Because it knew very well that First Qilin's injuries were worsening by the moment under the influence of the Great Karmic Debt.
In any case, Great God Bai Chen himself was uninjured. He still had time to taunt First Qilin for a few moments.
"Bai Chen, I was indeed in the wrong toward you Innate Divine Beasts back then, but you should be thanking me. If it weren't for me, would Yuanfeng have taken you as her Pet Beast?"
First Qilin was furious as well. If he had known this would happen, he should have killed Bai Chen, this disgrace of the Beast Clan, when he attacked Mount Huo.
"I thank your entire clan!"
Bai Chen cursed furiously. In all his countless epochs of cultivation, he had never seen anyone so shameless.
They had captured Great God Bai Chen himself to use as cannon fodder, yet they still expected him to say thank you.
After he slaughtered the Qilin Clan, if First Qilin merely thanked him, he would thank him in return.
"Bai Chen, call out your helper!"
First Qilin had already sensed that another powerful expert was here.
Without needing to think, First Qilin knew that she was Bai Chen's helper.
If Bai Chen had no helper, how could he possibly dare to ambush him here with his strength?
"I am Nuwa. Greetings, Fellow Daoist First Qilin!"
Nuwa appeared, and she confirmed First Qilin's condition as well.
Just as Bai Chen had said, First Qilin's cultivation had fallen to Half-step Dao Proving. What surprised Nuwa most was that his cultivation and magical power were constantly leaking away.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Nuwa!"
"Bai Chen, you really are something!"
First Qilin had heard of Nuwa, and he had to admit that Bai Chen had found himself an excellent helper.
As expected, this disgrace of the Beast Clan had no other abilities. All he knew was how to charm female lifeforms.
"Nuwa, chop off his dog head. We're using him to make soup today!"
Bai Chen called out to Nuwa, then charged at First Qilin with her, both of them wielding their spiritual treasures.
Two against one was unfair?
Against a great scourge of Honghuang like First Qilin, did they need to be fair?
To hell with fairness!
"Si Bu Xiang, take Ink Qilin and the others to Kunlun Mountain. I'll hold off Nuwa and Bai Chen."
In the past, First Qilin would naturally never have taken Nuwa seriously, but things were different now.
Especially the sword in Nuwa's hand. First Qilin could tell that the treasure was extraordinary and posed a considerable threat to him.
There was also the great hammer in Bai Chen's hand. Although it looked like a Houtian Supreme Treasure refined after birth, First Qilin could sense that its might absolutely surpassed eighty percent of the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Facing Nuwa and Bai Chen, both armed with powerful treasures, First Qilin had no certainty of victory.
The only thing First Qilin could do now was restrain Nuwa and Bai Chen and buy Si Bu Xiang and the others time to reach Kunlun Mountain.
As for his own safety, as long as Si Bu Xiang, Ink Qilin, Gold Qilin, and Jade Qilin escaped, First Qilin had his own way of driving Nuwa and Bai Chen back.
"Understood!"
As the Qilin Clan's second elder and third-in-command, Ink Qilin naturally understood the situation. He immediately led Si Bu Xiang and the others away so they would not hold First Qilin back.
Bai Chen, who was fighting First Qilin, saw Ink Qilin and Si Bu Xiang trying to escape and hurriedly said to Nuwa:
"Nuwa, hold First Qilin off for a moment. Great God Bai Chen is going to reason with his son, Si Bu Xiang."
Si Bu Xiang was First Qilin's only son. Bai Chen intended to capture him and force First Qilin to submit.
Seeing that Bai Chen was about to withdraw from the battle, First Qilin hurriedly brought out the Qilin Seal and tried to stop him:
"Bai Chen, this is a grudge between us. There's no need to involve the younger generation."
Ink Qilin, Gold Qilin, and Jade Qilin had been stripped of their cultivation and beaten back into their true forms.
Si Bu Xiang's cultivation was not high either, so First Qilin did not believe they could stand against Bai Chen.
After all, Bai Chen's cultivation had not been crippled, and he also possessed powerful treasures.
"Phoenix Staff!"
Nuwa brought out the Phoenix Clan's supreme treasure, the Phoenix Staff, and blocked the Qilin Seal, helping Bai Chen break away from the battle.
"First Qilin, you know how to reason with Great God Bai Chen now? When you captured me earlier, why didn't you come reason with me then?"
Bai Chen left those words behind, then shouldered his great hammer and chased after Ink Qilin and the other three.
Seeing that Bai Chen was about to catch up, Ink Qilin instructed Si Bu Xiang:
"Young Clan Leader, run! The three of us will deal with Bai Chen."
Ink Qilin knew very well that at their current speed, Bai Chen would catch them soon.
Thus, he planned to take Gold Qilin and Jade Qilin and block Bai Chen, giving Si Bu Xiang a sliver of hope.
