Before him sat a man clad in black robes.
Without a hint of when he arrived, nor any trace of movent.
The man simply sat before him.
Shrouded entirely in black, only his gloomy eyes were exposed.
"I knew you would co sooner or later," the crazed man said flatly.
"Considering that you didn’t expose today, I won’t kill you," the man in black responded.
"What are you here for?"
"Just to give you a reminder," the man in black replied.
"Your Sect Gate’s elder uncle and Sect Master are in my hands. If you don’t want them dead, you’d better behave."
"I am aware," the killing intent flashed in the eyes of the crazed man before he responded indifferently.
"My patience is running thin with you," the man in black said coolly.
"Hand over the fragnts of the Divine Sword, and I’ll release your Sect Gate’s people. It’s a win-win."
"Do you think I don’t know?" the crazed man replied indifferently.
"Without the fragnts of the Divine Sword, we can survive.
If you get hold of the fragnts, we’ll have no reason left to live."
Upon hearing the man’s words, the man in black fell silent for a mont, before saying, "Do as you wish.
It won’t take long, the fragnts of the Divine Sword will still be mine."
As the words of the man in black ended, silence filled the room.
Just as the man in black was about to turn and leave, his figure froze in place.
There, leaning askew on the window ledge, was a figure.
Unnoticed, he had listened carefully to their entire conversation.
"Are you done talking?" Xu Zii looked at the two n and asked with a smile.
"When did you get here?" the man in black asked flatly.
Previously, he hadn’t noticed at all.
"I suppose I’ve heard both what I should and should not," Xu Zii said with a smile.
His gaze shifted to the side at the crazed man, asking, "Why aren’t you pretending to be foolish anymore?
I saved you, yet you’ve deceived .
It’s truly heartbreaking!"
The man in black’s gaze tensed, as he contemplated leaving through the main door.
But as the door swung open, King Qinyou’s figure calmly stood there.
"No running away now, take off your mask so I can see who you are," Xu Zii said with a smile.
"I think we must know each other!"
"That depends on whether you have the ability," the man in black snorted coldly.
The aura of soone at the peak of the Saint Vein Realm burst forth from within him.
He was the first to attack Xu Zii.
A punch thundered down, endless sharpness spreading between his knuckles.
"Ridiculous," Xu Zii replied indifferently.
He lightly sidestepped, evading the man in black’s assault.
Reaching out with his right hand, he directly grasped the other’s wrist and forcefully snapped it.
Then, with a kick to the abdon, he sent the man in black flying.
Although it was just a few simple moves,
Xu Zii did not hold back, employing his greatest strength.
The man in black lay on the ground, all limbs broken, a viscous trail of fresh blood oozing from his mouth.
He was like a lump of mud sprawled on the ground.
However, the Spiritual Energy around him was also automatically healing his injuries, and it seed he would recover before long.
Xu Zii walked over to the man in black, pulled off his mask,
And took it off.
"Although it’s you, I am not surprised," Xu Zii said with a light laugh.
The person in front of him was indeed the Little Acolyte he had t today.
"The enemy you ntioned who would destroy the Sword Twilight Sect, I’m afraid that would be yourself," Xu Zii said with a smile.
The Little Acolyte sighed softly and said with his head down, "One wrong step leads to another."
"How about a deal?" Xu Zii asked, looking at the crazed man.
"Exchange those fragnts of the sword for the lives of your entire sect."
"You’re just like him, why should I trust you?" the crazed man replied indifferently.
"You don’t have the luxury of choice," Xu Zii said.
"I don’t have that much patience. If you don’t agree, I will simply take you for a Soul Search."
Upon hearing the words "Soul Search," the crazed man’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He could tell Xu Zii was not an ordinary person; the Soul Search technique was not sothing just anyone could grasp.
Moreover, this thod was extrely cruel, those subjected to it either died or went completely mad.
Such thods went against the harmony of heaven, so even within the True Martial Holy Sect, this technique was seldom used.
"I’ll do the trade with you," the crazed man pondered for a mont before finally speaking up.
"That’s more like it," Xu Zii smiled.
"I only want the fragnts of the Divine Sword. I have no grievances with your Sword Twilight Sect."
After speaking, Xu Zii turned to the Little Acolyte and asked, "Do you want to live?"
"I understand, I’ll take you to where they are imprisoned," the Little Acolyte said, shaking his head as if resigning to his fate.
Then the Little Acolyte stood up and led Xu Zii and the others to a room within the monastery’s dining hall.
He tapped the side of the room’s wall with his right hand.
A rumbling sound ca from beneath the ground.
A staircase leading underground appeared beneath their feet.
The Little Acolyte led the way through the hidden passage, with everyone following closely behind.
The passageway wasn’t too dark, with Luminous Pearls embedded on both sides.
The interior was hollow, and footsteps echoed clearly as they walked.
Going down the stairs, the space inside began to widen.
There was a pungent sll in the air.
As the stone gate in front of them opened, everyone was shocked by the sight inside.
It was a huge iron cage where a group of people were chained and caged like animals.
Under the dim yellow light on both sides, at a glance, there appeared to be close to a hundred people.
All of them had gaunt faces and lifeless eyes, clearly having suffered a great deal.
The odd scent in the air was intense, as all the detainees’ eating, drinking, and excreting were done in this place.
Seeing this scene, the crazed man stood rooted to the spot.
"Master, Third Uncle," he cried out frantically, rushing towards the people inside the iron cage.
The people inside looked at him numbly, their eyes devoid of any emotion.
Just then, another loud "boom" ca from above.
The Little Acolyte’s figure had already disappeared, and a cage made from positions in all directions trapped Xu Zii and the others inside.
Or rather, the secret chamber itself was a hidden cage.
A round of clapping ca from the side.
The Little Acolyte erged from a hidden spot, looking triumphantly at the people he had trapped.
"Bet you didn’t expect that," he said, laughing unrestrainedly at the captive group.
"Although I had no intention of sparing you, what you have done indeed angers ," Xu Zii said calmly.
He looked around; this cage wasn’t made from ordinary material.
Rather, it was forged from a type of ore called Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha Stone.
Such stone was inherently indestructible; even a Divine Vein expert couldn’t break it in a short ti.
"It seems you were prepared," Xu Zii said, narrowing his eyes in response.
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