The battle had ended far too quickly!
They had thought that, as a Hun Yuan Sage, even if Jieyin could not break the Great Array of the Stars after entering it, he should at least have been able to stall for a while, right?
Yet who could have expected it?
How long had it even been?
The battle had already been decided!
The towering Sage manifestation's mystical radiance dimmed, its body cracking apart inch by inch before scattering into starlight across the sky.
Even his equipment had been shattered and dropped!
It even seemed...
That one arm of his Sage's Dao Body had been severed!
Blood stained his dharma robe!
A Sage bled across the ancient starry sky!
Every scene before them was truly horrifying!
All living beings trembled in fear!
The Sages were shaken!
Though they had long known that the Twelve Dutian God-Demon Array possessed unparalleled offensive power and could shake Hun Yuan beings,
that knowledge had only come from the inheritance of Heavenly Dao's memories.
After all, no one had ever truly witnessed the power of the Dutian God-Demon Array.
Now that they had seen it, it truly lived up to its reputation!
First, it had trapped and battered the Two Sages of the West, Jieyin and Zhunti. Then, rather than weakening in the slightest, the array's power had only grown fiercer and fiercer.
Now, it had directly severed one of Sage Jieyin's arms!
This...
Was simply too terrifying!
When the Grand Pure Sage saw this, a deep trace of wariness appeared in his usually serene and indifferent eyes. "The Twelve Dutian God-Demon Array is actually this terrifying! With the Witch Clan controlling this killing array, they can slaughter Sages. Perhaps they can turn the tide and save the day! Unless... unless Master intervenes, who among the Sages of heaven and earth would dare face its edge?"
After recovering from his shock, Yuanshi Tianzun saw Jieyin's bedraggled state within the Great Array of the Stars, his Hun Yuan dignity completely gone, and could not help sneering. "Hmph, the Two Sages of the West have truly capsized in a gutter this time. They wanted to flatter Master, only to kick an iron plate. They deserve this calamity!"
"Ha ha ha—wonderful! Truly wonderful! That was a fine chop! What a satisfying sight!!!"
Bursts of wild laughter suddenly echoed from Biyou Palace on Jinao Island, resounding throughout the heavens.
In the depths of that void, Zhunti was locked in a fierce magical battle with Nuwa. His face instantly turned deathly pale, and his pupils contracted as he muttered in disbelief, "Senior Brother..."
He glanced over from the corner of his eye.
Zhunti's eyes were filled with horror.
It was simply too miserable!
Though his own dharma robe was now stained with blood and his Hun Yuan aura was weak, leaving him in a dire state,
compared to Jieyin's predicament,
Zhunti actually felt a faint sense of relief. What was going on?
Fortunately, fortunately Nuwa had dragged him over here to fight!
By a strange twist of fate, he had narrowly escaped disaster.
Otherwise,
the one getting beaten inside the Dutian God-Demon Array would have been him, Zhunti!
That had been close!
"This is bad! Speaking of which, isn't Jieyin too useless? Why couldn't he hold out a little longer? He actually lost so quickly. What trash!"
"Now that Jieyin has fallen from power, if he has no other support, once the Twelve Ancestor Witches free up their hands to deal with our Demon Clan, then... the fate of our Heavenly Court will be finished!"
After Jieyin revealed his decline, the most panicked people in the entire arena were Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
The two Golden Crows felt as though they had fallen into a bottomless frozen abyss, and a chill ran through them!
Could it be...
That the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court was doomed to perish?
"Jieyin, what will you do now? Come kill me! Can you even do it?!!"
At the center of the Great Array of the Stars, Chen Xuan stood proudly over the universe, looking down upon heaven and earth. His heroic spirit soared to the skies, his bearing like a tiger swallowing millions of miles.
As he spoke, his overwhelming killing intent was completely undisguised!
At this rate...
Even Houtu herself was afraid at the sight!
She was truly afraid that Chen Xuan would get bloodlust in his eyes and slaughter a Sage, beheading Jieyin the very next moment!
