"What? Are you going to avenge them?"
The smile on Lu Chen's face remained unchanged, but blazing sword light had already gathered on the Emperor Sword in his hand.
If this Celestial refused to appreciate his position, he would cut off his head without hesitation.
Hum!
The Celestial's armor dissolved into fragments of starlight and vanished, leaving him in human form.
Lu Chen was somewhat surprised. This was his first time seeing a Celestial's true appearance.
In the original story, every Celestial stood two thousand feet tall, entirely covered in armor. No one had ever seen the Celestials beneath their armor, nor did anyone know their exact origins.
In short, they were lofty beings who regarded everything with indifference.
Yet what followed was an attitude that took him by surprise.
The Celestial smiled and bowed slightly. "Honored Di Huang, of course I haven't come to trouble you. They were merely ants. If they're dead, so be it."
The gods beyond the Universe Barrier were dumbfounded by the sight.
Mephisto, Lord of Hell, the Shadow Great Emperors, and the various mighty gods hidden deep in the universe were all dumbfounded.
Were these still the lofty, supremely arrogant Celestials who forced the gods to sign contracts at the slightest disagreement?
Lu Chen had no idea what he was up to. "What are you trying to say?"
The Celestial glanced at the black hole hovering beside Lu Chen. "Di Huang, how about handing Ultron over to us? We can give you the Primordial Soul Stone for a hundred years!"
Lu Chen's pupils contracted slightly. He knew Ultron harbored a secret, but he had never expected its origins to be so significant that the mighty Celestials would actually offer the Primordial Soul Stone in exchange for it.
In Hell, Mephisto's expression grew grave. Just