Lin Tian was slightly startled. He had stolen from the treasury before and knew how powerful its restrictions were.
Though startled inwardly, his hands did not slow. He shouted angrily, "Thief! How dare you steal from the Heavenly Court Treasury!"
As he spoke, golden light flashed in his hand, and the Demon Emperor Sword appeared in his grasp.
He slashed, and in an instant, golden light filled the air as dazzling sword qi cleaved downward.
The treasury shook violently, and cracks even appeared in the floor.
One had to understand that space in the Heavenly Court was exceptionally sturdy, and its palaces were built to the highest possible standards.
Every one had been constructed using Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Take the monkey, for example. In the lower realm, a single blow of his staff could shatter the main mountain veins of peaks like the Five Sacred Mountains.
In heaven, however, he could only smash through a wall.
The Tiger King from earlier was another example. He possessed the strength of a great unity golden immortal, yet his lightning strike had merely shaken the palace a few times, leaving it unharmed.
And the Heavenly Court Treasury ranked among the sturdiest of all those palaces.
Even an ordinary great luo would struggle to shake it in the slightest.
Yet Lin Tian's single slash had cracked it. One could imagine how terrifying that strike had been.
In the lower realm, it would have cleaved through nearly half the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.
The thief turned around the instant he heard the angry shout.
His gaze sharpened slightly. "Spirit Vine?"
Lin Tian saw that a layer of cyan immortal light shrouded his face, obscuring his features.
By then, Lin Tian's sword qi had already arrived. With a soft snort, the man actually raised