Chapter 739: Wreaking Havoc in the Heavenly Court
“Niu Ben is this strong…”
Beside the Imperial Heaven Sovereign, the Netherworld Emperor stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, at Niu Sanduo whose head was thrust into the clouds. His eyeballs looked ready to pop out of their sockets.
He knew this “Niu Ben” was powerful—he had nearly crushed the great Kun into falling the moment he appeared. He just never expected this unremarkable Niu Ben to be this strong!
So strong that even the sky couldn’t bear his aura, so strong that he suppressed the entire Jasper Pool Gathering the moment he arrived!
In the Jasper Pool, the giant turtles carrying islands on their backs as they roamed were also demigods, born with powerful bloodlines as descendants of ancient gods, already fully grown and immensely strong. But before Niu Ben’s aura, these giant turtles didn’t dare show their heads. They directly retracted their limbs and heads and sank into the sea, leaving only the cultivators on the islands frantically climbing toward the peaks to avoid drowning in the Jasper Pool.
“As powerful as an ancient god…”
The Imperial Heaven Sovereign and the other Heavenly Sovereigns, their faces pale, looked up at this enraged divine demon, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.
Especially the Imperial Heaven Sovereign, whose heart was even more bitter.
For this Jasper Pool Gathering, he had run around everywhere, greasing the wheels of the Heavenly Court, communicating with the Empress, and bribing those who could speak to the Heavenly Emperor, asking them to put in a good word for him before the Emperor.
Not only that, he had to build up a huge commotion to attract all the young talents from the countless lower realms and worlds to attend this Jasper Pool Gathering.
He relied on the momentum of the Heavenly Court’s grand assembly to make the Jasper Pool Gathering a success, lively and bustling.
And this time, he also intended to use it to announce a major event, drawing everyone’s attention, and seize the opportunity to become the leader of all cultivators, even the leader of the demigods.
He wanted to pull all the races under heaven, including the descendants of the ancient gods, into his camp!
Thus, half the fruits of the Heavenly Court’s grand assembly would fall into his hands, becoming the capital for his rise.
But what he never expected was that at this Jasper Pool Gathering, two young men would suddenly appear and start fighting fiercely, displaying peerless brilliance that shocked the attending cultivators and stole his thunder.
Even more unexpected was that now, out of nowhere, a powerhouse comparable to an ancient god had jumped in. He had no idea whether the Jasper Pool Gathering could even continue.
If this powerhouse lost his temper and smashed the Jasper Pool to pieces, wouldn’t all his hard work go down the drain?
Niu Sanduo revealed his immensely robust physique, smoke spewing from his nostrils, fire blazing from his eyes. He raised his hand and pressed down lightly into the void. Before it even touched Qin Mu and the Kaishu, the two immediately felt an incredibly terrifying pressure bearing down on them!
*Thump, thump.*
Two dull sounds rang out as Qin Mu and the Kaishu’s techniques disintegrated on the spot. Their bodies fell from midair, pinned to the ground by the invisible pressure.
The earth rumbled and sank as the two were pressed into a spread-eagle shape, sinking deeper and deeper, unable to move, both filled with shock.
“You dare hit him?”
Qin Mu was both shocked and furious, straining to lift his head: “Hitting him is hitting me, you dead cow…”
Niu Sanduo’s angry voice came from midair: “Let you make trouble! Let you make trouble! How many times did I tell you along the way to restrain yourselves, not to stir up trouble, but you just had to stir it up! Do you think Old Ox has no temper? When my ox temper flares up, I don’t care who you are…”
“Stop pressing down!”
Ling Tianzun stood by his ox leg, watching in terror as Qin Mu and the Kaishu fell. The spot where they landed had already been crushed into a hundred-foot-deep pit. She quickly looked up and shouted: “If you press any harder, you’ll crush them to death!”
But Niu Sanduo’s body was too tall; her voice couldn’t reach him.
Just then, a piercing cry rang out like an eagle’s screech: “Who dares to cause trouble in the Heavenly Court?”
A streak of fire shot in like a meteor, growing larger and larger, hurtling toward Niu Sanduo like a sun!
Niu Sanduo reached out and grabbed the sun, crushing it to pieces. Then he let out a mighty roar.
*Moo——*
The rolling roar sent the Great Sun Star Lord, despite being a born divine being, stumbling backward, unable to stand firm against the violent soundwaves.
