"Everyone!" Elder Lu Yuan called out loudly. "The situation was urgent just now, and this old man could not teleport the Great Jade Sovereign very far away."
Great Jade Sovereign?
That title was rather fitting.
Cheng Xin immediately understood Elder Lu's meaning and ordered at once, "Quick, Second brother, destroy the White Jade City Wall! Third brother, hurry and treat Qiang Xiu's injuries!"
"Yes!"
"Got it!" Cheng Yi and Cheng Li sprang into action.
One charged recklessly across the battlefield, kicking up a towering sea of sand; the other unleashed countless Biwu branches, winding them around Qiang Xiu's lower leg.
Yet Qiang Xiu did not appreciate it at all. The instant the crisis was resolved, he swiftly blinked away.
Leaving Cheng Li and Lu Yuan staring at each other.
Before long, Qiang Xiu had returned to Xianmo God Mountain and respectfully saluted the empress. "Madam, the Jade Sovereign's true body has been teleported away. Bloody Dust God Mountain is safe for now."
The Ran Sect Gods observed the same etiquette toward their leader as ancient generals did toward their lord: kneeling on one knee and cupping their fists in salute.
Jiang Ruyi naturally saw Qiang Xiu's jadeified lower leg, which looked as though it might snap at any moment.
"Yiren." Jiang Ruyi called softly, then pointed at Qiang Xiu's contaminated stone-like skin.
"Yes." Guard Yiren reached out with one hand and sent forth flakes of snowy-white feathers.
Now it seemed that Qiang Xiu had ideas of his own.
Cheng Li's healing techniques were indeed impressive, but he had inherited the Dual Godhood of the Sixth Rank Gods and Devils, Biwu and Tree Face Demon.
Guard Yiren, who followed Madam at her side, possessed only a single godhood. Yet she had inherited the False God, Heavenly Luan, from the Sculpture Garden,