A merciful smile appeared on his lips, and with his head resting calmly on his right hand, he gently said: "Kill the disciples of other sect Leaders and improve your ranking!"
Hearing his words, The Thunder Peak Sect Leader revealed a grateful smile before standing up and turning around to face the other sect leaders and their disciples as he whispered: "Prepare to die... all of you!"
Saying that a wicked smile appeared on his face as he began to gather lightning qi in both his arms.
Witnessing this, The Shadow Veil Sect Leader, discerning the Thunder Peak's intention, yelled: "Be careful everyone, He has lost his sanity!"
He knew that out of the three sect leaders who were after them to avenge their disciples, Thunder Peak was the most dangerous since he was a lightning path cultivator.
Lightning Path was known for its high attack power and combined with the other two king realm experts, protecting their disciples was going to be a lot difficult now.
Adhering to Shadow Veil Leader's warning, the Sect Leaders retreated to the edges of the ring, keeping their guard up.
Thunder Peak Leader noticed this as he soon decided on his target and it was Liu Nutong, the weakest sect leader amongst all.
Killing his disciples should be easiest, thinking that he used Storm Step. This movement technique allowed him to move at lightning speed, leaving behind an afterimage.
In an instance, he appeared in front of Liu Nutong, prompting him to widen his eyes in surprise before Liu Nutong conjured Harmony Shield in front of him which was capable of absorbing and reflecting attacks below a certain strength.
Thunder Peak sect leader knew about the Harmony shield, hence decided to use his second strongest attack.
He retreated to some distance before channeling his qi and summoning a massive dragon made of pure lightning.
This dragon roared with the sound of thunder and crashed down on the Harmony Shield of Liu Nutong.
Liu Nutong channeled all of his qi in the harmony shield, increasing its thickness and strength.
Meanwhile, the Earth Root Sect Leader who was previously watching, decided to intervene with his earthen hands.
Massive hands began to rise behind Liu Nutong and his disciples, adding to his already large problem of protecting his disciples.
He threw a hateful glance at Earth Root Sect Leader before bracing himself for the incoming impact.
Boom!
Crack!
"Thunder Peak Sect Leader, What are you doing? Aren't we friends?" Shadow Veil Sect Leader asked while defending against the thunder strikes of Thunder Peak Sect Leader.
"Friend? I don't need a friend. Where were you when my disciple died? Didn't you remember then that we were friends? Now suffer the same pain as me if you want to call me a friend. Aren't Friends supposed to share the pain?" Thunder Peak Sect Leader retorted while continuing to attack.
While the Shadow Veil Sect was distracted by Thunder Peak, the Earth Root Sect Leader tried to sneak attack, however, his attack was noticed by the Shadow Veil Sect Leader, allowing him to defend successfully.
After realizing that he won't be able to save his disciples like Liu Nutong.
He enveloped his hands in shadow qi as it took the form of daggers and with those shadow daggers, he pierced both his disciples' hearts.
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Though tears flowed from his eyes, he kept himself calm as he went and knelt in front of Ashen.
"Your Highness, I have sacrificed both my disciples. Please assign me the rank!" He requested respectfully.
Ashen asked him the same question as the Thunder Peak Sect leader in response: "Did you sacrifice them to show your loyalty or just because you were forced to?"
And the answer was clear and hence, Ashen, without wasting any time, moved with his plan: "I will give you the same option, Kill the disciples of other sect leaders and improve your ranking!"
Shadow Veil Sect Leader accepted as he also joined the Thunder Peak Sect Leader and the other two experts.
This all went according to Ashen's plan. He knew that no sect leader would be ready to kill their own disciples unless forced to.
Hence, he used the Earth Root Sect and Eternal Blossom Sect Leader to kill the disciples of other sect Leaders.
He knew that the sect leaders who would lose their disciples would feel hatred towards the killer of their disciples and would want to avenge them.
Since they couldn't do that right here due to all of them being under Ashen's control and killing any subordinate of Ashen would indirectly mean harming him, which meant betrayal.
The Mind Schine won't allow them to kill the sect Leaders and hence they would want revenge by some other means and that would only be possible by increasing their rank in the faction and with Ashen's help.
Like this, most Sect Leaders would join in killing the disciples who were protagonists and ultimately help Ashen gain a humongous amount of Villain Points.
Now, only some variables remained that could possibly disrupt his plans, however, he patiently waited for them to arrive.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)