Chapter 1513: Seeing Shen Shen Jinxiao Again

"Shen Shen Jinxiao?!"

Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and Mentor Xi Chan were all struck by varying degrees of shock at the face before them. After all, the grievances between them and this person ran so deep they could hardly be deeper, and none of them had ever imagined that Shen Shen Jinxiao, who should have been hiding within the polluted Ducheng of the Great Xia, would actually become a chess piece sent by the Return-Oneness Society into the Celestial Mirror Tower.

"How could he appear here?" Li Luo blurted in astonishment.

Mentor Xi Chan shook her head. Within those water-cutting eyes flowed hatred as she said, "After the upheaval in Great Xia back then, he cultivated within the polluted Ducheng of Great Xia. It is said he used the Lu Lan Mansion headquarters as his cultivation ground, and after that he never showed himself again."

"From the looks of it now, he must have joined the Return-Oneness Society."

"Shen Shen Jinxiao dares to use the Lu Lan Mansion headquarters as his cultivation lair?!" Even though Jiang Jiang Qinge had only been somewhat taken aback when she first saw Shen Shen Jinxiao's face, at this moment her willow brows suddenly shot up, and within her golden beautiful eyes surged an intense killing intent.

In Jiang Jiang Qinge's heart, Lu Lan Mansion was far too important to her. Although due to the fall of the Great Xia Ducheng, they had no choice but to abandon the Lu Lan Mansion headquarters located there, the thought that a filthy thing like Shen Shen Jinxiao would dare to occupy it and use it as a cultivation lair made Jiang Jiang Qinge feel as if a sacred place within her heart had been smudged and blackened by filth. This caused a rare expression of furious rage to surface on her cheeks.

Frost also rose on Li Luo's face, killing intent welling up in his eyes as he said, "I thought the grievances from back then could only be settled after returning to Great Xia. It seems today, right here within the Celestial Mirror Tower, we can settle them ahead of time."

Boom!

And just as his words had barely fallen, on the distant horizon a streak of resplendent light-attribute phase force suddenly transformed into a stream of light that swept across the sky.

Within the stream of light was a human figure, the phase force around his body showing signs of disorder.

"It's Diwu Mingxuan." Jiang Jiang Qinge gazed at that streak of light and instantly perceived the other's aura and phase force fluctuations. After all, from the previous battles, she had already become extremely familiar with Diwu Mingxuan.

"He seems to be fleeing." Li Hongyou said in surprise.

The next moment, she saw the faces of both Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge gradually turn cold and stern. The killing intent flowing in their gazes was cast toward the rear, where a grey-black streak of light could be seen following like a shadow.

That grey-black streak of light faintly emanated a kind of strange, fear-inducing aura.

Then, Li Hongyou heard voices filled with killing intent, cold and piercing like ice, simultaneously emerge from the mouths of Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge.

"Shen Shen Jinxiao!"

Rumble!

On the distant horizon, Shen Shen Jinxiao's figure appeared behind Diwu Mingxuan like a phantom. He struck out with a palm, and one saw surging phase force sweep forth. His phase force was extremely mixed, with many phase attributes contained within it—somewhat similar to Li Luo's many phases. But Li Luo's phase force originated from a single source, naturally harmonious and flawless, whereas the mixed phase force within Shen Shen Jinxiao was constantly fading away with the passage of time.

Swoosh!

A grey-black golden needle about an inch in length suddenly shot violently from Shen Shen Jinxiao's palm. That grey-black golden needle was extremely fast, and at the same time a kind of eerie, sinister fluctuation was wrapped around it, heading straight for the back of Diwu Mingxuan's head.

The light-attribute phase force around Diwu Mingxuan rapidly melted away the instant it made contact.

His expression changed drastically.

Earlier he had been ambushed by Zhou Jun. Although he had kept a measure of vigilance and escaped with his life, he had still suffered extremely severe injuries. And now this strong practitioner from the Return-Oneness Society was also extremely bizarre—his phase force was mottled and mixed, and contained a kind of strange erosive, polluting power that even his light-attribute phase force found difficult to purify for the moment.

Therefore, at this moment, Diwu Mingxuan had undoubtedly fallen into an utterly desperate situation.

Diwu Mingxuan took a deep breath, turned his head, and spat out a streak of light. The bolt of light tore through the darkness, dazzling like a blazing sun, and collided with the grey-black golden needle.

Clang!

A crisp, resonant sound rang out, the sonic waves trembling and shattering the nearby void completely.

