Chapter 960: Who Said It Was Three Against One

"Immortal, is something the matter?"

"It is nothing, only that just now this little girl called Jinghong was speaking to her ring, perhaps because there is a person inside of it."

Lu Yang's heart stirred, and a sudden sense of shared plight with Senior Sister Jinghong arose within him.

Doubtless, Senior Sister Jinghong's ring also contained some great cultivator of immense renown who, fine as long as they remained silent, would cause their prestige to shatter the moment they spoke, rattling on incessantly on ordinary days and proving utterly useless during cultivation, leaving everything entirely to oneself.

"Immortal, did Senior Zhuiyue use the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions to make these two Divine Sovereigns so terrified?"

"Your vision is quite discerning; you have reached three-tenths of my own standard." The Immortal of Eternity felt deeply gratified, reflecting that her diligent guidance of Lu Yang on ordinary days had not been in vain, for it had granted him such vision today.

"The girl Bai Ri is quite sharp-witted; she imbued these two with the fear among the seven emotions, so surely in the eyes of those two so-called Divine Sovereigns, Bai Ri’s visage has already become equivalent to the person they fear most."

"Why did no Half-Immortal who mastered the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions use this method during ancient times?"

"Then, Immortal, do you know what the two of them want Bai Ye for?"

"Well, the deceased Laurel Tree only possesses the effect of strengthening the soul, so it is likely that someone requires their soul to be strengthened."

"The two of them seem to hold quite a high status in the Great Qian Dynasty, so it is probably for the use of some Immortal of the Great Qian Dynasty."

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"Who is this little girl?" As the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions ceased to spiral out of control, the disciples of the Immortal Palace stopped pursuing Lu Yang and instead noticed the commotion at the entrance of the palace.

Seeing Master Zhuiyue's petite and delicate stature, they assumed she was also a sister who had been afflicted by the poison.

However, they quickly dismissed this possibility; this little girl appeared even more powerful than Ancestor Fang, and was bound to be some eminent figure.

"Who are you!" The two Divine Sovereigns shook like chaff, their immense terror rendering them incapable of contemplating any superfluous matters.

"You are not worthy to know." How could Master Zhuiyue admit that this tiny tot before them now was herself.

Noticing the peculiar expression on Luo Hongxia's face, Ancestor Fang quietly transmitted her voice: "Little Luo, do you recognize this senior?"

"It is our Ancestor Zhuiyue."

"What?!" Ancestor Fang was greatly shocked; she had seen Ancestor Zhuiyue before, back when the Ancestor possessed an elegance that eclipsed her generation and a beauty peerless in the world, so how had she turned into a tiny tot now? Even a deviation in martial cultivation would not manifest in such a manner, would it?

"Do not ask for the specifics, Ancestor Zhuiyue forbids me from speaking of it."

"Oh."

Just as the two Divine Sovereigns were about to surrender and admit defeat, a complex and magnificent golden rune suddenly flashed across their brows, instantly restoring clarity to their minds.

"No, we fell into a trap!" Only then did the two Divine Sovereigns realize that their state just now was by no means normal.

"Fortunate indeed that we possess the protective runes bestowed upon us by our Lord."

"Just now she made you manifest sorrow, and now she makes the two of us feel dread; beware, the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit possessed by the opponent is related to emotion, likely the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions recorded in the ancient texts!"

Upon restoring his normal state, the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination immediately analyzed the current situation, his conjecture straying not far from the truth.

Troublesome indeed; matters of emotion were ethereal and illusory, and the embryonic form of the Vajra Dao Fruit he mastered was not adept at countering such a type of Dao Fruit.

Moreover, they could not repeatedly employ the protective runes given by the Emperor, for sooner or later the number of uses would be exhausted.

"The cultivators of later generations have indeed produced a few capable individuals."

The two Divine Sovereigns were, after all, experts who had emerged from that chaotic era of the early Great Qian, and they immediately conceived a method to alleviate the predicament.

"Thus have I heard, the Vajra possesses no dharma capable of destroying it, yet it can destroy all things, and such is wisdom likewise..."

The two Divine Sovereigns chanted Buddhist sutras in unison, subduing their straying and volatile thoughts to rectify their minds; though they could not completely resist the influence of the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions, they could greatly weaken it.

