“Hey, this isn’t funny at all.” Yunxiao took a step forward, reaching out a hand to grab him. But then, the cracks on his body widened, and suddenly blood oozed out of them. An excruciating pain washed over him, and he did not know whether it came from his body or his heart. He froze in place and could no longer move forward even just a bit while Chen Dasheng’s body fell back out of the chariot toward the ground.

　　 Puke!

　　 In the distance, Xingyang Kun coughed out a mouthful of blood. His spirits slumped in an instant, and he seemed to have grown decades older, with blood covering him all over. He lifted his head and stared venomously at Yunxiao, who stood absentminded on the chariot, and bellowed, “Why are you still alive? You should be dead! Fall down, FALL DOWN NOW!”

　　 The last few words he screamed at the top of his lungs in a voice thick with rage. Dragging his wounded body, he flew slowly forward, mustering his Primordial Qi one bit at a time as he advanced. It was all because of this boy that he, a noble Martial Grandmaster, had fallen into such a miserable state. He swore that he must flay the other, break his bones, and burn him into ashes.

　　 “He will never fall!”

　　 Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind Yunxiao. It trembled slightly in the air as the man who uttered it was suppressing his anger. Meanwhile, a hand rested gently on the latter’s shoulder and slowly helped him down. At that moment, Yunxiao’s head was already completely blank, and although his eyes were wide open, they were lifeless.

　　 “Who are you?” Xingyang Kun was both startled and angered. He did not notice how the man had suddenly appeared, and this newcomer’s faintly suppressed aura seemed to be not weaker than his.

　　 RUMBLE!

　　 No longer able to contain the anger in his heart, the man released his aura, which spread out like ripples on the water across the air, pressing hard on everyone and making them suffocate!

　　 “Martial Grandmaster! He has advanced into the realm of Martial Grandmasters! How can he be so fast?”

　　 The first person to freak out was Qian Duoduo. He clearly remembered that the man’s strength was weaker than his just a few days ago, but now he was already a Martial Grandmaster!

　　 The newcomer was none other than Xiao Qingwang, who had been cultivating in the Divine Realm Tablet. After taking two Nine Orifices pills in a row, he finally broke through the bottleneck and became a one-star Martial Grandmaster. However, just as he was overjoyed and rushed out of the tablet to look for Yunxiao, he saw Xingyang Kun detonate the mystic artifact and Chen Dasheng save Yunxiao at the cost of his own life.

　　 “Martial Grandmaster! You are a Martial Grandmaster! How can there be a Martial Grandmaster in Yanwu!”

　　 Xingyang Kun was shocked, and he was completely at a loss of what to do now. He had detonated his intrinsic mystic artifact, and although he was severely injured, he was confident that he could still escape from the fleet of over thirty hoverchariots and a nine-stars Martial King. But, he did not expect that his opponent also had a Martial Grandmaster!

　　 How was that possible? If they had a Martial Grandmaster, why did he not show up earlier? Had he known they had a Martial Grandmaster, he would not detonate his mystic artifact, and he would choose to leave as soon as possible. As a Martial Grandmaster, no one could stop him if he were determined to leave.

　　 Xingyang Kun’s face turned as pale as a sheet in an instant. Without saying anything, he turned and fled toward the distance with all his strength. He could sense that the man’s martial essence of the Six Directions realm was not very stable, and that told him that the man should have just broken through. But, since he was seriously injured, there was no way he could be the latter’s match. Therefore, he chose to flee immediately.

　　 “You will stay here forever!” Xiao Qingwang roared with a towering rage as he shot forward in a beam of light.

　　 Two beams of light fought fiercely in the sky, one severely injured and not having the will to fight, while the other burned with rage. Very soon, Xingyang Kun was on the losing side, struggling to defend against the attacks from his opponent. He had two intrinsic mystic artifacts, but one was broken and the other detonated, which wounded him during the explosion and caused his fighting strength to plummet to the peak level of a nine-stars Martial King realm.

　　 The ending was as expected. In a final act of desperation and anger, Xingyang Kun used an internecine move—he self-detonated his dantian—and produced a massive explosion. Xiao Qingwang was wounded by the blast, but he managed to kill his opponent. It was his first battle after becoming a Martial Grandmaster, and he had killed another Martial Grandmaster. Although their fighting strength was not equal from the beginning, it allowed him to have a deeper understanding of the Six Directions realm, and he was able to quickly stabilize his cultivation base.

　　 He flew back at top speed and picked up Yunxiao, who was dying on the chariot, then sped in the direction of the pill pagoda. A moment later, his voice came from the distance, “Hong Bing, maintain the order and deal with the aftermath!”

　　 When Hong Bing saw Xiao Qingwang and Yunxiao’s figure disappear into the City Lord Mansion, he finally woke up from the shock. The battle just now was definitely the most legendary and dangerous one he had seen in his entire life. And not only he, but all the people on the scene were greatly shocked. Their faces were pale and they could hardly come back to their senses even now.

