Crisis Averted

"Who are you?"

Dong Wang Gong asked.

The others saw how forceful Luohu was and hurriedly put some distance between themselves and him, afraid he might attack without warning.

Especially Kunpeng, who was now completely alone!

Earlier, he had secretly formed an alliance with Minghe.

Now that Minghe was dead, he truly had no one left.

Di Jun looked at Luohu, deep wariness in his eyes.

When Luohu had struck just moments ago, his cultivation had clearly been at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, yet his actual combat strength had already surpassed that level.

"Who am I? What makes you think you can ask?"

Luohu didn't answer them.

"This man must be a reclusive expert! Is he here to help Di Jun and the others? Should we still attack?" Daoist Zhunti coveted the spiritual treasures on Di Jun, but he was also deeply wary of Luohu.

With a single move, Luohu had killed Minghe. That kind of strength was enough to make him the most powerful person here.

And he hadn't even used a spiritual treasure.

"He must be a reclusive expert. Let's hold back for now and see how things develop," Daoist Jieyin said gravely.

If Luohu had heard that, he would surely have given himself a pat on the back for his impressive act.

He was only hiding his identity because he was afraid Hong Jun would catch him, yet they had mistaken him for a reclusive expert.

Besides, even though he didn't have a spiritual treasure in his hands,

the God Slaying Gourd itself was a spiritual treasure.

As long as nothing happened to the God Slaying Gourd and it wasn't destroyed,

its Artifact Spirit would remain in a state of immortality.

"What do you mean by this? Are you here to help Di Jun and Tai Yi?" Dong Wang Gong's face darkened. He had finally gotten his chance to strike while Di Jun and Tai Yi were in dire straits and defeat them in one fell swoop.

But now? Some stranger had suddenly appeared and stopped him.

And his opponent's strength was no ordinary matter.

"That's right! I'll protect the brothers Di Jun and Tai Yi," Luohu said.

Di Jun and the others were overjoyed.

"We're safe now. With this reclusive expert stepping in, even if we can't turn the tables, we should have little trouble staying alive and getting out of here in one piece," Hong Yun chuckled.

"Tai Yi, Di Jun, you two had someone like this to help you, yet you didn't bring him out sooner. If you had, would we have needed to get so badly hurt?" Zhen Yuanzi said, heart aching as he checked his storage treasure. He had only five Ginseng Fruits left.

"But we... we don't even know him!"

The brothers Di Jun looked bewildered as they stared at Luohu, shrouded in billowing demonic energy.

"Fellow Daoist! By doing this, you're making an enemy of me. If you stay out of this, I'll decide to give you every spiritual treasure on Tai Yi and Di Jun. Otherwise..."

Coldness filled Dong Wang Gong's eyes.

The methods his opponent had just displayed were enough to make him wary, but not enough to make him lose the will to fight.

But then, something happened that left everyone dumbfounded.

Luohu raised a hand. "All right, do whatever you want. But before that, can I ask which one of you is Di Jun and which one is Tai Yi?"

At those words,

the atmosphere froze.

Dozens of eyes turned toward the brothers Di Jun and Tai Yi.

Only then did Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun realize the brothers hadn't been lying to them.

Di Jun and Tai Yi spread their hands, looking as if they had no idea what was going on either.

"Are you mocking me?" Dong Wang Gong roared in anger and immediately unleashed the acquired merit treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

In an instant, the ruler blazed with ten thousand feet of milky-white light and came crashing down on Luohu and Zhen Yuanzi.

"Senior, be careful! That's the acquired merit treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler. It's incredibly powerful. Don't try to block it head-on!"

Di Jun hurriedly called out a warning.

"The acquired merit treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler? Then let's see which one is stronger!"

With that, Luohu struck.

The God Slaying Gourd on him spewed out endless billows of demonic energy, engulfing the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

The God Slaying Gourd itself also lunged straight at the ruler.

The two spiritual treasures collided!

With a thunderous crash,

the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler was sent flying, then slammed into Dong Wang Gong.

The bones in the upper half of his body were pulverized. It was a grisly sight.

