Chapter 207

Large numbers of the Bodhi clan's elite warriors were being cut down in large swaths.

Those whose bodies had been paralyzed by the poisonous mist found it just as difficult to put their armor back on.

The cultivators of the Giant Serpent Cave gave them no chance to rearm, as a storm of blows howled down, and swaths of Bodhi clan warriors fell like wheat before a scythe.

Old Knife Wind laughed wildly.

The small black pyramid atop his head spewed vast clouds of black sandstorm, whipping up a hurricane that emitted a roar making the entire Giant Serpent Cave tremble slightly, lifting the thirty thousand Wolf-headed Hu warriors as they charged toward the Bodhi clan's experts.

The Bodhi clan's experts stared, eyes nearly bursting, as their own warriors were slaughtered.

Yet this slaughter was caused by their gullibility, and they must bear direct responsibility for it.

Their eyes turned blood-red, the sound of wind and thunder shook the void, azure gales and azure lightning spewed from their bodies, and they recklessly charged at the thirty thousand Wolf-headed Hu warriors in formation, toward the sky-filling black sandstorm.

Wu Tie watched those Bodhi clan warriors continually falling, and lightly shook his head.

He merely wanted to extort the Bodhi clan.

He never expected that these Life Pond experts of the Bodhi clan would be so gullible toward Old Knife Wind and his group.

As for Old Knife Wind and the leaders of the various forces, their performance was exactly as Wu Tie expected; if they hadn't acted this way, that would truly be ghostly.

"What a bunch of corrupt and decadent people," the Demon Chapter King said softly behind Wu Tie: "The Great Peacock royal clan is corrupt; how could their twelve governing families be any better?"

"Look at them, they have no sense of crisis……no precautionary measures……They just stand there, letting their own warriors drop their weapons and take off their armor in the face of countless enemies……"

The Demon Chapter King sneered: "The upper echelons of the twelve governing families are no different……and the Great Peacock royal clan was simply overturned by such a corrupt family with a light push……really……"

Shaking his head, the Demon Chapter King sighed: "There's no worst, only worse……Wu Tie, would you go to the Triple-Link City-State? I thought we could seize Triple-Link City, and I would offer it to you."

Wu Tie stared, didn't turn back, but lightly shook his head: "I am going to the Triple-Link City-State, but……not for the city itself."

He wants to go to the Triple-Link City-State to find Grey Master.

That damned Sun Zuo sold Grey Master to the caravan of the Triple-Link City-State. That damned fellow, for three thousand gold coins he sold Grey Master. Although, relative to three thousand gold coins, Grey Master was indeed sold at a good price.

Wu Tie furrowed his brows and fiercely rammed his forehead into the shaft of the White Tiger Split.

What was he idly thinking about?

Sold at a good price?

Damned.

Grey Master was sold at a good price!

Wu Tie's heart inexplicably flared with fire, and he inexplicably felt uncomfortable all over.

He spotted two Bodhi clan commanders besieging Old Knife Wind; a flash of five-colored light from his brow, and a Divine Thunder of Slaying Evil, accompanied by a tremendous thunderclap, howled forth as he slashed downward, then a fierce wind rose beneath his feet, and Wu Tie lunged forward.

Old Knife Wind wielded his blood-colored curved blade, turning it into a blood-colored arc, and clashed with two Bodhi clan experts.

Their cultivation surpassed his by a notch, and the quality of their weapons was also slightly superior to his blood-colored curved blade. The blood-colored arc and the two strange lights collided violently; each impact made Old Knife Wind's body shudder.

But relying on the protection of his armor, Old Knife Wind arrogantly hacked and slashed; several times the enemy's strikes landed on him, yet his armor easily blocked them, not even scratching a hair.

Not only Old Knife Wind, but in the nearby unit, the high-ranking blood-curved-blade wearers of golden armor were the same.

Their cultivation was inferior to the Bodhi clan's opponents, yet relying on their formidable defense, they did not fall behind in the slightest.

Moreover, the ancient weapons they used from the sleeping place of Osiris were terrifyingly lethal; already seven or eight Bodhi clan Life Pond experts had been wounded by their exotic arms.

Wu Tie abruptly joined the battle.

The Divine Thunder of Slaying Evil struck a Bodhi clan Life Pond expert off guard; despite his desperate dodge, the thunder landed on his right rear shoulder. With a tremendous boom, five-colored lightning exploded, and half of the expert's body instantly turned to ash.

The formidable vitality of the Life Pond realm was fully displayed; the expert's brow emitted a vast green light, enveloping his half-body as he fled outward.

Old Knife Wind laughed loudly; a wisp of black gloom flew from his sleeve, an exotic weapon from the sleeping place of Osiris whirled in, cleaving the half-body in two with a single strike, and also shattering the Bodhi clan expert's Life Pond into fragments.

