“Hahaha, today I don’t want to waste true essence fighting you two. There are too many disciples from the twelve sects here, and who knows when a master might show up. How about this: if you two back off, once this is done, I’ll give each of you a set of rare gold-grade martial art manuals!”
Chief Tu looked brutish but was clearly no fool.
He knew his strength was slightly greater than Master Lin’s and Lord Bai’s, but not by much. To settle a fight with them would take at least a thousand moves.
And if they teamed up, he’d definitely lose.
That would cost him too much energy.
She Mei was at the late Mortal Realm Third Layer, and though her combat ability was far inferior to theirs, anyone who could scare her must be formidable.
So Chief Tu didn’t dare underestimate his opponent.
He needed all his strength to deal with this person.
Otherwise, if he slipped up, he’d end up like those two useless Beast King Palace disciples, reporting to the underworld.
“Hmph, a single set of rare gold-grade martial arts for Mei’er’s maidenhood? That’s too cheap!”
Master Lin snorted.
“Exactly, at least three sets!”
Lord Bai added.
“Fine, how about this: once this kid is dead, you two split his belongings!”
Chief Tu said impatiently, “Don’t push it, or if you rile me up, I’ll fight you both!”
“This kid’s just a Moonlight Sect outer disciple, what good stuff could he have?”
Master Lin scoffed.
At that moment, someone stepped out from the crowd, bowing and saying, “Seniors, this person scavenged heaps of natural treasures, spirit stone fragments, and divine weapon fragments in Plague Valley. Their value far exceeds two or three sets of rare gold-grade martial arts.”
The person was wearing a Moonlight Sect disciple uniform!
“You’re a Moonlight Sect disciple, yet you betray me?”
Ling Xiao looked at him, baffled. He’d never met this person, had no grudge against him, it was utterly bizarre.
“Hmph, Ling Xiao, you don’t know me, but I know you! You killed my beloved Senior Sister Xu Ying, you deserve to die!”
The Moonlight Sect inner disciple suddenly shouted, almost crazed, “I’m no match for you, but heaven’s net is vast and misses nothing! Your end comes today, daring to kill Beast King Palace disciples and offend them, even the sect leaders won’t spare you!”
“Idiot!”
Ling Xiao was fed up with this person’s ranting, betraying a fellow disciple so brazenly, utterly foolish and shameless.
With a wave of his hand, a finger beam shot out, instantly killing the Moonlight Sect inner disciple.
That person was only at Mortal Realm First Layer, how could he withstand Ling Xiao’s lethal strike?
His expression before death seemed shocked.
Was he shocked that Ling Xiao dared kill him?
Or that Ling Xiao’s strength was so great?
Or that he died so suddenly?
Whatever it was, it no longer mattered. Hearing his words, Master Lin and Lord Bai agreed to Chief Tu’s terms.
“Tu, Mei’er is yours, but let’s be clear, once this kid’s dead, his belongings are ours!”
“Deal.”
Chief Tu felt a twinge of regret, unaware Ling Xiao had such treasures.
But his heart was set on marrying She Mei as his lady, so losing some items didn’t matter.
Besides, She Mei was an inner disciple of Beast King Palace. Marrying her would connect Skeleton Stronghold to the palace.
Would he ever lack for treasures then?
“Chief Tu, be careful, this kid’s tricky. His cultivation isn’t high, but he easily killed my Junior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Hai, and his techniques are strange!”
Seeing Chief Tu about to act, She Mei hurriedly warned.
She didn’t want him to die from carelessness.
These three were her last hope. If they couldn’t beat Ling Xiao, she was as good as dead.
So some things needed to be said.
“I’ve met your Senior Brother Hai, his strength was decent, though far below mine.”
Chief Tu curbed his arrogance. He’d once sparred with Senior Brother Hai, taking fifty moves to win, and not without effort, even sustaining a minor injury.
“If you’re scared, step aside. I don’t care if you’re a chief, lord, or master, if you block me from killing She Mei, you die! So while I haven’t set my killing intent on you, get lost!”
As Chief Tu mulled over She Mei’s words, Ling Xiao spoke up.
“Little brat, what did you just say?”
Chief Tu thought he misheard. In a radius of hundreds of miles, no one had ever dared speak to him like that.
With his strength, he could easily raze a city.
This kid dared talk to him this way, was he insane?
“I said, if you don’t want to die, get lost, I don’t have time to deal with trash like you!”
Ling Xiao’s voice was calm, but his aura surged, clearly at the half-step master realm, yet laced with intense killing intent.
“How many has this kid killed?”
Chief Tu frowned but soon sneered, “Your killing intent is impressive, and killing She Mei’s junior and senior brothers shows some skill, but they were just inexperienced trash. I’m different!”
“So what, you really want to die?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“Kid, didn’t your master teach you not to be too arrogant?”
Chief Tu said coldly, “Honestly, killing those two with your cultivation is impressive, I almost hate to kill you. How about this, apologise to Mei’er, and we’ll call it even?”
“Done with your nonsense?”
Ling Xiao’s voice remained cold and indifferent, without a trace of emotion, as if speaking to the dead.
“Arrogant! Today I’ll teach you a lesson on behalf of your sect leaders!”
Chief Tu was truly enraged.
He hadn’t acted immediately out of wariness of Moonlight Sect, not fear of Ling Xiao.
But this kid was impervious to reason, showing him no respect.
It sparked fury and killing intent in him.
“Master Ling, this Skeleton Stronghold chief is no good. His stronghold even colluded with that Demon General, deceiving many martial artists and slaughtering countless innocents.”
At that moment, the young master of Green Valley shouted.
“Oh?”
A smile curled at Ling Xiao’s lips.
“Chief Tu, now you can’t leave even if you want to!”
As he spoke, he took a step forward, closing in on Chief Tu, his chilling killing intent pouring out, making the surrounding air frigid.
For such a villain, Ling Xiao was eager to cut him down.
