Chapter 1723: The Burning Heaven Sovereign's Low Posture! I Choose to Refuse!

"Burning Heaven Sovereign?!"

Not far away, Mu Wanqing and Chu Kuang both cried out in surprise, their faces changing instantly.

Supreme Sovereign!

That is an existence standing at the peak of the universe!

Xu Jingming's pupils also contracted slightly.

One must know that the Burning Heaven Sovereign is a Supreme Sovereign.

Could it be that he has been staying near this Primordial Ancient Battlefield all along just to protect Royce?

Otherwise, how could he descend directly?

But he soon noticed something abnormal.

Although the aura of this phantom is vast, its divine power level is only that of an ordinary Immortal.

Obviously, this is not the true body of the Burning Heaven Sovereign descending.

Rather, it is a wisp of will projected through some special means.

"Young friend."

The phantom of the Burning Heaven Sovereign looked toward Xu Jingming, and its tone was unexpectedly calm:

"Royce is my son.

Today's matter may perhaps be a misunderstanding.

I swear by my reputation.

As long as you spare my son, the Burning Heaven Clan will surely repay you generously.

Cultivation methods, treasures, resources—you may choose as you wish."

He lowered his posture greatly, appearing extremely sincere.

This left Royce stunned.

Father...... When did he become so easy to talk to?

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming raised his sword eyebrows, staring at the Burning Heaven Sovereign:

"A Supreme Sovereign can speak to me in such a low posture.

And after sparing him, there are still heavy gifts...... It indeed sounds quite good."

Upon hearing this, Royce's face instantly lit up with ecstatic joy.

Indeed!

His background is truly invincible!

The Burning Heaven Sovereign also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Generous repayment?

Of course it's a lie.

To dare lay a hand on his son—if not reducing him to ashes and scattering his soul, that would already be mercy!

As long as we first stabilize this brat, wait for his true body to arrive......

However, in the next instant.

Xu Jingming's voice rang out, clear and icy:

"But, I choose to refuse!"

"What?"

The smile on the Burning Heaven Sovereign's face froze there.

Royce even thought he had misheard.

"I say, I refuse."

Xu Jingming repeated it, his eyes showing no wavering whatsoever: "Those who harm Ye Li, die!"

With the words spoken, he no longer hesitated, his long spear thrusting out like a dragon!

"You dare?!"

The Burning Heaven Sovereign's expression changed drastically, his phantom raising a hand to try to block.

But this will-phantom only possesses the divine power of an ordinary Immortal.

Under the suppression of the Chaos Pearl, its movements are as slow as a snail.

"No——!!!"

Amid Royce's despairing howl, the Ninefold Thunder Prison Spear fiercely slammed into his divine body.

"Boom——!!!"

The Yang Day Divine Thunder erupted completely.

Royce's divine body, like shattered porcelain, crumbled inch by inch, turning into countless points of light filling the sky.

However, at the very moment his divine body was completely annihilated.

"Hum!"

The Burning Heaven Mirror lit up again.

A faint red light wrapped around Royce's last trace of remnant soul, sinking into the mirror's surface.

"Huh?"

Xu Jingming frowned, "Still have a trump card?"

Immortal divine spirits possess extremely tenacious vitality.

Even if the divine body is annihilated, relying solely on the divine soul, one can still survive.

But that strike just now, he held nothing back.

By rights, it should have annihilated the other party's soul together.

But unexpectedly, that mere wisp of lingering soul was actually preserved by the Sky-Burning Mirror.

Although that remnant soul was weak to the point of nearly dissipating, it was still alive after all.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Burning Heaven Ruler's phantom trembled all over with rage, scarlet eyes fixed dead on Xu Jingming:

"Daring to kill my son right before my eyes!

No matter who you are, no matter who backs you, you are dead for sure!

My true body is already on the way, you cannot escape!

In heaven or on earth, across the universe and starry sky, there will be no place for you to stand!"

His voice exploded like Lei Ting, carrying boundless fury and killing intent.

A Supreme Ruler's wrath — even the galaxy will tremble for it!

