“Scaring ghosts, are you? Do you think winning the championship at the alchemy conference makes you invincible? Pah! What if this old woman kills you today? Even though Yue Nü is powerful, catching this old woman would not be that easy.”
The Corpse Granny said disdainfully.
“Then you can try. I truly and sincerely hope you do not do anything foolish.”
Ling Xiao smiled.
“Hongyan, why are you not moving yet?”
The Corpse Granny ordered sharply.
“But Vice Island Lord, it is better to resolve enmities than to deepen them. The Island Lord also instructed us not to create further grudges with Ling Xiao for the time being.”
Situ Hongyan hesitated.
“Fool, he just killed your senior brother. Did you not see it? And he used an extremely cruel evil technique. If this fellow does not die, you will!”
The Corpse Granny said coldly.
“Hey, hey, that is going too far. I have never even met this so-called senior brother, and you want to pin a life on me?”
Ling Xiao said helplessly.
“Humph, it does not matter anyway. You claim not to fear our Blue Wave Island. You have already killed so many of our people. What difference does one more life make?”
The Corpse Granny snorted coldly.
“The ones I killed, I will not deny. But if anyone tries to make me take the blame for something I did not do, that is absolutely unacceptable.”
Ling Xiao shook his head and spoke clearly.
“Hee hee hee, whether you admit it or not is irrelevant. I was healing here, and these two were guarding me. As a result, one was killed by your evil technique. Fortunately, Hongyan’s skills are superior, so she was not killed. That is the fact.”
The Corpse Granny said shamelessly.
Situ Hongyan said nothing, but her face felt burning hot.
Naturally, not everyone on Blue Wave Island was shameless. For example, this Situ Hongyan. Although she did not know Ling Xiao and did not care if he was killed.
However, the fact that the Corpse Granny had killed someone herself and then tried to frame him suddenly made her feel that this Vice Island Lord was truly shameless enough.
“Situ Hongyan, do you not want to avenge your senior brother? Are you going to stand by and watch the person who killed him gloat right there?”
The Corpse Granny said coldly, “Or do you plan to collude with him and wallow in the same mire?”
“Tsk tsk, today I have finally witnessed the shamelessness of Blue Wave Island’s Vice Island Lord. Not only does she scheme against outsiders, she even schemes against her own people. Admirable, truly admirable from the bottom of my heart.”
Ling Xiao clicked his tongue in wonder.
“Situ Hongyan, you had better think carefully. You have a bright future on Blue Wave Island. Do you want to ruin your prospects for an outsider?”
The Corpse Granny’s voice turned icy.
Situ Hongyan looked at Ling Xiao. Murderous intent shone coldly in her eyes.
In the end, she still did not want to become an enemy of Blue Wave Island for an outsider.
After all, she knew that the Corpse Granny held too much sway on Blue Wave Island. Calling a deer a horse or turning black into white was nothing. As long as someone was willing to listen to her, that was the terrifying reality.
“You really want to kill me?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“You killed my senior brother and want to kill me. Why can I not kill you?” Situ Hongyan grew cold.
“Hehe, well said. Worthy of being a disciple of our Blue Wave Island.”
The Corpse Granny laughed.
“Alas, after all your choices, you have picked the most foolish path.”
Ling Xiao sighed.
“You are not qualified to say that. Today I want to see just how strong Ling Xiao, known as the devil of Sin City, really is.”
Situ Hongyan suddenly yanked her sword, attempting to tear open Ling Xiao’s throat.
However, when the sword in her hand moved, Ling Xiao’s body had already vanished.
When he reappeared, he was more than ten metres away.
“What?”
Situ Hongyan was stunned for a moment and murmured, “I am the Rose Sword of Blue Wave Island, ranked second, second only to Blue Wave Sword Mo Cong. Even the top ten phoenix sons of the Divine Phoenix Empire and the seven evils of the Black Crow Empire dare not underestimate me. Your movement technique is good, but you are still no match for me. Take your own life!”
“Take my own life?”
Ling Xiao paused for a second, feeling the urge to laugh.
This Situ Hongyan was not weak, but she was still considerably weaker than even the lowest-ranked of the top ten phoenix sons. Was it ignorance or simply excessive arrogance?
Thinking of that Mo Shaoyou, he had been the same way.
It seemed martial artists from these small islands just did not measure up. Their horizons were far too narrow. They had no idea how terrifying the outside world truly was.
“What, you refuse?”
Situ Hongyan said coldly.
This woman clearly was not pretending. She genuinely believed she was far stronger than Ling Xiao. Even the aura she projected was one of looking down from above.
“Of course I refuse!”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly. His foot lightly shook the ground, and his figure vanished again.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of the Corpse Granny.
He simply could not be bothered to fight Situ Hongyan, because she was no match for him.
“You brat, you court death!”
The Corpse Granny was startled. She had never expected Ling Xiao to dare attack her in this situation.
But an expert was still an expert. In an instant, her crutch staff struck out. Black smoke billowed, and countless black skull afterimages flew forth.
Which was real and which was illusory? An ordinary martial artist would probably find it hard to judge.
However, such tricks were utterly worthless in front of Ling Xiao.
Sword light flashed in his hand.
The Phantom Shadow Sword thrust out abruptly.
“Chi, chi…”
“You little beast…”
The Corpse Granny’s figure retreated violently.
There was no helping it. Gravely injured, her attack power had sharply diminished. She could not even block this single sword strike from Ling Xiao.
Although she evaded the attack, her right hand holding the crutch had been invaded by Ling Xiao’s sword qi. Though her arm was not crippled, the crutch fell to the ground.
Hiding more than ten metres away, the Corpse Granny’s expression turned extremely grim.
She was clearly a top-tier expert in the Cave Heaven realm, yet facing a mere Ling Xiao, she was so passive. This made her extremely unhappy.
This fellow Ling Xiao struck ruthlessly and viciously. With one move, he had targeted her weakness, leaving her completely unable to resist.
At this moment, Situ Hongyan had already stood in front of the Corpse Granny, attempting to block Ling Xiao’s pursuit.
However, Ling Xiao did not pursue. Instead, he revealed a disdainful smile and said, “Situ Hongyan, is it? Your arrogance is useless. I can injure the Corpse Granny right in front of you. I could even kill her in front of you, and you would be powerless to stop it.”
Situ Hongyan did not speak.
Since leaving the island, this was the first time she had been lectured by someone younger than herself.
Yet she had nothing to say in response.
Ling Xiao’s attacks were not only strange but also powerful. She knew she could not possibly block them.
“Worthy of being the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, the devil of Sin City. It seems the rumours from the outside world are truly not false. You are indeed far stronger than I imagined.”
Situ Hongyan finally spoke, and it was sincere admiration.
“You praise me too much. I am just a very ordinary person.”
Ling Xiao said indifferently.
“Ordinary person?”
Situ Hongyan smiled bitterly in her heart. If you count as an ordinary person, then what am I? Not even ordinary?
“Well then, now that you have seen my abilities, do you still intend to help that old hag?”
Ling Xiao asked with a beaming smile.
