Chapter 865: The Arrival of the Heavenly Court Top Dog

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The Divine Bat Emperor’s arrival was like a nightmare to An Lin and the others.

There was no one here that could stand up against the might of a Dao Integration Stage mythological beast, not even Dongfang Zhuangshi.

“Demonic Blood Kirin, let’s see where you’re going to run to now!” The Divine Bat Emperor flew at an extreme speed, and it was gaining on them with each and every flap of its wings. A seal appeared in a radius of several hundred kilometers, completely sealing off any avenue for escape.

That’s right, it was not leaving anything to chance. Even if these were all trash standing before it, it was going to crush them with all its might.

“Hmph! Everyone aside from the Demonic Blood Kirin can go die!” The Divine Bat Emperor opened its mouth, and a blue sound wave erupted forth, twisting the space before it and pulverizing everything in its wake.

The attack was imbued with an extremely potent power of the divine dao, and An Lin and the others were completely immobilized by its power, reducing them to sitting ducks that would undoubtedly die should they be struck by the attack.

A white figure suddenly appeared before everyone.

Dongfang Zhuangshi roared as the projection of the crimson kirin appeared before him while exuding vast ferocious might and materializing layers of blood divine dao barriers in the air.

Boom boom boom…

The Divine Bat Emperor’s sound wave attacks pulverized each of the barriers in succession before tearing apart even the projection of the crimson kirin.

In the end, the sound waves crashed into Dongfang Zhuangshi’s body.

“Pfff…” In that instant, all of his internal organs were crushed, and a mouthful of blood intermingled with fragments of internal organs erupted from his mouth.

“Uncle Dongfang!” An Lin and Xu Xiaolan yelled in unison.

Dongfang Zhuangshi had used his own body to block that attack for them, but he had been severely wounded in the process.

The Divine Bat Emperor narrowed its eyes. “You want to die too? Hand over the Kirin Blood Jade, and I’ll make you die quicker and painless.”

Dongfang Zhuangshi faltered upon hearing this before erupting into hearty laughter. “Hahaha… The Kirin Blood Jade no longer exists!”

“It no longer exists?” The Divine Bat Emperor took a deep breath before chuckling coldly. “Hehe, you want to fool me? Let me see just how much longer you can hold on! I’ll tear open your body and see if the Kirin Blood Jade is in there!”

It extended its claws, and a divine halo exuding extremely fearsome energy fluctuations appeared on the tips of each of its claws. At the same time, blue energy poured forth like liquid from the Divine Bat Emperor’s body before instantly enveloping the space around it.

An Lin and the others were suddenly struck by an extremely pleasant feeling. Their consciousness was extremely carefree and happy at this moment, and they felt like they were about to float into the sky.

A malicious smile suddenly appeared on the Divine Bat Emperor’s face. “I’ve changed my mind. I’ll extract all your souls and search them for the truth…”

“Be careful!” Dongfang Zhuangshi roared as crimson energy erupted from his body before enveloping An Lin and the others.

Only now did An Lin and the others realize what this pleasant feeling entailed. They were being enticed by a demon that was looking for an opportunity to extract their souls!

Everyone was instantly struck by crushing despair.

An Lin discovered that he couldn’t even think of a way to resist this power.

They were completely at the mercy of the Divine Bat Emperor.

“I’ll be taking your souls then.”

The Divine Bat Emperor’s voice sounded as if it had originated from the depths of hell, and the divine halos on its fingertips suddenly expanded before sending unfathomable might through the air, which shattered Dongfang Zhuangshi’s barrier of blood energy before sweeping toward An Lin and the others.

In this impossibly dire situation, an ethereal voice, which was imbued with a paramount imperial might, suddenly snarled, “Release them at once, filthy beast!”

A massive hole was shattered into the Divine Bat Emperor’s seal as this voice erupted.

“What?” The Divine Bat Emperor’s expression shifted.

At this moment, an infinitely vast white light swept through the air with the might of the heavens. It was extremely fast and instantly shattered the blue ripples as well as the power of the divine halos before crashing into the Divine Bat Emperor’s body.

Boom!

Another earth-shattering boom erupted.

Energy swept forth for tens of thousands of meters, and the residual shockwaves were enough to sweep Dongfang Zhuangshi as well as An Lin and the others into the air.

