316: Driven to the brink

Inside a small cave, two heavily injured people huddled together.

"The Elders sent by the Sect have been killed. Damn it, how on earth did we provoke him!"

Blood flowed uncontrollably from a huge hole in Zhang Hai's abdomen; at this point, he was clearly breathing more out than in.

Du Xian's condition was equally bad; the blood frantically gushing from the corner of his mouth showed just how severe his injuries were.

The heaven-rank red magic artifacts on them had long lost their proper luster, clearly having taken a heavy blow.

"That kid seems to be from the Heavenly Court, right? Dammit, how did just participating in a Secret Realm end up like this!"

Du Xian spat blood onto the ground viciously, his expression sorrowful.

The two of them had already been so cautious, and they usually kept a very low profile.

As it turned out, a young man took a fancy to the heaven-rank red magic artifacts they carried and wanted to seize them immediately, directly ordering the Powerhouse by his side to strike.

When a Powerhouse of the Immortal Venerable Realm made a move, let alone the two of them being unable to block it, even their two protectors—two Golden Immortals—couldn't stop him.

Originally, the two of them, joining forces with the two Golden Immortal Realm Powerhouses, could barely contend with that Immortal Venerable.

But the youth merely gave a cold sneer and released an Immortal King Realm Powerhouse, and the two Golden Immortals were wiped out almost instantly. If not for the fact that the Magic Treasures on them were powerful enough, plus they had a Teleportation Talisman, their fate then would likely have been the same as those two Golden Immortals.

"I don't know when Revered Master will get the news and come to save us, cough cough... damn it!"

A large amount of blood sprayed from Du Xian's mouth, and his eyes began to grow dim.

"You two are at death's door; what else is there to hide?"

"I already said my background is beyond your imagination. This current situation is your own doing; it has nothing to do with me."

"It's just two sets of Magic Treasures. They looked pretty cool, so I wanted them. If you had just handed them over honestly, would all of this have happened today?"

The youth gave a contemptuous smile, and then the person behind him instantly shot forward, charging directly at the two of them.

The opponent's move was a killing blow, intended to kill the two of them for certain.

The two of them slowly closed their eyes; knowing they could no longer escape, they stopped their futile struggling.

A brilliant light suddenly appeared beneath their feet.

The next moment, the two vanished into thin air, leaving shocked expressions on the faces of the youth and the Immortal King Powerhouse who had attacked.

To be able to rescue these two under their heavy blockade, it seemed the opponent's strength was not weak either, and these two had a very deep background.

"Young Master, we probably have no way to deal with them now. What should we do?"

The Immortal King stood very respectfully behind the youth.

"You really are trash. Two Heavenly Immortals actually slipped away right under our noses; you, a dignified Immortal King Powerhouse, couldn't even keep a single Heavenly Immortal."

"After we go back, go find my Imperial Father to receive your punishment yourself."

The youth snorted coldly, his words full of disdain.

The Immortal King didn't dare to speak and could only nod silently.

After a flash of light, Li Haotian looked at his two bloody Disciples who were on the verge of death, and his face instantly became furious.

Someone actually dared to bully his Disciples, to bully him directly.

Li Haotian had the two of them take a large number of life-saving Medicinal Pills, barely managing to stabilize their injuries.

Only after their injuries improved did they reveal the whole experience: they had met in a Secret Realm, and just as they were feeling joyful, a youth suddenly appeared.

And the Protector by that youth's side was extremely powerful.

He directly beat them into critical condition and killed two Golden Immortals.

Li Haotian's face gradually darkened, and the aura around his body began to become extremely unstable.

The pressure he emitted was impressively at the Peak Immortal Venerable stage.

After a period of cultivation, coupled with the support of massive resources from the System, his speed of improvement was not a bit slower than his Disciples'.

When he broke through to the Immortal King stage, it would be time for him to take the entire Sect to another place to set up camp and establish an Immortal Kingdom.

"The two of you use any resources and learn any Cultivation Techniques as you please lately. Once your injuries are stabilized, Cultivate like crazy. I want you to seek revenge for this yourselves!"

Li Haotian's eyes were gloomy.

After handling his Disciples' matters, he would next charge into the Heavenly Court.

He really couldn't help but be tempted by the mission rewards given by the System.

Any Powerhouse of the Heavenly Court that Li Haotian killed could be converted into a death warrior summoning card, thereby summoning a large number of Death Warriors of the same Realm within the Heavenly Profound Sect.

Now that he had an Immortal Emperor Realm Experience Card on him, he naturally had to give it a try in the face of such a thing!

Li Haotian directly used Magic Treasures and divine abilities to completely mask his aura, or rather, to disguise himself; at the very least, no one would be able to recognize the change in his aura from before to after.

The thing he was about to do absolutely could not be known by anyone to be his doing, yet he had to complete the mission.

So he could only resort to this plan.

Li Haotian flew up into the sky, and after locking onto the direction of the Heavenly Court, he immediately flew toward it, while simultaneously using an Immortal Emperor Realm Enhancement Card.

In less than fifteen minutes, he arrived at the entrance of the Heavenly Court.

"Halt, who goes th—"

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals responsible for guarding the gate didn't even have time to finish their question before they were directly killed.

Two Heavenly Immortal death warrior summoning cards were instantly credited to him.

Li Haotian had no intention of stopping; with a flash, he arrived within the Heavenly Court and then began a massacre.

His moves were terrifying; basically, with every strike, a large number of Powerhouses from the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Court were killed.

Heavenly Soldiers and Generals charged forward one after another, dying wave after wave.

Li Haotian remained unruffled, instead slaughtering his way toward the most core area of the Heavenly Court.

In less than half an hour, he had fought his way to the outside of the Taiji Hall of the Heavenly Court.

Inside the Taiji Hall sat hundreds of figures, packed closely together.

Li Haotian's expression was indifferent as he walked outside step by step.

From beginning to end, he hadn't encountered any Immortal Emperor Realm Powerhouses blocking him; it seemed all the Immortal Emperors were here.

Sitting on a golden chair at the very front of all the Immortal Emperors was a man emitting waves of heavenly might; he looked quite powerful.

A group of Immortal Emperor Powerhouses stood up in unison and looked toward Li Haotian's direction.

"If you surrender now, we can still leave you an intact corpse and let you enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation; otherwise, you can just wait to be beaten until your soul flies away and spirit scatters!"

The man sitting in the main seat had an indifferent expression, his eyes glancing contemptuously at Li Haotian.

How could one Immortal Emperor face so many Powerhouses like them?

No matter how strong he was, he absolutely could not take on so many Powerhouses at once!

Li Haotian remained silent, merely tightening his grip on the Long Sword in his hand.

He had come today not only to do the System mission but also to vent his anger for his Disciples.

To let these dogs of the Heavenly Court see that it's fine for my people to bully others, but it's not okay for your people to bully mine!