Di Jun raised a hand and pointed. The River Diagram and Luo Book gathered the Power of Stars invoked by the demon gods upon him. With a single sword strike, boundless stellar power transformed into streams of sword qi that shot straight at Zhunti's Golden Body Dharma Body.
Zhunti chuckled. "Bodhi Finger, Samsara of Life and Death, Void of Creation." He pointed a finger, colliding with Di Jun's sword qi. Terrifying energy waves erupted instantly, but Taiyi suppressed them with the Chaos Bell. All the scattered energy crashed back onto Zhunti's Golden Body Dharma Body, instantly shrinking it by a considerable amount.
Yun Ting did not hold back either. He pushed the Hun Yuan Sword's power to its limits, unleashing streak after streak of Primordial Sword Qi. "Don't hold back! Take both of them out!" With that, he charged forward, bringing the Hun Yuan Sword's peerless sharpness into full play in close combat. His opening move chopped two heads off Zhunti's golden body.
Zhunti said, "Yun Ting, that's going too far..."
Yun Ting grinned. "You haven't experienced anything worse yet. All demon generals, heed my command! Whoever shatters one of Zhunti's golden body's heads will get a Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir from me. Attack!"
Upon hearing this, the demon generals fought even harder. After all, Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs were good stuff... Taiyi burst into laughter. "Western Emperor, handing out Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs the moment you strike—what grandeur."
"So what? Today, we'll turn Zhunti into a proper one-headed, two-armed fellow. That Dharma Body of his looks far too awkward. As for twenty-some Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs... well, I'm not short on that little bit of treasure." Yun Ting spoke like a wealthy young master.
Zhunti looked at Jieyin. "Senior Brother, let's fight them to the death." As he spoke, his aura surged, and he seemed ready to self-detonate his golden body...
"Hey, Zhunti! Fight properly if you want, but if you try self-detonating, do you believe we'll go straight to Mount Sumeru and tear it down?" Yun Ting panicked when he saw Zhunti preparing to blow himself up to take them down with him and shouted.
At once, Zhunti deflated like a punctured ball. After all... their usual shamelessness had all been for the sake of rebuilding the Western Region. If their own Mount Sumeru were smashed by the demon race, would all their efforts not have been for nothing?
With that thought, Zhunti restrained himself. "We will hand over all the treasures from the Immortal Court's treasury. Will you let my senior brother and me leave?"
Di Jun nodded. "Naturally." He then transmitted his voice to Taiyi and Yun Ting. "Let them go first. We can go after them later. We still want Penglai Island, after all. If he self-detonates, no one will be able to live there. I was planning to build a separate residence there."
Seeing Di Jun agree, Zhunti handed over everything they had taken from the Immortal Court's treasury. Yun Ting chuckled. "Zhunti, you're a truly shameless bastard... There are still two treasures in the Immortal Court treasury: the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and the Six Roots Pure Bamboo. Hand them over at once."
Jieyin's face twisted bitterly. "Little Friend Yun Ting, do you not know how my junior brother obtained the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit? Was it not the treasure our teacher gave him after you stole his Green Lotus Treasure Banner last time? It would be inappropriate for you to extort us like this now, would it not?"
Yun Ting rubbed his chin. "Fine... I'm not an unreasonable man. You can keep the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit. But the Six Roots Pure Bamboo wasn't given to you by the Dao Ancestor, was it? Hand it over."
As he spoke, he glanced at Di Jun and Taiyi. Di Jun immediately understood and gathered all his mana around himself. Taiyi slowly raised the Chaos Bell as well. It was clear they were not planning to use it like a brick to smack the two of them as before; they were preparing for a serious attack. Frightened, Jieyin promptly handed over the Six Roots Pure Bamboo. "You three, this Six Roots Pure Bamboo of mine will not be so easy for you to take."
Zhunti said, "Senior Brother, you're just giving it to them... Why? We are disciples of the Dao Ancestor. I refuse to believe the demon race would dare kill the two of us outright."
Yun Ting nodded. "We indeed wouldn't dare directly kill two Heaven-Ordained Sages. But we dare beat you until you need a million kalpas to recover, scatter your fortune, and leave you indefinitely as reserve Sages. Do you believe that?"
Zhunti thought of how the demon race might come to Mount Sumeru and challenge them whenever they pleased, and it seemed that he and his senior brother truly could not endure it. After all, it was not just the demon race that wanted to fight him. Ever since Yun Ting's Law of the Sword Dao had broken through after their last battle, quite a few great powers had set their sights on him.
And so, Jieyin and Zhunti made a trip to the Immortal Court treasury, gained nothing, and even lost a Six Roots Pure Bamboo before leaving.
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