Chapter 30: Counterkill

Sect Master Su's Wu Zun Realm cultivation had long sensed everything happening behind him; merely standing in place, his two fingers, like iron clamps, firmly gripped the Seventh Elder's sword.

The Seventh Elder gathered his spiritual power from his whole body, and bean-sized beads of sweat dripped down.

Ka

Cha!

Finally, the Seventh Elder's prized top-grade spirit sword was snapped into two pieces by Sect Master Su's two fingers.

At the same time.

Sect Master Su was surrounded by three great masters of the Wu Zong Realm, with thousands of flying swords pointed at him.

"Old Seven, you're crazy! Do you even know what you're doing? You actually want to assassinate the sect master!" The other elders never expected this scene; they all looked shocked, pupils dilated as they glared at Old Seven, angrily denouncing their comrade on the enemy side.

Sect Master Su's eyes narrowed slightly, gazing sharply at the other party.

Old Seven's sword just now clearly injured his meridians; he forcibly suppressed the injury and the guilt in his heart, beginning to console himself.

He had done nothing wrong; eliminating demons and upholding the Dao is our duty.

Su Changfeng is a great demon lord, colluding with extraterritorial forces to harm humanity.

On the surface he pretends to be a great benevolent, but in secret he has long colluded with extraterritorial heavenly demons, aiming to dominate Donghuang Region and let humanity become the demons' blood food.

If it weren't for Young Master Ye's timely discovery, catching the sect master's connection with extraterritorial heavenly demons...

I would probably still be foolishly working for the demon lord!

The benefactor whom I once regarded as the sole light in my life has actually fallen to the point of colluding with heavenly demons to harm our kin; how can the Seventh Elder accept this!

"I am perfectly clear about what I'm doing; it's you who are crazy!" The Seventh Elder took a deep breath, and a magical implement appeared in his hand at some point.

He raised his head, unafraid, directly facing Sect Master Su opposite him, the brother with whom he once shared life-and-death.

"Su Changfeng!"

"You ruthlessly slaughtered, colluded with heavenly demons, sought to dominate Donghuang, and let humanity become the demons' blood food; because Young Master Ye Xuan already knew your plot and wanted to advise you to turn back, yet you willingly fell."

"If the ancestor of the Heavenly Mystic Dao Sect were not a descendant of heavenly demons, and if you had not colluded with heavenly demons, where would your Seventh Grade Breakthrough Pill come from?"

"After learning that Young Master Ye Xuan had come to rule Donghuang, you still kept a straight face, even ordering us to activate the teleportation array to send the junior sect master away from Donghuang; you wanted to let demons enter Donghuang—you, a demon who kills without blinking, I truly misjudged you!"

Having said this, the Seventh Elder suddenly turned his head.

A pair of bloodshot crimson eyes stared hatefully at those brothers who stood dumbfounded in place.

He spoke each word with a pause, voice dripping with blood: "Do you still persist in ignorance? He, Su Changfeng, colludes with heavenly demons, harming our parents and kin; he is the enemy we have painstakingly sought, a great demon lord! Just for higher cultivation and greater power, he has even erased his humanity."

"He clearly knows that Young Master Ye Xuan would never let him easily contact the Ye Clan, yet he still brought us to be his sacrifices."

"If he truly retained even a shred of humanity, he wouldn't have taken over a dozen of us as sacrifices to release the heavenly demons, to die for him; he had long prepared for us to become the demons' sacrifices—I have no guilt toward him!"

Sect Master Su listened to his tearful excuses, and couldn't help but sneer repeatedly.

And the elders who heard every word of this unconsciously raised their eyes to Sect Master Su; their hearts were merely shaken for a moment before quickly calming.

Absolutely impossible!

They believed in the sect master!

Every sect master of the Heavenly Mystic Dao Sect has slain heavenly demons before; at death's door they would even self-ignite their essence blood to restore peak cultivation, single-handedly defeating an extraterritorial heavenly demon!

If... if they truly colluded with heavenly demons, then there must certainly be a reason; they could not possibly be easily led by the other side to believe these one-sided words, nor would they be bewitched by the Seventh Elder.

"Shut up, you traitor!"

"No matter what happens, we believe in the sect master; he surely has unavoidable hardships, whereas you, who harmed brothers, your crimes are beyond description!"

"That's right! The sect master won't let me become a demon's sacrifice; he chose me for his own arrangements; he is not such a person." More than a dozen elders retorted indignantly, their lips trembling with anger.

But—

Facing these, the Seventh Elder merely gave a cold smile, his eyes full of mockery and contempt.

Impossible?

How could it be?

Su Changfeng long knew the Ye Clan would move against the Heavenly Mystic Dao Sect; on the way to the Ye Clan, there would certainly be cultivators lying in wait to kill them—just with those dozen or so Wu Huang Realm cultivators, how could they possibly reach the Ye Clan alive!

