Chapter 1707 — The Battle of Triumph
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This ship was the Peerless Great Ship that Wei Suifeng had designed expressly to break the Celestial River Pagodas!
Di Shitian's fleshly body swelled joint by joint; he leaped and landed upon that ship, crying loudly, "Poison your weapons — follow me to break the Celestial River Pagodas!"
The soldiers under his command smeared the virulent poison sent from Jingping upon their divine weapons, tore open the Heavenly Court fleet's barriers, and the Peerless Great Ship drove straight at the Celestial River Pagodas!
The armies of Carefree Village raised the various divine weapons sent from Jingping, and in a moment the tide of battle turned; the Celestial River Navy fell to the disadvantage!
Zhu Shaoping's mind was thrown into chaos. Suddenly he saw a formation diagram unfurl, forming in the air palace after heavenly palace, palaces staggered and scattered, with who knew how many gods and demons of Carefree Village seated within them, become part of those heavenly palaces and that heavenly court!
"The Great Heavenly Court Formation!"
Zhu Shaoping's head swam. Wherever that formation passed, the warships of the Celestial River Navy shattered to pieces, as if under the assault of a Heavenly Venerate!
The formation diagram drove straight at the Divine King Lang Wan and settled behind her head.
Lang Wan had nearly been slain by Lady Taiyin; with the diagram behind her head, the breath of thirty-six heavenly palaces merged with her, and she said calmly, "Taiyou, do you know how mighty the power one holds after attaining the Dao is?"
Lady Taiyin's pupils shrank, and she drove the Taiji Vein to guard her whole body.
"I did not know before."
Lang Wan raised her palm. "But now I know. And you too will soon know how terrible that power you yearn for truly is."
The Woodcutter Sage wiped the tears from his temples. Behind him, the Martial Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha, seeing the state of the battle, felt his blood boil and itched to move.
Yet the Woodcutter never gave the order to send him out. Zhuo Cha could bear it at first, but at last he could bear it no longer and shouted, "Woodcutter, isn't it my turn yet?"
The Woodcutter shook his head.
Zhuo Cha waited a while more, then roared, "Let me fight, now!"
The Woodcutter shook his head again. "You cannot fight. If you fight, Zhu Shaoping will come to kill me. If I die, Carefree Village loses. I cannot die. With you here, Zhu Shaoping dares not come to kill me. Your role is to protect me."
The Martial Heavenly Master flew into a rage, raising his fist; Niu Sanduo hastily took human form and clung to him, crying, "Master, you must not strike! Kill him, and Carefree Village truly loses!"
The Woodcutter said earnestly, "You should listen to Sanduo. Guard me well, and that is your greatest merit."
The Martial Heavenly Master roared, shaking Niu Sanduo off, sat down cross-legged, and seized a handful of stones, crushing them to powder.
The Black Tiger God sat beside the Woodcutter, head bowed, staring at the ground, not daring to make a sound.