Heaven's Pavilion was saved, but what about the Savage Blade Sect and the Cloud Commerce Guild?
Now it was their turn to panic.
They had clearly witnessed the complete annihilation of Yan Tian before. In terms of strength, there was no need to think; neither Li Hai nor Zhu Youfu could contend with the opponent.
As the leaders of both factions, they possessed this self-awareness.
"Your Excellency! This is merely a misunderstanding! We came here simply to..."
Li Hai, watching Ye Ming walk towards them step by step, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced a smile, speaking with forced courage.
But when he met Ye Ming's icy gaze, his voice trailed off.
A misunderstanding?
What an excuse to come up with.
Was he treating them like fools?
"Brother Zhu!"
Li Hai, realizing they were in dire straits, his expression gradually darkened, and he secretly transmitted to Zhu Youfu, "The situation has come to this, we two families must join forces, otherwise..."
No one would escape.
"Brother Li, what percentage of victory do you think we two joining forces have?" Zhu Youfu responded after a moment of silence.
"Ninety percent!"
Li Hai gripped his great saber tightly, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.
"Ninety percent?"
Upon hearing this answer, Zhu Youfu seemed bewildered and retorted, "Brother Li, are you joking?"
Both of them were at the early stage of the Xiantian realm.
From the previous scene of Yan Tian being utterly crushed, Zhu Youfu had initially judged that the young man opposite them was at least in the late Xiantian realm, or even at the peak.
Facing a master who was very likely at the peak of the Xiantian realm, Zhu Youfu couldn't imagine they would have a ninety percent chance of winning even if they joined forces.
How did Li Hai calculate this?
"Brother Zhu! There's an old saying: 'As long as the green hills remain, there'll be wood to burn.' Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Hai watched Ye Ming getting closer and closer, already circulating the energy within his body, ready to strike at any moment.
Ye Ming seemed to turn a blind eye to this.
However, after hearing Li Hai's words, Zhu Youfu immediately understood his meaning.
Li Hai intended to sacrifice everyone else from both factions except himself and Zhu Youfu, and then seize the opportunity to escape amidst the ensuing chaos.
The ninety percent chance of victory he spoke of actually referred to their chance of escape.
"Brother Li, you are truly ruthless!"
Zhu Youfu's expression also became grim, clearly startled by Li Hai's madness.
"There's no other way!" Li Hai's voice deepened. "Brother Zhu, do you want to be like those people from Heaven's Pavilion and surrender immediately?"
He, Li Hai, as the sect leader of the Savage Blade Sect, absolutely refused to kneel before a mere youth.
His pride would not allow it.
As long as he could return to the secluded lands, he would still be a sect leader. He might even have the opportunity to exact revenge for today's humiliation.
Therefore, even if it meant abandoning the disciples behind him, he had to escape.
Even by any means necessary.
"Alright! Brother Li! Let's break out together!"
Zhu Youfu pondered for nearly a minute, then transmitted his command to his disciples, ordering them to move closer to the Savage Blade Sect's formation.
Soon, he arrived beside Li Hai, standing shoulder to shoulder, and looking at the young man ahead.
"Oh! Interesting!"
Ye Ming glanced at Zhu Youfu, his signature wicked smile reappearing. "Are you two planning to unite against a common enemy?"
"Your Excellency! We have no enmity with you, why must you press us so hard?"
Li Hai slung his great saber over his shoulder, exuding an aura of impending doom.
"Don't play the innocent card!" Ye Ming chuckled coldly. "What, was the person who was just annihilated not one of your men?"
The person Ye Ming was referring to was naturally Wu Yue, who had been completely annihilated.
Li Hai had originally intended for this disciple to kill Ye Ming, but the result...
Hearing Ye Ming mention Wu Yue, Li Hai's expression visibly soured.
That was one of his most prized disciples.
How could he not feel anything when he was so easily wiped out?
"Since that is the case, then we have nothing more to say!"
Li Hai's gaze turned sharp as he looked at Zhu Youfu. "Brother Zhu, as long as we kill him, the opportunities here will be ours, and Heaven's Pavilion will also fall into our hands."
"Good! Hahaha!"
Zhu Youfu patted his ample belly and took a step forward. A terrifying pressure surged rapidly, making the entire world feel as if it were about to collapse.
"All listen to my command!"
Li Hai pointed his saber at Ye Ming and roared, "Anyone who can injure this person will be rewarded with a fifth-tier cultivation technique. Those who can heavily wound him will be able to choose a sixth-tier cultivation technique themselves and will also become my disciple. If anyone can kill him, then..." Li Hai's voice rose higher. "He will become the next leader of the Savage Blade Sect!"
Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Savage Blade Sect behind Li Hai seemed energized, brandishing their great sabers with bloodshot eyes, staring intently at Ye Ming.
At this moment, in their eyes, the opponent was like a peerless beauty, and they were extremely excited.kuAiδugg
An opportunity for rapid advancement was right before them, an opportunity that was absolutely rare for them.
But at this moment, they seemed to have forgotten how Yan Tian was utterly crushed before. If even a Xiantian realm cultivator was not an opponent, what difference was there between them going up and seeking death?
Desire blinded their eyes, and greed paid a higher price.
For the sake of profit, reason could be cast aside.
All of them had gone mad.
"Kill!"
Li Hai waved his great saber, and a group of people behind him charged directly towards Ye Ming. Each of them wore a ferocious grin, as if they wished to tear a piece of flesh from the opponent.
"Brother Zhu!"
Li Hai saw that the people behind Zhu Youfu had not yet moved and reminded him.
"Relax!"
Zhu Youfu smiled, nodded, and waved his hand. "Everyone, charge!"
With the command issued, all the disciples of the Cloud Commerce Guild also rushed out.
Seeing this, Li Hai laughed heartily, "Good! Today, we will carve a bloody path out!"
As long as these people could hold Ye Ming back, they would find an opportunity to escape.
However, before Li Hai could revel in his joy for long, the scene before him caused his mind to go blank for a moment.
Continuous screams echoed in his ears.
"Ah! You... you guys... ah!"
"It's our own! Why... no!"
"Sect... Sect Leader! Ah..."
"..."
In the scene before him, blossoms of blood bloomed, and countless severed limbs and broken bodies scattered, forming a rain of crimson liquid. A funeral dirge for hell sounded at this moment, marking this feast of slaughter.
And the weapon of slaughter came from behind, from those who were caught completely off guard.
The people of the Cloud Commerce Guild had actually turned their blades on the disciples of the Savage Blade Sect.
This sudden turn of events left all the disciples of the Savage Blade Sect unprepared.
Including Li Hai.
But by the time he reacted...
*Bang!*
A fatal energy pierced through his body from behind.
The attacker...
Was Zhu Youfu, with a smiling face!