Chapter 145: Blood for blood! Life for life!

Beside the Black Tortoise Palace, Qin Su Nu, who was sitting and casting spells together with Shao Guanwu, Mengzhang, and Jian Wuji, suddenly spat blood!

Pfft!

A mouthful of fresh blood spattered onto the ground.

The spellcasting was interrupted……

Qin Su Nu looked as if she were about to collapse.

Shao Guanwu immediately supported her, asking, "What's going on?"

Azure Dragon Mengzhang and White Tiger Jian Wuji also showed concern in their eyes.

"Zhong Minglan," Qin Su Nu had just uttered a name when the Su Nv Palace next door burst forth with a mighty divine aura.

A giant Vermilion Bird pierced straight through the entire Su Nv Palace! Shao Guanwu was both shocked and fearful, shouting, "Zhong Minglan?!"

No wonder he was shocked and fearful; Mengzhang and Jian Wuji also changed color, exclaiming, "How did she become even stronger?! No, she isn't inside the Realm Barrier, is she?"

They've been casting spells here for half a day, but it's been all for naught, like trying to fetch water with a bamboo basket!

"It's her,"

Qin Su Nu never expected this either!

Zhong Minglan isn't actually inside the Realm Barrier!

Just moments ago, she destroyed the avatar used to conceal the Dao Lord's eyes and ears.

To avoid detection by the Dao Lord, she had infused that avatar with thirty percent of her divine source, yet it was destroyed just like that.

Pfft!

Qin Su Nu kept spitting blood!

Applying a sealing technique to the Realm Barrier is no easy feat—it's actually a forbidden technique!

At the critical moment, thirty percent of her divine source was destroyed; Qin Su Nu's divine essence suffered grave injury, and her divine aura quickly waned.

I'll go check.

Mengzhang rose to his feet, however——

A piercing cry!

The Vermilion Bird Divine Spear pierced through this seal!

The aura of the forbidden technique unleashed by the four deities spilled out.

The Black Tortoise Palace's seal emitted a sharp alarm, and the gods and immortals of both the Black Tortoise Palace and Su Nv Palace gathered.

But as soon as they stepped out of the hall, they saw a colossal divine figure of Zhong Minglan!

Zhong Minglan, engulfed in Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, stood a hundred feet tall, her spear over a hundred feet long!

Golden armor, a red cape—this was the aspect of the war goddess who had once raged in the Divine Realm's Great Cataclysm ten thousand years ago.

Her battle spirit did not wane; it grew stronger!

Mengzhang's face turned pale……

He couldn't understand!

In the Great Cataclysm battle, all the gods were severely wounded!

Zhong Minglan was wounded even more severely than they were!

Now she has not only recovered, but has even risen to a higher level!

How is that possible?

They, the Four Symbols Divine Spirits, clearly could no longer increase their battle prowess; they had already reached the limit of the Four Symbols.

How could she still do that?

"Zhong Minglan, what are you trying to do?"

Shao Guanwu also stepped out, glaring at the hundred-foot-tall Zhong Minglan with rising anger, yet he looked neither startled nor fearful.

"Hand over Qin Su Nu." Zhong Minglan's eyes blazed with fierce flames; she hadn't expected that the Qin Su Nu just now was merely an avatar! The true Qin Su Nu had actually allied with Azure Dragon and White Tiger, secretly casting forbidden techniques while hiding.

This forbidden technique……

Zhong Minglan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and a stern, murderous aura descended upon the heavens.

"You are casting a forbidden technique against the 'me' inside the Realm Barrier."

"Don't spout nonsense!" Shao Guanwu shouted angrily, "You, as one of the Four Symbols Divine Spirits, actually dare to massacre a fellow spirit like Su Nv—you deserve to die! You two, help me!"

Mengzhang and Jian Wuji, however, did not move.

Zhong Minglan also said, "Get lost now, and I'll pretend I didn't see what you two did."

Shao Guanwu immediately roared, "Zhong Minglan, you've violated the heavenly laws three times; even if our use of forbidden technique is a violation, it's understandable—do you still want to intimidate your two fellow officials?"

"Not bad." Mengzhang stepped forward, saying, "The Dao Lord is in seclusion, the Divine Realm initially peaceful; as Four Symbols Divine Spirits, we ought to stabilize the Divine Realm, yet you, as God Emperor, recklessly—"

"Shut your dog mouth!" Zhong Minglan lazily dismissed the long lecture, "As This Emperor, I act according to my own principles—it's not your place to interject! If you don't hand over Qin Su Nu, don't blame me for venting my wrath on others."

