The purple light appeared behind Lan Qing in the blink of an eye. The Violet Prince's right hand lashed out, aiming for Lan Qing's back.
Lan Qing wouldn't have survived if he'd been hit by an Infinite cultivator like Lan Qing.
Luo Xianni caught up with him in the next instant, and her attacks came one after another.
The Violet Prince only had a moment to spare, and Roxanne's attention was on him. If he insisted on striking Lan Qing, Roxanne's attack would be fatal.
However, he couldn't care less at this point. Snatching the Divine Sword was the most important thing.
No one had anticipated this turn of events.
By the time Lan Qing sensed something was amiss, the Domain of Life and Death had locked him in place. He couldn't move an inch.
The gap between their cultivation was too great. He couldn't even break free.
In this moment of crisis, Lan Qing's Ultus became a beam of cyan light. It came to rest on his back, blade facing outwards. Cyan light spat out from it.
Though it was only one, the Violet Prince's face paled when he sensed it.
Ultus wasn't just controlled by Lan Qing. Li Ke, the spirit of the sword, could also control it.
Li Ke was different from Jun Yongye and the others. Jun Yongye and the others were spirits born from the sword itself. They were more like sentient beings, a part of the sword itself.
Relatively speaking, it was the Divine Sword that controlled them, and the Divine Sword was the master.
But Li Ke was once a human, and there was still the existence of a soul brand. After he merged with the Slaying Immortal sword.
Once he merged with Ultus, the imprint on his soul would gradually fade away.
He would become one with Ultus.
But before this, he had once been the master of the Celestial Slaying Sword after all, and had rather strong control over the Celestial Slaying Sword.
This kind of control was shown just now, at the most crucial moment, he controlled the Zhu Xian sword to flip.
At the same time, he used Ultus to extract energy from Lan Qing's body. A beam of sword light shot out to connect with Lan Qing's thoughts.
The Violet Prince's mind raced as he made his decision.
His figure flickered and he retreated. He didn't strike.
Although he would be able to severely injure Lan Qing, Ultus was too sharp. He would be injured, and he would not be able to grab it.
Moreover, Luo Xianni's all-out attack was too powerful and would cause irreversible damage to him.
Weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to retreat.
Despite Lan Qing's calm demeanor, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
He'd walked the line between life and death.
But he was a famous commander.
The pressure of danger turned into motivation. His eyes flashed, his lips trembled, and he began to communicate.
Don't forget, he was not only the commander of Middle Heaven, he was also one of the Four Divine Monarchs.
He had led the Four Divine Monarchs and the Star Alliance under the Clairvoyant in the mecha war. He had almost won, and that had been because of his mastery of the battlefield.
His intellect and ability to command could be used on any battlefield.
The Driver and the others who had been fighting Monarch's Infinite-level doppelganger suddenly retreated.
The other side of the battlefield was clear.
Two beams of Positron Cannon fired at the alien, causing it to freeze for a moment.
The Paragons took advantage of this opportunity to gather together.
Lan Qing was surrounded in the center, not only to protect him, but also so that he could make better arrangements for his subordinates.
"Supreme Mantra!"
Lan Qing's mantra changed again. Vairocana's dharmic image melded with it, causing his body to swell. The power of Buddhism caused the Domain of Creation and Destruction around him to fade away.
An enormous bell appeared in the palm of Vairocana's hand.
The flow of time changed in a miraculous way.
The Paragons had to face four enemies in total. One Infinite-level avatar and three Nirvana-level avatars. One of the avatars was injured.
On the other side of the battlefield, Roxanne had the Violet Prince entangled once more. The battle between the two sides was even more intense.
The four avatars hesitated. Seeing the number of Paragons in front of them made them want to retreat.
But this was a battle they could not retreat from. The alien planets had issued a death warrant, they had to reclaim the Sword.
The Infinite-level avatar lifted its palms to the heavens. The light around it became a violet gold. The other three avatars flew toward it.
The four avatars gathered together, and their auras grew stronger.
But then the Paragons made their move.
The first to act was not Lan Qing, nor was it the Pharmacist.
It was the Driver.
The Driver's Paragon title was based on his mecha's original name, Thunderclap. He'd always liked the name. Blinding bolts of purple lightning shot to the heavens.
At the same time, the aura of the Purple Heaven Thunderbolt spread out to a great extent.
The four avatars felt an oppressive force bearing down on them. Their auras were affected.
The Primordial Lightning expanded to cover a wide area. It didn't look like it was meant to attack, but to surround them.
Lan Qing and the Pharmacist floated in front of the Paragons.
It looked like they were going to fight two against four.
A soft blue light fell upon them, and their auras surged. It was Neptune's power.
At the same time, a blue light appeared behind the purple lightning. However, this time it was right beneath the avatars' feet. It was like they were stuck in a muddy swamp, slowing them down.
Although they weren't affected too much due to their cultivation, the fact that they were under the influence of so many Paragons made them feel uneasy.
The Infinite-level alien couldn't help but attack first.
His fist lashed out cautiously. The power of life and death coalesced into a ball of light the size of a bowl. It hurtled toward Lan Qing. Lan Qing had the sword they wanted, they knew that.
The Violet Prince's telepathic message told them to work together, seize the sword, and then leave the battlefield.
His attack was directed at Lan Qing. First, he wanted to weaken the enemy. Then, when the time came to attack, it would be most effective.
There was a flash of silver, and a strange change took place in the battlefield. The Paragons who had been gathered in front of the avatars suddenly vanished without a trace.
Because of their caution, and because they were weakened by the Domains, the Violet Monarch's avatars had locked onto Lan Qing, but hadn't used their full strength.
When the silver light flickered, he felt his lock on Lan Qing being erased by several different forces.
Without a target his attack fell on empty air. When the silver light flickered again, the Paragons had formed a circle around them.
Vines sprouted from thin air and lashed out at the avatars. The leader of the avatars flashed with purple light, and the vines were pulverized.
Encirclement was the last thing they wanted. Almost instinctively, Monarch led his three Nirvana-level avatars in a single direction. Their first priority was to break through the encirclement.
He was confident that although the humans weren't weak, and there were many of them, they wouldn't be able to stop them from breaking through. Their encirclement seemed to be pointless.
As they began to move, the interior of the avatars began to glow. Threads of crimson light filled the area. At the same time, the mud beneath their feet sank into the ground. Spatial rifts and the threads of crimson light appeared, and a rainbow of light enveloped them. Their speed slowed.
Almost in an instant, more than seven types of weakening, blocking, and controlling domain abilities appeared in this space.
Although the four aliens were strong, they couldn't help but slow down.
They could only rely on their Creation and Destruction Domains to break through.
The process was smooth, but the speed at which they broke through was naturally limited to a certain extent.
Monarch's avatar's eyes glowed with a violet-gold light. His strength was second to none in this area, and no one could stand up to him.
Although there were barriers in front of him, he was able to break through like a hot knife through butter.
Finally, he felt his body lighten. The barrier in front of him was gone, and he was the first to charge out. He transformed into a beam of violet light that shot five kilometers away, putting some distance between himself and the human Sovereigns. Then a second, and a third.
"Eh?" Monarch's avatar felt something was amiss. He turned around.
The human Paragons didn't pursue him. They remained where they had been. His companions, however, had grown from three to two.
(To be continued.)