Fighting for Spots
The experts of the Divine Mountains, who were no longer capable of causing much trouble, were solemn. The higher one's cultivation was, the more they valued their lives. They knew full well that their actions had thoroughly infuriated the leader of Upheaval.
Even if they were members of the Divine Mountains' prestigious clans, it was obvious from his tone.
He didn't care about them at all.
What was left in front of them was either death or the lives of the Xiao family in exchange for their own lives.
The Xiao Family was the Lightning Emperor's family.
They were a supreme family that stood above millions and only served one person.
Even if it was a matter of life and death, they had to think twice before killing their fellow disciples.
However, from the looks in some of their eyes, they could sense that they were starting to waver. They wanted to live. All they lacked was the courage to take that final step.
They needed time to think things through.
Naturally, Ye Zichen noticed this as well. Among them, Chen Chenghe's gaze was the most intense. Although he knelt on the ground with his head bowed, he clenched his fists and glanced at Xiao Zhan and the others more than once.
"How about this? I don't think a life for a life is enough. How about this: so long as any one of you kills a member of the Xiao Family, I'll let all three of you go. "
Ye Zichen deliberately increased the temptation, then glanced at Chen Chenghe.
He discovered that as soon as he proposed this strategy, Chen Chenghe's gaze grew more and more relaxed. He was already on the verge of speaking.
"Let's see who dares!"
Xiao Zhan was the strongest of them all, so Jiao Qi had been standing by his side this entire time to prevent him from suddenly attacking.
The instant he opened his mouth, Jiao Qi slapped him across the face, causing the entire right side of his face to swell.
"You …."
Xiao Zhan had always been a proud son of heaven, and an elite disciple of the Xiao Family's inner sect. When had he ever suffered such humiliation? He struggled so hard, his eyes practically popped out of their sockets, and the veins in his neck bulged.
However, at that moment, a sharp dagger pressed against his neck. The tip of the dagger sank a few centimeters deep, and blood flowed out, dripping onto the floor.
In the blink of an eye, he felt Jiao Qi's cold aura behind him, as well as a chill on his neck. He had no choice but to calm down and swallow the vicious words that were about to come out of his mouth.
At the same time, Ye Zichen glanced at the bloodstains in the hall.
"Don't kill them in the hall. I don't want their blood to dirty my floor. Tie them up and take them outside. By the way, seal their mouths. Hearing them speak will dirty my ears. "
Jiao Qi, Meng Huairong, and the others immediately tied everyone up and carried them out. Ye Zichen looked at Chen Chenghe and the others.
"You should also consider it quickly. My patience is limited."
Outside the hall.
Even though Xiao Zhan and the others had all been captured, the pitch-black sky flashing with lightning and the howling gales still made them feel a deep sense of oppression.
In the courtyard outside the great hall, Xiao Zhan and the others, including Gao Xiong and the others, were all tied up in ropes. They knelt in a row under the command of an earth supreme yao from the Yao-Sealing Pagoda.
Chen Chenghe and the others were also under the watch of the demons in the Yao-Sealing Tower. They stood opposite these people.
Ye Zichen sat on a chair to one side of the courtyard. He held a glass of wine in his hand and watched everything calmly.
"I've given you enough time to consider. Have you made up your mind?"
Almost at the same time, the people on Xiao Zhan's side and Chen Chenghe's side raised their heads and looked at the people opposite them.
Xiao Zhan and the others' gazes were filled with warning. Their opponents didn't dare attack.
As for Chen Chenghe and the others, they were conflicted over whether to attack or not.
"If you're not going to say anything, then fine. Let's just kill them all." Ye Zichen didn't give them any more time to hesitate. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to Jiao Qi and shouted, "Jiao Qi, do it!"
When Jiao Qi heard that, he walked towards the people on the Divine Mountains. The struggle in Chen Chenghe's eyes grew stronger and stronger.
"Wait a moment!"
Chen Chenghe, whose gaze was constantly changing, raised his hand after a few struggles. The two people from the same sect beside him looked at him with shock in their eyes.
"What?" Ye Zichen chuckled.
"I'll listen to you."
Chen Chenghe's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was ferocious. Right now, he didn't care about the Lightning Emperor's Xiao Family, nor did he care about the consequences of killing them ….
He wanted to live.
Ye Zichen smiled at him and nodded. As soon as Chen Chenghe finished speaking, the only male disciple of the Yellow Wind Sect smiled bitterly and stepped forward.
"Senior Brother Huang."
The other two female disciples couldn't help but call out. Senior Brother Huang shook his head, shrugged, then turned to Ye Zichen and said, "I'll listen to you as well.
"I'll listen to you. No matter what, I can't let my two Junior Sisters die here."
"Senior Brother."
The Yellow Wind Sect's female disciples were visibly moved. They naturally didn't want to die, but the difference between their sect and the Lightning Emperor's Xiao Family was far too great. They didn't have the courage to take that final step.
They knew full well just how much pressure Senior Brother Huang was under when he made this decision.
He was the son of the sect's vice sect head. By doing this, he'd put the entire Yellow Wind Sect on the opposing side of the Lightning Emperor's Xiao Family.
"That's right. There's still one more spot …."
"I …."
"I …."
Instantly, the representatives of the other Divine Mountains spoke up simultaneously. They glanced at each other, then Ye Zichen shrugged and said, "There's only one spot left.
"There's only one spot left. Since so many of you want it, I'll …"
Before he finished speaking, a young man with an especially immature face among these people killed the other four competitors, including the other two disciples of those four competitors, at lightning speed.
A ninth-stage earth supreme! This youth was actually a ninth-stage earth supreme as well!
When he finally stopped, his face and hands were covered in blood.
His gray eyes were cold and distant. As the others watched in astonishment, he stared straight at Ye Zichen.
"This time, I'm the only one left."
His two fellow disciples stared at the youth in terror. When Ye Zichen saw the youth, he actually smiled in satisfaction.
"Alright, I'll leave this spot to you."
He snapped his fingers, and a demigod artifact appeared in front of Chen Chenghe, Senior Brother Huang, and the other youth. They landed on the ground.
"Do it."
This sentence was like a death knell. Xiao Zhan and the others were bound and gagged. They glared at Chen Chenghe, Ye Zichen, and Ye Zichen in warning.
"Do it!"
To everyone's surprise, the first to mention a demigod artifact wasn't Chen Chenghe or Senior Brother Huang. Rather, it was the ninth-stage earth supreme youth who'd helped Ye Zichen kill the twelve experts from the Divine Mountains.
He clenched his weapon, his expression cold and aloof. Without the slightest hesitation, he walked up to one of Xiao Zhan and the other two, then raised his weapon high into the air ….
He raised his blade and brought it down!
The Xiao Family member chosen by the youth instinctively closed his eyes, but at that moment, he heard a loud bang.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the sword-wielding young man falling heavily to the ground. Blood was flowing out of his mouth, and the demigod artifact had been broken into two.
At the same time, a massive rift tore open in the heavens. A bearded, middle-aged man stood in the middle of it, lightning crackling around him. It was as if he wanted to tear the heavens apart.
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