Chapter 960: The Grief-Stricken Lu Ya

"Your Majesty, you go first, we will hold them off."

Jimeng roared fiercely.

Before the words had even faded, he lunged toward Xingtian.

Bai Ze, Tianpeng, Kunyu, and Tengshe also lunged toward Chiyou and the others respectively; they remained calm in the face of danger, for they had long guessed that the Wu Clan would intercept them.

The Wu Clan and the Demon Race were mortal enemies by nature, even though their territories did not currently border each other, and they even shared common enemies.

But the Wu Clan would never allow the Demon Race to obtain the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Back then, the Wu Clan had twelve Ancestral Witches, while the Demon Race only had Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and Xihe; how could they have contended with the Wu Clan?

It was all because of the Eastern Emperor Bell, which allowed Donghuang Taiyi to hold his own against six or seven Ancestral Witches.

An Innate Supreme Treasure possesses boundless power.

Without any hesitation, Lu Ya unleashed the Golden Crow Clan's unique skill, the Rainbow Transformation Technique, and dashed toward the Sun Star.

His gaze was like a torch, his body taut, prepared for battle at any moment.

Yet, he discovered that no one else appeared.

Even so, Lu Ya was not happy about it, because he knew the real danger was still to come.

Whoosh!

Like a streak of light, Lu Ya plunged directly into the Sun Star.

"Damn it!"

Xingtian and the others were furious.

They successively unleashed their Pangu True Body, each transforming into a size of hundreds of millions of feet, firing on all cylinders, forcing Jimeng and the others to retreat repeatedly, not daring to engage them in a life-or-death struggle.

It was not that Jimeng and his companions were weak, but they knew the real danger was still to come.

A death struggle now was not a wise strategy.

Rumble!

The battle between the ten Quasi-Saint level powerhouses attracted countless gazes from across the Honghuang.

"Hiss, for no good reason, why are the Wu Clan and Demon Race fighting near the Sun Star? And there are five of them each; didn't they each only have two Quasi-Saints or Ancestral Witches?"

"It must be because of the Eastern Emperor Bell. Lu Ya has already attained the Quasi-Saint realm; he must have gone to the Sun Star to retrieve the Eastern Emperor Bell, and how could the Wu Clan allow that?"

"The Eastern Emperor Bell, that is an Innate Supreme Treasure. The current fierce battle is just an appetizer. When Lu Ya comes out, the real show will begin."

"Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun have already become the Saint Emperors of the Demon Race; with their help, who could snatch the Eastern Emperor Bell?"

"Naive. That is an Innate Supreme Treasure; Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun might not be without desire for it themselves."

On the network, countless people were discussing it fervently.

Zhaoge.

Chenxi Palace.

Yin Qi and Nuwa stood side by side, watching the sky as if watching a play.

Nuwa smiled slightly: "It's a pity. Lu Ya has the ambition to revitalize the Demon Race, but unfortunately, he lacks the corresponding ability. Compared to Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, he is far inferior. I wonder if he will be able to hold up when he finds out the Eastern Emperor Bell is gone."

Yin Qi chuckled: "Lu Ya shouldn't be that fragile. However, his plan to return to the Honghuang will likely be delayed."

Nuwa smiled.

In her heart, she mourned for the Demon Race and for all the various factions.

She knew that hidden within Yin Qi's Inner Heaven and Earth were nearly four thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals, nearly thirty thousand Golden Immortals, and tens of millions of various warships, with nearly a hundred Daluo-level Warships alone.

And the further it went, the more terrifying the strength Yin Qi concealed would become.

In the future, even if the whole world were his enemy, the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty would likely be able to sweep through all the alliances of factions.

Not only Yin Qi and Nuwa, but the gazes of all the Saints and Quasi-Sages were cast toward the Sun Star.

No one was willing to miss out on the Eastern Emperor Bell.

"Sun Star, I have returned!"

Lu Ya was excited.

He felt his blood boiling throughout his body; he hadn't even been this excited when he attained the Quasi-Saint realm. Soon, he arrived at the core of the Sun Star.

