Chapter 1280

"Old Xu, stay your steps!"

Immediately, the Elder surnamed Li walked forward quickly, blocking Xu Que and his group!

His face was still filled with smiles, looking particularly fake—a standard commercial fake smile.

Xu Que immediately narrowed his eyes and also smiled: "Elder Li, is there anything else?"

"Uh, Old Xu, you have come from afar, why not sit for a while longer? Besides, our Sect Master has already gone to prepare some things to apologize to Old Xu. If Old Xu leaves now, it will be difficult for me to explain to the Sect Master!" Elder Li said with a chuckle.

"Oh? So you mean this old man has to stay specifically so you can have an explanation?" Xu Que sneered immediately.

The smile on Elder Li's face stiffened, but he still chuckled: "Old Xu, please don't misunderstand. It is just our good intention to invite Old Xu to stay a little longer!"

"Forget it, look at your face—smiling but not smiling—it's clearly a smile hiding a knife, and you're still shamelessly trying to make this old man stay. If this old man couldn't see what kind of big conspiracy you are plotting, wouldn't I be a fool?" Xu Que replied coldly.

Elder Li was stunned instantly, never expecting that Xu Que would tear off the mask in one sentence without giving any face at all.

Although what he said was the truth, under normal circumstances, even if one saw a conspiracy, one wouldn't say it out loud!

For a moment, Elder Li didn't know how to respond.

"Fine, this old man understands your difficulties. After all, you are just following orders, so this old man doesn't want to make things difficult for you!" Xu Que waved his hand, looking like a powerful expert.

This made the old man surnamed Li feel relieved, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you, Old Xu, thank you for your understanding!"

However, as soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of some people present changed.

Xu Que also suddenly started cursing: "Damn! I was just testing you; I didn't expect you to really be plotting a conspiracy to deal with this old man?"

In an instant, the old man surnamed Li was dumbfounded. After coming to his senses, he cursed himself for being stupid.

How could he have answered with thanks and understanding?

Didn't this implicitly admit that they were really plotting a conspiracy?

"Old Xu, you misunderstood, misunderstood, that's not what I meant just now!" Elder Li hurriedly explained.

"Not what you meant? Do you think this old man is a fool?" Xu Que said with a cold laugh, while waving his hand again: "However, this old man has always been a man of his word. Since I promised not to hold it against you just now, I won't hold it against you!"

Speaking of this, Xu Que looked at Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude's group and said calmly: "Since the Saint Sect is so sincere and enthusiastic, let's stay for a while longer!"

"Good!" Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude both nodded with smiles, and sat down together with Mo Junchen and Liu Jingning.

Elder Li also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a fake smile: "Old Xu, please stay a while longer; the Saint Sect will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation. Someone, bring tea for Old Xu and the heroes of the Zha Tian Bang!"

After speaking, he turned and walked toward his seat, unable to hide the cold smile of success on his face.

As long as Xu Que is willing to stay, the goal has been achieved. Once the Sect Master opens that door, the entire situation will change!

However, before he could walk back to his seat, he realized something was wrong.

The Saint Sect peers in front of him suddenly changed their expressions, looking at him in extreme horror, and some opened their mouths as if to say something.

But this moment was too fast; Elder Li didn't have time to hear the warnings of others before he felt a fierce gust of wind coming from behind.

He felt his scalp go numb and hurriedly activated his body, trying to rush forward, but he was a step too late after all.

Only a muffled "bang" was heard, and Elder Li was blasted away like a kite with a broken string, drawing a parabola in the air and crashing heavily into the inner end of the council hall, smashing through the entire floor!

"Boom!"

In an instant, everyone from the Saint Sect in the council hall stood up abruptly, staring at Xu Que with extreme vigilance.

At this time, Xu Que landed back on the ground comfortably, carrying the main vine of the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine in one hand and holding a purple-gold staff in the other, extremely dashing and domineering, his face full of pride and arrogance, not feeling any shame for his act of hitting someone from behind just now.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the old thing is quite sturdy; one staff didn't actually kill you!" Xu Que shook his head and whispered with a click of his tongue.

The Purple-Gold King-Forcing Staff is an Upper-Grade Immortal Artifact that fuses the black staff and the Purple Void Geng Metal. After being swung with the physical strength of the Small Success Saint Body, it actually only managed to smash this Elder surnamed Li away, failing to kill or severely injure him instantly.