The massive metal wings on Wu Tie's armor vibrated, and his body nearly teleported to behind another Life Pond expert.

Wu Tie's bones were still absorbing the essence of the divine weapon forged from gluttonous beast bone, his bones throughout his body were heating up, he continued to sweat profusely, his physical strength was continually increasing, his bones becoming heavier, harder, and more flexible……

Wu Tie's entire body brimmed with power almost explosive, his heart burned with fire, and he strongly wanted to destroy something.

He raised the White Tiger Split, and with a clean, decisive Mount Hua-splitting strike, he treated the White Tiger Split as an iron rod and brought it straight down.

A Bodhi clan Life Pond expert's sword repelled Old Knife Wind's blood-colored curved blade, then he turned, pointed a finger, and a green sword light accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder surged forward, striking squarely on the White Tiger Split.

From within the White Tiger Split rose a tiger's roar that shot to the heavens, shattering the green sword light into fragments.

Before Wu Tie, a middle-aged man with a somewhat elegant aura suddenly spat blood, fumbled to pull out a green wooden staff, and gripped it with both hands to block the White Tiger Split.

With a tremendous crash, the staff shattered.

The middle-aged man's body shattered.

His brow split open, his Life Pond flew out, emitting a rich green light; having risen only three inches, it was slammed solidly by the White Tiger Split, and Wu Tie's blow also shattered the Life Pond.

The White Tiger Split shook the air, a raging gale like a heavenly waterfall pouring down fell from the high-altitude wallpaper.

The earth shuddered violently; Wu Tie, standing a thousand meters high, dealt a heavy blow without using any divine abilities, and the gale from the White Tiger Split's shockwave pressed a deep trench into the ground, several li long and several dozen zhang wide.

This strike landed precisely among a formation of Bodhi clan warriors defending themselves; hundreds of elite Bodhi clan warriors desperately resisting attacks from all sides were shattered by the gale and vanished instantly without a trace.

The Bodhi clan army's last shred of morale completely collapsed; the remaining five or six thousand cultivators cried out, trembling, forced to move their stiff limbs, staggering, stiff, and slow as they fled outward.

The allied forces of the Giant Serpent Cave pursued them, chasing in a chain along the way, continuously dropping corpses.

The Bodhi clan's Life Pond experts were besieged by the thirty thousand Wolf-headed Hu warriors; these warriors, once chopped apart, were immediately reborn in the black storm……

Around them, the leaders of the various forces of the Giant Serpent Cave continually surrounded and harassed them.

In just a quarter of an hour, over twenty Life Pond experts fell.

Immediately after, Wu Tie slew two Life Pond opponents and then joined the encirclement of those Bodhi clan experts.

Thus, they too collapsed.

Over two hundred Bodhi clan Life Pond experts simultaneously erupted with green light from their bodies; the thick green light formed a cloud that swept them all up, instantly turning them into a speck of green light that fled without a trace.

They only cared about their own escape, completely ignoring the Bodhi clan's elite cultivators below.

Far off, their unwilling roar and threat came: "Lowly bastards of the Giant Serpent Cave, you wait……the noble Bodhi clan will not let you off……you wait, for the revenge of our Bodhi clan's million-strong army!"

"We will come back……We will come back soon……You wait!"

Old Dao Feng and the others were stunned, then burst out laughing together.

Will they come back?

A million-strong army?

If a million-strong army really comes, won't we run away?

Haha, haha, hahaha!

What a joke!

The hundred-thousand-strong allied army fell into chaos.

They, who could previously fight side by side, no longer had the leisure to pursue and slaughter the fleeing Bodhi clan warriors.

The hundred thousand people were in an uproar, on the battlefield they scrambled for each other, fighting over the armor and weapons discarded by the Bodhi clan warriors, looting their personal belongings from the corpses.

In many places, these vicious scoundrels started fighting over a few gold coins; over a single component of a suit of armor, over a knife, a sword, they had already drawn blades against each other.

Old Dao Feng and the leaders of the major factions hovered in midair, coldly watching their own subordinates scramble and grab.

No one stepped in to restrain them; this is the rule of the Great Serpent Cavern.

The spoils of the joint effort are there, but how much each can take and who ultimately gets them still depends on one's own ability.

For Old Dao Feng and these leaders, defeating the foreign enemy and safeguarding the Great Serpent Cavern's overall interests already fulfilled their goal.

Let the little ones enjoy themselves…… Brothers, today…… there's still a bit of trouble to settle." Old Dao Feng smiled faintly, gazing into the distance where the Six Paths Palace disciples had formed a Vajra Sumeru pedestal, a golden great mountain suppressing the four directions.

Amid the chaos, the Demon Chapter King had already slipped away.

He did not return to the caravan, but directly left the Great Serpent Cavern.

