Hayashikawa looked coldly at the cultivators he had burned to death, then turned his gaze to Childe Remains. His heart didn't waver.
"Those who kill will be killed by others. There's nothing much to say. If you were Childe Remains, would you have allowed these people to snatch the Enlightenment Ancient Tree? Or do you really think they have the right to interfere in such a matter? " Hayashikawa said indifferently. He had already killed them. Although it was unexpected, he didn't have any regrets.
"Everyone can say such high-sounding words, but isn't it the same no matter who killed them? If we didn't do anything, you, Childe Remains, would have done it. Why are you pretending to be pure here? "Ni Huanzhi said with a chuckle.
With the appearance of the Tree of Enlightenment, no one could resist the temptation of such a treasure. And those who could meddle with such a treasure were obviously not those self-righteous Heaven's Favorites!
Cleaning up an area was something that all the major powers would do! For example, if a treasure ground or ancient ruin was discovered, the major powers would usually act and seal off the entire area, monopolizing all the benefits for themselves. They wouldn't care about the life or death of the rogue cultivators. Persuading them to leave was already the most benevolent thing they could do. It wasn't uncommon for them to kill people to silence them. Everyone was used to such things. However, in this battle, even those who thought they were from the major powers didn't have the power to monopolize the entire area.
Childe Remains didn't say anything in response to Hayashikawa's words because there was nothing he could refute. If Hayashikawa didn't kill these people, he would have done it in the end. If possible, he even hoped that he would be the only one to walk out of the Floating Spirit Shrine alive. That way, no one would know what had happened here, and no one would know that he had obtained the Enlightenment Ancient Tree, which was ranked sixth in the Heaven and Earth Miracle Records.
Unfortunately, the Floating Spirit Shrine wasn't something he could control alone this time. Those who had controlled the Big Dipper Stone Pillars in the Enlightenment Square weren't people he could easily destroy. It was hard to say who would have the last laugh in this battle.
Before the surrounding blazing aura had completely dissipated, many cultivators appeared in the distant sky once again. This time, it was Fu Ling Zi and the people from Fu Ling Hall!
His gaze first landed on the giant, green trunk of the Enlightenment Tree. His black pupils trembled violently the moment he saw the tree. He then swept his gaze past Hayashikawa and Childe Remains before finally landing on the burned cultivators of the Floating Spirit Region.
"Sir Fu Ling Zi, you must uphold justice for us. That Blue Dragon is simply a demon. He relied on his powerful cultivation to wantonly slaughter innocent people in our Floating Spirit Region. We …"
When the heavily injured cultivators saw the people from Floating Spirit Hall, they immediately cried out. After all, Floating Spirit Hall was the ruler of the entire Floating Spirit Region. Floating Spirit Zi's authority was still supreme in everyone's hearts. As the representative of Floating Spirit Hall, they had the right to interfere.
However, what happened next stunned all the cultivators of the Floating Spirit Region. Not only did Fu Ling Zi ignore their cries, he even greeted Hayashikawa with a smile.
"Blue Dragon's divine envoy is indeed powerful. The secret that our Floating Spirit Region couldn't discover for countless years was instantly discovered by you. It seems that our Floating Spirit Hall really has to thank you properly this time!"
Everyone present was stunned by Fu Ling Zi's words. Some even thought they were hallucinating.
Before there was a conflict of interest, everyone could understand that Fu Ling Zi was trying to get close to Hayashikawa. But now that the battle was imminent and Blue Dragon had brazenly killed so many cultivators of the Floating Spirit Region, not only did the people from Floating Spirit Hall ignore it, they even tried to get close to Blue Dragon. This filled everyone's hearts with anger and confusion.
Even Childe Remains frowned at this moment. He couldn't see through what Floating Spirit Hall was up to. He had been in the Floating Spirit Region for so many years, and Floating Spirit Hall could be said to be the only faction he was wary of. However, he had never figured out the true strength of this faction. Now that he saw the relationship between Fu Ling Zi and Blue Dragon, a trace of unease appeared in his heart.
In this world, there was no such thing as love without reason, and no such thing as ruthlessness without reason. The Floating Spirit Hall must have a deeper reason and secret for treating Azure Dragon like this. However, this secret was something that no one present knew about.
'Just what does Blue Dragon have that the Floating Spirit Hall values so much …' Childe Remains thought to himself as he looked at Hayashikawa.
In the time it took for these few words to arrive, Shangguan Dieche led the people from Nakagawa over. However, she didn't choose to meet up with Hayashikawa. Instead, she cautiously led everyone in another direction, hiding her true goal.
Hayashikawa was in the light while Shangguan Dieche was in the dark. No one would've thought that the disciple of the Yuqing Sect, a second-class power in Nakagawa, would listen to Hayashikawa. This was definitely a trump card.
Because the people from the Soul Refining School were a bit further away, they arrived a bit later than the rest. But it seemed that enemies were bound to meet on a narrow road. They arrived almost at the same time as Jing Jie, but the two sides didn't fight this time. It was clear that their personal grudges had been put aside for now. The most important thing was the Enlightenment Tree.
At this point, all of the people controlling the pillars of the seven star palaces were gathered in the main hall. Everyone was quietly looking at the rapidly growing Enlightenment Tree in front of them. But in this seemingly calm atmosphere, there was an unbearable sense of oppression.
Everyone knew that this was the calm before the storm.
The black flames of Hayashikawa's Amaterasu continued to burn silently. No one tried to stop him. As strong as the Amaterasu was, it couldn't cover the entire Enlightenment Tree. Due to the growth of the tree, a large part of the sky was exposed. Hayashikawa knew better than to use his Amaterasu again. The situation was very different from before.
"Whoosh!"
In this quiet atmosphere, a ray of golden light suddenly exploded from Young Master Hai's hand. In the blink of an eye, a lone cultivator who tried to get close to the Enlightenment Tree was killed instantly. He could not resist at all.
At the same time, a black chain flew out from the forehead of the black-robed man from the Soul Refining School. It pierced through the ground and killed a cultivator who tried to get close to the Enlightenment Tree. His soul was shattered by the black chain and then devoured.
In the following time, Shangguan Dieche, Jing Jie, Fu Ling Zi, and the others all took action. They killed those who tried to touch the Enlightenment Tree without showing any mercy.
As time passed, the Enlightenment Tree underwent a great change. When the green light was completely absorbed into the tree, not only did the tree stop growing, it actually began to shrink.
At the center of the tree, a speck of light that exuded a rich aura of enlightenment and life force began to absorb the entire tree. In just a short moment, the Tree of Enlightenment disappeared, leaving only the seed that gave off a boundless radiance in the hall.
The seed of the Enlightenment Tree!
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