Chapter 691: Blinded by Greed

At the same time, on the surging Forbidden Sea, in the sky, Xu Qing, who was returning to Fenghai Prefecture with the Captain, suddenly stopped his footsteps, a touch of confusion appearing in his expression, turning his head to look into the distance.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear some sounds echoing in his heart, and in a daze, some images flashed before his eyes rapidly.

But the images were not clear, like ink merging together, a piece of chaos.

Xu Qing's stopping and the expression that emerged made the Captain surprised, looking at the distant heaven and earth in the direction of Xu Qing's gaze, where there was nothing.

Thus, he asked curiously.

"Little Ah Qing, what's wrong with you, what are you looking at?"

Xu Qing did not speak, his expression becoming increasingly confused, until a long while later, when the Captain asked again curiously, Xu Qing's expression recovered, looking in the direction of the Black Spirit Domain, hesitating to speak.

"It seems, someone is summoning me."

"Summoning something I originally thought didn't exist."

Xu Qing murmured.

At the same time, on the Heitian Clan battlefield, the purple star descended from the sky, and the purple light covered the sky, making the originally bright firmament become dim instantly.

The earth was also like this, all things were like this, all living things at this moment, purple light as clothing.

There was even terrifying aura emanating from this purple moon star.

Looking around, more than half of the sky was covered by this purple star. With its arrival, the cultivators on both sides of this place could clearly see the pits and valleys on it.

And on this purple moon star, stood a huge stone tablet, shining with brilliant light, shocking to the eye.

The aura of a God erupted within, distorting heaven and earth, blurring the world, foreign matter turning into mist, rising in the eight directions, and there were countless purple insects within that mist.

They were sometimes substantial, sometimes illusory, and wherever they passed, heaven and earth changed color.

On the battlefield, those subordinates of the Tianlan King could not help but have their hearts roar, one by one breathing rapidly, trembling under this might.

As for the Heitian Clan side, those priests wearing purple robes had pious expressions, their voices becoming increasingly impassioned.

Other Heitian Clan members knelt down toward the purple moon in the sky one after another.

Clearly, to them, the descent of the purple moon represented that their God had not abandoned them, the God... was still here!

And all this, to the Tianlan King in mid-air, was like a heaven-shaking thunderbolt.

As a Nurturing God, he naturally understood the terror of Gods, and also understood that facing a God, his combat power had no possibility of counterattack.

"How could it be like this!

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"Red Mother, did she wake up? No, their prayer is not about the Red Mother, but a Purple Lord!"

"This Purple Lord, I have never heard of it. Is it transformed from the Red Mother? Or an ancient God unknown to people?"

The Tianlan King's heart trembled. He could feel that the purple moon star was real, the might and aura, and the purple insect mist appearing all around—all of this was unprecedentedly real.

This was completely a God's descent!

Thus, all the fluctuations and horror turned into a storm roaring in his heart, churning like a heaven-shaking wave.

He had no hesitation, and couldn't care about the life and death of his subordinates. The only thought floating in his mind was to escape!

Before the Purple Lord appeared, escape with everything he had.

Only in this way would he have a chance of survival.

The Tianlan King gnashed his teeth fiercely and roared in a low voice.

"Retreat!"

After speaking, he turned around instantly, his speed erupting to the limit, flashing toward the distance.

As a Nurturing God powerhouse, as one of the eighteen Heavenly Kings participating in this Heitian Clan war, he did not want to die.

He knew very well that this battle between the human race and the Heitian Clan was launched from more than ten directions against these two domains of the Heitian Clan, with each Heavenly King responsible for one direction.

So even if he failed here, the impact on the overall situation was not fatal, but it would hinder the Seventh Prince's entry into the Saint Lan Domain, and he had not completed his promise to the Human Emperor.

But compared to his own life, these... naturally didn't count for anything.

In an instant, the Tianlan King's figure disappeared under the purple moon star, flashing toward the distance continuously, and his departure made the subordinates on the ground bitter, one by one despair appearing in their eyes, retreating one after another.

But they actually understood that in front of a God, their retreat had little possibility of success.

And the Heitian Clan side did not take the opportunity to launch an attack, retreating rapidly after the chanting ended, using the might of the purple moon to shake off the previous situation, and was withdrawing.

Just like this, time passed slowly. The Heitian Clan side had already gone far away, and the subordinates of the Tianlan King who were retreating continuously gradually revealed doubt, because... they did not see the God appear.

Even the purple moon in the sky began to fade at this moment, and the distortion and blurriness all around also slowly dissipated. The foreign matter seemed to be mainly illusory, and the true lethality was far inferior to the appearance shown by the might and aura.

It was as if... this was just a mirror image.

Until the next moment, the purple moon star in the sky dissipated completely, and between heaven and earth, everything recovered.

On the ground, the Tianlan King's subordinates were all confused, and soon someone reacted. They... were tricked!

This was not a God's descent, this was more like a kind of illusion.

This realization made everyone's hearts churn, and soon long rainbows whistled in the sky, and the Tianlan King returned.

His face was ugly, his expression gloomy to the extreme, his eyes containing anger, and the murderous intent in his heart had already become thick to the extreme, spreading rapidly.

