Chapter 470 - On All Sides (1/2)

After Su Ying finished speaking, he started blowing his reed again, producing layer upon layer of overlapping sound waves. Mountains would collapse when he hit the low notes and cool breeze would sweep the summit when he hit the high ones. The dozen of envoys in the Apotheosis Realm was unable to resist his power. Even the three stewards in the Grand Completion Realm were becoming lightheaded.

Xiao Chen and his friends were about to hop on their swords and flee. The Left Steward knew that if he escaped, hunting him down would be akin to looking for a needle in a haystack. He yelled, “Stop him!”

His fellow steward didn’t think twice before decisively chasing after Xiao Chen and his friends. “Cosmos Palm!” he shouted. Then, a thousand-foot-wide golden palm abruptly appeared in the air and fell on Xiao Chen and the rest with the weight of the Mount Five Fingers.

This time, it was truly a demonstration of a Grand Completion Realm cultivator’s supernatural power. The faraway spectators held their breath as they watched the golden palm descended like a mountain, with such force that the world shuddered. Xiao Chen felt a bad premonition the moment he detected a frightening pressure behind him. He turned around and shot out two Cyan Dragon Roars attacks.

Unfortunately, it was futile trying to fend off a Grand Completion Realm cultivator’s Cosmos Palm with his Cyan Dragon Roars attacks. Just as the mountain-like palm was about to fall on them all, Gui Feng cried, “Watch out, my Lord!” Before anyone knew it, he had already put himself in front of Xiao Chen.

A green light was also bursting out of the spiritual wooden puppet. It raised its hand to stop the golden palm in the sky. The others didn’t have time to think about running either. All of them tried their best to counter the palm.

Their combined efforts eventually, albeit with difficulty, stopped the famous palm attack of the Immortals’ League, the Cosmos Palm. It was only then that Xiao Chen noticed that Huangfu Xin’er had joined his side. He asked in surprise, “Xin’er, why are you here? It’s me that they want. You should leave!”

Huangfu Xin’er looked as icy as ever. She kept quiet for a short while before replying emotionlessly, “Did you think they’d let me off?”

“What do you mean?” Xiao Chen was stunned, not quite understanding her words. However, now wasn’t the time to ponder over them. In the blink of an eye, the cyan-robed steward who launched the Cosmos Palm had caught up to them. He said coldly, “Xiao Chen, I suggest that you stop your futile resistance and surrender!”

“Bullsh*t!” Xiao Chen said through gritted teeth. “I don’t belong to cultivation sects. What gives the Immortals’ League the right to capture me?”

“On the basis of your murder of a senior of the cultivation sects with Devil’s Sects followers!” A red-robed old man showed up with tens of people in tow. It was Qi Heng from the Order of the Divine Fire.

“B*stard Qi…” When Xiao Chen saw this man, all he wanted was to tear his flesh to shreds and drink his blood.

Qi Heng came closer and saluted the stewards before looking at Xiao Chen with a sneer. “I’d like to see how you escape this time!” The tens of disciples of the Order of the Divine Fire immediately blocked Xiao Chen and his friends’ way out.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and looked at the cyan-robed steward. He pointed to Qi Heng and asked, “What about the Order of the Divine Fire? They went to the Human World and massacred ordinary humans. Why didn’t you arrest them for their crime?”

Qi Heng sneered. “Wan Gufeng made a grave mistake that day. We have already dealt with him. Everyone saw how I shattered his soul at Tianyuan City. We have also removed his name forever from our records.”

Xiao Chen let out a humorless laugh. “If you hadn’t pulled the strings behind the scenes, Wan Gufeng wouldn’t have dared to do so. You sure pushed all the blame to him cleanly!”

Qi Heng smiled and said serenely, “You can’t just say whatever you want without proof.”

The death of Wan Gufeng meant that there were no more witnesses around. Even if the Immortals’ League realized that there was a conspiracy, they wouldn’t go too far in penalizing the Order of the Divine Fire. Gui Xian was right. No matter which era they were in, the Immortals’ League would never punish a sect severely. A sect that made a mistake would, at most, surrender a scapegoat to take on the blame. This was the same for both the Cultivation World and the Human World.

“Enough!” the cyan-robed steward shouted. He looked at Xiao Chen and said sternly, “Every nation has its laws just as every family has its own rules. The Violet Manor has our own as well. Regardless of where you are from or whether you belong to the Violet Manor, you would do well to stop your resistance now!”

“Dream on! We won’t let you take him even if we die in battle today!” Four ladies of the Hidden Fragrance Wafting Under the Moon appeared next to Xiao Chen, protecting him.

Xiao Chen suddenly let out a drawn-out sneer. His expression was frighteningly dark. How could he not know that leaving with them meant undergoing an unfair trial? It was akin to digging his own grave. Even if he somehow lived, they would abolish his cultivation and imprison him for a hundred years at the very minimum. It was a pity that he wouldn’t be able to protect the people behind him today. He didn’t even know how much longer the Immolation Spell of the Three Elements could last.

The cold wind whizzed. Many had their attention focused on Xiao Chen. All they could see was a stern face. He spat out, in a solemn voice, “You harp on your great cause of upholding the Great Dao of the world, yet all you do is make trouble for me. Since you can’t tolerate the existence of any Devil’s Sect followers, why aren’t you going to Dark Shadow Hall to make trouble for Nether Emperor? Why aren’t you going to Fort Raksasa to make trouble for Empress Raksasa? Why aren’t you going to the Bloodied Fiend Sect to make trouble for the Venerable Bloodied Devil? Are you all trash?”