Chapter 470 - On All Sides (2/2)

“You! You! You! And you!” Xiao Chen was looking a little deranged as his finger moved from Qi Heng to the stewards. Finally, his finger landed on the cyan-robed steward. “Especially you! Which one of you here has shed less blood than I have? Huh?”

The spectators fell silent. Who among them had clean hands? They were the so-called Orthodox Path, but the only thing that differentiated them from the followers of the Devil’s Sects was their cultivation methods.

“Hahaha.” Xiao Chen threw his back in laughter, but his gaze soon turned sharp and cold. He shouted, “Look at yourselves! The Cultivation Path thousands of years ago was such a glorious one, but look at what it became in your era! Look at yourselves, each and every one of you!”

He then pointed to Qi Heng and the rest. “I have no qualms about dying here today! But look at yourselves! The Cultivation Path thousands of years ago was such a glorious one, but look at what it became in your era! Look at how much it has declined! It wasn’t because the ancient cultivation methods were lost to the times! It was because all of you have become hypocritical, despicable, greedy, cunning, sinister, and shameless!”

Toward the end, he was close to howling. “The filthiness of every last one of you! The darkness! The Soul-consuming Evil Flower should devour your greedy souls!”

The spectators lowered their heads in silence, pondering Xiao Chen’s words. The Cultivation Path had been declining year after year, while the Devil Path had been going on the rise. Was it really because they had lost ancient cultivation methods? Or was it because cultivators these days had lost the purity of their Dao pursuit…

The cyan-robed steward frowned. He must not allow Xiao Chen to go on with his nonsense in front of so many members of the Orthodox Path. Just as he was about to berate Xiao Chen, the latter turned around and pointed to him. “Shut your mouth! Especially you people! You, the Immortals’ League, harp on about the people and the Orthodox Path! Yet as the leaders of the current Immortal’s Practice, you turn a blind eye to evil, forsaking the innocent, and even commit trickery! What right do you have to punish me?”

His fervent speech made everyone gasp. He must be the first person in a hundred years to dare criticize a Grand Completion Realm steward of the Immortals’ League in such a manner.

“Silence!” The cyan-robed steward looked like Xiao Chen had nailed his weakness. His humiliation fanned the flames of his anger. He launched a palm attack and instantly, the weather around transformed. He was hell-bent on destroying Xiao Chen this time.

“Be careful, my Lord!” Guifeng rushed to Xiao Chen’s side. A loud rumble resounded when a massive saber blocked the palm attack. The summit shook from the force of the collision. The spiritual wooden puppet had also joined Guifeng in stopping the attack.

Xiao Chen clenched his fingers and said with hatred, “Very well. Since you intend to kill me, then feel free to do so. I’m still of the same opinion: If I kill one, I’ll consider it breaking even. If I kill two or three, I’ll consider it my profit!” He swung his bloody saber and a hundred-foot-long blood-red saber radiance exploded. Caught off guard, one of the envoys was cut in half.

The battle was finally on! The spectators were alarmed. None-flower Dust and Yi Tong exchanged a look. The two of them were the only ones who could hold off the Grand Completion Realm cultivators, even if barely. Then, they moved. Yi Tong launched a series of purple lights at the cyan-robed steward while None-flower Dust waved his feathered fan, producing two doppelgangers of himself to keep the steward occupied.

The Hidden Fragrance Wafting Under the Moon ladies were also taking action. Xiao Chen pinpointed Qi Heng’s location and yelled, “Old b*stard Qi, hand over your life!” He swung his saber and Qi Heng promptly raised his sword to block it. A loud explosion shattered the air. To his horror, Qi Heng found himself taking steps backward. He cried, “Heaven-binding Fire Formation! Kill this man!”

Over on the summit platform, the ten or so swordsmen surrounded by the envoys from the Immortals’ League exchanged glances. They knew that if they were taken back to the League, they would either be executed or imprisoned for tens of years. They might as well put their lives on the line and fight a way out! The swordsmen then started attacking the four Nirvana Realm envoys.

The summit once again became embroiled in chaos. Su Ying was holding up two Grand Completion Realm stewards, and he told Su Yue through secret voice transmission, “Yue’er, take him and leave! Now!”

Su Yue didn’t think twice. He leaped into the air and arrived near Xiao Chen like a bolt of purple lightning. When the cyan-robed steward saw that she was going to take him, he attacked her with his palm. “The Su family better not stand on the wrong side!”

Su Yue nimbly moved aside, dodging the attack. She said coldly, “The mistake of one is the mistake of all. He’s just a child. You’ve already cornered him to this state. Why do you continue to force him?”

She swiftly moved on her feet with the grace of a lotus and reappeared next to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen’s eyes were twisted with the fervor of murder. He had taken three or four slashes on his body. Blood was gushing from his wounds. Su Yue couldn’t help but frown. This was her sister’s child after all; she couldn’t bear seeing him in such a state. She tugged onto Xiao Chen’s arm. “Let’s go!”

To her surprise, Xiao Chen pushed her aside. “This is the Xiao family’s business! The Su family should stay out of this! Leave!” That said, he once again swung his saber and the blood-red light once again filled the sky, bringing with it an intense smell of hatred as he turned two disciples from the Order of the Divine Fire into blood mist.

Xiao Chen pushed Su Yue so hard that she took a few steps backward. She saw nothing but hatred in his eyes, dyed from his incomparable hatred for the Orthodox Path. Her heart sank. She feared that this child was so deeply entrenched in his resentment that he would one day turn to the Devil Path completely and be consigned to eternal damnation.

The thought made her shiver. She whispered to herself, “Elder Sister, why is your child such an extremist…”

Suddenly, tens of golden sword radiances came flying over. Su Yue’s expression sank. “Oh no!”