Rules of Heaven - C44
Not to mention how anxious Ding Hong was here, Zi Shuang and that man outside the pavilion were even more anxious than him. The two of them had no way of knowing what to do as they looked at the phoenix continuously screeching in midair.
Zi Shuang anxiously asked, “Senior Brother, what should we do?”
Ye Yu Sang rolled his eyes and said, “What else can we do? We can only wait for Eldest Brother to finish him off.” He frowned. “Big Senior, seriously, you didn’t tell me why you were looking for this. You only told me that we will send a signal to him when we find it!” If you can tell us the whole story, you don’t have to let us do it like this! ”
Zi Shuang could hear the complaints coming from his mouth, looked around, and whispered to him, “Senior brother, don’t say it like that, eldest senior brother is strong to begin with, and he seems to be very close to Junior Sister Chi Su recently. I’m afraid that even his position as the Valley Master in the future will belong to him, it’s not good for him to hear those words from you.”
Ye Yu Sang snorted and said, “So what? Do you think I, Ye Yu Sang, am afraid of him?”
Zi Shuang hurriedly coughed a few times and whispered, “Yes, you naturally wouldn’t be afraid of eldest senior brother, but you also …”
“Heh, it’s all my fault that I angered you so much. I’ll apologize here first.” Suddenly, Ji Tai flew over from a distance and saluted with his hands folded in front of his chest.
Seeing him act this way, Ye Yusan did not look good, as he hastily returned the greeting, “Junior has acted recklessly, I hope Eldest Brother does not mind.”
“It’s alright. We should have arrived a long time ago. It’s just that we accidentally bumped into Fu Sang’s iron armor, the Netherworld Protector, which is why we were delayed.” From his relaxed tone, it seemed as if the Armored Heaven Guard wasn’t even worth mentioning in his eyes.
Ye Yusan and Zi Shuang looked at each other and saw the shock and bewilderment in each other’s eyes. This eldest senior brother of theirs, Ji Taiping, rarely revealed his talent, and often went out alone. They speculated whether or not Ji Tai had already cultivated the ‘Worryfree Heavenly Book’ to the 15th level or above.
The Worryfree Heavenly Book had a total of thirty levels, but from ancient times until now, only the ancestor had managed to reach the 23rd level! As for Ji Taixu, he was at least at the fifteenth layer of cultivation. Even if he was placed in Heavenly Palace, Penglai, or Great Brahma Temple, he would still be of the first tier to become an Elder!
The Iron Armor You Wei and the others naturally knew. In reality, it was just a few Death Soldiers that the Sixth Prince Pei Gui had found. However, the strength of the Armored Heavenly Guard couldn’t be underestimated. Ye Yu Sang’s and Zi Shuang’s collaboration could only be a perfect situation for them to leave, and Ji Tai actually said it so easily!
Madam Ji saw their expressions but didn’t mind. She looked at the phoenix in the sky and frowned, “Why did you let Li Huang out? Eh, why is the strength of Li Feng no longer there? ” Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly said something else in surprise.
Seeing how surprised he was, Zi Shuang said in embarrassment, “Eldest Martial Brother, I only wanted to cultivate a cultivation technique just now. I didn’t expect that I would be able to release it so quickly.”
She frowned as she looked at the phoenix in the sky and said, “I was going to release it anyway, but why would there be a soul inside? Furthermore …” He suddenly looked into the pavilion, “Moreover, why is this phoenix missing half of its vital essence?”
Zi Shuang thought that he had just consumed a bit of it and was discovered by him. She quickly changed the topic and asked, “Eldest senior brother, what do you mean by ‘a person’s soul’?”
Ji Tai looked at her and said, “Naturally, there is someone who fused with that phoenix. It is most likely the rumored phoenix Princess Fu Sang, who possesses the phoenix’s bloodline.”
Zi Shuang rolled her eyes craftily and asked, “Big Senior, why did you let us find Li Shu?”
