Chapter 953: Defeating a Saint

Over the past few months, Dazheng had annexed over 500 Immortal cities. Though Dazheng's laws were highly favorable to the people, gaining their wholehearted acceptance in such a short period of time was still a challenge.

Now, however, Xiao Nanfeng was about to face a saint—a pawn of the heavens, an agent sent to enslave and ultimately deliver them to the heavens for slaughter. This made the saint the natural enemy of the people.

At that moment, no one hesitated. They all raised their right hands.

"Your Majesty, take my strength and kill the saint!"

"The heavens' pawns must die. Take my strength, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, have my strength. You must slay the saint!"

"Everyone, raise your right hands, now!"

Countless voices echoed across Yongding as streams of white light rapidly converged from all directions toward the golden dragon of fortune—the manifestation of the strength borrowed from the people.

The golden dragon of fortune seemed to be a reservoir for the empire's might, radiating an immense aura that stirred up fierce storms.

Xiao Nanfeng soared into the sky toward the dragon. The dragon approached him, but this time, it didn't enter his body. Instead, he stepped into and fused with the dragon itself.

Suddenly, he felt completely unified with the golden dragon of fortune, as if he had become a colossal dragon himself. With an earth-shaking roar, the dragon let out a deafening cry, causing the surrounding void to tremble violently.

"What terrifying force. Just how many of Dazheng's citizens lent their strength to Xiao Nanfeng?"

"I think... it's got to be all of them. He's fighting with the power of six hundred Immortal cities..."

"Unlike an ordinary empire, a divine empire can harness the entire force of the empire's fortune. Just how strong is Xiao Nanfeng going to get?"

A wave of exclamations swept through the crowd.

The colossal golden dragon roared and flew toward the battlefield where Liu Miaoyin was fighting the Void Saint.

In that battlefield, a blue sea and a green sea clashed as two peerless cultivators fought ferociously. Blue light and green light illuminated the heavens. The laws of reincarnation and death collided, creating devastating shockwaves.

Knowing that her cultivation was insufficient to unleash her full strength, Liu Miaoyin wasted no time. She gave the fight her all from the very beginning.

Her death chants would only be a supplementary measure. She focused all her power on manipulating the laws of reincarnation, creating countless green lotuses with which to envelop the Void Saint.

The Void Saint's face darkened at the countless lotus-shaped manifestations of reincarnation. "Are you overloading your charm of heavenly law? Are you planning to destroy it to take me down with you?"

"I can resurrect after my death. Can you? Conflagration of the Myriad Lotuses!" Liu Miaoyin shouted.

"No—die, you maniac!" the Void Saint roared.

With a deafening explosion, a terrifying shockwave rippled outward. The void trembled violently. At the center of the explosion, the void itself lay shattered, as if a hole had been blown into the heavens.

A sudden suction emerged from the hole, pulling everything from the explosion's vicinity—Liu Miaoyin, the Void Saint, the blue and green seas, and the pillars of heavenly law—into its depths. In an instant, everything vanished, and the world fell silent.

"Where did they go?"

"They're gone? Did they tear through the void and cross time and space?"

"Did they enter the Spirit Emperor's hidden realm?"

Countless cultivators speculated in shock.

The next moment, the void trembled, and the two figures reappeared.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Liu Miaoyin's eidolon was riddled with cracks. She seemed gravely injured and even immobilized. Across from her, the Void Saint fared no better. Blood poured from his mouth as he clutched his chest, his body hunched in pain from his severe injuries.

"Liu Miaoyin, you lunatic! Mutual destruction? You're not worthy of that! Come on, fight me again!" the Void Saint spat out blood and roared in anger.

"I'll take over!" a cold voice rang out.

The Void Saint turned to see a colossal golden dragon charging at him.

"A golden dragon of fortune? Is this Dazheng's imperial might?" the Void Saint exclaimed.

"Senior Miaoyin, leave the rest to me," the golden dragon said, its voice resonating with authority as it approached.

Liu Miaoyin's eidolon did not respond. It stood still and motionless.

The Void Saint's expression twisted with rage. "Xiao Nanfeng, do you really think you can challenge me? Do you think harnessing your imperial might will be sufficient? Dream on!"

With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a vast netherworld sea that surged toward the golden dragon.

The golden dragon lashed its tail. With a thunderous crash, it caused towering waves to erupt from the sea as it exploded.

"Impossible!" the Void Saint cried out in disbelief.

At that moment, the dragon's tail struck him square in the face. With a resounding boom, the saint's eidolon was sent flying backward. The pillar of heavenly law behind him abruptly dissipated.

The air was filled with gasps of disbelief as countless onlookers watched the saint take a direct hit.

"How can Dazheng be this strong? This is impossible!" the Void Saint roared in fury.

The golden dragon charged forward again, its claws tearing through the air. The Void Saint countered with a palm strike.

