Hearing this, Mo Xiang was startled, his expression immediately turning grave, a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Mo Jiuxiao and Mo Jiutian were two close relatives he greatly favoured and valued. With their talent, alongside Prince Mo Long, they could have led the Mo Yu Empire to greater glory in the future. Yet, they had been killed.
And the person responsible stood right before him, someone he had been about to protect.
The thought sent a surge of rage through Mo Xiang, making him want to kill Lin Xiao himself.
The expressions of the Mo Yu Empire’s people also turned cold. Mo Jiuxiao and Mo Jiutian were the empire’s two great prodigies, royal princes, and brothers to Prince Mo Long by the same parents.
One had been killed by Lin Xiao, and the other had been indirectly caused to die by him?
Then Lin Xiao was the Mo Yu Empire’s enemy, not someone to protect but someone to eliminate.
Not only the Mo Yu Empire but also Feng Yuntian, Empress Dowager Meng Xi, and others from the Lanlan Empire were shocked. Lin Xiao had killed two princes of the Mo Yu Empire?
Lin Qinglun’s brows furrowed, a trace of doubt crossing his face. He had killed Mo Jiutian himself, so how did Mo Long know Mo Jiutian was dead?
Lin Xiao was equally puzzled. Lin Qinglun wouldn’t lie to him, so how did Mo Long know Mo Jiutian was dead, and how did he know Mo Jiuxiao had died by his hand?
“Prince Mo Long, how do you know the Third Prince and Ninth Prince were killed by Lin Xiao?” At this moment, Lin Qinglun, standing in the void on the other side, asked.
Hearing Lin Qinglun’s words, Mo Long’s expression grew even colder. He snorted, “Hmph, Lin Qinglun, do you really think your interrogation and killing of Mo Jiutian went unnoticed?”
Lin Qinglun’s brows furrowed as he countered, “You knew about this?”
“Hmph, in the Mo Yu Empire, nothing escapes my eyes. But to avoid disrupting the bigger plan, I had to play along for the time being,” Mo Long said coldly.
Lin Qinglun was slightly surprised. When he killed Mo Jiutian, he hadn’t sensed any presence. Yet, someone had noticed from the shadows.
However, he wasn’t overly shocked or afraid. Instead, he said calmly, “Since someone was there and I didn’t notice, their cultivation must be above mine. Yet they watched me kill Mo Jiutian without intervening. Was that person deliberately unwilling to save him?”
“Or was the one hiding in the shadows you, afraid that Mo Jiutian would threaten your position in the future, so you let me kill your own brother?”
“Insolence!” Mo Long’s expression darkened completely, a thick killing intent radiating from him.
“Seems I wasn’t far off!” Lin Qinglun mocked with a smile. He was only trying to sow discord within the Mo Yu Empire, but Mo Long’s reaction suggested he might have hit close to the truth.
Of course, with the people already dead, even if he was right, it was meaningless.
Hearing Lin Qinglun’s words, though there was no proof, it was hard not to speculate. Some in the Mo Yu Empire began to wonder.
“Enough!” Mo Xiang, unable to listen any longer, shouted coldly. Then, addressing Feng Yuntian, he said, “Feng Yuntian, we won’t interfere in your personal grudge. If you want to kill Lin Xiao, go ahead, it’s none of our concern.”
“Good!” Feng Yuntian was secretly delighted at Mo Xiang’s words. He wasn’t afraid of Mo Xiang and the others acting, only worried that in the chaos of a melee, Lin Xiao might escape.
He had seen Lin Xiao’s terrifying talent. If given a few more years, Lin Xiao could likely threaten him. This time, no matter what, he had to eliminate Lin Xiao.
Once Lin Xiao was dealt with, he wouldn’t fear the two empires’ intervention, or rather, he could prepare to move against them.
“Lin Xiao, let’s see how you escape from me this time!” With that, Feng Yuntian surged forward, his overwhelming aura sweeping towards Lin Xiao, his speed like lightning, giving Lin Xiao no chance to flee.
