âWe were still a bit lacking. We let Di Feng get away,â grumbled Xia Chen.
When Long Chen had pretended to be retreating, they hadnât understood what he was doing. It was only once he actually attacked that they realized, otherwise they might have been able to stop Di Feng.
In that instant, Xia Chen had understood Long Chenâs intentions, and seeing Tian Xiezi prepare to run, he took out a rune talisman for Guo Ran.
Guo Ran had immediately used an arrow to shoot the rune talisman over. It disrupted spatial formations, interrupting Tian Xieziâs transportation. Furthermore, for a short while, the spatial laws remained broken, preventing any further attempts.
Tian Xieziâs expression changed, and he immediately summoned the Corrupt God Ancient Tower, jumping inside of it.
BOOM! The Corrupt God Ancient Tower was sent flying by a slash from Long Chen. If Tian Xiezi had been the slightest bit slower, he would have been killed.
A giant scar was left on the Corrupt God Ancient Tower, shocking the experts present. Just what kind of origin did Long Chenâs black saber have to be able to do such a thing? Not only had it broken Kun Pengziâs lightning halberd, but it had also injured this divine item left by a god.
As Tian Xiezi fled with the Corrupt God Ancient Tower, the Corrupt experts charged over at Long Chen.
Long Chen hacked Evilmoon repeatedly, slaughtering the experts trying to stop him. Not even a third step Netherpassage expert was qualified to block his path.
With lightning wings and the Celestial Lightning Body Blink, he shot after Tian Xiezi. The two of them quickly vanished from sight.
When the two of them were gone, the experts of the various powers were left in a daze. They looked around. The Kunpeng raceâs ancestral land was long gone, and they still were not quite able to believe what had just happened.
âElder Long, Long Chen ignored the Heavenly Divine Writ, disrupting the peace of the continent and starting a war. He creates countless calamities. Are the divine families going to be so indifferent toward him?â shouted Peng Wanli furiously, his voice hoarse.
Kun Pengziâs death and the destruction of the Peng Emperorâs statue meant that the Kunpeng race was doomed. Long Chen was their bane. The originally glorious Kunpeng race would fully decline.
The Peng raceâs experts wept. Just how glorious had the Kunpeng race been? Everything they were seeing in front of them was unacceptable, and this had all been caused by Long Chen. They demanded justice from the divine families.
Peng Wanli seemed to have aged countless years. Elder Long looked at him and said, âWe will be able to determine right and wrong after investigating. We will naturally get justice for the Martial Heaven Continent. If Long Chen really did deliberately start a war to harm the continent, the divine families will bring our full power to remove the scourge. However, if there are reasons, then weâll need to investigate them first. The divine families wonât let off a bad person, but we wonât wrongly blame a good person.â
âBullsh*t! This matter was clearly caused by your Ye Benchang-!â shouted Peng Wanli. But before he could finish, a ray of divine light pierced through his body. He instantly stiffened, terrified to find that he couldnât move.
âMaintain the appropriate respect when you face the divine families. We are always just and impartial. To push all the responsibility onto a dead person, what kind of wicked intentions are the Peng race harboring?â ordered Ye Yaochen.
With just a pointing of his finger, he had managed to pierce Peng Wanliâs body. That single finger contained a powerful warning. If he wanted to kill Peng Wanli, then all he would have to do was point at his head.
Peng Wanli was infuriated. He didnât have Long Chenâs guts to resist in front of a fourth step Netherpassage expert who was also a Heaven Elder of the divine families.
âLong Chen willfully slaughtered innocent people. Everyone saw it. However, this matter involves many things, and even the divine families must be careful with how we handle it. You just need to listen to the conclusion,â said Ye Yaochen icily. As a result, Peng Wanli clenched his teeth furiously but didnât say anything.
âElder Long, Long Chen is hunting down the top genius of my Corrupt path. Doesnât that mean that the Heavenly Divine Writ has lost any effect? In the future, we can ignore it too and fight the Righteous path again, right?â demanded Xie Wentian coldly.
In the front of Xie Wentianâs icy questioning, Elder Long indifferently shook his head. âNow youâre thinking of the Heavenly Divine Writ? Tell me, when Long Chen was undergoing his tribulation and you attacked him, did you think of it then?â
âWellâŚâ Xie Wentian was stunned for a moment, but he quickly said smoothly, âIt was the commander of the divine families who said that Long Chen was attempting to overthrow the Martial Heaven Continent and wanted us to attack together.â
Xie Wentian instantly threw all the blame to Ye Benchang. It was true that Ye Benchang had called for everyone to kill Long Chen. Everyone could bear witness to it. Hence, the divine families could not escape responsibility for it.