Houtu hurriedly said in a trembling voice, "Senior, Sage Jieyin has already been reduced to this state, and his reputation has been utterly destroyed. This should be enough of an explanation, right? Besides, dead Witches cannot be revived. Why not let him go... enough is enough."
Houtu's concerns were not without reason.
Though the Witch Clan's blood feud could not be forgotten,
after all...
No matter how pathetic Jieyin was, he was still a Hun Yuan Sage.
Moreover, with the Witch-Demon Calamity imminent, it was truly unwise to completely tear relations with the West apart and fight two Hun Yuan Sages to the death.
If the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court took advantage of the opportunity, the losses would outweigh the gains!
Chen Xuan, however, did not care about Houtu's suggestion.
There was nothing wrong with that suggestion.
But he would not accept it!
As the saying went, all fear came from insufficient firepower.
This was only the beginning!
Setting up the Dutian God-Demon Array was merely an appetizer.
Besides...
He had yet to reveal all his Trump Cards!
"Houtu, you don't understand. Given the shameless nature of those two bald thieves from the West, if we let Jieyin leave like this today, he will surely become an endless source of trouble in the future!"
"Today, the West dares interfere with the Witch-Demon Calamity. Tomorrow, they will dare shit and piss on the Witch Clan's heads!"
"Therefore, this man... must not be allowed to live!"
Chen Xuan spoke with utter seriousness.
After saying that, he fiercely drove Pangu True Body onward and hacked Jieyin several more times with his axe.
Jieyin's Hun Yuan Dao Fruit trembled without end.
The Three Flowers above his head scattered and dimmed.
His injuries worsened yet again!
What?
After attaining the Dao and becoming a Sage, a Hun Yuan Sage was Immortal and Undying, imperishable through countless calamities?
Then he would just chop him a few more times!
He would chop until Jieyin's courage shattered!
He would chop until Jieyin fell from Sagehood!
At this sight, Houtu was rendered speechless. For a moment, she did not know how to refute Chen Xuan.
To be fair,
Chen Xuan's words were crude, but his reasoning was not. They actually sounded somewhat reasonable!
Still, Houtu could not help feeling that something about this was strange. What was going on?
"They've gone mad. Those Witch Clan barbarians have completely gone mad! Are they trying to kill me, this Sage?!! Lunatics! A bunch of lunatics!!"
"Disrespecting Heavenly Dao and showing no reverence for Sages was one thing, but now they actually dare dream of... slaughtering a Sage?!! Hiss—"
As for Jieyin, panic had consumed him. Amid his fear and terror, he was also depressed to the extreme.
Damn it, had he known this would happen, he never would have waded into this mess!
He had intended to use this chance to restore Dao Ancestor Hongjun's dignity and earn some goodwill.
Then, he could suppress the Witch Clan's fortune and elevate the West's prestige.
Who would have thought?
He had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used as bait.
He had even provoked public outrage, causing all living beings of heaven and earth to curse the West and leaving himself covered in filth!
He regretted it. He truly regretted it!
Now,
his regret came too late!
Damn it all!
"Jieyin, you dared offend the Witch Clan and profane the descendants of Pangu's True Lineage. Your fate has run out. Die—!!!"
Just as Jieyin was drowning in regret, a sharp rebuke suddenly rang out, startling him into a shudder.
He was instantly filled with despair and helplessness!
He wanted to cry, but no tears would come!
Though he had reached the realm of a Hun Yuan Sage and attained eternal indestructibility, imperishable through countless calamities,
the Dutian God-Demon Array's power blazed fiercely.
If this continued, even if his life was not in danger, Pangu True Body would chop him until his vitality was severely damaged and his origin wounded. He might even fall from Sagehood!
"Dao Ancestor, save me—!!!"
With no other options, Jieyin could only tear his throat open and howl madly.
He was calling for backup! Jieyin was calling for backup!!
And the one he called was—Dao Ancestor Hongjun!
Not long after,
his cry for help pierced through the Outer Heavens of Chaos and resounded throughout the entire Zixiao Palace Dao field.
Upon hearing it, Hongjun's expression remained utterly indifferent...
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