Chapter 355: Chapter 354: The Arrangement of the Blue and Yellow Families
The Demon Marquis had been injured earlier, and is now only able to deal with Elders Blue and Yellow.
Lan Ye stood guard in front of Shi Xiaole, while Huang Huan led the experts from both families to desperately battle with the Demon Sky Sect, creating a chaotic surge of vigorous air and occasional injuries.
In the crowd, more than half of them possessed strength equivalent to those on The Dust List. Such a spectacle is rarely witnessed in the Martial World. However, at this point, everyone had bloodshot eyes, with lives being lost insignificantly.
Shi Xiaole pulled back further and, after ingesting a healing pill, his injuries temporarily stabilized. Every once in a while, an expert from Demon Sky Sect would break through the encirclement of the Blue and Yellow families to charge at him, only to be evaded by Shi Xiaole’s Wind God Leg.
The gap at the rear gradually widened, but a layer of force on the surface prevented Shi Xiaole from breaking through despite multiple attempts.
Thump!
Demon Marquis was punched in the shoulder by Lan Tian and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Holy Young Master, this devil opening can only be activated with the Demon Swallowing Seed left by the Divine Monarch from yesteryears. You go first, we old ministers will help in killing the enemies for you."
Elders Blue and Yellow exchanged glances, and nodded. They stimulated their mental power, and instantly, two small and black light beams rushed up from their heads. After merging into one, it shoots straight into Shi Xiaole’s hand.
The black light was only the size of a sesame seed. From it, Shi Xiaole felt a boundless and unparalleled mental power. Though it originated from the thread of consciousness he had destroyed, it was nowhere near as pure as the latter’s.
Apparently, the Black Devil Divine Monarch from six hundred years ago wasn’t able to separate his mental power from his body. Otherwise, he might have been able to take over the bodies of the Wind and Rain Demons.
"The Demon Swallowing Seed has finally appeared. This old man has been waiting a long, long time."
An old voice came out, filled with a hard-to-conceal color of ecstasy.
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a group of people appearing behind the blood pool where no one had been before. The leader was a hunched old man with white hair.
He had been masking his aura, hence why no one in the area had noticed him earlier.
The old man’s appearance was nothing exceptional, his figure thinner than the average person’s, looking as if he would fall with a blow of the wind. Yet, when he appeared, a sense of doom surged within every expert present as if a tiger had walked into a herd of sheep.
Whether intentionally or not, all the warriors pulled back to one side, each holding their camps.
The old man didn’t care, dealing leisurely with everyone alone.
"Who are you?"
Lan Tian asked, suppressing his uneasy heart.
"Hehe, just a man on the verge of death, an old man desperate for an answer."
Elder Xu looked at Shi Xiaole, nodded and said, "You’re quite good, just give that thing to me. The Saintess will reward you. You needn’t worry about the rest."
Everyone from Sky Edge Pavilion looked disdainful. With Elder Xu’s presence, they saw the people from the Blue and Yellow families and Demon Sky Sect as if they were looking at dead men.
All these so-called experts were not even comparable to a single finger of Elder Xu, and today was destined for their great victory.
Thinking that their hundreds of years of planning were finally coming to fruition, all the Sky Edge Pavilion experts including Xing Yan, were overjoyed.
Although they’re not outstanding in terms of martial arts talent, they are still top-notch in the Cold State. Coupled with their nimble minds, they were assigned to carry out this task.
Once the mission was completed, they would undoubtedly receive the greatest reward from Sky Edge Pavilion. If they were lucky, they might even be transferred back to the headquarters to take charge of one aspect, with much higher powers than in this remote place.
Unexpectedly, Shi Xiaole, holding the Demon Swallowing Seed in his hand, did not move. Instead, he said, "Why should I give it to you? Who do you think you are?"
"Bastard! Xie Xiaofeng, how dare you speak that way to Elder Xu?"
Xing Yan cursed angrily.
Elder Xu shook his head, a touch of bone-deep coldness in his eyes. His aura suddenly erupted, causing everyone present to shiver, feeling as though they’d been targeted by a beast, from their souls to their bodies.
"Do you want to die?"
Elder Xu asked lightly.
"Of course I don’t want to die. However, it’s a pity that you’re about to die."
Shi Xiaole laughed.
"Because of you?"
Elder Xu sneered dismissively.
In his eyes, Xie Xiaofeng was not even comparable to the many disciples of Sky Edge Pavilion, only capable of swaggering about in places like Cold State. He was the typical king of the mountain.
Not wanting to waste words, Elder Xu reached out, his power locking onto Shi Xiaole, attempting to seize him and the Demon Swallowing Seed together.
"Die."
Lan Tian suddenly roared.
At this moment, not just the four heads of the Blue and Yellow families, but even the Demon Marquis, Red Charm Demon, and Love Demon moved together, striking at the dark barrier overhead.
Boom!
Almost simultaneously, a beam of light ten feet wide descended from the darkness above the blood pool, enveloping the seven experts and Sky Edge Pavilion fighters within it.
Differently, the seven experts stood in such a way that they formed the shape of a spoon, exactly at the blind spot of the light.
However, Elder Xu and the Sky Edge Pavilion fighters were hit by the light.
Like squashing tomatoes, many were killed in the blink of an eye, exploding into a mist of blood.
Thump!
Before Elder Xu could deploy his ace, his body was struck by the light beam, his bone joints shattered, and chunks of his liver coughed up from his mouth. Blood also seeped from his pores, and in no time, he turned into a bloodied figure.
"Impressive."
The Demon Marquis revealed a look of shock and admiration.