"You still think you can fight us three God Emperors?" Shao Guanwu bellowed!

"Go ahead and try!" Zhong Minglan raised her spear, "All unrelated personnel of the Black Tortoise Palace and Su Nv Palace, retreat immediately, or else—die then die!"

"Qin Su Nu's massacre of my daughter must be avenged with blood for blood, life for life! Even if the Dao Lord is present, he cannot stop This Emperor! I say again, Mengzhang! Jian Wuji! Get lost!"

Zhong Minglan's target is only Qin Su Nu!

No one can stop a mother seeking vengeance for her daughter!

"A daughter?"

Mengzhang and Jian Wuji both froze!

They clearly had no idea what Qin Su Nu had done to Zhong Minglan!

However, Shao Guanwu toughened up, declaring, "All personnel of the Su Nv Palace and Black Tortoise Palace, withdraw to a distance of ten thousand zhang from This Emperor!"

A divine war! Its impact spreads far and wide.

Shaoguan Wu didn't even want his territory turned into ruins, let alone his people all being killed.

"It seems you have no intention of handing over Qin Su Nu." Zhong Minglan's voice was ice-cold to the extreme.

Meng Zhang and Jian Wuji hurriedly spoke, "Minglan, could there be some misunderstanding? How could Su Nu massacre your daughter, and where did you even get a daughter?"

No wonder they'd ask that!

After all, the Four Spirits themselves lack the ability to reproduce offspring.

Qin Su Nu and Shaoguan Wu are a special case, after all being divine spirits of shared origin and symbiosis, only then could they unite and bear offspring. Even so, their daughter cannot inherit their divine powers.

And Zhong Minglan, she has no companion spirit form—how could she conceive a child?

"Yes!" Shaoguan Wu finally realized, "How could you possibly have a daughter?"

Last time he was busy wondering who Zhong Minglan had a daughter with, he never even considered! He and Qin Su Nu can have a daughter because they are divine spirits of shared origin, which allows them to bear offspring.

As the Four Pole Gods who enjoy endless longevity, they cannot possibly have offspring to inherit their divine power! They are unlike ordinary gods.

The notion that Zhong Minglan has a daughter is sheer nonsense—fooling mortals below might work, but they know each other's backgrounds inside out; how could they not know?

"Mind your own business!" Zhong Minglan's divine power stored in her spear kept increasing, the red-tasseled spear appearing to sprout golden meridians all over—actually all the Seven Mansions divine power she had accumulated!

At this very moment——

In Sheng Long Tian, even in broad daylight, people could see——

The Nangong Seven Great Stellar Lodges—Mu Yan, Jin Yang, Tu Zhang, Ri Ma, Yue Lu, Huo She, Shui Yin—were lit up one by one, shining in the daytime! Outshining the blazing sun, they linked to form the Vermilion Bird.

Having just finished distributing the God-Transforming Pill, Shen Qingli saw this scene and didn't know it was her mother coming to collect a blood debt from her! She thought her mother was truly in danger, which was why such a daytime omen appeared!

Shen Qingli couldn't wait another moment! She immediately summoned the ancient Yinglong, "Let's go!"

Di Jin, Shen Kuo, and Jiu Li immediately followed, while Shen Jing and Shen Duo did not go with them.

"Go." Shen Jing understood that Shen Qingli still wasn't entirely at ease about home; he wasn't in a rush either, so he might as well wait a bit longer, letting Shen Qingli go attend to her own affairs peacefully. Shen Duo thought similarly, both just wanting Shen Qingli to feel at ease.

Shen Qingli understood their intentions, and she didn't want them dragged into this dispute—after all, the other side is a god emperor! She and her father naturally must go rescue her mother; others have no such duty or obligation.

"Ah Jin," Shen Qingli actually still wanted to keep Di Jin out of it.

But before she could finish the name, Di Jin's hand had already covered her mouth.

"That's enough, it sounded lovely; no need to say more, I don't want to hear it."

Di Jin knew the person in his palm too well, clearly aware of what she wanted to say; he wouldn't let her speak, nor give her time to.

"Yinglong."

"Hng?"

"Instantly move over."

As Di Jin gave the order, his fingertips already leaked five-colored radiant light.

The space of Sheng Long Tian is insufficient for the ancient Yinglong to execute spatial teleportation; it would shatter heaven and earth.

But his power can stabilize heaven and earth.

Thus, it was merely in the blink of an eye!

They thus arrived above the Hunyuan Sect, reappearing atop the Hunyuan Peak.