However, Xu Jingming merely glanced at him indifferently.

Then he raised his hand and thrust out a spear.

"Pfft."

The Burning Heaven Ruler's will avatar.

Shattered like a bubble, dissipating into the air.

"Crazy! This guy is crazy!"

"The Burning Heaven Ruler has arrived, yet he still dared to kill Royce!"

In the distance,

Colt, who had witnessed everything with his own eyes, only felt his scalp go numb.

That was the Burning Heaven Ruler!

A Supreme Ruler-level existence!

Even if it was just a will avatar, it represented the Burning Heaven Family's dignity!

But Su Chen?

He couldn't even be bothered to speak another word of nonsense with the Burning Heaven Ruler, directly piercing and shattering him with a spear thrust!

This was no longer mere audacity, this was outright madness!

"Does he not fear the Burning Heaven Ruler's retaliation?

Not fear the Burning Heaven Family's hunt?"

Colt screamed wildly in his heart, but his feet dared not pause in the slightest.

Royce had a Supreme Ruler behind him, had a Realm Venerable ancestor, yet Su Chen dared to kill him.

And him?

He was merely the Time Ruler's disciple.

Although his status was noble, in the end he was not a blood child.

Su Chen even dared to kill Royce, so how could he care about a mere disciple like him?

"Run! Must run!"

Colt frantically mobilized his divine power.

Even at the cost of burning his divine body, trying to tear open a path to survival within the Chaos Pearl's suppression domain.

Although burning his divine body might permanently damage his foundation.

But he could no longer care about that.

He only wanted to survive!

"Whoosh!"

Colt turned into a streak of white light, fleeing frantically toward the ruins' outer perimeter.

However—

"Hmph! Want to escape? Raging Thunder Storm!"

Xu Jingming's cold voice, like the Grim Reaper's pronouncement, exploded beside Colt's ear.

He didn't even make a single superfluous movement, merely a thought.

"Rumble——!!!"

A golden-green lightning storm condensed out of thin air!

The storm's diameter exceeded ten thousand meters.

Inside, Lei Guang danced like dragons and snakes, a destructive aura pervading heaven and earth!

Colt only felt an irresistible suction force coming from behind.

His whole body was involuntarily dragged toward the storm's center!

"No! Su Chen!

Spare me! There's no great enmity between us!"

Colt pleaded in a torn voice:

"I never thought to target you!

Let me go! I can hand over all my treasures!"

He struggled desperately.

Ripples of the Time Origin Law surfaced on his divine body, trying to slow the lightning storm's suction.

However, under the suppression of the Chaos Pearl, he could not even exert half of his strength.

The ripple of the Time Origin Law had just emerged when it was torn to shreds by the violent Lei Ting!

"No great grudge?"

Xu Jingming finally turned around, his gold-purple eyes sweeping coldly over Keurte:

"When you struck at Night Li and the others, did you ever consider showing mercy?"

His gaze was icy as he controlled the thunderstorm to continuously contract.

"Su Chen! My master is the Lord of Time!

You kill me, and he will never let you go!"

Keurte, seeing that pleading was useless, turned to threats.

Yet Xu Jingming remained unmoved.

"Lord of Time? So what?"

He spoke lightly, his voice without the slightest ripple:

"Those who harm Night Li, die."

As the words fell, he clenched his five fingers tightly!

"Sizzle—!!!"

The thunderstorm contracted instantly!

The golden-green Lei Guang, like countless blades, frenziedly sliced through Keurte's divine body!

"Ah—!!!"

A piercing, agonized howl echoed across the heavens.

Keurte's divine body rapidly dissolved in the thunderstorm.

From limbs to torso, then to the skull......

After a few breaths, the wailing ceased abruptly.

Keurte's divine body completely disintegrated.

However—

At the very moment his divine body vanished, an anomaly suddenly arose!

"Hum!"

Not far away, the Burnt Heaven Mirror suddenly trembled violently, its surface bursting forth with blinding crimson light!

A thread-thin red line shot out from the mirror, swift as lightning, streaking across the void.

It precisely captured the last wisp of Keurte's fading remnant soul!