Chapter 844: Confrontation

"Emperor, save me!"

As the youth leaped down from the top of the tower riding a golden light, it was as if a fertilizer pit had exploded behind him; countless green sludge gushed out from within, blooming in the air into a not-so-beautiful green flower. Before everyone's eyes, the green flower rapidly solidified and writhed slightly, spitting out long vine whips from its center that pursued the youth like a shadow until they reached the crowd.

By this time, the youth had already taken a step ahead, circling behind Kun Sword to hide; he had even entered the safe zone without waiting for the several Emperors to provide support with their Supernatural Power, so everyone's attention was focused on the green vine whips following behind.

Those green vine whips were merely green ropes at first, but they had already deformed by the time they reached mid-air, with a tumor-like growth resembling a head sprouting at the tip, splitting open a large mouth with serrated teeth like a shark's in the air, having truly turned into a monster.

Qian Sword shouted furiously: "Beast, how dare you!" and swung his sword.

Heaven Change!

There was no rising wind or surging clouds, no towering waves; instead, it was extremely calm. The crowd did not know what had changed, but they all felt that the world they were in, the universe in all directions, past and present, had suddenly undergone a change; it seemed as if the sky was no longer level, but had tilted in a certain direction.

It was as if someone had thrown a heavy weight onto the scales of heaven and earth, and one side of the world had collapsed!

That collapsed side was, of course, the side from which the vine whips were attacking.

In an instant, everyone watched with their own eyes as the baring-fangs-and-brandishing-claws green monster fell down. It had not received a frontal attack, nor was it injured; it simply fell while charging forward, as if riding some kind of slide, sliding all at once to the other side, and then colliding violently with the ground that remained in place.

With this slide, the crowd went from looking up at it to looking down at it, and then they saw—

"Stop!"

Songtian High Priest shouted, and several Heavenly Demons behind him cried out in shock, but it was already too late. Everyone had seen it: the world before them blurred for a moment, and the green monster was shredded into Fragments in an instant. Then, as the crowd blinked again, the sense of blurriness vanished, and a large puddle of green paste appeared on the ground.

Songtian's expression changed drastically; he glared at the Humans and said: "This... you have caused a great disaster!"

Qian Sword retorted with a cold laugh: "You explain first, where did this monster come from? It actually abducted our child, and just now you dared to deny it. Could it be that you instigated this..."

Before his voice had even faded, a buzzing sound was heard, and the giant divine tower that towered into the clouds before their eyes began to shake visibly. Perhaps because it was so magnificent, as it shook, it seemed as if heaven and earth were shaking along with it.

Is it going to collapse?

Songtian gritted his teeth and pointed at them, saying: "I will settle this with you later!" Then he turned back and roared: "Follow me!"

Almost all the High Priests followed him, one after another plunging into the Gaota through the hole Tang Zhao had broken open. In the blink of an eye, only the unconscious Songtian Priest remained before them.

Qian Sword patted Tang Zhao and asked: "Changle, how are you?"

Tang Zhao said: "I am fine." He held up a finger; this was the agreed-upon secret signal, meaning "It is done."

Qian Sword said: "Good. These hateful Heavenly Demons actually plotted against our hope; their hearts are punishable! This time, we must make them pay the price."

At this moment, the sound of chanting arose.

That chanting came from inside the Gaota; several people were chanting together, their voices uniform and their tones low, forming a very peculiar and solemn rhythm. Although this was chanted in the Heavenly Demon language and the crowd could barely understand the content, they could feel the full piety and awe within it.

The sound of the chanting spread far away, and the Heavenly Demons on the outer perimeter heard it and spontaneously followed along, each sound naturally falling into that marvelous melody. Immediately after, the Heavenly Demons even further away received the rhythm of the chanting, and one by one they joined in. The sound spread wider and further; in the end, it seemed as if countless voices were calling out together between heaven and earth, and the nine heavens and ten lands were immersed in this solemnity.

Even the Songtian High Priest, who had been knocked to the ground and was covered in blood, seemed to have received a calling at this time. He opened his eyes slightly; although he could not sit up, his lips moved as he lay on the ground, seemingly chanting silently as well, not stopping even as blood kept flowing from between his lips.

If it were ordinary people, hearing this chanting would inevitably shake their minds. But who were the people present? Each one had a firm mind and acted as if nothing were wrong. Zhen Sword laughed: "Good fellow, this momentum is not small! How many people are hidden in this Airship? Could it be they have also prepared hundreds of axemen to rush out from behind and hack us to pieces?"

Xun Sword said: "It is a good thing we did not follow his plan; otherwise, those who boarded the ship were all young people. Staying in this environment for a long time, it would be inevitable for them to be shaken, and by then, they might be captivated by their god. They might not even need others to force them; they might be willing to sacrifice themselves."

Qian Sword shook his head and said briefly: "Harmful to others."

The few of them stood there brazenly at the place closest to the divine tower, wantonly slandering the gods, and no one could stop them.

