Chapter 465

If it were the Tianlong Eight Tones of before, the key to activating the Heavenly Demon Qin,

then virtually all of its power would come from the Heavenly Demon Qin itself.

The current Huang Xuemei no longer relies on the Tianlong Eight Tones to drive the Heavenly Demon Qin.

Instead, the Heavenly Demon Qin has become a tool, and the Tianlong Eight Tones has thoroughly become a mere Wu Gong move.

Her slender jade fingers kept plucking at the Heavenly Demon Qin.

The four great masters attacked, yet under Huang Xuemei's Tianlong Eight Tones, they could not approach within a zhang of her body.

Countless invisible qi blades drifted out, not only razor-sharp but also cunningly angled.

Most crucially, these invisible qi blades could actually condense without dispersing, gathering in the air, constantly dividing and joining forces to strike.

At first the four great masters were even a little excited, thinking this was how the Heavenly Demon Qin ought to be.

If they seized the Heavenly Demon Qin, their own strength would surely advance another step.

But after fighting for a while, they suddenly caught on.

The longer Huang Xuemei played, the more numerous these invisible qi blades became.

Later on, not only could they not advance, they were even pinned into a corner.

Countless invisible qi blades seemed to have formed one invisible, untouchable, yet terrifyingly formidable sword formation after another.

"Is this a joke? When did the Heavenly Demon Qin become this powerful?"

The first to sense something was wrong was Ghost Saint.

Back in the day, he was the very first to covet the Heavenly Demon Qin.

In terms of understanding the Heavenly Demon Qin, he also knew a bit more than the others.

"Not good! Dongfang Bai, this is wrong, let's pull back."

Blazing Fire Ancestor was the slipperiest of all—seeming to discuss it, but in fact already acting.

His iron staff swept once, barely breaking through the not-yet-fully-formed invisible qi blade sword formation, and he leapt out of the battle circle.

With one less Blazing Fire Ancestor, the remaining three great masters naturally suffered even more.

"Retreat!"

Six-Finger Mr. could not endure it either. He nodded to Dongfang Bai, and then the three great masters withdrew in unison.

Huang Xuemei sneered. Did these people really think they could come and go as they pleased?

The sound of the qin abruptly changed, becoming three points more urgent.

"Disciples of Blazing Fire Palace, hear my command—whichever of you takes the Heavenly Demon Qin, this old man will take him as my chief disciple."

Blazing Fire Ancestor was indeed slippery. Having leapt out of the battle circle and hearing the qin's melody change, he deliberately spoke thus.

The four great masters' earlier siege of Huang Xuemei was actually more of a clash in the unseen realm.

Without reaching the Earthly Immortal Realm, nothing of it could be discerned.

Naturally, Blazing Fire Palace also had disciples at the Earthly Immortal Realm, but that was only a minority.

The greater number of disciples were at the first-rate realm and the like.

Hearing that seizing the Heavenly Demon Qin would let them become Blazing Fire Ancestor's chief disciple,

these Blazing Fire Palace disciples, who had no eye for the situation yet longed to rise above the crowd, naturally rushed forward eagerly.

Like dumplings dropped into a pot, a great number of Blazing Fire Palace disciples in red clothes surged forward wave after wave.

Ghost Saint was also sly as a fox. Seeing Blazing Fire Ancestor act thus, he immediately issued his own order:

"Disciples of Ghost Palace, hear my command—whoever takes the Heavenly Demon Qin, or kills Huang Xuemei or Lu Lin,"

"this seat will immediately take him as my godson, and in the future he may inherit Ghost Palace."

The price Ghost Saint offered was several degrees higher than Blazing Fire Ancestor's.

Yet the requirement was not high at all!

Blazing Fire Ancestor only wanted the Heavenly Demon Qin; Ghost Saint would grant his reward for a head or the Heavenly Demon Qin alike.

At this, the Ghost Palace disciples' eyes went red, and they rushed forward in perfect unison, each trying to outdo the other.

