An Bulang felt a powerful surge of Cold Power crashing toward him head-on.
The ground along the path from Elder Wu Xuzi to An Bulang had frozen over with a layer of icy white frost.
The Flying Emperor Chicken in the iron cage, which had been prepared for the sacrificial offering ritual, had been frozen until it clucked incessantly.
The surrounding crowd either shivered violently or fled in terror.
A battle at the Spirit Attunement Realm level did not discriminate. If they were carelessly blasted to death by the aftermath, that would be a truly unjust death.
"An Bulang, don't underestimate him. You must be careful..." Ji Hongxue murmured softly.
"Master, beat them to death for me! I don't want to be the Soaring Dragon Empire's empress. If you die in battle, I'll have no choice but to die for love!" Ji Yinyin waved her delicate fists, her exquisite face filled with excitement as she shouted without a shred of decorum.
An Bulang: "..."
Had this girl gone mad?
Sure enough, the moment those words came out, countless people stared agape, as though the sound of innumerable men's hearts shattering could be heard.
Her words once again threw the entire venue into an uproar.
Holy shit! The Fairy Maiden had confessed? And with such earth-shattering words!?
Empress of the Soaring Dragon Empire? Dying in battle, dying for love? Master and disciple?
One sensitive phrase after another made some people blush furiously.
Only then did they suddenly come to their senses. Elder Wu Xuzi really had said that he would take Ji Yinyin away and make her empress. What that implied was simply horrifying and utterly unimaginable!
The most dazed was King Ji Yonghao. His most despairing enemy was actually going to marry his daughter.
The one whose chest hurt the most was Qin Shiyue. The girl she had looked down on most was actually going to become her mother.
"This boy absolutely cannot be allowed to live!!" Elder Wu Xuzi said coldly.
Just as he was about to make his move, two more immense auras suddenly approached from afar.
"Hahaha... Fellow Daoist from the Soaring Dragon Empire's royal family, how could the extermination of the great demon An Bulang possibly lack the Cloud Sword Sect? Let me, Cheng Yuzi, lend you a hand!" A clear voice rang out, echoing through the heavens and earth around the Heaven-Worshipping Altar.
Everyone's expressions changed.
Cheng Yuzi, the number one cultivator in Azure Kingdom's cultivation world, possessed the terrifying cultivation of the Spirit Gathering Sixth Layer!
A middle-aged man in azure robes slowly approached. He had sword-like brows and starry eyes, and an air of upright righteousness.
An Bulang raised an eyebrow. It had been one thing when they called him an evil cultivator earlier, but now they had upgraded him to a great demon?
He clearly had not done anything yet!
"To kill the great demon An Bulang, my Incense Burning Sect naturally cannot be absent either." A soft, seductive voice drifted over.
Wu Wanyue of the Incense Burning Sect came barefoot, her jade-like feet lightly stepping upon the ground as she floated over. Wherever she passed, a lingering fragrance remained. Though the scent was faint, people nearby could not help sucking in the air wildly, as if they had been poisoned.
"That is the Incense Burning Sect's sect master, Wu Wanyue!" a well-informed official cried out.
The venue erupted once more.
Cheng Yuzi and Wu Wanyue were both Spirit Attunement Realm experts. Of Azure Kingdom's three great Spirit Attunement Realm cultivators, two had now arrived. Along with the three Spirit Attunement elders from the Soaring Dragon Empire, a total of five great Spirit Attunement cultivators had surrounded An Bulang. Such an encirclement and slaughter formation was unprecedented in Azure Kingdom.
The Crown Prince's faction, whose hearts had been hanging in suspense, finally set them completely at ease. This was a sure win!
As for the officials close to King Ji Yonghao, they grew increasingly uneasy. Even King Ji Yonghao himself became restless. Even if An Bulang possessed Spirit Attunement Realm strength, facing the combined assault of five great Spirit Attunement cultivators was a dead end with no chance of survival, wasn't it?
Was he going to die here today?
Sorrow and regret filled King Ji Yonghao's face.
He looked at Ji Hongxue and Ji Yinyin, and the sorrow in his heart deepened.
If he died, what would become of his daughters? At a time like this, their beauty would very likely become the source that cast them into an abyss!
Cheng Yuzi's face darkened with anger as he pointed at An Bulang and berated him, "You evil cultivator! You crippled my son's legs in the royal palace, then even tried to pin the matter on His Highness the Crown Prince. What a venomous scheme! I, Cheng Yuzi, will absolutely not spare you today!"