He was not the fake Great Sun Star Lord of later times. He immediately spread his wings, revealing his true form. Layers of feathers spread out, fiery feathers connecting to the sky, wings spanning a hundred miles. Three sharp claws gleamed coldly as he flapped his wings, bringing his claws to the Jasper Pool’s sky, aiming to tear open Niu Sanduo’s skull.
Niu Sanduo punched the air, and a dull *thud* echoed through the sky. The Great Sun Star Lord cried out in alarm, tumbling and rolling far away. A burst of flame erupted from a distant sun—he had been punched into that sun and couldn’t get up for a long time.
Meanwhile, from the various heavenly palaces of the Heavenly Court, ancient gods and demigods rose into the air one after another, rushing toward the Jasper Pool. The auras of the primordial gods enveloped heaven and earth, warping space. Someone shouted: “Where did this thief come from, daring to run wild in the Heavenly Court?”
Niu Sanduo’s ox temper took over, and he didn’t care about anything else. He leaped into the sky, throwing punches and kicks, unleashing his martial arts cultivation to the fullest, fighting with unrestrained abandon.
He ignored all techniques, simply smashing through them with fists and feet. One punch would obliterate the techniques of these ancient gods and demigods. Pure physical force crushed everything, disregarding the power of techniques. Even ancient gods like the Sun, Moon, and Five Luminaries had no resistance before him—their techniques were directly blown apart!
Niu Sanduo’s martial arts attainment was extremely high, and his speed was incredible. A martial arts master’s running speed was beyond what cultivators could match. As a powerhouse at the Celestial Ascension realm, only slightly inferior to the Imperial Throne, it was nearly impossible to track his movements with mere sight!
In the sky, an ancient god grunted, took a punch to the face, and fell headfirst, his massive head plunging into the Jasper Pool, his body and legs standing straight up, unknown whether dead or alive.
Another ancient god was knocked into the Heavenly River, causing towering waves that lifted countless painted boats, sending them drifting atop waves ten thousand feet high, drawing gasps of shock.
Yet another ancient god was hit by countless punches, kicks, palms, and legs in an instant. With each strike, his body bent, his face twisted, and his mind went blank.
By the time he came to, he was lying in a huge pit, with the palace he had crushed beneath him.
Niu Sanduo fought wildly, venting the grievances he had suffered over the past two days.
For two days, he had been terrified, constantly on edge, afraid Qin Mu would stir up some monstrous trouble, afraid Qin Mu and the Kaishu would fight, afraid the Kaishu would recognize him, afraid the Kaishu would kill Qin Mu, and afraid Qin Mu would kill the Kaishu.
How could a straightforward, blunt man endure such grievances?
But he had to endure them. And now, having finally released the dissatisfaction in his heart, it was unstoppable!
That was the way of a martial arts master.
When he didn’t explode, it was fine. But when he did, it was earth-shattering, and not even an ox could hold him back—and he was an ox to begin with!
Niu Sanduo fought with growing excitement as more and more ancient gods and demigods surged in from all sides, making him bellow with exhilaration as he knocked down the Heavenly Court’s gods one after another.
Suddenly, a sun in the sky blazed with dazzling light. A beam of light shot down with a *whoosh*, striking him and sending the old ox flying!
On the sun, the Great Sun Star Lord wiped the golden blood from his mouth, channeled his power, and controlled the sun’s fire. Another beam of light erupted, blasting Niu Sanduo, who hadn’t even regained his footing, flying again!
On the other side, the moon in the sky also burst into radiance. Two beams of light struck, and Niu Sanduo’s massive body crashed down from the sky, landing beside the Heavenly River.
In the sky, the Five Luminaries stars also shone brightly. Clearly, the Five Luminaries Star Lords were each using their means, controlling their stars, planning to join forces and surround him.
“Do you think Ox Lord is afraid of you?”
Niu Sanduo roared, reaching out to grab the Heavenly River. The river violently churned as he actually tried to lift it and use it as a weapon to sweep through the stars!
The countless cultivators in the Jasper Pool were horrified. Qin Mu climbed out of Niu Sanduo’s palm print, dusted himself off, and said with a dark face to the Kaishu, who was also getting up: “He dared to hit you. Don’t worry, in the future, I’ll definitely help you hit him back! This ox has gone mad, truly mad!”
Beside him, the Kaishu stretched his body and was taken aback by these words: “Isn’t he my opponent? Why does he say he’ll help me hit him back? This person is strange—clearly hostile to me, yet when I’m knocked down by Niu Ben, he protects me.”
