Invincible Dad-Chapter 753

Shan Baiwan, seemingly feeling it wasn't safe enough, grabbed a large handful of elixirs from his storage space, slightly increasing his chances of surviving the pill lightning's bombardment.

"…Seriously?" Taotie muttered with a strange expression as he flew overhead. "Anyone who knows what's going on sees pill lightning. Anyone who doesn't would think it's Divine General Shan's celestial tribulation. He's being far too cautious."

Apart from Divine General Baize and Xu Lai, no one in the Immortal Domain knew that Shan Baiwan had not faced a celestial tribulation when he achieved the First Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Elixirs are not living beings. They have no cultivation bottlenecks and don't need to undergo tribulations. Their one and only life-or-death trial is pill lightning! This was the most important reason why Shan Baiwan was on high alert, as if facing a great enemy.

Xu Lai didn't have many elixirs in his storage space, so he simply extended a thread of his divine sense to form a protective ward around Shan Baiwan.

Sensing the supreme Dao charm circulating around him, Shan Baiwan was moved to tears. If the situation weren't so dire, he would have rolled into a meatball, clung to The Supreme Emperor's leg, and cried out, 'Thank you for your compassion, Your Majesty!'

BOOM!

The pill lightning roared. As a terrifying pressure spread out, Xu Lai's expression changed slightly. The pill lightning for this White Crane Emperor Pill was even more dreadful than the one from the Emperor's Elixirs he had refined!

Both were Emperor's Elixirs, but the White Crane Emperor Pill wasn't particularly extraordinary on its own; the issue was purely Shan Baiwan's presence.

He, too, was an Emperor's Elixir.

Not only had he gained spiritual intelligence, but he had also stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm. The very purpose of pill lightning was to curb such occurrences. Now that the Heavenly Dao Laws had detected this oversight, how could they not intensify the pill lightning, aiming to destroy two different kinds of Emperor's Elixirs at once? This was a rare opportunity indeed!

"This is bad. This is very bad." Xuanwu's expression changed drastically. These past few days, while guarding the Heavenly Court and fending off wave after wave of powerful experts coming to present gifts, I knew Shan Baiwan was going to refine a batch of Emperor's Elixirs. But this pill lightning is far too terrifying and dangerous! It gives me a sense of profound insignificance. Perhaps even a Quasi-Emperor's great tribulation is only this powerful.

RUMBLE!

The pill lightning struck. It wasn't just one bolt, but two black columns of divine thunder. One slammed into the Pill Furnace, and the other descended upon Shan Baiwan. The double strike of Heavenly Thunder was lethal. It inflicted severe injuries on Shan Baiwan, who now had to protect both himself and the Pill Furnace from being destroyed.

"The pill lightning has split into two bolts. One of them…" Divine General Baize's fine eyebrows furrowed. She suddenly looked at Xu Lai, a trace of unconcealable surprise on her face. "Could it be—"

"Mhm." Xu Lai knew the Second Divine General must have guessed part of the truth. There's no helping it. This woman is simply too intelligent; there isn't much in the vast Immortal Domain that can be hidden from her.

Baize exhaled a turbid breath, suppressing the shock in her heart.

Xu Lai asked, "Divine General Bai, this tribulation for Divine General Shan…"

"He can overcome it!"

Baize was a mythical beast of auspicious fortune, able to instinctively avoid danger and seek luck. This was countless times more potent than keen senses or divination; it was a racial talent engraved in her very bloodline.

"The only thing we need to guard against now are the cowards lurking in the shadows," Baize said calmly.

"Mhm." Xu Lai nodded. "Let Taotie and the others handle it."

The moment he finished speaking, Xu Lai sensed more than a dozen figures stealthily approaching the Heavenly Court's vicinity. Although they used formations or treasures to shield their auras, they were still completely exposed in Xu Lai's eyes.

Two Quasi-Emperors, seventeen pinnacle Immortal Venerables… Why bother? Xu Lai sighed softly.

He did not take action.

"Kill!" Baize's eyes narrowed, her gaze as cold as a frozen pond, sending shivers down the spine. Her voice resounded in the hearts of every Divine General in the Heavenly Court.

