Chapter 1103 — Secretly Devising a Poisonous Scheme Against the Nether Lord
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"Hold on!
" Dragon Qilin's eyes flickered. "Brother, Yin Chaojin has grown very close to the Heavenly Venerable Hao. That man has never meant well. This time he's come most likely to block your journey north—who knows, he may be leading the heavenly army here against you!
" Crown Prince Youming hesitated, then walked to the palace gate and peered out. There was Yin Chaojin racing toward the Black Tortoise Heaven Palace, the heavenly army at his back—tower ship after tower ship, banners streaming. It was plain that, as Brother Dragon had said, Yin Chaojin had indeed come at the head of the heavenly host! Crown Prince Youming flew into a rage.
"Yin Chaojin! I took you for a brother, but you take me for a fool! If I let you in, won't Heaven's tiger-wolf legions stamp my Black Tortoise Palace flat?
" The Nether Lord looked back and smiled. "So you thought I was in league with them—that's why you've been so wary. Brother, I came to warn you, but the Heavenly River Navy spotted me and came hunting at my heels. If you don't let me in, I'll die out here!
" Crown Prince Youming was at a loss. He looked at Dragon Qilin. "Brother, he says he came to warn me.
If I don't let him in, won't he die out there? " Mischief welled up in Dragon Qilin's gut. "The Black Tortoise Heaven Palace is a weighty matter. If you mishandle it and let the palace fall into enemy hands, even the Dark Emperor and the Martial Emperor will be caught in the ruin. We must be cautious—first have the Nether Lord kill some of Heaven's army to prove he's not in league with them.
" Crown Prince Youming praised him: "You're the clever one, Brother. Yin, my friend, if you truly mean to help me, kill some of Heaven's gods and demons. Otherwise you've brought them here to destroy me!
" The Nether Lord's face went blank.
"Since when did this turtle grow so clever? " He glanced back and saw the Heavenly River Navy had arrived. At the prow of the lead vessel stood a great general, a saber laid crosswise before him.
"Crown Prince Youming! " he called. "His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor commands your return to the Jade Capital! " Crown Prince Youming saw that the Nether Lord had made no move against the Heavenly River Navy—and the navy had made no move against him either.
He flew into a rage at once. "Yin Chaojin! So you really meant to trick me into opening the Azure Sky Canopy of Colored Glass and seize my Black Tortoise Heaven Palace!
" The Nether Lord, furious and frantic, gritted his teeth and charged at the navy. In his heart he thought, 'If it weren't for all the treasures packed away in the North Emperor's house, would I risk my own skin? ' He struck with a cruel hand.
Countless white banners flew out and swayed before one naval tower ship. The gods and demons aboard felt their primordial spirits shake, then one by one were dragged from their bodies, sucked into the banners. A few powerful figures, their spirits firmly anchored, escaped his poisonous work—but the next moment the gourd on the Nether Lord's back opened.
From its mouth a swarm of mosquitoes and insects buzzed out, pounced on the ship, and drained those experts dry! His blow succeeded, and he called out: "Brother Youming, now you can see my sincerity!
" Angry shouts rang out from the surrounding tower ships. The Navy's formation activated; the Heavenly River nearly came to a boil, and countless formation lines soared up, locking down the river on every side. Shwish—uncountable divine weapons flew along the lines.
In that single strike, the Nether Lord was gravely wounded.
Vomiting blood, he was hurled backward and slammed into the barrier of the Azure Sky Canopy of Colored Glass. Crown Prince Youming was about to open the barrier to let him in when Dragon Qilin raised his hand.
"Brother, won't you wait a while longer?
What if it's a trick of self-inflicted pain? " Crown Prince Youming hesitated. And in that moment of hesitation, the Navy's second strike came crashing down!