Situ Hongyan closed her eyes, waiting for the moment of death to arrive.
However, after a long time, she felt no pain.
When she opened her eyes, she discovered that she was lying in Ling Xiao’s arms, and Corpse Granny’s right arm had been completely severed.
“Why?”
Situ Hongyan was utterly confused.
“Very simple. The less I cared about you, the less she dared to use you as a shield. At the critical moment, she threw you towards me, attempting to delay my attack.”
Ling Xiao said indifferently, “It’s just a pity that she seems to have forgotten I did not come alone.”
Indeed, the one who had severed Corpse Granny’s right arm was Leng Mei.
“Old hag, you should have held on. To be honest, I would truly hate to see such a beautiful woman die by your filthy hands. It’s a shame you lacked the courage, and in the end, all your efforts came to nothing!”
Ling Xiao revealed a cold smile and spoke lightly.
“You cunning little beast.”
In that instant, Corpse Granny almost fell into despair.
Yet in the next moment, an expression of excitement appeared on her face.
Ling Xiao knew why she was excited.
Because someone had arrived.
And not just one person. The auras of these people were exactly the same as those of the Bibo Island disciples.
Situ Hongyan frowned.
For some reason, now that people from Bibo Island had come, she felt no joy at all, only a trace of unease.
Corpse Granny was the vice island master of Bibo Island, yet she had killed her senior brother and even used her to threaten Ling Xiao.
This made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Yet Ling Xiao, a complete stranger, had been willing to save her life in passing.
She was clear that Ling Xiao did not love her. He simply thought it would be a pity if she died.
It would be even more of a pity if she died at Corpse Granny’s hands.
But he had saved her all the same.
At the critical moment, who was friend and who was foe had become so clear.
As expected, rumours could not represent everything. The Ling Xiao in external rumours was someone who acknowledged neither kin nor kind.
“Ling Xiao, you should leave quickly. The one coming is the other vice island master of Bibo Island, Seng Li. His strength is on par with Corpse Granny’s. You are no match for him. Go. I will handle things here.”
Situ Hongyan was not like Corpse Granny. At the critical moment, she still stood on Ling Xiao’s side.
“Want to leave? Too late!”
A loud shout rang out. The voice arrived, but the person had already been standing beside Corpse Granny for some time.
This person’s speed was actually faster than his voice.
He had a bald head with not a single hair, yet no one dared to mock him. His formidable strength was there for all to see. Anyone who mocked him would be courting death.
Looking at this person, Ling Xiao sighed lightly. Although Bibo Island was said to be on equal footing with the Divine Phoenix Empire, in reality its strength was clearly inferior.
Neither of the two vice island masters was a strong cultivator of the Yin-Yang Realm. In this respect, it could not compare with the Divine Phoenix Empire.
A small island was, after all, just a small island.
Among the Five Immortal Islands, perhaps they were truly powerful, but of the Seven Martial Sect Islands, neither Pixiu Island nor Bibo Island currently appeared as formidable as imagined.
Of course, even so, they were still second only to the two great empires.
They could barely be considered in the same tier.
This bald man should be the other vice island master of Bibo Island that Situ Hongyan mentioned, Seng Li.
Not long after, more people arrived at the ruined temple.
Among them were unexpectedly two Dongtian Realm martial artists. Although both were only at the early stage of the Dongtian Realm, Dongtian Realm was Dongtian Realm, that was beyond doubt.
Their power was also beyond doubt.
The rest, even the weakest in cultivation, were Celestial Realm Seven-Star Heavenly Martial Artists.
This could be considered a group of elites from Bibo Island.
Clearly stronger than the group Corpse Granny had led last time.
“What exactly happened here, Corpse Granny?”
Seng Li looked at the desiccated corpses of the Bibo Island disciples, then at the gravely injured Corpse Granny and asked.
“Do I still need to explain? I discovered the heavily injured Heavy Water Protector here. Who knew that old thing was cunning and only pretending. I was ambushed and injured, so I had to heal here.
Later, Situ and this disciple came over, and I instructed them to stand guard.
Who would have thought that little beast Ling Xiao would come, insisting on killing me? Poor disciple, his vitality was completely drained by that demon’s arts, turning him into a dried-up corpse.”
If it were someone even slightly clever, they would not believe Corpse Granny’s words.
Naturally, Seng Li did not believe them either.
But he certainly would not expose her, and he would firmly stand on Corpse Granny’s side.
The other disciples of Bibo Island felt the same.
Those who could see through it would likewise not expose her, because Corpse Granny was one of their own from Bibo Island.
Those who could not see through it would naturally support Corpse Granny even more, since Ling Xiao was an enemy of their Bibo Island.
At this moment, they stared at Ling Xiao with eyes full of killing intent, as if they wished they could each take a knife and cut him into a thousand pieces.
However, in this world, there are always those who are more independent-minded. Such people may be disliked.
But they live according to their own hearts, rather than following the crowd.
Situ Hongyan was exactly such a person.
Ling Xiao had saved her life.
A stranger had been willing to save her, and that alone was enough to move her deeply.
She clearly knew the truth, yet to stay silent would be something despicably shameless that she could never do.
“Vice Island Master Seng Li, Corpse Granny’s words cannot be trusted. Although she is a vice island master, she is full of lies and utterly shameless!
Not only did she kill Senior Brother, she even went so far as to threaten Ling Xiao with my life. Even I find such a thing bizarre, yet she showed not the slightest shame.”
Situ Hongyan spoke up.
This caused a wave of stunned silence.
Even Ling Xiao glanced at her in slight surprise. At this moment, she could have completely stayed silent.
Yet she had not done so.
“Too naive, too innocent.”
Ling Xiao shook his head, but then smiled again. “But I like people like this.”
A balloon filled with lies, no one dared to expose it, and no one dared to burst it.
But Situ Hongyan had done so.
She had punctured the balloon that had been called the sun, and naturally it caused quite a shock.
Corpse Granny sneered coldly. “Little girl, could it be that you have fallen for this Ling Xiao? Otherwise, why would you make such baseless accusations? I am the vice island master of Bibo Island, your senior and teacher.
I know you are pure and kind, but you should not be so easily deceived by a few sweet words from Ling Xiao that you cannot tell east from west, north from south.
You say I used you to threaten Ling Xiao?
Doesn’t everyone find that laughable? What relationship do you have with Ling Xiao? That I would hold you hostage? Do you take me for an idiot?”
Corpse Granny’s words were spoken with righteous indignation, as if she truly were a pure white lotus.
Even Seng Li felt a little nauseated listening to them.
After all, Seng Li knew Corp, he knew what kind of person Corpse Granny was.
But at this moment, knowing the truth, he still could not refute Corpse Granny. Instead, he looked coldly at Situ Hongyan and said, “This is simply absurd. The Rose Sword of Bibo Island, yet you stand on the opposite side of Bibo Island, speaking up for a villain. Have all the years of the sect’s teachings been eaten by dogs?”
