Chapter 535

Chapter 535: The Weight of Fear

“No way!”

“Absolutely not!”

“That’s way too risky!”

An Li refused to agree, no matter what was said.

“So what’s your solution? Let the Quasi-Emperors surround and take down Lu Ye, isn’t that your suggestion, and we should go all out for it? Now look, all the Dark Clan’s Quasi-Emperors are getting wiped out. If they all fall, what awaits the Dark Clan?” An Ri exclaimed, furious.

An Li knitted her brows tightly.

How was she supposed to know that Lu Ye could summon so many people? The Lu Ye from her past life couldn’t gather that many.

Why was this lifetime’s Lu Ye, who had forsaken guarding the Great Dao, more favored than the last?

Clearly, this Lu Ye hadn’t done a single good deed in this life.

If all the Quasi-Emperors were wiped out, how would the Dark Clan collect the treasures needed for sacrifices?

Rely on the emperors?

How long would that take?

She thought of the Devouring Dao Beast.

Sure, if the Great Emperor stepped in, he might be punished by the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, but not killed; he could just be sealed away under the Great Sage’s power.

Otherwise, how do you explain the Devouring Dao Beast?

It would awaken only to get hit, awaken and then get hit again.

After so many beatings, the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens never killed it. Doesn’t that say something?

Perhaps only an existence that harms the masses could provoke the Great Sage’s killing intent.

But what if that’s not the case?

What if just An Ri moving against them triggers the Great Sage’s urge to kill? What then?

An Ri was the Family Head; compared to the Quasi-Emperor, the Great Emperor was definitely of more importance. Right now, they were gambling whether An Ri’s actions would provoke the Great Sage to strike hard.

“I don’t know…”

An Li was smart enough to know she shouldn’t take a clear stance. If she did, she’d be the one shouldering the blame later.

She wasn’t stupid.

An Ri’s face darkened as he scolded, “You’re a reincarnated being and don’t even know this kind of information? What kind of reincarnation are you?”

An Li felt a surge of annoyance.

“I’m a reincarnated being, but this matter concerns the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens. Aren’t you a Great Emperor? Don’t you have any news about the Great Sage?” An Li shot back.

“You’re reckless!”

A royal suddenly exploded in anger. How dare you speak to the Family Head like that?

“Get lost! Do you have the right to interrupt our conversation?” An Li shot a cold glance at the royal who dared to speak.

The royal was fuming.

“You’re not a Great Emperor right now! You’re still an ant!”

“Then why don’t you kill me?”

The royal…

It was downright infuriating; the royal’s chest rose and fell with rage.

If not for the Family Head standing there, he could have slapped An Li dead right there.

“Enough!”

An Ri bellowed.

He looked at the battle in the light mirror, and the Dark Clan’s Quasi-Emperors were barely holding on.

They couldn’t afford to lose any more Quasi-Emperors.

“I’ll step in and save them. If the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens suppresses me, then let An Xing take over my position as Family Head!”

“If I get the chance, I’ll grab Lu Ye too!”

An Ri had made his decision.

But at that moment, An Xing spoke up.

“Family Head, let me go instead. The matter of the divine being’s descent cannot go without you.”

“If we follow An Li’s words, at most it’ll be ten thousand years until the Sea of Blood Celestial Lord can no longer hold back the dark turmoil, and it would just be a matter of being suppressed for ten thousand years!”

An Xing was also a Great Emperor.

An Ri looked at An Xing, wanting to say something but hesitating.

“Family Head, it’s no problem; the Dark Clan and the divine being need you more!”

An Ri sighed, “Never clash head-on with the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens. If something can be solved with one blow, don’t let it take two.”

“Got it!”

An Xing quietly looked at the Dark Clan members, then knelt beneath the massive statue.

“Divine being, I’m going!”

If anyone else witnessed this scene, they would surely find it utterly bizarre.

Because that was a Great Emperor!

Which Great Emperor isn’t an extremely proud being? Yet now, one was kneeling on the ground before a mere divine statue.

It was like an insult to the title of Great Emperor.

Such a person could hardly be called a Great Emperor.

An Xing’s figure vanished.

All the members of the Dark Clan stared at the light mirror, silently praying to the divine being.

Hoping for a smooth journey and that the Great Sage wouldn’t go too hard.

On the battlefield, Quasi-Emperors kept falling.

Lu Ye wasn’t rushing to use the Emperor’s Banner to collect souls, mainly because the fighting was too intense—using the Emperor’s Banner here was just asking to get smashed to pieces.

An Xing flew toward the battlefield.

His heart was genuinely uneasy.

He pondered how the Devouring Dao Beast wasn’t killed when it first awakened. There was no way it was because the rules left by the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens couldn’t touch it as a Quasi-Emperor.

Judging by An Li’s words, the Devouring Dao Beast couldn’t take it any longer and rebelled once, but the Great Sage easily handled it; that time was just a harsher beating.

It must be simply because the Devouring Dao Beast didn’t do anything wrong—it merely awakened.

But what he was about to do was sheer bullying.

It was something the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens couldn’t tolerate.

But, the Great Sage really hadn’t killed in a long, long time.

If he just made one attack and then did his best to escape.

Escape from the Nine Heavens, escape to the outer realms.

Perhaps he could return home.

But could he really do it?

An Xing was honestly uncertain.

But An Ri needed him to rescue the others; losing all the Quasi-Emperors in one go would be far too damaging for the Dark Clan.

Although An Ri kept insisting he’d go himself, his words implied he wanted An Xing to take action; An Xing understood.

But An Xing had no complaints.

The Family Head was also doing so for the descent of the divine being.

Just one strike!

He only had to unleash one strike!

An Xing pushed himself to the max, his divine blood boiling within.

This wasn’t preparing for the strike; it was about preparing for a quick escape.

An all-out escape.

No!

A desperate escape!

The pressure that the four words “Great Sage of the Nine Heavens” put on everyone living in the Nine Heavens was immense.

Even An Xing’s palms were soaked with sweat.

The closer he got to the battlefield, the tenser An Xing felt. If the Great Sage turned his killing intent on him, he’d have to summon the divine being.

But could the divine being take on the Great Sage?

Which was stronger, the divine being’s shadow or the Great Sage’s rules?

Probably, he wouldn’t attack him; he should stop scaring himself.

At this moment, a flurry of chaotic thoughts filled An Xing’s mind, making it hard for him to focus.

His heart was pounding loudly.

His speed felt painfully slow.

“An Xing, hurry up! An Kunlun is about to collapse too!” An Ri’s voice echoed in An Xing’s mind.

An Xing took a deep breath, and his heart seemed to stop racing.

He directly stopped it.

His pupils transformed into slits like a bug’s eyes, looking extremely bizarre.

“Okay!”

An Xing uttered that single word.

His voice was already hoarse.

But by the time he arrived, An Kunlun was already dead.

Six Quasi-Emperors had turned into four remaining.

An Xing no longer hesitated and lifted his fist.

In that moment, a pair of eyes opened in the void without any warning.