"Come and fight!"
Xuan Du had no patience for talk. The Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner circled him as power surged through his body.
Seeing that Xuan Du still refused to yield, Guang Chengzi attacked without another word.
"Ancestor, watch out!" You Chao Shi warned.
"Brother Xuan Du, I'm coming to help!"
Before Zi Yi Shi had finished speaking, she once again blocked Huang Long, Ju Liusun, and Dao Xing Tianzun.
"You shameless lot! Fight one-on-one if you have the guts!"
Sui Ren Shi followed her into battle, taking on Cihang, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra—the three brothers who had betrayed their sect.
That left Guang Chengzi and True Person Taiyi to go after Xuan Du.
Nearby, You Chao Shi, who had been beaten badly enough to cough up blood, was about to rise and help. But his breath surged the wrong way, and he hurriedly sat down to recover.
On the battlefield,
Guang Chengzi and True Person Taiyi were both unhappy that Xuan Du had become Emperor Chen Gou. Now that they had a chance to regain some pride, neither held back.
Working together, they kept Xuan Du struggling to defend himself.
"And here I thought Emperor Chen Gou was supposed to be formidable."
Xuan Du seemed not to hear True Person Taiyi's taunt. He kept the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner wrapped tightly around himself, giving neither opponent an opening.
His calm indifference only made Taiyi think of Liu Mang again.
Liu Mang had worn that same couldn't-care-less expression when he beat Taiyi up.
In Taiyi's eyes, Xuan Du's face gradually merged with Liu Mang's. Rage shot from his heart to his head, clouding even his Spiritual Sense.
"Just like that master of yours who can't attain the Dao. All you know how to do is hide behind treasures."
Xuan Du, who