In front of the Sun God Palace, the ancient Fusang Tree swayed without wind, its golden leaves appearing as if cast from gold.

"Hmm..."

Lu Ya's eyes narrowed.

His previously excited mood quickly faded away.

He discovered that the Fusang Tree, which should have been laden with Sangzhen, did not have a single one!

Innate Spiritual Roots are not like ordinary trees; once a batch of fruit matures, it does not fall off on its own, and the growth of the next batch begins immediately.

Therefore, the longer the time passes, the more fruit there should be on the tree.

This Fusang Tree had been left here for over a hundred thousand years and had borne dozens of batches of fruit; how could there not be a single one?

"Someone has been here!"

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Lu Ya felt as if his heart had been violently gripped, and a sense of dizziness surged into his mind.

Afterward, he rushed toward the Sun God Palace as if he had gone mad.

Just then, a layer of transparent light film appeared around the Sun God Palace.

Lu Ya slammed headfirst into it.

Bang!

With a loud boom, the Sun God Palace remained completely unmoved, yet Lu Ya was sent flying; immediately following this, all the Sun True Fire in the surroundings began to boil, transforming into various divine weapons that shot toward Lu Ya.

The restriction Yin Qi had left behind back then was activated!

More accurately, the restriction he had left behind a thousand years ago was activated.

Although he had also left behind a restriction when he originally left the Sun God Palace, his cultivation at that time was only at the Great Luo Golden Immortal stage; while the restriction was strong, it was still possible for Lu Ya to break through it.

Thus, a thousand years ago, Yin Qi came back secretly and re-arranged the restriction.

With his Quasi-Saint Mid-Stage cultivation and his attainments in Array Formation, even if a Peak Quasi-Saint were to come, it would not be an easy task to break through, let alone for Lu Ya.

Lu Ya was stunned by the impact.

Both in the physical sense and the psychological sense.

Someone had actually been here!

Not only had they picked all the Sangzhen clean, but they had also set up a peerless Array Formation to block his entry; the Eastern Emperor Bell inside must have been taken away by someone as well.

"Ah..."

Thinking of this, Lu Ya felt a pain in his heart so intense he could not breathe.

His hair stood on end with rage, and he let out a roar of grief and indignation; the sound pierced through the thick layer of Sun True Fire and reached the Outer Starry Sky.

"Ah..."

Lu Ya's sorrowful roar spread throughout the Outer Starry Sky and also reached the Primordial Continent.

Across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, all living beings in the Honghuang could hear it.

Xingtian and the others were startled, to say nothing of Bai Ze and the other Quasi-Saint Demons.

Subconsciously, they all broke off from the battle.

"It is His Majesty; what has happened to His Majesty?"

Just as this thought flashed through the minds of Bai Ze and the others, Lu Ya's sorrowful roar came again from the center of the Sun Star: "Ah... who, who exactly is it? You shameless bastard, I, Lu Ya, will never rest until you are dead."

Immediately following this, the entire Sun Star began to tremble.

The already surging Sun True Fire became even more violent, and countless fire Dragons rushed out from the surface of the Sun Star, some even reaching tens of millions of miles in length; quite a few even fell onto the Primordial Continent, and even into the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Listening to Lu Ya's sorrowful roar, the Honghuang was rife with discussion:

"What is going on? Judging by Lu Ya's voice, it seems someone has been to the core of the Sun Star?"

"That cannot be, could it be that someone got there first and took the Eastern Emperor Bell ahead of time? Otherwise, Lu Ya could not possibly be this angry."

"That is impossible. The Sun Star is the Sacred Land of the Golden Crow clan, and it was long ago modified by the joint efforts of Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi; even a Saint cannot reach the core area. In this world, only the Golden Crows are the exception. But besides Lu Ya, are there any other Golden Crows in the Honghuang?"

"Hehe, perhaps this is just Lu Ya putting on a show. He is just going through the motions so that people will know the Eastern Emperor Bell has been stolen, and that way, when he comes out, the various factions will not surround and kill him."

... (End of this chapter)