Chapter 3257: Chapter 3257: Sacrifice Himself

Jean was always arrogant in the Phoenix Palace, holding her head high. She wasn't afraid of anything other than Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

But she shivered violently as she faced this real crisis, fearful of what was to come.

“Mother!”

Even Cleon, Chance, and Ahmad who were sitting on the stairs, couldn't bear to see the timidity in her features.

The three brothers were selfish but given that they were the sons of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, they remained calm in such a crucial life-and-death situation.

They understood that they could hold high positions in the palace because Eastern Emperor Taiyi was their father. And now that their father was in danger of dying, they had obviously chosen to fight the invaders and protect him till the end of their lives.

“I'm trying to find a way out,” Jean said, glaring at her sons to conceal her panic and embarrassment.

Cleon was calm as he tried to persuade her. “Those powerful people have already surrounded the Primitive Illusion. We can't move Father even if we want to. We have no way out!”

“If they break in, we should go all out!” added Chance.

Those who sat on the stairs with him were all children and grandchildren of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Elvinia also sat beside them, an elbow on her knee, and held a piece of thin paper that had been floating in the wind with the other hand. A number of words were scribbled on it.

At Chance's words, she merely looked indifferently at him.

In such a critical situation, the three brothers became courageous and persistent, in sharp contrast to their mother. No wonder they were Elvinia's half-brothers. They were much better than their mother.

Elvinia regretted coming back. No matter how exquisite the Truth Enlightenment was, it was useless in this moment. Her father couldn't even see it, and even if he did, what would be the use of it all in such a critical moment?

Could the people around her defeat the powerful invaders above with it?

She couldn't send the Truth Enlightenment to her father. Moreover, she was blocked here and couldn't go to the North Unicorn Province either.

The news about the tragic battle in the North Unicorn Province was being brought to the Phoenix Palace and Elvinia had learned of it the first time it had come here. As a “demon woman” from the Divine Lair, she knew better how terrible the Nine-Sun World Destruction was.

'Have all the powerful warriors of the seven mountains been killed?

Zen should be the only exception. Has he survived?'

All of a sudden, a flame lit up from her fingertip and burned the paper.

Lavender, who was sitting on the step below Elvinia, looked curiously at the burning paper and said, “Little Master, what are you burning?”

Elvinia smiled and answered, “Something written by Zen.”

At the mention of Zen's name, Laquisha, Lavender, and Nelly suddenly became interested. “What did he write?” they asked in unison.

“The whole Truth Enlightenment,” Elvinia replied with a faint smile.

The others didn't care about what Elvinia was burning, but at the mention of the Truth Enlightenment, their gazes immediately shot to her.

Even Flamine, Jean, and a few strong masters who had stayed in the Phoenix Palace turned to her.

Flamine asked, “Is that why you came back to the Phoenix Palace and wanted to meet your father?”

“Yes,” Elvinia said simply.

“Why didn't you tell me this before?” Flamine said, frowning.

“What difference does it make if I told you?” Elvinia asked as she stared up at Flamine.

Flamine thought for a while and said nothing more.

The whole Truth Enlightenment was important to Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Oneness Sky Palace.

But with the crucial life-and-death situation in the Oneness Sky Palace at this point, it would be of no meaning to take it out.

“But it shouldn't have been burned! That's the Truth Enlightenment!” Jean exclaimed, glaring at Elvinia.

Elvinia looked coldly back at her. “So what? We let them take it away?”

This was enough to render Jean speechless. They couldn't fend for themselves, let alone fight to keep this paper. Jean looked up at the sky, sighing in frustration. ȓΑ₦Ọ𝔟Εŝ

A thin fishing line was moving relentlessly in the Primitive Illusion.

The thread acted as Ware's eyes. He could feel anything it touched.

“I've found the sixth pillar. It is easier than I thought,” Ware said with a happy smile.

He had found six pillars in a short period of time, much faster than he had expected. It looked like it wouldn't take much time to find all the pillars in the Primitive Illusion.

Ware was loud on purpose. His voice was loud as thunder, echoing clearly through the Phoenix Palace.

“The seventh pillar!”

“The eighth pillar!”

“The ninth pillar!”

Every time Ware counted a number, the hearts of the people in the Phoenix Palace would tremble and skip a collective beat.

“The sixteenth pillar!”

“The seventeenth pillar!”

“The eighteenth pillar!”

Buzz!

