They were the five deities nurtured within the five organs of his Dao Palace, each radiating a different aura and embodying the five elements of the human body. They transformed into five streaks of light and sank into the Five Elements Ring.
At once, five-colored divine radiance shot into the heavens. Driven by all five Dao Palace deities together, the Five Elements Ring unleashed terrifying power unlike anything before.
"Go!"
With that quiet command, the Five Elements Divine Ring crushed through the void like a true world, rumbling as it hurtled toward the Purple Mansion Holy Son like lightning.
"Holy Son, dodge!" Huang Gu, the Purple Mansion Supreme Elder watching from afar, suddenly shouted. He sensed the terrifying might emanating from the Divine Halo. The Holy Son's life was in danger.
Even as he shouted, he flew forward, extending an enormous Shrouding the Heavens Hand that blotted out the sky and struck at the boy named Lu Chen.
Earlier, the Purple Mansion Saintess had been in no danger, so he had had no intention of intervening. After all, jade could not become a fine vessel without being carved. Even holy sons and saintesses needed tempering.
In theory, every holy son had a Protector, but those Protectors did not follow them at every moment. They were Protectors, not nursemaids. Even when accompanying their charges, they would act only in a life-or-death crisis.
As a Supreme Elder of Purple Mansion, Huang Gu was not the Holy Son's Protector, but now that danger had arisen, he naturally could not stand idle.
Unfortunately, he was a little too late. Or rather, he had not expected the Purple Mansion Holy Son to attack so suddenly; until then, his attention had been on the Saintess.
Clang!
The Purple Mansion Holy Son's expression changed drastically. He, too,