Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
All the disciples were slowly beginning to come to the realization that their sect was being invaded by an extremely powerful force!
Grand Elder Chen Xinran harrumphed coldly and spoke in a voice like thunder, “It certainly requires guts to invade our sect for our holy flame, but do you think guts is all you’ll need to invade our Vermilion Bird Sect!?”
Boom!
A huge red spell formation appeared on the canopy of the divine tree, completely sealing the space around it in a radius of a few dozen kilometers.
Countless disciples had their energy drawn from their bodies, which then converged toward the spell formation.
A gigantic crimson phoenix materialized from the spell formation, and it obscured the entire sky with its gargantuan wingspan.
Boundless flames poured forth from the phoenix’s body, making the air around it shimmer and warp before these flames gushed toward the inky rift in the sky like a scorching wave.
“We will indeed require more than just guts, which is why I am here.”
A woman entirely enshrouded in a blue divine light, thereby obscuring her features from view, stepped out from the rift in the sky.
She wore a golden imperial robe and a crown on her head. Behind her was a vast expanse of blue stars and the power of extreme frost swept through the air as if it divine decree were being delivered, making snowflakes fall from the sky and completely overpowering the flames of the phoenix.
She had an antiquated imperial jade seal in her right hand, and she grasped at the air toward the wave of mountainous flames in the distance.
Crack…
The vast expanse of flames was frozen solid in the air like an artistic ice sculpture, before slowly vaporizing and fading away.
Right at this moment, nine ice dragons each a few thousand feet in length flew out from the rift, all of them emanating extremely fearsome auras.
A series of golden rope bound them to a throne of ice, upon which sat an exquisitely beautiful woman with a white staff in her hand. She looked down upon the tens of thousands of people gathered below her with an expression as cold as an eternal glacier.
Several hundred silver-haired women with swords of ice in their hands took up formation behind her, each of them exuding powerful auras of their own.
Mo Hai’s eyes widened in shock. “Holy f*ck! Are these all snow maidens? They came all the way from the Holy Glacial Lands just to steal our holy flame? Do they all want to die here?!”
Yang Yuan’s expression was quite grave. “The Great Empress, the High Priestess, as well as most of the thirty-six Palace Leaders, have mobilized to gather here from the Holy Glacial Lands… That’s essentially all of their high-caliber firepowers; this spells disaster for our Vermilion Bird Sect…”
An Lin stared at the snow maidens in the air, completely at a loss for words.
These snow maidens really were getting more and more full of themselves. They had just grabbed a person from the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect not long ago, now they were here to steal the Holy Vermilion Flame. Couldn’t they just settle down for a while?!
“Since you’re already here, why don’t you stay here forever? The Divine Punishment of the Heavenly Court is about to descend, there will be nowhere for you to escape…” a mighty voice sounded in the distance.
Immediately afterward, boundless golden flames began to burn throughout the entire sky and a pair of hands each several kilometers in width slowly converged on the snow maidens, creating an extremely fearsome cage of fire which overwhelmed the power of extreme frost in the air.
“Great Sky-Sealing Palms! It’s the Grand Elder, Situ Feng!”
All the core disciples in the air looked up at the giant palms in the sky with fanatical expressions.
Many of disciples who were shaken by the collective might of the snow maidens were reinvigorated as battle intent began to rage in their hearts. Even all the elders were feeling somewhat relieved that the Grand Elder was at the scene.
Grand Elder Situ Feng was a legendary figure in the Vermilion Bird Sect who had reached Dao Integration Stage several tens of thousands of years ago.
He commanded even more respect and awe than the Sect Leader himself, and he was the most powerful mighty figure within the Vermilion Bird Sect.
With him here, the Vermilion Bird Sect feared no enemy, no matter how powerful!
The woman in the imperial robe tossed her imperial jade seal into the air and spoke with a cold expression, “The Divine Punishment of the Heavenly Court is indeed something we cannot handle, but we can delay their arrival, and we’ll be able to do a lot of things during that time…”
“Imperial Seal, Atomic Realm Deprivation!”
Boom!
