724 Going Berserk and the Blood Sacrifice (1/2)

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Fang Zhengzhi felt puzzled as he stared at the glittering lake water at a distance away. Normally, Yan Xiu would have already came to him.

However, the reality was that Yan Xiu didn't even respond to him, not to mention coming over.

”Something's wrong!”

”There's something going on!”

”Yan Xiu couldn't possibly ignore me, unless…Something has happened to him!?”

Fang Zhengzhi was thinking hard and fast, but he didn't slow down at all. This was because the people from the Heaven Dao Pavilion was on his tail. Furthermore, if something bad had really happened to Yan Xiu, he must help him.

”Closer, I'm getting closer!”

Fang Zhengzhi became growingly anxious as he neared the lake.

”Yan Xiu, where are you?” Just as Fang Zhengzhi was almost close enough to find out what was going on, he felt a slight movement.

It was a faint noise, and Fang Zhengzhi wouldn't have caught it if he hadn't grown up hunting in the woods, which made him extremely sensitive to the forests' noises.

Just as he heard that noise, a man in black dashed out from the bushes on his left, and he was extremely fast.

”There is really an ambush?” Fang Zhengzhi was only guessing that there was an ambush, but when he saw the man in black, he realized that he might be caught in a tougher spot than he had expected.

Without any hesitation, he threw a handful of nails at the man.

”Hmph?” The man was surprised by Fang Zhengzhi's reaction, and he subconsciously evaded the pile of silvery objects that were coming for him.

”Pop pop pop…”

The man in black turned around, only to discover that those were nothing more than nails. He was clearly startled by his discovery.

After all, this type of 'lousy' concealed weapons was very rare in the Holy Region.

”Kid, you're not going anywhere!” The man's face turned red before he chased towards Fang Zhengzhi.

However, Fang Zhengzhi was not in the mood to bother with him.

He was only thinking about Yan Xiu's safety. After the sneak attack from the man in black, he became more worried.

After all, Yan Xiu was in a special condition now.

However…The sneak attack wasn't that simple.

After Fang Zhengzhi evaded the first attack, two men rushed out from the bushes on his left and right.

At the same time, he felt a chill coming from above his head. He didn't have to look to know that there was someone on the tree as well.

”There are four of them?!” Fang Zhengzhi was taken aback, because he could sense that the man who attacked him wasn't weak. On the contrary, he was very strong.

If he wasn't mentally prepared because Yan Xiu didn't respond to him, and there weren't any nails in his hand, he couldn't have dodged that attack even if he caught the movement.

In that case, he couldn't dodge the three simultaneous attacks.

This had nothing to do with his mental preparation. It was his strength. He was too weak to escape unscathed from their attacks.

That was because they were too fast.

”Boom!”

With a muffled bang, Fang Zhengzhi's body left the ground. He avoided the sword on top of his head, but he couldn't avoid the two palms that came from the front.

The massive power hit his chest, sending him flying backward uncontrollably. At this moment, an incredible force struck his back. It was another palm, which obviously came from the man who failed his sneak attack.

”Pfftt!” Fang Zhengzhi spat out a mouthful of blood after being attacked from both the front and the back.

He would have collapsed onto the ground if he hadn't known that he must pull through.

”I didn't think that the four of us needed to work together against a kid at Rebirth State. This is very surprising!” One of the men in black exclaimed.

”The fact that he hasn't collapsed is the biggest surprise!” Another man in black exclaimed.

”Kid at Rebirth State…Four of us needed to work together…They are Sages?!” Fang Zhengzhi soon deduced their strength when he heard them talking.

Only an expert in the Sage State would comment on a Rebirth State in such a superior tone.

Four Sages…Appeared below the Heaven Dao Pavilion at the same time?

Fang Zhengzhi couldn't help but be astonished.

During his time at the Heaven Dao Pavilion, he had more or less figured out the strength of the five sects in the Holy Region. In the Heaven Dao Pavilion, there was one Pavilion Master and seven Elders, and about a dozen disciples who had reached Sage State as well.

