Zhou Qiucheng’s voice was filled with arrogance and self-satisfaction, because his Exquisite Tower was the utmost in mystery, its essence transcending beyond the Twelfth Tier, though it had been shattered by a great battle in the past, leading to a drop in level.
Despite the Exquisite Tower’s level dropping, it didn’t mean its material had become fragile; its material’s level remained unchanged and couldn’t be shaken by Twelfth Tier experts, as validated by the Great Victory Royal Family in the past.
Thus, if one wishes to overthrow the Divine Country, they must first destroy the Exquisite Tower. And to destroy the Exquisite Tower is simply impossible, so naturally, he isn’t afraid.
Zhou Qiucheng smiled smugly, standing calmly in the divine light even in the face of the overwhelming Sea of Blood: "If you wish for me to release Zhao Lie, that’s impossible unless I’m dead!"
"Stubborn fool, I’ve already given you a chance, but you didn’t cherish it, so don’t blame me." Gu Mingyue’s eyes flickered with a trace of killing intent, and next he shouted towards the blood-red sea of clouds:
"Where is Huang Chao?"
"Disciple is here!"
A stream of black mist traversed the blood-red sea of clouds, arriving swiftly from afar, revealing itself before Gu Mingyue.
"Ancestor!" Huang Chao knelt before Gu Mingyue and respectfully saluted him.
"You have already vowed to break Zhou Qiucheng’s Body-Protecting Technique and release Zhao Lie, now it’s time for you to act. If you can free Zhao Lie, you will be promoted to a commander, becoming a figure with status second only to the Twelve True People. Yellow Heaven Dao will remember your achievements. If you fail, you’ll surely face severe punishment from Yellow Heaven Dao!" Gu Mingyue looked down at Huang Chao.
Huang Chao respectfully saluted upon hearing this: "True Person, watch closely, see my skills!"
After speaking, Huang Chao turned to Zhou Qiucheng within the Golden Light: "Mr. Zhou, I consider you a sensible person, we have some connection, I advise you to surrender early. If you delay, your life may be in jeopardy!"
"Pah! You traitor, what connection do you have with me? If you have the ability to break my Exquisite Tower, go ahead and try; if you don’t, don’t embarrass yourself by jumping out here." Zhou Qiucheng was ungrateful, coldly reprimanding.
At this point, Zhang Chen saw Huang Chao step forward and suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He turned to look at Zhou Qiucheng, who was smugly in the distance, wanting to urge him but unsure of what to say.
On the other side, hearing Zhou Qiucheng’s words, Huang Chao shook his head helplessly: "If you’re so stubborn, let’s see the truth in actions, just hope you won’t regret it."
Huang Chao coldly snorted, and mysterious Qi Mechanism began to flow around him. Next, a jet of black formed into a mysterious rune and flew towards the Exquisite Tower.
The rune gave off an ominous aura. Accompanied by the appearance of the black rune, wisps of black currents erupted in the air chaotically, adding an indescribable eerie aura to the Sea of Blood under the rune’s reflection.
Zhou Qiucheng saw Huang Chao’s actions but remained indifferent, allowing Huang Chao to act, believing that no unknown figure could shake his Exquisite Tower.
As the rune reached the golden light curtain, it continued without hindrance, passed through the golden curtain, and entered Zhou Qiucheng’s Divine Country, landing on the Exquisite Tower in a flash.
When the black rune passed through the golden barrier and flew towards the Divine Country, Zhou Qiucheng sensed something amiss, tried to mobilize the power of the Divine Country to suppress it, but the rune was too fast, and his efforts proved too late.
When the rune landed on the Exquisite Tower, the Exquisite Tower absorbed it like a sponge, swiftly consuming the rune in mere moments, and the sacred golden Exquisite Tower began emitting ominous black runes, bursting forth with indescribable Qi Mechanism. This black Qi Mechanism transformed into chains, weaving into a large net that enveloped the entire Exquisite Tower.
As the black net enveloped and contracted, the Exquisite Tower’s divine light dimmed gradually, its power continually withdrawn inward. After just three breaths, the divine light was completely suppressed within the tower, and the tower’s walls appeared to suffer the ravages of time, beginning to desertify with particles falling from its body.
"That is..." Zhou Qiucheng turned pale with surprise, disbelief in his eyes, attempting rescue with techniques but it was already too late.
The Exquisite Tower had long been sabotaged by Huang Chao, who had struck first with Jiang Nan, infusing the tower with Power of Curse. The Exquisite Tower had been invaded by the Power of Curse prior, and now with Huang Chao’s activation, the tower could no longer hold.
Externally pressured by the Blood Sea Array, and internally invaded by the Curse Origin, combined with internal and external pressures, the already shattered Exquisite Tower was at last unable to bear it and began to gradually collapse.
"The Exquisite Tower’s foundation is Innate Spiritual Treasure, how can it be destroyed?" Zhang Chen stood in the courtyard, disbelief in his eyes.
