At this moment, Gong Tianhou suddenly understood. He looked at his good brother, the scholar, in confusion. Why would he do such a vicious thing?
"Why?"
Hailou Tianhou's voice was hoarse, as if he was roaring. His heart was filled with sorrow. He had used all of his connections and finally found some people who were willing to help him. But now, they had all been killed by this scholar. What was going on?
"Why?"
Seeing that the scholar was silent, Gong Tianhou continued to ask. His face was filled with pain. He could faintly hear the sounds of explosions behind him, as well as the miserable cries of his helpers. Those were the cries of despair of his helpers.
It turned out that they had left in a hurry early in the morning to send them to their deaths.
"If they don't die, we will die."
Finally, the scholar, who had been silent for a long time, spoke. His expression was indifferent, and there was no guilt in his heart. In the world of cultivation, the strong preyed on the weak. Every successful person had climbed up by stepping on white bones. Surviving was more important than anything else. Therefore, to the scholar, sacrificing his helpers and letting them drag out an ignoble existence was not a shameful thing.
Gong Tianhou grabbed the scholar, his eyes filled with anger. If he did not owe the scholar his life, he would have attacked him long ago.
"I can understand how you feel, but you don't know how strong our enemy is."
The scholar shook his head helplessly. "I could have left you to fend for yourself, and I could have hidden myself, but I didn't."
Hearing this, Gong Tianhou fell silent.
He lowered his head, his face twitching. His heart was filled with pain and despair.
"Do you still remember the person who captured you? I used the killing order given by the Great Snow Mountain to barely save your life?" the scholar said.
Gong Tianhou nodded. Of course he remembered that person. Their goal this time was to kill that person and take back the killing order.
"He is very strong, much stronger than we imagined. When I faced him, I felt helpless. Even when I faced the Taixuan Hierophant, I didn't feel this way. My intuition tells me that his strength is definitely above the Taixuan Hierophant's," the scholar said.
Hearing this, Gong Tianhou was stunned.
Was that person really that strong?
Then why didn't he just kill him back then?
"Last night, he secretly came to my study and imprisoned me. He wanted me to help him lure the enemy away from the mountain and lure out those who were secretly coveting his treasures. Then, he would be left alone."
The scholar told Helmet Tianhou in detail what had happened next.
"This …" Hailou Tianhou's expression was complicated. He hadn't expected the other party to have such a powerful background.
"Although I am the first disciple of the Taixuan Sect, those people will definitely not show mercy to me for the sake of the treasure. Therefore, the plan of luring the tiger away from the mountain may seem simple, but in reality, it will cost me my life. I don't want to die just like that, so I made them my scapegoat," said the scholar frankly.
At this point, there was nothing left to hide. He told Helmet Tianhou everything.
"But …" Hailou Tianhou still couldn't let it go, but he didn't hate the scholar anymore.
"Let's go. Let's return to the Supreme Mystery Sect first," the scholar said in a low voice, his voice filled with fear.
…
In the mountain range.
The experts hiding in the dark finally couldn't hold it in any longer and began to make their moves.
The first to make a move was naturally the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder. He ignored the defenses and charged straight into the matrix, slaughtering those people in a frenzy.
Puchi!
One helper after another died at the hands of the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder. Before they died, they were filled with despair. Their eyes were filled with resentment as they cursed Helmet Tianhou. However, it was useless. The moment they had set up the array formation, it had already been abandoned. Only death awaited them.
"Stop!"
The Heavenly Demonic Rat King roared in mid-air. He stopped the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder from killing them because he was afraid that the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder would monopolize the treasures.
After all, the blood-stained broken sword, the Little Mouse Fossil, and the Supreme Being's Finger Bone were all items that could cause a bloodbath if they were taken out alone.
"I, the Heavenly Demonic Rat King, will get whatever I want."
After saying that, the Heavenly Demonic Rat King didn't care about anything else. He went around the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder's attack and came to the bodies of the helpers at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye. He quickly searched through their interspatial rings.
"Hmm?
Nothing? "
After searching through a few people, the Heavenly Demonic Rat King's face gradually darkened.
"How could this be?"
"You're courting death!"
The Heavenly Demonic Rat King was furious. A mere Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder dared to attack him. Moreover, he suspected that he was too late. Could it be that the Great Snow Mountain's Fifth Elder had already monopolized the treasures?
No matter what, he could kill him and search his interspatial ring to get what he wanted.
He was known as the Thief Saint. There was nothing in the world that he couldn't get. The Great Snow Mountain was the victim. He had sneaked into the Great Snow Mountain countless times to steal the sacred treasures. But now, he had failed. He was furious.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Two great experts were fighting head-on. The battle was very intense. The matrix was broken. As for the helpers that Helmet Tianhou found, they were all dead and lying in a pool of blood.
Rustle! Rustle!
Rustle! Far away, some people were watching. They were relatively weak. They just wanted to fish in troubled waters. Seeing the two great experts fighting, they didn't dare to get close.
As for King Mu, he ordered the empire's army to surround the mountain. No one could escape. After doing all this, he quickly rushed to the battlefield.
… …
On the streets of Xuanlong City, Fang Chen was walking leisurely.
His gaze was looking towards the north. At this moment, there should be an intense battle erupting in that direction, right?
He didn't know whether those people were injured or not. But all of this was not within his scope of thinking.
He had more important things to do, especially when it involved the killing order. If the chief disciple of the Taixuan Sect didn't know, then he would go to the Taixuan Sect's Hierarch. If he didn't know, then he would go to the Great Snow Mountain's Patriarch.
There had to be someone who could answer his questions.
Of course, before that, he had to study the items that he had obtained from the auction.
Rustle!
Just as Fang Chen was thinking, suddenly, a figure came from not far away. It was Wang Teng from the Wang Family of the Huo Tribe.
At this moment, Wang Teng's body was surrounded by a layer of flames. He smiled at Fang Chen and clasped his fist. "Brother, there seems to be something on you that attracted me."
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