"Three Elders, your cultivation hasn't recovered. Run with me!"
Si Bu Xiang knew the condition of the three elders' injuries, so he urged these three seniors.
"Young Clan Leader, rest assured. Although our cultivation has been beaten back to its original state, our physical divine abilities remain. They're more than enough to deal with a mere Bai Chen."
Ink Qilin comforted Si Bu Xiang, signaling for him to leave quickly.
As for whether they could defeat Bai Chen, the three of them knew perfectly well.
Their cultivation was gone, while Bai Chen's remained. The only thing they could do was fight Bai Chen to the death with their physical bodies.
"Is that so?"
With a cold snort, Bai Chen had already caught up.
"Great God Bai Chen would like to see whether the Qilin Clan's physical divine abilities are stronger, or whether Great God Bai Chen's Hammer of Reason and Ruler of Morality are stronger."
Bai Chen held the Hammer of Reason in one hand and the Heaven Measuring Ruler in the other, already prepared for a fierce battle.
"Bai Chen, you traitor of the Beast Clan! You betrayed the ten thousand Beast Clans and pledged yourself to the Phoenix Clan. Today, we will kill you, this traitor of the Beast Clan!"
While berating Bai Chen, Ink Qilin signaled for Si Bu Xiang to hurry away.
"Betray your sister!"
Bai Chen exploded into furious curses. He had no idea whether Ink Qilin even had a sister.
"Great God Bai Chen has never acknowledged your Qilin Clan as the ruler of the Beast Clan.
"Besides, how many of the ten thousand Beast Clans submitted willingly to your Qilin Clan?"
The Qilin Clan had not become the Beast Clan's common lord because the ten thousand Beast Clans willingly submitted. It had beaten that position out with its fists.
Many of the ten thousand Beast Clans had apparently submitted to the Qilin Clan, but they were deeply unconvinced in their hearts.
Now that the Qilin Clan had weakened, several of the surviving Innate Divine Beasts among the ten thousand Beast Clans had begun to oppose it and rebel.
"Today, Great God Bai Chen will seek justice for the ten thousand Beast Clans of Honghuang!"
With a loud shout, Bai Chen raised the banner of justice and charged at the three Qilins with his treasures.
Jade Qilin was closest to Bai Chen and charged at him first.
He opened his bloody maw, intending to swallow Bai Chen in one bite.
"Take this hammer!"
Bai Chen leaped into the air, swung the Hammer of Reason, and smashed it down onto Jade Qilin's head.
With that strike, Bai Chen shattered Jade Qilin's horns and smashed him until he was crooked in every direction.
"The Qilin Clan's physical divine abilities aren't anything special!"
"After taking one hammer from Great God Bai Chen, you're still no better than a dead dog."
Bai Chen kicked Jade Qilin, who had lost his ability to fight, to the side. He had controlled the force of that hammer strike.
If he had not wanted to keep a Qilin hostage to threaten First Qilin, he would have killed him just now.
Gold Qilin found an opportunity and ambushed Bai Chen, pouncing at him.
But Bai Chen was seven times more agile than ordinary Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts. Gold Qilin was not qualified to ambush him.
"One Ruler Measures Heaven!"
"Slash!"
Bai Chen's body flashed, easily avoiding Gold Qilin's ambush. He brought out the Heaven Measuring Ruler in return.
The instant the Heaven Measuring Ruler appeared, primordial mist and Heaven-Opening Merit manifested upon it. They fused into a gigantic blade that tore through Gold Qilin's body and cut him in half.
Gold Qilin's physical body was among the top three in the Qilin Clan, but before the Heaven Measuring Ruler, it was still utterly defenseless.
Although Gold Qilin had been cut in half, he had only suffered severe injuries and lost his ability to fight. His soul had not yet perished.
Naturally, this was also intentional on Bai Chen's part. If he truly wanted to kill Gold Qilin, he would have shattered his Primordial Spirit True Spirit just now.
"Great God Bai Chen originally intended to reason with you and win you over with virtue. But it seems you can't withstand Great God Bai Chen's reason or bear Great God Bai Chen's virtue."
After hammering Jade Qilin into incapacitation and cutting Gold Qilin in half, Bai Chen was highly satisfied with his results.
Everyone said that Great God Bai Chen was weak. Was he really weak?
The once-arrogant elders of the Qilin Clan were now all so helpless before Great God Bai Chen himself.
Gold Qilin, Jade Qilin: Bai Chen, if our cultivation and magical power had not been crippled and beaten back to our true forms—
If you had not relied on powerful treasures, could you have defeated us so easily?
Seeing that Gold Qilin and Jade Qilin had both been defeated, Ink Qilin was greatly alarmed. He simply could not understand why the Houtian Supreme Treasure in Bai Chen's hand was so powerful.
It was ridiculously powerful!
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