The Divine Bat Emperor let loose a wail of anguish, and its body caved in before hurtling through the air for over ten kilometers like a massive rubber ball!

Everyone looked up at the figure standing in the sky above.

The figure was enshrouded in a divine light.

He wore a set of flowing imperial robes, and he stood, tall and proud, with his palm extended before him.

A majestic battle intent straight from the heavens erupted, striking all living beings before him with the urge to kneel down, as if they were in the face of the emperor of the heavens.

Tears almost flowed from An Lin’s eyes upon seeing that familiar figure. “Celestial Thearch, you’re finally here!”

That’s right, the Celestial Thearch he had been praying for had finally taken the stage!

Both An Lin and Xu Xiaolan’s hearts completely settled upon seeing this figure. What followed was an overwhelming sense of security!

Who would dare to hurt them with the Celestial Thearch present?

“Roar, you’re the Celestial Thearch?!” Blue blood trickled from the Divine Bat Emperor’s mouth. It had sustained internal injuries from the palm launched by the man enshrouded in a divine light.

“That’s correct.” The Celestial Thearch withdrew his palm and clasped his hands behind his back. He had his head held high and looked down upon the Divine Bat Emperor with a hint of arrogance and absolute confidence in his eyes.

“Gasp…” An Lin drew a sharp intake of breath. The Celestial Thearch was so bad*ss!

“Why are you interfering in my pursuit of the Demonic Blood Kirin?” the Divine Bat Emperor roared with rage.

“Heh… You tried to kill the students from my Heavenly Court, why can’t I interfere?” A faint smile appeared on the Celestial Thearch’s face.

The Divine Bat Emperor took a deep breath before turning to look at the two Soul Formation Stage cultivators. “That man and woman are students of your Heavenly Court? Alright then, I can agree to let them go!”

This was the biggest compromise it was willing to make.

It had no choice. The Celestial Thearch was not one to be messed with!

The Divine Bat Emperor would be satisfied as long as the Demonic Blood Kirin remained behind. After all, there was no reason why the Demonic Blood Kirin wouldn’t have a prized treasure like the Kirin Blood Jade with him at all times.

“Those two are indeed students from my Heavenly Court. But he is also a student of the Heavenly Court.” The Celestial Thearch suddenly pointed a finger at Dongfang Zhuangshi.

He then pointed to Xiao Ze and the beasts before continuing, “These are the disciple and beast pets of my student. Hence…

“You can’t take any of them! They’re all mine!”

The Celestial Thearch’s voice reverberated through the air, followed by a deathly silence.

An Lin: “…”

Dongfang Zhuangshi: “…”

The spectating Wild Saber Immortal: “…”

The Divine Bat Emperor’s flesh crawled with rage. “Celestial Thearch, this is daylight robbery! You’ve gone too far!”

It roared as boundless power of the divine dao erupted in a radius of several hundred kilometers before sweeping toward the Celestial Thearch.

A faint smile appeared on the Celestial Thearch’s face as he disappeared from the spot.

In the next instant, he had already appeared right before the Divine Bat Emperor before launching an almighty fist!

Boom!

The space before his fist was completely flattened as heaven and earth twisted and warped.

A bloodcurdling cry erupted straight into the clouds.

The Divine Bat Emperor was knocked flying again as it threw up another large mouthful of blood.

“If you want a fight, then a fight is what you shall get, but you’re not taking a single one of the humans or beasts here!” Boundless white divine light enshrouded the man in imperial robes, and each and every one of his steps triggered resonance with the Great Dao of heaven and earth, creating an unstoppable force.

The Divine Bat Emperor had been completely enraged. “Celestial Thearch, you’re forcing the Sinister Spirit Beast Cesspool to declare war on the human race!”

The Celestial Thearch’s eyes narrowed. “The Sinister Spirit Beast Cesspool is nothing! You’ve only got four mythological beasts that are in eternal conflict. Just my Heavenly Court alone is enough to raze the Sinister Spirit Beast Cesspool to the ground many times over!”

The Divine Bat Emperor trembled with rage, but it had no argument against this.

An Lin, Xu Xiaolan, all the beasts, and even Dongfang Zhuangshi were looking up at the peerlessly domineering man with reverence in their eyes.

He was clearly being extremely unreasonable, but it was so good to watch!!!