Chapter 2278: _2

“Mo Shasheng, you…” Pei Yan never expected this fellow to show such disrespect, and his face immediately darkened as if it could drip water.

“Cross this line, die.”

Mo Shasheng clearly did not draw his sword, his expression remained calm and indifferent, but Pei Yebai Wuchang and the others facing him sensed a chill, carrying the unique coldness of the Northwest desert.

Seeing that Mo Shasheng was unmoved, Pei Yan, the old hand in the martial arts world, directed his attention to Wei Chen, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines. The next second, he loudly said, “Chief Wei, may I ask, according to your Patrol Defense Office regulations, if the officers encounter a wanted criminal listed in a warrant issued by your General Bureau while abroad, what should be done?”

“Immediately apprehend and bring to justice,” Wei Chen answered without hesitation.

“Great!” Pei Yan could not hide the upward curve of his mouth, then raised his hand to point at Mo Shasheng, loudly asking, “Then what are you waiting for, aren’t you going to quickly take action and bring this person to justice!”

“Chairman Pei, how come I don’t understand what you’re saying?” Wei Chen looked innocent, then pretended to be confused as he glanced around, even looking up at the sky, before retracting his gaze and asking, “Where is the wanted criminal of my Patrol Defense Office? I don’t know.”

“Northwest Sword Leader Mo Shasheng, isn’t he a wanted criminal of your Patrol Defense Office? How can you deny that?” Pei Yan questioned fiercely.

“Of course, I won’t deny that. Mo Shasheng is indeed a major criminal that my Patrol Defense Office is determined to apprehend. Wherever he is encountered, regardless of which officer of my Patrol Defense Office encounters him, he must be apprehended and brought to justice, restoring peace to the world,” Wei Chen said righteously, “But I don’t know Mo Shasheng, how could I know where he is?”

Even Pei Yan, experienced as he was, was shocked by the other party’s shamelessness. After a moment, he raised his voice to question, “You don’t recognize the person, do you not recognize that massacre sword, are your eyes bad?”

“There are many Apostles in this world, if everyone using a rusted sword is Mo Shasheng, then everyone wearing a jade ring would be you, Chairman Pei, and everyone using Puppets would be Mr. Bai.” Wei Chen sneered coldly, the martial arts world is not all about fighting and killing, it’s also about eloquence, possessing both literary and martial skills, and also knowing when to play dumb at crucial moments.

“You…” Pei Yan now understood clearly; the other party was pretending not to understand while stalling.

The longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it was for them. At this moment, Pei Yan found it difficult to retreat gracefully, and the situation was temporarily deadlocked.

“Chairman Pei, it seems…something’s not quite right.” Bai Wuchang squinted his eyes, staring intently at Mo Shasheng not far away, a strange green ghostly light faintly flashing in his eyes.

“This guy’s aura is not right, he’s not as strong as he appears, he’s fallen in rank, and that arm of his seems to be crippled as well,” Bai Wuchang quickly said.

“Hmm?” Pei Yan frowned. The mental strength of this Little House Lord from Bone Painting Tower was slightly inferior to his but this person’s array of sinister abilities, combined with the two Yin Corpses under his control, demonstrated significant skill.

Corpse Refining and Corpse Control were the trademark techniques of Bone Painting Tower, so both the Little House Lord and the House Lord were top-level Spiritual Apostles. On the aspect of Perception, this Little House Lord certainly had authoritative input.

With Bai Wuchang’s reminder, Pei Yan also began using his own methods to probe this reputedly powerful Northwest Sword Leader. Soon, he came to the same conclusion as Bai Wuchang. In his peak years, this person was a top master in the late-stage Netherworld Realm, and now he definitely did not have that strength.

In addition, he detected a faint but undeniable disruption in this person’s spiritual power, indicating a very bad condition, highly likely just a paper tiger ready to collapse at the slightest push.

Recalling the martial arts rumors from past years, Pei Yan quickly pieced together the situation in his mind. This former Northwest Sword Leader had severely injured Little Holy Spirit White Buddha years ago in a one-on-one battle, but he was also severely injured by the opponent in return.

Little Holy Spirit White Buddha was a well-known Super First-class Spiritual Magical Artifact Apostle, with the title of Six-armed Great Bodhisattva, reputed to unleash six arms and control six artifacts simultaneously in his strongest form, with the power to destroy a city.

And clearly, in the life-and-death confrontation against the Northwest Sword Leader, he used this move, severely injuring this top master in return. Essentially, they wounded each other, gaining little advantage.

Even after all these years, this Northwest Sword Leader had not healed from his injuries, and after the battle, his strength was greatly diminished, falling out of the late-stage Netherworld Realm, now not much stronger than them.

No, Pei Yan’s experience was exceptionally seasoned. He concluded that this Northwest Sword Leader had been heavily affected by the injury backlash over the years. He dared not make the first move, coming here merely to intimidate them.

Otherwise, with his temperament, he would have been far from polite towards them long before, rather than waiting until now.

Pei Yan and Bai Wuchang exchanged a glance, both understanding the thoughts in each other’s minds. Yiling Academy was a delicious piece of meat; unless absolutely necessary, neither of them wanted to give it up.

“This isn’t good, these two guys are about to risk it all.” Wei Chen also perceived the intense killing intent surging from these two, he never imagined that Pei Yan, the old fox, would dare to play such a big hand.

“Senior Mo, since you don’t want to give face to my United Federation, then I have no choice but to offend you.” Pei Yan still probed at the last moment.

“You and I join forces, deal with him first, don’t hesitate to use those two Puppets of yours, the weight of Yiling Academy is much more significant.” Pei Yan’s implication before making a move was clear; he was reluctant to personally engage but intended for Bai Wuchang’s controlled Puppets to pave the way first.

Although he now had at least ninety percent confidence that the Northwest Sword Leader was indeed a paper tiger, even if there was a final one percent uncertainty, he dared not bet his life on it, as the reputation of the Northwest Sword Leader was still intimidating.