The Heavenly Court's six Great Emperors struck together, joining the Buddhists in their effort to break the Barrier around the arena.
Master Xuanming and the others were likewise surprised by the Heavenly Court experts' reaction.
Previously, these people had paid no heed to what was happening in the arena, seemingly convinced that Bai Duanhun could defeat any opponent.
But now, they appeared exceedingly anxious.
"Their target seems to be Long Qing..." Master Xuan Yi noticed that the targets of these Heavenly Court Great Emperors were Mu Qing inside the arena.
"Who would have thought! To run into you here—if I capture you alive and bring you back, the Devil Emperor will be able to become a Supreme!" Red Feather Emperor's eyes burned with excitement.
He could already foresee himself rendering great service to the Heavenly Court, receiving the Heavenly Emperor's rewards, and rising all the way to the pinnacle Great Emperor realm!
As a Fourth-Order upper Great Emperor, Red Feather Emperor had learned a piece of information from Darkless Emperor: as long as they captured the Devil Emperor's true body and used it as a sacrifice, merging everything into the clone body, the Devil Emperor's cultivation could break through to Supreme!
That was also how the Heavenly Court had used the Moon God's corpse to uncover Mu Qing's identity.
Originally, the Heavenly Court had intended to dispatch a large force and seize Mu Qing directly.
But at the critical moment, an ethereal, formless power had blocked the Moon God corpse's prophecy and even shielded Mu Qing from every one of the Heavenly Court's methods of detection.
The Heavenly Court wanted to capture Mu Qing, yet no matter what action they took, it would be obscured by that power. Not even the Heavenly Emperor's personal intervention could overcome it.
This made