Chapter 2478: Four Gods Descend, One Heavenly God

Shangguan Biao said nothing.

Xiyi smiled and said: "Mother Sovereign, my lord, you have no way out now."

The Heavenly God had long since judged that, given the Earth Mother's temperament, she would not actively seek help from the Heavenly Demons unless the situation was dire or the opponent too strong.

If the Heavenly God cannot obtain what he wants, he might as well turn and leave; if the Earth Mother loses this great battle, she might not even keep her life.

This is not a matter of victor and vanquished bandit, but of victor and utter ruin.

The Earth Mother is too greedy—still thinking of the Grand Vase at a time like this? Given the current situation in Yujing City, does she really have any room to bargain?

After hearing this, Shangguan Biao felt oddly relieved:

"Fine, then it's settled."

He pointed backward with his backhand at the black hole: "Enter now. Bring out whatever trump cards you have."

The Heavenly Demon brothers had repeatedly emphasized to him that the Lingxu crowd possessed great divine abilities and ultimate skills. He wanted to see what kind of path the Heavenly Demons who once stood equal to the Dragon God and the strongest immortals in ancient times actually followed.

Xiyi and the other exchanged a glance: "We must summon reinforcements within this Secret Realm."

"We can."

Xiyi then said to his brother: "Longjiang ran out of control—bring it back. It is the main body."

Shangguan Biao was puzzled: "Longjiang?"

"Those few Chaobeasts we released earlier," Xiyi explained. "The largest one is still wandering in Yujing City; we must retrieve it. You go find its location."

Chaobeasts are mutated killing machines, their temperament extremely violent, their minds filled only with killing intent—even Heavenly Gods find them hard to control.

The larger the body and the greater the strength, the more prone they are to losing control.

That hill-sized Chaobeast king is the key to Xiyi's succession plan, yet although the two Heavenly Gods have retrieved all the other Chaobeasts, this one simply refuses to be recalled.

Shangguan Biao: "..."

What, the Chaobeasts they summoned can still go berserk—can this even work? These two are getting less and less reliable.

Yet he still suppressed his anger and closed his eyes.

Not long after, he opened his eyes and said: "Having left the Secret Realm, go west seventeen li—it lies in the fault zone."

Wuyu nodded, turned, and walked out.

After a full two and a half ke, he returned, his left arm severed at the shoulder, his right hand gripping a thick iron chain, the other end of which was tied to that giant beast.

"I used the Holy Sovereign's talisman to subdue it."

The giant beast still appeared unusually ferocious, yet was dragged along by the chain. Its belly bore an inlaid copper talisman, its inscriptions dancing above the copper, each character glowing with Jin Guang.

These were runes Shangguan Biao did not recognize—Heavenly Demon script.

Without the talisman personally written by the Lingxu Holy Sovereign, Wuyu could not have bound this great beast. The key point is, he lacks both the ability and the courage to seriously injure Longjiang, for it still has great use.

Shangguan Biao wrote his impatience all over his face: "Exactly how is it used? Time is pressing—hurry up!"

Next, Xiyi reopened his own Ice Realm, releasing the two giant Chaobeasts he had previously stored within.

There was also another one that looked unfamiliar, yet equally ferocious.

Shangguan Biao also noticed a detail:

"These 'Chaobeasts' were originally demonic beasts, weren't they? Why do they look so... uncoordinated?"

Though these Chaobeasts specially crafted by Xiyi bear the appearance of demonic beasts, every single one can stand upright on two legs, with hind limbs longer than forelimbs.

Hmm, he thought, these things' appearances seem somewhat like humans.

"They are vessels, meant to bear the supreme divine power of the Great Heavenly God!"

Xiyi further said: "Invoking the Great Heavenly God to descend is not something that can be done in a moment—fortunately, we have prepared for this long in advance."

When He Lingchuan once caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, no Heavenly God pursued him until he escaped, precisely because the invocation process is extremely complex and time-consuming. After suffering that loss, the Heavenly Gods re-optimized the descent procedure, reducing the preparatory time by one-third.

After summoning all the giant beasts, the Xiyi brothers formed hand seals resembling a treasure vase, murmuring incantations.

The Invocation Art!

But unlike how humans chant the Invocation Art, their entire bodies radiated dazzling light, even their seven orifices glowing.

That voice echoed again and again within the Secret Realm, extraordinarily loud.

The Heavenly God must invoke within this Secret Realm; otherwise, enemies outside would immediately know what they were up to.

By the fourth chant, both brothers were drenched in sweat, their hand seals trembling slightly—appearing even more strenuous than their previous battle against the host of immortals.

Upon completing this chant, the Secret Realm's entrance suddenly flew in four streaks of black light, coming with overwhelming force.

Shangguan Biao instinctively clenched his fists.

However, these four streaks of dark light did not target him for misfortune, but instead pierced straight into the seven orifices of those several giant beasts.

The previously restless giant Chaobeasts, constantly straining against their shackles, suddenly fell silent, their eyes dull and unfocused.

"What is going on?" Shangguan Biao asked. "Another four divine descents?"

"Four divine descents, but only one true deity was summoned!" Xiyi lowered his hands, enunciating each word: "His Honorific Title is 'Jialuo Heaven'!"

Shangguan Biao startled. Though there are many gods in the Heavenly Realm, he pays them little heed, having heard only of a few.

Jialuo Heaven is one of them.

After Miao Zhantian's death, Jialuo Heaven's prestige in the Lingxu Realm rose once again.

"Are you saying Jialuo Heaven descended with four avatars?" Shangguan Biao himself is an expert in avatar techniques.

"One could say that," Xiyi told him. "The power of Jialuo Heaven's Honor is too great for a single Chaobeast to bear—thus we must employ the method of division."

Shangguan Biao heard this and was somewhat moved.

Did Jialuo Heaven divide his power into four parts, each projected onto a giant Chaobeast?

Dividing power is not as simple as slicing a watermelon—"power" itself cannot be clearly defined or quantified.

What terrifying mastery this is.

Xiyi added: "Furthermore, the power that descended this time is not the full power of Jialuo Heaven's Honor. Before setting out, we did not know we would still have to fight the Nine Abysses, so we brought only a limited number of giant Chaobeasts."

"Is that so? Then how much of Gaoluo Tian's power do these represent?"

Xiyu didn't say anything more—this is confidential.

After successfully summoning Gaoluo Tian, Xiyu performed the deity-summoning technique several more times, calling down two more deities. But the vessels they used were taken from the Frozen Realm—divine descent bodies and immortal bodies—no longer those of beast spirits.

If we could predict Jiǔyōu's appearance, the power the deities have prepared for today's battle could be increased severalfold.

Too bad money can't buy hindsight.

The massive Longjiang beast spirit suddenly spoke, its voice deep and rumbling like thunder—this was, of course, Gaoluo Tian speaking:

"Your Void Realm only contains one Jiǔyōu? How did you seal him in there, and how do you ensure he cannot escape?"

It had six eyes, and when they all fixed on a person, they became six beams of red light, immensely imposing. However, Shangguan Biao was also a powerful soul cultivator and showed no fear, only saying: "He stepped into my trap, was transmitted into the Void Realm, and no other immortals or demons can enter."