Chapter 864: Jade Emperor Guarding the Heavenly Gate

Chapter 864: Jade Emperor Guarding the Heavenly Gate

Chapter 864: Jade Emperor Guarding the Heavenly Gate

The power of the Taishan tiankeng explosion is comparable to that of a large volcanic eruption. In fact, because the energy is more concentrated, the high-temperature flames ejected are far more concentrated than those of a volcanic eruption.

The four walls of the abyss are protected by the Blood River Array, and the rock walls have been reinforced and repaired with a large number of fragments of the Five Elements Mountain summoned by the Buddha before. They are much more solid than the ultra-high-strength concrete with grade C240.

The huge abyss cave was like a gun barrel, and all the substances evaporated by the high temperature were like gunpowder. As a whole, it was like a super cannon installed on the earth firing a shot at the heaven.

The shot went straight through the Nantianmen and hit the Huanglong Palace.

Fortunately, the heavens were also protected by magic arrays. The Five Elements Mountain fragments that had previously covered the top of the abyss broke through the shield of the Nantian Gate, hit the shield of the Lingxiao Palace, shattered, and turned into flying Five Elements stone fragments.

Although the shield of Lingxiao Palace withstood the first wave of impact, the entire temple was still shaken, and the noise was many times greater than when the Monkey King was born in later generations.

The shattered five-element stone fragments fell like a meteor shower, landing on the palaces and courtyards of the Lingxiao Palace. The five-element power contained in them exploded, and groups of five-element energy exploded like colorful fireworks.

Even the imperial study in the side hall where the Jade Emperor was located was hit by a fragment of the Five Elements Stone. Half of the hall was reduced to ruins, and the Jade Emperor, who was unable to escape, was crushed under the rubble.

"Escort! Escort!"

At the first moment, the four loyal marshals of the Lingxiao Palace shouted and rushed over with their troops. A group of heavenly soldiers surrounded the ruins and dug up the rubble, trying to rescue the Jade Emperor who was buried underneath.

But as the God of Heaven, how could the Jade Emperor, who had survived countless calamities, die so easily? Before the soldiers could dig him out, a golden light burst out, the rubble collapsed, and the Jade Emperor stood up unharmed with the shadow of a pagoda on his head.

The Jade Emperor held up the Haotian Pagoda in his hand, raised this great treasure, and easily protected the dragon's body.

In a certain version of Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor was frightened by the monkey and crawled under the jade table, crying and shouting for the Buddha. That is absolutely brainless vilification.

When the monkey attacked the Lingxiao Palace, if the Jade Emperor had not been so proud of his status and unwilling to risk his valuable body to fight a wild monkey, he would have just taken out some magic weapon from his pocket and killed the monkey in an instant.

Take the Haotian Tower that he used to protect his body, for example. It is a defensive treasure second only to Laozi's Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Tower. Once this treasure is activated to protect his body, he can be saved even if the heaven is destroyed.

When the four great marshals saw the Jade Emperor break through the rubble, they quickly gathered around him and said, "The demons from the lower world suddenly attacked, and we came to rescue you too late, alarming your Majesty's precious body. We deserve to die!"

The Jade Emperor waved his sleeves impatiently and said, "I pardon you! What exactly is going on? Are you sure that the Blood Sea Patriarch led his army to attack the Heavenly Palace? Where did the demon go? Where is Wen Tianzun?"

"The attack is coming from the Taishan Demon Clan's lair. The Nantianmen Heaven Protection Formation has been breached!"

Wang Mo and Yang Sen quickly reported back: "We just haven't seen the main force of the demon insects move yet, but I think they will take the opportunity to attack us soon."

The four major gates of Heaven are all equipped with powerful magic arrays to resist attacks from the lower world. In theory, a piece of Five Elements rock shot from the mortal world is not enough to break through the shield of the Heavenly Gate Array. However, due to reasons "you know", how much of the huge amount of shield maintenance funds is actually used on the shield is a mess that no one can calculate clearly.

