As Divine Lord Tiande moved to provide support, he launched an ink spike, intent on slaying the golden-scaled beast.
The Jade Qilin Dragon beside him naturally would not let him free his hands so easily.
Despite the Heavenly Watchtower's support, Divine Lord Tiande had already suffered grievous injuries. The Heavenly Phoenix had torn open nearly half his shoulder, and nirvana fire had scorched his divine soul.
He could barely suppress the Jade Qilin Dragon now. His original aim had been to wear it down, then wait for Nine Infants to free up his hands and severely wound or even kill them.
To Spirit Transformation immortal sects, Nascent Soul, Golden Core, and Purple Palace cultivators were not actually important.
What mattered were their Spirit Transformation cultivators, so he cared nothing for how many disciples died in the distance.
But Red Devil was different. He could become Penglai's third Spirit Transformation cultivator.
That was why he had risked saving Red Devil.
Yet the moment he took that risk, the Jade Qilin Dragon condensed thick layers of ice crystals. Before it, the entire Penglai Island seemed no more than a small mountain boulder.
Under its all-out assault, Divine Lord Tiande kept retreating even as he used his spirit treasure at full strength to defend himself. In the end, he could only rely on an enormous Heavenly Demon Ancient Banner within his Heavenly Watchtower. It began swaying incessantly, instantly sucking all the surrounding spiritual energy dry.
It condensed an enormous heavenly demon with gigantic horns, which blasted the Jade Qilin Dragon away with a swipe of its claw, saving him from disaster.
Just then, an enormous rift suddenly split open in the void, and a figure shot out.
His aura went from utterly undetectable to as vast and mighty as the sea.
As he