A long time passed, the chanting gradually lowered, the Gaota had long since stopped shaking, and the halo that seemed to hover solemnly above everyone's heads gradually dissipated. The gate opened, and Songtian High Priest walked out.

At this time, he was relatively calm, without the previous look of rising anger, but he still kept a straight face. He came to the Human side and said in a deep voice: "Why disturb the gods?"

Qian Sword sneered: "Fine, we won't even ask how you kidnapped our child and sent him to that terrifying place, and yet you come to ask us? Why don't you ask what your Songtian did?"

Songtian looked straight ahead and said: "Songtian bringing you up the tower rashly is indeed his fault, but it was he who ultimately disturbed the gods." He glanced over, his gaze sweeping across Tang Zhao's face. "Do you know that if the gods were enraged just now, this Airship would have lost its hope of moving forward, and all efforts would have been nearly destroyed in one go."

Qian Sword chuckled: "Spare me that; you use your concept of gods to control us too? Still the same words: if you want to pursue the culprit, go find Songtian. If you don't finish him off with a blade, but instead come to find trouble with us, I will take it as you making an excuse to be our enemy."

Zhen Sword interjected from the side with a sneer: "It might not just be an excuse; perhaps it is to cover up the truth? I ask you first: you swore that there were no gods here, and that building the divine tower was to save human hearts, so why is there one now? You have had ill intentions from the beginning to the end. Hiding what god is in the tower is the first, and grabbing our child inside is the second. As a result, our young man escaped the devil's clutches himself, and you realized this time you tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, losing both the battle and the people, so you play a game of the thief crying 'stop thief', blaming us first to confuse the public. Unfortunately, this is useless; everyone knows in their hearts what is right and wrong. Right and wrong cannot be inverted; how could it be changed by a scheming villain?!"

The Heavenly Demons behind heard him scolding loudly, almost pointing at Songtian's nose to curse, and they all said angrily: "Presumptuous, Humans are so rude!"

Kun Sword also shouted: "Courtesy demands reciprocity; who was rude first?"

Zhen Sword turned his head to the Qian and Kun Swords and said: "Two Emperors, they have stopped pretending, so let us stop acting along. It is better to end it here. Let us see if we should lay out our blades and spears now or go back to prepare the battlefield; in any case, the matter of cooperation was indeed all a dream."

At this time, it was still the same old trick: playing dirty? We are leaving! We are really leaving now, okay? Ignoring you now, okay?

Although the move was old, it was effective. Songtian was so angry his face turned green, and he was speechless for a moment. At this time, Hutian Priest came out and said: "High Priest, calm your anger. This matter might really need to be asked of Songtian; if he does not speak, we do not know the inside story, and perhaps it might really lead to a misunderstanding."

This was quickly shifting the blame to Songtian, and it was also the best method at present. Songtian snorted, wanting to say a few words to step down, but in the end, he said nothing and turned to leave. As he left, many Heavenly Demons followed. Hutian, the default peacemaker, stayed behind with a few others.

After the Heavenly Demons over there left, Hutian High Priest said in a tone of one-third helplessness: "Let us go out first. We will continue to talk tomorrow. Once Songtian clarifies things with Songtian, he will take the initiative to resolve this misunderstanding. I truly hope everyone can prioritize the big picture. Time is truly running out."

He put on a friendly gesture and led the way in front. Xun Sword, who had the closest relationship with him, also came out, followed him first, and walked side by side with him to close the distance, saying: "It really is not our fault for being angry. You saw how dangerous it was just now; if it were not for the child Changle being capable, the hope of two worlds would have been cut off just like that. I still cannot believe how anyone could lay a hand on Changle? He has not even been on the battlefield; his hands are clean, and he has never harmed anyone on your side. Such a good child, who is beneficial to everyone, to be plotted against! If there is no explanation for this, I would be too embarrassed to go back."

That Hutian also cooperated, putting on a heartbroken look, and said: "Yes, who knew such a thing would happen? There must be an explanation... That Songtian has always been arrogant, and even High Priest Songtian often does not take him seriously; it just so happens he is a muddle-headed fellow. Who could have predicted what he would do in a moment of confusion? Fortunately, Changle is safe and sound; that is the most important thing, otherwise, even I would not be able to get over this hurdle."

Xun Sword said: "I would like to trust you, brother, one more time, but I do not know if I will regret it."

Hutian immediately said: "Absolutely not, our Spirit Realm people can be trusted."

Xun Sword sneered secretly and leaned closer: "That Songtian's appearance, he is the Airship faction you mentioned, right?"

"Who else could it be? He is the biggest Airship faction on the surface."

Xun Sword said thoughtfully: "That is it then. I see him believing in that god in the tower; today it was his own arbitrary decision, could it be that he was instigated by the god? It was not he who wanted to kill Changle, but the god who wanted to kill?"

Hutian immediately said: "That is absolutely impossible. It is not that I am covering up, but inviting Changle today was an impromptu idea; the god would not give him an impromptu order because the god is not here. That thing you saw today... is not a god!"