The Tianmen Gate is said to be heavily guarded, but any minor god or fairy with worldly desires can sneak down to the mortal world, and the gate is infiltrated like a sieve.

Even if the mortal world was occupied by the demons, the four heavenly gates would have to endure severe attacks at any time. Even if the four heavenly kings wanted to strengthen the city defense, they had no funds.

The result was that a huge rock flying from the lower world broke through the shield of Nantianmen and fell on Lingxiao Palace.

The protective formation of Lingxiao Palace was not that strong either. Fortunately, the Five Elements Rock that broke through the shield of Nantianmen had already lost a lot of kinetic energy and failed to break through the shield of Lingxiao Palace in one fell swoop.

However, because the Tianjianjian, which Wen Rui was in charge of over the years, had also embezzled a lot of building materials, the Lingxiao Palace had not been properly repaired for more than a hundred years. The embezzled materials were misappropriated by Wen Rui to build the Wa Palace, which resulted in an unstable foundation, aging beams and columns, and many palace rooms collapsed in the huge shaking.

At first, the Jade Emperor did not expect that the collapse of his imperial study was caused by the shoddy construction. He thought that the Demon Ancestor Mosquito Taoist had used some extraordinary attacking magic, which was too powerful and caused the shield of the South Heaven Gate to be broken, and the Lingxiao Palace was almost destroyed.

With such a powerful magic power clearing the way, it must be the artillery preparation before the general attack. The Jade Emperor has no time to investigate corruption at the moment. He is even more worried that endless demon insects will rush into the Heavenly Palace at the next moment.

The breach of the Nantianmen magic formation immediately alarmed most of the gods in heaven. Without even the Jade Emperor summoning them, all the gods hurriedly rushed to the Lingxiao Palace from their respective palaces.

Soon, hundreds of immortal officials gathered above the Lingxiao Palace. None of them knew the situation of the battle, and everyone had a worried look on their face.

This is the first time that the human race’s heavenly court has encountered foreign invasion since its establishment. The last time Yang Jian broke into the Lingxiao Palace, although it seemed to be a menacing attack, everyone knew that it was the Jade Emperor playing a joke on his nephew. Even if the Lingxiao Palace was breached, nothing serious would happen.

This time is completely different. If billions of demon insects kill their way into the South Heaven Gate, these immortal officials who usually live a life of luxury will definitely be the first to suffer.

The Jade Emperor also rose to the middle of the sky, standing shoulder to shoulder with the group of immortals, gaining a better view as he looked towards the South Gate of Heaven.

The Nantianmen archway had collapsed, and a huge crack hundreds of meters wide was smashed into the shield. The gatekeepers were staggering and could not organize an effective defensive formation. The Heavenly Palace was completely undefended with its gates wide open.

"Why hasn't the Heavenly Army assembled yet? Where is Lord Wen Tian?"

The Jade Emperor was extremely anxious and shouted to the immortals.

The immortals looked at each other, as they couldn't answer the Jade Emperor's question.

The command of the Heavenly Court army has been handed over to Wen Rui, the God of Creation and Demon Conquering. At this critical moment when the demons have launched a massive attack and have already broken through the South Heaven Gate, there is no sign of Wen Rui.

The commander-in-chief is missing, and no one else has the authority to mobilize the army. Two hundred thousand heavenly soldiers are still on standby in the barracks. If countless demon mosquitoes rush in through the gap in the Heavenly Gate at this time, the Jade Emperor will have no choice but to lead all civil and military officials into battle.

"The clairvoyant and the clairaudient will come forward immediately and report the enemy's movements!"

After shouting twice, no one answered. The Jade Emperor spread out his spiritual sense and searched the entire Heavenly Palace, but could not find any trace of Wen Rui. Only then did he realize that this guy had deserted his post and disappeared without a trace.

The Jade Emperor never expected that Wen Rui, who he always seemed very reliable, would fail at the critical moment. He felt very miserable, but now the sky has fallen, and he, who has the highest status, has to bear the brunt of it. He could only bite the bullet and be mentally prepared to guard the Heavenly Gate.

(End of this chapter)