You Want to Surrender, but Did I Allow It?

From the underground sky, clusters of rainbow immortal light descended like divine punishment.

Their terrifying might far surpassed the previous Black God Lightning Tribulation!

One of the Dragon Demon Palace Supremes failed to react in time and was struck directly.

He did not even have a chance to struggle before he was instantly reduced to ash and scattered on the wind!

"What?!"

This scene left Black Dragon Supreme, Yellow Dragon Sovereign, and the others utterly stunned.

They could not believe that a single cluster of rainbow light had caused a genuine First-grade Supreme Realm expert to perish on the spot!

With eight more clusters of rainbow immortal light about to descend,

Black Dragon Supreme, Yellow Dragon Sovereign, and the others did not hesitate. They promptly retreated beneath the protection of the Ancient Spiritual Array.

It was best to be cautious against an attack of unknown origin but such astounding power.

However,

they were still frightened.

The eight clusters of rainbow immortal light fell one after another, striking the enormous light screen of the Ancient Spiritual Array, which resembled a Black Tortoise's shell.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of explosions made even the Ancient Spiritual Array tremble.

The appearance of fine cracks sent chills down Black Dragon Supreme and the others' backs.

"Y-you, just who are you?!"

Even Black Dragon Supreme, a Fifth-grade Supreme Realm expert, had turned much paler.

He was certain that even he would have found it difficult to withstand the power of that single cluster of immortal light.

There was absolutely no one called the Thunder Emperor on the Northern Heavens Continent!

Even Dean Ta Cang, his old rival of several centuries, had never placed such pressure on him.

Not to mention that Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy had a Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm guardian beast behind it: the Northern Sea Dragon Kun.

That Northern Sea Dragon Kun had once visited the Dragon Demon Palace's headquarters.

Yet he had been helpless against the protection of the Ancient Spiritual Array.

A prolonged stalemate was not a solution either.

The Dragon Demon Palace's branches were spread throughout the Northern Heavens Continent.

Meanwhile, Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy was merely huddled near Northern Heavens City, making it easy for the Dragon Demon Palace to target it from multiple directions.

Without enough powerful experts standing guard, they could easily have their home base raided.

All these factors meant that Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy could do nothing to the Dragon Demon Palace and could not eradicate it.

Yet today, they had actually been driven into a desperate situation by a stranger of unknown origins!

Even the Ancient Spiritual Array seemed unable to hold!

Those faint cracks made Black Dragon Supreme and the others deeply uneasy.

"Yellow Dragon, stabilize the formation at once!"

Having already lost one Supreme Realm expert, the Dragon Demon Palace had suffered a severe blow.

They absolutely could not allow the Ancient Spiritual Array to be broken as well. If they all died here because of it, they would truly have capsized in a ditch!

Though they had no way to display the Ancient Spiritual Array's former might, there was still no pressure in ensuring that attacks below the Earthly Sovereign Realm could not threaten the Dragon Demon Palace's lair!

"Yes!"

Still reeling from the shock, Yellow Dragon Sovereign hurriedly led the remaining four Supreme Realm colleagues to the most crucial positions of the Ancient Spiritual Array.

Then, they placed the Sovereign Spirit Liquid they had prepared long ago into it.

That was right, this Ancient Spiritual Array required Sovereign Spirit Liquid!

To Supreme Realm experts, Sovereign Spirit Liquid was extremely precious.

To cultivate and advance, they inevitably needed Sovereign Spirit Liquid.

And they needed quite a large amount of it.

In the ancient era of the Northern Heavens Continent, Heavenly Sovereigns had once presided over the land.

Moreover, Supreme Realm experts had been everywhere.

At that time, there had been enough Sovereign Spirit Liquid flowing around.

But now, even a First-grade Supreme Realm expert could run rampant across the Northern Heavens Continent.

Expecting such an expert to waste a month of cultivation time condensing a single drop of Sovereign Spirit Liquid was clearly unrealistic.

As for exchanging treasures for Sovereign Spirit Liquid in the Great Thousand World, that was merely a drop in the bucket and difficult to sustain.

