Chapter 1328: The Mad Viper

He coldly glanced at the corpses below, and the Viper silently rushed toward the Bai Song Gu border.

No matter what, he would not let Ye Zhangqing just escape like that.

On the other side, Ye Zhangqing led Li Tie Niu, Li Tie Dan, and the spirit chef, and had already arrived at the checkpoint on the Bai Song Gu side.

As long as one entered the city gate, one was considered to have entered the Bai Song Gu territory.

Although the three major powers of the Tianwu Realm were locked in fierce combat, many cultivators still had to travel back and forth between them.

At the city gate, cultivators were also responsible for guarding and inspection.

However, compared to the Blood King Palace side, the inspection here on the Bai Song Gu side was much simpler.

It was merely a matter of paying a certain amount of spirit stones to enter the city.

Ye Zhangqing's group, relying on their altered appearances, paid sufficient spirit stones and entered the city quite smoothly.

The cultivators in charge of inspection did not detect any problems.

Only after entering the city did Ye Zhangqing finally let out a breath of relief.

At least they had gotten through the first step.

But just after they had taken a few steps, a tremendous pressure suddenly descended from the heavens.

This pressure was imbued with intense killing intent.

Feeling this pressure, Ye Zhangqing's expression changed; he was too familiar with this aura—who else could it be but the Viper?

How did he get here so quickly?

He wondered in his heart; even with Emperor Sovereign Realm cultivation, one shouldn't be able to arrive here that fast.

Though doubtful in his mind, his actions were not slow at all; he immediately employed the Breath-Concealing Technique.

Li Tie Niu, Li Tie Dan, and the spirit chef beside him, seeing this, followed suit and quickly concealed their own auras.

Meanwhile, the other cultivators in the city, sensing this pressure, saw an old man immediately fly out from the city.

He was of Great Saint cultivation, his gaze solemn as he looked toward the direction from which the pressure came—namely, the direction of the Blood King Palace.

"Activate the grand formation."

He immediately ordered the city's protective grand formation to be opened, and without hesitation he employed the transmission talisman to send the message back to Bai Song Gu.

This aura is definitely of Emperor Sovereign Realm level; is the Blood King Palace planning to provoke war again?

Although clashes between the two sects are not few, it can be said that there is not a single day when they are not fighting.

Yet to have an Emperor Sovereign Realm expert make a move right at the outset is truly uncommon.

Most of the time, it's the lower-level people engaging in small-scale skirmishes.

Unless there is a plan and premeditation, only then will an Emperor Sovereign Realm–level great war erupt.

But this time, the Blood King Palace directly dispatched an Emperor Sovereign Realm expert—this is not right.

The city's protective grand formation was quickly activated; not long after, the Viper's figure also appeared outside the formation.

Upon seeing the Viper, the white-haired old man in the city's expression changed slightly.

The visitor was not Lie Xue; it turned out to be the Viper.

Has the Blood King Palace summoned those space pirates again? Are they plotting this in advance?

The white-haired old man knew the Viper, after all, the Viper's gang had previously intervened in the Tianwu Realm's wars, and he had seen them on the battlefield before.

But he never expected that the Viper would actually come straight to kill.

What about the Blood King Palace and those affiliated forces' people?

The white-haired old man instinctively looked behind the Viper, only to find no one there—what's wrong, how did just a single person come?

What does this mean? Riding alone a thousand li?

He eyed the Viper with some suspicion, but before the white-haired old man could speak, the Viper's single sentence left him utterly bewildered.

"Where are the people? Hand them over."

"Huh???"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man froze—what people? What the hell am I supposed to hand over?

His gaze blankly fixed on the Viper, the white-haired old man said in a deep voice.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You won't hand them over?"

"What people am I supposed to hand over?"

"Those who just entered the city."

"Huh???"

"You're crazy—there were at least thousands who just entered the city; how could I hand them over? Besides, I don't even know who's who."

Not just the white-haired old man, but the many cultivators in the city were also looking at each other, faces full of confusion.

Especially those who had just entered the city.

"We haven't done anything—how could an Emperor Sovereign Realm expert personally come after us? And he's radiating killing intent."

Actually, the Viper has no choice either.

Even with one's toes it's obvious that Ye Zhangqing and his companions must have altered their appearances and concealed their identities.

So now, what identities those few are using and what they look like, the Viper doesn't know either.

The only option is to first seize everyone, then screen them one by one.

But saying this out loud obviously gives the impression that something is off, very wrong.

But the Viper can't worry about that now; no matter what, he must find Ye Zhangqing.

"You won't hand them over?"

"Your brain's soaked—how am I supposed to hand them over? Are you asking me to turn over the entire city's populace to you?"

You're looking for death.

Rejected by the white-haired old man, Viper's mentality exploded, and he directly slapped the formation with one palm.

For a moment, the formation violently fluctuated.

If you won't hand it over, I'll just take it myself.

Saying that, Viper struck again; seeing this, the white-haired old man's face turned extremely grim.

Although this city-protecting grand formation has reached half-step Emperor-level, it still can't withstand an Emperor Sovereign Realm expert like Viper.

I don't know what madness this guy has today; he comes up demanding that we hand over people without a word, and I can't understand what he's saying.

After a couple of sentences that didn't make sense, he started attacking the formation again—has he gone mad?

Seeing Viper's ferocious face as he frenziedly attacked the formation, the white-haired old man used another transmission talisman.

This guy is a lunatic, and knowing he can't stop him, the white-haired old man can only seek help from Bai Song Gu.

With each successive strike, the formation began to show cracks, which continued to expand.

Among the crowd, Ye Zhangqing and his four companions, the spirit chef looked at the formation about to shatter and said anxiously.

"Boss Ye, the formation is about to break; that guy is going to charge in—what should we do?"

Without the formation, how will we escape? If we're caught and taken back, it's a dead end.

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing also broke into a sweat, but he forced himself to stay calm and said.

"Don't panic; like everyone else, you must absolutely not run."

At this point, running is definitely not an option; Viper doesn't know what they look like, and with so many people in the city, even if the formation is broken, he couldn't possibly pick them out of the crowd in a short time.

On the contrary, if they were to flee now out of fear, Viper would spot them at a glance.

So, the best choice now is to blend into the crowd and buy time.

I only hope that the Emperor Sovereign Realm expert from Bai Song Gu can arrive quickly.

Under the horrified gazes of the entire city, with a tremendous boom, the formation was ultimately shattered by Viper.

As the formation shattered, the white-haired old man exclaimed in shock.

"Viper, you're being outrageous; do you really think my Bai Song Gu fears you?"

"Die."

Facing the white-haired old man's angry shout, Viper wasted no words; with a ferocious expression, he pointed a finger, a bloody finger-sword flashing like lightning across the sky, piercing straight through the old man's brow.

"You............."

He kills at the drop of a word; seeing the white-haired old man dead, the crowd below immediately panicked.