“I told you, this time, I’m here to destroy the Feng family!” With a cold shout, Lin Xiao flicked his hand, and torrents of yin energy surged forth. A blue figure shot out, charging towards Feng Yuntian.
This figure was the Blue Corpse Puppet. The moment it rushed out, Lin Xiao had given it a death command to attack Feng Yuntian.
Boom!
A thunderous crash resounded as their palms collided, shaking the void. A tremendous wave of energy erupted, spreading outwards, the terrifying force of the impact pushing both Feng Yuntian and the Blue Corpse Puppet back.
Sensing a power not inferior to his own, Feng Yuntian’s heart jolted. He halted, looking up at the sudden appearance of this formidable figure.
Upon seeing the figure’s face, a look of shock crossed his own.
The face, along with all exposed skin, was entirely blue, shrouded in yin energy, without the slightest trace of life.
This was no human, but clearly a corpse.
“A corpse puppet!” Feng Yuntian exclaimed in shock.
Not only Feng Yuntian, but Mo Xiang, Li Yangming, and others were equally stunned. A corpse puppet was an extremely sinister ghostly entity, rarely seen. The methods to create them were nearly lost, only obtainable by chance in places of extreme yin energy.
No one expected Lin Xiao to control a corpse puppet, and one capable of contending with an early-stage Martial Lord at that.
Empress Dowager Meng Xi and Meng Ying were also shocked. They had only heard Lin Xiao had a trump card, but never imagined it would be a corpse puppet capable of facing a Martial Lord.
As for the others, they were even more astonished. With their limited knowledge, they had never heard of, let alone seen, such a ghostly entity as a corpse puppet.
“Ha…” The Blue Corpse Puppet’s eerie blue eyes glowed as it stared at Feng Yuntian, letting out a breath. Rolling yin energy poured from its mouth.
The chilling aura made even Feng Yuntian feel a shiver of unease. Wasn’t a corpse puppet supposed to be a mindless combat tool? Why was it breathing?
And those eyes seemed to be looking at him.
“It must be an illusion!” Feng Yuntian told himself.
In truth, only Lin Xiao and Hu Yue knew that this Blue Corpse Puppet was not a simple puppet branded with combat seals. It was a mutated corpse puppet, with a faint spark of intelligence in its mind, controlled by Lin Xiao using a secret divine control technique.
Though the Blue Corpse Puppet had no life force, its mind held a trace of vitality, a sliver of intelligence.
Initially, this intelligence was extremely weak. But after Lin Xiao helped it refine the Yin Cold Stone, its strength grew, and its intelligence increased slightly.
Later, it refined the Yin Corpse Cushion, a rare treasure formed over countless years from condensed corpse energy, imbued with spirituality. Given enough time, it could even birth a corpse infant capable of growing into a corpse fiend.
After refining the Yin Corpse Cushion, a treasure of the same origin, the corpse puppet’s intelligence and strength rose to a new level.
Now, the Blue Corpse Puppet had the intelligence of a toddler, making its combat movements far more agile than before.
Lin Xiao had noticed this during his last battle with the You Tian Demon Palace.
Moreover, the Blue Corpse Puppet seemed to inherit the Yin Corpse Cushion’s traits. Its intelligence was growing at an astonishing rate, and it might one day evolve into a lifeform akin to a corpse fiend.
Or perhaps, a unique lifeform combining traits of both corpse puppet and corpse fiend.
One thing was certain: no matter what it became, the corpse puppet could never escape Lin Xiao’s control.
“Feng Yuntian, didn’t you want to kill me? Get past the Blue Corpse Puppet first,” Lin Xiao shouted coldly. “And if you want to defeat it, you’d better hurry, because in that time, your Feng family might already be wiped out by me!”
With that, Lin Xiao moved, charging towards the Feng family members below, shouting loudly, “All uninvolved parties, leave the Feng family immediately, or face the consequences!”
