Chapter 2224: Five Elders' Showdown

The battle, with Ye Liuyun's martial cultivators and Yuan Hao's army cooperating, gradually approached its end; the royal family member Yuan Hao also had no survivors, and they were all directly killed.

Ye Liuyun's Sharp Blade Regiment was never used.

Kept as a reserve team, preparing to deal with Mo Xiaotian's Protector.

At this time, the experts sent by the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance also gathered forward, ready to act.

They had been watching from afar, and Ye Liuyun, Qiong Qi, and the others had already noticed them.

Just now, an Elder named Liang Yuan sent a voice transmission to Qiong Qi, telling Ye Liuyun not to kill that Formation Master and to hand him over to the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

But they were still killed by Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi communicating through signals.

Liang Yuan also, because of this, was dissatisfied with Ye Liuyun for defying his order, and shot another arrow, also very displeased.

After eliminating these royal family strongmen, Ye Liuyun had Yuan Hao withdraw the army as well.

What remained were just some strong fighters fighting; keeping so many soldiers was then useless.

By Ye Liuyun's side, only Yuan Hao, Qian Mian, and Qiong Qi remained.

Ye Liuyun was about to have the Ninefold Martial Cultivators jointly bombard the Grand Hall's Defense Array when that array suddenly failed on its own.

At this moment, everyone also saw clearly that there were still six people inside the hall.

On the throne sat a middle-aged man, Mo Xiaotian, in his forties, with small eyes and a pair of drooping mustaches.

The other five were royal family elders, each appearing to be at least over a hundred years old.

Yet each of their realms was the Ninth Layer Summit.

Ye Liuyun glanced at their Origin Cores and found their True Essence was considerably more solid than Yuan Hao's and Qian Mian's.

The Divine Soul Power of these five people was also far stronger than theirs.

"Five?"

"Wasn't it said there was only one Protector?"

Ye Liuyun strangely asked Yuan Hao.

"They are not Protectors, but merely the five slightly stronger elders of the royal family."

"They are called the Five Elders."

Yuan Hao explained.

"So they aren't Protectors after all!"

Only then did Ye Liuyun realize that these five were not Protectors.

At this moment, the Five Elders all walked out of the Grand Hall, they looked at Ye Liuyun, and one of them said to him: "Young man, we old fellows are about to die and enter the earth; we are not a match for you youngsters."

"Today happens to have the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's arch-enemies all present; let us fight them separately to fulfill our long-held wish, how about that?"

Ye Liuyun was about to order an attack, but he didn't expect them to make this request.

He looked at the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's martial cultivators, wanting to see their opinion.

"Hmph, Mo Di, you old fellows have fought us all our lives; even on your deathbed you're unwilling, insisting on dying by our hands."

Liang Yuan of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance also asked disdainfully.

Mo Di smiled faintly, replying indifferently: "Heh, death is all the same; rather than die at the hands of these juniors, it's better for us to settle it one-on-one."

"Good, then we'll grant you! New grudges and old scores should also be settled now!"

Liang Yuan actually agreed as well.

Seeing him agree, Ye Liuyun immediately ordered the army to retreat and the surrounding martial cultivators to disperse.

He and Qiong Qi, etc., also hid far away to watch the spectacle.

"What grudge do they have between them?"

Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"Over the years you've killed me, I've killed you; in the end we can't even say what the grudge is!"

Qiong Qi laughed.

Yuan Hao also confirmed: "Both sides are evenly matched; over the years I've killed your family, you've killed my disciples, we've schemed against each other, and only then did we accumulate an irreconcilable grudge."

"Boring! If we went to fight the Foreign Tribe, there wouldn't be this!"

Ye Liuyun said with feeling.

Unexpectedly, the few people around him all nodded in agreement.

Liang Yuan's side also then had four more Elders come out, each facing off one-on-one with the dynasty's Five Elders.

Moreover, judging from what they said before acting, their grudge was indeed deep.

These people's strengths were also roughly equal; it just depended on who reacted faster and could seize the opponent's weakness.

The strong fighters' battle raged joyously in the air; everyone watched their fight, dazzled.

Ye Liuyun's Avatar, however, kept watch on Mo Xiaotian without ever relaxing.

The two sides fought for over half a month, using all means, yet remained deadlocked with no progress.

Their True Essence was nearly exhausted; both sides, to conserve True Essence, drew ever closer.

At this moment, the royal Five Elders suddenly launched a fierce assault together.

Such experts of this realm, once they go all-out in a fierce attack, will inevitably reveal a flaw.

Thus their opponents seized the opportunity, launched a counterattack, and immediately gained the advantage.

However, what the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance's Elders did not expect was that these Five Elders did not defend, only attacked.

When they were attacked after their weakness was exposed, that was also their moment to counterattack.

They were willing to stake their lives on this.

Because no matter what, they would die today.

Before dying, they still wanted to drag a few more strong fighters from the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance down with them.

The strong ones of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance obviously have a different mindset from them.

They just came to check the situation; they never thought they'd die here.

So someone immediately switched from offense to defense, which actually let the Five Elders take advantage.

Someone couldn't withdraw in time and ended up in a lose-lose clash with the Five Elders.

But those Five Elders, disregarding their injuries, continued to rush forward and fight wildly.

For a moment, the five strong ones of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance were beaten back step by step, only able to parry.

Moreover, Liang Yuan and the other two strong ones also suffered serious injuries.

One of them couldn't hold on and was directly killed by the opponent.

Another ended up mutually destroying with the opponent.

Liang Yuan himself was already injured; now facing two opponents, he couldn't hold on either.

The other two of them were also being beaten down by the Five Elders.

"What are you still just watching for?

"Or are you going to attack?"

Liang Yuan couldn't hold on, and actually called for someone else's help.

This also left Ye Liuyun and the others speechless.

"Didn't we agree to settle the grudge one-on-one?"

But those people of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance didn't care about that; immediately several more Elders rushed forward and wiped out the Five Elders completely.

They were already at the end of their strength, with hardly any power to resist.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw clearly that, even as the Mo enemy was dying, he gave Ye Liuyun a meaningful smile.

"Are they deliberately trying to stir up trouble between me and the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, or is there some hidden hint?"

Ye Liuyun secretly thought to himself.

Qiong Qi also sighed at this point: "Ah, nobody can be relied on!"

He was secretly reminding Ye Liuyun not to rely too much on the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance.

Ye Liuyun naturally knew this.

Since coming into contact with the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, he has always thought of cooperation, not dependence.

At this moment, Mo Xiaotian also stood up, tidied his clothes, and slowly walked out of the Grand Hall.

Everyone's gaze also focused on him, and no one paid any more attention to the several Elders who had been killed.

After Mo Xiaotian came out, he gave Ye Liuyun and the others a sinister look, then suddenly laughed: "Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, Ye Liuyun, this is you forcing me to act—don't blame me!"