CHAPTER 1203: CHAPTER 1201: JOINING FORCES AGAINST THE JADE EMPEROR

Seeing Jiang Liu standing beside Li Shimin, expressing his stance, the Jade Emperor’s face became even more unsightly.

However, he had no way to reproach Jiang Liu for his choice.

Gaoyang standing by Li Shimin’s side to support him was beyond reproach, after all, they were father and daughter.

Similarly, Jiang Liu standing by Li Shimin’s side to support him was also beyond reproach. Who in the world didn’t know the relationship between him and Li Shimin, or between him and Gaoyang?

At this moment, the Jade Emperor’s mood became very bad, feeling things had become very troublesome.

Logically, Li Shimin was now merely the leader of the Human Clan. As the ruler of the Three Realms, it was beyond reproach for him to take action against him.

Didn’t he have the destiny of the Human Clan as protection? Didn’t I also have the destiny of the Three Realms to protect me?

However, if Gaoyang and Xuanzang teamed up to help him, things would become troublesome.

If it really came to a fight, could I defeat the two of them working together? The Jade Emperor honestly didn’t have absolute confidence in his heart.

Gaoyang wielded the Green Duckweed Sword, with undeniable attack power, while Xuanzang donned the Green Lotus Treasured Flag, unparalleled in defense. The two, one attacking and one defending, posed a great threat to him.

More importantly, Xuanzang once dueled with that mysterious man in black, and those wondrous and powerful law-type divine powers were even more shocking.

"Xuanzang, are you implying you want to make a move against me?" Despite feeling extremely heavy-hearted, the Jade Emperor maintained an impassive facade, asking Jiang Liu in a pressuring manner.

"Amitabha, I only advise Your Majesty to think thrice before acting..." Although Jiang Liu did not admit, he showed no intention of backing down despite the Jade Emperor’s somber words.

"What if after much deliberation, I still decide to take action?" The Jade Emperor continued to ask Jiang Liu.

"Then, I will continue to persuade Your Majesty!" Jiang Liu insisted with his head bowed.

"Jade Emperor, as the ruler of the Three Realms, you are indeed high above, but you cannot bully our Human Clan like this, can you?"

Seeing the pressure from the Jade Emperor fall onto Jiang Liu, Gaoyang couldn’t help but step forward a bit, staring at the Jade Emperor as she spoke.

On the verge of spitting old blood, hearing Gaoyang’s words, the Jade Emperor really almost choked with anger.

As the ruler of the Three Realms, he had mobilized a great deal of manpower for the souls of mortals, but after those mortals were resurrected, they not only weren’t grateful, they even overturned his offering table in public.

Now, he was merely seeking a bit of fairness, and was accused of bullying the Human Clan?

"Very well, hahaha..."

Laughing in anger, the Jade Emperor looked at Gaoyang and Jiang Liu, saying, "Since you are determined to make a move, then I want to see how much capability you actually possess now!"

Although he was not absolutely confident of defeating Gaoyang and Jiang Liu working together, as it concerned his face, and it was such a critical time now, the Jade Emperor obviously couldn’t retreat lightly.

As he finished speaking, he raised his hand, and a golden divine sword appeared in his hand.

Seeing the Jade Emperor raise the divine sword in his hand, Jiang Liu sidestepped to block in front of the Jade Emperor, using the defense ability of the Green Lotus Buddha Robe to fend off the Jade Emperor’s attack.

Gaoyang and Jiang Liu cooperated wonderfully, hiding within Jiang Liu’s defense, Gaoyang also raised the Green Duckweed Sword in her hand, slashing out a strikingly powerful sword qi towards the Jade Emperor.

The three of them clashed, soaring into the sky, quickly traversing beyond the thirty-three heavens to the Void Realm.

Quasi-Saint level battles could cause tremendous damage to the Three Realms Six Paths, so quasi-saint level powerhouses consciously chose the Void Realm as their battlefield when fighting, which was an unwritten rule.

Holding the golden divine sword, the Jade Emperor, clad in golden imperial robes, seriously stared at Gaoyang and Jiang Liu.

As a quasi-saint strongman and the ruler of the Three Realms, he had to regain the face he lost, no matter how.

Hence, today’s battle was unavoidable, even though he didn’t have absolute confidence in winning.

But even if he lost the fight, embarrassment was embarrassment, nothing different. But if he won? Wouldn’t the situation of losing face allow him to regain honor?

Besides, it could even elevate his momentum further!

After all, Xuanzang once defeated the mysterious man in black.

The golden divine sword continued to be swung, entwined with the force of destiny, and each strand of sword qi hacked towards Jiang Liu, making even the Green Lotus Buddha Robe hard to withstand the destructive force.

After all, the Tai Chi Diagram’s defense was 1 billion before, difficult to withstand the Golden Divine Sword’s attack, and the Green Lotus Buddha Robe naturally was the same now.

"Jiang Liu..." Gaoyang, seeing that Jiang Liu was struggling to fend off the Jade Emperor’s sword qi, could tell his injuries were getting more serious, feeling secretly anxious in her heart.

The Green Duckweed Sword in her hand also continuously waved, sending out strands of astonishing sword qi towards the Jade Emperor, helping Jiang Liu share part of the burden.

