Chapter 366: I Must Kill Xia Dandao (2/2)

Now that Xia Dandao had given in, Mo Wuji had become the Star King Mountain’s Star Lord without obstruction.

Standing by Mo Wuji’s side, Solitary Red Knot was a little worried; he was worried that after Mo Wuji became the Star Lord, he would immediately cause trouble for Xia Dandao. He understood Mo Wuji. Even if Mo Wuji and Xia Dandao didn’t have any enmity previously, Xia Dandao’s act of killing Xu Chihuang was enough to warrant Mo Wuji’s anger.

If Mo Wuji caused trouble for Xia Dandao here, then things would get troublesome.

After all, Xia Dandao was the patriarch of the Xia Clan, and was the hall master of Star King Mountain’s Star Wars Hall. Here, the Xia Clan could control at least an army that was at least 100,000 men strong. If Mo Wuji acted against Xia Dandao, then there would definitely be a messy battle.

Xia Dandao took a step forward and was about to speak. However, Mo Wuji stood in front of him and said, ”Various hall masters, various sect heads, my actions aren’t worthy of mention. Compared to everyone, I’ve done too little. I heard that the previous Star Lord Wu had been assassinated in the Star Lord Mansion. I hope that everyone can follow me to examine Star Lord Wu’s corpse. I believe that without the help of a spy, the Gu Nuo Star Tribe wouldn’t be able to assassinate Star Lord Wu.”

Originally, Xia Dandao was prepared to leave; together with Star Flame Hall’s Chu Fengyi, he would bring his men and leave. However, Mo Wuji’s words had hidden implications. Now, everyone’s suspicions were aroused, and those who wanted to leave, would attract all of this suspicion.

He couldn't help but abandon his intentions of leaving immediately. Anyway, Wu Lingzhi wasn’t killed by his, Xia Dandao’s, men. Thus, he had nothing to fear.

Mo Wuji saw that Xia Dandao did not continue with his departure, and he coldly laughed in his heart: If I don’t find a way to get rid of you, Xia Dandao, today, then I’m not fit to have returned.

As for whether or not Wu Lingzhi had been assassinated by Xia Dandao, Mo Wuji didn’t even care, and he couldn’t even be bothered to care. Perhaps Wu Lingzhi had poured his blood to helping Zhen Xing, but Mo Wuji did not know him personally. Mo Wuji wanted to help Xu Chihuang take revenge; Xu Chihuang had always been treating the Lost Continent cultivators with respect, and Xu Chihuang had also treated him well. Thus, Mo Wuji would take on this duty of helping Xu Chihuang reap this vengeance.

The reason why he got Xia Dandao to go into the Star Lord Mansion, was because he was clear that he couldn’t kill Xia Dandao in front of everyone. As long as Xia Dandao and Chu Fengyi were killed, Mo Wuji believed that Su Xuan and Yan Ze were enough to handle the rest.

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The group of them arrived at the Star Lord Mansion. Xia Dandao was slightly aggrieved. Ever since he became the Star Lord, he hadn’t even entered this Star Lord Mansion with the identity of the Star Lord.

Mo Wuji did not act humbly as he sat straight at the position of power, then he said, ”Please bring Star Lord Wu’s corpse in.”

Su Xuan had already made prior instructions; now that Mo Wuji had spoken, there was already someone prepared to carry in Wu Lingzhi’s corpse.

Mo Wuji walked over and stood beside Wu Lingzhi’s corpse. The others also walked over.

Wu Lingzhi’s face was calm; it was just that there was a scar on his forehead. At the back of his skull, there was also a scar.

Mo Wuji suddenly lifted his hands and formed some enigmatic hand seals. Thereafter, out of nowhere, a pitch black fluid appeared from Wu Lingzhi’s fingertip, dripping onto the ground.

A rancid odour assailed everyone’s nostrils. Even an idiot could tell that this was a peak grade poison.

”Hall Master Wu was poisoned to death?” Su Xuan was the first to utter her exclamations. Previously, everyone thought that Wu Lingzhi was assassinated in a direct battle; they never thought that he died due to poison.

This was also because no one else acted like Mo Wuji, forcing the poison out of Wu Lingzhi’s body. Or it was more accurate to say, before anyone could carefully examine the corpse, the foreign invaders had used the transfer array to arrive outside of Piercing Wind City.

”I recognise this poison…” Yan Ze suddenly muttered with a serious countenance. He lifted his head and turned to Xia Dandao.

Yan Ze wasn't the only one who recognised this poison; most of them did. This poison was called Soulless Hell. After being afflicted with this poison, one’s primordial spirit and soul would be corroded from the inside, losing the chance to reincarnate. It was extremely deadly and vicious. Moreover, only one family had this poison; it was the Xia Clan.

The Xia Clan had long listed this poison as ‘prohibited’, and even disciples of the Xia Clan were not allowed access to it. Unexpectedly, it actually appeared on Wu Lingzhi’s body.

Xia Dandao’s face instantly turned pale; he immediately shouted harshly, ”I’m not the one that killed Star Lord Wu.”

At this moment, all eyes were glued to him. His explanations were useless. After Wu Lingzhi was killed, Xia Dandao forced wrested the position as the Star Lord. Everyone knew that. Thus, no one believed Xia Dandao’s words.

”Xia Dandao, at the end of the day, you are an esteemed hall master of Star King Moutain’s number one hall. If you must be the Star Lord, you could have discussed it with Star Lord Wu. Star Lord Wu is honest and loyal, and was wholeheartedly working for the future of Zhen Xing. You actually assassinated Star Lord Wu. I knew it, with Star Lord Wu’s cultivation, who could assassinate him in a direct battle? So there was a traitor like you!” Su Xuan lifted her arm, and the Phoenix Spear appeared in her hands.

Yan Ze’s face had a murderous look; he wielded his saber and shouted angrily, ”Xia Dandao, you assassinated Star Lord Wu, and you even killed Defender Xu Chihuang. You are a human scum. You’re from Zhen Xing, yet you colluded with the foreigners to kill our own people.”

At this instant, not only Yan Ze and Su Xuan, almost everyone brought out their magic treasures and surrounded Xia Dandao. Even Chu Fengyi could only shut his mouth.

Mo Wuji opened his hands and Tian Ji Pole landed into his palms. He possessed the detoxification meridian, so how could he not know that Wu Lingzhi wasn’t poisoned to death? He guessed that someone else wanted to plot against Xia Dandao. However, he came here today to kill Xia Dandao. He couldn’t be bothered to care that Xia Dandao was being wrongfully maligned.

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