Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”You really want to fight me, right here and now?”

In front of all these people, Xuan Tianzhan couldn’t show any weakness.

At least, not with his words.

”What, are you scared? When I killed your maids, weren’t you so arrogant? Didn’t you tell me to come find you? Now you’re scared again? Looks like you’ve decided to be a coward after all.”

Yang Xiao sneered.

”A coward? You think you’re worthy of calling me that?”

Xuan Tianzhan was enraged.

The surrounding Profound Celestial Sect disciples were especially stunned when Yang Xiao mentioned killing his maids.

’No wonder we haven’t seen the other two for the past year.’

’So they’re dead.’

”Senior Brother Xuan dotes on his maids. He usually doesn’t even let anyone look at them for too long. Now that they’ve been killed, why didn’t he get revenge? Could it be...”

Someone whispered.

He sounded perplexed.

The moment he spoke, the others immediately distanced themselves from him.

They stared at him with strange expressions.

The Profound Celestial Sect True Disciple instantly knew he had said the wrong thing.

Because Xuan Tianzhan was glaring over at him, his expression dark.

As if he wanted to eat him alive.

”I—I didn’t mean that, I...”

He wanted to explain.

But in the end, he didn’t know how.

Yang Xiao laughed. ”See, Xuan Tianzhan? Even your own lackeys know you’re scared. Are you still not going to admit it?”

”You—you’re spouting nonsense! I—that’s not what I meant!”

The True Disciple who had misspoken immediately tried to defend himself.

The more nervous he got,

and the more he tried to explain,

the darker Xuan Tianzhan’s expression became.

Finally, he lowered his head, not daring to say another word.

After shooting the disciple a cold glance, Xuan Tianzhan turned to Yang Xiao. ”You’re still not worthy of fighting me. Zhang Mengfei, you’re up. If you die, I’ll take good care of your sister.”

His voice lacked conviction as he finished.

Yang Xiao noticed.

”So that’s your game. Xuan Tianzhan, you’ve got some nerve.”

Yang Xiao scoffed.

He knew the guy was scared.

A wave of satisfaction washed over Yang Xiao.

Back then, Xuan Tianzhan had been high and mighty, like a god looking down from the heavens.

While he himself was just an ant the other could crush at will.

Later, Xuan Tianzhan had used every trick in the book, and he’d nearly died by his hand.

’If the Earth Fire Qilin Beast hadn’t saved me...’

’Now, I can finally avenge it.’

Yang Xiao’s heart soared.

The feeling showed plainly on his face.

His gaze toward Xuan Tianzhan was filled with mockery.

Just then,

Zhang Mengfei, who had been standing to the side, took a deep breath, raised his silver spear, and stepped forward once again.

”You know you’re no match for me, yet you still dare to step forward. You’ve got guts. But is it really worth it, for a man like him?”

Seeing him step forward, Yang Xiao first frowned slightly, then began to reason with him.

He felt a flicker of admiration for the young man, who looked to be about his own age.

These days, there were many with strength, but few with the courage to fight someone they knew they couldn’t defeat.

Anyone like that deserved respect.

”I’m not doing this for him. He’s my enemy. He slaughtered over a thousand of my kin. I’m only doing this for my sister! Even if I know he might be lying, it’s a gamble I have to take.”

Zhang Mengfei said, his tone serious.

Everyone respects the strong.

Even though Zhang Mengfei was about to attack Yang Xiao, he instinctively felt that this man before him—the one he was about to fight to the death—was far more worthy of respect than Xuan Tianzhan.

”I understand. Hearing you say that makes me think Xuan Tianzhan deserves to die even more! Besides, I’d also like to point out that the world doesn’t revolve around him. He tells you to fight me, so I have to fight?”

The moment Yang Xiao finished speaking,

he vanished.

An instant later, he reappeared in front of Xuan Tianzhan.

His hand shot out, grabbing him by the throat and lifting him into the air.

No one saw it happen.

Because Yang Xiao’s speed was too fast.

Perhaps it wasn’t true that *no one* saw. Two people had.

One was Xue Yi, clad in crimson, like a figure sculpted from blood.

The moment Yang Xiao moved, her brows twitched, but after a moment’s hesitation, she did not act.

The other was Yang Tian, who seemed to care about nothing.

His reaction was even more subtle than Xue Yi’s; his breathing merely quickened by half a beat.

If Yang Xiao’s Spiritual Power hadn’t been blanketing everyone, he probably wouldn’t have noticed. But just like Xue Yi, Yang Tian didn’t move either.

So, Yang Xiao merely shot him a curious glance.

And thought no more of it.

Instead, he turned his gaze to the terrified Xuan Tianzhan and laughed. ”I challenged you to a fight, but you were too scared. You ordered someone else to fight me. Did you really think I’d obey you?”

”Don’t, don’t kill me... Y-you... you can do whatever you want, just... just don’t kill me...”

With his life in Yang Xiao’s hands, Xuan Tianzhan’s courage crumbled on the spot.

At this moment, not a trace of his previous high-and-mighty attitude remained. The dignified air of the Profound Celestial Sect’s Young Sect Leader was gone.

He was as timid as a mouse.

Terrified that Yang Xiao would kill him at any second.

The True Disciples who followed him, and even his two beautiful maids, were now all staring at him with peculiar expressions.

It made Xuan Tianzhan want to dig a hole and crawl into it in shame.

But...

now that his life was no longer in his own hands, but controlled by another,

the one thing he wanted more than anything, deep down, was to live.

Even if it meant begging for mercy from someone he once considered an ant.

Even if it meant being looked down upon by those who once worshipped him.

He would pay any price.

Because once he was dead,

there would be nothing left.

He didn’t want to die.

Yang Xiao was somewhat surprised to feel such a powerful will to live coming from the man in his grasp.

’This guy isn’t completely useless, after all.’

’At least he’s willing to beg like this to survive.’

’Not everyone could bring themselves to do that.’

Too bad he had no intention of letting the guy go.

”That’s not what you said when you were hunting me down.”

”I was wrong! I beg you, please let me go! As long as you spare me, I’ll do anything! Oh, right! I have lots of good stuff in my Storage Ring, and—and the Beast Soul of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast! It saved you, didn’t it? Just let me go, and I’ll give it all to you!”

Xuan Tianzhan pleaded tearfully.

But Yang Xiao’s eyes lit up.

”I have to admit, you’re smart. You know what I want. Too bad for you, I can get it all by just killing you.”

Yang Xiao smiled.

He raised a hand and plucked the Storage Ring from Xuan Tianzhan’s finger.

Spiritual Power surged into the ring, crudely and directly shattering Xuan Tianzhan’s Spirit Will. He scanned its contents and breathed a sigh of relief when he found it—the Soul-Catching Banner containing the soul of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast.

He hadn’t killed Xuan Tianzhan immediately

for this very reason.

’Now that I have it...’

”Hm?”

Just as Yang Xiao was about to deliver the killing blow,

he saw it.

A flash of crimson.

Beside Yang Ziling.

In a mirror of his own action,

the crimson figure grabbed Yang Ziling by the throat.

(PS: Chapter 5 is here! I finally managed to get it out. It really wasn’t easy; halfway through, I felt like my brain had just shut down. But I have to thank my readers Xie Wen, Xie Xin, ??, Wuxin Bingren, and others for their donations, as well as everyone for their recommendation votes and for adding this to your collections. Otherwise, I really couldn’t have finished this. Hehe, so, in the end, please add to your collections, please recommend—please give me everything!)