"Ao Lie, you defied heaven's will. Your crime deserved death! Surrender at once!" Li Jing said.
"Hah, all I did was smash one lousy Luminous Pearl. How did that become a crime deserving death?" Ao Lie said.
"What do you mean, 'all you did'? That Luminous Pearl was bestowed by His Majesty! You slapped His Majesty in the face!" Li Jing said.
"What twisted logic is that? You want my life over one lousy pearl? Is there any justice left? A Heavenly Court like this should have been torn down and rebuilt long ago!" Ao Lie said.
"Ao Lie, not only do you refuse to repent, you even dare to rebel! Giant Spirit God, seize this brazen traitor!" Li Jing roared.
"As you command!" Giant Spirit God said.
Carrying the Eight Trigrams Mountain-Splitting Axe, Giant Spirit God flashed before Ao Lie and unleashed a Mount Hua-Splitting Strike, cleaving toward Ao Lie's head with crushing force.
Ao Lie did not even dodge. He simply reached out and caught the blade of Giant Spirit God's Eight Trigrams Mountain-Splitting Axe.
Giant Spirit God was scared out of his wits. Drenched in sweat, he said, "No, Ao Lie, your cultivation is definitely beyond late Golden Immortal!"
Ao Lie smiled. "Of course it is. Otherwise, how would I dare face One Hundred Thousand Heavenly Soldiers? How would I dare make such bold claims?"
With that, he snatched away Giant Spirit God's Eight Trigrams Mountain-Splitting Axe and said, "Will you get lost yourself, or shall I send you packing?"
"I'll go, I'll go. Can you give me my axe back?" Giant Spirit God said.
"Here. I have no use for this piece of junk," Ao Lie said. He handed the axe back to Giant Spirit God, who took it and fled.
Seeing this, Li Jing shouted