Chapter 830

If it weren't for the man standing behind the Qinglong Society, Huang Tian Dafo would be even angrier!

After all, that man is one he truly cannot afford to provoke.

Now, hearing what Senior Xiaoyaozi said, Xiao Jingtian's success is imminent.

Huang Tian Dafo could no longer hold back; regardless of cost or whether Tie Muzhen's body could withstand it, he acted.

He projected another portion of the outside-world power over here.

That primordial, boundless power, after passing through this projection from beyond,

was directly channeled into the collapsing energy of Xiao Jingtian.

With this infusion of outside-world power, the rate of collapse accelerated sharply.

What had been a ball of energy no larger than an infant's fist was instantly compressed to the size of an egg.

Warriors of the Nine Provinces possess Bone-Contracting Art, which can shrink an adult's skeleton down to that of a child.

But no Bone-Contracting Art, no matter how advanced, can shrink human bones to the size of an egg.

Thus, the Yuan court ministers all believed Xiao Jingtian was dead.

"Ha ha! This vile, stubborn demon lord is finally dead!"

"Indeed! This demon, who called himself Great Demon God, just happens to be precisely what Huang Tian Dafo is meant to subdue."

"After all, the Buddha subdues demons!"

"Exactly! Since the Great Demon Lord is dead, you Qinglong Society scoundrels, why aren't you already kneeling and begging for mercy?"

"Perhaps Huang Tian Dafo, in his mercy, will allow you to join our Fomen!"

"That's right! As for your so-called dog-piss Great Dragon Head—"

In their excitement, the Yuan court ministers grew increasingly outrageous.

Not only did they call the Qinglong Society members mere clowns, they openly demanded everyone surrender.

The most absurd of them even dared to say "dog-piss Great Dragon Head" aloud.

But before his bluster could finish, Huang Tian Dafo heard it.

Huang Tian Dafo, who had been fully focused on compressing Xiao Jingtian's energy, staggered at the words.

He immediately turned his head and glared fiercely at the minister.

"You fool! Words bring disaster!"

Even Huang Tian Dafo himself, publicly or privately, dares not curse the Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi, right?

Who the hell are you?

Don't you dare drag me down with your suicide!

The minister, struck by Huang Tian Dafo's glare, swallowed his words whole.

Instantly, he thought perhaps it was because he'd spoken so bluntly without tying Huang Tian Dafo into his praise that the Great Buddha was displeased.

His eyes rolled quickly, and he flattered again:

"Huang Tian Dafo, your divine power towers over all, unmatched under heaven."

"The Qinglong Society's Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi probably can't even match one of your fingers—"

"Boom—!"

Huang Tian Dafo shuddered, startled by the minister's words.

Without waiting for him to finish, he immediately summoned outside-world power and summoned a Nine Provinces Lei Ting.

It shot down from the heavens and turned the loquacious minister into a charred corpse.

"..."

The Yuan court ministers stared at each other in silence.

Their recitation of Buddhist sutras halted abruptly.

They didn't understand why?

Hu Li Shi (the minister electrocuted) had just spoken words of flattery—why had that drawn death?

Could it be Huang Tian Dafo dislikes flattery?

But that made no sense—since Huang Tian Dafo's arrival, from the Lotus Life Buddha down to palace guards, no one had stopped fawning!

Yet none had ever been struck down by heavenly thunder!

Then the ministers finally realized: they remembered what Hu Li Shi had said just before dying.

In his attempt to flatter Huang Tian Dafo, he'd dragged in that Nine Provinces taboo...

This...

"Pfft!"

Yan Shisan, seeing this, couldn't help laughing, slapping Ye Gucheng on the shoulder, doubling over with mirth.

"Old Ye, are these Yuan people trying to laugh us to death so they don't have to fight?"

They're terrified of the Great Dragon Head, yet still strut and boast in front of us.

Say one bad word about the Great Dragon Head, and this evil Buddha kills his own man on the spot.

This kind of move—tsk tsk tsk—I could never pull it off.

"Ha! What kind of person is the Great Dragon Head? Of course these clowns fear him."

"Still, killing his own man in public? I couldn't pull that off either."

Ye Gucheng, ever the cold-faced beauty, couldn't help laughing—whether because Yan Shisan had amused him or because it was simply too funny.

All other heroes of the Qinglong Society laughed too.

Though none of them knew what Huang Tian Dafo truly was.

But merely by the fact that Huang Tian Dafo could contain Xiao Jingtian—and compress his vast energy into the size of an egg—

With such transcendent power, across the entire Nine Provinces World, who else but the Great Dragon Chief could possibly achieve it?

Yet this incredibly powerful figure was reduced to nothing simply because one of his subordinates spoke ill of the Great Dragon Chief in public.

He immediately unleashed his power, summoning Lei Ting to reduce his own subordinate to charred ash.

What this behavior signifies is almost glaringly obvious.

Our Great Dragon Chief truly deserves his reputation as the supreme elite above the clouds of the Nine Provinces!

The title of "Number One Taboo of the Nine Provinces" may even be too modest.

Perhaps our Great Dragon Chief is the strongest in all ten thousand worlds?

As mid-to-high-ranking members of the Qinglong Society, these heroes naturally understood better than those from other factions what "ten thousand worlds" truly meant.

"Fool! Whoever dares speak nonsense again, I will not tolerate it!"

After Lei Ting had struck Huli Shi, and the Qinglong Society members mocked him in public, Huang Tian Buddha did not lash out at the Qinglong Society—he turned his rage toward the ministers of Dayuan.

The ministers of Dayuan fell silent as if frozen, their hearts stirring with other thoughts.

"Don't entertain such thoughts—quickly recite the Huang Tian scriptures! Once I've dealt with this Xiao Jingtian, it will be the Qinglong Society's turn."

Through mysterious means, Huang Tian Buddha perceived the heretical thoughts stirring within the Dayuan ministers.

Yet his projected avatar here depended entirely on the Dayuan ministers reciting the Huang Tian scriptures, channeling Tie Muzhen's form to manifest.

If the scripture recitation ceased, he would be forced to retreat humbly back beyond the realms.

That would be the moment he truly lost face.

Retreat was inevitable!

But before retreating, if he crushed Xiao Jingtian, it would be a direct, brutal humiliation of that man before countless powerful beings.

Then, surely someone would be willing to protect him.

Huang Tian Buddha soothed them with gentle words; once the scripture recitation resumed, he ignored all else and resumed channeling power to compress Xiao Jingtian.

Reducing him from several zhang to the size of a child required only his initial projected power.

Further compressing him from child-size to the size of an egg demanded a portion of his power from beyond the realms.

He had assumed that, at egg-size, every being in the Nine Provinces World—being mere mortals—would surely perish.

Though named the Demon God, Xiao Jingtian was still merely a native of the Nine Provinces.

At egg-size, he must be dead!

Yet Huang Tian Buddha sensed, within that egg-sized mass of energy, a vigorous, thriving life force.

That life force belonged to Xiao Jingtian!

Clearly, Xiao Jingtian was still alive—and still resisting.