"The ten protector clans' arrival was within my expectations. The disturbance caused by the ripening of the Saints' Fruit was just far too great. I just never thought they'd come so quickly," said Ruijin.
"Then what should we do now? Should we get the people from the protector clans to fight the vengeful spirits and use them to attract their attention? Once they obtain the Saints' Fruit, we'll take it from them at the crucial moment, "said Honglian.
Everyone sank into their thoughts. Whether it was taking the Saints' Fruit from the vengeful spirits or taking it from a large group of Holy Emperor experts, it would not be an easy task.
In terms of battle prowess, the Holy Emperor experts that had charged in were nowhere near as strong as the vengeful spirits, but they could work together. At the same time, many of them had grasped Saint Tier Battle Skills and various ancient secret techniques, so they were not easy to deal with.
Ruijin glanced at Jianchen deeply and said, "Let's not take the Saints' Fruit from the protector clans. If we do that, we'll probably force many people into desperate situations and do some impulsive things. After all, the Saints' Fruit is no ordinary item. It's the only shortcut that can allow people to become Saint Emperors. Who would be willing to let it be taken from them?"
Jianchen nodded slightly with that. Ruijin had done this out of consideration for Jianchen. After all, Jianchen was not alone. He needed to consider the people behind him. The Changyang Prefecture of Lore City, the Kingdom of Gesun, and the Flame Mercenaries could not endure the suppression of the protector clans and a few ancient clans.
Although they basically disdained to do something like this, it was related to the Saints' Fruit that could allow people to become Holy Emperor. The great temptation could easily drive people crazy.
Time was tight, so they began to move as soon as they made up their minds. A door opened in the golden miniature world and Jianchen, Ruijin, Black Fish, and Honglian all flew out. They flew over the vengeful spirits and quickly charged toward the Saints' Fruit.
Tie Ta did not appear. In order to prevent his identity from being exposed, Jianchen had persuaded him to enter the artifact space.
The appearance of Jianchen's group of four immediately attracted the attention of all the Holy Emperor vengeful spirits. At that moment, all the vengeful spirits stopped cultivating and stood up at the same time. Without saying a single word, they all charged toward Jianchen's group.
Jianchen, Ruijin, Honglian, and Black Fish were already fully armed. Jianchen's Chaotic Force filled every inch of his body, pushing the great defense of the Chaotic Body to the limit. Ruijin, Hei Yu, and Hei Yu had all drawn their origin energy treasures as well. They were ready for both attack and defense.
With a flash of destructive light, Rui Jin's Sacred Dragon's Sword and Hei Yu's machete slashed out at the same time, sending powerful sword Qi and blade Qi toward the vengeful spirits.
Honglian's Scorching Godfire Hairpin also flew out with a layer of scorching white flames. She worked with Ruijin and Black Fish to sweep through the vengeful spirits.
The three origin energy treasures unleashed their might at the same time. The power was unimaginable, obliterating space and destroying everything in its path. They shattered the vengeful spirits of the Holy Emperor without any effort, reducing them to black mist. At the same time, the vengeful spirits rapidly weakened under the might of the origin energy.
However, this was not enough to completely kill off the vengeful spirits. Very soon, they reformed nearby. However, the three of them had opened up a path through their combined attacks. They immediately followed the path and rapidly approached the Saints' Fruit.
However, there were just far too many vengeful spirits charging over from all directions. Over five hundred of the Holy Emperor vengeful spirits formed a wall that surrounded Ruijin's group. All the vengeful spirits struck out at the same time. Various attacks flooded over, drowning out Ruijin's group like a flood.
Honglian tossed out her hand and nine fiery-red phoenix feathers flew out. They swelled with the wind and rapidly enlarged, turning into nine phoenixes that were over a hundred meters long. They spread their wings and soared through the air as flames raged around them, causing the temperature of the surroundings to rapidly climb.
The nine phoenixes did not attack. Instead, they rapidly revolved in a circle, moving faster and faster. In the end, they actually formed a fiery-red barrier around Honglian's group, blocking all the attacks from the vengeful spirits.
"There are some flaws in the materials used to forge the Divine Phoenix's Shield, so the formation can't unleash its full power. It won't last for very long, so let's move faster. We have to get the Saints' Fruit as soon as possible," Honglian said with a heavy voice before controlling the formation to quickly move them forward.
Muffled booms constantly rang out. The attacks from the countless vengeful spirits all landed on the protective formation, causing the barrier of light formed from the nine phoenixes to constantly tremble.
The vengeful spirits in front of them were a black mass. Hong Lian controlled the formation to move forward with great difficulty. After an entire incense stick's worth of time, they had only advanced less than a kilometer. Now, it could be said that they were having a hard time moving forward.
Finally, the formation shattered with a boom. Without the protection of the formation, the densely packed Holy Emperor vengeful spirits immediately appeared before Jianchen's group. They swarmed toward them.
Ruijin took action in time. He tossed out the eighteen dragon scales. Every single dragon scale had been specially refined and was engraved with complicated inscriptions. The eighteen dragon scales hovered in the air.
It emitted a layer of golden light screen that interweaved together to protect this part of the universe.
Ruijin and Honglian had made sufficient preparations for this trip. They had prepared quite a few defensive and killing formations. Even though the vengeful spirits of the Holy Emperor had reached an extremely terrifying number, they remained fearless.
After the time it took for a stick of incense to burn out, tiny cracks had already appeared on the eighteen dragon scales. Clearly, they could not hold on for much longer. Meanwhile, the few of them had only advanced a thousand meters during this period of time.
"We've prepared a limited number of formations. We can't just exhaust them like this. We need to move forward quickly. Jianchen, enter the artifact space first. The three of us will work together to kill our way through," Ruijin said with a heavy voice.
Jianchen did not hesitate at all. He immediately pulled out the saint artifact and entered the artifact space. Afterward, the saint artifact was placed in Ruijin's bosom. The moment the eighteen dragon scales shattered, the three of them erupted with their peak battle prowess at the same time. They stabbed into the vengeful spirits before them like a sharp blade, charging forward with an unstoppable momentum.
During that time, the three of them had endured many powerful attacks from the vengeful spirits of the Holy Emperor. If it were not for their origin energy treasures, they probably would have been heavily injured long ago.
At the same time, the many Holy Emperor experts led by the ten protector clans entered the third floor of the Death Nest as well. Saint Force of various attributes flickered around all of them. From afar, they seemed like tiny lanterns as they circulated their energy to fend off the vile energies.
As soon as they entered the third floor, their faces immediately changed. They all looked in the same direction.
The disturbance caused by Ruijin's group and the Holy Emperor's vengeful spirits was just too great. Although they were very far away, they could clearly sense the violent pulses of energy.
"Oh no, someone got here before us and has already begun fighting with the vengeful spirits," a red-robed old man said with a heavy voice. He was a grand elder from the Heaven's Incense School, one of the protector clans, "said a red-robed old man in a deep voice.
"The Saints' Fruit has only just ripened. We all hurried over as quickly as possible, so how is it possible for someone to arrive here before us?" A ruddy, sagely old man from the Shenxiao sect said with a deep voice. He frowned.
"The people over there are extremely powerful. They're no weaker than some of us, yet they can still fight so intensely against the attacks of so many vengeful spirits. This definitely isn't something someone at Great Perfection like the Holy Emperor can do," Yi Yangzi from the Yiyuan sect said with a heavy voice. The light in his eyes flickered.
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