Heaven and earth suddenly darkened, and a mighty force enveloped a space of over fifty kilometers in radius before separating it from this world in an instant!
An Lin felt a rush of dizziness and when he came to his senses, he discovered that he was situated within a murky grey space, with no stars nor direction, only eternal chaos!
“Great Empress! Why are you expending the power of your imperial seal? Are you trying to endanger the entire Holy Glacial Lands?!” Situ Feng’s voice was tinged with rage; things had clearly progressed out of his control.
“The Holy Glacial Lands is already on the brink of destruction, I would gladly expend the power of the imperial seal in order to save the Holy Glacial Lands from its terrible fate.” The vast expanse of blue stars behind the Great Empress began to expand even further as the power of extreme frost exploded forth once again, bringing boundless frost and ice which froze and sealed the very air around her.
A man in a red robe with a head of white hair but mismatching youthful features appeared in the air, and he extended his hand toward the antiquated imperial jade seal floating in the air.
Golden flames burst forth from his hand, making it appear as if the sun had appeared within this grey and murky space, before crashing directly toward the imperial jade seal.
However, an invisible force which was powerful enough to seal time and space suddenly appeared around the imperial jade seal, preventing the man’s hand from extending any further.
Boom!
The flaming palm collided with the power of the imperial jade seal and devastating golden ripples of shockwave burst forth in all directions, melting the power of extreme frost in the air in a radius of five kilometers.
At this moment, a faint white light suddenly emanated from the divine tree, thereby protecting all the disciples from the force of the golden shockwaves.
“Go.”
The Great Empress issued a command before stepping through the air and making her way directly toward Situ Feng.
The nine ice dragons in the air all pounced toward the phoenix formation spirit, where they engaged in an earth-shattering battle.
The Great Empress slowly walked through the air toward the Holy Vermilion Flame with her white staff in her hand.
“Your Sect Leader, Zhu Xuze, is currently unable to return from the Demonic Flame Realm, and none of you are a match for me.
“Our holy land does not wish for war; we only wish to borrow the holy flame for ten years, after which we will return the flame in perfect condition. We are also willing to offer the Dark Imperial Bone Marrow of our holy land as reparations. Perhaps you might be interested, Great Elder?” Meng Zhi turned to Chen Xinran with a pair of expressionless eyes.
An Lin’s lips twitched slightly upon hearing this.
Last time, they had invaded the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect when the Sect Leader was engaged in battle with their Great Empress and the Grand Elder of the sect was in seclusion, thereby allowing them to sneak in and wreak havoc.
Now, they were taking advantage of the fact that the Sect Leader of the Vermilion Bird Sect was trapped in another realm to invade the sect for the holy flame…
Were these snow maidens addicted to invading sects?!
“F*ck this b*itch, she’s invading our sect, we don’t have to negotiate with her!”
Elder Zhu immediately replied with a thunderous expression before Great Elder Chen Xinran had a chance to speak.
Meng Zhi ignored Elder Zhu and continued to wait for Chen Xinran’s answer.
The Grand Elder of the Vermilion Bird Sect was engaged in battle with their Great Empress, so they had a crushing advantage in overall strength over the remaining elders. However, it was within her best interest to end this diplomatically rather than through a battle. After all, it would not be wise to initiate a feud against such a powerful sect.
Chen Xinran replied with a slight smile, “The Dark Imperial Bone Marrow is extremely valuable. As a matter of fact, its value is comparable to a divine tool. However, the Holy Vermilion Flame is the soul of our sect! We won’t allow you to take it from us for a single instant, let along ten years! None of our disciples are afraid of battle!”
“We’ll protect the holy flame with our lives!”
“Death before dishonor!”
Tens of thousands of disciples roared collectively as battle intent raged in their eyes; their collective cries instantly reverberated throughout the entire space.
All of them seemed to have a ball of fire burning within their bodies. They had an unwavering conviction that the holy flame could not be surrendered to anyone, just as they could not allow the sect to be humiliated by anyone!
Their pride urged them to stand up against their enemies, even though their enemies were a lot more powerful than themselves.
Even if their efforts were destined to be in vain, they would go down fighting rather than live on in cowardice!