âYe Benchang had a personal enmity with Long Chen. Iâm sure that essentially everyone here is aware of it. The eight of us came specifically to investigate this. However, Ye Benchang was only in charge of defending the path to the Yin Yang World and helping you. How did he have the authority to order you? As for why you listened to his appeal, there were probably many reasons, but weâre still not sure about those matters. The position of the divine families has always been explicitly clear, so donât try to blame us. We are only overseeing the battlefield and would never order any person or power to do anything. You laugh when you benefit, but cry when you donât? That seems to be lacking the manner of a leader of such a major force,â said Elder Long lightly.
His words were said without any fury as if he would never get angry, but he easily voiced their guilt without actually saying the words.
Ye Benchang was in charge of the entrance to the Yin Yang World, and during that time, the various powers had constantly squeezed the Righteous path, taking up more portions of the battlefield. The Xuan Beasts in particular had provoked them several times. They had even killed the Xuantian Dao Sectâs genius and started a war.
That had been the result that Ye Benchang had wanted, and his actions had encouraged even more arrogance from the various powers.
The Xuan Beasts were the most tyrannical. They had even sent their experts to wipe out the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race. Long Chen had caught them, and his fury was what had resulted in this. The source of the problem was still them, so they could only blame themselves.
When asked who the source of the problem was though, they blamed it on Ye Benchang, making the divine families bear responsibility, even acting right and confident.
However, Elder Longâs words made the Corrupt path, the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the Xuan Beasts, and the others speechless, unable to retort.
âWhen you bullied the disciples of the Righteous path, did you think of the Heavenly Divine Writ? When you killed our brothers and sisters, did you think of this day?â Ye Lingshan coldly raised her sword, which still had some blood on it.
âThatâs right! Senior apprentice-brother Wang Zhen was killed by you, but where was your sense of justice then?! Have you forgotten your disdain and indifference from then?!â cursed Hua Shiyu. She was still choked with emotion at the thought of Wang Zhen. He had only died to save everyone else.
âA generationâs genius didnât die to the Blood race, but instead to some brutes who only know how to fight amongst their allies. Just how wrong was his death? You still have the face to accuse others?â The Xuantian Dao Sectâs disciples immediately began to curse them.
âWho do you think Wang Zhen was to count as a generationâs genius?â sneered a disciple of the Xuan Beasts.
That one sneer caused the Xuantian Dao Sectâs disciples to erupt.
âCompared to senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, who do you think you are? Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen crushed Kun Pengzi like swatting a fly, so what do you have to say about that?!â
âIf we were to compare you, you would be dog sh*t in front of senior apprentice-brother Long Chen. When heâs here, you all become cowering tortoises!â
âIf you dared to make so much noise in front of senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, heâd slap you all to death with one blow.â
âYou animals, you were all so arrogant when bullying others. Just keep acting arrogant! Why do you all look like your dads just died?â
The Martial Heaven Allianceâs disciples joined the cursing of the Xuantian Dao Sectâs disciples. The time when Long Chen had been absent was truly stifling.
Now that he was back and had even successfully advanced, sweeping through the other geniuses, they were excited enough to dance.
He had killed Kun Pengzi as well as Ye Benchang, and Di Feng had fled in terror. Now, Long Chen was chasing after Tian Xiezi. The Righteous pathâs disciplesâ morale soared. Could they possibly let go of this chance to mock their abusers?
The Xuan Beasts clenched their teeth furiously. They didnât say anything else though because the Dragonblood warriors were looking at them like tigers looking at sheep. Although the Dragonblood warriors had stopped fighting, their killing intent had not diminished.
In the battle just now, they had killed over three thousand members of the Heavenly Dragon Legion without losing a single one of their members. The Dragonblood Legion was too terrifying.
The Xuan Beasts felt a cold breeze blow past their necks with the Dragonblood warriors looking at them.
âWhat now? Boss isnât here, so do we need to find an excuse to wipe out these Xuan Beasts?â wondered Guo Ran out loud.
âWhat kind of excuse?â asked Gu Yang, his grip on his weapon tightening.
âFor example, the weatherâs not bad?â offered Guo Ran.
âDonât mess around.â Gu Yang rolled his eyes.
âThe eight Heaven Elders of the divine families are still here to clean up the mess. We canât make a move now. Letâs just wait for news from Long Chen.â Meng Qi shook her head. She looked in the direction where Long Chen had gone. She knew that even if he had to chase Tian Xiezi to the ends of the world, he would still kill him.