But that bolt of light failed to stop the offensive of the grey-black golden needle. The latter's killing intent was extremely dense, and at an unimaginable speed it tore through the bolt of light and fiercely struck home.

Boom!

And just when even Diwu Mingxuan felt a measure of despair, the void behind him suddenly shattered. Two figures burst out from the air, one wielding a blade and the other a sword, wrapped in surging phase force, and slashed down upon that grey-black golden needle as fast as lightning.

Clang!

The violent energy shockwave ravaged outward, sending the heavily injured Diwu Mingxuan flying back. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and just as he was about to fall, a jade-like hand suddenly braced against his lower back.

Diwu Mingxuan turned his head and saw a coldly beautiful face.

He recalled—this was the woman skilled at support and augmentation who followed beside Li Luo. She seemed to be called Li Hongyou.

"Thank you," he said in a hoarse voice.

Li Hongyou shook her head. Phase force traced between her jade fingers, and as it merged with her essence blood, it rapidly transformed into a crimson-gold Jin Fu that shot into Diwu Mingxuan's body.

Immediately after, Diwu Mingxuan felt the torn flesh and bones within his body seemingly begin to recover rapidly at that moment. Even the consumed phase force was recovering at a startling speed.

His pallid complexion finally gained a measure of color.

Li Hongyou had no interest in saying more to Diwu Mingxuan, and released the palm bracing his lower back.

Diwu Mingxuan, however, once again solemnly cupped his hands in thanks toward her. Only then did his gaze turn toward the rear, where two figures had appeared, blocking the pursuing strong practitioner from the Return-Oneness Society.

It was precisely Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Diwu Mingxuan's expression was somewhat complicated. He had not expected that at this critical moment, he would actually be saved by Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge.

"Mentor Li Luo, Mentor Jiang Qinge, be careful—Zhou Jun of the Mysterious Spirit Ancient Academy is also his accomplice!" Diwu Mingxuan called out a warning.

Hearing this, Li Luo's gaze sharpened slightly. That Zhou Jun was also a chess piece of the Return-Oneness Society? The reach of this Return-Oneness Society was truly terrifying to the extreme—even one of the Four Gentlemen within an ancient academy had been arranged by them.

However, there was no time to think about this now. His gaze, flowing with killing intent, had already been cast grimly toward the figure ahead.

"Shen Shen Jinxiao, long time no see. You haven't died yet?" Li Luo said with a smile, holding his Dragon-Elephant Thunder Blade.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's gaze looked at the two who had suddenly appeared before him, and he could not help but sigh with emotion. "I never expected that the little students from back then have now both already embarked on the Path of the Unparalleled. Truly astonishing."

"Had I known this earlier, I really shouldn't have been greedy for that one Heart of Light back then. I should have cut you two down in advance."

Jiang Jiang Qinge stared at Shen Shen Jinxiao and said, "Earlier, that Guo Guo Jiufeng from the Holy Bright King Academy—was that you in disguise?"

She had faintly sensed that something strangely eerie about that Guo Guo Jiufeng. Now thinking back, it was likely that Guo Guo Jiufeng was Shen Shen Jinxiao.

She just did not know what bizarre method the other had employed that even her Heart of Light had been unable to clearly perceive.

Li Luo's brow furrowed as well. That Vice Principal Guo Guo Jiufeng from earlier was Shen Shen Jinxiao in disguise? But even if such a method could conceal their perception, how could it fool king-level strong practitioners like Wang Xuanjin and the others?

Unless... this was the work of a Li Li Tianwang-level strong practitioner.

"A Li Li Tianwang-level strong practitioner made a move, took that Vice Principal Guo Guo Jiufeng's body, crushed his flesh and blood, and covered it over my body to form a husk of a corpse-skin." Shen Shen Jinxiao explained with a smile.

Li Luo's gaze darkened slightly. These scums of the Return-Oneness Society truly stopped at nothing to achieve their goals. It was just a pity for that Vice Principal Guo Guo Jiufeng. He was, after all, the most renowned and powerful Vice Principal among the Holy Academies of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou. Yet after he led his team out of the Holy Bright King Academy, he inexplicably lost his life.

Li Luo took a deep breath, and his gaze gradually turned icy.

Boom!

Above his head, three ten-pillar golden platforms surged into the sky.

Within Jiang Jiang Qinge's body, boundless radiance also bloomed. Four towering ten-pillar golden platforms shot forth, drawing in the light-attribute energy between heaven and earth.

The two of them, one wielding a blade and the other a sword, both brimming with murderous intent, pointed their weapons from afar at Shen Shen Jinxiao.