Zhang Tao's aura was still growing stronger. "If we rely on teaching alone and never kill, how can there be peace? In the Human Realm, I am a minister. Beyond it, I am the—Martial King!"
"Martial King."
The moment he uttered those two words, all of Zhang Tao's usual warmth and refinement vanished. All that remained was boundless indifference and killing intent. "Kill!"
His thunderous roar rang through the heavens, seemingly piercing even the Spatial Battlefield. Everyone outside could feel that intense killing intent. Before it, everything seemed so insignificant.
The moment the Great Peace Emperor felt that killing intent, he turned without another word and frantically attacked the surrounding crystal trees. He had to escape!
He no longer cared if he lost face before all the other Emperor Venerables. If he did not escape now, he would likely lose his life.
"Trying to run?"
A trace of blood-red flashed through Zhang Tao's eyes as he barked those words. The next instant, he thrust out his blood-red hand, curled his five fingers into a fist, and punched toward Taian. Boom!
The next instant, that punch blasted Taian's legs to pieces and shattered his golden body. Taian ignored all of it and kept desperately attacking the barrier of crystal trees. He did not believe he could defeat this human demon.
This human demon was absolutely beyond his ability to handle now. Perhaps he could have fought him at his former peak, but now, his only option was to flee!
"Human Emperor, spare me! I will return to Tai'an Heaven and seal it off forever. I will never interfere in anything outside again—"
The Great Peace Emperor pleaded. "Now you know to yield? Too late. You haven't realized you were wrong. You've realized you're going to die. I said I would kill