"Execute Purple Beard and rescue the King!"
The fact that Black Cloud Great Sage could shout such a slogan proved that he still had some brains. By directing the spearhead at his own elder brother, Purple Beard, he kept his followers, along with the many innocent Great Sages and Dao Realm experts swept up in this, from panicking.
At least on the surface, this was not rebellion!
This was merely a dispute over choosing sides!
In that instant, Black Cloud Great Sage's furious roar thoroughly ignited the bloody battle.
Whether ordinary Dao Realm experts or powerful titled Great Sages among them, every gesture carried the might to move mountains and drain seas, to destroy heaven and earth.
Once a conflict between factions began, it was a fight to the death with nothing held back.
The victor became king.
Everyone understood this outcome, so from the very first move, no one held anything back!
All manner of Divine Abilities and Secret Arts, lethal techniques upon lethal techniques, emerged without end.
For a time, beneath the Black Tiger Tiger King Palace, dust filled the sky and explosions rang out without pause.
A stream of water spun around, and a banner that seemed like black clouds pressing down from overhead shot out from behind Black Cloud Great Sage. The cloud-patterned banner gave a sudden shake, faintly revealing water ripples as vast and boundless as the Four Seas.
Accompanied by a deep, rumbling roar, it crushed down toward the four Dao Realm experts on Purple Beard Great Sage's side.
Terrifying sounds of flesh and bone shattering rang out in an instant. The four Dao Realm experts under the pressure of the Cloud-Pattern Black Banner all screamed miserably as jets of blood shot into the heavens like arrows.
Purple Beard Great Sage's expression changed sharply