The others were terrified by what they saw.

Minghe's earlier fate could have been blamed on a moment of carelessness, on his failure to notice what was happening.

But now, Luohu had achieved this with a single strike.

"Fellow Daoists! Why haven't you attacked? Once Daoist Yuanshi defeats the siblings Fu Xi and Nuwa, he'll be here to help us soon. This fiend is no threat! We must kill the brothers Di Jun and this fiend right here! I won't take a single spiritual treasure!"

Dong Wang Gong raged. His injury only made him angrier.

But just then,

two figures came rushing from not far away.

"Fellow Daoist Di Jun, Fellow Daoist Tai Yi! Fu Xi is here!"

"Nuwa is here!"

At those words, the powerful figures who had been preparing to attack again all paled.

Jieyin and Zhunti were the first to react.

With the siblings here, it would be seven against five if the fight continued!

No one knew where Daoist Yuanshi had gone. The Three Pure Ones had likely already withdrawn.

Dong Wang Gong's dozen or so subordinate Grand Unity Golden Immortals could barely add up to the strength of a single Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

They didn't even reach the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. They were no threat at all.

"My connection with the spiritual treasures on the two Demon Emperors has run its course. I'll take my leave! Farewell!"

"Same here!"

Seeing that things were going badly, they left at once.

The situation had completely turned. Jieyin and Zhunti vanished in an instant.

[Those two bastards are pretty quick to run, aren't they?]

[No wonder they're the two most shameless beings in the Primordial World. If I'm not mistaken, they must have said something earlier about the spiritual treasures being destined for them.]

At that, Di Jun cried out in delight, "Li Mo!"

Nuwa and Fu Xi stopped, and everyone saw Bi Fang and Li Mo following beside them, safe and sound.

[Jun Ge! Could you try to act a little more composed? Why are you so excited to see me?]

Seeing that the situation was hopeless,

Kunpeng's eyes flickered. His figure blurred, transforming into a Roc like a bolt of lightning.

His innate Divine Ability, Soaring Across the Nine Heavens!

In an instant, he tore through the clouds overhead and fled.

"Di Jun, Tai Yi, you got lucky this time. Next time, I'll make sure to destroy you both! Let's go!"

Dong Wang Gong said.

[Is he trying to talk his way out of this? Dong Wang Gong actually came here, and Jun Ge still isn't taking the chance to kick him while he's down?]

At that, Di Jun flew into a rage.

"Donghua Daoist, you think you can just come and go as you please? It won't be that easy. Leave something behind!"

Di Jun attacked at once!

Tai Yi followed.

The two Golden Crows unleashed the Rainbow Transformation Technique, catching up in the blink of an eye.

The surrounding temperature soared. Boundless golden flames rapidly spread toward them.

Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu were the fastest. A dozen newly recruited Grand Unity Golden Immortals followed behind them.

During battle, those fellows could still display the strength of an early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

But now, they couldn't!

As they fled, they could only scatter in all directions, left with the strength of ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

Solar True Fire engulfed them. Amid a chorus of screams, they were burned to ash and annihilated in an instant.

"Di Jun, Tai Yi! You two mongrel birds!" The piercing screams grated on Donghua Daoist's ears. He flew into a rage and prepared to strike.

But Xi Wang Mu, Yaochi Golden Mother, stopped him. "Immortal Chief, don't get caught up in a fight. If we're pinned down, we're done for. They outnumber us, and we're no match for them. If we stay, we'll end up just like our subordinates!"

Donghua Daoist sighed and sped away.

[Jun Ge did well, but you wouldn't have won this time anyway. Going by the timeline, Dong Wang Gong shouldn't die until after Hong Jun's third lecture.]

Di Jun glanced back and stopped Tai Yi, who was still about to give chase. "Don't chase a desperate enemy. If we keep going, we'll get too far from our allies."

"They're lucky this time!"

Then the two Golden Crows returned at once.

Di Jun excitedly grabbed Li Mo's hand, then hurried over to Luohu and said to Li Mo, "Li Mo, you have no idea how terrifying things just got. If this senior hadn't turned the tide, we'd probably be dead by now."