Chapter 719

The two of them held their swords aloft, brandishing them into the void.

Waves of sword intent condensed.

Yet they did not fall.

They hung suspended, waiting for He Pingsheng's command.

He Pingsheng did not speak either, just watching the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor quietly.

After two breaths of time, the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor finally took a deep breath and asked: "What do you want to do?"

He Pingsheng said: "Every grievance has its perpetrator, every debt has its debtor. You should be clear about what you did to me; why ask me what to do?"

"Come out!"

"Prepare to die!"

"Hahahaha..." Tian Jin Peng's boisterous laughter came from within the array: "He Pingsheng... this Emperor admits that I truly cannot kill you, but for a mere ant like you to want to behead this Emperor, that is also a dream!"

"Since you cannot kill me, why not just retreat now!"

How could He Pingsheng leave? He looked at the surrounding Void Refinement cultivators and said: "How about this... Tian Jin Peng, let these disciples of yours come out and face me in a Void Refinement versus Void Refinement battle. If any of them can defeat me, I will retreat right now!"

"How about that?"

"Dream on!" The Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor said: "Your spatial divine ability already makes you invincible; even I cannot do anything about it. Who among my disciples could possibly beat you?"

"No, no, no, no..." He Pingsheng waved his hand: "I mean, I won't use that spatial divine ability; I'll rely on my own means. How about that?"

Hearing this, Tian Jin Peng paused.

After all, He Pingsheng was only at the first layer of the Void Refinement Stage.

And his disciples, the highest was already at the twelfth layer of the Void Refinement Stage.

The higher the cultivation, the greater the gap between layers. Twelve layers fighting one layer—they shouldn't be unable to win.

"Boasting wildly!" Before Tian Jin Peng could speak, the disciple at the twelfth layer of the Void Refinement Stage, Chang Wentian, stood out and said: "Master... let this disciple go out and teach this madman a lesson!"

Tian Jin Peng asked He Pingsheng: "Are you sure you won't use that spatial divine ability?"

"And, the Body Integration Stage cultivators beside you won't make a move either?"

"Rest assured!" He Pingsheng said: "These Body Integration cultivators beside me are prepared for you... not for your disciples!"

"Bullying the weak with the strong is something I, He Pingsheng, cannot do!"

The Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor heard He Pingsheng's solemn promise and nodded in agreement: "Fine... let it be so... I hope you keep your word!"

The Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor knew that agreeing to He Pingsheng's conditions seemed inappropriate, but he could no longer care about that.

After all, if he didn't agree, being trapped in this golden light was no solution either!

"You few!" While negotiating with He Pingsheng, Tian Jin Peng transmitted his voice to his disciples: "Later, when Chang Wentian and He Pingsheng are fighting, take the opportunity to scatter and flee. I will block that Body Integration cultivator!"

"Tian Yao, enter my magic treasure space!"

"Yes!"

Tian Jin Peng immediately took his daughter into his magic treasure space, then with a wave of his hand, the massive golden defensive array outside was instantly withdrawn by him.

His thinking was very simple!

After withdrawing the array, he would personally attack that woman at the tenth layer of the Body Integration Stage.

Then the remaining disciples would turn into streaks of light and scatter in all directions; they could run as far as they could!

As for the duel he promised He Pingsheng?

To hell with it!

But what the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor did not expect was that while he was being duplicitous, the other side was also being duplicitous.

The moment the array shattered, a sharp sword intent came blasting toward him.

Ziqing had made her move!

Her speed was even faster than Tian Jin Peng's!

On the other side, He Pingsheng and Zhou Qingmei, at the first layer of the Body Integration Stage, also made their moves.

Whoosh...

He Pingsheng used 【Void Rapid Movement】, his body instantly falling from high altitude. With a few quick taps, he activated six talismans and stuck them onto Tian Jin Peng's six Void Refinement disciples.

Sixth-tier talisman: Soul-Linking Curse Talisman!

On the other side, Zhou Qingmei was not idle either. Although she did not know the divine ability of Void Rapid Movement and her speed was a tiny bit slower than He Pingsheng's, she still arrived later but reached the target first, sticking the remaining four talismans onto four of the disciples.

In this way, ten disciples had been stuck with the Soul-Linking Curse Talisman.

And it was at this moment that Zhou Qingmei, He Pingsheng, and Biyun Xianzi Ziqing suddenly attacked simultaneously, striking those disciples with lightning speed.

He Pingsheng's cultivation was the lowest, so in an instant, he only managed to kill one fellow at the sixth layer of the Void Refinement Stage.

Zhou Qingmei, at the first layer of the Body Integration Stage, coordinated with the top-tier Heaven-Piercing Magic Treasure 【Heavenly Ice Sword】 to instantly kill three Void Refinement cultivators.

The strongest was Biyun Xianzi Ziqing.

Biyun Xianzi Ziqing possessed a divine ability identical to the Great Lun Mingwang's, named: Mingwang Sacrifice.

Back when the Great Lun Mingwang faced Duan Feihong, he only sacrificed one of the feathers.

But now, Biyun Xianzi Ziqing directly performed a "peacock spreading its tail," and over a dozen purple feathers blasted open, directly covering half the void.

On each feather, there was a golden circular spot.

Six of those spots suddenly emitted six golden beams of light, blasting toward the other fellows whom He Pingsheng had marked with the 【Soul-Linking Curse Talisman】.

The Mingwang Sacrifice had a characteristic: it could be fired in multiple beams or a single beam.

However, the power of a single beam was greater than that of multiple beams.

Otherwise, when facing Duan Feihong back then, the Great Lun Mingwang would not have sacrificed only one feather.

After all, Duan Feihong was ranked eleventh in combat power in the Mahayana Imperial Realm; his strength could not be underestimated. When the Great Lun Mingwang made a move, it was absolutely his strongest combat power.

But the situation faced now was different from back then.

Ziqing was attacking the disciples below from a position of superiority.

Bullying Void Refinement cultivators with the tenth layer of the Body Integration Stage did not require going all out, so splitting the attack into six beams was sufficient.

Even though the attack power was split into six, those six disciples were still instantly reduced to ashes the moment the golden light hit them.

Ten people, killed in an instant!

Of Tian Jin Peng's fourteen disciples, only four beams of golden light escaped; the rest were all dead.

Not only were they dead, but because they were bound by the Soul-Linking Curse Talisman, their true bodies and clones died simultaneously.

The entire imperial palace was reduced to ruins.

Within ten miles of the palace, countless houses collapsed.

Above the ruins, only Tian Jin Peng stood there alone.

On his face, there was no resentment toward He Pingsheng, nor was there sorrow for the death of his disciples; there was only endless desolation and regret.

The three of them did not continue to attack Tian Jin Peng.

"Sigh..." Tian Jin Peng let out a deep sigh and said: "He Pingsheng... things have reached this point today, can this matter be settled?"

"No!" He Pingsheng shook his head: "The culprit is still safe and sound under your protection!"

"How about this... hand Tian Yao over to me!"

"From now on, I will never trouble you again, and... I can even give you this!"

As he spoke, He Pingsheng took out a cyan bead: the Small Thousand World.

Now a new choice was placed before Tian Jin Peng.

Protect his descendants?

Or protect his daughter, Tian Yao?

Choose one of two!