152: Defeating a Quasi-Emperor at the Fifth Heaven: If you don't want to be a furnace, then obediently open your tortoise shell.
“Bring it on!”
The Nine Nether Lion did not dodge. Its largest, central head suddenly opened its bloody maw.
There were no earth-shattering Divine Abilities, no magnificent, dazzling Laws, only the most primitive and barbaric biting!
“Roar!”
A roar that seemed to contain the supreme fierce might of the Primordial Era.
It actually managed to halt the chilling Qi that could freeze ten thousand miles.
“Clang!”
The ice-blue long spear, powerful enough to pierce stars,
fiercely collided with the Nine Nether Lion's metallic fangs, erupting in a deafening clash of metal.
Terrifying Qi waves centered on the two of them, sweeping out in all directions, tearing open dark fissures even in the Void Realm.
Red Lotus only felt an unimaginable immense force surge through the spear shaft, numbing her grip and shaking her entire arm.
The disdain in her eyes instantly froze, replaced by a look of shock.
How is this possible?!
He actually... used his teeth to block her [Glacier Era]?
Moreover, that power... it was wild, scorching, and filled with destructive aura, completely different from the gentle and pure Spiritual Qi of the Cangwu Great World!
The Physical Body strength of this seemingly frail, sick lion far exceeded her imagination!
“Is that all the strength you have? It's not even enough to scratch your Lion Grandfather!”
The Nine Nether Lion bit down on the spear tip, while its other eight heads were like eight poisonous Dragons intent on devouring people.
They lunged from different angles, using incredibly tricky trajectories, aiming to bite at Red Lotus's vital points all over her body!
At this moment, where was there any trace of his sickly appearance?
His languid aura was swept away.
Replaced by the oppressive might of the Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven!
But within this oppressive might was mixed a more ancient and domineering Law that did not belong to this world, causing Red Lotus, a Quasi-Emperor Fifth Heaven, to feel a tremor in her Dao Heart!
“Not good!”
The alarm bells rang loudly in Red Lotus's heart. She made a decisive move, abandoning the spear and retreating.
But though she was fast, the Nine Nether Lion was faster!
“Trying to run? Too late!”
One lion head suddenly spat out a stream of pitch-black demonic fire, sealing off her retreat path.
Another lion head spoke human words, uttering incredibly malicious mockery:
“Quasi-Emperor Fifth Heaven? Is that all? Does your damn Divine Realm evaluate the Realm based on a woman's voice?”
“You!”
Red Lotus's delicate body trembled with fury, and she nearly ground her teeth to dust.
As a Divine Palace War General, how could she endure such a monstrous humiliation!
But this shouldn't be possible!
Clearly, in the Divine Realm,
even those male cultivators with higher Realms would still perish under her single spear strike!
“You seek death! Ice Phoenix Domain, open!”
Red Lotus roared in rage, and boundless Quasi-Emperor Law power erupted from within her body.
A massive phantom of an Ice Crystal Phoenix condensed behind her. With a spread of its wings, it instantly transformed the surrounding ten thousand miles into an absolute Domain of ice and cold!
Within the Domain, all things froze, Laws solidified, and even time seemed to slow down.
However, the Nine Nether Lion seemed completely unaffected.
Its massive body charged wildly through the Domain, the demonic fire burning around it actually sizzling as it incinerated the cold Qi that was capable of freezing Laws.
“A Domain? Laughable! In the face of absolute power, everything is a paper tiger!”
The Nine Nether Lion laughed maniacally, the expressions on its nine heads turning incredibly ferocious.
“Let me show you what true power is!”
“Nine Nether Purgatory, Devouring Heaven and Earth!”
It opened all nine mouths simultaneously, and nine massive black vortices appeared out of thin air, frantically devouring the power of the Ice Phoenix Domain.
Red Lotus's face changed drastically. She could clearly feel her Law power draining away at a terrifying speed!
This lion could actually devour her Quasi-Emperor Domain!