The thin thread emitted a cyan light in the Primitive Illusion that penetrated the thick white mist with ease.

The white mist that had been lingering over the Phoenix Palace all year round dispersed in an instant, revealing only eighteen bare pillars.

Flamine stood at the top of the stairs in front of the Supreme Dragon Hall, her long luxurious sleeves fluttering. She looked at all the people sitting below and said firmly, “We have no way out. If Eastern Emperor Taiyi dies, we all will die. So please don't hold back!”

Only seven people who were as strong as Flamine stayed at the front of the Supreme Dragon Hall.

Buzz!

Ripples spread before the Supreme Dragon Hall, and another big array rose into the air. Flamine stretched out her legs and stepped gently into the air. She then reappeared at the center of the big array, the Three-Element Sword Array!

Three long swords shot out of the array.

These swords were the Heaven Sword, the Earth Sword, and the Human Sword. Flamine, without any hesitation, took charge of the Heaven Sword. Another two masters followed her and grasped the Earth Sword and the Human Sword.

Ware looked down at the Three-Element Sword Array in front of the Supreme Dragon Hall and said with a mocking smile, “I didn't expect such a dignified existence as Eastern Emperor Taiyi would rely on his wife to protect him. The Three-Element Sword Array is indeed powerful, but it's a pity that you meet me!”

He then waved the fishing rod and barked an order, “Attack it! Hold the three swords and I'll continue to break the array!”

“Now that victory is in sight, why should you be bothered? Master Ware, let me destroy this palace!” A short man behind Ware said anxiously.

“Illusory Mountain Press!”

The shadow of a huge mountain emerged from nowhere, dashing swiftly towards the Phoenix Palace.

This shadow was like an upside down mountain. Although it was virtual, the power contained within it was still terrifying.

At the sight of the illusory mountain, Flamine's expression shifted several times before she managed to calm herself.

She waved the Heaven Sword lightly and said to the other two, “Three-Element Defense!”

Bang!

With the joint resistance of the three swords, the illusory mountain was halted outside the array.

An area of about ten thousand feet around the Supreme Dragon Hall was now protected, but under the pressure of the mountain shadow, all other halls and pavilions of the Phoenix Palace turned to dust.

“Again!”

The short man stretched out his hands, and the huge mountain shadow solidified and became more powerful.

Sizzle!

The Three-Element Sword Array sizzled under the pressure, but it finally managed to block the attack.

“I'm in!”

“Let's see how long you can hold on.”

“It's just a sword array, and it's not good at defense. Why bother to hold on?”

Some masters of the Bearing race looked down at those of the Phoenix Palace who were trying their best to support the sword array. They looked playful as they made their moves.

Boom!

Some of the Bearing race came from the Sky Guard Pavilion.

The Sky Guard Pavilion was to the Bearing race what the Land of Sword Grief was to the Oneness Sky Palace, except for the fact that there were memorial tablets in the Sky Guard Pavilion.

When the masters were strong enough to undertake tasks alone, they would obtain a memorial tablet representing high status. Their strength was almost the same as Flamine's.

These masters relied on the theurgies of various Other Shore Tokens, which were in different forms but all with terrifying power.

Flamine and the other two masters wielded the swords in their hands calmly to resist the enemies.

No matter how strong the theurgies these people poured out were, the Three-Element Sword Array was unbreakable and withstood consequent attacks!

“Lavender, Nelly, Laquisha, hide behind the Supreme Dragon Hall,” Elvinia said suddenly.

“Why?” Lavender asked, confused.

“Once this array is broken, you can take the opportunity to escape. Their target is my father. They won't do anything to you,” said Elvinia.

As the daughter of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Elvinia was determined to live and die with her father.

But she didn't want Lavender and the other two to die with her. After all, they still had Zen.

“Little Master, let's run away together. Please!” Laquisha said anxiously.

In a battle of this level, Elvinia's strength was insignificant. She could escape with them.

Elvinia smiled bitterly and shook her head.

People born in the Phoenix Palace could obtain more resources, and as a result, they'd have to take up more responsibilities.

Elvinia and her half-brothers didn't have the slightest intention of running away.

“Let's wait for a moment. We can't leave the array now. Even if we leave, we might not remain alive,” Lavender suddenly said.

The powerful warriors in the sky sent out tens of thousands of divine megatons of force every time they attacked.

The bricks and tiles of the Phoenix Palace turned to dust, having been crushed over and over again. They would also turn to dust if they were to flee at their current strength and weren't careful enough.

