Wu Zonglian was in despair.
No one could save him. Looking at Ling Xiao, who was now so close, he took a deep breath and said, “Ling Xiao, what are you planning? Do you really intend to completely fall out with the Sword King Sect?”
“Haha, at this point, you still say such foolish things. Do you think you can kill my people and expect things to end peacefully?”
Ling Xiao advanced step by step, smiling as he asked.
“I can plead for you before Sect Master Chen Nanxing. I can spare your life!”
Wu Zonglian shouted loudly.
“Hahaha, how laughable. In the eyes of you Sword King Sect people, only your lives matter, and others’ lives are worthless?”
Ling Xiao laughed heartily. “You Sword King Sect people are too arrogant! I’ve already said, the Sword King Sect has no reason to exist any longer. Chen Nanxing must die! Him sparing me? Don’t you find that ridiculous?”
“Ling Xiao, calm down. It’s just a few worthless lives. I can grant the Divine Sword Sect gold-grade martial arts, even jade-grade martial arts, and a ton of spirit stones. That should be enough compensation, right? Just a few lowly lives. I think you should understand what’s best for the Divine Sword Sect.”
Wu Zonglian was sweating profusely, yet even now, he didn’t grasp what he had done wrong, still acting high and mighty.
“A few lowly lives?”
Ling Xiao looked at Wu Zonglian with scorn and said coldly, “Indeed, to arrogant idiots like you, they might just be lowly lives. But to me, they were family!”
How could the loss of family be compensated with mere martial arts and spirit stones?
A life for a life, a debt repaid with payment!
That was the natural order!
Only the incompetent, the cowardly, would be swayed by a few spirit stones and martial arts techniques!
Ling Xiao was not such a person.
From this day forward, he and the Sword King Sect were irreconcilable enemies, with no possibility of peaceful coexistence.
The Sword King Sect would never let Ling Xiao go.
And Ling Xiao was determined to destroy the Sword King Sect!
If he didn’t, he would be letting down Ling Wuhen, Ling Yihang, and the innocent disciples who were killed!
He and the Sword King Sect were now locked in a fight to the death!
“No! You can’t kill me! If you do, the Sword King Sect will grind you to dust! And the Divine Sword Sect! The Yuehua Sect! They’ll all be wiped out!”
Wu Zonglian roared, finally unleashing his full strength.
With no way to retreat, he could only fight for his life.
But in front of Ling Xiao, it was all futile.
“Pfft!”
A sword pierced through Wu Zonglian’s throat. Ling Xiao’s cold voice rang in his ears, “Foolish man, I’ve already killed Chen Tian. What’s stopping me from killing you? You go first. That old dog Chen Nanxing will join you in the underworld soon enough!”
There was no pity, for Wu Zonglian deserved to die!
When Ling Xiao was at a disadvantage earlier, this man had urged Elder Chen to turn him into a human puppet.
From that alone, it was clear Wu Zonglian was deeply involved in the Divine Sword Sect’s affairs. It was likely he was behind what happened to Ling Yihang.
For such a beast, no cruelty was too much.
Otherwise, they would only grow more brazen and harm more people!
“What a terrifying youth, what ruthless methods! The Sword King Sect has truly met its match!”
The remaining spectators in the stands felt their hearts race with fear.
They had come to watch the beast-fighting arena’s challenges, never expecting to witness such a shocking scene.
After killing Wu Zonglian, Ling Xiao took his storage ring, adding it to those of Chen Tian and Elder Chen.
There wasn’t much of value inside, just spirit stones and some basic gold-grade martial arts. These held little value for him but would be useful for strengthening the Divine Sword Sect.
This incident made one thing clear: the Divine Sword Sect was still too weak. It needed to become stronger, so no one would dare provoke them again.
To make the Divine Sword Sect powerful, these resources were essential.
Ling Xiao scanned his surroundings, smirking coldly at the three Half-Step Heavenly Venerates fighting the great lord of Jade Demon Fortress.
Then, his Heavenly Gang Flying Sword shot out from behind him, piercing the three men’s bodies at precise, uncanny angles.
Already at a disadvantage, they were instantly killed by the great lord of Jade Demon Fortress.
As for the remaining Sword King Sect staff, not a single one was left alive. The entire beast-fighting arena, save for the uninvolved, was practically a sea of blood.
“Let’s go!”
Ling Xiao called to the others and turned to leave the blood-soaked arena.
The wrath of the Demon King left the beast-fighting arena littered with corpses!
That was the story that spread through Sword King City the next day.
If it were anyone else, they would have fled the Sword King Sect as fast and far as possible after such an act.
But not Ling Xiao. He simply instructed Ling Wuhen and Ling Yihang to return to the Divine Sword Sect overnight and pass on a message: everyone in the sect was to focus on secluded cultivation and not step foot outside the sect.
This incident made Ling Xiao acutely aware of the Divine Sword Sect’s awkward position.
Compared to weaker sects, they were already quite strong.
But compared to the Twelve Sects, they were still very weak.
In that case, they should focus on solid, secluded cultivation. With the sect’s protective array in place, even if one of the Twelve Sects tried to attack, they wouldn’t succeed easily.
As for training, that was simple.
The Land of Dragons was in Long Chen’s hands, and the Divine Sword Sect’s disciples could train and test themselves there.
Once the Dragon Clan grew stronger, the Divine Sword Sect could openly become the thirteenth major sect of the Holy Dynasty or even replace one of the Twelve Sects.
With Ling Wuhen and Ling Yihang gone, Ling Xiao had no more worries.
That night, he explained the situation to Wu Xiang, as it might involve the Yuehua Sect.
Wu Xiang said only one thing, “Anyone who wants to kill you will have to step over my corpse first!”
With a Cave Heaven Realm expert saying this, Ling Xiao had little to fear. Though the Sword King Sect was stronger than the Yuehua Sect, their strongest were only Cave Heaven Realm warriors. There was no need to be afraid.
Even if he couldn’t destroy them, he wouldn’t die.
…
Before dawn, a group of people stormed toward the Yuehua Sect’s temporary residence, seething with anger.
Today was meant to be the day of the Four Sects’ Martial Assembly, but it wasn’t yet time. Yet these people arrived, each radiating a chilling killing intent.
Clearly, they were out to harm the Yuehua Sect.
Leading them was a middle-aged woman in a fiery red robe. She looked youthful, her skin well-maintained.
Her eyes, however, burned with intense hatred.
Behind her were inner disciples of the Sword King Sect.
Among them was one with disheveled hair, his face obscured, though a faint “prisoner” character could be seen carved on it.
If one had to guess, he was likely one of the death-row prisoners from the beast-fighting arena.
