Jean was always arrogant in the Phoenix Palace, holding her head high. She wasn't afraid of anything other than Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
But she shivered violently as she faced this real crisis, fearful of what was to co.
“Mother!”
Even Cleon, Chance, and Ahmad who were sitting on the stairs, couldn't bear to see the timidity in her features.
The three brothers were selfish but given that they were the sons of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, they remained calm in such a crucial life-and-death situation.
They understood that they could hold high positions in the palace because Eastern Emperor Taiyi was their father. And now that their father was in danger of dying, they had obviously chosen to fight the invaders and protect him till the end of their lives.
“I'm trying to find a way out,” Jean said, glaring at her sons to conceal her panic and embarrassnt.
Cleon was calm as he tried to persuade her. “Those powerful people have already surrounded the Primitive Illusion. We can't move Father even if we want to. We have no way out!”
“If they break in, we should go all out!” added Chance.
Those who sat on the stairs with him were all children and grandchildren of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
Elvinia also sat beside them, an elbow on her knee, and held a piece of thin paper that had been floating in the wind with the other hand. A number of words were scribbled on it.
At Chance's words, she rely looked indifferently at him.
In such a critical situation, the three brothers beca courageous and persistent, in sharp contrast to their mother. No wonder they were Elvinia's half-brothers. They were much better than their mother.
Elvinia regretted coming back. No matter how exquisite the Truth Enlightennt was, it was useless in this mont. Her father couldn't even see it, and even if he did, what would be the use of it all in such a critical mont?
Could the people around her defeat the powerful invaders above with it?
She couldn't send the Truth Enlightennt to her father. Moreover, she was blocked here and couldn't go to the North Unicorn Province either.
The news about the tragic battle in the North Unicorn Province was being brought to the Phoenix Palace and Elvinia had learned of it the first ti it had co here. As a “demon woman” from the Divine Lair, she knew better how terrible the Nine-Sun World Destruction was.
'Have all the powerful warriors of the seven mountains been killed?
Zen should be the only exception. Has he survived?'
All of a sudden, a fla lit up from her fingertip and burned the paper.
Lavender, who was sitting on the step below Elvinia, looked curiously at the burning paper and said, “Little Master, what are you burning?”
Elvinia smiled and answered, “Sothing written by Zen.”
At the ntion of Zen's na, Laquisha, Lavender, and Nelly suddenly beca interested. “What did he write?” they asked in unison.
“The whole Truth Enlightennt,” Elvinia replied with a faint smile.
The others didn't care about what Elvinia was burning, but at the ntion of the Truth Enlightennt, their gazes imdiately shot to her.
Even Flamine, Jean, and a few strong masters who had stayed in the Phoenix Palace turned to her.
Flamine asked, “Is that why you ca back to the Phoenix Palace and wanted to et your father?”
“Yes,” Elvinia said simply.
“Why didn't you tell this before?” Flamine said, frowning.
“What difference does it make if I told you?” Elvinia asked as she stared up at Flamine.
Flamine thought for a while and said nothing more.
The whole Truth Enlightennt was important to Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Oneness Sky Palace.
But with the crucial life-and-death situation in the Oneness Sky Palace at this point, it would be of no aning to take it out.
“But it shouldn't have been burned! That's the Truth Enlightennt!” Jean exclaid, glaring at Elvinia.
Elvinia looked coldly back at her. “So what? We let them take it away?”
This was enough to render Jean speechless. They couldn't fend for themselves, let alone fight to keep this paper. Jean looked up at the sky, sighing in frustration.
A thin fishing line was moving relentlessly in the Primitive Illusion.
The thread acted as Ware's eyes. He could feel anything it touched.
“I've found the sixth pillar. It is easier than I thought,” Ware said with a happy smile.
He had found six pillars in a short period of ti, much faster than he had expected. It looked like it wouldn't take much ti to find all the pillars in the Primitive Illusion.
Ware was loud on purpose. His voice was loud as thunder, echoing clearly through the Phoenix Palace.
“The seventh pillar!”
“The eighth pillar!”
“The ninth pillar!”
Every ti Ware counted a number, the hearts of the people in the Phoenix Palace would tremble and skip a collective beat.
“The sixteenth pillar!”
“The seventeenth pillar!”
“The eighteenth pillar!”
Buzz!
The thin thread emitted a cyan light in the Primitive Illusion that penetrated the thick white mist with ease.