“I won’t hide it from you all now. Master, the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Palace, the Penglai Sect Leader, the Great Brahma Temple, and the other leaders of the Great Brahma Temple have calculated their evolution and discovered that the Ghost Clan of the Underworld will invade the human world in twenty years! So, we must use the Pure Yang Fire of Li Shu to stop the invasion of the Ghost Clan. The altar you see is not some Li Shu, but above your head, after the Phoenix has finished absorbing all the essence fire, a piece of fire stone will appear from the altar, and that fire stone is the real Li Shu, our goal is this! ”
Hearing that the Ghost Clan was about to invade the mortal world again, Ye Yushan couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: “Since that’s the case, why are we still here to take the [Coffin of Li] away so stealthily? Wouldn’t it be better to directly ask for it from City Lord Gu Tianhong? ”
Hearing that, Ji Tai snorted coldly and said, “We can imagine, how could the older generation not think of that? When Master heard that he was going to use it as a loan, that Gu Tianhong immediately told Master to leave as soon as possible. ”
Both Zi Shuang and Ye Yu Sang’s expressions changed as they exclaimed, “What?!”
Ji Tai sneered, “Now do you know why we are taking it like this? Naturally, the older generation couldn’t do such a thing, so they had to let us do it … Hm? The Armored Heaven Guard has arrived quite quickly. ”
Ye Yu Sang and Zi Shuang both turned their heads to look and saw that from the distant gate of light, Pei Gui and the Ten Steel Armored Guard were actually flying over. However, if Ding Hong was here, he would be surprised to find that he did not see Zhong Chao.
When Peregrine Puppet and the Armored Heavenly Guard arrived here, he glanced at the phoenix hovering in the sky, then coldly glanced at the three of them and said, “What are you outsiders trying to do by intruding here?”
Ji Tai looked at him and smiled, “Naturally, it is to do good deeds for the mortal world.”
Pei Gui snorted and said: “Good deeds are done in the human world.” Who doesn’t know your decent thoughts? It was just that he wanted to use Cardinal Li to refine that treasure, and yet here he is, righteously speaking of doing a good deed! ”
Ji Tai frowned, “How can you say that? The magic treasure that my elders wanted to refine was to prepare a protective barrier for the future. Why are you talking so shamelessly?”
Peregrine said, “Oh? My mouth is open? What about you? Your famous Sect Leaders want to take away the treasure that I, Fu Sang, have protected for thousands of years with just a few empty words, does that mean you have no words to stop them? ”
Madam Ji looked at him. After a long while, she shook her head and said, “A stubborn person has nothing to say. Your father is like this, and I didn’t expect you to be like this as well. ”
Pei Gui let out a cold snort, waved his hand and said: “Capture them.”
The armor that was holding the Heavy Xuan Iron Sword moved slightly as it said, “A decree.”
Ye Yusan and Zi Shuang frowned when they heard his words. To be honest, they weren’t worried at all, because their eldest senior brother’s strength was way too domineering, so domineering that it could only be measured by guesses at a time.
Seeing that the armor was about to take action, Ji Tai suddenly said, “Don’t you guys want to leave because you want to improve the star formation in your Fusang inner city? But you’d better use your pig’s brain to see. I don’t even know where half of this Flame Essence went! ”
Pei Gui’s face turned pale as he heard the old man’s words. He quickly used his hand to block the armor. He observed the phoenix in the sky for a while, and his expression changed drastically. He was no longer calm like he usually was. He cried out involuntarily, “There is still half of my fire essence left!”
“Everyone says that Prince Fu Sang was picked up, but those who know the truth know that your Sixth Prince is actually Gu Tian Hong’s son! Your father chose a girl with the bloodline of the Phoenix just to open the altar, suck in the essence fire, and rob her of her inheritance! ” Pausing for a moment, he continued, “If I’m not wrong, then this girl should be the first to commit adultery and then slaughter, and then draw out the blood essence to fuse with the Star Sealer Formation!”
At this time, Pei Gui suddenly calmed down, looked at Ji Tai and said, “You know very well.”
