The night had well and truly arrived.
The bright moon hung high in the sky alongside a galaxy of dazzling stars.
The battle of Chen Xi City had only just begun, and the Kingdom of the Nine States United Army of over forty million were locked in a fierce battle with the Heavenly Human Tribe United Army of over eighty million. Destructive power could be seen everywhere on the battlefield.
Anyone could perish or be wounded during the course of the battle, and the seven Celestial Maidens were no exception.
The Celestial Thearch’s heart throbbed with pain at the sight of his wounded daughters, but he wouldn’t try to dissuade them from battle. They had requested to fight, so it was their own decision.
In such desperate times, there were only two types of people in the Kingdom of the Nine States; warriors and cowards. There were some cowards hiding in the Kingdom of the Nine States, waiting for other cultivators to go into battle for them. However, many more people raised their weapons and chose to fight!
Whoosh!
A pure white celestial sword suddenly fell from the sky. It tore a hundred-kilometer-long trench into the earth, splitting countless small mountains down the middle, and killing over ten thousand living beings in the process.
“Big Sister!”
“Dammit…”
The expressions on the faces of the seven Celestial Maidens changed drastically.
A Celestial Maiden in a red dress had just had an arm severed by that celestial sword, and she had also been struck by the surging sword intent, causing her to throw up a mouthful of blood before tumbling to the ground.
That wounded Celestial Maiden was none other than the eldest of the seven Celestial Maidens, Celestial Maiden Tian Shou.
The one who had unleashed that attack was a Heaven Pioneer Stage Great General!
Heaven Pioneer Stage Heavenly Humans were nightmares to the vast majority of Return to Void Stage mighty figures. After all, they weren’t considered to be invincible below the Dao Integration Stage for nothing.
Most of the Heaven Pioneer Stage Great Generals were being dominated by the Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures on the battlefield, but there were inevitably a few that had slipped through the cracks. That Great General was one of them.
“Oh? You can block one of my sword strikes and still survive?” A male Great General with flowing black hair descended from the sky. He looked at the gorgeous Celestial Maiden who had been severely wounded by him, and a sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face as he cackled. “Such a beauty! I really look forward to seeing you die…”
A flash of excitement appeared in his eyes as he spoke, and he quickly hurtled toward Celestial Maiden Tian Shou.
“Hahaha… Fear me! Weep before me! Bow to me and beg for mercy…”
The male Great General was a little twisted in the head. He was an avid destroyer of all things that were good and beautiful, and he loved nothing more than to annihilate something beautiful after stripping it of its dignity.
However, what was disappointing to him was that the woman in the red dress didn’t appear to even be close to begging for mercy, even though she was on the brink of death. Instead, she wore a ferocious expression on her face, as if she were determined to inflict some scars upon her tormentor before her death.
“Don’t hurt my big sister!” A Celestial Maiden with a blue dress rushed over before slashing a blue immortal sword toward the male Great General. As the blade passed through the air, even the surrounding space was frozen solid.
“Oh? Is that another beauty I see?” He was elated by the sight of the oncoming Celestial Maiden, and he grinned as his invasive gaze roamed her body. He tore through the frozen space with his pure white holy sword before unleashing a sword strike toward his assailant.
Tear!
A white sword projection broke through the frosty sword intent before striking her on the chest.
“Pfff…” A ghastly sword wound was inflicted upon her delicate flesh, and she threw up a mouthful of blood as she was sent flying through the air.
The Great General licked his lips. “Beautiful things are always at their most captivating right when they’re about to fall…”
He strode over and prepared to land the killing blow on the Celestial Maiden in blue.
“Don’t hurt my big sister and sixth sister!”
An enraged cry erupted from behind him.
The Great General became even more excited and ecstatic.
There was another one coming!
Celestial Maidens were flocking to him one after the other!
It was his lucky day! He was going to be able to witness so many Celestial Maidens howling in agony beneath him…
The Great General turned to the Celestial Maiden behind him.
However, he was greeted by the sight of a white crane flying toward him. The crane had a long and graceful body, and its pristine white feathers were filled with a sense of artistic beauty. Most importantly, it had a pair of massive eyes, each of which was even bigger than its head…
The Great General was a little dumbfounded by that sight.
