Chapter 112: Yun Mengling in Danger

Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Yun Mengling in Danger

Reeling from the shock, Xiang Hai and the others found it all unbelievable, and their minds turned to their previous attitude toward Yi Xiaoyao.

’This Yi Xiaoyao... he’s this strong, yet we said we were "looking out for him" by letting him tag along?’

It was the biggest joke in the world. Did someone with such terrifying, shocking strength really need their protection? It should have been Yi Xiaoyao protecting *them*.

Moreover, Yi Xiaoyao had discovered the Hidden Spirit Fruits and was more than strong enough to take them all for himself, yet he had still intended to split them evenly. And they had actually refused.

Thinking back, how foolish it had been to refuse Yi Xiaoyao’s offer to split the Hidden Spirit Fruits. Even more foolishly, they had only planned on giving him a single fruit.

At this thought, Xiang Hai and the other five men actually cast grateful glances at the corpses of the nine Righteous Disciples.

If these nine hadn’t shown up, the ones lying on the ground right now would probably be Xiang Hai and his group, who had been about to rob Yi Xiaoyao.

An unprecedented wave of fear washed over Xiang Hai and the others.

"Go! Let’s get out of here, now!" Xiang Hai urged, his voice strained. "From now on, we have to do everything we can to avoid Yi Xiaoyao. After all, we were about to attack him. He’s probably marked us. If we run into him again, I’m afraid he’ll kill us without a second thought."

"Let’s move!"

The others nodded emphatically and scrambled away in a panic.

...

Just as Yi Xiaoyao encountered the nine Righteous Disciples, the expression of the Black Robe Hall Master, who was watching from the light screen in the outside world, suddenly changed.

The Black Robe Hall Master had originally been incredibly confident in Yi Xiaoyao, but when he saw nine dots of light converge on Yi Xiaoyao’s on the screen, his face filled with worry.

"Haha, that little bastard is dead for sure this time." A smile finally broke across Shangguan Jingyun’s face.

He then glanced at the Black Robe Hall Master and sneered, "Black Robe, just watch. Even if that disciple of yours, Yi Xiaoyao, had three heads and six arms, he’s doomed."

As he spoke, Shangguan Jingyun’s gaze returned to the light screen. He wanted to watch the dot representing Yi Xiaoyao vanish before his very eyes.

Yi Xiaoyao’s survival had gradually become a point of contention in the rivalry between the Cloud Transformation Sect and the Seven Kills Star Hall.

As it concerned these two major powers, the other sects were naturally paying close attention. All eyes were fixed on the dot of light that represented Yi Xiaoyao.

But in the next moment, when they saw that not only had Yi Xiaoyao’s dot not vanished, but the nine dots surrounding it had disappeared instead, the atmosphere grew strange.

"What?"

Shangguan Jingyun cried out in alarm, and the faces of the others filled with shocked disbelief.

In their eyes, Yi Xiaoyao encountering nine cultivators at the Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment should have been a death sentence.

Yet the scene before them shattered the outcome they had already decided upon.

"A kid at the Sixth Realm of Foundation Establishment actually killed nine people at the Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment? This is absurd!"

Even these worldly, high-ranking figures from the various sects found such an outcome difficult to believe.

The Black Robe Hall Master was inwardly shocked as well, but his face wore a smug expression.

"Haha! Shangguan Jingyun, you wanted to kill Yi Xiaoyao, but it seems things won’t be going your way this time."

The Black Robe Hall Master sneered at Shangguan Jingyun. "And based on what I know of that kid, he’s going to wipe out every last disciple from your Cloud Transformation Sect."

After all, being able to defeat nine opponents at once, Yi Xiaoyao was likely already an invincible existence within the Ancient Great Demon Tomb Space.

Although Shangguan Jingyun’s expression was grim, he revealed a very faint, hidden smile.

"That’s not necessarily so."

Shangguan Jingyun narrowed his eyes and muttered meaningfully.

...

Back in the Ancient Great Demon Tomb Space, Yi Xiaoyao began exploring on his own again.

Even Yi Xiaoyao himself was rather surprised by his feat of killing nine Righteous Disciples. ’I never expected my strength to have reached this level.’

