Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Their injuries were too severe; they were indeed at their last gasp, their divine power nearly depleted, and even their very essence damaged.

The opposing side still had five people, including one ancient imperial weapon, two supreme artifacts and ancestral artifacts, two forbidden artifacts, and two people with cultivation at the mid-stage of quasi-emperors, still holding an absolute advantage.

If it weren't for the chase and escape, and a direct confrontation, there wouldn't have been much suspense.

bang...

The next moment,

Guo Ziqian was struck on the back again by a divine claw formed from gray mist. The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible. He coughed up blood and almost collapsed.

"Old Guo?"

Tianling called out in a deep voice, then swung her silver spear to force back a low-level Quasi-Emperor, wanting to come to the rescue, but was blocked by the old man with a bone tower-shaped supreme artifact.

"You can barely save yourself, yet you want to save others?"

The old man chuckled sinisterly, and the bone tower unleashed thousands of gray wisps, each as heavy as a mountain, containing the intent of reincarnation and death, firmly trapping Tian Ling.

Wow!

Tianling struggled fiercely, and the Divine Silkworm Robe emitted its last radiance of immortal light. The phantom of the Divine Silkworm that burst forth from it raised its head and let out a long hiss, temporarily resisting the suppression of the Bone Tower and the attacks from other directions.

But her face was ashen, and she was swaying precariously.

"Your Highness!"

Guo Ziqian watched as Tian Ling, in order to save him, took the brunt of the Bone Tower's attack, and her aura weakened once more.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he felt an overwhelming sense of self-reproach and indignation.

If it weren't for the fact that they wanted to escape with him, given the other party's strength and the speed of the Divine Silk Robe, they might have already shaken off their pursuers halfway!

But at this moment...

His thoughts were in turmoil. He suddenly looked up at the five forbidden zone cultivators who had surrounded him again, a hint of despair flashing in his eyes.

"Your Highness..."

Guo Ziqian suddenly transmitted his voice, hoarse but firm:

"I'll hold them off, you go quickly! You should know some of His Majesty's secrets, you absolutely cannot fall into their hands. After you shake them off, first... then go and reunite with His Majesty, don't worry about me!"

Upon hearing this, Tianling was shocked and immediately sent a sharp telepathic reply:

"Shut up! You are one of the few remaining loyal followers of 'him' who have survived to this day. You finally reached the Quasi-Emperor realm and haven't even met him yet. If you die like this, how can I face him?!"

"Your Highness!"

Guo Ziqian took a deep breath:

"I'm already a burden! If this continues, none of us will be able to leave! I'm no longer capable, so I might as well make one last contribution!"

If I can let you escape this time, then I, Guo Ziqian... will die a worthy death!

Actually, there's something I've wanted to say for a long time: Although you're not human, in every respect, looking back, you truly are His Majesty's perfect match. My decision back then was perhaps the most correct thing I've ever done in my life..."

Before he could finish speaking,

He had already begun to reverse his divine power. His already broken body began to swell, and a violent and destructive aura rose from his body!

He ignited his source, and his body crashed straight backward.

He was going to self-destruct, using his quasi-emperor body to briefly block the enemy and buy Tianling a chance to escape the pursuit!

"you?!"

Seeing this, Tianling frowned, her voice filled with suppressed anger.

She knew Guo Ziqian's personality; he was eccentric, but also a man of his word.

Such a person could certainly die, but she absolutely did not want to see him die for her!

This scene felt strangely familiar.

Many years ago, deep within the forbidden ancient road, that "little one" in a black dress did something similar...

"You...humans are truly incomprehensible..."

Tianling angrily exclaimed, then recklessly reignited the already depleted royal blood essence.

boom!!!

In an instant, the divine silkworm immortal robe on her body erupted with an unparalleled and profound aura, and the nine-colored divine light transformed into a streak of light, forcibly breaking through the blockade of the bone tower, and was about to rush towards Guo Ziqian.

However, among the five people behind, the refined-looking mid-level quasi-emperor snorted coldly and summoned a black cloth bag.

At this moment, the bag opened wide, and the "cloth body" shook. Instantly, all the ghosts in the area wailed, and black chains shot out from the bag, wrapping around Tian Ling, trying to completely suppress her.

boom!

bang... bang...

Meanwhile, three other early-stage Quasi-Emperors also attacked simultaneously, unleashing their deadly moves to block all of Tianling's rescue routes.

As Guo Ziqian watched Tianling fall into a desperate situation, the last trace of hesitation in his eyes vanished, replaced by an almost frantic calm.

He grinned, a hint of relief appearing on his blood-stained face.

"Your Majesty, I never imagined you would actually 'live' another life. It's a pity that I, Old Guo, can no longer fight alongside you... I must take my leave first!"

hum...

As he muttered to himself, the divine power within his body surged to its peak, causing his altar to crack automatically, and a destructive light burst forth from his body.

At this critical moment

hum!

In this desolate star field, the imprisoned void suddenly rippled.

Then,

An ancient array diagram appeared out of thin air, and four blood-red sword phantoms flashed and disappeared around the array diagram.

next moment,

Boom! !

An indescribable, terrifying killing intent, like ancient ice, instantly froze this starry sky!

In this area, time and space seem to have frozen!