"Excellent techniques! Excellent techniques!" At this point, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon spoke: "The Curse Origin had early on invaded the Incense Faith, then through Incense Faith invaded the Exquisite Tower’s body, which led to today’s outcome. Pity such a treasure shattered like this."
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon’s voice was filled with regret.
Zhang Chen listened for a moment and understood the opponent’s words. It turned out that the power of the curse released by Huang Chao previously did not directly attack the twelve-layered Exquisite Tower, but instead mixed into the Incense Qi, assimilated and attacked the Power of Incense. Then, the Incense Qi filled with the power of curse connected to the twelve-layered Exquisite Tower, thereby attacking the Exquisite Tower directly.
Zhang Chen understood, but at this point, he was powerless to stop it.
"What kind of means is this?" Zhou Qiucheng stood in place, watching the Exquisite Tower being suppressed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The Exquisite Tower has the Law of Suppression, capable of suppressing Heaven and Earth’s Ten Thousand Techniques. If it were really that easy to suppress, how could Zhou Qiucheng have picked up any advantage? It would have been taken back by the Great Victory Royal Family long ago.
Upon hearing Zhou Qiucheng’s question, Huang Chao sneered, "Zhou Qiucheng, you are too arrogant. You must know that there are countless strange methods in this world. How could you know them all?"
As he spoke, the body of the Exquisite Tower kept shedding particles, stained black, falling down with a crackling sound like a rain of black gravel.
Zhou Qiucheng’s expression changed, becoming stiff and unpleasant.
The nobles hiding in the mountains also changed their expressions dramatically, looking at the Exquisite Tower entangled by black chains, shrouded in black mist, and then at the Sea of Blood obscuring the sky. Someone couldn’t withstand the pressure and called out loudly to Gu Mingyue above: "True Person, I wholeheartedly aspire to the Yellow Heavenly Path, I am willing to surrender! I am willing to surrender!"
"You, a stray dog without territory or power, think you are worthy to surrender to my Yellow Heaven Dao? Do you really think my Yellow Heaven Dao takes in any trash? Wait to be drowned by the Sea of Blood." Gu Mingyue looked at the fat-headed, big-eared middle-aged man, a hint of disdain in his smile.
"You..." The man looked at Gu Mingyue, listening to his ridicule, speechless for a moment, trembling with anger.
The nobles knew the road to surrendering to the Yellow Heaven Dao was blocked, so their eyes turned to Zhou Qiucheng.
"Dean Zhou, the Yellow Heaven Dao is so rampant, please think of a solution!"
"Exactly, we must not allow the Yellow Heaven Dao to act so wildly!"
"Dean Zhou, you must defeat the Yellow Heaven Dao!"
"Dean Zhou, you are an official appointed by the Great Victory Court, you must not let the Yellow Heaven Dao succeed!"
...
A group of people, faces full of panic, chattered away.
Zhou Qiucheng’s face was full of a defeated look, ignoring their pleas, his eyes fixed on the Exquisite Tower. If he had the ability to turn the tide, would they need to ask for help?
"Crack~"
At this moment, the Exquisite Tower appeared with cracks like shattered glass, the sound of breaking exploded like thunder, echoing across tens of miles of void.
"The situation is hopeless! The breakup of the Exquisite Tower is irreversible!" Zhang Chen in the backyard sighed softly, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. Today, he must take action. After all, he couldn’t let Zhou Qiucheng die here, could he?
"Stop! The Exquisite Tower seals tens of thousands of strange entities. If unleashed, it will surely cause chaos in the world. Though your Yellow Heaven Dao’s Blood Sea Array is powerful, it cannot suppress the countless strange ghosts within the Exquisite Tower. You will stir up great trouble." Zhou Qiucheng looked at the cracks on the Exquisite Tower, eyes filled with panic.
As the owner of the Exquisite Tower, nobody knew better than him how many terrifying ghosts were sealed within.
"With the Blood Sea Array, even if ghosts are born, they will be swallowed by it. Are they, mere ghosts, something to fear?" Gu Mingyue above showed a dismissive smile: "Alarmist talk."
At this moment, Gu Mingyue looked at Huang Chao, a smile in his eyes, stepped forward and affectionately patted Huang Chao’s shoulder: "You have some skills, you handled this cleanly. I wish to take you as my disciple, are you willing?"
Gu Mingyue, having witnessed Huang Chao’s skills, wanted to draw him into his ranks.
Upon hearing this, Huang Chao was overjoyed, a gleam in his eye. Though he had climbed to the upper ranks of the Yellow Heaven Dao, he still lacked backing. If he could become Gu Mingyue’s apprentice, with Gu Mingyue’s support, even inheriting his wealth after his death...
Thinking of this, Huang Chao’s eyes grew brighter, and, without a second thought, he knelt down directly and bowed his head in worship: "Disciple Huang Chao, meet Master!"