　　 But, he quickly realized his responsibility and shouted, “Everyone, listen to my command! I want all of you to land in the square now, and after that, you are required to stay at where you are. We will begin the rescue once the situation is clear!”

　　 The center of Yanwu was a huge, bottomless pit, and no one knew how many people had died inside. At Hong Bing’s command, all the chariots began to land orderly. If these men had joined Yanwu solely for cultivation resources, after the battle, a faint sense of pride and belonging began to develop in their hearts.

　　 Hong Bing immediately began to organize people to maintain order and identify the missing persons. Fortunately, he was the commander of the City Guards, so he was very familiar with the city and could handle everything easily. Meanwhile, Meng Wu and Chen Dasheng were brought to the pill pagoda as well by the members of Dubhe.

　　 Zhang Qingfan and all the alchemists almost went berserk when they saw Yunxiao with all his wounds. His condition was so serious that it was almost equivalent to that of Ji Meng not so long ago. It was then that the crowd in the pill pagoda realized that a fierce battle had just taken place outside, and each of them was fuming.

　　 It was especially the case for Li Chunyang, who was holding Chen Dasheng’s body in agony. They had been brothers for life, but in order to honor his promise to take good care of Yunxiao, Chen Dasheng sacrificed himself. Blood trickled down from Li Chunyang’s tightly clenched fists, and his eyes were all red.

　　 Meng Wu’s vitality was almost gone, and she was barely breathing, so they placed her and Yunxiao together in the Thousandwood Rejuvenation array. Although Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han had seen Yunxiao control the array, they had learned not much about it. So, after working hard for some time, they only managed to gather a meager amount of life force, which they injected into the two wounded people. But, such a tiny amount of life force was like a drop in a bucket.

　　 Yunxiao’s injury was not only extremely serious, but also very strange. His skin seemed to have turned into stone and would break apart with the slightest touch. In the beginning, Xiao Qingwang did not realize that and had broken a patch of skin near his shoulder blade, causing his blood to gush out of the wound. That frightened him, and after that, he dared not to touch the other too hard again.

　　 Just as the crowd was at a loss of what to do, Ji Meng suddenly said, “To save me, Young Master Yun had refined a Golden Sixsun pill. Do you reckon he still has some?”

　　 That reminded Zhang Qingfan, and he hurriedly and carefully removed Yunxiao’s storage ring before sending his divine sense into it. But then, he suddenly frowned, and his face grew serious. Soon, beads of sweat rolled off his forehead, and in the end, he shook his head and said with a wry smile, “Xu Han, I need your help. I cannot open the restrictive spell Master Yunxiao has placed in the ring.”

　　 Xu Han naturally knew the restrictive spell placed by Yunxiao in the ring was extraordinary, so he immediately sat cross-legged down and began to crack it together with Zhang Qingfan.

　　 A silence fell as the people around them all watched quietly while Li Chunyang held Chen Dasheng’s body with a blank face, his eyes red but dull and lifeless. Suddenly Meng Bai stood up and walked toward the inside of the cavern.

　　 While frowning, Luo Yunshang asked, “Meng Bai, what are you doing?”

　　 Meng Bai’s skinny body stopped and began to twitch violently. Then, he turned, with tears trickling down his face, “I…I am going to meditate! I don’t…I don’t…I don’t want to see my sister and Master so badly wounded again and yet have nothing I can do!”

　　 Luo Yunshang felt a sting in her nose. “Meng Bai…”

　　 Meng Bai gave her a tearful smile and said, “Don’t worry, my sister and Master will be fine.” He took out a large demon beast egg from his ring and murmured, “Master told me that as long as I ate this egg, my strength will soar. I will go and eat it now. When my sister and Master wake up and see my great progress, they will definitely be very happy.”

　　 Without looking back, he walked toward the inside of the cavern.

　　 Everyone was sad and angry, but no one made a sound, and their eyes burned with rage. Luo Yunshang closed her eyes slightly and prayed, ‘Lord Gu Feiyang, your disciple is seriously wounded, and he needs you now. Where are you, Lord Gu Feiyang?’

　　 Suddenly, Zhang Qingfan let out a long sigh and exchanged a helpless look with Xu Han. Even though they had joined hands, they were unable to crack the restrictive spell!

　　 Xiao Qingwang could no longer hold back his anger and bellow, “Both of you are fourth-tier alchemists, and yet you can’t even open a storage ring! Useless, you are both useless!”

　　 His angry voice echoed in the cavern. Anyone who dared to scold two fourth-tier alchemists like that would have to face serious consequences, even if he were a Martial Grandmaster. However, both Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han just bowed their heads with a look of shame on their faces.

　　 Meanwhile, Xiao Qingwang lifted a hand and made a grabbing gesture, and the ring immediately fell into his palm.

　　 Luo Yunshang was shocked, “Qingwang, are you trying to…”

　　 “Yes, I’m going to forcibly break open the ring’s space!” A determined look came over Xiao Qingwang’s face.

　　 That startled Luo Yunshang. “But, forcibly breaking open the ring’s space will most likely destroy its contents, and then there will be nothing left!”