He had instinctively fled before, and after fleeing for a distance, he reacted, and clues appeared in his heart.

Thus, he returned tentatively and saw with his own eyes the scene of the purple moon disappearing.

All of this made him completely understand that he... had fallen into a trap!

At this moment, anger roared, red appeared in his eyes, staring dead at the distance.

That was the direction where the Heitian Clan army and those seventeen priests had fled.

If not for his misjudgment, these Heitian Clan armies would have been destroyed by him at this moment, especially the seventeen priests inside, who were his strategic targets.

And they would have been killed by him.

The war in the area he was responsible for could also have ended.

He would have successfully completed his promise to the Human Emperor, and would also have allowed the Seventh Prince to truly obtain the Saint Lan Domain as a fief.

But now, an accident occurred.

Under the gaze of everyone, he was actually scared away by the Heitian Clan.

This was humiliation, extreme humiliation.

Thinking of this, his anger was heaven-shaking. This anger came on one hand from his previous panic, and on the other hand, it came from his face.

Thus, the Tianlan King immediately issued a decree to his subordinate army.

"All troops listen to the order, pursue and kill the remnants of the Heitian Clan. Wherever you pass, all Heitian Clan cultivators are to be killed, not a single one left!"

His voice echoed on the battlefield, but his subordinates no longer had their past fanaticism. They had seen the scene of the Tianlan King fleeing, and their hearts were complex.

And the majesty of the Nurturing God made them have to obey.

But there was a deputy general responsible for the deployment of immortal arts who couldn't help but ascend to the sky and come to the Tianlan King, speaking in a low voice.

"Heavenly King, the immortal arts that cooperate with the war have not yet spread to a wider range and need some time. If we pursue rashly..."

The Tianlan King's face was cold, turning to look at the deputy general in front of him.

"Are you resisting the order?"

"This subordinate dares not," the deputy general lowered his head.

"The army, move immediately!" The Tianlan King's expression was gloomy, his voice echoing like heavenly thunder. After the battlefield exploded, the army soon rushed out following him, pursuing in the direction where the Heitian Clan had fled.

In front of the Tianlan King, the momentum was like a rainbow.

But the pursuit was not smooth. The Heitian Clan's withdrawal method was mainly teleportation, so they needed to continuously lock onto the teleportation traces.

Just like this, under the pursuit of the army, three days later, the Tianlan King's army penetrated deep into the Black Spirit Domain, where black mist filled the air, covering the eight directions.

According to the clues along the way, the last battle of the Heitian Clan army was entering here, and those seventeen priests were also inside.

Looking at that place, the Tianlan King was silent, but following the teleportation fluctuations transmitted from within, a decisive look appeared in his eyes, and he immediately gave the order.

Soon, his figure and his subordinate army set off a storm on the ground, stepping into the mist.

The mist churned, submerging everything.

Seven days later, the mist in this part of the Black Spirit Domain suddenly churned, rising toward the sky with a rumbling sound, and there was even a deafening sound accompanied by a huge mushroom cloud, spreading in all directions.

At the edge of the mist, one after another embarrassed figures rushed out rapidly. The person in the lead was none other than the Tianlan King.

It was just that at this moment, he no longer had the majesty he had when he stepped in here. His eyes revealed unwillingness, his armor collapsed, his face was pale, his injuries were serious, and blood was flowing all over his body.

As for the subordinates who rushed out behind him, they were all like this, one by one seriously injured, their auras weak.

And the number... was only one-tenth of what it used to be.

Nine-tenths of the army did not return with him.

Ninety percent of the army did not return with it.

"The Heitian Clan, first used the illusory descending God to deter me, making me lose face, missing the opportunity, anger surpassing reason, so without the immortal arts spreading, I pursued and killed them here."

"The role of the immortal arts was to prevent the Heitian Clan from appearing with large-scale self-destruction items."

"And they deployed a fragment of a Domain Treasure here and detonated it."

Thinking of this, the Tianlan King felt remorse in his heart, but at this moment his injuries were too serious, and he was even more worried that the Heitian Clan had other arrangements, so he gnashed his teeth and could only take people away as soon as possible.

Until he returned to the edge of the Saint Lan Domain and gathered with the garrison army, his emotions of unwillingness, hatred, and remorse were still stronger. More importantly, he didn't know how to explain this matter to the Human Emperor.

It was also at this time that he saw several information jade slips sent by the Seventh Prince to the garrison army before.

It was also at this time that he saw the several information jade slips that the Seventh Imperial Prince had previously sent to the garrison army.

The second one was that Fenghai Prefecture possessed the Sun of Dawn, the Seventh Prince's own residence was erased, and the losses were heavy.

Looking at these two jade slips, murderous intent surged in the Tianlan King's eyes. He found a reason to explain his defeat to the Human Emperor.

That was, Fenghai Prefecture's reinforcements were slack, causing the immortal arts power to be insufficient, and the law could not spread to the depths of the domain in time, thus making himself fall into a completely passive situation alone.

Therefore, he was defeated. ===== CHAPTER 692 =====

Thus, they were defeated.