Chapter 173 – Crippled! (1/2)
Chapter 173 – Crippled!
“Ye Tianlong, one day, I will return what you have done to me today in double!”
One after the other, Yao Xie’s subordinates had died under the ruthless attacks of the elders. Such being the case, Yao Xie had found no reason to linger around this battlefield anymore. Besides, he would only suffer the same misery as the other two demons, if he failed to run away. Anyway, he was determined to take a shot. With bloodshot eyes, he glared at Ye Tianlong in full indignation, while his shadowy golden lion, as well as his shanks, were wrapped in a flaming fire, with which he successfully created a powerful force and pushed the Ye Family members away. While, at the same time, the fire burned increasingly violent until it carried Yao Xie, at an increasingly fast speed, out of the Saint Domain…
“Don’t bother to chase after him! Since Yao Xie burned his shadowy lion and shanks, we won’t be able to catch up with him. Humph, don’t worry, by burning himself, his cultivation will be dramatically damaged, and his body will definitely be crippled. Haha, given these weaknesses, it’s hard for him to preserve his title as Demonic Evil. As far as I know, he has tons of enemies even inside the demon innercircle! It’ll be an interesting drama to watch, when he is being targeted by those of his own kind!”
Looking at the disappearing Yao Xie, Ye Tianlong extended his hands, trying to prevent others from pursuing any further. As an eminent leader, Ye Tianlong knew all too well of Yao Xie’s tricks of burning his shadowy lion and shanks. Only upper level Demonic Saints were qualified to use such an ultimate life-saving technique. As a last resort, only when one’s life was truly threatened, would they use this technique, for an upper-level Demonic Saint would degrade to a lower-level Demonic Saint once it was used, and it would take a great amount of time and medicine to help one recover from the loss of Battle Qi. With abated cultivation, Yao Xie would find his position of Demonic Evil, which was craved by many, under threat. Hence, if he dared to go back to the Demonic Prefecture, he would be killed anyway.
After a long sigh, Ye Tianlon went directly to Ye Qingniu, after withdrawing his Saint Domain. He knew, if Elder Qingniu had used his Ox Into Chopping, rather than Ox Into Armor, Yao Xie would’ve already been killed. What had been done, however, couldn’t be undone. So he went to Ye Qingniu, who was hunkering in a stable position while curing his wounds.
“Qingniu, are you alright? Is your injury serious?” Ye Tianlong squatted a little bit, and whispered into Qingniu’s ear, rather concernedly.
“Errr….” With an extremely pale face, and blood stains around his mouth, Elder Qingniu opened his eyes and looked at Ye Tianlong. He felt abashed and regretful for not fully accomplishing his task. Following a bout of coughing, he continued, “Respectful leader, I… I’m sorry. I’m a guilty person for failing to protect our young lords. I apologize to you, and all the ancestors of our family…”
“Hey, Qingniu, don’t be so sad. I don’t blame you, because I know that you’ve done your best. Plus… I don’t think our young lord Qinghan will die inside the mountain.” Touched by Qingniu’s allegiance to the family, Ye Tianlong patted on his back, trying to console him. Meanwhile, his eyes suddenly lit up, as he turned his head towards the white fog of the Luo Shen Mountain.
“Do you remember, when Qinghan got severely injured at the Drunken-heart Garden, but then he miraculously recovered after just a short day? I guess, that this kid has a Saint-level item with him, an item that can heal his body. You know, what I worry about most right now, is whether he can resist the slaughter illusion inside the Luo Shen Mountain. Alas, I know, he’s a kid of emotions, which was already proved by what he did for his sister. I’m afraid, that he’ll fail to overcome the slaughter illusion and degrade himself into a killing machine until he dies…”
The prospect, that Qinghan could survive, greatly lifted Qingniu’s spirit. In retrospect, he believed that Qinghan must indeed have many unraveled secrets on him. So he frowned, “The slaughter illusion is very difficult to get over when one is thrown in that condition alone. What shall we do? It’s not often that our Ye Family will have such a promising young lord. If we fail to lend him a hand, and let him from die in the mountain, we’ll have no face to meet our ancestors after we die.”
“Alas! It’s beyond my ability!” Ye Tianlong took a deep breath, as he looked at the eastern sky, “Little Qinghan is too important for our family… Alright, I’ll invite our eldest senior out from his reclusive cultivation, no matter what his response is! After all… By doing so, I risk incurring his wrath onto me.”
“The eldest senior!” Qingniu’s eyes were glimmering with hope when he heard these words. But, an instant later, the light in his eyes disappeared, “Don’t forget, our eldest senior instructed us that no one is allowed to interrupt him, unless it’s for the survival of our Ye Family… These are his dying words... This is a rule strictly abided by us for so many years, and no one ever broke it.”