Chapter 2565 - 2566: Fighting Against the Heroes

Chapter 2565: Chapter 2566: Fighting Against the Heroes

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen’s heart was a jumble of mixed emotions, and he even felt a faint sense of relief. He had never imagined he was so "important" that so many top experts would fight each other to the death over him alone.

"I really didn’t expect you all came for me. This honestly makes me feel flattered."

Lin Chen’s cultivation had completely vanished by now; he no longer had any ability to resist anyone present. Even an ordinary person could easily kill him.

Yet even faced with this crisis right before his eyes, he could still act as if it were wind and clouds passing by, calm and unruffled. Because of this, many people couldn’t help but feel a sliver of respect for Lin Chen.

"Old man, we’ll say it again: get lost now and we’ll spare your life. If you insist on being stubborn, all of us will join hands—do you really think you’d be a match for us?"

The one speaking was the Little Overlord. At this moment he had completely exposed his true face before Nangong Xue; he no longer cared about anything. The flames of jealousy had burned away all the rationality the Little Overlord once had.

Nangong Xue’s entire body trembled slightly.

As for the Little Overlord, although she had always seemed to despise him, she trusted him completely. All along she had thought that maybe the Little Overlord was someone she could truly entrust herself to.

But who could have known that at the critical moment he would turn his coat, lead his clansmen, and throw himself into the enemy camp.

The First, Second, and Third Elders had long since become the Little Overlord’s people, so when they saw him join the Dongfang family, they went with him, without the slightest attachment to Nangong Xue.

"Why did you do this? Why did you betray me?"

No matter how she tried, Nangong Xue couldn’t figure it out. She and the Little Overlord had once been so close; why had he suddenly become like this?

"Why did I choose to betray you? Shouldn’t you be asking yourself that? How good I was to you, how much I liked you—but you, you bitch, you filthy whore."

There had indeed been a time when the Little Overlord truly loved Nangong Xue, treating her as an indispensable part of his life. But unfortunately, as time went on, he discovered an unchangeable fact.

He and Nangong Xue could never happen.

Plenty of women threw themselves at him, pursuing the Little Overlord with all their strength, yet the one in his heart was always that cold, stunning Nangong Xue.

But time and again, after exhausting himself with sincere effort, what he got in return was Nangong Xue’s disgust, mockery, derision, and even exclusion.

All his hopes completely collapsed on the day Lin Chen arrived.

From that day on, the Little Overlord had utterly given up on Nangong Xue. He resolved that he would no longer follow behind this woman; he would take revenge on her.

"All of this is you reaping what you sow. Someone loved you that much, and what did you treat him as? Do you really think regret is any use now?"

Dongfang Tianxia sat atop his mount, looking at Nangong Xue with an attitude of condescending superiority.

Nangong Xue gripped the weapon in her hand tightly and rushed forward. The Longsword in her hand released a pure white light like Bai Xue; her clothes fluttered in the air.

Then Nangong Xue leapt, soaring high, and the Longsword in her hand flared with white light in midair, launching a fierce attack down toward those "engines" on the ground.

Although Nangong Xue’s skills ranked among the top within the Nangong clan, these people were all peak experts. Dongfang Tianxia waved his right hand, and a violent ray of light blasted Nangong Xue down to the ground.

"Kill them for me."

As soon as he spoke, the members of the Dongfang family behind him let out loud roars, weapons in hand as they charged forward at those people. The Nangong clan was resisting, but they simply weren’t a match.

The people of the Dongfang family were highly skilled, extraordinarily powerful, and well-armed and numerous. Compared to them, the Nangong clan was far inferior. Thus, as the Dongfang family slaughtered the Nangong clan, one after another screams rang out.

Seeing this, everyone was shocked to the core; at this moment they finally understood the vast gulf between the Nangong clan and the Dongfang family.

Watching her clansmen fall one after another, dying on the ground, Nangong Xue’s heart twisted with agony.

She gripped her weapon and charged into the Dongfang family’s ranks, clashing with them.

But just as she raised her weapon to attack, she suddenly found the Little Overlord standing before her. This time, not only had the Little Overlord betrayed the Nangong clan, he was also going to kill Nangong Xue.

"Why did you betray me?"

Nangong Xue had always thought she saw the Little Overlord only as a servant, a mere subordinate, without any feelings involved. Yet in that instant just now, when she saw the Little Overlord standing on the opposing side, her heart actually clenched faintly.

Only now did Nangong Xue realize that, deep in her heart, she had long since reserved a place for the Little Overlord.

"I don’t count as betraying you—I just don’t like you anymore. Do you think that makes me wrong? Let me ask you a question: have you ever liked me, even once?"

These words from the Little Overlord hit Nangong Xue hard. She stood there, her body trembling slightly, then lowered her head.

The most painful thing in the world is when you rush to condemn someone in anger, only to finally discover that, at root, all the fault lies with yourself.

The Little Overlord wasn’t wrong.

"I’m going to kill you today, so you can’t blame me. Nangong Xue, get ready to die for me."

Back then, the reason he wanted to take revenge on Lin Chen was no longer simply because he liked Nangong Xue. From that moment on, he had already given up on Nangong Xue. The reason he wanted to kill Lin Chen came down to one thing.

It was to satisfy that near-mad wish lurking in his heart.

Nangong Xue fought the Little Overlord with her weapon, but she was far from his match. In just a few moves, the Little Overlord knocked her to the ground.

Nangong Xue tried several times to stand up from the ground, but the Little Overlord had struck very hard; she simply wasn’t his opponent. In that moment, Nangong Xue understood that the Little Overlord truly no longer loved her.

The Little Overlord took up the iron hammer in his hand and walked toward Nangong Xue step by step.

Tears flickered in Nangong Xue’s eyes.

"You bitch, you filthy whore, what else do you have to say now?"

Lin Chen stood to the side, watching Nangong Xue about to be killed by the Little Overlord, feeling guilty inside, because he knew all of this had started because of him.

"Old man, hurry up and let me down." Right now Lin Chen was still bound on the cliff, unable to move.