Chapter 1132: Chapter 1131: Mu Qianji Sabotaging Herself_1
"Young Sect Leader, you must not underestimate Master Mu. She knows she’s not a match for our strength, yet she still rebels. I fear it’s not that she’s relying on luck, but rather, she wants to maximize her own value. Of course, the death-fight stance of her subordinates might not be something she had anticipated."
Miss Ling responded with a charming smile, her fingers unconsciously twirling the bracelet woven from special bamboo stripes around her wrist.
The Young Sect Leader whispered to the man in green, "Issue the final ultimatum, this young master doesn’t want to waste any more time."
Upon hearing this, the man in green’s spirit lifted, and he shouted across, "Will you fight, or will you surrender? If you fight, you die; if you surrender, you will return to the fold of the Carefree Sect. From here on out, you will be part of the martial world of the South Sea, endowed with endless resources. There may even be a chance for you to become the ruler of the martial world of the Central Plain in the future!"
If they simply resorted to force, it might provoke the Divine Sect members into a desperate battle to the death. However, this man’s approach mixed threats with a promise of a bright future, instilling hesitation in the faces of the Divine Sect members.
In the end, all eyes turned to Mu Qianji.
"Surrender my ass!"
Nobody expected Mu Qianji to say such a thing, as she furiously retorted, "Do you think I’m not aware of all the despicable things your Carefree Sect has done? Dream on if you think I, Mu Qianji, would join such a shitty sect!"
Seeing her uncompromising stance, the Young Sect Leader was stunned. What’s going on? Did this woman really want to die? Shouldn’t she be assessing the situation and kowtowing to him?
He looked over at Miss Ling, who was also befuddled.
Miss Ling wondered if, perhaps, Master Mu wasn’t trying to maximize her value after all, but was genuinely just fighting desperately?
Mu Qianji lifted her head proudly and continued, "My Divine Sect would not merge with any sect, let alone the Carefree Sect! Now, any Divine Sect disciples who wish to join can go right ahead. I, Mu Qianji, won’t hold it against you."
The Divine Sect members looked at each other, but no one moved.
"I, Mu Qianji, might not be wise, but I don’t wish for others to die for me. Those who want to go should hurry up!"
Mu Qianji repeated herself with a cold tone.
Remembering that although this Sect Leader often behaved erratically, she was still sensible and never went back on her words.
Finally, someone was tempted. And then, the Pigeon Hall Master from among the twenty halls, with a flicker in his eyes, took the lead and said, "Thank you, Sect Leader, for saving my life in the past. I, Iron Eagle, am forever grateful. But with an eighty-year-old mother and six hungry infants at home, I cannot afford to die," he said as he walked towards the Carefree Sect.
Shameless!
Many cursed inwardly. You, Iron Eagle, are over five hundred years old. Your mother is only eighty?
Seeing that Mu Qianji didn’t react, the rest of them began to waver.
The Pigeon Hall Master, Mouse Hall Master, Cat Hall Master and twelve other hall masters left in succession. Other experts and disciples quickly followed suit, bowing and fleeing toward the Carefree Sect.
"You bunch of traitors!"
Han Yanfa’s face turned the color of iron from anger. Many of these people had been recommended to the Sect Leader by him, a clear misjudgment of character.
The Divine Sect had always focused on recruiting elite followers, not many in number. Now, with most of them gone, only about thirty people remained.
These were Mu Qianji’s most loyal followers and confidants.
Mu Qianji looked at Han Yanfa with his red-face, Murong San too angry to the point of spitting blood, Tian Jizi shaking his head in disbelief, and Witch Granny, trembling and bleeding due to the lack of a doctor’s care, and let out a sad laugh, "You’re all fools for still following me."
"There’s no need for further words, Sect Leader. Each of us owes you our lives. Today is the day to repay that debt. In the next life, we will serve under your command again!"
The people behind her said, their faces etched with resolve and tragic determination.
Mu Qianji, who never cried, now found her eyes brimming with tears. What in this world could be more precious than having others entrust their lives to you?
She felt no injustice about this risky wager.
"We agreed before the duel that if the Divine Sect won fifteen matches, you would withdraw and never bother us again. Hahaha, only two matches remain. Next time we will fight again, and my Divine Sect has not been defeated yet!"
With a wave of her hand, Mu Qianji signaled everyone to fall back while she activated the Array System. In an instant, the surrounding Sky Origin Array burst into violent motion, rapidly approaching the brink of collapse.
Beforehand, she had activated the Sky Origin Array as a preparation for escape. Did they really think she was foolish enough to just resign herself to death?
"You think you can use a broken Sky Origin Array to deal with me?"
The Young Sect Leader’s face darkened.
He was not worried about the power of the Array affecting him; he was simply shocked that Mu Qianji would dare to be so bold and exclaimed angrily, "Elder Chen, Elder Bai, kill all of them. Not a single one must be left!"
As soon as he spoke, the two elders beside the Young Sect Leader charged out.
Elder Chen on the left swiftly maneuvered his hands, moving even faster than Mu Qianji. In an instant, the tumultuous Sky Origin Array stabilized.
"All of the Divine Sect’s knowledge comes from our Carefree Sect. To dare to show off such paltry skills, how utterly foolish!"
Elder Chen sneered mockingly, causing Mu Qianji’s expression to change dramatically. She had, indeed, overlooked this point...
The terrible aura emanating from Elder Chen and Elder Bai was like thunderstorms, pressing down layer by layer. Mu Qianji was the first to bear the brunt but instead of retreating, she advanced, shouting to Han Yanfa and the others, "You all retreat, I’ll hold them off for a while!"
