Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2295: Chapter 2291: Supreme Tower Assassins

”C-Clan Leader...”

Lu Yao, Lu Gao, and Lu Meng all turned pale.

Lu Yao’s eyes suddenly lit up; he said coldly, ”Clan Leader, don’t listen to this Xiao Yi spouting nonsense.”

”This villain Xiao Yi is notorious for his craftiness; just now he was deliberately baiting me into losing my temper and rambling.”

”Shut up.” Xia Yifeng cut him off coldly. ”Your clan leader Lu Long is an old bastard, but he’s not a blind old fool.”

”Clan Leader...” Lu Gao and Lu Meng looked toward Lu Long, wanting to say something.

Xiao Yi cut in coldly, ”Honestly, I don’t feel like wasting breath on you, but some idiots clearly don’t get it yet and still haven’t figured it out.”

”So I’ll waste a few minutes.”

”First, you, Lu Yao.” Xiao Yi clasped his hands behind his back.

Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong, the instant they appeared, had already moved to his side, guarding him tightly.

So right now Xiao Yi wasn’t worried about his own safety at all.

With these two protecting him, that mysterious nine-man squad couldn’t hurt him.

Xiao Yi’s gaze first fell on Lu Yao. ”At the start, I actually didn’t know that cultivating the Ice Venerate Technique would trigger an Endless Ice Storm.”

”Of course, I wasn’t very clear on it at first.”

”And as for the matter of two Endless Ice Storms, you can bluff anyone you like; after all, no one can say for certain on this, not even Hidden Master Xia Yifeng dares to be sure about the cultivation details.”

”But I, the one who obtained the Ice Venerate Inheritance, know it very clearly.”

”No matter what, the Ice Venerate Technique absolutely cannot trigger two Endless Ice Storms.”

”Still remember when I first came to the Endless Snow Mountain?” Xiao Yi gave a cold, distant smile.

”Back then I broke one of the Endless Ice Storms, and I was already wondering why there was a faint trace of Formation aura left inside.”

”Of course, you, Lu Yao, thought you’d done it flawlessly, and assumed it was Hall Master Lei Xiao who’d come.”

”When you realized it was me, you underestimated me, and you forgot that I, the successor to the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Main Hall, am proficient in Formations.”

”You thought that lingering Formation aura could fool me?”

”Of course, when I first came I didn’t understand what was going on; it wasn’t until I obtained the Ice Venerate Inheritance that I fully grasped it.”

The Ice Venerate Technique fundamentally cannot draw two Endless Ice Storms.

One of them was indeed triggered that day by Lingg Shuang’s cultivation.

The other, naturally, was created by Lu Yao’s Formation.

Xiao Yi stared straight at Lu Yao and shook his head. ”I’ll speak plainly to you. Back when I got the Ice Venerate Inheritance and left the Ice Palace Fourth Floor, I should already have figured this out.”

”But I didn’t bother thinking about it then. After all, it wasn’t my business, so I hung it high.”

”And frankly I didn’t have the free time to meddle in your mess.”

”But right after I came out of the Ice Palace Fourth Floor, you just had to come provoke me.”

”When you brought up the two Endless Ice Storms, I remembered this, and I already understood, and knew you were trying to set me up.”

”However,” Xiao Yi shook his head, ”back then I couldn’t explain myself at all, and I was too lazy to argue; more importantly, I wanted to see just who was standing behind you.”

Beside him, Xia Yifeng asked in puzzlement, ”How did you know Lu Yao had someone behind him?”

”Very simple.” Xiao Yi gave a faint smile. ”Because in my eyes, Lu Yao doesn’t have the ability to scheme against me.”

”I’ll keep it blunt: Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong, the two of them do run their mouths too much—no, to be precise, quite viciously—but when it comes to depth of scheming and the kind of oppressive presence that crushes people, they’re far from it.”

”Yet that day on the Sect Square, with just one casual sentence, Guardian Nangong managed to scare Lu Yao into speechlessness.”

”That absolutely wasn’t just the authority of a senior.”

”I believe if it were another Supreme-level Monster whose heart was truly burning with anger, they definitely wouldn’t have behaved that pathetically.”

”So there’s only one possibility: someone taught Lu Yao those words meant to stab at people’s hearts, someone was helping him from behind.”

”You...” Lu Yao’s face turned black in an instant.

Xiao Yi smiled slightly. ”You need to understand, being kept in mind by someone isn’t a good thing.”

