“Ling Xiao, carefully control the Moonlight Treasure Ship to land. Fighting in the sky is too disadvantageous for us. If the ship gets damaged, we’ll all plummet to our deaths!”
During the battle, Wu Xiang secretly transmitted his voice to Ling Xiao.
He trusted Ling Xiao the most.
Moreover, he and Golden Light Celestial were already engaged in combat, unable to break free.
Strangely, Chang Yueying and Chang Yueli clearly had no intention of helping, and the black-and-white-robed attackers oddly avoided targeting them, instead clashing with Wu Xiang’s group at every turn.
He now suspected those two women might be colluding with the Sword King Sect’s scum. If true, that would spell trouble.
“Rest assured, Sect Leader. With me here, those two women won’t pull any tricks!”
Though Ling Xiao lacked the strength to confront the black-and-white-robed attackers directly, his spiritual body gave him an edge against Chang Yueying and Chang Yueli. He refused to believe they would dare stand idly by.
As he spoke, two more black-and-white-robed figures joined the fray.
Though not as strong as Golden Light Celestial, these two were formidable, both around seventy percent half-step Celestial strength.
It had to be said, Chen Nanxing had spared no expense to eliminate the Moonlight Sect members this time.
Lan Yuer faced one of them.
Leng Hao and Dai Yuling took on the other.
Lan Yuer might hold her own for a while, but Leng Hao and Dai Yuling were far outmatched by their opponent. Even together, they likely wouldn’t last twenty moves.
Still, any delay would ease the pressure.
Ling Xiao shot a cold glance at Chang Yueying and the others, asking, “You’re not going to act?”
“Hmph, little beast, don’t think I’m foolish. You may have a treasure from the Moonlight Heavenly Maiden, but it can’t attack proactively. It only reacts when we harm you. This time, you’re doomed!”
Chang Yueli sneered.
“And you, former Moonlight Sect Leader? Are you also siding with this old hag?”
Ling Xiao used a seal card to summon a Sword King Sect half-step Celestial to control the Moonlight Treasure Ship, freeing himself to deal with these three treacherous dogs.
He had given them a chance. If they dared to stand by and let others die, he would show no mercy.
Even if it meant exhausting his spiritual body completely, he would eliminate these three.
“Ling Xiao, it’s too late now. I won’t act!”
Chang Yueying shook her head.
“And you, Tantai Lingzi?”
Ling Xiao looked at the venomous woman and asked.
“Whatever my master does, I follow.”
Tantai Lingzi’s stance was firm as she sneered, “You’re too terrifying. I may never surpass you in my lifetime. The best solution is your death! Your existence is my nightmare!”
“Oh, is that so? It seems all three of you are tired of living!”
Ling Xiao took a deep breath and suddenly produced the Moonlight Token.
“Moonlight Heavenly Maiden, you see this. These three not only refuse to help but harbour deep hatred for the Moonlight Sect. Aren’t you going to act?”
“Killing them is possible, but I will vanish completely afterward. You’ll lose the treasure that controls the Moonlight Sect. Is it worth it?”
The spiritual body asked faintly.
“I don’t need to control the Moonlight Sect! And I trust in my own strength!”
Ling Xiao had never relied on the spiritual body before, so its loss meant little to him.
At most, he’d lose a shortcut.
Having it around might even make him lazy.
“Very well, I’ll grant your wish!”
Suddenly, a terrifying force filled the sky, and blinding moonlight enveloped Chang Yueli, Chang Yueying, and Tantai Lingzi.
“No! Impossible! You can’t do this! You can’t kill me!”
Chang Yueli panicked.
She had believed Ling Xiao couldn’t use the treasure to attack her proactively, but she had misjudged.
The cost was her life!
“Can’t kill you? I spared you, old dog, because I thought you still had some use. But now, you’re not only useless but a major liability. You have no reason to live.”
“No!”
Under the moonlight, Chang Yueli’s body evaporated entirely, vanishing.
Chang Yueying and Tantai Lingzi, weaker than her, didn’t even have a chance to scream before they too dissolved into the silent sky.
The spiritual body, having fulfilled its purpose, vanished completely.
The Moonlight Token didn’t shatter but transformed from a vessel for the spiritual body into a treasure imbued with pure moonlight energy.
Though it lacked offensive power, it could aid Ling Xiao’s cultivation and boost his strength.
It could absorb moonlight essence and be reused, far more effective than spirit stones, usable by martial artists of any level.
Losing a crutch but gaining a treasure, Ling Xiao didn’t come out worse off.
Boom!
At that moment, the Moonlight Treasure Ship finally landed steadily, crushing dozens of trees. It hadn’t been destroyed by the four black-and-white-robed attackers, a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
“Demonic Evil Sword Art!”
“Yin-Yang Ghost Claw!”
The instant they landed, a massive black demonic sword collided with a giant claw in the sky. The mountains shook, the ground cracked, and countless trees shattered.
This was a clash between Grotto-Heaven Realm experts, terrifyingly so.
Fortunately, it was far enough away. Otherwise, the shockwaves alone could kill countless Celestial Realm martial artists.
Not to mention those in the Mortal Realm.
Perhaps for this reason, the lead black-and-white-robed attacker and Wu Xiang had deliberately moved their fight away from the others. Otherwise, their battle alone could have razed the mountains and forests.
This was the power of a Grotto-Heaven Realm fight, akin to the apocalypse.
Ling Xiao stored the Moonlight Treasure Ship in his storage ring, then leapt into the air, intending to assist Leng Hao and Dai Yuling in defeating the two weaker black-and-white-robed attackers.
But at that moment, a series of piercing sounds came from the distance.
Ling Xiao frowned, peering far off. He saw, just over ten miles away, more than a hundred black-and-white-robed martial artists rushing toward them.
The weakest among them was at the early ninth-level Mortal Realm.
Nearly half were at the half-step Celestial level.
Ten miles was nothing to martial artists of such strength.
“I didn’t expect the Storm Legion to grow so quickly, daring to launch such a brazen attack. The situation looks grim.”
“Leng Hao, Yuling, can you hold on?”
Ling Xiao prepared to use a seal card, specifically the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox card.
This was a life-or-death battle, not a spar. A moment’s carelessness could be fatal.
“We can hold for twenty more moves, but we won’t last long.”
Leng Hao was honest, at least.
