Chapter 594: Chapter 594: Mourning Demonic Bloodline The forces that the Vine Emperor led into the Eastern Tree Ocean this time were all elite.
He had a thousand Void Glimpse Stage puppets, all crafted by the Void Inquiry Stage.
Nearly 50 Void Refinement Realm Puppet Masters were controlling these thousand puppets, currently working with tens of thousands of living puppet cultivators from the Muye Kingdom to bloodbath the land!
This is a catastrophe, a calamity that could overturn the entire Eastern Tree Ocean!
He personally led six Void Fragmentation subordinates and 11 Void Fragmentation spirit clones of the Void Inquiry Stage, heading to Jishui to take the Bamboo Sovereign’s life!
The Muye Kingdom was in chaos. The Bamboo Hall’s cultivators either died untimely deaths or became living puppets, assisting the Vine Hall’s atrocities.
At this moment, the Bamboo Sovereign could only muster three Void Fragmentation powerhouses: the Great Elder of the third heavenly layer, the Fifth Elder of the first heavenly layer, and the Seventh Elder.
This was the best opportunity to kill the Bamboo Sovereign and destroy the Bamboo Hall. The Vine Emperor had meticulously planned for tens of thousands of years for this moment!
"Kill!"
With a command from the Vine Emperor, murderous intent surfaced in the six Void Fragmentation elders behind him. They split into two groups and launched a siege on the Fifth Elder of the Bamboo Hall!
Among these six Vine Hall’s Void Fragmentation elders was the large-skulled Void Fragmentation and the dryad Void Fragmentation, who had once hunted Ning Fan.
Among the six Void Fragmentation elders of the Vine Hall, one was of the Second Heavenly Layer, while the others were of the First Heavenly Layer!
With six First and Second Heavenly Layer elders besieging the sole First Heavenly Layer Fifth Elder, his outcome was inevitable. It wouldn’t take long before the Fifth Elder would be slain, severing one of the Bamboo Sovereign’s arms of support!
"Fifth Elder, be careful!"
The Great Elder and the Seventh Elder saw the Fifth Elder being besieged, their faces filled with anger and intent on rescuing him.
At that moment, 11 Void Fragmentation spirit clones from the Void Inquiry Stage coldly surrounded the Great Elder of the third heavenly layer.
At the same time, the Second, Third, and Fourth Elders, now turned into living puppets, jointly besieged the Seventh Elder.
"Why have you three betrayed the Bamboo Hall! Give this old man a reason!"
The Seventh Elder was filled with righteous indignation, glaring angrily at the three Fragmented Void Elders who betrayed the Bamboo Hall.
He didn’t know that these three elders had long become living puppets of the Void Inquiry Stage, and wielding swords against their own was simply beyond their control.
The three living puppet Fragmented Void Elders ignored the Seventh Elder’s fury, casting one spell after another, coldly and mercilessly, toward him.
Among the three living puppet elders, the Third and Fourth Elders were in the Fracture First Realm, while the Second Elder was in the Second Realm.
Their combined efforts only meant that it was a matter of time before the Seventh Elder would be slain...
"Damn it! The betrayal of these three Fragmented Void Elders has driven countless cultivators in the Eastern Tree Ocean mad... Void Inquiry Stage! I ask you! Are you behind all this! Ten thousand years ago, you entered our Eastern Tree Ocean, slaughtering countless beings, and now you dare plot against our Bamboo Hall! If I don’t kill you, I vow to cease being human!"
The Great Elder roared furiously, and with a grasp of his large hand, countless gale winds transformed into 11 deep azure wind dragons, rushing toward the 11 spirit clones of the Void Inquiry Stage.
The 11 silver-haired elders all looked mockingly at the wind dragons, their fingers entwined with countless threads as thin as nothing.
All the silver-haired elders simultaneously activated the silver threads, which instantly shot through the void like lightning, piercing into all the wind dragons.
The 11 wind dragons all howled miserably. In the next moment, their eyes turned blood-red, completely controlled by the Void Inquiry Stage.
With a flick of the silver threads, the wind dragons turned back on the Great Elder, launching an assault against him!
One after another, the giant dragons burst apart, transforming into soaring azure tornadoes, mixed with billions of wind blades, engulfing the Great Elder in a tempest!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The spell backfired, and the wind blades cut into his body. In a matter of moments, the Great Elder was covered in wounds.
Standing amidst the tempest, he retrieved a ceremonial banner and shook it fiercely. The banner shimmered with a green light, dispersing the countless wind blades instantly.
Afterward, the Great Elder gazed with shock and anger at the 11 silver-haired elders, full of profound apprehension...
The Void Inquiry Stage not only caused his spell to backfire but also hid countless silver threads in the retaliatory wind dragons.
Those silver threads, carried by the wind blades, pierced into the Great Elder’s Dantian, directly shattering his Divine defensive armor that shielded his Spirit, causing him to lose more than ten percent of his primordial spirit’s power in an instant...
In that moment, the Great Elder felt an unprecedented sense of life-and-death crisis and used a self-damaging secret technique to eradicate all the silver threads within him...
If he had been a moment slower, his entire Spirit might have been wiped out by the Void Inquiry Stage... how dangerous!
"What a predicament... the Void Inquiry Stage’s skills are too terrifying, and my Spirit is already wounded. I’m afraid I’m no match for him..."
The Great Elder, the Fifth Elder, and the Seventh Elder were all trapped in peril. If no one came to their rescue, it would be hard to ensure their survival.
The Bamboo Sovereign clenched his fists, desperately wanting to go help the three elders, but was unable to do so.
Not far from him stood the Vine Emperor, cold and watchful, in a face-off with him.
If he attempted to rescue the three elders, the Vine Emperor would seize the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on him...
The only way to save the three elders was to quickly eliminate the waiting Vine Emperor, but that notion was unrealistic.
Even in his prime, the Bamboo Sovereign’s strength could only equal the Vine Emperor’s, with neither able to surpass the other.
And now, having already been ambushed by the three living puppet elders, the Bamboo Sovereign was heavily injured. Fighting the Vine Emperor left him with little chance of victory, and, rather than killing the Vine Emperor, he might end up defeated and possibly killed...
"Vine Emperor! Destroying my Bamboo Hall only weakens the Tree World’s power; what benefit is it to your Vine Hall! Do you desire to rule a realm as feeble as the Rain Immortal World by isolating yourself? If you withdraw from the Eastern Tree Ocean, sparing the Bamboo Hall, I, the Emperor, will agree to any condition you set! Spare my three loyal elders, they should not die here!"
"..."
Hearing the Bamboo Sovereign’s words, the Vine Emperor seemed to hear something amusing, merely sneering without saying much.
He neither negotiated with the Bamboo Sovereign nor initiated an attack to kill him.