"All your strength..."
Li Pin nodded. "I'll return those words to you."
He did not use the World Suppressing Halberd or the Six Paths Treasure Wheel. The weapon he drew was still the Ruoxi Sword. "Although your highest record is reaching the ninety-ninth step of the Supreme Ladder, if you do not go all out and reveal your strongest form, you will lose very quickly."
These words made the Supreme Heavenly Emperor of Jin Que pause slightly.
He fixed his gaze on Li Pin. "Has anyone ever told you that you have a lot of nerve?"
"Many people."
Li Pin answered honestly.
Then he could not help adding, "Very many."
"Extraordinary people do extraordinary things."
Golden light coiled around the Supreme Heavenly Emperor of Jin Que's hand, forming a long spear. "I know what you want. You want to gamble big with little, wager your future and fate on whether you can defeat me, and thus win Divine Emperor Xi's acknowledgment and aid. Perhaps even turn the tide—behead me, then join forces with Divine Emperor Xi to rush to the aid of Changsheng, Beiji, Shang Gong, and the others. With your own strength, you would quell this chaos, then ride that unprecedented merit to the throne of Central Heaven Supreme, gathering the luck of ten thousand beings upon yourself..."
The long spear in his hand suddenly leveled out, its tip aimed directly at Li Pin. "But from the very beginning, this gamble of yours was destined for only one outcome: defeat and ruin. Of all your mistakes, the greatest was choosing me as your opponent."
"I am a Divine Emperor..."
Li Pin had intended to explain, but after a moment, he decided there was no need.
Once he displayed sufficient strength, Jin Que would naturally call out the Zhuzhao hidden