“I don’t dare to. I, Ji Taixu, have cultivated for over a hundred years, so naturally, I know more than you do!”
When Ye Yusan and Zi Shuang heard their conversation, their faces became numb. Because they didn’t know what they were talking about.
Ji Tai saw Pei Gui standing there calmly and said, “Why don’t you go inside the pavilion and take a look?”
“Do you dare to guarantee that you won’t sneak attack me when I go to the pavilion?”
“I don’t think so.” said Ji Tai with a frown.
“Hey!” Pei Gui also could not figure out the situation and replied coldly: “Of course not! “I don’t know what kind of fool is inside this pavilion, but he has been absorbing the other half of the Flame Essence. The temperature inside the pavilion is probably even higher than that of an ordinary flame!” He rolled his eyes and laughed: “When the time comes, I will extract that stupid youth’s blood and inject it into the Star Arch. Isn’t that the same as well?”
“But don’t even think about getting your blood by yourself now.”
“Hahaha, Ji Tai, do you think that the power of your ‘Worryfree Heavenly Book’ level 17 is enough to cause a ruckus here?!” Pei Gui laughed wildly.
Ji Tai’s expression did not change as he continued staring at Ji Hao coldly. However, Ye Yu Sang and Zi Shuang looked at each other and could see the astonishment in each other’s eyes.
Pei Gui raised his hand and pointed at the pavilion, and said: “Iron armor, let’s go and see who has the guts to do so!”
The armored man’s body bent and he walked straight into the pavilion.
Although Ji Tai’s cultivation base was much higher than Pei Gui’s, he still didn’t dare to act rashly. Although he had easily passed between them just now, he had arrived here before them. But if it really did turn out right, then he would absolutely not get any benefits. The Netherworld Armor’s defensive capabilities were extremely strong. Furthermore, a spell caused by spiritual energy would not be able to harm the armoured person. It would truly be a headache to fight against it. A thousand years ago, when the Twelve Generals of the Apocalypse of Hell were still relying on the golden bones of an esteemed monk from the Great Brahma Temple who specialized in the ‘Diamond Sutra’, it took him a great amount of effort before he managed to exterminate the Ghost Clan in his armor.
Just like this, the two groups of people faced each other coldly, allowing the armor to enter the pavilion.
The sun was already high in the sky, and the phoenix was adding to the waves of heat. Although the two groups of people on the platform had very high cultivations, they couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat under the scorching light. Even the cold and gloomy Pei Gui couldn’t help but become a bit impatient. He secretly thought in his heart: “What kind of idiot is this?!”
Actually, this could only mean that Ding Hong’s luck was too good. The spiritual energy in the altar was too strong, preventing any scouting that was weaker than him. It was because of this, Ye Yushan and Zi Shuang didn’t notice that Ding Hong was hiding inside. The situation was still the same as before. He didn’t know what was going on inside, and because the temperature of the Flame Essence was slowly superimposed, it was probably even hotter than a furnace.
As Ji Tai was preparing to see how the armor was going to get in, he suddenly heard a crisp breaking sound, like the sound of glass shattering.
However, he wasn’t the only one who heard it. Ye Yushan, Zi Shuang and Pei Gui also heard it. However, Ye Yu Sang and Zi Shuang were confused by the sound. Pei Gui and Ji Tai’s expressions changed and they leaped into the air. No matter what temperature was inside, they all hastily ran into the pavilion.
In the blink of an eye, he had passed the iron armor.
However, just as they arrived at the entrance, a huge wave of fire suddenly sprayed out. Ji Tai and Pei Gui were startled, and immediately flew up into the sky. The huge wave of fire did not dissipate even after it emerged, but instead turned into the head of a huge flaming monster.
The head of the strange diagram opened its mouth and let out a “hu hu” sound at anything that could move. When the phoenix in the sky heard the roar, it released a crisp bird cry that resonated with each other. After that, he spread his wings and swooped down, flying directly into the man’s mouth.
