I was just making up techniques… how did all of you become Emperors? Chapter 676 676: The Divine King's Battle

"The one who gives the most effort will get the biggest prize," the Nine-Headed Bird declared instantly. From its perspective, since all the great forces were on equal footing, it made sense that the hardest worker would take the lion's share of the gains.

"Oh, really?" the Golden Ape Divine King inquired, grinning.

"Of course it's real," the Mad Lion Divine King responded. He refused to do the heavy lifting just for others to profit. The Twin Tiger Divine King next to him gave a nod of support.

"Fine, then we've got a deal," the Golden Ape Divine King started. "Once the moment arrives, we'll..."

While the four divine beast kings plotted against Cao Youqian, inside the Wendao Sect, Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen were devising their own strategy.

In the end, they agreed that Cao Youqian would strike first, luring all the divine beast kings into the open, after which Xiao Chen would step in. Together, the master and apprentice would overpower these divine beast kings.

With those divine beast kings defeated, the leftover beast clans wouldn't amount to much danger.

The seven days flew by quickly.

That day, Cao Youqian showed up once more high above the Myriad Demons faction, hovering in mid-air. Gazing down at the group, he called out, "Hey, you little lion, why don't you call your buddies out for their end? Or do you expect this Divine King to haul you all out personally?"

"Hmph!"

A sharp huff echoed from the Myriad Demons faction, and soon the Mad Lion Divine King emerged into the sky. He glared icily at the man in front of him. "You want to fight in the void? Fine, this Divine King will make it happen."

With those words, he bounded upward and vanished into the void right away. Cao Youqian trailed right after.

In an instant, the two Divine Kings confronted each other in the void.

Cao Youqian eyed the divine beast king across from him and grinned, asking, "Where are your pathetic allies? Did this Divine King scare them off already?"

He'd known for ages that multiple divine beast kings lurked in the Myriad Demons faction. Their hesitation to show was just a setup for an ambush, but Cao Youqian wasn't that naive and wouldn't let these beasts catch him off guard.

"Hmph!" The Mad Lion Divine King didn't rage at the taunt but smirked instead, "You seem pretty informed. Looks like you didn't show up by yourself."

"You bet. Now, the real question is who's got the bigger crew—you or us."

Cao Youqian's expression was all provocation. The divine beast kings concealed in the void, witnessing this, felt a burning desire to charge forward and thrash the guy. What a maddening jerk!

Yet, as Divine Kings, they kept their auras in check. Sadly, their brief emotional spikes had already given away their spots.

Cao Youqian detected three divine beast kings close by and pointed right at them with a smirk. "Now that you three are all here, why bother staying hidden?"

Upon hearing that, the three divine beast kings stopped masking their presence and emerged from the void. The Mad Lion Divine King, watching, felt like punching something. These idiots couldn't keep quiet to save their lives. A single jab from the enemy, and they all spilled out. Total embarrassment.

Xiao Chen, who'd been lurking in the void, observed every divine beast king appear and then revealed himself, drifting out beside Cao Youqian.

The four divine beast kings were taken aback initially, then the Golden Ape Divine King remarked, "You humans only brought two Divine Kings?"

Cao Youqian gave a shrug. "Two Divine Kings are plenty to handle the likes of you."

So bold, utterly outrageous.

Cao Youqian's words ignited fury in all four divine beast kings.

The Mad Lion Divine King had always prided himself on his boldness, but he never dreamed he'd encounter someone even cockier that day. Clenching his jaws, he growled, "Kid, this Divine King will find out what makes you so brash."

As he said it, his divine domain unfolded under his feet, and a fearsome aura swallowed the void.

The Golden Ape Divine King, though, locked eyes on Xiao Chen and chuckled, "You there, swordsman—I want to test if your sword's as icy as your demeanor."

"If that's what you want."

Xiao Chen pulled out his precious sword with a sharp chime. In doing so, his sword domain unfurled beneath him.

The clash between the factions was on the verge of exploding.

Noticing this, the Nine-Headed Bird and the Twin Tigers shared a quick look before picking their foes.

Before, four against one hadn't been enough, but now, with two Divine Kings per human foe, they figured they could manage just fine.

"ROAR!!!"

The Mad Lion Divine King bellowed, shifting into a blue lion as his divine domain wrapped around Cao Youqian.

Cao Youqian stood still, arms folded across his chest, yet his divine domain kept growing under his feet.

BOOM!

The two divine domains smashed together in the void, unleashing a massive blast. The echoes reached all the way into the Hongyuan Continent.

Right then, in the Wendao Sect, Ji Jiuwu and the rest sat in silence, waiting for the sky battle to wrap up. Though they were convinced their two senior disciples would triumph, worry gnawed at them still.

Nobody spotted the figure in a quiet courtyard of the Wendao Sect, calmly sipping tea.

That figure was Chu Feng. He'd entered the Wendao Sect seven days prior but stayed out of sight from the other disciples. He aimed to gauge how much his gifted apprentices had advanced.

While drinking his tea, he glanced toward the void, his gaze piercing through to view the entire scene. To spare the Wendao Sect disciples any anxiety, he flicked a massive hand.

The Wendao Sect's Heavenly Observation Mirror soared in front of the group, displaying the void battle clearly.

At the sight, Chu Yuzhi blurted out, "Look at that! The Heavenly Observation Mirror is showing the fight in the void!"

Ji Jiuwu fixed his eyes on the mirror, whispering, "Is our Master's spirit appearing?"

In the void, Cao Youqian held back from striking, letting his divine domain alone pierce the lion's barrier ahead. Watching as the enemy's domain slowly crumbled, he taunted with a grin, "So you're the Mad Lion Divine King? You're disgracing the name 'mad'!"

"You!!!"

The Mad Lion Divine King poured everything into fending off the invading divine power. Should his domain fall, he'd end up ensnared in the foe's realm, helpless like meat on a slab.

Over on the other flank, the Golden Ape Divine King struggled just as badly as the Lion. He hadn't anticipated this silent opponent being so horrifying.

He couldn't endure much more and yelled out, "Are you two just spectating? Get in here already!"

With that in view, the Nine-Headed Bird and the Twin Tigers rushed into the fray at once. Their entry helped the two who'd been falling back to steady their divine domains.

Witnessing it, Cao Youqian glanced at Xiao Chen afar and commented, "Senior brother, dueling domains with these guys is way too dull."

"Agreed. If that's their full power, no need to go easy."

As Xiao Chen finished, he slashed his sword at the Golden Ape Divine King in front.

CLANG!

A crisp sword hum rang out as sword light slashed through the whole void, carving the Golden Ape Divine King's divine domain like soft cheese.

Cao Youqian, on his end, reached out with both hands, clawed, and yanked hard, ripping the Mad Lion Divine King's divine domain open.

"How can this be?"

While the Mad Lion Divine King cried in disbelief, Cao Youqian's giant hand was already closing in. His gut told him to run, but the area around had been sealed by this man's divine domain.

Cao Youqian seized the Mad Lion Divine King by the throat, hoisting him up like a tiny bird, and sneered coldly, "Say goodbye."

Then, he broke the Mad Lion Divine King's neck, yanked his divine soul free, shredded it, and claimed his Divine Core.

The Golden Ape Divine King held out a tad longer than the Lion. As Xiao Chen's blade descended, he turned to dust without a sound.

At that sight, the Nine-Headed Bird Divine King and the Twin Tiger Divine King's first instinct was to bolt. These human Divine Kings were way beyond them.

But they quickly realized their divine domains had locked them in...