Chapter 629: Parting on Bad Terms (2/2)

Zhao Luofeng had a headache over the tough situation, and thus couldn’t help but make a suggestion, “Mr. Hua, I know that you’re close to Nie Tian. How about this: You tell Nie Tian to bring his Flame Dragon Armor here, and I’ll trade it with a Spirit Channeling grade treasure that agrees with him.

“As far as I know, Nie Tian practices flame power, wood power, and star power.

“We happen to have a wood-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure.

“If I trade it for Nie Tian’s Flame Dragon Armor, then he has no reason to refuse, right?”

“Sectmaster!” Ling Dong called out with a deep powerful voice.

Ling Dong had placed high hopes on one of the chosen from the Heaven Palace Sect. Ling Dong had assumed that that wood-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure had been prepared for that promising disciple.

He hadn’t expected that Zhao Luofeng was actually willing to trade that treasure for Nie Tian’s Flame Dragon Armor.

Zhao Luofeng then jerked his head towards him and gave him a meaningful look.

Ling Dong went blank briefly, and then fell silent.

That was because he suddenly understood what Zhao Luofeng was planning.

The Five Elements Fortune Formation wouldn’t hold for very long. Once it failed, and Xia Yi refused to help, the Heaven Palace Sect would be the first to suffer from the outsiders’ wrath.

The entire Domain of the Falling Stars might fall if they lost this battle.

At such a crucial moment, the only solution would be to trade the Flame Dragon Armor with that wood-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure, so that Xia Yi would join the battle.

Then, after the crisis was over and their patriarch entered the Void domain, would Nie Tian dare to not give the wood-attributed treasure back if they asked?

Hua Mu shook his head. “Sorry, I can’t persuade him to do that. That Spirit Channeling grade treasure has already merged with his flesh and soul. If he forcibly separates himself from it, it’ll put him in great danger, even if it doesn’t kill him.”

Upon hearing these words, Zhao Luofeng burst into a flaming rage. “Even this won’t do?!”

Xia Yi opened his eyes. Shock could be seen in his eyes as well, as he hadn’t expected that even such an offer wouldn’t be enough.

Xia Yi laughed sinisterly. “The kid is a man of character! Well then, let’s see who is going to stop Basto after the Five Elements Fortune Formation collapses!”

His gaze swept over Hua Mu, Zong Zheng, Dong Wangling, and the others with them. The threat in his words couldn’t be more obvious.

All of those who met his gaze frowned, and had a headache over the difficult situation.

They all knew that only Xia Yi possessed the battle prowess to contend against Basto. Any of the other Soul realm experts would run the risk of being killed while facing Basto on the battlefield.

Since they only had two weeks left, negotiations went on amongst the Soul realm experts, all of whom wore worried faces. However, they failed to come to an agreement.

Seeing this, Xia Yi shot a meaningful glance at Zhao Luofeng, and shut his eyes.

Zhao Luofeng and the others also fell silent one after another, their faces long.

The Soul realm experts that supported Nie Tian found an excuse and left the central hubs of the grand spell formation for a secret room.

After soundproofing the room, Hua Mu sighed and said with a worried expression, “If Xia Yi indeed won’t join the battle after the Five Elements Fortune Formation fails, we three from the Spirit Condor will hold Basto off.”

Zong Zheng from the Ice Pavilion Sect looked surprised as he asked, “Will you be able to do that?”

“We have a secret magic that’ll allow us to stall Basto for two hours.” Hua Mu smiled bitterly. “But only two hours. I hope you’ll spare no means to slaughter the enemy during that time.

“If things go well, perhaps you can finish off the other seventh grade outsiders with the help of those from the Heaven Palace Sect and the other sects. Then, you can come back to Basto, and we may be able to kill him together.

“If that doesn’t work...” Hua Mu shook his head and didn’t finish his sentence.

They all knew that, if they failed to kill all the other seventh grade outsiders within two hours, then Basto would break free and kill them instead.

After their battle in the Realm of a Hundred Battles, they knew that none of the seventh grade outsiders would be easy to deal with.

The reason why they had won the battle in the Realm of a Hundred Battles was because they had superior numbers and the assistance from Zhao Shanling and Nie Tian’s Bone Blood Demon.

Even so, the battle had lasted days.

It would be very difficult for them to slaughter their opponents in just two hours.

However, they also knew that, if Xia Yi refused to help, this would be their only workable plan.

While they frowned deeply, Xia Yi laughed sinisterly by the hubs of the grand spell formation and said, “If they refuse to make Nie Tian cough up the Flame Dragon Armor, then let them deal with Basto.”

Zhao Luofeng nodded. “This is their decision. They must shoulder the consequences.”

“Hahaha!” Xia Yi laughed wildly. “We’ll see who’ll be there to protect Nie Tian after the Soul realm cultivators from the Spirit Condor, the Ice Pavilion Sect, and those other sects are killed in this battle!”