NOVPUB"Alright... I can tell you’re strong, and indeed I’m no match for you. I’m willing to join the Life Extinguishing Association, but I’ve made a promise, and I must stay true to my word, so let him leave first!"
Su Changkong sighed and spoke to the white-haired man, Tan You.
"Senior Blade..." Duanmu He was somewhat anxious upon hearing those words. Su Changkong has agreed to join the Life Extinguishing Association? And his condition was to let him go!
"Agreed."
Tan You pondered for a moment before agreeing.
Although Duanmu He was the son of the Demon Suppressing Chief Duanmu Tao, capturing him wasn’t really helpful. Using him to threaten Duanmu Tao wouldn’t work either, given Duanmu Tao’s personality who would surely ignore any threats. He would rather see Duanmu He die than compromise. To sit at Duanmu Tao’s position, absolute loyalty to the Great Flame Royal Family was essential.
"Leave."
Su Changkong glanced at Duanmu He.
"Take care, Senior Blade!" Duanmu He gritted his teeth. He was aware that he could not help and dawdling would only harm Su Changkong. Finally, after dropping these words, he unfolded his body technique and sped towards the distance, disappearing into the darkness after a few leaps.
"Senior Blade... The odds are against us... That’s a terrifying Monster Man who even my father has to treat seriously..."
As he fled, Duanmu He felt a mix of emotions. Tan You was too fearsome, a high-ranking member within the Life Extinguishing Association, far beyond what an ordinary Five-Qi Grandmaster could handle!
"Also... I want to ask if you know Hong Xiang?" After Duanmu He left, Su Changkong asked Tan You.
Hong Zhenxiang had been missing since separating from the Chi Dragon Hall; even Wind Sun Moon only knew that he was taken away by an envoy of the Life Extinguishing Association.
Given that Tan You was one of the high-ranking members of the Life Extinguishing Association and a member of the Elder Council, he was likely to be aware of Hong Zhenxiang’s current situation, which is why Su Changkong inquired.
"Hong Xiang?" Upon hearing this, Tan You and the man in the black robe both revealed a hint of surprise in their eyes, seemingly not expecting Su Changkong to ask this name.
"Although I don’t know where you heard that name, I cannot answer. Now, since we’ve released him, eat this Monster Qi worm, and we will take you back to the headquarters of the Life Extinguishing Association."
Tan You shook his head but did not give an answer.
From their reactions just now, Tan You and the man in the black robe definitely knew about Hong Zhenxiang’s situation, but for some reason, Tan You did not respond.
Duanmu He was an unintended target, and Tan You paid him no mind. He looked at Su Changkong, and meanwhile, concentrated demonic power into a Monster Qi worm in his hand, which, once swallowed, would block the other’s Heavenly Pulse and True Qi.
Su Changkong moved towards Tan You without saying a word, with an air of resignation. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
As he came within a range of a zhang, the man in the black robe’s eyelids twitched slightly, remembering something, and he immediately shouted, "Be careful!"
Iron Cutting Blade Technique. Horizontal Chop!
At that moment, Su Changkong suddenly made his move, grabbing the hilt of the Flame Prison Blade on his back. The sound of the blade’s edge rubbing against the scabbard was clear and pleasant as the Blade Intent surged into the sword, resonating with it!
"Whoosh!"
The crimson blade of the Flame Prison Blade wrapped in dark cyan earth fire burst forth, its Blade Force and Blade Intent merging, with the momentum to burn everything like a wildfire, capable of melting metal and dissolving iron!
Su Changkong had no intention of joining the Life Extinguishing Association. His agreement to join was just to give Duanmu He a chance to leave; after all, these two monsters from the Life Extinguishing Association came for him, and there was no need to involve him!
Once Duanmu He had left, Su Changkong chose to attack directly, utilizing the Demon-Slicing Divine Weapon, ’Flame Prison’!
"Hiss!"
Tan You seemed caught off guard. The blade, trailing dark cyan earth fire and resonating with Blade Intent, horizontally chopped at Tan You’s neck, a spreading sharpness cutting down several large trees behind him at the waist.
"What?"
But Su Changkong’s pupils shrank. His solid chop landed on Tan You’s neck, but contrary to what he had anticipated, it didn’t sever the neck as expected, not even leaving a scratch.
Around Tan You, there was a layer of invisible power, that was demonic power! It appeared to be as thin as paper but was condensed to the extreme, so dense and impenetrable!
Even though Su Changkong had anticipated Tan You’s fearsomeness, his heart still chilled. His strike, infused with Blade Intent, could even injure the steel-hardened bodies of Alien Beasts, but couldn’t affect Tan You in the slightest!
"This damn young fool... Do you think Elder Tan is some ordinary character?" Seeing this, the man in the black robe breathed a sigh of relief. Su Changkong had used this move before and had cut off one of his arms with a single stroke, and he had only recently recovered. Now, Su Changkong was trying the same technique on Tan You.
"He’s seeking his own death!" However, the man in the black robe sneered. Tan You’s terror wasn’t something that could be threatened by such petty tricks. Su Changkong’s move had only served to enrage Tan You!
Sure enough, the smile on Tan You’s face gradually turned icy, and he looked at Su Changkong with a cold, bone-chilling voice, "I... hate it most when people play tricks on me! Especially certain overconfident ants!"
As his voice fell, Tan You extended his right index finger and pointed. A simple motion, but it concentrated an infinite force that seemed to distort time itself. It appeared slow but was so fast that one could not dodge it.
Giant Whale Skill. Endless Furious Sea!
Not daring to be the slightest bit careless, Su Changkong’s robust Giant Whale True Qi erupted, gathering in his left fist, forming a vast deep-sea vortex that engulfed everything, roaring as it struck out, meeting Tan You’s incoming finger!
"Puff!"
Though it was a fist against a finger, and logically the one using the fist should have had the absolute advantage, Tan You’s finger easily pierced through the deep-sea vortex formed by the Giant Whale True Qi, shattering it and colliding with Su Changkong’s fist.