He had thought that he would be able to lay his eyes on a new Celestial Maiden, but what was this freakish crane thing?
Just as he was caught in a stunned stupor, the big-eyed white crane tore through space with its wings and lashed out at his neck and waist. It was attacking as quickly as the sword strike of a seasoned Return to Void Stage sword immortal.
However, the Great General’s reaction speed was even faster. His holy sword slashed through the air in a flawless trajectory, sending a sword projection hurtling forth and slicing the oncoming crane in half.
“Hehe… A mere Return to Void Stage Celestial Immortal dreams of hurting me with her attack?” The Great General chuckled coldly with an arrogant expression.
All of a sudden, the halved white crane was revered back to ink, but the same thing didn’t happen to its watermelon-sized eyes. Those black and white eyes were completely bloodshot and appeared extremely sinister as they stared intently at the Great General, flying directly toward his face.
“Crap!” The Great General suddenly discovered that the eyes made up the true body of the crane!
Right at that moment, extremely piercing light began to erupt from the huge eyeballs.
Boom!
Both of them exploded at the same time.
Devastating explosive force rocked heaven and earth.
Terrifying energy accompanied by twisted heaven crushing true intent engulfed everything in the surrounding area.
A beautiful woman in a plain daoist robe slowly descended amid the shockwaves of the explosion. Her robes flapped around her as her shimmering eyes stared intently at the explosion up ahead.
“Did that do it?”
The woman was none other than Celestial Maiden Tian Yu, and the Big-Eyed Crane spell technique she had invented was a top-tier assassination technique. It could often catch the target off guard, and more powerful beings had perished to that attack than she could count on both hands. However, it was the first time that she had used it on a Heaven Pioneer Stage Great General, so she really didn’t know if it would be enough to kill the enemy.
Whoosh!
A white sword projection suddenly tore through the explosive flames, before hurtling toward Celestial Maiden Tian Yu’s head at an alarming speed.
Tian Yu’s expression stirred, and she immediately tried to evade. However, the sword strike was simply too fast. She managed to avoid being struck in any vital regions, but the blade of the sword still punctured her shoulder, sending blood splattering through the air.
She let loose a cry of pain and was just about to retreat.
At that moment, a figure had already torn through the flames and was pouncing toward her.
“How dare you hurt me! I’m going to kill you!”
The Great General’s clothes were in tatters, and his body had been reduced to a gruesome mass of flesh and blood. Many parts of his skin had been charred black, but his insane and formidable aura suggested that his current combat prowess was nothing to be scoffed at.
“Imperial Seal Palm!” Celestial Maiden Tian Yu gritted her teeth and extended a palm toward the Great General.
The golden palm seal hurtled toward him with an overwhelming power.
He lashed out with his holy sword, and the Imperial Seal Palm was sliced in half while the sword projection continued to rush toward Tian Yu.
“Imperial Seal Palm? What a pile of dog sh*t!” The Great General spat out a mouthful of blood, and a cruel smile appeared on his face as he appraised Celestial Maiden Tian Yu. “This is what you get for hurting me… I’m going to inflict a hundred and eight gashes on your soft body, chopping you into pieces, then grant you your death…”
Before he had a chance to finish his sentence, a hand suddenly appeared out of nowhere and clamped itself onto his head.
Boom!
His head was rammed viciously into the ground, and the excruciating pain made him feel as if his head was about to explode.
He struggled and saw an almighty figure standing before him. It was a man radiating supreme might, and the mere sight of him made the Great General feel as if the entire sky was falling upon him. His head was tightly locked in the man’s hand, and he was like an ant that could be crushed at any moment…
“You… you’re… the Ce-Celestial Thearch…” The Great General’s cockiness and insanity had completely disappeared and was replaced by intense shock and horror.
“I heard… that you denounced my Imperial Seal Palm as a pile of dog sh*t?” The Celestial Thearch chuckled as a boundless golden light erupted from his hand. “Then let me give you a taste of dog sh*t.”
“No… No…!” the Great General screamed in terror.
Bam!
His head was detonated by the Celestial Thearch.
The Celestial Thearch stood up nonchalantly as if he had done something inconsequential.
Celestial Maiden Tian Yu lay on the ground and stared blankly up at the Celestial Thearch. Her mouth gaped open slightly, and she called out in a faint voice, “Father…”
