NABC Chapter 436: Loot Arriving On a Platter
Chapter 436: Loot Arriving On a Platter
Azmodeus couldn't immediately reach the Evil Nine Yin cultivator who was most obviously the leader of this attack on the assembly, but he was cutting through enough Immortal Gods that it surely wouldn't be long now. Moreover, it seemed that Ming Chao and the other Half-step Immortal Transcendent Realm powerhouses were holding their own, at least well enough to not make it appear like they had the losing hand.
The other students and figures gathered and scattering also surprisingly kept the Evil Nine Yin forces at bay, which was weird... Suspiciously weird...
'Something about this feels off,' thought Azmodeus as he cleaved through a dozen more Immortal Gods. His strides were long and lofty, with none able to withstand more than a single strike of his. Yet there was still something off about this whole situation. 'Why does this feel too easy...?'
Just as this thought formed in his mind, a booming explosion reverberated from the Eternal Jade Palace, which was now tipping to the... left... Was the Eternal Jade Palace... falling??
At the same time as horror washed over the faces of the Immortals fighting the Evil Nine Yin cultivators when they looked toward the source of the explosion, a golden robed figure flew out from a large gaping hole in the Palace. It was none other than Fang Ju, the younger sect brother of the Eternal Jade Sect—someone was currently barreling through clouds, his entire body charred and battered. Blood leaked from all his orifices, with his life or death clearly on the line.
"...Brother...?"
While attracted by this unexpected event occuring high up in the sky, Ming Chao saw a purple-robed figure standing just outside where the explosion originated from in the Eternal Jade Palace. His expression was devoid of emotion, with his equally dead eyes uncaringly watching his junior brother sail through the clouds and crash through several mountaintops.
With Ming Chao's high intellect, she was able to piece together what was going on here. But... it didn't make any sense! Why would her brother!? Why would he betray the Eternal Jade Heaven Immortal Realm and defect to the Evil Nine Yin's side!? It just wasn't... possible!!
"Is he being controlled!?" was the first thing to surface in Ming Chao's mine, firmly denying the possibility that he was truly a traitor. "Yes, that must be it! I have to save my brother; he's clearly not in his right mind!" She spoke in denial of the right, seemingly losing every ounce of her previous cool-minded and collective self.
None knew how to combat this calamity that had arrived in the Eternal Jade Heaven Immortal Realm...
Their Immortal Lord was nowhere to be seen, the Academy Headmaster was missing, and the Immortal Transcendent Realm Realm Ancestors, who should've immediately reacted to this threat, were also unresponsive. To those in Eternal Jade City, Eternal Jade Academy, and the surrounding territories, fear and the harrowing view of the Eternal Jade Palace plummeting to the earth were the only things to be reflected in their shaky pupils.
The smirk on the expression of who was originally presumed to be the 'Evil Nine Yin Leader' widened as he deflected the combined attacks of Ming Chao and the other powerhouses. While retreating to the skies above in their moment of shock, he left a grim message. "Ha! You bunch really are country bumkins from an inferior Immortal Realm! You are so surprised by the few forces we sent here, completely oblivious to the main forces that we sent to deal with the true powerhouses of your Realm! All of your Immortal Transcendent Realm Ancestors will soon be dead, and then our Nine Evil Yin Immortal Sovereign will return with the head of your Realm's Immortal Lord on a platter!!"
"You bunch of ignorant fools!! Jajajaja!!"
"!!!" "!!!" "!!!"
As everyone gradually sank into despair, Azmodeus, who was inconspicuously fighting in a corner, couldn't stop his grin from widening. He had held back so much until now, making it seem like he was struggling against mere Immortal Emperor's and Immortal Gods, but now...
"Heh," Cassius let a crazed sort of laugh slip, with his eyes freezing over in a sheet of ice. "Time to grind these idiotic loot bags that grouped themselves up all nice and tidy for me," he uttered while eyeing the Evil Nine Yin powerhouses imposingly standing above the heavens.
They would all be his loot!
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