”Especially when the one secretly aiding you didn’t even manage to discover my abilities in time, or realize I’d noticed them hiding in the dark.”

”I have zero interest in letting a bunch of dangerous people keep their thoughts fixed on me.”

”So I decided to leave the Ice Emperor Palace and lure this group of idiots out.”

As Xiao Yi spoke, he glanced at the distant mysterious nine-man squad.

”These nine, even we didn’t notice them?” Guardian Bing frowned and looked toward the nine in the distance.

Xiao Yi chuckled softly. ”They weren’t inside the Ice Emperor Palace, and they possess formidable stealth techniques; hiding outside the Ice Emperor Palace naturally makes them hard to detect.”

”Earlier, when that old codger Lu Long was keeping watch over the Xia Family Territory, I could slip out safely.”

”But not long after I left the Ice Emperor Palace, I was immediately targeted.”

”That proves you nine have been monitoring outside the Ice Emperor Palace all along.”

”That’s also how you were able to sneak into the Ice Emperor Palace not long after I left, severely injure Lingg Xue, and then directly pin it on me.”

”With Lu Yao leading the way, any one of you could slip in, secretly abduct Lingg Xue—it wouldn’t be hard.”

”Alright.” Xiao Yi turned back to Lu Yao again. ”I’ve said this much; I’d think even you understand now.”

”Do you still have anything to refute?”

Lu Yao’s expression was unsightly to the extreme; he clenched his teeth. ”So you’ve been plotting against me from the start?”

”And Clan Leader, you...” Lu Yao looked at Lu Long with unwillingness in his eyes. ”You’re helping this villain Xiao Yi scheme against me too?”

”No.” Xiao Yi shook his head. ”That old bastard Lu Long is impulsive as hell; he doesn’t know a thing.”

Xia Yifeng smiled. ”Guardian Lu Long was just dragged here by force by the three of us.”

”As for me, I trust the Palace Master, so naturally I follow orders and cooperate.”

”As for Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong, they don’t even need to know what the Palace Master wants to do. All they need to know is that the Palace Master is in danger, and they’ll obediently come along.”

At this moment, Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong both revealed looks of sudden realization.

Guardian Nangong slapped his forehead. ”I knew it. With the Palace Master’s kind of person, the number one Monster in this era, how could he be some lust-crazed pervert? Any woman in the world he wants would be within easy reach.”

”Why.” At this moment Lu Long could no longer suppress the anger in his heart; he stared coldly at Lu Yao and the other two.

Xia Yifeng said coldly, ”If you want to deal with clan business, save it for later.”

”What we have to deal with now is these nine.”

The icy gazes of Xia Yifeng, Guardian Bing, and Guardian Nangong instantly locked onto the nine in the distance.

”Speak. Just who are you people?”

Far off, the nine wore ugly expressions and stayed silent.

”Won’t talk?” Xiao Yi let out a cold laugh. ”Then I’ll say it.”

”Palace Master, you know who they are?” Guardian Bing looked doubtful.

”Didn’t the Palace Master just say he doesn’t recognize these nine?” Guardian Nangong asked as well.

Xia Yifeng smiled. ”This old man wants to see just what sort of figures could make you, Palace Master, seriously go out of your way to draw them out.”

Xiao Yi smiled faintly and stared coldly at the nine in the distance. ”Such terrifying stealth techniques, plus that sure-kill sword strike just now...”

”I won’t speculate, and I won’t misjudge. You’re Assassins.”

”In today’s Central Region, there’s only one force that would dispatch Assassins of your level.”

”Supreme Tower.” Xiao Yi spat out the three words coldly.

”Supreme Tower?” Xia Yifeng’s face turned hard. ”The number one Assassin organization in the Central Region? That mysterious group that’s turned the Central Region upside down these years?”

Xia Yifeng’s heart trembled violently. He instantly understood why Xiao Yi insisted on drawing this bunch out.

If Supreme Tower has you in its sights and you don’t resolve it in time, the future trouble is endless.

”Run!” In the distance, the nine’s expressions changed and they instantly fled far away.

And the nine scattered in different directions as they escaped.

”Think you can run?” Guardian Bing sneered.

Xiao Yi’s eyes went cold. ”If even one escapes, the four of you can go back to the Ice Emperor Palace on your own later. Don’t come looking for me.”

The four’s faces all changed. ”Palace Master, rest assured.”

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