At the very least, they would not be too paralyzed by fear of Master Zhuiyue to even strike.

"I shall assist Senior!" Ancestor Fang feigned ignorance of Master Zhuiyue's identity, addressing her as senior as she came forward to reinforce the battle.

"Vajra Demon Extermination!" A layer of golden radiance surfaced upon the body of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination, with a dot of crimson between his brows, resembling a supreme Arhat of the Western Buddhist Kingdom, possessing three heads and six arms, holding six Vajra pestles, while his other two faces bore one compassionate and one wrathful gaze.

Master Zhuiyue conjured a wooden long spear within her arm; though made of wood, it was a portion of the Ancestral Laurel Tree, and beneath the level of Immortal Treasures, few substances could rival its strength.

The laurel spear was hurled accompanied by drifting petals, piercing through the void to strike precisely at the abdomen of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination, who extended a Vajra hand and easily snapped the laurel spear apart, leaving not a single trace of injury upon his abdomen.

"An embryonic form of a Dao Fruit that temporarily strengthens oneself, a Half-Immortal indeed," Master Zhuiyue thought to herself; she was not adept at offensive measures, and it seemed it would be difficult to subdue him within a short duration.

"Two against two, come then, let me witness the capability of you cultivators of later generations!" All three faces of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination laughed simultaneously, carrying an unspeakably eerie sensation.

"Who said it was two against two." Master Zhuiyue smiled faintly, causing the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination to feel that something was amiss.

A divine halberd swept across, striking directly against the waist of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination.

"Demon Subduer, what are you doing!" The Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination roared in fury; the Divine Sovereign of Demon Subduer had given him a sudden blow out of nowhere, and the distance had been too short for him to react.

Fortunate it was that he was currently in his Vajra state, otherwise that single blow just now would have left him severely wounded.

One could see that the eyes of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Subduer were thoroughly bloodshot as he panted heavily while looking at the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination, and it was only upon hearing the rebuke delivered with Buddhist resonance that his mind finally cleared.

"I—I do not know either; just now I simply found you rather unpleasant to look at, and wished to give you a blow." The Divine Sovereign of Demon Subduer explained in haste.

"How is it, do you still claim it is two against two now?" Master Zhuiyue smiled contemptuously; in a battle against a Half-Immortal of the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions, a multitude of people was the ultimate taboo, for once emotions were stirred, conflict would easily arise within the enemy's internal ranks.

Even though the Divine Sovereign of Demon Subduer had also chanted the scriptures, he had not become a Half-Immortal, which meant his state of mind was inferior to that of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination; thus, with both chanting the Buddhist sutras simultaneously, the resistant effect against the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Seven Emotions was also entirely different.

"It is merely three against one, do you think I would fear you!" The Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination no longer counted on the assistance of the Divine Sovereign of Demon Subduer, praying only that he would not add to the chaos.

"Who said it was three against one?"

Before the words had fully fallen, the ground churned, and thick tree roots rose abruptly from the earth like countless tentacles, save for the fact that these tentacles resembled white jade and bore no sense of eeriness.

Innumerable roots entwined the Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination, who struck with his fists, blasting the roots apart; yet these roots were only severed by half, quickly restoring to their original state to continue entangling him.

Behind Master Zhuiyue, an identical figure emerged, the two standing side by side, making it impossible to discern who was who.

"Little Ye, you are finally no longer asleep?"

"I was awakened by the noise." Bai Ye muttered with dissatisfaction.

She merely preferred to sleep during the day rather than being absolutely required to sleep during the day; if the Immortal Palace encountered an enemy, she would naturally step forth to resolve it.

After all, she was the Tribulation Transcendence stage measure of the Immortal Palace.

"The Ancestral Laurel Tree?!" The Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination had not expected the Ancestral Laurel Tree to have evolved to such a degree; he had thought the Ancestral Tree had merely birthed a consciousness, but looking at it now, it had clearly birthed a soul!

"Now, do you still claim it is three against one?" Master Zhuiyue asked from a height, her eyes cold.

The Divine Sovereign of Demon Extermination felt that he did not particularly need the Ancestral Laurel Tree either.