When the nine palm-shaped phantoms beside Li Zhōujūn, which had been striking toward him, dispersed.
The scene the many Upper Heavenly Emperors of the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall had been awaiting—Li Zhōujūn collapsing—never appeared.
Li Zhōujūn merely smiled and asked the Nine Corpse Emperor Venerable, "How was that?"
"That Azure Emperor is actually unharmed?"
"How is that possible..."
"Lord Jiushi is a powerhouse at the Emperor Venerable realm..."
The Upper Heavenly Emperors of the Alien Demon Race from the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall found it difficult to believe their eyes.
"I will honor my promise." The Nine Corpse Emperor Venerable looked at Li Zhōujūn. Her previously cold eyes now held several traces of an elder's tenderness toward a junior. "But shouldn't you release these Upper Heavenly Emperors of the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall? They have already suffered quite a lot inside your chessboard."
"Fine." Li Zhōujūn agreed. Then he waved his hand, and the chessboard vanished.
The Upper Heavenly Emperors of the Alien Demon Race from the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall could finally breathe again.
But Heavenly Emperor Mangye still refused to give up. Though he was breathing heavily, he did not forget to say to the Nine Corpse Emperor Venerable, "Lord Jiushi, you absolutely must not let this Azure Emperor..."
Before Heavenly Emperor Mangye could finish speaking,
the Nine Corpse Emperor Venerable swept out her sleeve. Heavenly Emperor Mangye did not even have time to scream before exploding into a cloud of blood mist.
The many Upper Heavenly Emperors of the Alien Demon Race from the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall present trembled like leaves.
Heavenly Emperor Mangye had been one of the Vice Hall Masters of the Myriad Gods Ancient Hall, an extraordinarily powerful Upper Heavenly Emperor.
Yet before the Nine Corpse Emperor Venerable, he had died as easily