Chapter 165

In the golden flames, wailing incessantly, begging for mercy incessantly.

The might of the Golden Emperor's Heaven-Burning Flame can be said to have reached the extreme; at Bai Yuan's early Core Formation cultivation, it can easily oppose two divine-level beings.

However, as divine-level beings equivalent to early Nascent Soul or a Dou Zong, even if the Golden Emperor's Heaven-Burning Flame is stronger, if the user's cultivation is insufficiently high, they can still barely resist for a while.

"Big brother, should we let them go? Their backing Divine Realm must be formidable, right?" Xiao Xun'er asked cautiously.

Bai Yuan looked at Xiao Xun'er; due to over-exertion his face was somewhat pale, but he did not answer, instead asking: "Xun'er, my spiritual power is exhausted now; do you think if we let them go, they will let us go?"

Xiao Xun'er's small mouth opened slightly, just about to answer, when one of the two divine officials, as if hearing, shouted loudly with a pleading expression.

"As long as you let us go, we will immediately return to the Divine Realm, guaranteeing we will never descend to the Lower Realm again; if we break this oath, may heaven strike us with thunder!"

Xiao Xun'er closed her mouth and looked toward Bai Yuan.

Bai Yuan calmly instructed: "Now he is the fish and meat, I am the knife and cutting board; if you let them go, later we will be the fish and meat and they the knife and cutting board, so do you want to gamble on their kindness?"

"Bet our lives."

Xiao Xun'er froze for a moment.

If it were merely betting money or cultivation techniques, Xiao Xun'er might agree, because she fundamentally does not care about such things; losing them would be nothing.

But to bet her own and her benefactor's lives—

Xiao Xun'er could not do it, and she also heard that Bai Yuan was advising her not to show mercy, merely to help her cross the mental barrier of killing an enemy for the first time.

Indeed, Xiao Xun'er had never killed anyone before; as a young lady of the ancient clan about to be sent to the Xiao family, how could she have enemies?

Without further thought, Xiao Xun'er hardened her heart, no longer heeding the wails of the two divine officials, allowing the Golden Emperor's Heaven-Burning Flame to blaze across heaven and earth, to melt the ground and burn through space.

At that moment, the two divine officials also seemed to understand Xiao Xun'er's resolve; their pleas turned into curses.

"You two just wait! The Divine Realm will not let you off!"

"***, you dare kill Divine Realm officials—you will come to a bad end, never to be reborn!"

The two divine officials struggled to resist the Golden Emperor's Heaven-Burning Flame, while endless ** poured from their mouths, making Xiao Xun'er furious.

"Don't you dare insult my mother!"

The two divine officials completely ignored Xiao Xun'er, which made her furious; she wanted to jump from Bai Yuan's hand and slap them twice.

Emotional venting through magical damage is never as direct as physical harm; the latter is more immediate and better for releasing angry shouts.

Bai Yuan stopped her, saying: "No need to quarrel with the dead."

Xiao Xun'er took a deep breath and nodded lightly.

Time swiftly passed; within the golden flames, the voices of the two divine officials grew ever weaker, finally turning into two specks of ash that vanished completely from this world.

With the fall of the two divine officials, the golden flames began to dissipate in this heaven and earth, yet Bai Yuan's expression grew grave to the extreme.

The pawn the Asura God had sent him was eaten; without rules to block the way, he will likely immediately dispatch a stronger piece.

This piece is at least a third-level god; if spoken of more highly, it could be a second-level god, first-level god, or even the Asura God himself, shamelessly descending personally.

Thus Bai Yuan remained prepared, taking from the system space the fourth earth base of the Five Elements Formation, gaining half-step to Divine Transformation cultivation.

With that, combined with the Golden Emperor's Heaven-Burning Flame, there might be a chance to incinerate a Divine King, after all it is the fourth heavenly fire capable of easily burning a Dou Sheng.

According to the equivalence of divine officials to Dou Zong, the Divine Realm's Five Great Divine Kings are at most equivalent to early- to mid-stage Dou Zun, while the Dragon God is late-stage Dou Zun or a half-saint.

And if the Asura God were to die, the Divine Realm's remaining Four Great Divine Kings would be unlikely to choose a death match with Bai Yuan, for that would demonstrate his power to slay a Divine King.

However, forcibly doing so would likely exceed Xiao Xun'er's bodily limits, causing Bai Yuan to literally burst her apart.

However, contrary to Bai Yuan's expectations, with the deaths of the two divine officials, the Asura God did not even personally descend to the Lower Realm to face Bai Yuan, nor did any stronger new deity appear.

"What is going on?" Bai Yuan wondered.

But he did not know that at this moment, in the Divine Realm—

The Five Great Divine Kings sat at the negotiation table of the Divine Realm Committee.

Clad in dark-red magically etched armor, the Asura God slammed his hands on the table and rose, his blood-red eyes wide open, glaring angrily at the God of Destruction seated opposite.

"Destruction! A brat from the Lower Realm dared to kill my subordinate divine officials; according to Divine Realm regulations, obstructing Divine Realm enforcers is a capital offense—so why are you blocking my descent?"

The Asura God appeared ablaze with fury, his extreme killing intent spreading unchecked through the hall, a picture of having lost reason to rage.

It seemed as if the divine officials slain by Bai Yuan were not deliberately sent by him to be killed, but rather were like kin to the Asura God.

The God of Destruction, wearing a purple great cloak, gave the Asura God a bland glance, his indifferent voice echoing in the hall.

"Asura, you previously lost your Divine Realm enforcement authority for colluding with the Abyss Holy Lord and forcing the death of the Dou Luo plane's master; this time you privately dispatched divine officials to the Lower Realm, already violating the rules."

Last time, when Bai Yuan proved his innocence with his death, the Asura God could not produce evidence that he had not colluded with the Abyss Holy Lord, and moreover the "Lord of the Dou Luo plane" truly died.

Therefore, the Asura God has been stripped by the Divine Realm Committee of his status as a Divine Realm enforcer, losing the authority to dispatch divine officials and fully carry out missions in the Lower Realm.

And this Divine Realm enforcer position is naturally filled in by Destruction as a temporary substitute.

The Asura God, as if having prepared his words beforehand, said: "Destruction, I was merely in a hurry to serve the Divine Realm, to resolve anomalies on the Dou Luo star, and thus forgot that I had already been removed from office."

The God of Destruction chuckled: "Because you were in a hurry and forgot you'd been dismissed? I see you're doing this because Bai Yuan offended you, wanting to slaughter his disciples and wipe them out."

The Asura God shouted angrily: "Destruction, what do you mean! Bai Yuan's disciple dared to kill Divine Realm enforcers; such a madman, if not severely punished, where would the face of our Divine Realm be placed?"

"I think you are colluding with him to slander me, profiting afterward and then showing favoritism! Someone like you is unfit to be a Divine Realm enforcer!"

The Asura God's anger has now reached its peak; he is only one step away from obtaining that wooden board, surpassing even divine artifacts, from the White Emperor's hand.

But he was blocked by the God of Destruction.

At this moment the Asura God has firmly resolved that, once he obtains that board, his first act will be to slay Destruction.

Afterwards, the Asura God and the God of Destruction argued in the Divine Realm Committee; had there not been other Divine Kings present, they would likely have already come to blows.

(End of chapter)