"That's right. It's him." Lin Buyan nodded gravely. "The last lord of the Heavenly Court in the Shangqing Realm, the Taiqing Jade Emperor who has ruled the Taiqing Heavenly Court ever since."
With that confirmation, Dugu Qingxiao's face turned ashen.
He had expected this battle to be difficult, but never this difficult.
This was the former lord of the Heavenly Court.
And now, he was even stronger than he had been then.
"Lord Jade Emperor?" the Queen Mother sneered. "Today, that man is nothing more than a greedy cultivator."
The Jade Mother's attitude toward the Jade Emperor had already shifted from her initial incomprehension to disdain.
She was ashamed to be counted among his company.
Boom! Boom, boom...!
Just then, amid a succession of thunderous crashes, the aura and pressure spreading from the golden pillar of light began to grow even stronger.
Bang! Bang, bang...!
Immediately afterward, as Xu Taiping and the Demon Race cultivator punched the pillar of light, their fist forces were violently shattered one after another.
Rumble...!
Though neither was injured, both were sent flying.
At this sight, Dugu Qingxiao knitted his brows and said:
"Fairy Buyan, Lady Jade Mother, before the Jade Emperor fully descends into this world, why don't we strike together to wear down his combat power?"
With several hundred flying swords whirling around her, the Jade Mother said expressionlessly:
"Even if our combat power increased tenfold, we still might not be able to break the edict the Jade Emperor is using to protect himself."
Lin Buyan nodded.
"Right now, only the pure qi and blood power of the Demon Race cultivator and Taiping can do any damage to that edict."
She immediately added:
"Daoist Qingxiao, you needn't worry too much. As long as the Jade Emperor doesn't absorb all the Blood Pearls, we'll