This round of attacks lasted for a while and once they ended, the expressions that the powerful warriors from the Sky Guard Pavilion wore, changed.

They hadn't expected the last array to be so powerful as to forcefully shut them out.

“Master Ware, I'm afraid it's not that easy to destroy the array with brute force. Please help us,” the short man said deferentially.

The short man hadn't expected a mere sword array to so easily block all his attacks.

An unfathomable smile on his face, Ware said, “The Supreme Dragon Hall is protecting the real body of Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The last array won't be so easy to destroy. With your forcible attacks, you may not be able to destroy it even in a few days and nights.”

As he spoke, he threw the fishing rod again.

Whoosh!

The thin fishing line fell from the sky and rolled towards the Three-Element Sword Array below.

Flamine raised her eyebrows at Ware's action. The thread wrapped around his fishing rod was his Other Shore Token called Sky Cloud Thread.

With this thread, he could break through almost all the arrays in the world.

That was why he had become a great array breaker in the world.

With the help of the Three-Element Sword Array, Flamine had thought she could still defend them until Eastern Emperor Taiyi woke up.

And now, it was almost impossible.

But she had no other choice. She would never allow Ware to break the array.

“Master Heller!”

Flamine turned, with the Heaven Sword in hand, and exclaimed.

An old man sat on the stairs behind her. He was as strong as Auden and Pearce, but he hadn't made a single move.

He had once fought alongside Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but had been cursed when wandering in Stage Thirty-two. He had encountered a kind of Other Shore Token with negative effects which, when touched, forcefully laid the curse on his inner world.

His strength had greatly reduced since. Over the years, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had used a special method to help him suppress the curse.

The curse was so powerful that it consumed a lot of energy just to suppress it each time.

Master Heller was loyal to Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who had helped him survive. He felt that he had become a burden to the emperor and wanted to die.

But he had changed his mind a while ago.

Zen got two Hearts of Accomplice in Stage Thirteen. One of them was presented to Eastern Emperor Taiyi by Athemar.

The Other Shore Token was powerful, but it would cause the owner to sacrifice themselves.

It was not difficult to find a person willing to be sacrificed in the Oneness Sky Palace.

But Master Heller was also present at the time. His eyes lit up as he learned about this Other Shore Token. He applied to Eastern Emperor Taiyi to merge with the Heart of Accomplice.

At least, he'd no longer be a burden after fusing with it.

He would be qualified enough to fight the top masters just like Pearce and Auden and perish alongside them.

Seeing that Master Heller was desperately seeking death, Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed to his request. At least he would want to live on after he had merged with the Heart of Accomplice.

They would never let him die until the last moment.

Neither Flamine nor Eastern Emperor Taiyi had expected that this last moment would arrive so soon.

At her call, Master Heller suddenly stood up and laughed harshly, soaring into the sky.

“Ha-ha-ha! Array breaker, do you still remember me?” Master Heller asked, tucking his silver hair behind his head.

Ware had controlled the thread to break the array. At Master Heller's shouts, he looked up and said casually, “A loser from hundreds of years ago. You haven't died yet?”

The Bearing race had had a hand in the curse on Master Heller. At the time, even Eastern Emperor Taiyi had suffered a great loss.

“Are you disappointed?” Master Heller said with a relieved smile. “I'm going to die today!”

Ware merely looked at him before saying, “Help him.”

At this order, those next to Ware made to move towards Heller but the loud sound of a heartbeat broke through the air.

Bump! Bump! Bump!

Breaking the array using the Sky Cloud Thread had demanded a great deal of effort and attention from Ware. What was more, Flamine was constantly changing the array to disturb him. And now, the sudden heartbeat was having a great impact on his mind while greatly confusing him. Where was this sound coming from?

Master Heller continued to laugh loudly. “I'm going to die today, but I won't die alone!”

“What do you mean?” Ware finally realized that something was wrong. The sound of heartbeat grew louder and louder.

Bump! Bump! Bump!

Ware was also a man with vast knowledge. All of a sudden, he realized what could be wrong.

Ware hurriedly stopped the men beside him from making a move and said, “Dang it! Stop! It's the Heart of Accomplice! He actually has it!”

Master Heller laughed a sinister laugh. “Stop? You think I can't die just because you stop?”

Swoosh!

A shadow of a heart appeared above his head - the Heart of Accomplice. It then lit up; he had burned this Other Shore Token!