Chapter 357: Retribution from Distrust

Chapter 357: Retribution from Distrust

Outside Tianwu, a beam of light shot toward the city. The city guards immediately activated a formation in an attempt to halt the unwelcome intruder.

"Make way!" a cultivator within that beam of light shouted.

Only then did the guards see that there were two figures within the light. One was an Immortal of Taiwu, and the other was Xiang Shaoyin. Both of them were bleeding profusely, especially Xiang Shaoyin. He was immobile and so grievously wounded that he might well be dead.

"Deactivate the formation! No one is to delay them!" the guard captain cried out.

The beam of light shot into the city, straight toward the palace.

"Your Majesty, help! King Shaoyin's life is hanging by a thread. Your Majesty!" the profusely bleeding Immortal cried out.

The whole palace was in an uproar. Many cultivators flocked to the scene of the commotion, but the bloodied Immortal rushed deep within the palace.

Xiang Shaoyang, the Emperor Taiwu, was so startled by the commotion that he stepped out of the hall right away. He noticed the bleeding, unconscious Xiang Shaoyin immediately.

"What happened?" Xiang Shaoyang demanded.

"We were ambushed! Xiao Nanfeng was a liar. He allied with the Tianshu Empire and was lying to us all along. King Shaoyin had us tail Xiao Nanfeng, but we fell straight into his ambush. We were badly hurt and scattered from the pursuit. Cui Haitang struck King Shaoyin with one of the Spirit Emperor's peerless treasures, and his life is hanging in the balance. Please help, Your Majesty!" the bleeding Immortal cried out.

"What? Xiao Nanfeng!"

"He tricked us deliberately?"

"Damn it!"

The Xiang cultivators were all in an uproar.

Xiang Shaoyang, worried about his brother's safety, immediately rushed over.

While he was panicking and attempting to use his aura to examine Xiang Shaoyin's injuries, Xiang Shaoyin's eyes suddenly opened wide. He thrust his palm toward Xiang Shaoyang like a blade.

"What?!" the cultivators all around them cried out.

Xiang Shaoyang's eyes widened, but he was too close to 'Xiang Shaoyin' to react in time. All he could do was defend himself with Immortal qi.

'Xiang Shaoyin''s palm blade penetrated Xiang Shaoyang's qi barrier and through his chest. Blood sprayed out of his lower back.

Xiang Shaoyang slammed his other palm into 'Xiang Shaoyin', forcibly separating the two cultivators. A frightening burst of power struck the cultivators nearby in the form of a shockwave, sending them flying.

"Sir Xiao, should we interfere?" You Jiu asked.

"We won't. They brought this upon themselves; why should we help him?"

"Yessir!" You Jiu replied.

"Sir Xiao, your main body's still in the desert. Is it in any danger?" You Jiu asked.

"The desert's fewer than fifty kilometers away, and it's within the range of the Immortal's Destruction. If Xiang Shaoyang had hewn to the terms of our alliance and lured Nalan Qiankun there, I could have used the Immortal's Destruction as a backup plan to deal Nalan Qiankun a devastating blow. Unfortunately, Nalan Qiankun didn't head over, but it means that my main body is relatively safe. That said, we'll have to set up the Immortal's Destruction. It'll come into play later."

"Understood, Sir Xiao!" You Jiu nodded.

Back in the desert, Xiao Nanfeng's main body lay splayed on the ground.

"Cui Haitang really was crazy. To think she would cause the Hundred-Beast Flaming Dome to implode! I didn't even have time to enter the purple seal. Thankfully, I dealt with her and avenged my mother and senior uncle." Xiao Nanfeng huffed out in relief.

He turned and looked toward a forest in the distance. Blue Lantern was desperately trying to fend off the black skeleton.

Just then, beams of light shot over.

On guard, Xiao Nanfeng stood as he glared at Xiang Shaoyin and the nine Immortals around him.

"Xiao Nanfeng, what were those ten three-legged golden crows?" Xiang Shaoyin called out from afar.

"Xiang Shaoyin, your attitude toward our alliance has been truly disappointing," Xiao Nanfeng called back.

"Alliance? Who said we would ally with you? What does the Xiang clan gain by doing so? You've already killed eleven Tianshu Immortals. The Tianshu Empire's might has been curtailed dramatically, and we've achieved our objective. What's more, your potential shocks me. Leaving you alive will only hurt us in the long run," Xiang Shaoyin said, chuckling coldly.

"In other words, you're here to kill me?"

"Hand over your treasures and I'll spare your life," Xiang Shaoyin replied.

Xiao Nanfeng began to laugh. "What, are you worried that I'll emulate Cui Haitang, cause my treasures to self-destruct, and kill all of us together? Or are you trying to get me to relax before you launch a sneak attack on me? Your tricks are too easy to see through!"

"Hm?" Xiang Shaoyin narrowed his eyes.

"My physical body might be badly injured, but it's not hard for me to deal with the likes of you."

Xiao Nanfeng's body flickered. All his wounds suddenly seemed to vanish as a silver robe appeared around his body, and a silver moon behind his head. The aura of a Yin Body cultivator spread out around him.

A burst of frost struck the Xiang Immortals, causing them to shiver.