Ling Tianzun quickly flew over and said: “That old man has caused a huge commotion! He’s already alerted the existences of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces! It’s hard to clean up now.”
Qin Mu snorted coldly, his tone indifferent: “He can resolve this crisis. As long as he takes out that yellow paper and tears it up, no one will recognize him. But this stupid ox has probably worked up a fighting frenzy and won’t think of how to get through this for a while. When he gets tired, he’ll remember.”
Ling Tianzun curiously sized them up, thinking to herself: “The relationship between these three is really strange…”
The Heavenly River churned as Niu Sanduo nearly lifted it to use as a spiritual weapon. Just then, a deep voice came from the depths of the Heavenly Court: “I was born from the Heavenly River. If you use it as a weapon, wouldn’t my home be destroyed? You cannot touch the Heavenly River.”
Niu Sanduo immediately felt the Heavenly River become incredibly heavy, growing heavier and heavier, forcing his robust body to bend.
He let go of the river and leaped away, only to see an ancient god walking toward him across the river’s surface. Behind that god, surging waves formed the phantom of a massive Black Tortoise divine turtle, with a Flying Serpent coiled around it, opening a sky-devouring mouth, its long tongue flickering in and out, its vertical pupils staring at him with sinister cunning.
Niu Sanduo’s heart jolted, and he finally snapped back to his senses. But at that moment, the eastern sky filled with green light as another old man approached. Behind him, a green dragon coiled in the green light, vast and immense.
“Could it be the Northern Emperor and the Eastern Emperor among the Four Emperors?”
Niu Sanduo blinked his ox eyes, clenched his fists, and felt a surge of excitement: “Are the Eastern and Northern Emperors of this era stronger than those of later times? I’ll find out by fighting them! Ox Lord isn’t afraid of them!”
Just then, a voice, lofty as if it soared above the nine heavens, spoke: “Xuanwu, Qinglong, no need to bully him. This little friend has cultivated considerable skills. It should be that I have never heard of his name, so this grand assembly of the Heavenly Court did not invite him. He is dissatisfied and thus wants to make a scene.”
The Northern Emperor bowed and said: “Your Majesty, at the Heavenly Court’s grand assembly, if he comes to cause trouble and we do not kill him, where will the Heavenly Court’s authority be? Your servant believes we must behead him to establish authority and warn others!”
Niu Sanduo’s heart shook violently: “The Heavenly Emperor? Was that the Heavenly Emperor speaking just now? If he wants to kill me, how can I escape?”
The voice laughed and said: “What need does the Heavenly Court have to establish authority now? Under heaven, do we still have enemies? Ox, with your skills, you are worthy of being a master of a heavenly palace. But since you have caused a great disturbance, you are guilty and must be punished. After the grand assembly, come to the palace and serve as my personal Golden Guard General.”
Niu Sanduo quickly bowed. A beam of light descended from the sky, landing in the old ox’s hand—a general’s military tally.
Niu Sanduo scratched his head and hung the Golden Guard General’s tally on his waist.
“You got lucky.” The Northern Emperor withdrew, and the Heavenly River returned to calm.
The old man who had come from the east also vanished.
Niu Sanduo quickly dispersed his martial combat form, returning to normal size, and went back to the Jasper Pool. He said to Qin Mu: “The Heavenly Emperor of this court saw my skills and appointed me as Golden Guard General. He didn’t kill me.”
Qin Mu shook his head: “With the commotion you caused, sending you to the Execution Platform to chop off your head would have been lenient! I originally thought you were mature, but you’re even worse than Qin Kai!”
The Kaishu grunted, looking at the sky with an air of indifference.
The old ox said: “If you two hadn’t been messing around, would I have lost my temper? Both of you, behave yourselves. Let’s have fewer incidents and get through these few months peacefully.”
Qin Mu noticed the military tally hanging at his waist, felt a stir in his heart, and said: “Let me see that tally.”
The old ox took it off and handed it to him. Qin Mu’s heart stirred again. Just as he was about to search his Gluttony Pouch, a young man walked over with a beaming smile and said to Ling Tianzun: “Ling Tianzun, who are these three senior brothers?”
“I don’t know either.”
Ling Tianzun then came to her senses and asked Qin Mu: “What are your names?”
—The dazed Ling Tianzun asks for monthly votes~~