"Are the three of you still going to fight?"
Minghe glanced at the Three Pure Ones and smiled. "Though you are Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, you are still no match for me."
Minghe's tone was calm, as though he were merely stating a fact, making the Three Pure Ones choke with anger.
"Whether we can beat you or not, we'll find out after we fight."
Yuanshi laughed in extreme anger. He once more activated the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and the ruyi blazed with brilliant light.
With a hum, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi smashed viciously toward Minghe. This strike was even more tyrannical than before.
Carrying a sage's fury, it was as fierce as thunder, crushing everything in its path, intent on shattering all things.
Facing Yuanshi's attack, Minghe shook his head. The twin swords in his hands slashed out without hesitation.
The two streaks of sword light seemed, in the unseen, to align with the trajectory of some Great Dao. Like an antelope hanging its horns, they left no trace.
Yet they contained boundless killing intent. With a flash, they cut through the air and struck the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
The radiant jade ruyi immediately dimmed, and then a deep sword mark appeared upon it.
The jade ruyi flew back once more.
Before Minghe could press his advantage, Tongtian laughed loudly. "Brother Dao, what fine swordsmanship. Let me join in as well!"
Tongtian gripped the Qingping Sword and also sent out a streak of sword light toward Minghe.
His sword light seemed to encompass all things. When it reached Minghe, that single streak suddenly transformed into hundreds of millions, densely packed and filling the heavens as they slashed down.
Suddenly, a five-colored divine light rose behind Minghe and swept forward.
All the sword lights instantly vanished.
Five-Colored Divine Light?
All the sages were shocked again. The Five-Colored Divine Light was a great divine ability, and judging by its appearance, Minghe's Five-Colored Divine Light was no ordinary one. It was the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light.
Though shocked, the Three Pure Ones did not stop.
After Yuanshi and Tongtian, Laozi finally made his move as well. Above his head floated the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
Streams of Xuanhuang Qi descended from the pagoda, shielding Laozi and placing him in an invincible position.
At the same time, Laozi moved, wielding his flat staff as he struck down at Minghe.
Minghe was utterly fearless. He swept down with the Five-Colored Divine Light, but the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda was neither within the Five Elements nor merely an ordinary Merit treasure. It was truly difficult to shake.
The Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus appeared beneath Minghe's feet, and blazing karmic flames erupted, protecting his entire body.
At the same time, Minghe used the Yuantu Sword to block the flat staff, then followed with another strike, slashing the Abi Sword against it.
He likewise carved a sword mark into the flat staff, making Laozi's eyelid twitch. Laozi hurriedly knocked aside Minghe's twin swords and withdrew the flat staff.
After one exchange, all three of the Three Pure Ones found Minghe troublesome, for he possessed far too many methods.
The Yuantu and Abi swords were one thing. They could all tell that they were Minghe's accompanying treasures, the sort of Treasure of Attaining Dao he was born with.
But beyond that, Minghe also possessed the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler and the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
And on top of that was the great divine ability he had revealed, the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light.
The Three Pure Ones all felt how difficult Minghe was to deal with.
If they wanted to defeat Minghe, they feared they would have to reveal some true abilities.
Moreover, defeating him was one matter. Suppressing him, or even killing him, was another entirely.
That would be even more difficult.
Did they really have to exhaust all their trump cards and spare no means to suppress and kill Minghe this time?
The Three Pure Ones hesitated.
Minghe was the first Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal in heaven and earth, aside from the sages themselves, to attain Dao through his own strength rather than relying on Hongmeng Purple Qi.
His strength and methods were already in no way inferior to those of the sages.
He had even killed Zhunti, one of the Six Saints, once.
This showed just how formidable Minghe was.
They had intended to suppress and curb Minghe, so that fewer Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals would emerge in heaven and earth.
After all, if Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals became numerous, what would that make sages like them?
Other than lacking the immortality and indestructibility the sages possessed, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals were no different from them in every other respect.
Thus, if Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals grew in number, the status and authority of sages like them would be greatly diminished.
Killing Minghe, the first to step forward, would greatly intimidate all living beings while establishing the majesty of the sages.
But unfortunately, the situation was now developing in an entirely different direction.
Not only could they not swiftly suppress Minghe, but Minghe had instead killed Zhunti and established his own prestige in reverse.
Did that not mean that sages were inferior to Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals?
Boom!
At that moment, Minghe took the initiative to attack again, striking with the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler.
The ruler shone with light as it swung fiercely, smashing into the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
The blow sent the pagoda swaying violently, while streams of Xuanhuang Qi trembled chaotically.
Compared to when Minghe had used it to block the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, this ruler was clearly meant for offense. Its power nearly rivaled an Innate Supreme Treasure.
The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda had originally been famed for granting invincibility to whoever held it above their head.
But unfortunately, the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler could be said to share the same origin as it. One had developed entirely toward attack, while the other had developed entirely toward defense, reaching opposite extremes.
Now that the two collided, they seemed to counter one another. The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda could no longer maintain its invincibility and was violently shaken.
Then, with a flick of Minghe's hand, a bolt of lightning somehow flew in from outside the pagoda. Caught off guard, Laozi was beaten into a sorry state, his robes thrown into disarray.
But Laozi had no time to care about that. He cried out in shock, "Dutian Divine Thunder?"
"How do you know the Dutian Divine Thunder?"
Laozi had recognized the lightning Minghe had unleashed as Dutian Divine Thunder.
Yuanshi and Tongtian were equally shocked.
This was Dutian Divine Thunder. Even they had not mastered it, only obtaining fragments of it and combining those with Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder to create the three divine thunders of Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing.
Their power was not bad either, but how could they compare to the Dutian Divine Thunder capable of splitting heaven and earth apart?
"How could I not know it?"
Minghe laughed loudly and sent several more bolts of Dutian Divine Thunder in rapid succession toward the Three Pure Ones.
The Three Pure Ones each employed their own methods to neutralize the Dutian Divine Thunder, but their faces were still filled with disbelief.
And a certain inability to accept it.
After all, they were Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. Yet even they had not mastered the Dutian Divine Thunder of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage.
But Minghe had mastered it.
Then who exactly was Pangu's Orthodox Lineage?
Laozi's gaze flickered. Suddenly, he waved his hand and took out the Taiji Diagram.
He was clearly about to use his true methods.
The Taiji Diagram was one of the three great treasures of the creation of heaven and earth.
Among the three treasures, the Pangu Banner possessed the strongest attack, while the Chaos Bell could both attack and defend.
But the Taiji Diagram was a "Dao Artifact."
What was a Dao Artifact?
Wuji gave rise to Taiji, Taiji gave rise to Two Forms, Two Forms gave rise to Four Symbols, Four Symbols gave rise to Eight Trigrams...
Taiji was the state before heaven and earth were opened, before chaos was divided. It contained every transformation of the Dao, representing the beginning, the very first Dao.
Therefore, the Taiji Diagram was a Dao Artifact.
It was not merely something that could stabilize earth, water, fire, and wind!
Rumble!
Laozi transformed the Taiji Diagram into a vast, sacred, transcendent white jade golden bridge. In an instant, it extended forth and suppressed Minghe.
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