His identity is sensitive, especially the poison mist he just spewed, which is too conspicuous. To avoid extra trouble, the Demon Chapter King chose to slip away.

The fierce battle had just ended; Old Dao Feng, the high-ranking members of the Blood Saber, and the leaders of the various factions had all been closely watching the Demon Chapter King's movements, yet they still did not know when or from where he had escaped.

Wu Tie looked at Old Dao Feng and the others' slightly annoyed expression, feeling a bit sour in his heart.

How on earth did the Demon Chapter King develop such an escape skill?

The leaders of the various factions, accompanied by large numbers of experts, came mightily before Shi Fei, Tie Da Jian, and the others.

Wu Tie's face was as still as water, expressionlessly gazing at Shi Fei and the others.

Thus, everyone pretended not to know Wu Tie.

Even the shamaness put on a very obedient appearance, her small hands playing with the wind-and-cloud banner, softly uttering 'yi ya'.

Old Dao Feng and the others' faces turned grave; the aura emanating from the Six Paths Palace entourage was indeed overly overbearing. Although they were few in number, this was still the home turf of the Great Serpent Cavern, yet Old Dao Feng and company still felt a strong unease.

"Everyone!" Old Dao Feng's gaze swept over Shi Fei and the others.

These people of the Great Serpent Cavern had unsightly expressions. No matter how you look, Shi Fei and his group are not here for legitimate business; their strength is too formidable, and the proportion of elite troops and strong generals is also too high.

"We've come to seek revenge." Shi Fei patted his belly, walked forward a few steps with a hearty laugh, and bowed to the assembled faction leaders: "Now that we've captured the person, we are preparing to leave."

"Seek revenge!" Old Dao Feng and several faction leaders' eyes flickered; they simultaneously turned their gaze to Sun Zuo, who was being held in Old Bai's grasp.

"Come to our Great Serpent Cavern to seek revenge!" a faction leader snorted coldly, a bit annoyed, seemingly wanting to cause trouble for Shi Fei and the others.

"Since the person has been captured, please, all of you, depart." Old Dao Feng interrupted him, then burst into a smile: "Now the Great Serpent Cavern is in turmoil, so it's not convenient to entertain you…… May I ask, where do you all come from?"

"The Great Dragon Realm, Six Paths Palace." The Palace-Suppressing Heavenly King suddenly opened his eyes, and a domineering aura that shook the four directions burst forth.

Wu Tie was fine; he had no reaction to the Heavenly King's aura.

Old Dao Feng and these wicked faction leaders only felt a piercing pain in their eyes; the Heavenly King's aura was naturally antagonistic to them, making them feel as if molten iron had been splashed on their bodies, burning them with a stinging sensation all over.

Old Dao Feng and the others sucked in a breath of cold air.

Including the faction leader who had just wanted to cause trouble, he also drooped his eyelids and fell silent.

Great Dragon Realm, Six Paths Palace.

Although far removed from the Black Serpent Realm, the prestige of the Six Paths Palace is still heard of in the Black Serpent Realm.

That is a hegemon of a great realm, capable of influencing several neighboring great realms with its overbearing power, whereas Old Dao Feng and company are merely one of several factions in the Great Serpent Cavern of the Black Serpent Realm…… they cannot afford to provoke the Six Paths Palace.

"See you off!" Old Dao Feng immediately laughed, clasped his hands before the Heavenly King in a salute: "In the future, please do not come again. We are not of the same path."

Black sand roiled, the gale howled; behind Old Dao Feng several li away, thirty thousand wolf-headed humanoids formed a battle array, slowly pressing forward step by step.

Old Dao Feng was doing this to show off, indicating he also had hidden cards.

The Heavenly King and his companions clasped their hands before their chests, gave a low response, said nothing more, did nothing extra, took the captive Sun Zuo, discarded all the showy vehicles and beasts of burden, stepped onto the void, and flew outward from the Great Serpent Cavern.

The other faction leaders, seeing the thirty thousand wolf-headed warriors advancing, also suddenly changed expression.

They simultaneously recalled——the Great Serpent Cavern is not a place of rules; Old Dao Feng could at any moment turn his hand against them.

Looking again at the astonishingly defensive armor on the high-ranking members of the Blood Saber, the leaders of the Great Serpent Cavern's factions turned and left, taking their own high-ranking members and hastily rushing back to their respective garrisons.

Old Dao Feng gazed thoughtfully at the backs of those faction leaders, his right hand firmly rubbing his chin.

After a while, Old Dao Feng turned around, gave a hollow smile, and spoke to Wu Tie.

"Spear Grandpa, Spear Grandpa, may we have a word?"

Six experts of the Life Pond realm surrounded Wu Tie.

In the eyes of the Blood Saber's high-ranking members, a faint hint of greed lurked.