Over these years, Black Dragon Supreme and Dean Ta Cang had both remained at the Fifth-grade Supreme Realm for no other reason than that their supply of Sovereign Spirit Liquid could not keep up.

There was a relic on the Northern Heavens Continent left behind by a deceased Heavenly Sovereign, known as Sacred Spirit Mountain.

However, Sacred Spirit Mountain had restrictions that allowed only a limited number of people below the Supreme Realm to enter.

Other than that, most other ruins and cave abodes had yet to appear.

Therefore, if Black Dragon Supreme wanted to lead the Dragon Demon Palace out of the Northern Heavens Continent,

he could only use the Northern Heavens Continent as a foundation before expanding outward, allowing him to strive for a higher realm.

If he could recover the Dragon Demon Palace's supreme treasure, the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, he would certainly become a top expert in the Earthly Sovereign Realm!

But!

After the suddenly emerged Thunder Emperor had blocked their lair, all of that would become nothing but a bubble!

Once the Ancient Spiritual Array could no longer protect them, their time of death would come!

"You offended someone you should not have."

Zhao Chen remained composed. As he watched Yellow Dragon Sovereign and the others act, the Ancient Spiritual Array shone brilliantly.

The fine cracks were repaired, and the barrier became even thicker.

To blast it apart, he would need an attack even stronger than the Nine Heavens Tribulation Light from before.

Yet he was not worried in the slightest.

An Ancient Spiritual Array?

Heh. Once he took control of it, this Ancient Spiritual Array that preserved their lives would become the fatal threat that claimed Black Dragon Supreme and the others!

As his gaze flickered, Zhao Chen saw through the essence of the Ancient Spiritual Array.

Spiritual threads shot out from the spiritual seal nodes at every location, linking together with one another.

He knew full well that these densely packed spiritual threads were merely the shallowest application of the Ancient Spiritual Array.

Fortunately, the Dragon Demon Palace did not yet possess a Spirit Formation master at the Supreme Realm level.

Even the weakest Human Grade master could unleash the Ancient Spiritual Array's power.

Killing a Supreme Realm expert would be no problem at all.

This Ancient Spiritual Array had once been the sect-protecting grand formation of a top sect.

As a sect-protecting grand formation, how could it possess only the basic ability of defense? It was bound to have methods for gathering power and unleashing devastating weapons.

"So, you're that girl's protector!"

Only then did Black Dragon Supreme come to a realization.

He had been wondering why a powerful and unfamiliar Supreme had suddenly come knocking.

So the other party had come to support Luo Li.

Fortunately, he was not from Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. Otherwise, the addition of such a formidable Thunder Emperor would surely shatter their balance.

Forget going to war—whether the Dragon Demon Palace could safely leave the Northern Heavens Continent would become uncertain.

"You have already killed one Supreme Realm expert of my Dragon Demon Palace. Why not leave immediately? We absolutely will not seek revenge."

Black Dragon Supreme frowned deeply. He knew that the Dragon Demon Palace's reserves could not sustain the Ancient Spiritual Array's activated state for long.

If they allowed the Thunder Emperor to drain them like this, then Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy came knocking and both sides entered a prolonged war of attrition,

they would have difficulty getting away safely this time.

"As for that girl, we will not target her either."

In his view, they first needed to placate this Thunder Emperor and send him away.

That girl was a student of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, which was not a problem.

But if she had such a powerful background, she would inevitably leave Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy after graduating.

All the Dragon Demon Palace needed to do was wait for her to graduate.

Enduring for these few short years was nothing compared to the centuries of lying low they had done before.

For Demon Dragon Son and Mo Xingtian, they had already lost one Supreme Realm expert.

Such a terrible price was difficult for Black Dragon Supreme to bear.

Cultivating a Supreme Realm expert was exceedingly difficult.

Especially one who had fled from the Lower Plane to the Great Thousand World alongside him.

In White Dragon Supreme's eyes, they had fallen into depravity.

But Black Dragon Supreme knew very well that only sufficient strength would allow them to kill their way back.

If he relied on weakness like White Dragon Supreme's, he would never be able to take revenge in this lifetime!

A momentary compromise was merely for the sake of a fiercer retaliation later!

I'll endure this!

However.

"Did I allow you to surrender?"