Minghe narrowed his eyes slightly, his immortal sword humming without the slightest retreat.
The atmosphere instantly turned icy.
There was only a single chance to attain sagehood, and neither of them wanted to yield.
Facing Kunpeng, Ancestor Minghe wasted no words, wielding two killing swords and charging straight at him.
Endless killing intent erupted, draining the color from the heaven and earth. The tangible killing power made it difficult for both Hongyun and Kunpeng to breathe.
"Ke-ke-ke! Kunpeng, who gave you the courage to contend with me?"
Occupying the endless Blood Sea and accompanied by two top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, very few in the entire Primordial could match Ancestor Minghe's conditions.
As for Kunpeng, who did not even have a single respectable spiritual treasure to his name, he still wanted to contend with him for this Grandmist Purple Qi.
What a joke!
Kunpeng's face turned ashen; he truly did not dare to fight Minghe.
Facing two killing swords at the level of top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, he was completely powerless to resist.
In that case, he could only use pressure to overwhelm his opponent.
"Intercepting and killing Hongyun is a planned operation of the Demon Court. Do you dare to oppose the Demon Court?"
Hearing this, Ancestor Minghe's eyes flickered slightly. In the millennium since the Dao Ancestor's third lecture, Di Jun and Taiai had integrated almost the entire Demon Race to establish the Demon Court.
The Heavenly Dao had also bestowed merit in celebration.
Furthermore, the Demon Court was gathering powerful beings. With the addition of Di Jun and Taiyi, its strength was far greater than that of the Celestial Court.
For a time, even the Celestial Court created by Dongwang Gong had to temporarily avoid their sharp edge, not daring to provoke them.
"The Demon Court? This Old Ancestor naturally does not fear them!"
Minghe laughed wildly, not taking the Demon Court seriously in the least.
It was true that he was alone, but even ten Demon Courts could do nothing to him.
Below, Hongyun listened as the two above argued over ownership of him, and burning anger and unwillingness ignited in the depths of his eyes.
He directly took out his own top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd.
"Zhenyuanzi, if there is an afterlife, I will definitely listen to you."
The gourd stopper was pulled out, and countless red sands poured forth from the gourd, blotting out the sky and the sun.
Upon seeing this, Minghe and Kunpeng retreated tens of thousands of li, running out of the attack range of the red sand.
"Hongyun, stop struggling! This sky-full of soul-scattering sand cannot protect you!"
Kunpeng transformed directly into his true form, spreading his wings to whip up a violent gale that blew toward the sky-full of red sand.
Then, he seized the opportunity to take Hongyun's life directly.
Minghe sacrificed a red lotus platform, pushing through the sky-full of red sand to attack Hongyun as well.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Even if I die, I will never give this Grandmist Purple Qi to you two!"
Hongyun looked at the two approaching figures with a resolute gaze; he no longer sought to survive.
A sudden sense of foreboding rose in Minghe and Kunpeng. Seeing Hongyun so close at hand, their expressions gradually turned to terror.
"Not good!"
"The two fellow Daoists shall be buried with me!"
Hongyun reached out and grabbed the two who were trying to flee. His skin was already cracking inch by inch, and his whole body resembled a shattered piece of porcelain.
A fiery red light erupted from Hongyun's body, illuminating all things in heaven and earth.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The earth within a hundred million li was affected, and all existence was obliterated.
Minghe and Kunpeng were caught at the dead center of the blast, swallowed by the explosive force, and suffered the heaviest damage.
At this moment, Kunpeng was bleeding from his seven orifices, his mind muddled, and the Demon Master Palace in his hand shattered directly.
He was virtually on the verge of death.
Minghe's situation was somewhat better; his black robe was torn, but he had not sustained severe injuries.
This was thanks to the defensive capabilities of the twelfth-grade karmic fire red lotus in his hand.
Of the four twelfth-grade lotus platforms, aside from their respective exclusive abilities, all possessed top-tier defensive capabilities.
"Cough, cough! This Hongyun is quite a character; even before dying, he knew to drag others down with him. Too bad this Old Ancestor is no pushover."
With that, he got up to collect Hongyun's final legacy—the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd.
At this point, not even ash remained of Hongyun, so the Grandmist Purple Qi must be inside this gourd.
After obtaining the gourd, Minghe was wildly excited. Without hesitation, he flew straight toward the endless Blood Sea.
No sooner had he left than two noble figures appeared at the site of Hongyun's self-detonation.
They were none other than Di Jun and Taiyi, who had rushed over upon hearing the news.
Looking at the devastated scene and the half-dead Kunpeng, the two instantly understood what had happened.
"Eldest brother, this dense killing intent belongs to Ancestor Minghe."
Taiyi spoke after carefully sensing it.
"Pursue!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the two executed the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation technique and hurried toward the endless Blood Sea.
They quickly caught up with Minghe ahead.
Seeing this, Taiyi directly sacrificed the Chaos Clock to suppress space and time, striking at Minghe.
Minghe was caught off guard and was sent crashing heavily down onto the earth, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood."Minghe, considering that you once listened to the Dao in Purple Xiao Palace with us, hand over the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, and your life will be spared."
Di Jun and Taiyi landed before Minghe. The Chaos Clock flew back, fully displaying the might of an Innate Supreme Treasure.
Minghe understood that he could not take the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd away today, so he spoke with regret:
"Two fellow Daoists, I, Minghe, admit defeat today!"
With that, he presented the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, signaling for the two to come forward and take it.
Although Di Jun and Taiyi felt something was amiss, the overwhelming advantage of their strength and spiritual treasure left them without a shred of fear, and they stepped forward directly to take it.
"Since Fellow Daoist Minghe is so sensible, then we—"
Just as Di Jun wanted to ease the atmosphere between the two sides, he suddenly saw a crafty smile rise on the face of the previously peaceful Minghe.
"Not good!"
Minghe directly detonated himself, and endless blood mist billowed out, engulfing the two of them.
Unprepared, Di Jun and Taiyi were blasted into severe injuries.
Thick smoke rolled across a hundred million li, and the earth trembled. However, although the momentum was massive, the lethality was far inferior to Hongyun's self-detonation.
"So what if you are Demon Emperors? You still fell for this Old Ancestor's trick."
An abrupt sneer rang out, and Di Jun and Taiyi opened their eyes in disbelief.
Minghe appeared before them completely unscathed, toying with the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd with an air of utter nonchalance.
It was as if the self-detonation just now had not been his doing at all.
Minghe slowly cast his gaze toward the two lying severely injured, a hateful curse spilling from his lips.
"For making this Old Ancestor lose a blood sea avatar nurtured over endless ages, today I shall take your lives in return!"
The Yuantu and Abis swords flew out, ready to slaughter the two and eliminate any future trouble.
Suddenly, the Chaos Clock took the initiative to protect its master, tightly shielding the two.
The pair managed to catch their breath and pulled heavenly spiritual items from their Sumeru spatial rings to recover from their injuries.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this, Minghe cursed inwardly and then fled at high speed.
With the Chaos Clock present, he could not injure the two in a short time.
After a long while, Di Jun and Taiyi barely managed to move their bodies. Looking in the direction of the endless Blood Sea, anger flared in the depths of their eyes.
This Minghe actually dared to backstab them; he truly did not know whether he was living or dying.
"Dispatch the troops! Flatten the endless Blood Sea!"
The two roared, instantly preparing to return to the Sun Star to gather the demon army, dispatch troops to the endless Blood Sea, and suppress Minghe!