In other words, there were only about 20 Sages in the entire the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

From that, he guessed that the other four sects had around 20 Sages each.

After some calculations, he concluded that there were only about 100 Sages in the five sects of the Holy Region.

There weren't too many or too few of them.

After all, once a person entered Sage State, his life expectancy would go beyond 100 years, so it wasn't too surprising that there were around 100 Sages in the entire Holy Region.

However, one question remained unanswered.

Fang Zhengzhi had heard of the 'one pavilion, four sages, thirteen constabularies'. According to their ranking, it wasn't unreasonable that the the Heaven Dao Pavilion was ranked above the four sages, since it was more powerful.

However, since there was the the Heaven Dao Pavilion, why were there four other sages?

And why didn't any of the four sages interfere with the battle at the Southern Region? If sages weren't allowed to interfere with the wars between the countries, why could Yan Qianli do it?

This was a conflicting matter.

Of course, Fang Zhengzhi had asked Heavenly Oasis Saint about this through Wu Yuer.

However, Heavenly Oasis Saint didn't answer his question directly, and instead told him that he would know everything once he entered the Holy Region.

But now…Fang Zhengzhi had entered the Holy Region for an entire month, and he even read through the books in the Heaven Dao Pavilion's Repository, but he still failed to find the answer.

Of course, this wasn't the time for him to be thinking about that.

There were four sages around him, and they were definitely here to kill him. This was an overkill.

Did the Heaven Dao Pavilion plan the ambush?

That was unlikely.

Fang Zhengzhi was quick to shoot the idea down, because even he himself wouldn't know what could happen in the Divine Rain Pond. If so, how could the Heaven Dao Pavilion set this up beforehand?

If that was the case…There was only one possible explanation.

Just as Chi Guyan had suspected, the people of Nine Pinnacles Mountain and Yin Yang Hall would likely come after him once he exited the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

”Are they from Nine Pinnacles Mountain or Yin Yang Hall?”

”Did both sects send their men?”

Fang Zhengzhi stopped guessing, because he had roughly figured out their identities. However, this meant that he was in a never-before-seen tough spot.

Behind him, were the people of the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

In front of him, stood the people of Nine Pinnacles Mountain and Yin Yang Hall.

Under normal circumstances, he had no way out of this alive.

”Is this fate?” Fang Zhengzhi had wondered if he would be less ill-fated if he didn't act so rashly in the Heaven Dao Pavilion.

Just a day ago, he wasn't so sure about this, but now, he was entirely convinced that everything was fated to be.

Even if he had chosen to join the Heaven Dao Pavilion normally, he couldn't have watched as the people from Nine Pinnacles Mountain went after Chi Guyan. In that case, the war in the Heaven Dao Pavilion would have broken out anyway. Even if he did not create any trouble, Nangong Hao would have sparked the war with his own methods.

The only difference between the two was the process, but the outcome was identical.

Since he couldn't avoid his fate, he had to fight against it.

However, the problem was that he couldn't fight against his fate, because there were four sages around him, and three elders and hundreds of disciples of the Heaven Dao Pavilion chasing after him…

How was he going to fight against anything?

”Sixth Elder, Second Elder, Fourth Elder, I've discovered the enemies hiding below the Heaven Dao Pavilion. Hurry up!” Fang Zhengzhi shouted.

”Hmm?” The four men in black were startled by his words, but they soon sneered and said, ”Kid, are you trying to trick us? How could the elders of the Heaven Dao Pavilion…What?!”

Before they could finish the sentence, they heard a massive group of people approaching, following which, the Sixth Elder, along with hundreds of disciples of the Heaven Dao Pavilion, appeared in their sight.

Apart from them, there were two men in the sky. They were the Second and Fourth Elders, who were standing atop their beasts.

This massive army was obviously enough to leave them shocked and dumbfounded.