Chapter 478: Chapter 468: Might as Well Wipe Them All Out
Zhang Biyu had never realized that Ji Ye could also be so daring.
But to provoke someone when they are grieving, have you really never been beaten?
Let’s light a candle for him in advance.
Lin Yu and Fang Yu were not good at verbal sparring, or rather, those with high enough cultivation levels were accustomed to solving problems with force, so they were not particularly articulate in arguments.
Ironically, Lin Yun happened to be quite good at it.
Seeing Ji Ye getting agitated and standing from Fang Yu’s perspective seemed unable to rebut, Lin Yun then laughed loudly three times, drawing everyone’s attention to him.
Ji Ye, at his most tense, couldn’t contain himself upon hearing Lin Yun’s laughter and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at your shortsightedness, unaware of the greater trends of the world, envious of the talented, capable only of disparaging and slandering without clear insight, frivolously indulging in the advantages of your silver tongue, you are quite the petty person indeed!"
When it came to trolling, Lin Yun was a professional. His words directly infuriated Ji Ye to the point where he wished he could slap Lin Yun to death, but he also feared being killed by those around Lin Yun first.
But Ji Ye also practiced the art of mental victory. Having just heard the Spider Woman say that Lin Yun wouldn’t live much longer, why should he argue with someone who was about to die?
Moreover, as an elder, if he argued with Lin Yun, a younger generation, regardless of winning or losing, it would be an unworthy loss of dignity.
So, Ji Ye pretended to be generous and, with a snort of derision, said, "A dying man is not worthy of speaking to me."
The words "a dying man" once again struck a sensitive nerve in Lin Yu, who straightforwardly swung her sword at Ji Ye, startling him into a flustered response with her fierce Sword Qi.
Zhang Biyu, however, enjoyed stirring up trouble, clapping her hands and saying, "In my opinion, there’s nothing worth clinging to about the Righteous Path. Why don’t you two abandon the light for the dark and join our Demon Sect? We could take this opportunity to strike together and wipe them all out, how about it?"
Zhang Biyu seemed to be joking, but her words sent a chill down the backs of Yue Ningshuang and the others.
All five of them were present. On their side, only Yue Ningshuang, Ji Ye, and the Red Sea Dragon were at the Enlightened Realm, with the Red Sea Dragon having broken through only recently. It was not ruled out that he could have forced his advancement, definitely weaker than an average Enlightened Realm cultivator.
The Sword Sect’s Baili Liuyun and Eight Tones Temple’s Liao Wu were only at the Celestial Knowing Realm.
These five sects of theirs were originally the weakest, only through borrowing the strength of a few acolytes from the Imperial Court could they barely manage to pose a tripartite balance with the other two factions. But everyone knew who was the strongest and who was the weakest.
If Shenxiao Sect really joined forces with the Demon Sect to attack the people of their five sects, there was no way they could withstand it.
That being said, those with brains knew that Zhang Biyu was up to no good. If she truly intended to cooperate with Shenxiao Sect, she wouldn’t be talking so much now, but would have attacked directly instead.
Her comment was nothing more than an attempt to sow discord between Shenxiao Sect and the Righteous Path, while also splashing some mud on Shenxiao Sect, which was already under attack.
This woman does not seem like a good person at all!
But what Zhang Biyu didn’t expect was that Dongfang Hongyue really made a move.
She had long harbored a fire in her heart, consisting of worry for Lin Yun, self-reproach, and the frustration of not being able to be with Lin Yun at such a time. She was desperately eager to destroy something.
At this moment, Ji Ye became an easy target, and Zhang Biyu gave her an opportunity.
So, beyond Zhang Biyu’s expectations, Dongfang Hongyue launched the Fire Lotus at the five sects of the Righteous Path without any sentimentality.
Zhang Biyu was stunned on the spot.
Sister, I was joking!
Why did you really start fighting?
And Dongfang Hongyue was not playing around; her moves were fierce and ruthless, clearly aimed at taking lives.
"We should leave first. Shenxiao Sect has already deviated from the Righteous Path and will surely face retribution!"
Yue Ningshuang was cunningly trying to flee first.
There was no choice, she simply couldn’t win!
Fang Yu had not originally joined the battle, mainly because she still respected that the Shenxiao Sect had always been part of the Righteous Path, adhering to its principles, upholding the rules, and restraining herself from acting on personal whims to kill.
But at this moment, she realized this approach was meaningless.
Even if the Shenxiao Sect produced traitors like Hu Yuling and renegade disciples like Lin Yun, it couldn’t change the fact that the Shenxiao Sect itself was innocent. Guanghan Palace also had the Flower Fairy, yet who attacked Guanghan Palace for colluding with demons and took it as an excuse to join forces against them?
Fang Yu knew that her relationship with Lin Yu and Lin Yun was indeed problematic, but the attacks on the Shenxiao Sect were essentially born out of fear of the Shenxiao Sect’s power.
Their starting point wasn’t to uphold righteousness or to eliminate demons. It was simply because the Shenxiao Sect was too powerful and it made them uneasy.
Their righteousness was not true righteousness.
Therefore, Fang Yu could only wield her own sword to practice her version of justice.
As Fang Yu joined the battlefield, the five sects of the Righteous Path began to collapse directly.
Despite their numbers, who could withstand the fury of three ’tigresses’?
All three were grief-stricken, and for Ji Ye to pick a fight at such a time was no different from asking for a beating, especially with the resolute Dongfang Hongyue among them. Once she took action, it wasn’t just about teaching a lesson anymore.
Yue Ningshuang straight away used the Moon Shadow Lightstep to break free from the battlefield, leaving an even greater pressure on those remaining.
Ji Ye took one last look at Zhang Biyu and also chose to slip away.
At that moment, Liu Ji and Zhang Biyu were still spectating.
"We should take action now, shouldn’t we?"
"Whose side do we help?"
Zhang Biyu was now a bit confused. Logically, the Three Teachings of the Demonic Path should currently be considered the second strongest force. They weren’t confident enough to confront the Shenxiao Sect, and without the five Righteous Path sects dragging the Shenxiao Sect down, they wouldn’t be a match for the Shenxiao Sect either.
This was largely because Lin Yu possessed the Gale Sword, a divine weapon of immense lethality.
And Fang Yu had acquired another sword, which thus far had only shown its might at Yuqing Mountain, but everyone knew that the sword in Fang Yu’s hands might be the strongest divine weapon in the world.
With both individuals already highly skilled in their cultivation and now aided by divine artifacts, they were like tigers given wings.
On the other hand, while the Three Great Demon Sects had strong individual power, they lacked top-quality treasures and didn’t even possess a divine artifact. How could they fight against someone armed with divine artifacts?
The Shenxiao Sect even had the Nine States Cauldron, a fortune-wielding treasure. In terms of head-on combat strength, the Demon Sect would probably be crushed by the Shenxiao Sect.
In a three-way balance, the strategy is to ally with the weaker to defeat the stronger.
But now that Dongfang Hongyue had already made a move, if they were to hinder her, could it lead to internal discord?
This was also why Zhang Biyu had not acted rashly.
She wondered if Dongfang Hongyue thought that a fragmented state was not conducive to fighting the Demon Race, so she planned to first eliminate the unstable elements and quickly establish a stable unified state in the Central Plains.
This should be the role of the White Lotus Sect.
However...
"We’ll stop Hong Yue."
