105: Emperors emerge

As he finished speaking, Great Emperor Leiting tried to tear through space, only to discover with utter horror...

The space that he, at the Peak Great Emperor Realm, could previously tear open with ease had become incredibly solid; he couldn't tear it at all.

"What? This is the power of a Formation! When did you set up a grand Formation?"

Great Emperor Leiting's face was filled with shock; he finally felt fear.

With a Peak Great Emperor Realm opponent plus a grand Formation set up without his knowledge, it seemed he had only one path today: death.

Hearing this, Gu Jixiao gave a cold laugh.

"I don't believe I need to explain. Why don't you see if you want to self-detonate, or be beaten to death by us?"

As Gu Jixiao finished speaking, five more figures appeared in the surroundings, surrounding them completely.

Feeling the aura of those five figures, Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame finally slumped powerlessly to the ground.

Looking into their eyes, they were filled with shock.

Because those five figures were all, without exception, at the Peak Great Emperor Realm.

Including the other Peak Great Emperors, there were a total of ten Peak Great Emperors.

What they didn't know was that within the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty, four more people were about to Breakthrough to the Peak Great Emperor Realm. Had they known, they wouldn't have been bold enough to go to war with the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty even if they were beaten to death.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! My Violet Flame Holy Land is willing to submit. I beg Your Majesty to spare my life!"

Great Emperor Purple Flame finally felt fear and hurriedly begged for mercy.

He still had nearly ten thousand years of Lifespan left and didn't want to die here. At the same time, he cursed Great Emperor Leiting a billion times in his heart.

After all, it was that damned Great Emperor Leiting who had approached him first, solemnly promising that they could definitely take down the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty.

But what chilled Great Emperor Purple Flame's heart the most was Great Emperor Leiting's actions just now; he clearly intended to abandon him and flee.

Therefore, Great Emperor Purple Flame betrayed Great Emperor Leiting without hesitation.

"It was all Great Emperor Leiting who bewitched me. If not for his incitement, I wouldn't have dared to lift a finger against the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty even if I were given ten thousand times the courage."

Hearing his close friend betray him, Great Emperor Leiting's face was full of disbelief, and a wave of chilliness washed over him.

"Hahaha, good, good, good! Since you've gone to such lengths, don't blame me!"

Great Emperor Leiting's face turned fierce, but in the next moment, without a word, he knelt straight down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I truly didn't want to go to war with the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty. I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance. I am willing to be a servant or a slave, I only ask Your Majesty to spare my life!"

That's right, in the face of life and death, Great Emperor Leiting knelt without a second thought.

What a joke, who would want to die if they could live?

The more powerful one is, the more they cherish their life, especially Great Emperor Leiting.

Unless it was a matter of absolute necessity, he would never choose to kneel.

But now that the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty had a full ten Peak Great Emperors, if he didn't kneel, he would truly die.

However, neither Great Emperor Leiting nor Great Emperor Purple Flame knew that Gu Jixiao had already sentenced them both to death in his heart.

To consolidate the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty's position on the Heavenly Saint Continent, he had to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, and they had become those two chickens.

"Don't waste your breath. Both of you must die today. I'll leave the method of death to your choice: self-detonation or a duel with us. Pick one."

Hearing that they could duel, Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame's eyes immediately lit up.

"Your Majesty, is that true? If we win the duel, can we leave?"

If they had to fight so many Peak Great Emperors, they knew they would surely die, unable to even last a few breaths.

But if it was a one-on-one duel, they still had some confidence.

"Naturally. I am a man of my word."

Hearing Gu Jixiao's promise, their eyes lit up, but before they could be happy for long, Gu Jixiao doused them with a bucket of cold water.

"The duel I'm referring to is the two of you dueling our ten Peak Great Emperors. As long as you can win, I'll let you leave."

Hearing this, Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame's expressions became extremely unsightly.

"Alright, enough nonsense. I'll give you three breaths of time to make your choice."

Gu Jixiao didn't intend to dawdle and spoke in a flat tone.

"Fine! In that case, come down to the underworld with me!"

Great Emperor Leiting also realized that Gu Jixiao had been toying with them from the start and had no intention of letting them live.

So in the next moment, Great Emperor Leiting charged towards Gu Jixiao, his aura surging; he was actually going to self-detonate.

But before he could reach Gu Jixiao, he was directly blindsided by a sneak attack from Great Emperor Purple Flame.

Great Emperor Purple Flame threw out the Purple Nether Strange Fire. Great Emperor Leiting obviously hadn't expected his close friend of over ten thousand years to choose to sneak attack him, so he had no defenses up.

"Purple Flame, you deserve to die!"

The clothes on Great Emperor Leiting's body were instantly incinerated by the Purple Nether Strange Fire, but beneath the clothes was a piece of blue treasure armor that briefly blocked the fire's assault.

"What! A Grade Twelve Spiritual Armor? I didn't expect you to have such a good thing!"

Great Emperor Purple Flame looked shocked; this was clearly not something he had anticipated.

After being sneak-attacked by Great Emperor Purple Flame, Great Emperor Leiting no longer thought about taking Gu Jixiao down with him.

Since Great Emperor Purple Flame had betrayed him, then even if he died, he would take Great Emperor Purple Flame down with him.

Great Emperor Leiting turned around and charged towards Great Emperor Purple Flame to kill him.

Seeing this, Great Emperor Purple Flame snorted coldly, undaunted. He summoned his Emperor Weapon and began to fight fiercely with Great Emperor Leiting.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been involved in this at all. You deserve to die!"

Two Peak Great Emperors clashed, their terrifying auras spreading to the surroundings. Those below the Great Emperor Realm simply couldn't withstand it.

The Quasi-Emperors present were either dead or injured, and Gu Jixiao paid them no mind.

After all, they had intended to attack the Ancient Heavenly Dynasty earlier; it was already generous of him not to settle scores with them afterward.

But the strangest thing was that the aura of the battle between the two Peak Great Emperors didn't spread outside; even in the Tiannan Dao Domain, few could feel it.

It was all because Gu Jixiao had secretly set up a grand Formation to isolate it.

What he had set up was not just the Formation that prevented Great Emperors from tearing through space to escape, but also an Aura-Isolating Formation.

After all, if he allowed the aftershocks of the battle between two Great Emperors to spread, who knows how much prestige value he would lose.

Watching the two Peak Great Emperors fight among themselves was something Gu Jixiao hadn't expected.

However, Gu Jixiao didn't intervene, instead watching them with great interest.

He was quite curious to see which of these two Peak Great Emperors was stronger.

Perhaps Great Emperor Leiting and Great Emperor Purple Flame still had some old feelings and held back slightly at first.

But as time passed, the two fought more and more fiercely, both dealing lethal blows.

Seeing that they wouldn't be able to determine a winner anytime soon, Gu Jixiao turned to Great Emperor Tianguang, who was also watching the battle, and asked curiously.

"What did they mean by 'Outer Realm Cultivators' earlier?"

Hearing Gu Jixiao ask this, Great Emperor Tianguang was momentarily stunned and a bit surprised. He clearly hadn't expected Gu Jixiao not to know.

But he still hurriedly began to explain to Gu Jixiao.

Upon hearing Great Emperor Tianguang's explanation, Gu Jixiao's expression also grew solemn.