Above the Tao family, the eight Holy Emperor experts — Jianchen, Tie Ta, Nubis, Qing Yixuan, Tai Dou, Lan Jing, Xin Pian, and Mochas — proudly hovered a hundred meters in the air. They were all emotionless and cold as vast presences flooded the surroundings, enveloping the entire Tao family.
Under the pressure of the eight of them, the space there seemed to become heavy. The weaker clansmen of the Tao family all paled, and a small portion of them even began to bleed from the corner of their mouths. Their organs were unable to withstand the pressure and had ruptured from the supreme presence.
Even the Saint Rulers of the Tao family revealed extremely unnatural expressions. Powerful energy revolved around them as they did everything they could to resist the tremendous presence that constantly descended from the sky.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort rang out from the majestic hall at the very center of the Tao family. Afterward, the nine tremendous presences of the Holy Emperor swept up from below without showing any weakness. They violently collided with the presences of Jianchen and the others like frenzied tigers.
Bang!
The two formless auras fiercely collided, and a dull sound rang out in the air. The elemental energy between heaven and earth was also affected. In an instant, it became berserk, and then it turned into a storm that wreaked havoc in all directions. It blew up the sand and stones on the ground, and smoke and dust filled the sky.
The two sides clashed with presences this time, but no one gained the upper hand.
Tao Zhengtian flew up from below with a sunken face. The eight Holy Emperor experts from the alliance of several large clans followed behind him. Their expressions were all very ugly.
"You're the ruler of the Turtle clan?" Tao Zhengtian coldly asked as he stared at Jianchen. He then quickly studied the seven other people beside Jianchen and was immediately surprised. He had never thought that the Turtle clan would actually have eight Holy Emperor experts. They were only one less than the alliance of several large clans. However, what shocked him even more was that the five of them had actually recovered from their wounds.
Tao Zhengtian knew the wounds of the five of them extremely well. Three days ago, he had predicted that it would take several years for them to recover from their wounds. As a matter of fact, it would even leave behind irreparable sequelae after they recovered. Even with the sacred medicine they possessed, it would still take them a year or so to recover. Yet now, in just three short days, the five of them had completely recovered. They did not seem to have suffered any sequelae at all, which completely overturned Tao Zhengtian's understanding.
"That's right. I am the ruler of the Turtle clan, Tao Zhengtian. This king will make your Tao family pay for the debt from three days ago," Jianchen sneered.
A sliver of disdain appeared in Tao Zhengtian's eyes when he heard that. He also sneered, "Ruler of the Turtle clan, your Turtle clan actually has eight 15th and 16th Star experts. This has indeed exceeded Old Man's expectations, but if you think that you can defeat my Tao family with just these eight experts, you're sorely mistaken."
Jianchen's gaze gradually sharpened, becoming as sharp as a blade. Along with it was a powerful killing intent. He sneered, "Really? Then let's see just who's sorely mistaken." With that, the Emperor Armament appeared in Jianchen's hand. At that moment, Jianchen's presence suddenly changed. If he was described as an ordinary person before, he was now like a sword that stood in the world with a surging presence.
"Kill!" Suddenly, Jianchen bellowed out. He aggressively charged toward Tao Zhengtian with the Emperor Armament in hand.
At the same time, Nubis, Tie Ta, Qing Yixuan, Tai Dou, Lan Jing, Xin Pian, and Mochas began to move as well. Mochas, who had reached the peak of the Sixth Heavenly Layer, faced off against the ancestor of the Moxi clan, who was at the Seventh Heavenly Layer. Lan Jing and Xin Pian, two experts at the Sixth Heavenly Layer, faced off against two Sixth Heavenly Layer Holy Emperor from the Tao family. Qing Yixuan faced off against a Fifth Heavenly Layer Holy Emperor, while Nubis and Tai Dou faced off against a Fourth Heavenly Layer Holy Emperor.
As for Tie Ta, he faced off against two Holy Emperors by himself. However, the two Holy Emperors were the weakest existences in the Tao family. One of them was at the Second Heavenly Layer while the other was at the Third Heavenly Layer Holy Emperor.
Jianchen had decided on this arrangement along the way. Including Jianchen, all of them aimed to keep their opponents busy. In the end, Tie Ta, who was the strongest, would be in charge of killing. They would start from the weakest one.
A total of seventeen Holy Emperor experts engaged in an intense battle in the air above the Tao family. They fought until the surroundings collapsed and the sun and moon dimmed. The terrifying ripples of energy that erupted turned into terrifying storms that wreaked havoc in the surroundings. Even the Ninth Heavenly Layer Saint Rulers dared not approach them.