Just by looking at the numerous peak Spiritual-Passage Realm experts being crushed alive, one could understand how powerful this barrage of light was; even if he were to go up, he would be reduced to ashes in an instant.
The fact that the elder could last so long proved his astonishing and powerful strength.
"Have you all, planned this together?"
Using his power to protect himself, Elder Xu threw himself on the ground, raised his head, and looked at the two groups of people, a fierce look flashing in his eyes.
"You are too arrogant. Haven’t you noticed that although we have been fighting, we intentionally kept ourselves within a certain range?"
Lan Tian chuckled coldly.
Elder Xu turned his gaze to an elder in the camp of the Lan and Huang families.
The elder stepped forward and grimaced, "Thirty years ago, I was ordered to pretend to join you and become a mole in the Sky Edge Pavilion. To earn your trust, I did not hesitate to kill several of my kinsmen. All of this was for today!"
His face trembled as he spoke the last few words, making him look somewhat hideous.
"Aren’t you afraid of the gu..."
"Hahaha, as long as we can eliminate the Sky Edge Pavilion, I, Huang Tianhao, will have no regrets even if my entire family dies!"
The elder suddenly knelt before Shi Xiaole and said, "Holy Young Master, Huang Tianhao will not be able to serve you in the future, but I will still bless you from the underworld. I wish for you to march forward fearlessly, and restore the supreme might of our sacred path!"
He deeply kowtowed.
Shi Xiaole wanted to help him up, but Elder Xu in the light suddenly squeezed his fingers, Huang Tianhao’s whole body shuddered, and he immediately fell to the ground, dead.
"Old Prime Minister Blue, Guard Huang, they..."
"Their entire family has been infested with a heart-centered gu by the Sky Edge Pavilion. Now that the gu poison has erupted, apart from Guard Huang, I’m afraid his entire family from far away Great Cold..."
Lan Tian couldn’t finish his sentence.
Shi Xiaole was deeply shocked. When he looked at Huang Tianhao’s body on the ground, smiling even in death, he was momentarily stunned.
This was not an act.
Huang Rong, with tears in his old eyes, lost one of his nephews, Huang Tianhao. He said, "Damn Sky Edge Pavilion! Hahaha, you didn’t expect it, did you? The divine monarch left half of the blueprints in addition to the demon-swallowing seeds. We’ve known the secrets of the Array System from the blueprints and invited you here."
No one knew that when Divine Strategy Elder, the master of the Black Devil Monarch, left, he divided a blueprint into two halves and gave them to his two disciples.
The divine monarch received the second half, which was marked with a hidden attack array by the Divine Strategy Elder. It was necessary for seven top experts to activate the array together.
The Demon Marquis’s master was the elder apprentice of the Black Devil Monarch, and he received the first half.
Only by combining the two parts of the blueprint could the exact location of the fortune be known. The Lan and Huang families had to cooperate with the Demon Marquis due to their helplessness.
The Demon Marquis forced a smile.
He had already learned from the first half of the blueprint that the first barrier contained a Demon Crystal. He originally thought he could strengthen himself by using this opportunity, but did not expect that Shi Xiaole would move so quickly and benefit the most!
Whenever the Demon Marquis thought of the huge Demon Crystal, of which he had only absorbed a tiny fraction, his heart twitched in agony.
"As expected from the Demon Path, you are so treacherous and cunning! In order to lure me here, you were willing to kill each other without regard for the lives of your subordinates?"
The protective true energy around Elder Xu was getting weaker and weaker, and his voice was filled with deep hatred and unwillingness.
"You are wrong. The struggle among us and the Marquis was truly a matter of life and death. How could we have planned?"
Lan Tian said coldly.
"You won’t be pleased for long. As soon as the Sky Edge Pavilion receives the news, everyone here will die!"
Elder Xu’s gaze swept over everyone, and finally settled on Shi Xiaole. He sneered, "You have cleverly posed as Xie Xiaofeng, who is clearly a false saint. However, you are making reality from the fake, aren’t you?"
Shi Xiaole remained silent.
"Old man, even when you’re about to die, you’re still trying to sow discord. You really have ill intentions!"
Huang Huan shouted.
Boom!
At this moment, the beam of light finally pierced through Elder Xu’s body completely, blasting him into a cloud of blood. It was a while before the light gradually dispersed.
"Demon Marquis, it’s all over for the people of the Sky Edge Pavilion. Now it’s time for us to settle our scores."
Lan Tian turned to look at the high-handed people of the Demon Sky Sect. The people behind him were primed and ready to attack at his command.
The Demon Marquis had previously misjudged the situation and attempted to assign people to kill the Holy Young Master, which resulted in his severe injury. Now, the situation was entirely under their control.
"Ever since you’ve seen me injured, you’ve decided to dig in and attack me?"
The Demon Marquis squinted dangerously, suddenly pulled out a miraculous pill and swallowed it. In just a few blinks of an eye, he was completely healed, causing the powerful demon aura to surge again.
"A Small Renewal Pill, a Small Renewal Pill of the Shaolin Temple."
Lan and a Huang man were surprised, but they didn’t lose composure. The other party wasn’t a fool. They wouldn’t have come without preparation for this operation.
"Are you still sure of your chances now?"
The Demon Marquis clenched his fists with a crackling sound, letting out a strong battle intent which infected the Demon Sky Sect experts, greatly enhancing their morale.
Whoosh!
Just as he was about to rush forward, a hand turned into a sharp cone from behind, brutally stabbing towards his chest at an astonishing speed.
The Love Demon, it was the Love Demon!
At the most critical moment, he attacked the Demon Marquis from behind, whom he had always regarded as a close confidant.
