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Shi Songtao walked to the centre of the captured Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners, raising his head to look at Shi Tie.
A low, hoarse voice resounded, "Now, there are seven people on my left and fifteen on my right."
Shi Songtao raised his head to look at Shi Tie, "If I say that I want to kill all of them on one side, which side do you think I should choose?"
An oppressive cold light shot out from Shi Tie's eyes, his palm on the golden tower moving slightly, but not moving away.
He extended his free hand towards Shi Songtao, but Sima Chui attacked with his spear, blocking Shi Tie.
Shi Songtao said indifferently, "With your cultivation base, if you don't care about the core of the grand formation, even with the 'Scaly Dragon King' blocking, you can still jolt all of us to death through the air."
"But you can't ignore the grand formation that guides the descent of the Nine Underworlds, right?"
Shi Songtao swivelled his head to look at those Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners, "Your current experiences are like mine that year."
"Compared to the consequences of the descent of the Nine Underworlds, which could be twenty thousand, two hundred thousand, two million or even more people dying, the lives of your twenty-odd people, in Shi Tie's eyes, seem insignificant."
Some of those Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners had complex expressions on their faces, while some stubbornly glared angrily at Shi Songtao.
Shi Songtao looked at Shi Tie, "Since that is so, then I already know your answer to the question just now."
He looked left and right, "Seven and fifteen, you definitely want to protect fifteen."
Shi Songtao laughed lightly, "The side with more people, right?"
Despair instantly appeared on the faces of the seven Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners on his left.
However, Shi Songtao was not in a hurry to act, instead swivelling his head to look to the right, "But, of the remaining fifteen people, if we split them into five on one side and ten on the other, which side would you choose to protect?"
Shi Tie's gaze turned heavy.
Shi Songtao said mildly, "The side with more people? Then it would be to protect ten and give up five? "
"Very in line with your style, but …" Shi Songtao spread out his hands and coldly said, "In that case, there will be ten survivors and twelve dead. Which side is more and which side is less?"
Shi Tie looked at Shi Songtao and did not speak for a long time.
Shi Songtao's gaze was also fixed on the tall figure in mid-air.
"Senior apprentice-brother Shi, I'll interrupt you for a moment," Yan Zhaoge suddenly said, "I won't say much, just three sentences."
"First of all, there are many times when it's not a simple matter of quantity. Given Eldest Martial Uncle's personality, if he really had a choice, I feel that he wouldn't choose to sacrifice the majority, nor would he choose to sacrifice the minority. He would choose to sacrifice himself.
Yan Zhaoge looked at Shi Songtao, "As the old saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. Conversely, this also makes some sense. I feel that your understanding of eldest apprentice-uncle should be deeper than mine."
Shi Songtao's gaze shifted from Shi Tie to Yan Zhaoge, cold and silent.
Yan Zhaoge met his gaze calmly, "The second sentence is actually to ask something."
"Sister-in-law Yuzhen and Jun 'er, are they already dead, or are they like you now?"
Shi Songtao's wife, surnamed Ying and named Yuzhen, was a solitary practitioner. After getting to know Shi Songtao, the two had grown very close, becoming husband and wife, living harmoniously together.
Afterwards, the son they had given birth to was named Shi Jun. It was even the old Clan Chief Yuan Zhengfeng who had helped to name him.
The years following Shi Jun's birth had been the happiest days of Shi Tie and Shi Songtao's family.
Sadly, however, good times didn't last long, as that tribulation had come afterwards.
Shi Songtao's family of three had all met with disaster, all of them nowhere to be seen, unable to even collect their corpses.
Now, Shi Songtao had finally reappeared, but Ying Yuzhen and Shi Jun were still nowhere to be seen.
Looking at Shi Songtao who resembled a wounded lone wolf, Yan Zhaoge, Shi Tie and Xu Fei all felt their hearts sink.
As compared to Shi Tie and Xu Fei, this question was still asked by Yan Zhaoge.
