Quentin Yuan did not speak. He simply looked at Joe Di, as if waiting for Joe Di to say something. As for the matter of losing face by being threatened and not daring to act, it was never within Quentin Yuan's consideration. Threats meant nothing to him.
If something benefited his Dao, Quentin Yuan would not hesitate for even a moment, even if it meant risking his life. If it brought no benefit to his Dao, no matter how much others looked down on or threatened him, he would treat it as nothing.
As long as Joe Di agreed to help him, Quentin Yuan would not hesitate to strike at this Quintessence Saint.
Joe Di completely ignored Quentin Yuan. His gaze fell upon the Quintessence Saint. "You're not from the Redlin Clan, are you?"
As he spoke, Joe Di continued to sketch Law Array Banners.
Behind this Quintessence Saint, more than ten figures stood—all of them Edict Saints at the Fourth Step.
The reason Joe Di asked was to confirm whether this person was from the Redlin Clan. If he wasn't, Joe Di would kill him immediately. If he was from the Redlin Clan, there was no rush, as he and the Redlin Clan were mortal enemies with no possibility of reconciliation. He still needed to question the Redlin Clan about Darius Redlin and the Tiangang Transformation.
"Just now, you told my Golden Armored Paragon from Allclan Sanctuary to get lost. I am Austen Ao, the City Lord of Allclan Sanctuary. I came specifically to see how you would make my Golden Armored Paragon leave..." The Quintessence Saint's tone was calm, but the surrounding Dao aura transformed with his words into a surging killing intent.
No wonder he arrived even faster than the Redlin Clan's experts—he was the City Lord of Allclan Sanctuary. If the Golden Armored Paragon was driven away by Joe Di and the City Lord acted as if nothing happened, he would lose all authority.
Joe Di couldn't even be bothered to reply. The Tiansuo Blade swept up endless Dao aura, instantly transforming into a torrent of blade curtains that surged forward like a flood. The killing intent surrounding Austen Ao was wiped away in an instant beneath the overwhelming blade curtain.
He had to kill Austen Ao as quickly as possible; otherwise, once the Redlin Clan's experts arrived, they would undoubtedly join forces with this City Lord to attack. It was said that the Redlin Clan had two Fifth Step Paragons, and Joe Di had never fought a Fifth Step Paragon before—nor did he want to face three Quintessence Saints at once.
Joe Di guessed that Quentin Yuan would not make a move; this fellow was the type of pure cultivator whose eyes saw only the Dao, caring for nothing else.
Just as Joe Di had predicted, the moment he acted, Quentin Yuan immediately retreated. Joe Di's domain was not aimed at him, so he withdrew from its range without hesitation. At this moment, he had only one thought: Joe Di was insane.
How could a mere Fourth Step cultivator, even one capable of fighting above his level, dare to challenge a Quintessence Saint and more than ten Edict Saints at once? If this wasn't madness, what was? Besides, he was well aware of Joe Di's situation—the real enemy, the Redlin Clan's experts, had yet to arrive.
He would soon understand Joe Di's intention: to kill some opponents before the Redlin Clan's experts arrived.
The idea wasn't wrong, but you needed the strength to pull it off.
Quentin Yuan shook his head speechlessly. In truth, Joe Di's personality and strength were perfectly suited to helping him—if only he weren't so reckless. Even Quentin Yuan feared Austen Ao, the City Lord of Allclan Sanctuary.
"So arrogant..." Austen Ao was so infuriated by Joe Di that he laughed. He'd seen arrogance before, but never anything like Joe Di's.
The reason he hadn't attacked immediately was that he wanted to find out what Joe Di had become. Unexpectedly, before he could act, Joe Di struck first.
Austen Ao hadn't even planned to summon his Genesis Artifact, but he quickly sensed something was wrong. Joe Di's domain was peculiar—it was a...
Austen Ao quickly confirmed that this was an entirely new domain of space-time law. The rules within this domain...
When Austen Ao realized he couldn't grasp the Dao aura of Joe Di's domain, his expression changed.
There were only two possibilities: either Joe Di's cultivation was far superior, so his Dao aura couldn't penetrate the rules of Joe Di's domain; or Joe Di cultivated a Grand Dao Principle entirely unrelated to the Vast Universe. If his Dao was unrelated to the Vast Universe, it could only have been derived from Joe Di's own Dao evolution.
It was impossible for Joe Di's cultivation to be stronger, because although his domain was powerful, it hadn't completely restrained Austen Ao. That meant Joe Di's Dao was self-derived. In this region, countless experts had never managed to evolve a Grand Dao Principle unrelated to their universe. To do so, one would have to comprehend and evolve it in the Vast Chaos.
Surviving in the Vast Chaos was already difficult—enlightening and evolving one's own Dao there...
A gleam of excitement flashed in Austen Ao's eyes—Joe Di was definitely unusual. If he could evolve a Dao like Joe Di's, wouldn't that mean he could control this universe?
No matter how strong Joe Di's domain of rules was, if he thought he could completely restrain Austen Ao with it, he was dreaming.
Austen Ao summoned the Thunderstrike Hammer. Thick, gray arcs of thunder circled him, each as wide as a barrel, and the rumbling thunder sounded as if it came from ancient times, its heavy resonance shaking the soul.
Joe Di's domain of rules instantly emitted a series of cracks. The more than ten Edict Saints, whose faces had changed under Joe Di's domain, all breathed a sigh of relief and, without hesitation, summoned their Genesis Artifacts. With the City Lord of Allclan Sanctuary blocking Joe Di's terrifying domain, if they didn't seize the chance to attack, they weren't worthy of being called Edict Saints.
As the thunder continued to build, Joe Di's Tiansuo Blade unleashed five consecutive, earth-shaking waves of blade energy.
Although Joe Di struck first, once Austen Ao blocked Joe Di's domain of rules, more than ten powerful cultivators, including himself, unleashed their divine abilities.
The Thunderstrike Hammer's divine power finally condensed, transforming into countless detonating thunderbolts like small planets, crashing into Joe Di's endless waves of blade energy.
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Boom, boom, boom...
All kinds of divine abilities and Dao aura collided, countless fragments of Dao rules were shattered, and wild primordial energy and boundless waves of blade force surged skyward.
Fragments of Five Element laws, fragments of blade wave laws, fragments of thunder radiance laws...
This time, Joe Di didn't hold back at all. The space torn apart by billions of blade waves was no longer confined to the rule-bound space of Joe Di's divine abilities.
No matter how strong the protective array of the Myriad Gods Tower was, under the terrifying impact of blade waves and the pressure of divine abilities, it was reduced to rubble. The Myriad Gods Tower itself vanished without a trace under such force.
Without Joe Di's control, the nearly ten million-zhang blade waves swept out. Combined with the attacks from Austen Ao and more than ten Fourth Step Edict Saints, all surrounding restrictions, protective arrays, and shops...
Under the terrifying force of the blade waves, everything was reduced to rubble and nothingness.