Wangu Yanhui was a little surprised discovering that the black-haired young man beside You Wuye was just a late-Second Order Highgod Realm. He had assumed that, as someone who was eligible to act together with You Wuye, he would be stronger than a mere late-Second Order Highgod Realm.
âWuye Bro, how do I address your friend?â Wangu Yanhui asked You Wuye, pointing a finger at Huang Xiaolong.
You Wuye hesitated, his eyes secretly inquiring Huang Xiaolongâs opinion.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Noticing this, Wangu Yanhui was stunned. Thus greatly strayed from his assumption; between the two of them, You Wuye was not the decision maker? Judging from You Wuyeâs actions, it seemed like the decision maker was actually the black-haired young man?
Just as Huang Xiaolong was about to say something, a mocking voice rang in the hall, âWangu Yanhui, since when did you start paying attention to a measly Second Order Highgod Realm punk?â
This newly arrived young man exuded a faint but sharp sword qi from his body, combined with an invisible pressure thick with an aura of blood and slaughter. The moment this young man appeared, his presence filled the hall with a whelming slaughter qi. The average Third Order Highgod Realm disciples who didnât possess a strong will would have their consciousness destroyed by the intense slaughter qi even before the young man came close.
âZhou Yao.â When You Wuye saw this young man, his face tightened with trepidation.
This newly arrived young man was none other than the disciples ranked third, the Zhou Familyâs Zhou Yao.
Although Zhou Yao was ranked third, below Wangu Yanhui, You Wuye was warier facing this ranked third young man. That was because Zhou Yaoâs reputation for indiscriminate slaughter had reached quite a number of galaxies, he was a horrifying god of slaughter!
Zhao Yao had never been pedantic about the identity of the person he killed. As long as he disliked that person, they would become a sacrifice for his sword.
âHehe, itâs so lively here. Wangu Yanhui, Zhou Yao, You Wuye, it looks like Iâm a little late.â Barely a moment after Zhou Yao arrived at the hall, another young man flew in from a different entrance.
This hall had entrances in all eight directions.
âMu Qi,â You Wuye half-exclaimed in shock.
Mu Qi, ranked fourth, hailing from the Eternal Galaxyâs Mu Clan.
Huang Xiaolong watched with interest. Running into Wangu Yanhui could be called a coincidence, but was Zhou Yao and Mu Qiâs presence here also a coincidence?
Naturally, there could only be so many coincidences in the world.
If these people gathered here in this place, their purpose must be something inside the hall. Could the central formation be right here in this palace hall? However, how did these people determine that the central formation was in this place?
While Huang Xiaolong was contemplating this matter, Zhou Yao glanced around, snorting coldly, âLooks like the three of you also obtained the key to activate the central formation.â
Keys to activate the central formation! Huang Xiaolong immediately realized the reason.
It was now clear that Zhou Yao and the others were here because they found some kind of key that led them to this hall, and this place was precisely the location of the central formation. From Zhou Yaoâs simple sentence, Huang Xiaolong immediately caught onto a fact: there was more than one key!
âThereâs a total of five keys. Punk, did you get one of them?â Zhou Yao looked at Huang Xiaolong.
Huang Xiaolong entered the palace hall together with You Wuye, so Zhou Yao naturally assumed that he and You Wuye had found one of the five keys each and proceeded here together.
âBut, a mere late-Second Order Highgod Realm such as yourself isnât qualified to participate in the activation of the Lightning God cultivation dwellingâs central formation, and even less qualified to possess anything left behind by the Lightning God. I advise you to obediently hand over the key.â Zhou Yao added, âIâll give You Wuyeâs face and spare your life as long as you hand over the key.â
Hearing this, Huang Xiaolong let out a laugh and was still laughing as he looked at Zhou Yao, âTo tell you the truth, we donât have any key, we entered this palace by coincidence. But, if you hand over your key to me, Iâll give face to the Zhou Clan and spare your life.â
The instant Huang Xiaolong said those words, everyone present was stunned.
Wangu Yanhui and Mu Qi shook their heads, the look in their eyes clearly pitied Huang Xiaolong. In their opinion, he was already a dead man.
A mere late-Second Order Highgod Realm punk actually dared to threaten Zhou Yao? Did he think having You Wuye on his side could protect him from everything?
Zhou Yao was stunned, but the frigid glint in his eyes and the killing intent in his voice grew even thicker, âPunk, you think I wonât dare to kill you because You Wuye is here? Today, I donât give a damn who you are, no one can save you!â At the end of his words, the invisible sword qi from his body soared, and his slaughter qi became several times stronger.
Resounding blasts rang in the hall as streams of sword qi formed whirlwinds.
If just the slaughter qi rushing out from Zhou Yaoâs body could affect the surrounding space to such a degree, one could imagine the extent of this Zhou Yaoâs strength. Who knew how many cultivators had died in his hands for him to have such overwhelming slaughter qi.
Zhou Yao strode toward Huang Xiaolong in deliberately slow steps, directing a snort at You Wuye, âYou Wuye, I must kill this punk today. If you insist on interfering, donât blame me for dealing with you as well.â
Although both Zhou Yao and You Wuyeâs cultivation was at Fourth Order Highgod Realm, Zhou Yaoâs true strength was marginally stronger than You Wuye. This was evident from the sequence on the ranking list.
You Wuyeâs expression turned slightly ugly at Zhou Yaoâs words. Even though he was wary of Zhou Yaoâs strength, he wasnât really afraid of him.
There wasnât a large gap in their strengths, and now Zhou Yao actually insulted him in front of these people, You Wuye felt his anger rising.
Just as You Wuye was about to step forward to confront Zhou Yao, Huang Xiaolong suddenly lifted his arm, stopping You Wuye and saying, âWait at the side.â
Despite Huang Xiaolongâs monotone voice, it exuded unchallengeable authority; and to Wangu Yanhui and Mu Qiâs amazement, You Wuye actually acknowledged respectfully and retreated to the side.
Zhou Yaoâs eyes narrowed watching this, his voice growing even colder, âPunk, I donât give a damn who you are, I must kill you today as an offering to my dao of slaughter.â A bright light enshrouded Zhou Yao and he completely disappeared in the next second.
Suddenly, a sword light radiant to the extreme sliced through space and disappeared. It was as if Zhou Yao had completely merged into the sword light.
This was the true meaning of becoming one with the sword!
Zhou Yaoâs sword qi was different from You Wuyeâs; You Wuyeâs sword was strange, hence unpredictable and hard to defend against. Whereas Zhou Yaoâs sword qi was overbearing, direct, only focusing on killing, destruction, and slaughter.
Even Wangu Yanhui couldnât help but admire this sword attack.
Without putting up any defense, even an early Fourth Order Highgod Realm master would suffer grave injuries trying to withstand this attack.
When Wangu Yanhui and Mu Qi had already accepted Huang Xiaolongâs impending death as a fact, Zhou Yaoâs brilliant sword light halted in midair all of a sudden. Their faces showed disbelief when they saw the reason.
The tip of Zhou Yaoâs longsword was pinned in place between Huang Xiaolongâs two fingers.
Zhou Yao felt the greatest shock amongst all present.
The punk blocked it? No, he actually caught his attack!
Huang Xiaolong ignored these shocked reactions. Exerting force in his two fingers, Zhou Yaoâs longsword, which was named Killing Sword and was crafted from unknown Divine World iron and metal, was snapped into a dozen pieces.
The sword tip of the broken sword between Huang Xiaolongâs fingers penetrated Zhou Yaoâs chest with a turn of Huang Xiaolongâs wrist, flying out from his back.
That sword tip pierced through the wall, leaving a gaping hole.