Jianchen and Tao Zhengtian fought the most intense battle. Tao Zhengtian knew that Jianchen was not as strong as him, so he used his full strength right from the start. He wanted to finish off Jianchen as quickly as possible so that he could assist the others in dealing with the experts of the Turtle clan.
Jianchen's battle prowess was at the peak of the Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor when he was at his limit. He used his full strength against Tao Zhengtian, who was at the peak of the Eighth Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor. He did not hold back at all. He pushed the advantage of his Chaotic Body to the limit. Destructive Chaotic Force coiled around his Emperor Armament as he constantly stabbed out. Every single strike aimed at Tao Zhengtian's vitals.
The frequency of his sword strikes was extremely fast, each strike faster than the previous one, forming an impenetrable sword net in front of him.
However, Tao Zhengtian was at the peak of the Eighth Heavenly Layer after all. He had been through hundreds of battles, so his battle experience was no less than Jianchen's. He was still able to deal with Jianchen's attacks calmly. He would also use the Holy Emperor's abilities to restrain Jianchen's movements from time to time. Although the frozen space would be shattered by Jianchen's Emperor Armament before it could completely form, it still made things difficult for Jianchen. He gradually forced Jianchen into a disadvantageous position.
Although Jianchen was not as powerful as Tao Zhengtian, the difference between them was only a single Heavenly Layer. At the same time, Jianchen had experienced countless battles of various sizes in his life, so his battle experience was extremely plentiful as well. It would be extremely difficult for Tao Zhengtian to heavily injure Jianchen in a short amount of time.
Aside from Jianchen, Mochas had also fallen into a disadvantageous position. His opponent was the ancestor of the Moxi clan, who was at the Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor. He had already been forced back by the ancestor of the Moxi clan, so he was nowhere near as composed as Jianchen.
Below, the Tao family's territory had already been enveloped by a huge energy barrier, protecting the weaker members of the Tao family and preventing them from being affected by the shockwaves of the battle.
Even though the barrier was extremely tough, it was still rather difficult for it to block the shockwaves from the battle between seventeen Holy Emperor experts. The transparent barrier had already begun to shake under the constant attacks of the violent storms of energy, and it shook more and more.
Several tens of thousands of clansmen of the Tao family had already gathered within the barrier, but including the Saint Rulers, all of them stared at the shaking barrier nervously. They all knew that without the protection of the barrier, the Tao family would be razed to the ground by the shockwaves from the battle between over a dozen Saint Kings in a single moment.
At this moment, a dazzling golden light flashed. Tie Ta swung his axe, which was a meter long, with a single hand. It tore through the air with lightning-like speed, flying toward the Holy Emperor.
The golden axe contained a supreme battle intent, which seemed to be able to annihilate a person's soul. The Holy Emperor was the target of Tie Ta's attack, so he could sense the supreme battle intent within the golden axe the most. It shattered his courage in a single moment, and he actually felt like he could not resist the attack.
The golden light grew larger and larger in his eyes. The supreme battle intent had not only shattered his courage to fight, it had also taken away all of his focus. His soul had already been silently injured under the impact of the supreme battle intent.
Spurt! The golden axe passed through the Holy Emperor's body. His body was cleaved in half from his forehead, and his soul was wiped out before it could even escape.
The golden axe did not slow down at all after killing the Holy Emperor. It continued toward the energy barrier that protected the Tao family.
Boom!
The energy barrier immediately produced a deafening sound. The barrier was already on the verge of shattering from the shockwaves of energy from over a dozen Saint Kings. Coupled with Tie Ta's extraordinarily powerful attack from the axe, it could not endure any longer and loudly shattered.
After the Tao Family lost the protection of the energy barrier, the berserk energy ripples immediately surged down like a flood. In an instant, the densely packed buildings all around the Tao Family collapsed one after another, causing countless deaths and injuries.
Tao Zhengtian bellowed out at the sky. Extremely powerful killing intent radiated from his body as he yelled, "Expert of the Turtle clan, if you have the guts, let's fight to the death ten thousand kilometers away!"
"There's no need to go so far. Isn't it better to fight to the death right here?" Jianchen sneered. He was extremely happy inside. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, the Tao family would suffer heavy losses.
"Argh! Expert of the Turtle clan, Old Man will skin you alive and pull out your tendons! " Tao Zhengtian roared at the sky. After the barrier around the Tao family shattered, a third of the elite disciples of the Tao family had died. They were all the future hope of the Tao family.
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