Chapter 681: No Use Talking, If You Want to Fight, Then Let's Fight!

This blade.

Shall sever your Evil.

This blade.

Shall sever your greed.

This blade.

Shall sever your cowardice.

This blade... well, there's no special reason for it either.

I just want to slash you once.

The Fox Immortal and the Heavenly Emperor stood face to face, their gentle and soft words concealing murderous intent.

This Fox Immortal, who was usually most adept at honeyed words and loved to spout nonsense to bewitch others, did not utter even half a lie this time.

Every word pierced the heart, every sentence cut to the bone.

"..."

Dizui remained silent, eyes half-closed, staring fixedly at Ren Yidao; his left hand, hidden behind his back, gripped tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.

If anyone else had said these things, Dizui would not care, would only treat their words as air, and his Dao Heart would not waver in the slightest.

But Ren Yidao was different; the weight was different.

The person before him was the only existence in this world that Dizui could regard as a threat; he could not bring himself to ignore him.

In a sense, Ren Yidao was the person Dizui cared about most in this life—from the perspective of an enemy, of course.

The threshold of the Heavenly Emperor Palace became the boundary between light and darkness, separating the two who stood at the pinnacle of this world; one stood in the sunlight with a brilliant smile, the other stood in the shadows with a gloomy expression.

Justice and evil?

Who could truly say?

At the very least, Ren Yidao had never considered himself a member of the righteous in his heart, and certainly not an accomplice to evil.

He was on neither side.

Ren Yidao was free, unbound by moral teachings, and he would always stand only on his own side.

And this point... was the same for Dizui.

An existence who could commit such great mistakes, fail consecutively several times, and yet still walk to the peak, his Dao Heart would not be weak by any means.

No matter how great the sins Dizui had committed, and no matter how many people he had betrayed, he had eventually moved past them, overcome those Heart Demons, and become the only Half-step Supreme in this world.

His Dao Heart was not so fragile that it would fall into ruin just by being exposed; it was impossible for him to directly fall into a Demon, and even more impossible for him to be severely wounded by a Heart Demon backlash.

Dizui admitted that having his past exposed had indeed affected him greatly, but at most, it only stirred ripples in the depths of his heart and broke his state of being near the Dao.

Although he had slipped out of that state, as long as he spent a few more years, he could still adjust back before the Dao Fruit descended; it would not hinder him from plucking the Heavenly Dao Fruit, and it would have no impact on the final result.

Thinking of this, the ripples in Dizui's heart gradually calmed, and he straightened his slightly hunched back once more.

The things, he had done them; that was true.

He admitted it.

But since those were already in the past, he would not be bound by the shadows of yesterday.

The coldness on Dizui's face gradually faded, the anger in his eyes dissipated, and they returned to a deathly indifference, as if he had completely shaken off the influence of Ren Yidao's verbal offensive.

"Oh?" Ren Yidao blinked rapidly, raised an eyebrow slightly, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

"You know quite a lot; these matters are indeed important to me." Dizui finally spoke, his voice as usual, and asked Ren Yidao: "Why are you doing this? Wanting to use this to threaten me?"

He shook his head, then continued as if it were a matter of course: "You could have had a better approach."

There was no need to explain too much; both of them knew what Dizui was referring to.

For instance, Ren Yidao could have announced these secrets to the world, letting the people of the world know that the current Lord of the Heavenly Court was a beast who killed his father, and summoned the world to jointly crusade against Dizui.

But Ren Yidao not only failed to do so, he did not take things to the extreme.

Even the words spoken after stepping onto the stairs could only be heard by the two of them, which was the reason why Dizui had remained silent and had not exploded on the spot.

And in Dizui's view, Ren Yidao doing this was nothing more than leaving a way out, not completely tearing off the mask, and still leaving room for negotiation.

Dizui believed he had seen through Ren Yidao's purpose.

Then, what are you prepared to exchange for this news?

But, was it really as he thought?

"The reason?"

Ren Yidao blinked in surprise, tilted his head curiously, as if he had never considered this most basic question.

"As for the reason, hmm... just consider me bored."

Dizui: What?

Ren Yidao smiled slightly, shook his head, and said casually: "I have no other hobbies; I just like telling the truth."

Huhu here is the number one honest and trustworthy little model!

"And using these things to ruin your Dao Heart or whatever, that's just because your own Dao Heart is weak; it was not my intention."

Watching Ren Yidao talk eloquently, Dizui fell silent.

This sentence... was a lie.

And it was the kind of hypocritical lie that was so lazy it didn't even try to act, one that could be seen through at a glance.

