“Brother Zhu Wen, I think there’s no need to waste words with them. The first White Tiger Summit, the largest ever held by the White Tiger Empire, will begin not long from now!
This is an event even bigger in scale and influence than the previous Five Immortals Grand Meeting. At that time, a Dragon-Tiger Selection will be held in the imperial capital. I suppose disciples from Qingxu Academy will go too. These useless ones going would just be a waste of time.
In my opinion, kill them all. It saves having them in the way and embarrassing us on the Divine Phoenix Continent. After all, when the time comes, experts from Changle Immortal Island will come to inspect.”
Jian Mo had an extremely heavy killing intent. Most of the disciples in Qingxu Academy had no grudge against him, yet he wanted to kill them all simply because he feared they would bring shame.
On the Divine Phoenix Continent and the Heavenly Dragon Continent, the Five Immortal Islands were the strongest of the five major powers.
Both the Divine Phoenix Empire and the current Heavenly Dynasty Empire were under the jurisdiction of Changle Immortal Island.
In the past, the Five Immortals Grand Meeting was a contest of geniuses between the five immortal islands.
Each immortal island would select outstanding talents from their affiliated forces to participate in the battles.
However, this time with the White Tiger Summit, the situation had changed somewhat.
The Five Immortal Islands would now be treated as a single force, confronting the powers on the White Tiger Continent.
The White Tiger Continent had four great empires and one major sect, all of which would send their geniuses to participate in the White Tiger Summit.
Because of this, the scale of this Dragon-Phoenix Selection was basically the same as the previous Five Immortals Grand Meetings.
The reason this Dragon-Phoenix Selection was being hosted in the Divine Phoenix Empire was mainly because the island lords of the Five Immortal Islands felt the place was large enough and more suitable for such a grand event.
Although they usually acted independently and fought endlessly among themselves, before this White Tiger Summit began, they had united together.
After all, right now they represented the two continents of Divine Phoenix and Heavenly Dragon, facing an unprecedented grand genius confrontation against the four nations and one sect of the White Tiger Continent.
As for what would happen after the White Tiger Summit, no one was thinking about it yet. Whether they became enemies or continued in peace afterwards did not matter for now.
The reason Jian Mo wanted to wipe out all the disciples of Qingxu Academy was that, according to past conventions, Qingxu Academy had the right to select six people to participate in the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.
Divine Phoenix Academy, on the other hand, had twelve slots, exactly double that of Qingxu Academy.
But Jian Mo still felt that the trash of Qingxu Academy did not deserve six slots. If they were all killed, those six slots would go to Divine Phoenix Academy instead.
His idea was extremely cruel and very direct.
Ying Tianxia frowned. He truly disliked Jian Mo’s habit of killing people so casually.
However, in the end, he said nothing.
Although Zhu Wen also thought Jian Mo was excessively brutal, what did the deaths of Qingxu Academy’s disciples have to do with him?
He would be delighted if Qingxu Academy were completely destroyed.
“As long as I am here, you will not succeed.”
Shangguan Hong stood firm without retreating. Even though Jian Mo’s aura grew stronger and stronger, he still held to his martial path and refused to step back.
“Kill!”
Jian Mo suddenly flew down from the statue. A beam of sword light stabbed madly toward Shangguan Hong on the ground.
“Seven-Coloured Divine Arrow!”
The moment Shangguan Hong acted, he used his ultimate move.
After his battle with Ling Xiao, although he had lost an arm, his strength had increased rather than decreased.
Sword and arrow met in mid-air, erupting with a shocking sonic boom.
Shangguan Hong’s body involuntarily retreated, tumbling over a dozen times in succession. He simply could not stop himself.
Too strong!
Shangguan Hong realised with shock and fear that against Jian Mo, he could barely withstand even one move, and with such difficulty.
And this was after his strength had improved.
Jian Mo stood there without pursuing.
In truth, he was somewhat surprised too.
Although Shangguan Hong had not forced him to retreat, blocking that strike had made him circulate his inner energy to neutralise the invading force within his body, preventing him from chasing immediately.
“Shangguan Hong, I underestimated you. But within three moves, you will die. Do you still want to continue?”
Jian Mo asked coldly.
“Death without regrets!”
Shangguan Hong finally stopped himself. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
This clash had shown him the enormous gap between himself and a Third Heavenly Cave Realm martial artist.
Yet unlike before, he did not choose to flee. He decided to face it.
To face it bravely.
Even if he died, he wanted to die in a glorious blaze.
“Good, then I will grant your wish!”
Jian Mo’s figure flashed violently. His black sword thrust forward again, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, aiming straight for Shangguan Hong’s throat.
“Seven-Coloured Phoenix!”
Shangguan Hong roared and charged forward fearlessly. A massive multicoloured phoenix met Jian Mo head-on.
Jian Mo revealed a cold smile.
In his view, Shangguan Hong’s actions were nothing more than an egg striking a stone, a futile last struggle.
The other disciples and teachers of Qingxu Academy all lowered their heads, because they did not dare watch this tragic scene.
They had already witnessed their comrades die horribly just moments ago. Did they really have to see another such miserable sight now?
“Ang~~”
At that moment, a dragon’s roar echoed from the sky. One person stepped through the air and arrived, smashing directly into Jian Mo’s sword qi.
The seven-coloured phoenix combined with this person’s ferocious punch. The arrogant Jian Mo was actually forced back three or four steps. He stood there in fury, glaring at the newcomer.
“Who are you?”
“Long Chen! Ling Xiao’s junior brother!”
The arrival was none other than Long Chen. Having just broken through to the Second Heavenly Cave Realm, he had planned to consolidate his cultivation. But right as he was about to enter seclusion again, he sensed trouble outside.
“Shangguan Hong, are you alright?”
Long Chen asked without turning his head.
“I won’t die. But this guy is very strong. I can’t beat him alone.”
A look of joy appeared on Shangguan Hong’s face.
Although Long Chen was no match for Jian Mo either, if the two of them joined forces, at the very least Jian Mo would not defeat them so easily.
“Good that you won’t die.”
Long Chen turned to look at the remaining disciples and teachers of Qingxu Academy. A trace of contempt appeared on his face. “Others call you trash, and you really are trash. People are about to take your lives, yet you don’t even dare resist. Are you all reincarnated turtles?”
His words were harsh, but no one had the face to argue back.
They were so afraid of Jian Mo that they did not even dare to resist.
In truth, not resisting meant death, and resisting also meant death. But resisting would at least let them die gloriously. They were not incapable of making that choice. They had simply been overwhelmed by Jian Mo’s overwhelming killing aura.
Now, with Long Chen’s shout and the influence of his dragon might, they all suddenly understood.
With Long Chen and Shangguan Hong leading them, could hundreds of people here really not hold back one Jian Mo?
“To hell with it! Either way we die, damn it!”
A First Heavenly Cave Realm teacher drew his weapon and stood beside Long Chen and Shangguan Hong.
“Being humiliated to this point and still not daring to fight back? Then we really are too useless. I refuse to be a coward anymore.”
Another person stepped forward.
With the first and the second, those who followed gained courage.
In the end, only three or four people still stood timidly at the back. The rest all wore expressions of firm resolve.