At the same time, Guo Ziqian, who was preparing to self-destruct to block the enemy, had his boiling divine power suppressed by an invisible hand, and it was initially calmed down.

Clang...

On the other side, the black chains of divine order that were entwined around Tianling, the bone tower's gray aura that was suppressing her, and all the various killing moves that were aimed at her were frozen in mid-air.

Wow!

A sudden change occurred; the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram silently appeared and was deployed.

This caused the ferocious expressions on the faces of the five cultivators from the forbidden zone and the Holy Spirit Ancestral Court to freeze, replaced by boundless astonishment and horror!

"The... Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation?!"

The old man's voice was trembling.

"No! It can't be this fast! There wasn't a single sound..."

The refined middle-aged man's face was filled with disbelief:

"We only realized the formation was about to be activated? How is that possible?!"

hum...

In the blink of an eye,

All that could be seen was that the illusory array diagram solidified completely, and four towering, blood-red sword gates opened in the void!

The four supreme killing energies of slaying, slaughtering, trapping, and annihilating, like the first ray of killing light at the beginning of creation, cleaved out from the void!

shuh...

At this moment, there was no earth-shattering roar, only a silence as if all things had returned to nothingness and the Great Dao had collapsed.

Bang!

bang... bang...

Five Quasi-Emperors from the Forbidden Zone, including the mid-level Quasi-Emperor wielding an ancient imperial weapon of the ultimate realm.

Caught off guard, these people faced the killing sword and the array diagram. The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array, whose divine power had been restored to a terrifying level, did not even have time to scream before their bodies and the primordial spirits within the Immortal Platform were silently annihilated like dust under the surge of the sword array's divine energy!

bang...

click... click...

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation unleashed boundless light.

Following closely behind were the forbidden artifacts and ancestral artifacts in their hands, which also broke apart inch by inch like rotten wood, and the Dao principles and the gods within them collapsed with mournful cries.

Within the formation, only the black banner bag and the bone tower, bathed in bloody light, spontaneously unleashed their final radiance the moment the "proxy leader" fell, resisting the first wave of the killing formation.

Whoosh!

whoosh...

Immediately, taking advantage of the fact that the sword formation had just been set up and had not yet completely sealed off the four directions, the two powerful weapons transformed into two streams of light, tearing apart the solidifying void.

Tan Lin believes he has done his best so far and has not made any unnecessary obstacles.

The revival of the array diagram and the killing sword was autonomous, without consuming his divine power or essence; otherwise, he would have already been drained dry.

However, precisely because of this, the divine power that was unleashed outside the area where Lingbao Tianzun's Sea of ​​Wheels evolved, especially after Lingbao Tianzun had passed away, caused the killing array to be like a rootless duckweed, which undoubtedly resulted in extremely heavy losses for itself.

……

rustling... rustling...

The murderous aura that filled the sky slowly dissipated, and the illusory array gradually faded away, leaving the area in a state of relative stillness.

Within the battlefield, only Tianling and Guo Ziqian, survivors of the ordeal, remained.

And then, a young figure appeared before them at some unknown time, dressed in a green robe, with a tall and straight posture, but whose face had a barely perceptible pale hue.

Wow!

Tan Lin withdrew his deep gaze from the direction the Supreme Artifact had fled, and then he made a backhand gesture.

After destroying those heavy weapons, some material fragments remaining on the scene were collected.

Although the deity within has vanished, the materials used are extraordinary. Aside from the patterns and marks on the fragments that have endured countless tribulations and lightning strikes, the fragments themselves are also unparalleled divine materials, having undergone multiple refinements, allowing them to be "processed" a second time.

This can be useful whether you use it yourself in the future or give it to someone around you.

clatter……

After doing all this,

Tan Lin turned around and looked at the two people behind him, who were covered in blood and barely breathing.

"Sui...you heartless bastard!!"

Seeing her beloved arrive just in time and turn the tide, Tianling could no longer contain herself.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she disregarded all restraint and elegance. In a flash, she threw herself into Tan Lin's arms, her two fair and delicate arms tightly embracing him. Her body trembled slightly from the fear and excitement of their reunion.

Tan Lin raised a hand and gently patted Tian Ling's pink back.

Then, he drew a pure and gentle divine medicinal substance from the ancient tree of life in his sleeve and transferred it into the body of his former lover, temporarily stabilizing her near-collapse injury.

"Your Majesty... I never imagined that I would see Your Majesty again. To be able to continue following Your Majesty in this life, if my old brothers in the Divine Source knew, they would be green with envy..."

On the side, Guo Ziqian looked at Tan Lin's unfamiliar yet familiar figure, and his old eyes filled with tears, his voice choked with emotion.

As he spoke, he leaned on the ground with the broken bow, and then made a gesture as if to kneel down on one knee in the air and pay a grand salute to him.

However, this measure did not come to fruition.

Tan Lin unleashed a divine power, straightening his body while simultaneously infusing him with the essence of a divine medicine.

Then he looked at Guo Ziqian, a hint of approval in his deep eyes:

"Ziqian, you're very good."

Of the few I sealed away in the past, you gained hundreds of years of lifespan due to consuming the divine elixir of the demigod medicine. Now, having advanced to the quasi-emperor realm, you have extended your lifespan by over a thousand years. You are a late bloomer, and your future is promising..."