Su Changfeng, for his own selfish desires, selected his most trusted subordinates with higher cultivation, so that when they could not defeat the Ye Clan, he could use them as sacrifices to summon the extraterritorial heavenly demon.

To let them be scapegoats, buying him a sliver of chance to leave Donghuang and seek external aid.

"You're truly hopeless; do you really have to wait until you die to regret? Then just stare and watch." The Seventh Elder, utterly disappointed, shook his head sarcastically.

The three Wu Zong Realm masters behind him, with a raise of their hands, unleashed a rain of swords across the sky.

As if they could harness the power of heaven and earth, freely manipulating formations.

A killing intent flashed in their eyes.

This shocking scene, after sensing their opponent's cultivation, left them ashen-faced, yet the pressure of their aura made their faces flush red.

Wu Zong Realm masters—and there are three of them!

They almost match the Four Great Sects of the Donghuang Region combined—is this the Ye Clan's foundation?

The remaining elders, having reacted, immediately activated their natal magical implements to full power, blocking swords in front of Sect Master Su, declaring selflessly: "Sect Master, you go first; we will hold off these three Wu Zong masters."

"Although we don't know how true Old Seven's words are, this life of ours was given by you; our present status and position are also your gifts. No matter what you do, we will forever follow you!"

"Sect Master! Hurry and go!"

"Even ants dare to think they can stop a chariot?"

In an instant, countless spiritual energies surged, blades and swords flashed, and the sounds of various natal magical implements colliding never ceased.

More than a dozen Wu Huang Realm elders had already prepared to be instantly killed; Wu Huang and Wu Zong seem to differ by only one character, yet between them lies an insurmountable chasm.

This battle cannot be won.

Even if what the Seventh Elder said is true.

The sect master had from the start planned to use them as sacrifices to summon the heavenly demon, with no intention of letting them live—and they accepted that!

But…

Just as these thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Suddenly.

He then heard Sect Master Su of Feng Xu Yu Feng give a deep laugh, and with just a flick of his sleeve he used a gentle surge of Yuan Li to push aside the elders blocking his way.

His scorching gaze fixed on the Seventh Elder.

At the same time,

He placed one hand on the sleeping 'Little White Cat' on his shoulder and, without fear, said: "I, Su Changfeng, with a seven-foot body, live to stand tall between heaven and earth, guiltless before heaven, guiltless before earth, valuing loyalty and cherishing brothers—why would I sacrifice your lives to the Heavenly Demon?"

"Old Seven."

"You're wrong."

"I'm bringing you, my loyal followers who would die for me, to the Ye Family—not to sacrifice you alive, but to let you live better, for soon the Ye Family will be under your control!"

"Roar!"

Sect Master Su's voice fell, and the lazy 'Little White Cat' on his shoulder suddenly transformed.

At visible speed, it turned into a wholly snow-white white tiger.

It exuded an incomparably ferocious aura.

The fierce tiger roared, and all beasts trembled!

The white tiger of the Martial Venerable Realm turned into a bolt of lightning like a silk thread, shooting toward the three Martial Ancestors.

In that instant, everyone instinctively covered their ears; those too slow had their eardrums shattered by the tiger's roar, blood streaming from their ears and noses.

Such is the terror of a Martial Venerable Realm monster beast.

After Sect Master Su finished his impassioned speech, he merely patted the cat on his shoulder.

And what's with this tiger roar?

Could he still have some trick up his sleeve? But the opponents are three Martial Ancestors—unless a Martial Venerable makes a move……

That thought had just arisen when it was dispelled.

The Seventh Elder, holding that thought, merely took it as a passing monster beast; his mind rose with alertness, but his eyes held more mockery and ridicule.

Then——

After the tiger's roar, a thunderclap split down—'Boom!'—and everyone's vision was seized by the dazzling white light, unable to open their eyes, plunging them into temporary blindness.

What did the many see?

From the Seventh Elder's contemptuous gaze, one could see that at the moment the thunderclap struck, a radius of a hundred li turned to scorched earth, and even those three Martial Ancestor Realm cultivators were drenched in lightning.

Their Yuan Li was shattered, skin split and flesh torn, black hair standing on end.

"Ahhh!!!"

A miserable howl echoed through the mountains and forests.

The thunderclap summoned by the White Tiger Holy Beast, though not as fierce as heavenly punishment, was still something those mortal cultivators who cultivated only the soul and not the body could not withstand.

"Roar!"

The white tiger roared again, swiping with a paw to slap the three into the mud.

Countless electric arcs crackled around it; after doing all this, the white tiger once again turned into the lazy 'kitten' on Sect Master Su's shoulder, as if nothing had happened.

The dumbfounded Seventh Elder: "!!!"

The elders prepared to fight to the death: "!!!"

The three Martial Ancestors, who had no time to react and were on the brink of death: "!!!"