Chapter 1833: How Many Hits Can You Take?

Chengtian Domain.

"Quick, work faster."

"Today, Lord Qing and Lord Ji are going to perform self-verification of the God-Dao and return to the Ninth-Order demigod. Everything must be prepared properly, and there can be no mistakes."

Many figures were busy in a wide open space, inserting thick, hideous black pillars into the earth, connecting them to each other like a huge birdcage, covering the entire open space.

"My lord, why do we need to prepare these black cages for self-verification of the God-Dao?" a newcomer asked.

"I don't know the specifics... but the situation of the two Lords and several Dukes seems to be a bit special. Self-verification of the God-Dao will attract heavenly thunder punishment. If these lightning-attracting needles aren't used to disperse the heavenly thunder, even if they promote to demigod, they will be injured..."

"The situation in the Red Dust is urgent now, and we urgently need the two Lords to promote to demigods to support us, so we must not let the two Lords be injured. These black cages must be prepared perfectly."

An official inspected carefully and, confirming that the black cages were fine, nodded slightly:

"That should be about it... we can send someone to invite the two Lords."

"Yes."

Several guards hurried away into the distance.

Just as two of them were about to knock on the door to invite Lord Qing, a crisp sound of shattering came from inside the room.

Pop—

"Lord Qing?"

"What's wrong, Lord Qing??"

Hearing the sound in the room, the two guards pushed the door open and entered immediately.

They saw a figure wearing a play-robe sitting blankly on a wooden chair, still maintaining the posture of drinking tea, but the cup had fallen from his hand and shattered in front of him. He was looking at a certain direction in the void, his eyes full of astonishment...

"How could this be..." Lord Qing muttered to himself, "Someone has taken the lead and performed self-verification of the God-Dao?"

"...What??"

The guards were stunned on the spot.

In this era, besides Lord Qing, who else could complete the self-verification of the Play God-Dao?

And this timing... it was too coincidental, happening on the same day as Lord Qing's promotion??

Lord Qing's hands trembled slightly. He seemed to be nervous and uneasy to the extreme, stumbling as he stood up from the chair... Although someone had started self-verification of the God-Dao ahead of time, it might not necessarily succeed... As long as the other party failed, the demigod position would still be there, and he would still have a chance!

He ignored the guards and walked slowly to the door. Just as he was about to step over the threshold, his body shook!

He almost fell to the ground.

"Lord Qing!"

"Lord Qing!!"

Several guards rushed forward to support the figure who was on the verge of collapse.

They could clearly feel that Lord Qing was trembling uncontrollably. He stared blankly at a certain place in the sky, his face ashen...

The demigod position of the Play God-Dao had actually fallen into someone else's hands.

That person's self-verification of the God-Dao... had succeeded.

At this moment, the Chengtian Domain lost a Duke Qing who should have appeared, and gained a Lord Qing who would forever be stuck at the Eighth Order.

"Emperor..." Lord Qing closed his eyes bitterly and muttered to himself,

"I've let you down..."

……

BOOM—!!!

A giant lion's paw tore through the edge of the Red Dust Realm and slammed down onto the village earth with a thunderous crash!

The aura of a Theater Path demigod surged through the air. The three demigod dukes who had been surrounding Yao Qing froze, turning their heads toward that direction...

"A Theater Path demigod?"

"Is it Duke Qing? Did he ascend that quickly?"

"No, that's not right..."

Firecrackers and laughter echoed in the void, coalescing into a tangible aura of auspiciousness that swept across the village. A massive lion, burning with seven-colored flames, stepped on auspicious clouds and arrived above the three dukes in an instant!

Both Sun Bumian figures stomped their feet, and a pillar of seven-colored fire, reaching to the heavens and carrying a suffocating pressure, smashed down toward the earth!

The demigod aura, previously three-on-one, was thrown into chaos once again by the sudden appearance of a fifth demigod aura!

BOOM—!!!

"That's not our Theater Path demigod?" Duke Xing asked, surprised.

"Someone else snatched the demigod position first... What a bunch of trash." Wang Jian's expression was incredibly ugly. He gripped his ancient blade, his killing intent spreading wildly.

"You two go suppress this Green God Path and Su Zhiwei. I will deal with this Theater God Path myself."

As he finished speaking, Wang Jian's ancient blade ignited with a raging fire of killing intent, and he charged at high speed toward the massive lion!

Duke Xing and the young girl in red, Duke Su, turned their heads simultaneously to look at Yao Qing...

Yao Qing's blood-stained body had already taken advantage of the moment Sun Bumian caused the chaos to return to the front of the courtyard where Su Zhiwei was located.

He took a step back, returning behind the threshold.

Those aged eyes stared fixedly at Duke Xing and Duke Su.

"Damn it..." Duke Xing saw the situation at a glance, and his heart sank.

One had to know that Yao Qing had guarded this courtyard for over three hundred years; he must have left behind numerous contingencies for defense. It was only because Wang Jian had caught him off guard and slashed him out of the courtyard that he had been in such a sorry state.

Now that Yao Qing had ascended to demigod status and retreated back into the courtyard, breaking through would likely not be such an easy task.

Sure enough, the next second, dense embroidery threads spread out, wrapping the entire courtyard within them!

This courtyard had already transformed into Yao Qing's Myriad Things Embroidery Kingdom!

"Su Zhiwei should be waking up soon." Duke Xing turned to look at the girl in red. "Duke Su, don't hold back anymore... otherwise, we won't be able to answer to His Majesty."

Duke Su remained silent for a long time before finally pursing her lips and nodding slightly.

An ancient zither landed lightly in her palms. As her fair fingertips plucked the strings, sharp zither notes tore through the void, instantly ripping several gaps in the Myriad Things Embroidery Kingdom surrounding the courtyard.

Duke Xing narrowed his eyes, the phantom outlines of countless mechanisms spinning rapidly around him, and he charged into the Embroidery Kingdom without hesitation!

Three demigod auras fought and entangled within the Embroidery Kingdom;

Two demigod auras collided violently in the sky.

"A lion-dancing performer dares to be this arrogant?" Wang Jian looked at the massive lion that showed no fear of him, the killing intent in his eyes growing more intense. He swung his blade, and a streak of killing intent that spanned the heavens flashed toward the lion's face.

A flicker of disdain flashed in the lion's nested pupils. It merely shook its body lightly, and seven-colored flames swept out, shattering the killing intent blade beam into fragments!

Seeing this, even Wang Jian was stunned.

He hadn't swung that blade casually; an ordinary demigod shouldn't have been able to parry it... yet this lion had neutralized it so easily?

What on earth was its background??

Just as Wang Jian was stunned, the massive lion stepped into the void, and when it reappeared, it was already above Wang Jian...

A giant lion's foot slowly lifted, and Sun Bumian's leisurely voice reached Wang Jian's ears:

"Are you very tough?"

"This kick of mine contains two generations of lion dancing and thousands of years of accumulation... how many can you take?"