Haotian and Subhuti arrived together, both looking as though they faced a formidable enemy.
Then everything was clear—they had come together to deal with Lord Laozi.
Yet Lord Laozi held the lightning tribulation aloft in one hand, with rolling thunder behind him and dark clouds blanketing the sky.
Within that expanse of darkness, Azure Lightning flashed and coiled.
His figure was half-concealed amid the dark firmament and azure lightning, radiant like a heavenly god.
Although Subhuti Ancestor had lost an arm, he was still, after all, a Sage incarnation. His power was still sufficient to destroy heaven and earth.
Even severely wounded, aside from Duobao Tathagata, Haotian, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Zhen Yuanzi, Kun Peng, and other top Innate Realm mighty figures who had not attained Sagehood, few could possibly be his match.
Moreover, even though Subhuti was gravely injured, only Duobao Tathagata and Heavenly Emperor Haotian, those blessed with Tribulation Fortune and favored by the Heavenly Dao, could injure him.
Or Lord Laozi, who was likewise a Sage incarnation.
Now that he had brought Haotian in as his helper, he naturally had no reason to fear the lone and outnumbered Lord Laozi.
"Lord Laozi, Haotian does not wish to become your enemy. Please withdraw now."
"Heh heh." Lord Laozi merely smiled faintly. "Haotian, you have already come before me with Subhuti to kill me. What is the use of saying such things now?"
"Do you know why, despite ruling the Heavenly Court for over a million years, you have never become the one true Heavenly Emperor of heaven and earth, able to command the world with a single word?"
"It is not because of the Sages, but because of your own flaws. You place too much emphasis on sinister schemes and calculations. Such underhanded plotting is not