"Thump!" This attack had seriously drained it everything from the elders. Thus, it made them kneel on the ground. The energy they used here was no joke, so this was obvious.
The first elder was looking into the thick fog created by the attack to inspect if Jin Rou had managed to survive. However for some reason, he couldn't do so as he could only peek at it for some time.
"Grug!" Then, he suddenly spat a mouthful of blood and his vision turned a bit blurry. It looked like that technique had damaged his organs too much that his body couldn't bear it.
Now, the first elder was just hoping that Jin Rou wasn't able to survive it or else it would be their total doom. After all, everything waa staked at that one shot. Their survival and future depended on it.
Unfortunately, things won't go that way.
"That's one strong attack." Jin Rou's casual voice sounded which made the elders shudder, "Definitely a Vision, worthy of its name."
Now, Jin Rou was in front of them with no damage at all. Not even s scratch could be seen on his body as if that attack was just itching him.
"Impossible..." An elder muttered in despair. He couldn't believe it. Their most powerful attack that could threaten even the heavens didn't actually kill him! No, in fact, it couldn't even damage him. What was this? What kind of monster was he to achieve this?
Take note, even at Yanlu Rou's level, she would be going suicidal if she dared to face this head on.
The first elder's was calm, but deep inside his heart was thumping really fast. Various emotions were inside trying to get out. In the past, he heard that Jin Rou defeated the devil emperor, who was a semi-universal law, and saved his family from danger. He thought that it was just an emergency power boost kept by his family if ever something they couldn't handle happened. After all, who would believe that Jin Rou would be this strong suddenly? Furthermore, though he couldn't see the actual cultivation of Jin Rou, his instincts were warning him not to mess with him. Unfortunately, his drive for his ambition blinded his decisions and this was the result.
It was over. It was over for him and his prided Court Council which he painstakingly managed to maintain its position. However, though he lost, he didn't regret anything. At least, now he was aware of how strong Jin Rou was and could leave the future to him. It wasn't part of his plan, but it was the end now anyway. There's no turning back.
They have stepped on the dragon's reverse scale, and now they have to pay the price for it.
"You lost." Jin Rou casually said with a smile. He had expected this result. One way or another, it was going to happen anyway.
"Indeed, we have lost." The first elder was calm and in serene. It seemed that his death wasn't that big much of a deal. In fact, even the other elders were feeling the same. They had lived long enough now and perhaps, it was now the time for their rest.
Eternal sleep wasn't bad anyway. They could finally rest themselves after this battle.
Jin Rou didn't expect that they would take it so easily. He was expecting that they would rain him curses or whatsoever. But instead, acceptance was what he saw. He expected that this bunch of elders were some arrogant and loud old folks just like those he met in the past. Fortunately though, it wasn't the case.
"I can see that you have a great insight. I don't understand why you have taken this path." Jin Rou was talking to the first elder. He wanted to understand the reasoning behind this. Because the more he think about it, the more he could feel that there's something more to what the eyes could see.
" Your Majesty, ah, it's nothing much." The first elder sighed and smiled wryly, "It is just a mere hatred passed down from generations to generations from an ancient ancestor of ours."
"Sigil." Yanlu Rou suddenly spoke which surprised everyone here. It looked like she just had awaken from a deep sleep.
"Indeed, it is our Sigil Ancestor." The first elder confirmed.
Sigil Ancestor was a brilliant and one of the strong true gods available here in this world. He hated the Rou family to his bones that he cursed them over and over again and made a decree about this matter. And for the reason why he hated the family?
"Our ancestor was maddened because Her Highness Yanlu Rou has prohibited him from entering the gates towards being a Zenith and he took this quite badly." The first elder sighed deeply, "Thus, he made us hate the celestial family and wanted us to avenge him. After all, true gods didn't have long lifespan as zeniths have, so the day of his death naturally came."
"So this is an issue from a distant past." Jin Rou didn't imagine the things happening right now was because of something his family had done. If Jin Rou calculated the time it happened, it was probably from more or less 500 million years ago. It was already so long, yet the hatred was still there.
"How can I let that brat Sigil enter the gates?" Yanlu Rou said with a hard tone, "I told him that it wasn't still his time. He still needed to stabilize himself before entering that gate or the consequences will be dire. What sort of idiot was he to take my words the wrong way?"
The two forefathers of the council had the right to become zeniths, yet only one happened to become one. Because Sigil Ancestor forced himself there and suffered death-threatening injuries, causing his cultivation to deteriorate and that was where his suffering started.
He was feeling so much hatred, however with no one to blame, how could he go on in his next life? Thus, he put the hatred and blame on the celestial family, creating a decree to ever oust them if they have the chance.
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