This guy, the first lie he told was so careless, it was clear he was doing it on purpose to be disgusting.

"As for announcing those things to the world, it's not that I can't do it, but what would it achieve? Dragging the people of the world into it, using the momentum of the world to denounce you together?"

Ren Yidao curled his lip, seemingly thinking of that scene, and said disdainfully: "Those methods sound pretty good, but in reality, they are completely useless, purely a waste of effort."

"Ask yourself, do you really care about the accusations of others?"

"You don't!"

"For someone like you, you don't even care about the life or death of others, so how could you possibly care about the evaluations in their mouths?"

Ren Yidao sneered, exposing the disguise of Di Zui.

"Not only that, if someone were to actually do that, you would be happy instead, because that would provide you with a legitimate reason to strike at them, making it even more convenient for you to eliminate dissidents."

The reason Di Zui did not interfere with the mortal world was because he, Ren Yidao, stood at the front, leaving him no time to attend to anything else.

But if Ren Yidao took the initiative to attack and incited everyone to rebel against this Heavenly Court together, then Di Zui's counterattack would not count as a violation of the agreement.

"..." Di Zui did not expect Ren Yidao to hold such thoughts, and for a moment, he did not know what to say.

Should he say that Ren Yidao was highly vigilant and took precautions before things happened?

Or should he say that his heart was too dirty?

After a long while, Di Zui finally let out a long sigh and shook his head.

"Perhaps, no matter how you put it."

He no longer had the interest to continue discussing this topic, and instead said indifferently: "More talk is useless, and I do not wish to argue these things with you."

He was tired, truly tired.

"I only know one thing: as long as I eventually become a Supreme, this world can be saved, and I can thereby redeem my Evil."

"And you are the greatest variable in this world."

He stared at Ren Yidao and asked in a deep voice: "Do you... really want to stand in my way?"

"You said so much today, constantly provoking me and attempting to disturb my Dao Heart, isn't it just for the sake of a battle?"

After determining that he could not gain the upper hand in words, Di Zui did not want to continue entangling himself with Ren Yidao verbally.

Thus, having had enough of the red tape, Di Zui chose the most direct and straightforward method—

He strode out of the Heavenly Emperor Palace and stood before Ren Yidao!

"Fine, I will satisfy you."

Boom!!!

Stepping out from the Heavenly Emperor Palace, the aura that Di Zui had been suppressing instantly erupted!

The sky over Zhongzhou changed color abruptly, and layers of blood-red thunderclouds arrived in an instant, gathering above the Heavenly Emperor Palace like the destruction of the world.

Doing this undoubtedly meant abandoning all his previous preparations, but Di Zui could no longer care about that; he had already prepared to recuperate after this battle.

But as long as he could resolve the greatest variable before him, everything would be stable.

After conversing with Ren Yidao, Di Zui finally recognized one thing.

If he did not leave Ren Yidao behind today, then apart from himself, no one else would be able to stop him.

It is no exaggeration to say that based on Ren Yidao's performance today, no one in the Heavenly Court besides himself would be his opponent; as long as he was given enough time, he would absolutely destroy everyone in the Heavenly Court!

And when that time came, with only himself left, what meaning would this Heavenly Emperor have?

Di Zui's intent to kill had never been so intense.

He must be left behind!

A giant wave surged with him as the center, shattering layers of Heavenly Court pavilions and scattering the Thunder Tribulation in the high sky.

At this moment, Di Zui revealed his Half-step Supreme divine might without reservation, and his majestic voice echoed over Zhongzhou, entering the hearts of all the Immortal Gods waiting there.

"If you wish to fight, then let us fight!"

And Ren Yidao remained unmoved in this vast heavenly might, his clothes fluttering violently, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, showing not a trace of fear.

His answer was equally crisp and simple.

"Why not?"

Ren Yidao revealed a brilliant smile, hooked his finger at the arrogant Di Zui, and said pleasurably:

"Come."

At the same time, in Ren Yidao's Consciousness Sea, Ren Huan opened her eyes.

"Finally..."

"The final preparation is also complete."

At this moment, she no longer looked like the previous spirit-body white fox, but had transformed into a tall woman whose face could not be clearly seen.

She arrived before the shrine in the depths of the Consciousness Sea, looked at the Divine Statue within, and said slowly: "It is time."

As the voice fell, the Divine Statue in the shrine, which had been lowering its eyes, slowly raised its head.

And at the very moment the two were about to collide, in various parts of Shenzhou outside of Zhongzhou, many people seemed to have sensed something; they all raised their heads at the same time and looked toward the same direction.