Chapter 1262: Choice
"Saint Bai!"
Shen Mo stared at the hazy figure seated cross-legged atop the black tortoise's back, his eyes filled with fury.
"Fellow Daoist Saint Bai..."
Yang Jingmu's expression as he looked at this old friend was somewhat complicated. He wanted to say something, but in the end, it became only a sigh.
Ancient Daoist, Venerable Purifier, and the celestial immortal powers True Person Yuxu and Lady Flower Goddess, who had joined the Phoenix-Qilin Immortal Alliance only a century ago, recovered from their momentary confusion and shock. Dao resonances bloomed around them, and they made no effort to conceal their killing intent toward Saint Bai.
There were not many celestial immortals in the Xuanhuang Universe. Over the long years, they had more or less dealt with Saint Bai or heard his name, but that was all. Celestial immortals spent their years guarding the gates of heaven and earth and seeking the supreme Great Dao. Even profound friendships with Saint Bai would gradually fade with the passage of time.
Therefore, if killing Saint Bai now could resolve this crisis, they would not hesitate in the slightest.
After all, if only the Immortal Court had acted, then even if it gathered the strength of every true immortal in the Immortal Court and used that unknown immortal treasure to command six supreme-grade immortal artifacts in a full assault upon the Phoenix-Qilin Immortal Alliance, it could at most strip Phoenix-Qilin Continent from the Xuanhuang Universe for a very short time. With their Myriad Phenomena Universe Formation and numerous true immortals defending with all their strength, Phoenix-Qilin Continent would soon merge back into this universe.
But with Saint Bai borrowing the power of the Wraith Realm to aid the Immortal Court, the nature of things was entirely different.
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