WHOOSH!

Taotie was the first to transform into a streak of light and shoot away. In an instant, a series of terrifying roars erupted around the Heavenly Court. Two pinnacle Immortal Venerables hiding in the shadows hesitated before ultimately choosing to retreat. But all the others charged forward to confront the Divine Generals of the Heavenly Court!

They were all Supreme Elders or Sect Ancestors with little of their lifespans remaining. They were distinguished figures who had already consumed all manner of elixirs and spirit plants. To survive, they defied the warnings of their own races and Dao Orthodox Holy Lands, choosing to fight for the Emperor's Elixirs being refined by the Heavenly Court!

Indeed, a mysterious Jade Slip of unknown origin had informed them that the Heavenly Court was refining a batch of thirty-six Nine Revolutions Immortal Pills.

To attack the Heavenly Court, where The Supreme Emperor himself resided, was a suicidal act in anyone's eyes. But what if they succeeded? They could extend their lives, gain a chance to assail higher realms, and live that much longer!

Soldier against soldier. General against general.

While most of the Heavenly Court's Divine Generals remained on standby, fifteen of them, led by Xuanwu, emerged from the darkness. They faced the fifteen Immortal Venerables who hailed from various forces. As for the two Quasi-Emperors…

Taotie took on both of them at once. He trembled all over, his face flushed. He was simply too thrilled. After so many years, he, Taotie, could finally unleash his full power and fight a hearty, unrestrained battle!

"Come! Come on!" Taotie threw his head back and howled, a surging tide of vital energy and blood roiling behind him to form a rainbow that pierced the clouds.

"Hmph! Taotie, don't seek your own death."

"No one can stop me today! I'll slay gods who block my path and slaughter any devil in my way!"

A dense mist shrouded the two Quasi-Emperors, obscuring their faces. Their voices were deliberately disguised to be hoarse as they spoke, clearly not taking the Heavenly Court's famed god of slaughter seriously.

"Hahaha!" The brilliance in Taotie's eyes flared. "What impudent fools dare to spout such arrogant nonsense? Eat my sword!"

Taotie brandished a blood-red longsword. The moment it appeared, the hearts of the two Quasi-Emperors sank. They realized they had been pulled into a small barrier created by Taotie's magical treasure.

The sky within was blood-red. The ground was a mountain of corpses and a Blood Sea, littered with severed limbs and shattered weapons. In the distance, mountain ranges lay broken into countless pieces.

"KILL!!!"

Once the arrow is loosed, there's no turning back. The two Quasi-Emperors clashed with Taotie, and the void around them shattered, blast after blast.

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"Brute." Baize retracted her gaze from the small barrier and closed her eyes, deducing the state of the battle, divining future dangers, and orchestrating everything.

Xu Lai wasn't worried about Taotie. He was a Fifth Heaven Quasi-Emperor, while the two attackers were only at the Fourth Heaven. Taking on both at once wouldn't be a problem.

As a hands-off manager, Xu Lai stood with his hands clasped behind his back. He glanced at Shan Baiwan enduring the pill tribulation, then at the battlefield, and clicked his tongue. "Taotie has been neglecting his cultivation lately; the speed of his sword strikes has slowed. Xuanwu is the same as ever, just standing there and taking hits. Divine General Dong, however, has improved his cultivation level significantly… Not bad, not bad."

As if knowing The Supreme Emperor was 'supervising' the battle, the Divine Generals fought with incredible valor. Holding nothing back, they immediately unleashed their ultimate magical treasures and divine skills. From the very start of the engagement, they had the invaders of the same boundary completely suppressed.

However, many more powerful experts remained hidden in the distance, itching to make their move.

"The Heavenly Court's domain extends for a million miles. All who cross this line… will be killed without mercy," Baize's calm voice announced.

Under normal circumstances, no cultivator would be foolish enough to intrude within a million miles of the Heavenly Court. But today was different. A mysterious powerhouse had secretly rallied a group of experts who had little time left and were willing to wage war against the Heavenly Court to prolong their lives.

Their goal today was not to topple the Heavenly Court, but to seize that Pill Furnace. As long as they got their hands on it, they would immediately retreat