After battling for about a quarter of an hour, although Jiang Liu and Gaoyang’s cooperation was seamless, from the situation, the Jade Emperor, with a blue UI of level 95, still had the upper hand against them.

Under the attack of the Jade Emperor, Jiang Liu and Gaoyang were both at a disadvantage.

"Eighteen-petaled Lotus!" Seeing the scales of victory gradually tilting towards the Jade Emperor, Jiang Liu immediately unfolded his Eighteen-petaled Lotus defense.

A hazy yellow light fell, enveloping his whole body, further strengthening his defense.

The Eighteen-petaled Lotus itself is formed by the fusion of two Divine Level quality lotuses, combined with Jiang Liu’s current level of 87, using this lotus for defense, the added defense value is quite considerable.

"Ninth Grade Merit Golden Lotus and Ninth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus fused together, Xuanzang really has a lot of treasures in hand!"

Besides the Green Lotus Buddha Robe, Xuanzang had such a treasure in hand, which caused the Jade Emperor to secretly marvel.

With the blooming of the Eighteen-petaled Lotus, the Jade Emperor could sense that Jiang Liu’s defensive power had strengthened significantly under his attacks, gradually stabilizing the situation.

"Jiang Liu, what should we do? With our strength, even combined, it’s difficult to defeat the Jade Emperor!" After fighting for about fifteen minutes without seeing any chance of victory, Gaoyang whispered to Jiang Liu.

"With our cultivation level, it’s already admirable that we can hold up under the Jade Emperor’s hand together, and you actually want to defeat him?" Gaoyang’s words made Jiang Liu’s mouth twitch slightly, with a strange look toward Gaoyang.

"Since we’re fighting, naturally we should think of winning, is there anything wrong with that?" Gaoyang retorted.

Well, Gaoyang’s words were right, since we’re fighting, naturally we should think of winning.

However, Jiang Liu hadn’t really thought about this.

It’s not that Jiang Liu is unambitious, but because the two previous times he almost killed the Empress, both triggered a certain passive ability allowing her to escape.

Therefore, in Jiang Liu’s view, since the Empress could escape at the brink of death, the Jade Emperor should not be worse than the Empress, right?

Even if he could truly defeat the Jade Emperor, there’s a chance he might trigger a passive ability and escape.

However, such considerations Jiang Liu would naturally not say openly, otherwise, wouldn’t it be clearly telling the Jade Emperor that the mysterious person in black and the person in the silver robe are indeed him?

"Hmph, they’re actually thinking of defeating me!?" In the battle, the three were very close, and the conversation between Jiang Liu and Gaoyang was naturally overheard by the Jade Emperor, which made him furious.

However, Gaoyang’s reminder made sense.

Although Jiang Liu believed the possibility of defeating the Jade Emperor was extremely slim, he could not initially show he didn’t have such thoughts, right?

If so, wouldn’t it arouse suspicion instead?

Therefore, after some consideration, Jiang Liu made a decision, raised his hand, and threw out a Duel Contract ability, directly linking the Jade Emperor and Gaoyang.

With the Duel Contract skill deployed, naturally, only Gaoyang and the Jade Emperor could hurt each other; others did not have such ability.

Similarly, under the effect of the Duel Contract, they also could not injure others.

"Gaoyang, I’ll lend this to you..." Following the deployment of the Duel Contract, Jiang Liu then threw the Eighteen-petaled Lotus to Gaoyang.

Seeing Jiang Liu throw out the Eighteen-petaled Lotus, the Jade Emperor’s eyes slightly narrowed as he swung the Golden Divine Sword in his hand.

A stunning Sword Qi slashed toward the Eighteen-petaled Lotus, clearly intending to knock this treasure away first.

However, seeing the Sword Qi wielded by the Jade Emperor, Jiang Liu’s figure shifted directly sideways to block it, letting the Sword Qi slash at his body, yet Jiang Liu appeared completely unharmed.

Under the Duel Contract, he couldn’t harm the Jade Emperor, and similarly, the Jade Emperor couldn’t harm him, naturally making Jiang Liu well-suited to unleash his defensive ability.

Reaching out to catch the Eighteen-petaled Lotus thrown to him by Jiang Liu, Gaoyang’s heart moved slightly, sensing the power of this treasure.

Then, he summoned the lotus, transforming it into a beam of light shooting toward the Jade Emperor.

Naturally, this lotus turned into a force of imprisonment.

Gaoyang didn’t expect the lotus to completely imprison the Jade Emperor’s figure, but just influencing him a little would already be good.

Whoooosh!

The Jade Emperor raised the Golden Divine Sword in his hand, continuously slashing out waves of Sword Qi, but Jiang Liu’s figure always stood in front of Gaoyang, blocking all the Sword Qi.

With the effect of the Duel Contract in play, Jiang Liu could defend the Jade Emperor’s attacks more easily, naturally allowing Gaoyang to attack the Jade Emperor freely.

In battle, is there anything more pleasing than simply attacking without worrying about defense?

Thus, Gaoyang’s strength was exceptionally unleashed!

For a moment, in the battle’s situation, the scales of victory gradually tilted towards Jiang Liu and Gaoyang...