Hearing this question, Shi Songtao's breathing abruptly halted, the fury and pain within his gaze even more intense than before.
Looking at Shi Songtao, Yan Zhaoge said slowly, "The third sentence …"
At this point, Yan Zhaoge suddenly moved!
The cloak formed of crane feathers on his shoulders abruptly flipped, transforming into two massive wings. As they shook, he shot towards Shi Songtao and the others like a bolt of lightning!
The purplish-green light of thunder flickered within Yan Zhaoge's right eye. The next moment, a perfectly round purple orb appeared above his head.
A desolate, ancient aura emanated, the orb flickering with the light of thunder, jumping abruptly!
It was as though a person's eye had lightly blinked.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
An intense rumble of thunder resounded as the ball of light transformed into a thunderbolt, ripping through space in an instant!
The thunderbolt was so fast that no one could react at all, directly striking down before that white-haired old man of the late Spirit Vessel Martial Grandmaster realm.
It was as though a thunderbolt had descended from the heavens, destroying all filth and evil!
As soon as Yan Zhaoge moved, the white-haired old man was alerted.
The acupoints of his entire body pulsed, his aura-qi circulating as his body flickered, wanting to evade.
But the thunderbolt was really too fast!
Fast to the point that his thoughts and his body were completely unable to react, having no time to react or judge, not even having the time to instinctively react!
After Yan Zhaoge had stepped into the Martial Grandmaster realm, activating the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment and blazing it with all his might, An Instant's Thunder had skyrocketed madly!
Boom, boom, boom!
The thunderbolt mightily exploded above the white-haired old man's head, shattering his protective aura-qi, shattering the armour on his body.
Finally, his fleshly body that had been tempered a hundred times and was even tougher than metal exploded into a mist of blood!
Instakill!
Directly instakill!
The third level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, the late Spirit Vessel stage, was directly instakilled on the spot by An Instant's Thunder!
From Yan Zhaoge making his move to the white-haired old man being blown to the point where not even his bones remained, only a blink of an eye had passed!
Meanwhile, Yan Zhaoge expanded his Immortal Crane Wings, instantly arriving before them.
A green sword-light that resembled a jade dragon traversing the heavens flashed past.
Of the five Martial Grandmasters of the Decimating Abyss side, following the white-haired old man, another one, an early Spirit Vessel Martial Grandmaster, was nailed to death by Yan Zhaoge's sword!
Having been informed beforehand by Yan Zhaoge via sound transmission with his aura-qi, Xu Fei and Ah Hu also shot out, each dealing with one of the other two Decimating Abyss Martial Grandmasters.
At the same time, Yan Zhaoge arrived by Shi Songtao's side.
Dim light shone within Shi Songtao's hands as he sent a sword towards Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge's hands interlocked, his body turning as he continuously stepped on the ground, resembling the movement of the stars as he speedily arrived behind Shi Songtao.
His left hand chopped out, bringing with it the roar of thunder as it resembled a massive heaven-splitting blade, chopping down on Shi Songtao's sword-wielding right arm!
A muffled cracking sound resounded as Shi Songtao's left arm instantly went limp, the sword in his hand falling to the ground.
"Sorry for the offence," At the same time, Yan Zhaoge kicked out from below, kicking Shi Songtao's leg.
Like brandishing a great axe, chopping down a large tree, he directly kicked Shi Songtao into a half-kneeling position!
Yan Zhaoge extended his right hand, his fingers forming a claw as he grabbed Shi Songtao's neck from behind, suppressing him to the point that he was unable to move.
"My third sentence …" Yan Zhaoge exhaled, "Of the twenty-two fellow disciples here, senior apprentice-brother Shi, you will not be able to kill a single one of them."
Accompanied by his words, the white-haired old man was shattered by the thunder, transforming into a rain of blood that filled the entire sky, his splattering flesh and blood landing on the ground! (To be continued.)
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