"An evil demon..."
Looking at the filthy, decaying, hideous human-headed serpent in the blood pool, the widely knowledgeable Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord of the Thunder Division instantly understood how all this had come about.
He transmitted his voice to the Heavenly Court officers and Night Watchers locked in bitter combat. "All of you, withdraw."
"Wonderful! Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord and Incense Accumulation True Lord are here!"
As though granted a pardon, everyone hastily retreated far away to watch from a distance.
Xi Yuanlin stopped and watched them warily. "So you've come..."
Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord snorted coldly. "You truly have a death wish, daring to fuse Youyan's bloodline into your own flesh and even devour a blood god!"
Xi Yuanlin replied bitterly, "Wasn't it all your doing...? We were perfectly fine here, but you so-called righteous cultivators insisted on attacking!"
"Obstinate fool!" Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord could not be bothered to say more. White light gathered in his palm, and a bolt of thunderous lightning suddenly struck, like divine punishment descending from the heavens, cleaving straight into the serpent's body.
"Aah!" Xi Yuanlin howled in agony. Half his body was instantly scorched dry.
The white light in Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord's palm never ceased. Amid sizzling sounds, it formed another chain of lightning and erupted like thunder.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Under the successive strikes, deep craters burst open across the serpent's body. The surrounding scales were pierced through, flesh torn open and scorched black, dry and cracked.
Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord commanded the Thunder Division, foremost among the Heavenly Court's Eight Divisions of Orthodox Gods. Renowned throughout both the immortal and demonic worlds, he would also have been the military leader of the righteous forces in ancient times, a position generally held by someone of great prestige and formidable strength.