with a smile, not pointing out the truth.

The Nine Great Imperial Clans were naturally not a monolith; they seemed harmonious on the surface, but there were countless secret maneuvers behind the scenes.

The reason they left behind Clones to guard was precisely to guard against the Great Emperors of the other clans.

"Then what should we do? Should we just watch helplessly as he robs all the Nine Dragon Banks?"

"And there are also Luo'er and the others; they are in Lin Bei's hands. Although they haven't been harmed for now, if time drags on, who knows if he will dare to kill them!?"

"How about... one of you Fellow Daoists make a sacrifice and return from the Mist Sea first?"

"Great idea! Fellow Daoist Sun, why don't you come back? We will all be grateful to you!"

"Fellow Daoist Qin, in terms of speed, you are the fastest among us. Why don't you make a trip back? We are each willing to pay ten thousand yinming stones!"

"I thank your whole family..."

...

Just as the group was arguing endlessly, Great Emperor Thunder Spirit, Lei Dajun, suddenly revealed a playful smile.

"Brother Holy Light, I'm afraid you will have to be the one to end this disaster!"

"Oh?" Great Emperor Holy Light's voice turned slightly cold, "Does Fellow Daoist Thunder Spirit wish to force me to act?"

"Brother Holy Light, you joke!" Lei Dajun shook his head slightly, "I do not have that ability; I just received news..."

"That Lin Bei's next destination seems to be your Holy Light City!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people present were all slightly stunned.

According to their way of thinking, the best choice for the opponent would be to stay away from the Nine Great Imperial Cities and loot other cities instead.

"Good!" After a moment of silence, Great Emperor Holy Light said boldly, "If he really dares to come to Holy Light City, I will definitely make sure he can enter but never leave!"

"Brother Holy Light, I leave my dog of a son to you!" the others said one after another.

...

Holy Light City, in the Holy Light Great Hall.

A hundred-zhang figure, shrouded in light, suddenly opened its eyes.

Of the Nine Great Imperial Cities, why did this person specifically target my Holy Light City? Is it a coincidence? Or is there some other purpose?

I wonder what his true strength is... If I were to be injured by him due to carelessness, it would be a huge embarrassment!

Upon this thought, the Clone of Great Emperor Holy Light immediately issued an order.

"Gai Ya, Zuo Fei, Tai Luo... the eight of you, come here!"

...

On the back of the Tyrannosaurus, Lin Bei was toying with a blood-red jade stone in his hand.

Except for being smaller, the jade stone looked no different from a real heart.

What was even more miraculous was that it kept emitting fluctuations like a heartbeat.

"heart of evolution, what is the use of this thing?"

Lin Bei flipped his hand and took out two more identical jade stones; three small, blood-red hearts pulsed continuously in his palm.

When he was being chased by Dongfang Lin before, there was a System reward he didn't have time to check; later, he discovered that the reward had also been two hearts of evolution.

"Boss, it's estimated that we will reach Holy Light City in three days!"

Long Jiba reported the itinerary to Lin Bei for the fifteenth time along the way.

After finishing, he still couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Boss, do... do we really not change our route? How about we go to ordinary cities to make money instead?"

"Smack!" As soon as he finished speaking, a slap landed heavily on his head, "Look at how big you've grown, yet your courage isn't even as big as mine! You're a Dragon, after all, can't you have some ambition?"

Long Jiba's eyes turned red, and he felt so aggrieved he almost cried out loud.

Is this human language? Let alone me, there is no one in the entire Yinming Land with more courage than you!

"Sigh! Being this cowardly doesn't match my style at all!" Lin Bei continued to attack the Dragon's heart, "Why do I feel like I lost out by spending fifty thousand yinming stones to buy you..."

Long Jiba's body trembled, and he nearly fell from the sky.

It would have been better not to mention this; once mentioned, he was truly heartbroken.

Fifty thousand yinming stones! Damn it, not a single one was shared with me!

Why am I the one putting in all the effort when I don't even receive the money? And now I have to rush to my death!

"Hey, hey, hey? Don't get excited!" Lin Bei pulled the reins that had appeared on the other's neck at some unknown time.

"That old geezer, your Old Ancestor, is indeed untrustworthy! It doesn't matter; follow me, and reaching the Peak of Great Saint in the future will be easy, right?"

"When that time comes, we will go and snatch the yinming stones back!"

"Re... really?" Long Jiba immediately perked up, seemingly already imagining the scene of his Heaven-Defying return, crushing Long Batian and Long Shengnan beneath him.

"Hm?" Lin Bei glanced sideways, "Would I, this venerable one, lie to you?"

The Tyrannosaurus shrank its neck, not daring to reply, and buried its head to continue teleporting on its way.

Three days later.

A Tyrannosaurus stood in mid-air, facing the Holy Light City ahead, its body trembling slightly.

The Imperial City had its own majesty; all Cultivators who arrived had to enter the city on foot.

If it weren't for the malevolent star on its back, Long Jiba would have landed on the ground long ago; how would it dare to hover in mid-air like this?

Lin Bei stood on the Dragon's back with his hands behind his back, but his gaze was not drawn to Holy Light City.

"What is that?" Looking from his position, behind Holy Light City, a statue towering into the clouds stood vaguely visible.