"No, my father won’t lose. My father is the greatest." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"I told you, you are destined to lose." Sub-emperor (Dragon Emperor Puppet) grabbed Lanling’s avatar by the neck and said word by word, "Let’s end everything now."

The Sub-emperor wildly devoured the ultimate power, elevating the energy contained in his fist to the extreme, then aimed a critical hit at the head of Lanling Dragon Emperor’s avatar.

"Boom..."

Lanling’s Dragon Emperor avatar was once again shattered into pieces, turned to ash, and transformed into countless rays of light.

"No...no..." Fu Zilin shouted, almost fainting.

Huai Bingyi was incited by this scene, his blood boiling, and shouted, "Victory!"

Hundreds of thousands of Sanctuary Legion raised their arms and loudly shouted, "Victory!"

...

A quarter of an hour later!

Below the Heaven-reaching Dragon Tower of Floating Heaven Palace, another Lanling Dragon Emperor avatar was condensed.

However, the bloodline energy from the eight hundred Tomb Priests he devoured was already extremely faint, so this Lanling avatar was merely hundreds of meters tall, and its light was very dim.

The Sub-emperor flew back, landing in front of Lanling’s avatar. It continued to devour, devour, devour...

Immediately, the bloodline energy within nine hundred Tomb Priests was severely devoured, their legs weakened, directly kneeling on the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Sanctuary Legion staggered, almost fainting.

And this Sub-emperor, akin to a Golden War God, once again rose, becoming a gigantic three kilometers tall.

At this moment, Lanling’s avatar was only as high as its soles. It was entirely the difference between an ant and a giant.

"Lanling, now in my eyes, you’re really like an ant. I can crush you with any foot, grind you with any finger." Sub-emperor (Dragon Emperor avatar) said.

Lanling said, "However, this is just my avatar. My true self remains whole and incomparably strong."

Sub-emperor (Dragon Emperor Puppet) said, "What’s the point? In this battle we fought, not only those within the energy shield are watching, but also those outside who surrendered to you are watching. You lost so miserably; your prestige is swept away. No one will see this as merely your avatar; everyone will only see you being defeated by me, destroying Demon Emperor Lanling’s invincible reputation. Once your undefeated golden body is destroyed, all those who surrendered to you will betray you. So when I lead all the Tomb Priests, all the Sanctuary Legion to fight out, relying on you and your merely three hundred followers, none can resist. So losing this battle will cause you to lose the entire war until I expel you from the Sky Holy Palace."

What this Sub-emperor said was very reasonable. The decisive battle between Lanling and Sky Holy Palace was more a battle of confidence, a battle of momentum.

As long as Lanling maintains an undefeated golden body, people of Sky Holy Palace will defect en masse, and Lanling could even win without a fight in the end. But if he loses once, the undefeated golden body is shattered, and morale will collapse.

All the defectors will rebel again, all forces of Sky Holy Palace will unite once more under the Sub-emperor, launching a counterattack against Lanling.

By that time, with the Sub-emperor plus the united Sky Holy Palace, they might indeed be able to completely drive out Lanling and Flame Demon Empire’s forces.

If so, it would mean Lanling’s utter failure in the battle for Sky Holy Palace.

"You lost, you are finished!" Sub-emperor said, "You’ve lost not just a battle, but the entire war. I’m about to crush you with a finger; once everyone sees this, their invincible belief in you will be completely destroyed. Your undefeated golden body will become complete disgrace."

Saying so, the Sub-emperor then reached out a finger, slowly pressing down towards Lanling’s avatar on the ground.

Lanling’s avatar was only hundreds of meters tall at the moment, while the Sub-emperor’s finger was nearly two kilometers long. Such huge contrast made Lanling seem insignificant, while the Sub-emperor seemed mighty.

No one would consider this merely Lanling’s avatar; visually, it seemed Lanling was tiny, and the Sub-emperor grand.

The Sub-emperor’s kilometer-long finger pressed down, directly pinning the hundred-meter-high Lanling Dragon Emperor avatar onto the ground, grinding it firmly.

Instantly, Lanling’s avatar shattered, scattering bits of broken light.

"No..." Fu Zilin watched this scene, almost fainting.

But he gritted his teeth, refusing to faint because he absolutely did not believe this scene was true.

Huai Bingyi stood up and shouted loudly, "Demon Emperor Lanling is done for! Lanling is dead! He’s just a clown, now finally his disguise is unveiled, revealing his shameful weakness. Long live Dragon Emperor, long live, long live!"

Immediately, all Tomb Priests and Sanctuary Legion knelt evenly, shouting, "Lanling is dead; Dragon Emperor long live, long live, long live!"

Huai Bingyi said, "Annihilate completely, slaughter totally! Disembowel Demon Emperor’s spawn Fu Zilin with chaos sword, execute Fu Lingxi by dismemberment!"

The three giants of Sky Holy Palace were shocked, instinctively wanting to stop.

But Huai Bingyi had already shouted it out, and it couldn’t be stopped now.

Next, Huai Bingyi led hundreds of Tomb Priests into Floating Heaven Palace, intending to tear Fu Zilin and Fu Lingxi to pieces.

Huai Bingyi indeed hated Fu Lingxi and Fu Zilin to the core, even if it meant defying the three giants of Sky Holy Palace, he would dismember them.

However...just at this moment!

Suddenly, Sky Holy Palace shuddered violently.

Then, the sky abruptly darkened.

The world spun crazily!

"Boom..." The energy shield isolating Demon Emperor Lanling outside, the energy shield provided by Lunar Holy Palace, suddenly fragmented, vanished completely.

Immediately after, the Energy Prison confining Hell Knight Fourth also disappeared without trace.

Then...

Demon Emperor Lanling’s true self stepped into the third layer of Sky Holy Palace.

He stepped over, his body growing taller, from two-three meters, thirty kilometers, forty kilometers, fifty kilometers...

Finally, his feet directly on the sky, head supporting the ground.

He came to Sub-emperor, smirking coldly, "Stupid beyond measure Dragon Emperor Puppet, earlier I battled you with avatar, knowing I’d lose yet still fought, why? First to exhaust your energy, second to strike east but attack west, I condensed another small avatar to the Cosmic Tower. Cosmic Tower information connects directly to Lunar Holy Palace; this indestructible energy shield and your mental control all originate from Lunar Holy Palace. As soon as my small avatar entered Cosmic Tower, it easily severed the energy connection with Lunar Holy Palace, hence the energy shield vanished, and you...also disconnected from Lunar Holy Palace’s mental link!"

The several kilometers high Demon Emperor Lanling true self, scorned Sub-emperor, scorned everyone in Sky Holy Palace.

"Fools, stupid beyond measure garbage."

"The battle is over!"

Then, Lanling suddenly lifted his foot, fiercely stomping down at Sub-emperor (Dragon Emperor Puppet)!

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