As soon as the phoenix entered, the head of the fire beast closed, and then began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, it turned into a pile of sparks, and with a “bang” sound, it exploded into black smoke and disappeared.
This scene caused everyone around to be stunned.
After looking at it, Pei Gui was enraged and shouted at Madam Ji: “Madam Ji, look at what you have done! Now that the fire beasts of the Flame Tower had been revived, not only were there no more people, even Li Shu had been teleported to the Sun World! What do you think we should do? What do you think we should do? ” He yelled at Ji Tai crazily. It seemed that the outsiders thought that he was crazy.
At this moment, Ji Tai was also frowning. He did not expect that the guardian beasts would be awakened by the runes inside the pavilion. He suddenly turned to look at Zi Shuang.
When Zi Shuang heard Pei Gui’s words, she knew that she would never be able to escape her responsibility. Seeing that the Ji grandpa was looking at them, Ji Hao’s face darkened. He thought that the consequences would be dire. He gritted his teeth and kneeled down, then lowered his head and said, “Disciple understands his wrongs, eldest senior brother, please punish me.”
Ye Yu Sang had grown up with her. Although they didn’t have any feelings for each other, they had a friendship that transcended that of an ordinary person. Seeing her act this way, he hurriedly said, “Eldest senior brother, junior sister, she …”
Ji Tai waved his hand and said blandly, “The reason must be because of the man who took the fire from the pavilion. What fault do you have?”
“You!” Pei Gui was extremely angry, “Good, good, good.” He said three good words in succession, then suddenly opened his hands, and his eyes suddenly shone with a deep blue light.
“Dutchman, come out!”
‘Whiz! ‘Suddenly, a gust of cold wind, mixed with some black substance, flew towards the puppet’s body.
Not long after, an extremely terrifying armor appeared on Pei Gui’s body. The armor was entirely black, with two long fangs that resembled the devil kings on each shoulder. Strange inscriptions were carved around the body, and from time to time, the souls of the wrongdoers would wail. And at this time, above the Puppet’s head, there was actually a large group of dark clouds that was constantly twisting and turning slowly. Dark thunder rumbled in the dark clouds, and all the ghosts were crying out together.
“Since you want to die, then let me show you the Day Armor that I have forged with these two sets of Dark Sky Armor!”
Even those who had a high cultivation, upon seeing his armor, all paled and said coldly: “So, dozens of years ago, the continent lost so many treasures and countless mortals died. I’m afraid your father used your armor to refine it!” He walked in front of Ye Yushan and Zi Shuang, clasped his hands together, and then pointed to an empty space, where a purple vortex the width of three people’s arms appeared. Without saying a word, he grabbed the two of them and leapt into the purple vortex, disappearing without a trace.
As soon as they entered, the violet vortex vanished as well.
Seeing their sudden departure, Peregrine let out a shriek worse than a ghost. Hearing him make such a sound, the iron armor and the other two guards all echoed his words.
Suddenly, the already dark sky darkened even more and revealed a ghastly green color. The surrounding sounds of shouting, wind and thunder mixed together, making it seem very scary.
At the entrance of the light gate, there was a skinny old man who was leaning on a walking stick and a strong man standing there.
That muscular man, however, was Zhong Chao.
After Zhong Chao saw the power of Pei Gui’s attack, he sucked in a breath of cold air and said to the old man respectfully, “Grandfather, do you think that Gu Tian Hong and Pei Gui are not afraid of being killed by the Heavenly Palace’s Dao Sect?”
The old man looked at Pei Gui and snorted. He said in a very weak and hoarse voice: “Father wants to fight for the world, while son wants to steal father’s position. This matter is fine, but he actually made such a thing.” Sigh, forget it. Their matters are not something we can meddle in. Let’s go back. ”
Zhong Chao hastily answered, “Yes, Grandfather.”
The old man nodded, then fiercely threw the cane in his hand towards the ground, causing the ground to shake along with him and Zhong Chao. At first, the vibrations were light, but in the blink of an eye, it shook violently. In just a short moment, it had turned the two of them into ashes and they disappeared from this world!