’It’s all thanks to the two months of Body Refining in the Cultivation Tower. Otherwise, facing nine opponents at the Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment wouldn’t have been nearly so easy.’

"Below the Golden Core Realm, no one is my match anymore. In that case, I don’t need to travel or cooperate with anyone."

After muttering to himself with a smile, Yi Xiaoyao threw caution to the wind and began sprinting through the mist.

「Several hours later.」

"Don’t! Don’t kill me! If you spare me, I’ll tell you something you’ll definitely be interested in!"

A Righteous Disciple, spitting blood, knelt before Yi Xiaoyao, kowtowing and begging for his life.

Just like the others before him, this person had run into Yi Xiaoyao and tried to kill him to claim the reward from the Cloud Transformation Sect.

But he never imagined that Yi Xiaoyao would gravely injure him with a single punch.

And so, the current scene of him begging for mercy unfolded.

"What information? Let’s hear it."

Yi Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow, retracting the fist he was about to throw, and questioned the man.

"I just saw a disciple from your Seven Kills Star Hall being hunted by people from the Cloud Transformation Sect!"

After speaking, the man looked at Yi Xiaoyao uneasily.

Hearing this, Yi Xiaoyao’s expression changed. "Quick, which direction?" he demanded.

"That way. They probably haven’t gone far." The man pointed, and his eyes lit up. "The one being chased is a young woman in a white dress. She’s the most beautiful..."

Before the man could finish, Yi Xiaoyao raised his hand and fired a strand of Sword Qi, ending his life.

’It’s Miss Yun! She’s being hunted?’

Yi Xiaoyao’s brows furrowed, and he immediately sped off in the direction the man had pointed.

’Logically, since Yun Mengling was able to stay on the tenth floor of the Cultivation Tower for so long, her strength should be far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator at the Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment.’

’But no matter how strong she is, she’s probably not a monster like me. And in any case, I can’t just abandon a companion.’

Since Yi Xiaoyao had a large supply of Hidden Spirit Fruits, he didn’t have to worry about consuming Spiritual Power and used the Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique to travel at top speed the entire way.

At this very moment...

In the area just ahead of Yi Xiaoyao, Yun Mengling was surrounded by four young men in white. A white, protective barrier radiating a holy light enveloped her, deflecting all of their attacks.

"Don’t you worry, little beauty, we’re not going to kill you. You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. How could we possibly bear to kill you?"

"Hehe, little beauty, why don’t you just give up and come with us?"

The four Cloud Transformation Sect disciples stared at Yun Mengling with shining eyes, gulping audibly.

A frosty expression covered Yun Mengling’s exquisitely beautiful face, but under the four men’s relentless assault, the white barrier around her grew dimmer and dimmer, looking as if it might shatter at any moment.

CRACK!

A crisp cracking sound rang out. Yun Mengling’s face paled, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The four Cloud Transformation Sect disciples, however, looked overjoyed and lunged toward Yun Mengling.

But in the next instant, a ghostly figure shot past the four men, scooped Yun Mengling into his arms, and evaded their pounce with a series of impossibly agile, illusory movements.

The four Cloud Transformation Sect disciples flew into a rage. They stared at the youth in the distance holding Yun Mengling’s delicate form, fury practically erupting from their eyes.

"Yi Xiaoyao! How dare you steal the woman we have our eyes on! You’re courting death!"

"Hmph. We’ve been looking all over for this kid, and here he is, delivering himself right to our doorstep."

"Kill him and take the beauty back!"

Roaring in anger, the four shot toward Yi Xiaoyao with savage grins.

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression changed drastically. He finally understood why Yun Mengling was no match for these four.

Because among the four of them, the aura radiating from one man far surpassed the Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment!

"Young Master Yi, run!" Yun Mengling cried out worriedly from his arms, too panicked to feel shy. "That man... he’s in the Golden Core Realm!"

Yi Xiaoyao was startled. ’Weren’t all the people who entered the Ancient Great Demon Tomb Space supposed to be below the Golden Core Realm?’

’Why is there a Golden Core Realm expert among the Cloud Transformation Sect disciples?!’

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