Chapter 585 - 251: Backstab

Chapter 585: Chapter 251: Backstab

Almost instinctively, they looked up in horror, toward the direction the Profound Light was shooting from high in the sky.

But they had just raised their heads when three points of Profound Light suddenly descended upon them.

Their pupils shrank. They tried to dodge, but the Profound Light was too fast. They had barely moved when, in the next instant, the three beams of Profound Light pierced through their heads.

CRACK CRACK CRACK...

After the Profound Light pierced them, all three Ox Demons suffered the same fate as the first. In the blink of an eye, they were instantly frozen solid by the ’Eternal Freeze’ level Profound Nether Nature!

...In the blink of an eye, the four Ox Demons that had driven these Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples to the brink of despair were frozen in place, turned into ice sculptures, their lives extinguished.

The scene fell silent. Everyone was a bit stunned. It took them a long moment to come to their senses before they hurriedly looked up at the sky.

...Qin Fang flew over. ℯ𝐥.𝒄ℴ𝓶

When he came to a stop in mid-air, a slightly older disciple from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, who appeared to be the leader, was the first to react. Suppressing his shock and lingering fear, he quickly bowed to Qin Fang. "Th-Thank you, Senior, for saving us!"

His voice still trembled with the relief of having survived.

The other disciples, as if waking from a dream, hurriedly followed suit and bowed. Their gazes toward Qin Fang were filled with gratitude and undisguised awe...

They couldn’t gauge the depths of Qin Fang’s power, but the technique he used to instantly freeze four formidable Ox Demons was far beyond their comprehension!

...He was undoubtedly a senior expert whose Cultivation far surpassed their own.

Qin Fang’s gaze swept over the devastated battlefield and the several gruesome corpses.

After shaking his head, his gaze paused for a moment on the disciple who had previously pushed his fellow sect member toward the Ox Demon.

That disciple’s face was currently ashen. His body trembled slightly, and his eyes darted about, not daring to meet anyone’s gaze, let alone Qin Fang’s.

"You are disciples of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect?" Qin Fang retracted his gaze and looked at the disciple who had spoken.

"Yes, we are indeed disciples of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect."

The leader spoke respectfully, "We were here on the Sect’s orders to intercept the demon scourge, but we unexpectedly encountered these Ox Demons whose strength was far beyond our predictions... Thank you for your assistance, Senior. Otherwise... I’m afraid we..."

As he spoke, his face was filled with lingering fear.

The bodies on the ground said it all.

Qin Fang nodded, then his gaze fell once more upon the pale-faced disciple.

As Qin Fang looked over, all the other disciples also instinctively turned to look at him.

One by one, they gritted their teeth, glaring at him with hatred.

The disciple’s whole body trembled, and he dropped to his knees with a thud. Tears and snot streamed down his face. "Senior, please understand! I... I was just scared out of my wits! I never meant to harm my fellow disciple! I-I was just panicking and lost my head... Please spare my life, Senior! I beg you, Senior Brothers and Sisters, spare my life!"

He wailed as he kowtowed, banging his head against the ground until his forehead was soon covered in blood.

But all the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples simply glared at him, gritting their teeth. The leader’s face was especially grim.

However, after taking a deep breath, he cupped his fists at Qin Fang and said, "Senior, this man’s actions were despicable. He harmed a fellow disciple. According to our sect’s rules, he must receive the most extreme punishment! ...We will escort him back to be sentenced by the Punishment Hall Elder!"

In truth, Qin Fang didn’t care about this. ’This is a Golden Rainbow Sword Sect matter. It has nothing to do with me.’

He nodded and said, "Alright, you can handle the aftermath. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be on my way..."

The disciple quickly said, "Senior, please wait. Might we have your name, so that we may know who saved our lives? We also need to report this to our sect’s Elders..."

"That’s not necessary. It was nothing."

With that said, before the disciple could say another word, he streaked away through the sky.

"Sen—"

The disciple tried to call out again, but Qin Fang had already turned into a streak of Gang Light and vanished into the distance.

It left him stunned. Only after a long moment did he finally let out a soft breath.

"The robes that senior was wearing... they looked like they’re from the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect..." a disciple murmured in a low voice.

The leading disciple nodded slightly... He was already aware of this.

...The Sect had already informed them that disciples from the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect would be coming to assist them in eliminating demons during this time.

Just as he was thinking, a disciple spoke up through gritted teeth, "Senior Brother Lin, what should we do with this heartless bastard?"

This brought Senior Brother Lin back to his senses. He then looked at the disciple on the ground, his face pale and his forehead dripping with fresh blood.

A look of hatred appeared in his eyes as he ground out, "Tie him up! We’ll hand him over to the sect elders later!"

"Senior Brother..." Hearing this, the man trembled from head to toe. With pleading eyes, he looked up at Senior Brother Lin, who was struggling to remain airborne...

... ’If this was truly reported to the sect, he was as good as dead.’

"Shut up!" Senior Brother Lin snapped. "Don’t you dare call me Senior Brother! Who knows when you might push *me* out to take the fall?!"

The disciple opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a single word.

At that moment, other disciples lunged forward and pinned him to the ground.

He didn’t dare to resist, his eyes filled with utter despair.

Senior Brother Lin took a deep breath, glanced again at the tragic battlefield around them, and finally sighed. "Gather the bodies of our brothers..."

The disciples all nodded in silence.

One disciple stood before the body of their brother who had died with a look of disbelief still in his eyes. The disciple pursed his lips and gently closed the man’s unseeing eyes.

They began to clean up the battlefield. Not long after, a voice called out from the sky, "What happened here?"

Hearing the voice, all the disciples looked up. Senior Brother Lin quickly bowed in respect. "Greetings, Senior Brother Mu!"

High in the sky, a handsome young man was staring at the four Ox Demon corpses, a look of shock in his eyes.

"Who killed these four Demons?"

He paid no mind to the tragic scene, instead asking immediately about the four frozen Demons.

The disciples were all stunned. Senior Brother Lin quickly replied, "It was a senior from the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect... We disciples..."

He quickly recounted the events.

’Senior Brother Mu’s’ pupils contracted slightly. "The Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect?... Which way did he go?"

Senior Brother Lin and the others were taken aback. After a moment’s hesitation, they still pointed in a certain direction. "That way..."

Senior Brother Mu looked up, said nothing, and instantly streaked away through the air.

"Senior Brother?"

The disciples were all left stunned.

But by the time they came to their senses, Senior Brother Mu was already gone.