Apparently, this was still due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides.

Xu Que's true strength now is only at the mid-stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, while Elder Li is already at the Great Luo True Immortal level, only one step away from the Great Luo Golden Immortal, which is very powerful!

With such a disparity in strength, even if Xu Que exerted his peak strength, it would be difficult to hurt the opponent. Being able to knock him away now is already thanks to the bonus of the Small Success Saint Body.

At the same time, Elder Li also climbed up from the ruins, covered in dust!

He shook his body, quickly regained his sobriety, shook off the dizziness, and stared straight at Xu Que.

Xu Que was also surprised. It was normal that this staff didn't kill the opponent, but it was not normal that it failed to knock the opponent unconscious!

Logically speaking, his black staff had fused with the Purple Void Geng Metal to form a new weapon, but the dizziness function should have been retained, capable of ignoring any level of expert—as long as the sneak attack from behind was successful, it should have knocked them unconscious. But now it had failed?

"What's the situation?" Xu Que subconsciously wanted to summon the system interface to ask.

But at this moment, Elder Li fished out a broken bronze piece from his bosom and glared at Xu Que with a gloomy face.

That was an Immortal Artifact-level defensive gear, but because of Xu Que's full-force blow just now, it shattered directly, yet it saved Elder Li from being knocked unconscious.

Xu Que understood immediately, touched his chin, and revealed a look of meaningful regret!

If he had known he had an Immortal Artifact, he wouldn't have hit him first; it was a waste of an Immortal Artifact defensive gear!

"You are not an Immortal King, let alone above an Immortal King. You only have the cultivation of the Earth Immortal Realm!" Suddenly, Elder Li stared at Xu Que and blurted out this sentence, his tone firm and decisive!

Xu Que's strike exposed his true strength!

After all, even if an Immortal King or someone above an Immortal King held back, the power could not be like this. Moreover, the moment Xu Que struck, he poured his Immortal Yuan power into his physical body and went all out, which was equivalent to telling the opponent that his true strength was only at the mid-stage of the Earth Immortal Realm!

Elder Li's words immediately caused many Saint Sect elders and stewards present to look shocked.

This father of Xu Que is actually only an Earth Immortal?

Suddenly, everyone frowned and became somewhat restless.

If Elder Li was not wrong, then this was a huge misunderstanding. It turned out that after making a scene for a long time, the entire Tianzhou had been bluffed by an Earth Immortal.

However, Xu Que was not panicked at all, and said with a calm smile: "This old man never said that I was an Immortal King or above an Immortal King. However, you are welcome to come up and test this old man's true strength. This old man is leaving now; if any of you dare to block the way, just come!"

After speaking, Xu Que turned his back to the crowd, put away the Purple-Gold King-Forcing Staff, carried the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine, and walked away directly.

This sudden confidence and domineering aura immediately intimidated the people of the Saint Sect again.

Even Elder Li felt a trace of hesitation on his face, beginning to doubt himself—had he misjudged just now?

However, when Xu Que walked to the entrance of the council hall, lightning suddenly condensed under his feet, and at the same time, he shouted to Er Gouzi, Duan Jiude, and the others: "Run!"

As the words fell, he flew into the sky at high speed.

Many Saint Sect elders and stewards in the council hall reacted, thoroughly convinced that Xu Que's true strength was only at the Earth Immortal Realm; otherwise, why would he run if not for being guilty?

"Chase!" Elder Li shouted immediately, taking the lead to rush out with people.

The others were unwilling to fall behind, especially the Ming family members represented by the middle-aged man, who also flew into the high sky one after another.

No matter who it was, as long as they could kill Xu Que, it would be a great merit.

But facing the pursuit of dozens of powerful enemies behind him, Xu Que rushed ahead alone, a cold smile already rising at the corner of his mouth.

The Wind Fire Wheels hidden in his bosom had long been eager to try, ready to move, and at this moment, they emitted a violent and angry aura!

"Hehe, since your Saint Sect wants to court death, then I will fulfill your wish!"

Xu Que laughed secretly, waved his large hand, and instantly sacrificed the Wind Fire Wheels!