The Tianlong Sect disciples and Mount Wuyi disciples at this moment also looked toward Dongfang Bai and the other with hidden longing.

As if saying, Sect Leader, you can't fall behind!

Dongfang Bai and Six-Finger Mr. exchanged a smile, each seeing that very meaning in the other's eyes.

"Tianlong Sect disciples, hear my command—those who kill Huang Xuemei, Lu Lin, or Lu Tengkong may become Dharma Protectors!"

"Those who seize the Heavenly Demon Qin may become the sect leader's heir."

"Mount Wuyi disciples, the same."

Six-Finger Mr. was indeed concise and to the point.

After the two finished speaking, the disciples of the two great sects also cheered and rushed forward.

Blazing Fire Palace, Ghost Palace, Tianlong Sect, and Mount Wuyi were precisely the four great Mingmenzheng Sect of the Great Han Wu Lin.

Each sect not only had a host of top experts, but also an extremely large number of disciples.

This time they came to seize the Heavenly Demon Qin, especially snatching it from the Qinglong Society's hands.

It could almost be said they had turned out in full force.

Goaded on by Blazing Fire Ancestor and the other three, the disciples of the four sects charged forward almost heedless of death.

Their targets were not only the Heavenly Demon Qin, but also Lu Lin and Lu Tengkong.

So densely packed that the entire Huang Feihu Escort Agency seemed utterly drowned by the disciples of the four great sects.

Only the sound of the qin grew ever more urgent!

The disciples of the four great sects combined numbered no less than a thousand or eight hundred!

Among them were not lacking Grandmaster-level, or even Shenzhida Sect-level experts.

Add to that the Sidamen Sect's deep foundations, and they also had formation arrays for combined attacks and joint force.

"Ha ha! With nearly a thousand disciples, even if we let Huang Xuemei kill them with the Heavenly Demon Qin!"

"She'll have to kill until her true qi is completely drained, exhausted to the bone!"

Blazing Fire Old Ancestor was exceedingly pleased; in his eyes, these sect disciples were all chess pieces.

Even if they all died, it would be no great loss.

So long as he raised his banner again, who knew how many people in the Great Han would want to join Blazing Fire Palace.

"Old Blaze, you really are sly and cunning."

Ghost Saint also let out a strange laugh,

"Once this little wench is completely spent, we sit back and reap the fisherman's gains — nothing could be better!"

Dongfang Bai and Six-Finger Mr., on the other hand, didn't say much; only the smug smiles on their faces revealed what was in their hearts.

Just as the Sidamen Sect attacked and the situation was ten thousand times critical—

Huang Xuemei suddenly shifted her melody,

"One tune severs liver and gut; where in the ends of the earth to seek a kindred soul!"

A piece with a slow, gentle rhythm rose gradually, and that line rang inexplicably in the ears of everyone present, including the Sidazhang Sect.

"What tune is this? It shouldn't be the Eight Sounds of Tianlong, right?"

Dongfang Bai's face was strange; he was the sect leader of Tianlong Sect, and was quite familiar with the Heavenly Demon Qin and the Eight Sounds of Tianlong.

He knew the Eight Sounds of Tianlong and the Heavenly Demon Qin complemented each other, and driving the Heavenly Demon Qin required the Eight Sounds of Tianlong.

Yet here, Huang Xuemei played as before, but the melody had transformed.

Why was that?

But before he could think too long, he saw one after another invisible qi blade erupt and shoot out from atop the Heavenly Demon Qin.

This time, the invisible qi blades had once again changed.

The previous invisible qi blades were truly formless and intangible; ordinary people couldn't perceive them at all.

But now the invisible qi blades seemed to have transformed into weapons one by one.

Blade or sword, spear or halberd — all manner of them.

Every single invisible qi blade, at this moment, could be seen with perfect clarity.

Yet the attack of every invisible qi blade had gained several more measures of spirit and cunning.

The disciples of the Sidamen Sect, whether Grandmaster-level or third-rate disciples—

Encountering these invisible qi blades, whether they blocked or dodged—