An Bulang's face was full of question marks. Another villain had beaten him to the accusation.
Were all these cultivators so thick-skinned? Their skill at spouting lies with their eyes open, without blushing or skipping a beat, had truly been cultivated to perfection!
"Fellow Daoists Cheng Yuzi and Wu Wanyue, you arrived just in time. Had you come a few moments later, all you would have seen would have been An Bulang's corpse." Elder Wu Xuzi looked calm, a smile playing on his lips.
"We had originally intended to invite Daoist Master Yuxu of the Jade Sword Sect to come with us. But unexpectedly, the Jade Sword Sect suffered a calamity. The entire sect was slaughtered, and even Daoist Master Yuxu's whereabouts are unknown. After investigating to no avail, we hurried here," Cheng Yuzi said helplessly.
"Oh? Could Daoist Master Yuxu have met with misfortune?" Elder Wu Xuzi was somewhat surprised. He was a great cultivator of the Spirit Gathering Second Layer.
"Hmph! Someone actually dared to run wild in Azure Kingdom and even lay hands on my friend. If I find out which bastard did it, I will tear him to pieces and make him regret being born into this world!" At the mention of this matter, Cheng Yuzi was also full of rage, gritting his teeth in hatred.
Neither of them paid An Bulang any attention. Instead, they casually chatted among themselves nearby.
Yet at the very instant Cheng Yuzi spoke those words, a sharp tearing sound suddenly came from the altar.
"Rip..."
A majestic Flying Emperor Chicken covered in mixed golden and azure feathers, its eyes glowing with an eerie light, suddenly smashed open the indestructible iron cage.
"Cluck cluck cluck!!" The Flying Emperor Chicken gave a strange cry and lunged before Cheng Yuzi at incredible speed. Cheng Yuzi's pupils contracted, but before he could react, a chicken foot had already torn through the air and slammed viciously into his face, smashing it open and caving it in...
Bang!!
Terrifying shockwaves surged outward.
Cheng Yuzi spat blood as he flew back two hundred meters like a cannonball. Only after smashing through a hard palace wall did he tumble to the ground, where he lay motionless like a dead fish.
"You dare call this ancestor a bastard? You think trash like you can tear this ancestor to pieces?" The Flying Emperor Chicken spat, standing tall and proud. "Damn it, garbage!"
Hiss... The entire venue fell silent.
Everyone stared blankly at the Flying Emperor Chicken, which stood as tall as a person.
The civil and military officials were stunned. Ji Wuye was stunned. Daoist Master Yuxu was stunned. Even An Bulang was stunned.
What the hell was this thing?
"A Flying Emperor Chicken that should have been sacrificed kicked Azure Kingdom's number one cultivator flying? I... I'm not seeing things, am I?" A cultivator from the Astronomical Bureau felt dizzy, as though he were dreaming.
An Bulang was the first to recover. His pupils immediately turned into dazzling gold.
Glazed Sun Pupil, Eye Opening!
For it to evade An Bulang's perception, its cultivation was definitely not simple!
Very quickly, the Flying Emperor Chicken's true cultivation was seen through by An Bulang.
Heavenly Origin Realm, Fourth Layer!!
At the same time, as though sensing something, the Flying Emperor Chicken also turned its gaze toward An Bulang. The corner of its mouth rose as it sneered wickedly. "I originally planned to let them probe your strength first before revealing my true form. But I never expected that someone would dare insult me in front of so many people. This ancestor cannot endure such humiliation..."
"You are the Tiger Demon Ancestor who destroyed the Jade Sword Sect, aren't you?" An Bulang said without changing expression.
"That's right! I have finally found you, the one who destroyed my avatar..."
"I swore that day that I would never let you go. Now, I shall let you taste what true despair is..."
The Flying Emperor Chicken's body began to swell, growing larger and larger, until it expanded like a balloon.
Bang!!
The Flying Emperor Chicken suddenly exploded into countless chunks of flesh and blood.
A monster entirely deep blue in color, three zhang long, with a tiger's body embedded with four savage human heads, beat its wings and shot into the sky. Surging ghostly qi burst forth from within its body, scattering madly in all directions, blotting out the light of the sky and shrouding the area within a hundred zhang.
"Tremble, you lowly, insignificant ants..."
Tiger Demon Ancestor released a terrifying pressure, instantly forcing ninety-nine percent of those present to the ground.
"An Bulang, I will refine you into a living corpse puppet and torment you for all eternity!!"
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