Thump!
The moment their powerful auras collided, the sky and earth crumpled like a flat sheet of paper being wadded into a ball. Mu Qianji forcefully stabilized her body, feeling a sweet and metallic taste rising in her throat, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the two opposite her.
She had underestimated her opponents; their strength was likely enough to rank in the top fifteen of the Emperor List, otherwise, even if they joined forces, they wouldn’t be able to suppress her so quickly.
"Who among you can escape?"
Elder Bai was an eyebrow-less old man with triangular eyes radiating a cold light. With a slap of his hand, the void collapsed, the appearing folds barely forming before being flattened by his palm’s force, unstoppable in its momentum.
Elder Chen was a master of leg techniques, his legs crossing and spinning at high speed like an electric drill with a tip amassing terrifying force, vanishing in an instant, not even leaving a crack in the void.
"Mu Hua Qianqiu!"
Mu Qianji’s martial path was the Path of Light, reaching the mid-phase of 120% mastery. Her body moved like flying, her speed even surpassing Elder Chen’s. Before his leg techniques could reach her, Mu Qianji’s palm strength had already enveloped the two.
Boom boom boom!
Fist and palm shadows appeared and vanished, vanished and reappeared, the three of them exchanging hundreds of moves in the blink of an eye.
If Mu Qianji had been determined to evade, she could have persisted for some time with her agility. However, she feared that Elder Chen would charge towards the Divine Sect experts behind her, drawing their attacks to herself. In just a short moment, she was struck fiercely three times, blood spurting wildly.
"Sect Leader, I’m here to help you!"
A figure rushed forward at great speed, it was the round-faced Han Yanfa, but before he could get close, the Vigorous Air from the intense fight made him destabilize, and after struggling to push a bit further, his skin was already covered in blood.
"Futile fool."
Punches wearing silver claw gauntlets blitzed from afar, Han Yanfa frantically tried to counter.
Thump!
Han Yanfa’s corpulent body exploded like a blood-filled human firecracker, bursts of blood mist shooting out.
They say the Golden Generation ruled for a millennium, but in reality, the Golden Generation is just a collective term, divided into several levels; only a few really stood at the pinnacle, like Flying Crane.
People like Witch Granny, Murong San, Tian Jizi, and Han Yanfa can also be called Golden Generation, but they are among the lower ranks within it.
Especially Han Yanfa, who was preoccupied with Divine Sect matters, was slightly weaker than the other three Protectors, ranked only at four hundred eighty-seventh on the Emperor List.
"Die!"
The cruel-faced man in white who had previously injured Witch Granny shouted towards Mu Qianji as he thrust both claws at Han Yanfa, allowing no chance to dodge.
"How dare you!"
Mu Qianji’s face contorted with anguish; she wasn’t incapable of bypassing Elders Bai and Chen, but if she did, what about the others? Elders Bai and Chen would definitely become deadly!
Amidst the immense conflict and pain, Mu Qianji screamed out. In the midst of her cry, a streak of sword light surged a thousand miles, bursting through the claw attack and taking Han Yanfa back to the rear, to safety.
Han Yanfa had been determined to fight to the death but unexpectedly was saved. Turning to look, he exclaimed, "Shi, Protector Shi, how come you’re here, and, and you saved me?"
After subduing the Heavenly Will Sect in the past, Shi Xiaole had been promoted to the fifth great Protector of the Divine Sect, not that he cared much for the title. Hearing Han Yanfa’s words, Shi Xiaole said, "What, do you, Old Han, still wish to die?"
Hearing this, Han Yanfa immediately knew that Shi Xiaole was no longer as livid as before; if it were any other time, he would have indulged in some jesting and burst into hearty laughter, but at the moment, he was so anxious that his forehead was beading with sweat, "What are you doing here, messing around, go, let’s go quickly!"
Before the world-shaking battle, Shi Xiaole was ranked eighty-seventh on the Emperor List, a high position indeed, but for today’s situation, that was utterly insufficient.
Forget rank eighty-seventh on the Emperor List, even arriving in the twentieth spot would be useless, unless two of them came.
The Divine Sect had missed the shocking battle due to discovering a treasure, and later they were attacked by the Carefree Sect, forced to close their mountain and not venture out until today, completely unaware of the outside world’s events.
Even Mu Qianji, aside from being touched by Shi Xiaole’s appearance, also felt pity for him. Today was destined to be a death trap; why join it unnecessarily?
"There really are those who aren’t afraid of death. It must’ve been when Elder Chen manipulated the outer Array System that a loophole appeared, allowing him to slip in. But this works out just fine, we can wipe out the remnants of the Divine Sect all at once."
The man in white laughed arrogantly.
Even a damaged Sky Origin Realm Array System was not something a Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor could solve. He subconsciously dismissed the possibility that Shi Xiaole entered it through his own abilities.
As for the fact that his claw attack was thwarted, the previous strike was a mere seventy percent of his power. Given the circumstances of attacker unaware, its disruption was quite natural.
"Dazzling Extreme Nineteen Kills, all of you, die!"
With his power driven to its peak, the man in white unleashed a storm of claw shadows that immediately engulfed Shi Xiaole and Han Yanfa, shattering vast expanses of the void. With the outcome seemingly decided, the members of the Carefree Sect all wore the expressions of watchers at a spectacle.
Yet no one noticed, in the instant that Shi Xiaole appeared, Miss Ling, standing beside the Young Sect Leader, was so shocked and astonished that her usually impassive face seemed to be glowing!
