Chapter 64 - Bait (1/2)

[I need to calm down first.] The seventh elder took a deep breath and inspected the area with wrinkled brows.

He found that the recovery of Diamond Sand was becoming a headache, and when he knew the trio ran into the second area, he confirmed it.

With his experience, he could easily discover their meager cultivation. And with the highest among them being the 7th layer of Bone Tempering Stage, it was no different than squeezing three insects.

What was unbelievable though, one of them had a deep knowledge of arrays along with a cunning mind, unlike a rash and ignorant youth he posed to be.

This led to the current predicament. With the three working together to control the array, he would never get the upper hand.

However, he thought of something and his hawk-eyes flashed sinisterly.

“You are Xue clan’s third young miss!”

The seventh elder ignored Zhuo Fan and switched targets, sizing Xue Ningxiang with a smile, “I remember seeing you five years ago. You were just a child back then. My, how you’ve grown into a fine lady.”

Xue Ningxiang’s heart seized and lowered her head to avoid his piercing gaze.

Zhuo Fan shouted, “Seventh elder, if you have something to say, say it to my face. Don’t go around scaring girls!”

Yet the seventh elder’s eyes never left Xue Ningxiang, “Ning’er, why do you bother going against me? Xue clan is a vassal of Hell Valley. We always took care of your Xue clan. And yet here you are, resorting to this…”

His eyes flashed with murder as he spoke. Xue Ningxiang shivered and could no longer keep the hand sign up.

Zhuo Fan knew that the seventh elder was threatening Xue Ningxiang and rushed to say, “Attack!”

He and Xie Tianyang synced their hand signs, launching lightning and fire at the seventh elder. But Xue Ningxiang was still in a daze, her hands trembling.

Xie Tianyang thought, [Damn, Xue Ningxiang is worried for her clan and has no will to fight. Without the wind’s help, there’ll be a sharp decline in power.]

The seventh elder was fighting a psychological battle, grasping the trio’s weakness.

Fire and lightning combined as it neared the elder, but his centipede chain just flew at it and the attack was nulled. The seventh elder stood still in the sky while Zhuo Fan and Xie Tianyang spat blood!

“Ha-ha-ha, that’s better!”

The seventh elder cackled, “Ning’er, you made the right choice. These brats will wash their hands over this and leave from here, while your clan will stay forever.”

Zhuo Fan looked at the shivering Xue Ningxiang and urged, “Ning’er, don’t listen to the old goat. He knows who you are and will destroy your clan either way. The only way to save the Xue clan is to kill him here and now. Remember my words, the Thunderflame Gale Array needs three people to work together and as long as the three are in sync, not even a Profound Heaven expert can escape!”

Another shiver wreaked Xue Ningxiang’s frail body and now she stood still. The seventh elder’s words scared her but she had finally recovered.

Zhuo Fan smirked and shouted, “If this old coot lives, your clan is no more!”

Boom!

His words echoed in her ears and Xue Ningxiang rose her head to show killing intent for the first time as she muttered non stop, “He can’t leave. He has to die, he must…

“DIE!”

Xue Ningxiang roared the last word and completed the hand sign.

A green panther roared behind her and sped towards the seventh elder, ten times stronger than before.

The elder panicked, noticing the true power of the array in Xue Ningxiang’s hands. [From the start, the two brats used all they had in fighting me, yet she hadn’t?]

Xue Ningxiang was a kind and gentle soul, not willing to kill even her enemy. But the seventh elder’s words struck a chord in her frail heart that she was close to losing her will for fighting.

It was then that Zhuo Fan woke her up and lit a fire in her. The dissonance in her heart led to unleashing her full power.

To protect her clan, Xue Ningxiang turned cold and unfeeling like a reaper. She was willing to do anything and everything to make sure the old geezer died here.

Zhuo Fan and Xie Tianyang smiled and launched their own attacks. Fire, wind, and lightning combined at their strongest into an overpowering strike that threatened to consume the seventh elder.

Even the calm and collected seventh elder was starting to feel fear. He hastily lifted the centipede chain and lashed.

Boom!

A huge explosion shook the entire second area and even the sky seemed to collapse. Some 4th level spiritual beasts even fled.

The seventh elder, who was caught in the middle, was blasted a dozen meters with his hair and beard singed as he spat blood. But this time, the blood evaporated before it touched the ground.

It was proof of the intensity of the attack that pierced his inner organs. With such a heavy wound, just one more and he’d be done for!

For the first time, the seventh elder panted with fear in his eyes. Not even he could foresee that the array needed just the girl to flip out for unleashing its full power.

But he understood that he would not be able to take more of such attacks.

“He’s on his last leg. Ning’er, Xie Tianyang, get ready. We’ll finish him off.” Zhuo Fan laughed as he made another hand sign.

But a sudden green panther beat him and Xie Tianyang to the punch.

All Zhuo Fan saw was Xue Ningxiang going crazy and making signs on and on as she raved, “He has to die, he must die…”

[Damn, this girl has lost it. I managed to spur her on, but now she is too far gone. Her only thought is to kill the old goat, even disregarding cooperation with her allies.]

Her action was limiting the array’s power!

The seventh elder noticed this weakness and smiled as he charged for Xue Ningxiang! He was only facing a wind panther, and without the other two elements, he could breeze through it. With a swing of the centipede chain, the panther was no more.

“Quickly help Ning’er!”