Scourge Messenger

Chapter 459 No Mercy in a Close Fight

The Lin family elder's hands transformed into jade, and with a light tap upwards, the golden lock shattered into countless fragments of jade before it could even touch him.

[Jade hand]!
Li Jia Taishang did not move, but his body was engulfed in raging flames. The flames took shape and protected Li Jia Taishang inside, like a phoenix spreading its wings. The golden lock could not penetrate it!
The Phoenix Arrives!
The Qin family elder slammed his wine cup down on the coffee table. Just as the shower of golden chains was about to fall on him, they softened and turned into ordinary gold chains that clattered to the ground.

The morale of the troops has been extinguished!
In an instant, the three Immortal Lords of the Mortal World unleashed two symbolic techniques and one profound one. The Mysterious Golden Lock Array, meticulously prepared by the Immortal Lord of Bliss, could not harm them in the slightest! The fourth stage of Foundation Establishment and the seventh stage of Ascension are insurmountable hurdles with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death. How could a messenger who can reach the pinnacle of the Immortal Path and be ranked among the Immortals of the Mortal World be easily defeated?
The most peculiar sight was Hua Yue. He leaned against the cushions, sipping fine wine, seemingly oblivious to his predicament. Unbeknownst to him, pink petals drifted down around him, filling the air with the aroma of wine. When the chains touched these petals, they instantly turned from gold to wine red, inexplicably protecting Hua Yue. The aroma of wine spread along the chains, polluting nearly half of the Mysterious Golden Lock Array in just a few breaths!
Imperial Edict - A Hall Full of Flowers!
The three immortal lords couldn't hide their envy. The imperial edict was undoubtedly precious, but even more precious was an edict that could fit their own system! Hua Yue had managed to use the edict with ease in such a short time. Once he fully mastered the [Full House of Flowers] and survived the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, he would probably leap to become the strongest immortal lord in the East Sea, second only to the Master of the Silent Extinction Academy!
As expected, the Imperial Court can only cooperate with, not be enemies!
“As for the assassination, it’s a bit too naive,” said the Lin family elder, stroking his beard. “But if we evaluate it as a birthday celebration, it’s quite interesting.”

“You’ve gone too far with your joke, Jile,” said the elder of the Li family. “We came here with good intentions to offer our birthday wishes, how can you repay kindness with enmity? It’s not too late to bow your head and admit your mistake.”

"Why waste words with him? Just kill him!" The Qin family elder had the most fiery temper, so he spoke the least just now: "Now we have a legitimate reason to attack. Even if we destroy his blessed land and break his golden nature, no one can find fault with us!"

"Zhou Wuchou, Zhou Wuchou."

Hua Yue put down her wine cup and sighed: "Back then, when you asked Yu Liuting for a title, I was ordered to come and bestow the title upon you. Without Yu Liuting's protection, do you think you could have held onto the Blissful Immortal Palace for eight hundred years? Although the Blissful Immortal Palace is only a fourth-level extreme realm, it has the advantage of special secret realm facilities and a boiling furnace to assist in alchemy. Its benefits are no less than those of a seventh-level secret realm. At that time, countless forces were eyeing it."

"That's because my grandfather was a sixth-level Golden Core cultivator of the Imperial Flowing Court, and he died in the Imperial Flowing Court's desperate battle. Otherwise, would you have shown me kindness for no reason? Besides, I later refined pills for the Imperial Flowing Court for a hundred years. I have repaid all the debts of gratitude and settled all the debts of righteousness." The Blissful Immortal Lord said sternly, "I have built the Blissful Immortal Palace for many years. It is my foundation. How can you take it away?"

"Yu Liuting didn't intend to take over the Blissful Immortal Palace, but the alchemy schedule has been busy lately, and we need you to help us out."

"Hua Yue, do you take me for a fool or an idiot?" The Blissful Immortal Lord laughed: "The Imperial Flowing Court has been making such a big fuss lately, your Water Palace scholars haven't even had time to gamble on Blissful Island. Do you think I can't see what this means? More Foundation Establishment cultivators, more Immortal Lords, more Golden Core cultivators. The chariots that are rushing down the cliff have already started moving, and nothing can stop them. A realm war will definitely break out within a hundred years. To fight external enemies, you must first secure internal stability. In order to increase your chances of winning, you will obviously try to seize all the important resources in the East Sea. How could you possibly let the Blissful Immortal Palace go?"

He turned to the other three Immortal Lords: "Don't think you can cooperate with the Yu Liu Ting. How can you expect to gain the Yu Liu Ting's protection while remaining independent? I bet there's a clause in the agreement between the Yu Liu Ting and you inviting you to jointly attack the secret realm. They probably even made concessions on the distribution system. But once you get to the secret realm, the Yu Liu Ting group will be a united front. Do you think you can gain any advantage then? You'll just become pawns of the Yu Liu Ting."

The three immortal lords remained silent. Whether the Blissful Immortal Lord was right or wrong, it was not enough to make them switch sides. What rules this world is not something weak like reason, justice, or freedom, but violence.

In the East Blue, the Royal Court is the ultimate force of violence! "Since you think so, then you should also understand that whatever you do is futile." Hua Yue adjusted her straw hat: "In the East Blue, there is nothing the Royal Court cannot do. It's not too late for you to join the Royal Court now. Although there are no vacant dean positions, I guarantee that your treatment will not be lower than mine."

"That's not necessarily true. What if I could spare you all?" The Blissful Immortal Lord said calmly. "Even the Imperial Court would have to consider the cost of attacking me. I believe the other forces in the East Sea wouldn't willingly let the Imperial Court slaughter them. If we unite then, do you think the Imperial Court could wipe us all out?"

"Bliss!" Elder Toshiie's tone was grave: "You dare to oppose the Imperial Court? Don't ruin your own life!"

"What a joke! You've all joined forces to try and divide up my Blissful Immortal Palace. Do you think I should just obediently let you slaughter me?" The Blissful Immortal Lord sighed, "I just didn't expect you to be so meticulous in your planning, setting a great net of divine powers. I thought I could maneuver through the gambling, but I still fell into your trap and was forced to tear off the mask of civility."

Hua Yue frowned slightly: "Life-saving divine power?"

"You've already won the bet, do you still want to keep up the pretense?" The Blissful Immortal Lord sneered, "What other force besides the Imperial Flow Court could have nurtured this brat, Tiger Vanguard? He's practically a sharp blade specifically designed to destroy the path to immortality. And yet, he was brought in by the Heavenly Bird. Once he displays his destructive power, it will be too late. No matter how you deal with him, he will become a stain on the Blissful Immortal Palace."

"So I simply set up this gamble, betting his life and death on you, to see if you would give in to me to save his life... Who would have thought that his [Devouring Yin and Yang] could reach such a level? A mortal body with Foundation Establishment combat power, Yu Liuting really went to great lengths to deal with me."

"Now you've won, you've won everything. If I had followed the rules, you would have taken advantage of me. But you've forgotten one thing..." the Blissful Immortal Lord said, "If you're destined to lose everything, a gambler always has one way out: fight to the death!"

"Only the fish die, not the net breaks," the Lin family elder said calmly. "It's not too late to stop now, it's blissful."

"You think the Mysterious Dragon-Locking Formation is my trump card?" The Blissful Immortal Lord laughed. "Can you still retract your divine power now?"

(End of this chapter)