This had completely exceeded the scope of her understanding!
How could a male creature possess such a domineering and unreasonable Divine Ability?
“No! This is impossible!”
Red Lotus's Dao Heart experienced a violent tremor for the first time.
And just as she lost focus, the Nine Nether Lion seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“You dare to lose focus during a fight? Did you sleep your way into being a Quasi-Emperor?! Die!”
The nine lion heads merged into one colossal head, obscuring the sky and sun.
In one bite, it swallowed the tottering Ice Crystal Phoenix phantom, along with Red Lotus, who was at the Domain's core!
“Ah—”
A mournful scream intermittently echoed from the endless darkness.
Inside the Cangwu Divine Palace, there was a deathly silence.
All the female cultivators, including Han Yueyi on the Emperor's Throne, stared blankly at the scene in the Water Mirror, their faces filled with disbelief.
Red Lotus, their proud War General and a Quasi-Emperor Fifth Heaven... was actually... swallowed in one bite by a sickly male lion that appeared to only be at the Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven?
Moreover, from the start of the fight to her defeat, she didn't even last ten rounds!
That man, the one they had mocked as a “silver-plated spearhead” (useless), hadn't even left his dragon head warship the entire time.
An invisible chill quietly crept into the hearts of everyone present.
A crack appeared on Han Yueyi's millennia-unchanging icy jade face.
She suddenly stood up, and a terrifying Emperors Might leaked from her body, shaking the entire Divine Palace.
She could clearly feel that the moment Red Lotus was defeated, a thread of the Cangwu Great World's Luck, which was tied to fate, was forcibly cut away!
Although negligible, it was a real, existing loss!
This was not a simple matter of victory or defeat; this was a struggle for the Great Dao!
She understood.
The opponent intended to use victory to shake the Foundation of her world!
And break her Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array!
“Boom!”
Just then, in the Void Realm, the Nine Nether Lion's massive body writhed, and it suddenly opened its mouth.
It spat out a figure covered in blood and barely clinging to life.
It was Red Lotus.
At this moment, her armor was shattered, her body covered in gruesome bite marks, and one arm was missing. She was severely wounded and near death.
The Nine Nether Lion stepped on her face, its nine heads looking down from above, roaring towards the entire Cangwu Great World with an utterly contemptuous tone:
“Listen up! My Imperial Son Lord has the virtue of valuing life, so we spare your dog life today!”
“Go back and tell your so-called Empress: if you want to fight, we'll accompany you! If you don't want to fight, then obediently open your turtle shell, offer up all the resources of your world, and kneel to welcome the sacred arrival of my Imperial Son Lord!”
“Otherwise, when my Jiang Family Fleet tramples this Realm, we shall make sure you all serve as Furnaces for eternity!”
Having said that, it kicked Red Lotus away, letting her fall like a broken kite into the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array.
Afterward, it let out a victorious roar towards the sky.
Its nine faces were filled with unmatched arrogance and conceit.
These words were like nine loud slaps, fiercely striking the faces of everyone in the Cangwu Divine Palace.
Humiliation!
Naked humiliation!
When had they ever suffered such disgrace?
“Kill him! Kill him!”
“Your Majesty! Please permit me to fight! I swear to tear that brute into ten thousand pieces!”
Inside the Divine Palace, emotions ran high, and cries to enter the battle rose one after another.
Han Yueyi's chest heaved violently, and her ice-blue eyes were filled with murderous intent like a surging tide.
However, before she could speak, the Jiang Family Fleet made a new move.
This time, a clear and beautiful girl in a bright green silk dress flew out from the dragon head warship.
“Su Luli of the Heavenly Sound Sect, 6th Realm cultivation, requests a battle against a Prodigy of the same Realm from the Cangwu Great World!”
The girl's voice was crisp and pleasant, yet it silenced the clamor inside the Cangwu Divine Palace.
Again?
Following the defeat of their veteran expert, are they now challenging the Cangwu Prodigies?