The white mist that had been lingering over the Phoenix Palace all year round dispersed in an instant, revealing only eighteen bare pillars.
Flamine stood at the top of the stairs in front of the Supre Dragon Hall, her long luxurious sleeves fluttering. She looked at all the people sitting below and said firmly, “We have no way out. If Eastern Emperor Taiyi dies, we all will die. So please don't hold back!”
Only seven people who were as strong as Flamine stayed at the front of the Supre Dragon Hall.
Buzz!
Ripples spread before the Supre Dragon Hall, and another big array rose into the air. Flamine stretched out her legs and stepped gently into the air. She then reappeared at the center of the big array, the Three-Elent Sword Array!
Three long swords shot out of the array.
These swords were the Heaven Sword, the Earth Sword, and the Human Sword. Flamine, without any hesitation, took charge of the Heaven Sword. Another two masters followed her and grasped the Earth Sword and the Human Sword.
Ware looked down at the Three-Elent Sword Array in front of the Supre Dragon Hall and said with a mocking smile, “I didn't expect such a dignified existence as Eastern Emperor Taiyi would rely on his wife to protect him. The Three-Elent Sword Array is indeed powerful, but it's a pity that you et !”
He then waved the fishing rod and barked an order, “Attack it! Hold the three swords and I'll continue to break the array!”
“Now that victory is in sight, why should you be bothered? Master Ware, let destroy this palace!” A short man behind Ware said anxiously.
“Illusory Mountain Press!”
The shadow of a huge mountain erged from nowhere, dashing swiftly towards the Phoenix Palace.
This shadow was like an upside down mountain. Although it was virtual, the power contained within it was still terrifying.
At the sight of the illusory mountain, Flamine's expression shifted several tis before she managed to calm herself.
She waved the Heaven Sword lightly and said to the other two, “Three-Elent Defense!”
Bang!
With the joint resistance of the three swords, the illusory mountain was halted outside the array.
An area of about ten thousand feet around the Supre Dragon Hall was now protected, but under the pressure of the mountain shadow, all other halls and pavilions of the Phoenix Palace turned to dust.
“Again!”
The short man stretched out his hands, and the huge mountain shadow solidified and beca more powerful.
Sizzle!
The Three-Elent Sword Array sizzled under the pressure, but it finally managed to block the attack.
“I'm in!”
“Let's see how long you can hold on.”
“It's just a sword array, and it's not good at defense. Why bother to hold on?”
So masters of the Bearing race looked down at those of the Phoenix Palace who were trying their best to support the sword array. They looked playful as they made their moves.
Boom!
So of the Bearing race ca from the Sky Guard Pavilion.
The Sky Guard Pavilion was to the Bearing race what the Land of Sword Grief was to the Oneness Sky Palace, except for the fact that there were morial tablets in the Sky Guard Pavilion.
When the masters were strong enough to undertake tasks alone, they would obtain a morial tablet representing high status. Their strength was almost the sa as Flamine's.
These masters relied on the theurgies of various Other Shore Tokens, which were in different forms but all with terrifying power.
Flamine and the other two masters wielded the swords in their hands calmly to resist the enemies.
No matter how strong the theurgies these people poured out were, the Three-Elent Sword Array was unbreakable and withstood consequent attacks!
“Lavender, Nelly, Laquisha, hide behind the Supre Dragon Hall,” Elvinia said suddenly.
“Why?” Lavender asked, confused.
“Once this array is broken, you can take the opportunity to escape. Their target is my father. They won't do anything to you,” said Elvinia.
As the daughter of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Elvinia was determined to live and die with her father.
But she didn't want Lavender and the other two to die with her. After all, they still had Zen.
“Little Master, let's run away together. Please!” Laquisha said anxiously.
In a battle of this level, Elvinia's strength was insignificant. She could escape with them.
Elvinia smiled bitterly and shook her head.
People born in the Phoenix Palace could obtain more resources, and as a result, they'd have to take up more responsibilities.
Elvinia and her half-brothers didn't have the slightest intention of running away.
“Let's wait for a mont. We can't leave the array now. Even if we leave, we might not remain alive,” Lavender suddenly said.
The powerful warriors in the sky sent out tens of thousands of divine gatons of force every ti they attacked.
The bricks and tiles of the Phoenix Palace turned to dust, having been crushed over and over again. They would also turn to dust if they were to flee at their current strength and weren't careful enough.
