104: Gu Jixiao appears

Facing the threat of Great Emperor Leiting, Xu Daoshan remained unfazed and sneered, "You are planning to act against His Majesty. As a vassal of His Majesty, it is only reasonable for my Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to come and support him."

Hearing that Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had also been subdued by the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, Great Emperor Leiting's expression became even more unsightly.

This was because he knew the true strength of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

It was no exaggeration to say that if not for the hidden injuries sustained in his youth, Xu Daoshan would now be at least a Peak Great Emperor Expert.

And although Xu Daoshan was only a Late Stage Great Emperor, by relying on the treasures collected by Heavenly Treasure Pavilion over many years of operation, his strength was far greater than that of an ordinary Late Stage Great Emperor, second only to a Peak Great Emperor.

"Xu Daoshan, do you truly intend to be so stubborn and help a tyrant?"

Great Emperor Leiting still held a flicker of hope in his heart. After all, if Heavenly Treasure Pavilion chose to stand with the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, it would be a massive blow to their side.

But clearly, Xu Daoshan had already recognized how powerful the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty was. Therefore, choosing to stand with Great Emperor Leiting and the others would be truly waiting for death.

"Fellow Daoist Tianguang, leave the Combined Attack Grand Array to me. I will leave Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame to you."

Xu Daoshan gave these instructions to Great Emperor Tianguang beside him and then immediately set off to attack the Combined Attack Grand Array.

Great Emperor Tianguang nodded in agreement. Without the Combined Attack Grand Array, the pressure on him would be much less.

However, if the experts from the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty's side did not come out to support them, their situation would still not be optimistic.

Looking back at Xu Daoshan's side, he directly summoned several quasi-emperor artifacts.

Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was incredibly wealthy. Furthermore, having lived for over twenty thousand years, the number of quasi-emperor artifacts in his hands actually reached a total of twenty.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame were extremely ugly, but they still looked at the Quasi-Emperors present and ordered.

"You all hold him off. We will come to assist you once we have finished off Great Emperor Tianguang."

There were still more than twenty Great Emperor Experts present. Upon hearing this, they stepped forward to support the Quasi-Emperors who were maintaining the array.

As for the other four Great Emperor Experts of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, they watched this scene with solemn expressions and stepped forward to help Xu Daoshan.

But just then, a light chuckle echoed through the air.

"Everyone, you certainly have a lot of nerve to cause trouble in my Ancient Heavenly Dynasty's territory."

The voice seemed to carry a certain enchantment. As soon as it was heard, the powerful figures present all stopped their hands.

Looking toward the source of the sound, they saw Gu Jixiao floating in the air, looking at them with a playful expression.

Beside Gu Jixiao stood the two women, Shen Qingyu and Ying Lanfeng.

At this moment, after seeing so many Great Emperor Experts, the two women couldn't help but feel a faint sense of nervousness in their hearts.

But after seeing Gu Jixiao so calm and composed, their tense nerves finally relaxed.

Great Emperor Tianguang and Xu Daoshan also finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Gu Jixiao appear.

However, when Xu Daoshan perceived that Gu Jixiao had actually broken through to the Peak Great Emperor stage, his breathing couldn't help but quicken.

What kind of Prodigy is this? At our last meeting, he was clearly only a Great Saint. How did he break through to Peak Great Emperor so quickly?

The next moment, as Great Emperor Tianguang and the others came before Gu Jixiao and respectfully addressed him as "Your Majesty," Gu Jixiao raised his hand and looked at Great Emperor Leiting and the others in the distance, speaking in a flat tone.

"In my Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, there is a proverb: 'When friends come from afar, they must be executed even if they are far away.'"

"Since you intend to act against my Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, then leave your lives here."

The instant Gu Jixiao's words fell, three figures appeared directly, surrounding all the Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors present.

Feeling the incredibly terrifying aura emanating from those three figures, the Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors standing with Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame were all completely dumbfounded.

After they regained their senses, they all looked at Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame and roared in anger.

"Senior Leiting, didn't you say that the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty has at most three Peak Great Emperors? There are four Peak Great Emperors here!"

"That's right! Even Senior Tianguang is standing on the side of the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty. You deceived us!"

"Senior, Senior, we were all tricked by Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame! We had no idea your Imperial Dynasty was so powerful. Had we known, how would we ever dare to be so disrespectful to your Ancient Heavenly Dynasty?"

Seeing the situation, the powerful figures from the other forces defected one after another, backstabbing Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame.

Now, including Great Emperor Tianguang who stood with the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, the number of Peak Great Emperor Experts on the side of the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty had reached a terrifying total of five.

In this situation, if they continued to follow Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame into battle against the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, it would be no different from seeking their own deaths.

Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame had extremely ugly expressions. They clearly hadn't expected the foundation of the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty to be so profound.

But Great Emperor Leiting still gritted his teeth and looked at Gu Jixiao, threatening him.

"My Thunder Holy Land will never submit to any other force! If you insist on forcing us, then I don't mind self-destructing and taking you all with me!"

"Furthermore, the aura of a battle above the Great Emperor level is enough to reach the Outside World. When the time comes and the cultivators from the Outside World perceive the existence of the Heavenly Saint Continent, I'd like to see if your Ancient Heavenly Dynasty still has the strength to resist!"

Gu Jixiao very keenly caught the term "Outer Realm Cultivator" in Great Emperor Leiting's words.

However, he did not question Great Emperor Leiting about it.

The rule that experts above the Great Emperor level must not take action was set by three Peak Great Emperors. This meant that whatever Great Emperor Leiting knew, Great Emperor Tianguang would also know.

He could simply ask Great Emperor Tianguang later.

"Oh? So, are you threatening me?"

Gu Jixiao had a playful look on his face and spoke with a contemptuous tone, clearly not taking Great Emperor Leiting's threat to heart.

But Great Emperor Leiting did not realize this and continued to speak to himself.

"You can see it as a threat. The self-destruction of a Peak Great Emperor is something even another Peak Great Emperor cannot withstand. Your Majesty, you surely wouldn't want to be blown to death by me, would you?"

"You can certainly try. But what I can tell you is that for the two of you, today's outcome is certain death."

As the instigators, and also to establish his authority, Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame had to die here today.

As for the others, they only needed to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to submit to his Ancient Heavenly Dynasty in order to survive.

Hearing this, the expressions of Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame became extremely grim, especially Great Emperor Purple Flame.

Initially, he just didn't want to submit, but if it meant he would die, he would definitely choose to submit.

At this moment, Great Emperor Leiting looked at Great Emperor Purple Flame and finally spoke.

"Purple Flame, rest assured, I will not let you die."

"Damn Ancient Heavenly Dynasty! Even if I die, I will definitely not make things easy for you!"

Great Emperor Leiting roared, and then immediately prepared to tear through space and flee.

That's right—flee.

As long as the green mountains remain, one need not worry about firewood.

He was a Peak Great Emperor and still had several thousand years of Lifespan.

During these thousands of years, he would keep a close eye on the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty. Whenever he saw a powerful figure from the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty going out, he would hunt them down. He didn't believe the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty wouldn't give in then.

However, he failed to see that the playful expression remained on Gu Jixiao's face.