High in the void, Di Jun and Tai Yi had long noticed Ling Wudao's actions, but they simply had not gone down to stop him!
After all, they did not dare truly exterminate the human race. If they did, Holy Mother Nüwa and Saint Taiqing would certainly settle the score with them.
"Second Brother, this human brat is no simple matter. He instantly killed more than a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortals. His strength is at least at the late Great Luo level."
Eastern Emperor Taiyi looked coldly at Ling Wudao below. "Big Brother, I actually cannot see through this brat's cultivation. I'm afraid he is far more than merely late Great Luo."
"If we use his flesh and soul to forge the Witch Slaughtering Sword, it would be far more effective than slaughtering ordinary humans."
"I'll go down and meet this brat first. I want to see just how strong he really is."
"Second Brother, we have no time to play with him. Saint Taiqing is holding Nüwa back from coming here. We must quickly gather the humans' flesh and souls."
"Big Brother, I'm not going to play with this brat! If we leave him alone, our army will have a hard time collecting the humans' flesh and souls."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eastern Emperor Taiyi charged straight downward.
Meanwhile, the Three Ancestors looked at Ling Wudao before them, their faces filled with astonishment.
After all, they had been utterly unable to deal with the dozen-plus Great Luo Golden Immortal demon beasts just now, yet Ling Wudao had resolved them in an instant. How could they not be shocked?
Suirenshi spoke up. "Kid, when did you become so powerful? You instantly dealt with enemies that even we could not handle."
"Human Ancestor, a hundred years ago, I happened to encounter a mysterious expert and took him as my master. That is how I acquired these abilities."
"Also, Human Ancestor, please do not call me kid in the future. I now have both a given name and a surname."
"My surname is Ling, and my name is Wudao!"
At those words, the Three Ancestors' faces lit up with wild joy.
It was not because of Ling Wudao's name, but because of his abilities. He could instantly kill more than a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortal demon beasts and even move them out of the center of the explosion.
If he used that divine ability from before to move all the clansmen below, then the human race's flame would not be extinguished.
The Three Ancestors exchanged glances and instantly understood one another's thoughts.
Just as Suirenshi was about to ask Ling Wudao to relocate the clansmen, a deep voice reached their ears.
"Brat, your strength is rather impressive. You caused my Heavenly Court to lose more than a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortals. You are worthy of this emperor personally dealing with you."
Ling Wudao and the Three Ancestors all raised their heads toward the void upon hearing this.
They had not expected to draw Eastern Emperor Taiyi's attention so quickly. Relocating the clansmen now was likely impossible.
The only option now was to stall Eastern Emperor Taiyi as much as possible, then let Wudao move the clansmen away.
With that thought, Suirenshi said, "Wudao, you have the ability to take the clansmen away. The three of us will hold him off. Hurry and lead the clansmen out of here. As long as you live, the human race will not vanish."
After saying that, Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi flew before Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
"Your opponents are us."
"Wudao, hurry and take the clansmen away."
Hearing Suirenshi's words, Ling Wudao could not help clenching his fists. He truly was the only one who could lead the clansmen away now. If he faced Eastern Emperor Taiyi himself, no one would be able to protect the remaining clansmen.
Though he was furious, this was the only way for now.
Thus, Ling Wudao flew to the stone statues of Nüwa and Taiqing.
"Everyone, I'll take you away from here first. Gather together quickly."
Yet after Ling Wudao spoke, only a small portion of the people gathered. More of them remained kneeling before the stone statues of Nüwa and Taiqing, praying desperately.
Seeing this, Ling Wudao was completely enraged.
"Will kneeling before two stone statues do anything? The demon race invaded our human race. Without the saints' tacit approval, would they dare do such a thing?"
"And you have knelt and prayed for so long, so why have the saints still not appeared? They are saints of Heaven and Earth. As long as we pray, they can sense it. They still have not come even now. Does that not explain everything?"
All the kneeling clansmen fell silent upon hearing Ling Wudao's words.
That was right! Holy Mother Nüwa and Saint Taiqing had not appeared even now. The meaning was already obvious—we had been abandoned.
With that thought, the kneeling clansmen rose to their feet one after another. The faith in their eyes had completely vanished, leaving only their determination to survive.
Seeing that the clansmen no longer worshipped the stone statues of Nüwa and Taiqing, Ling Wudao finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they had continued kneeling, then the human race truly would have become a tool for the saints to gain merit.
However, at that moment, the Three Ancestors fell from the void.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three successive booms rang out as the Three Ancestors crashed to the ground, instantly smashing three enormous pits into the earth.
Seeing this, Ling Wudao turned to look at Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the void. Damn it. I can deal with Eastern Emperor Taiyi alone, but if Di Jun and the Ten Great Demon Saints join him, I won't be able to withstand them at all. Not to mention the billions upon billions of demon troops behind Di Jun.
There was no way to resolve the current situation unless the human race had a saint—or an expert above the saint realm—to intervene.
Wait, an expert above the saint realm. I still have a Future Talisman on me. Now I can only gamble on the Future Talisman. I hope my future self possesses strength that surpasses the Great Dao.
As long as his future self possessed strength above the Great Dao, he could use this opportunity to turn the tide.
Meanwhile, outside the gates of Nüwa Palace, Nüwa looked at Taiqing and Yuanshi Tianzun.
"Senior Brothers, you had better move aside, or do not blame your junior sister for taking action against you."
Taiqing shook his head. "Junior Sister Nüwa, your cultivation is at the Saint Third Heaven, and mine is the same. With Junior Brother Yuanshi here as well, you have no chance of victory."
"Junior Sister Nüwa, the human race is destined to suffer this calamity. Do not go against the greater trend of the Heavenly Dao. If you insist on defying Heaven, then I can only join Senior Brother in stopping you."
Upon hearing Yuanshi and Taiqing's words, Nüwa's fury instantly erupted. An immense aura surged from her body, fully revealing her Saint Third Heaven cultivation.
"Fine, fine, fine! Since you two Senior Brothers wish to stop me, do not blame me for showing no mercy."
As soon as she finished speaking, Nüwa summoned the Red Embroidered Ball and the Mountain and Rivers State Diagram, then charged toward Taiqing and Yuanshi.
Elsewhere, on Golden Turtle Island, Tongtian saw the human race suffering grievous casualties, and a trace of pity rose in his heart. Though this was the human race's great calamity and the greater trend of the Heavenly Dao, all things retained a sliver of hope, and the human race could be no exception.
Thinking of the doctrine he had upheld when he founded the Intercepting Sect, Tongtian immediately rose to his feet.
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