With another deafening impact, the saint's palm was pierced by three massive holes, sending blood spraying through the sky.

The saint let out a scream of agony and retaliated, but the golden dragon coiled around him. The two clashed ferociously, their fight shaking the void itself.

Though the golden dragon of fortune was massive, the Void Saint's eidolon was no inferior in size. Even so, the golden dragon of fortune's form was malleable. It quickly grew even larger and wrapped itself around the saint's eidolon.

Locked in a brutal battle, their struggle sent shockwaves rippling across the heavens and tearing the void apart.

The blue sea surrounded both combatants, and a pillar of heavenly law manifested once more.

Large chunks of dragon scales were shattered and sent flying even as the golden dragon continuously tore apart the Void Saint's eidolon.

"If Liu Miaoyin hadn't gravely injured me, you wouldn't even be able to hurt me! Die!" the Void Saint roared furiously.

The golden dragon let out a deafening bellow.

With a resounding boom, another rift formed in the void, causing it to ripple with turbulent waves. Suddenly, one of the eidolon's arms was ripped off and flung into the air, spraying blood across the skies.

The golden dragon seemed to possess endless strength. The longer it fought, the more ferocious and unstoppable it became. It unleashed towering waves, shattering the void in all directions.

Countless cultivators in the city below felt their scalps tingle in terror.

"Is this the power of a saint? It's terrifying!"

"Is Dazheng's imperial might truly this strong?"

"How many empires can boast six hundred Immortal cities? Even the former divine empires of Dayin and Dachi only had three hundred Immortal cities each. Moreover, not every Immortal Emperor has the popular support to draw upon the full power of their empire. What Dazheng has achieved will be extremely difficult to replicate."

"This is insane. Even a peak Boundless Immortal would be doomed in a battle of this scale!"

Countless cultivators gaped in shock.

They couldn't make out the center of the battlefield, but the shockwaves rippling outward made it clear just how terrifying the combatants were.

Even more importantly, Dazheng's side still had Liu Miaoyin's eidolon hovering and observing the battle in the air. The once-fearful cultivators began to calm down. They saw the Void Sage's eidolon lose an arm—proof that Xiao Nanfeng had gained the upper hand.

With another deafening boom, the blue sea suddenly erupted, tearing a massive hole in the void. Much of the sea was drawn into it before the hole closed and vanished.

The golden dragon and the Void Saint abruptly separated.

The golden dragon's body bore heavy damage. Countless scales had been torn off, its horns were broken, and its body was covered in wounds.

Meanwhile, the Void Saint's eidolon had been completely shattered, revealing his actual body, which was in no better condition. He was drenched in blood, with one arm torn off and clutched in his other hand. His head bore a massive, bloody hole, as though it had been pierced by the dragon's claws. Blood streamed from his wounds. He coughed violently, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

"Again!" the golden dragon roared.

The Void Saint trembled. He glanced at Liu Miaoyin, who was observing the fight overhead. He had no intention of continuing to fight.

"Xiao Nanfeng, I'll come back for revenge. Mark my words!" the Void Saint shouted bitterly.

With a loud boom, he turned and fled into the distance.

The golden dragon roared. It widened its mouth and unleashed a beam of lightning that pierced the sky like a rainbow. The beam struck the Void Saint squarely with a deafening explosion.

The Void Saint let out a scream of agony as fresh blood erupted from his body, but he did not fall. Instead, he fled even faster and disappeared over the horizon.

"Did we win?" countless cultivators asked in astonishment and delight.

The golden dragon let out a commanding roar. "People of Dazheng, the Void Saint has been utterly defeated under our combined might. This battle proves that we can defeat these saints, these lackeys of the heavens! This is the first occasion in which I have fought using the golden dragon of fortune, and I am still unfamiliar with its power. Next time a saint dares to attack Yongding, I will kill that saint without mercy!"

"Long live the Immortal Emperor!"

"The heavens' lackeys are powerless! The saints are powerless!"

"Slay the saints! Annihilate the lackeys of the heavens!"

Cheers erupted across the empire.

Countless cultivators who had witnessed the battle were shocked beyond belief.

"So these saints aren't invincible, after all—an Immortal Emperor suffices to defeat them! Quick, deliver this news to His Majesty!"

"Xiao Nanfeng's resounding victory over the Void Saint will bolster the confidence of humanity. Inform the sect. Spread this news across the world!"

"Even a newly ascended Immortal Emperor can defeat a saint? We have to let the whole world know!"

Countless cultivators, elated, used their avatars to spread the news far and wide.

Meanwhile, Xiao Nanfeng stepped out of the golden dragon's enormous body. The golden dragon soared into the sky, gazing down upon one and all.

At that moment, Liu Miaoyin's eidolon suddenly dissipated, revealing a black lotus at its core. Xiao Nanfeng hurriedly stepped forward to catch the black lotus. In a flash, he disappeared from the battlefield.