This round of attacks lasted for a while and once they ended, the expressions that the powerful warriors from the Sky Guard Pavilion wore, changed.
They hadn't expected the last array to be so powerful as to forcefully shut them out.
“Master Ware, I'm afraid it's not that easy to destroy the array with brute force. Please help us,” the short man said deferentially.
The short man hadn't expected a re sword array to so easily block all his attacks.
An unfathomable smile on his face, Ware said, “The Supre Dragon Hall is protecting the real body of Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The last array won't be so easy to destroy. With your forcible attacks, you may not be able to destroy it even in a few days and nights.”
As he spoke, he threw the fishing rod again.
Whoosh!
The thin fishing line fell from the sky and rolled towards the Three-Elent Sword Array below.
Flamine raised her eyebrows at Ware's action. The thread wrapped around his fishing rod was his Other Shore Token called Sky Cloud Thread.
With this thread, he could break through almost all the arrays in the world.
That was why he had beco a great array breaker in the world.
With the help of the Three-Elent Sword Array, Flamine had thought she could still defend them until Eastern Emperor Taiyi woke up.
And now, it was almost impossible.
But she had no other choice. She would never allow Ware to break the array.
“Master Heller!”
Flamine turned, with the Heaven Sword in hand, and exclaid.
An old man sat on the stairs behind her. He was as strong as Auden and Pearce, but he hadn't made a single move.
He had once fought alongside Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but had been cursed when wandering in Stage Thirty-two. He had encountered a kind of Other Shore Token with negative effects which, when touched, forcefully laid the curse on his inner world.
His strength had greatly reduced since. Over the years, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had used a special thod to help him suppress the curse.
The curse was so powerful that it consud a lot of energy just to suppress it each ti.
Master Heller was loyal to Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who had helped him survive. He felt that he had beco a burden to the emperor and wanted to die.
But he had changed his mind a while ago.
Zen got two Hearts of Accomplice in Stage Thirteen. One of them was presented to Eastern Emperor Taiyi by Athemar.
The Other Shore Token was powerful, but it would cause the owner to sacrifice themselves.
It was not difficult to find a person willing to be sacrificed in the Oneness Sky Palace.
But Master Heller was also present at the ti. His eyes lit up as he learned about this Other Shore Token. He applied to Eastern Emperor Taiyi to rge with the Heart of Accomplice.
At least, he'd no longer be a burden after fusing with it.
He would be qualified enough to fight the top masters just like Pearce and Auden and perish alongside them.
Seeing that Master Heller was desperately seeking death, Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed to his request. At least he would want to live on after he had rged with the Heart of Accomplice.
They would never let him die until the last mont.
Neither Flamine nor Eastern Emperor Taiyi had expected that this last mont would arrive so soon.
At her call, Master Heller suddenly stood up and laughed harshly, soaring into the sky.
“Ha-ha-ha! Array breaker, do you still rember ?” Master Heller asked, tucking his silver hair behind his head.
Ware had controlled the thread to break the array. At Master Heller's shouts, he looked up and said casually, “A loser from hundreds of years ago. You haven't died yet?”
The Bearing race had had a hand in the curse on Master Heller. At the ti, even Eastern Emperor Taiyi had suffered a great loss.
“Are you disappointed?” Master Heller said with a relieved smile. “I'm going to die today!”
Ware rely looked at him before saying, “Help him.”
At this order, those next to Ware made to move towards Heller but the loud sound of a heartbeat broke through the air.
Bump! Bump! Bump!
Breaking the array using the Sky Cloud Thread had demanded a great deal of effort and attention from Ware. What was more, Flamine was constantly changing the array to disturb him. And now, the sudden heartbeat was having a great impact on his mind while greatly confusing him. Where was this sound coming from?
Master Heller continued to laugh loudly. “I'm going to die today, but I won't die alone!”
“What do you an?” Ware finally realized that sothing was wrong. The sound of heartbeat grew louder and louder.
Bump! Bump! Bump!
Ware was also a man with vast knowledge. All of a sudden, he realized what could be wrong.
Ware hurriedly stopped the n beside him from making a move and said, “Dang it! Stop! It's the Heart of Accomplice! He actually has it!”
Master Heller laughed a sinister laugh. “Stop? You think I can't die just because you stop?”
Swoosh!
A shadow of a heart appeared above his head - the Heart of Accomplice. It then lit up; he had burned this Other Shore Token!
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