Dust filled the sky, and shattered stones flew everywhere.
At the sight, Di Jun's eyes nearly split at the corners.
"Second Brother!!"
Di Jun looked utterly crazed. Ignoring his own injuries, he turned into a golden streak and rushed to the edge of the abyss, hauling Emperor Taiyi out of the crater.
Where was even a trace of a Saint's supreme majesty left in Taiyi now?
The imperial jade crown on his head had long since shattered into powder. One side of his face was swollen high, more than half his teeth were gone, and his Golden Crow fire feathers had been plucked into sparse patches, exposing charred flesh.
He lay in Di Jun's arms, coughing up mouthful after mouthful of bloody froth. His eyes stared fixedly at the sky, filled with terror and bewilderment.
Carrying the Chaos Bell, Niu Ben took a single step and appeared directly above the two Demon Saints.
He gazed down at the two battered Golden Crows, his face cold as a blade.
"Weren't you acting pretty tough just now?"
"Weren't you going to reestablish the Demon Court and rule all the demon lineages in the Primordial Wilderness?"
"Go on, then. Act tough for me again."
As Niu Ben spoke, he raised his right foot, making to stamp down on the brothers.
Before that foot even landed, vast stretches of ground across the northern Primordial Wilderness had already begun to sink.
Di Jun felt as though the weight of heaven and earth had been piled onto his spine, crushing his bones together with a grinding sound that set teeth on edge.
"Fellow Daoist Niu Ben! Wait!!"
Di Jun clenched his teeth and braced both hands against the ground, pouring every ounce of his saint power into resisting that boundless pressure.
At that moment, the dignity