NOVPUBIn the presence of Elder Gu Ming from the Yama Hell Sect, who possesses a Divine Body, if we were to forcefully engage, there’s a good chance our side would suffer heavy losses!
Jiang Yao couldn’t help but transmit a message asking, "Elder Su, are you confident in dealing with the Blood Jade Hall?"
If a fight broke out, Jiang Yao facing Gu Ming could only go all out and entangle with him temporarily; there was almost no chance of victory.
Jiang Yao had clashed with Su Changkong before, but that was within the Hall of Hundred Battles Array, and Su Changkong had not used all his strength, leaving Jiang Yao uncertain of just how far Su Changkong’s current power had reached.
"Let’s give it a try. Facing the Blood Jade Hall, at least I won’t lose in a short period of time, and during this period, the Heavenly Saint Soldiers can also kill the disciples of the Blood River Sect."
Su Changkong responded, without boasting too much.
Jiang Yao had briefly exchanged blows with the Blood Jade Hall. The Blood Jade Hall, with a forged Divine Body, was quite strong, but it did not give Su Changkong a feeling of being unbeatable, after all, the Blood Jade Hall relied on evil methods to forge its Divine Body, making it fundamentally unstable and the weakest among those in the Divine Body realm.
If Su Changkong were to engage with the Blood Jade Hall, of course, it would be best if he could kill him, but even if he couldn’t, it would be sufficient just to tie him up, allowing the Heavenly Saint Soldiers to kill the other disciples of the Blood River Sect.
On hearing this, Jiang Yao also nodded secretly. They had come with great fanfare, and if they were to slink away because of Gu Ming’s appearance, it wouldn’t just be a loss of face for him, but it would also bring shame upon the Jiang Family.
The Jiang Family was the ruler of the Ancient Holy Country, and to let go of the misdeeds of the Blood River Sect because an elder of a great sect intervened would make them a laughingstock if word got out!
And Jiang Yao found Su Changkong’s proposal to be feasible; tying up two Divine Body Martial Artists, king against king, general against general, the Heavenly Saint Soldiers had an absolute advantage against the remaining ordinary disciples of the Blood River Sect!
The Heavenly Saint Soldiers were carefully selected elites, well-equipped and adept at joint combat. Although the Blood River Sect had more disciples that had Entered Saint, most had merely refined a Divine Seed to do so. Their combat strength held a qualitative difference!
"What should we do? Retreat?"
If Mountain Leader Jiang had forged a Divine Body, he would not fear them, but now... "
The group of Heavenly Saint Soldiers also awaited Jiang Yao’s decision, unwilling at heart but knowing the smartest move was to retreat.
An old face of Gu Ming was full of smiles, feeling that his mere presence was enough to intimidate Jiang Yao into retreating, thus obtaining the alchemy methods of the Blood River Sect!
"If the situation is truly dire, we can choose to retreat."
After pondering for a while, Jiang Yao made up his mind and trusted Su Changkong!
"Yu Xing, my fellow comrades, later I will engage Gu Ming, Brother Su will handle the Blood Jade Hall, and the rest will take down the other remnants of the Blood River Sect!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Yao transmitted his message to Yu Xing and others aboard the Heavenly Ship.
"This... Are we going to make a move? Lord Su against the Blood Jade Hall? Could he be a Martial Saint who has forged a Divine Body?"
Yu Xing and the others were all stunned by Jiang Yao’s decision to go to war, and especially by the claim that the martial artist named Su Changkong would take on the Blood Jade Hall.
Although surprised, no one raised any objections, for as Heavenly Saint Soldiers, discipline was strict, and they would follow Jiang Yao’s orders!
The Blood Jade Hall clenched his teeth in the dark: "Once the Blood River Sect has the support of the Yama Hell Sect, we won’t have to suffer this humiliation anymore!"
The Blood Jade Hall also understood that taking revenge on a behemoth like the Jiang Family was unrealistic; the only thing they could do was to survive without constantly fearing for their lives.
Both the Blood River Sect and Gu Ming believed that Jiang Yao would not act dishonorably against himself.
But suddenly, Gu Ming’s expression changed, and a flicker of anger flashed through his dull eyes.
"Boom!"
Without warning, on the deck of the Heavenly Ship, Jiang Yao’s silhouette flashed, moving almost like he was traversing through space, and in an instant, he closed in on Gu Ming. His right fist shone with a blazing white Divine Power, like a compressed mini-sun, furiously launching an attack at Gu Ming.
"Damned fool!"
Gu Ming burst into a rage, not expecting this young scion of the Jiang Family to be so reckless as to strike while he was present. With an explosive shout, Gu Ming’s gaunt right hand gripped, compressing the surrounding nature’s spiritual energy to the point of eruption, not dodging or flinching, he threw a punch. Despite striking after Jiang Yao, his fist arrived sooner.
"Boom!"
Both heavy fists violently collided, the thunderous roar that followed was like a bolt from the blue, making the clouds in the sky tumble.
In the tumult of Divine Power, Gu Ming’s body shook slightly, while Jiang Yao was thrown back a distance.
"Jiang Yao... are you seeking death? Do you really think that just because you’re from the Jiang Family, I wouldn’t dare lay a hand on you?"
After repelling Jiang Yao with a punch, Gu Ming said grimly, his robe billowing, his lean body seeming to become taller and more formidable. Countless Divine Patterns surfaced across his body, wrapping around him and flowing ceaselessly as if alive.
A strong oppressive force made the skies darken and the air heavy as a mountain, crushing down on Jiang Yao viciously!
This display of power from Gu Ming was evidently stronger than that of the Blood Jade Hall, who was also at the Divine Body Realm, and the number of Divine Patterns on his body was clearly more than those on the Blood Jade Hall!
"Good... Gu Ming’s Divine Patterns are less than a thousand, which means he’s only at the fourth layer Heaven of Entering Saint."
Jiang Yao let out a sigh of relief.
From the fourth to the sixth layer Heaven is the Divine Body Realm, and the strength of someone in the Divine Body Realm is determined by the number of Divine Patterns inscribed on their body—the more Divine Patterns, the more terrifying the power.
With less than a thousand Divine Patterns, one is at the fourth layer Heaven; with over a thousand Divine Patterns, one reaches the fifth layer Heaven; with over two thousand Divine Patterns, one advances to the sixth layer Heaven!
When the number of Divine Patterns on a Divine Body reaches three thousand, there is a chance to cultivate a Great Divine Power by combining the Divine Body with the Divine Seed, stepping into the level of a warrior with Great Divine Power!
At the fourth layer Heaven of Entering Saint, Jiang Yao could still barely confront the opponent head-on!
