Chapter 434: Great Rebellion

Seeing the three-legged Golden Crow in the flames, Qingniao felt conflicted; his heart held both disappointment and joy. Naturally, his heart also harbored a hint of malice.

But looking at the High Priest beside him, he understood that trying to seize the origin of the three-legged Golden Crow was almost impossible.

If the High Priest were not by his side, then for him, this would absolutely be a good thing: he would directly kill the Primordial Spirit of the three-legged Golden Crow currently nurturing its spirit and seize its origin divine core.

Lord Divine Emperor indeed had great grace toward the Demon God lineage, and even had not insignificant grace toward him, but "every man for himself, or heaven and earth will destroy him"—this human saying was also applicable to their Demon race.

If he could seize the opponent's origin, his own foundation might reach a higher level, and the chance of breaking through to the Unity of Heaven and Man would be even greater.

Unfortunately, it was very difficult now.

Based on his understanding of the High Priest, the other party would inevitably risk his life to stop them. The High Priest's strength was at the peak of the Three Flowers realm.

The five of them joining forces would not fear this person, but once the High Priest risked his life, the five of them might not necessarily work in unison.

Qingniao understood this point very clearly in his heart.

They each harbored their own ulterior motives and could not possibly pull in the same direction; it was already quite good if they didn't scheme against each other.

The High Priest's strength made it very difficult for them to kill him. Once he risked his life, they might each retreat, because no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out.

In the end, the three-legged Golden Crow in the flames would fully awaken, and at that time, they would have no more chances and would instead be in danger.

Thus, the greed in his heart slowly dissipated.

However, the changes in Qingniao's inner thoughts were unknown to outsiders.

Upon seeing the five deities appear, the High Priest instantly became alert, appearing directly in front of the three-legged Golden Crow to block the gazes of the deities.

Watching the High Priest's actions, Baigui and the other deities all had sinking expressions, looking very unpleasant. What Qingniao could think of, they could naturally think of as well.

The three-legged Golden Crow before them reminded them of that Divine Emperor from back then.

Now that a three-legged Golden Crow had appeared again, regardless of whether it was newly born or that Divine Emperor reshaping his origin to return.

This was not a good thing for them.

Whether it was Baigui, Hebo, or the Tianshan God, they were not of the Demon race, nor were they of the Demon God lineage. Toward this Divine Emperor of the Demon race, their hearts were not all filled with excitement and gratitude.

It was true that under the leadership of that Divine Emperor, the Divine Court had indeed flourished greatly, even once destroying a peak human dynasty.

But so what?

Ten thousand years had passed, and they had grown accustomed to the unrestrained days of the current Divine Court; they did not want to return to the Divine Court of the past.

Although the Divine Court of the past was powerful, many deities in the Divine Court were not free; they had to strictly abide by the Divine Court laws established by the Divine Emperor.

The Divine Court of that time was like a dynasty.

Compared to those days, they naturally preferred the present; no one wanted someone riding on top of their heads.

And more importantly, that was the Divine Emperor's origin. If they could seize it and devour it, their own origin would absolutely improve by a large step, and the Unity of Heaven and Man would no longer be a dream.

Originally, they had come to this place to seize the Divine Emperor's divine core.

Seeing a new three-legged Golden Crow, they thought that if it were truly allowed to grow, it might be another Taiyi Divine Emperor, or the opponent might be Taiyi Divine Emperor himself.

This was not a good thing for the innate deity lineage.

They were originally the most powerful faction in the Divine Court. If it were truly the Divine Emperor returning, wouldn't they fall back into those days of the past?

Thinking of this, killing intent flashed through the eyes of Hebo and the other innate deities.

"High Priest, move aside, and we will let you leave."

Several deities knew the relationship between the High Priest and that Divine Emperor, but they still hoped the former would voluntarily retreat.

They did not want to clash with the High Priest at this moment.

"Hmph! Are you all trying to rebel?"

"This is the place where the Divine Emperor is reborn and awakened. You do not protect the Divine Emperor, and now you want to seize Lord Divine Emperor's origin; this is truly great rebellion."

The High Priest was full of fury and roared viciously.

How could he not see the killing intent in the eyes of Hebo and the others? Thus, the fury in his heart burned even more intensely.

These deities are truly too rebellious; if they had only been after the Divine Emperor's inheritance before, he would not have been angry.

After all, this is only human nature.

But now that the Divine Emperor's true form has been revealed, he does not believe they cannot see it.

"High Priest! There is only one Divine Emperor, and he is already dead; what is here now is merely a demon race member occupying the Divine Emperor's divine core."

"Since he can seize the Divine Emperor's divine core, why can we not?"

"If you, High Priest, do not want the Divine Emperor's divine core, that is because you are noble and disdain such things, but we do not share your ambitions; we wish to covet the Divine Emperor's inheritance."

"I ask the High Priest to step aside, otherwise do not blame us for being heartless."

"Hahaha!"

"Good, good, good!"

"You lot truly have the ambitions of wolves and the hearts of curs; if it weren't for the Divine Emperor, would you have today?"

"Hmph! I want to see just how heartless you lot can be."

A cold, murderous aura erupted from the High Priest's body, and a cyan divine light instantly illuminated the entire palace.

"Qingniao, do you also wish to seize the Divine Emperor's divine core?"

"Cough, cough!"

"High Priest, you misunderstand. Taiyi the Divine Emperor is the sovereign of our demon god lineage, supreme and silent; how would Qingniao dare?"

Qingniao hurriedly shook his head and said.

"Then why don't you hurry up and block these wolf-hearted, dog-lunged wretches?"

Upon hearing this, the High Priest's voice softened slightly.

"High Priest! With my strength, I am no match for those four gods, and just now in that flame space, I was also ambushed and suffered some injuries, this..."

Hearing the High Priest's words, Qingniao instantly became hesitant and explained with a troubled expression.

Of course, his explanation was complete nonsense; how could the High Priest not see that while the other party was indeed slightly injured, what did those minor injuries amount to?

The other party clearly just did not want to take action.

The fact that he still harbored such petty thoughts made the High Priest even more furious, but at this moment, he could not say much more.

Forcing the other party to join the side of He Bo and the others would not be a good thing for him right now.

After all, Qingniao's strength is also among the strongest of He Bo and the others; if the five gods joined forces, he would also become endangered.

More importantly, the Divine Emperor is currently at a critical moment and cannot be disturbed; once disturbed, all previous efforts might be wasted, and that would be the most troublesome thing.

As long as the other party just stands by and watches, busy with nothing, his own pressure will be reduced by a few points.

So he only gave the former a cold look.