Since Bie Jian was here, there was no need to even think about the background of the people gathered here. It must be the Thunder Light.
A few months ago, on the Hidden Dragon Mountain, Bie Jian and his group had collected a lot of Dragon Blood Flowers, but they had been intimidated by Yang Kai’s Earth Dragon and Scarlet Flood Dragon, so they had no choice but to leave everything behind and flee.
At that time, Bie Jian didn’t have many subordinates, so when he had to deal with a Scarlet Flood Dragon and an Earth Dragon, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and admit defeat. Every time he thought about it these past few months, he would secretly swear to take revenge on Yang Kai.
However, the Great Ruins Boundary was not small, so he didn’t know where Yang Kai was, so he naturally didn’t have any way to talk about his revenge. He didn’t expect to encounter him in this Yuan Magnetic Mountain today, so when enemies met, their eyes would naturally turn red.
Recognizing Yang Kai, Bie Jian sneered, “Boy, you’ve also had your day. I told you long ago to leave some leeway in your actions, but you want to be ruthless, I’ll see if you can survive today!”
Back on Hidden Dragon Mountain, Bie Jian had admitted that his strength was inferior to others and had proposed to leave half of the Dragon Blood Flower he had harvested behind. However, Yang Kai had not agreed, so Bie Jian had no choice but to leave everything behind to escape.
Now that he had encountered Yang Kai in the Yuan Magnetic Mountain, he naturally wanted to vent his anger and avenge the humiliation he had suffered.
Yang Kai chuckled, “Whether I die or not depends on whether you have the ability.”
“Know each other?” The old man beside Bie Jian asked. He could tell that there was some kind of grudge between Bie Jian and Yang Kai.
Bie Jian sneered, “Brother Zhu, do you remember what I told you about Hidden Dragon Mountain?”
The old man surnamed Zhu raised his brow, “It’s him?”
“It’s him!” Bie Jian grit his teeth and said, “At that time, he controlled two powerful beasts, so this King had no choice but to temporarily avoid him. I’ve been searching for him for the past few months, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to find him. I didn’t expect to encounter him here.”
The old man surnamed Zhu nodded slightly, “Since that’s the case, there’s no need to be polite.” Raising his eyes to look at Yang Kai, he said, “Boy, I heard you obtained a lot of Dragon Blood Flowers in Hidden Dragon Mountain. Obediently hand over those Dragon Blood Flowers and the Fifth Grade Divine Stone you just obtained, and you may live. Otherwise, today will be your death anniversary next year!”
Dragon Blood Flower could enhance one’s physique, which Open Heaven Stage cultivator wouldn’t covet it? When one’s strength reached the Open Heaven Stage, other than slowly increasing their own grade, what Open Heaven Stage masters paid the most attention to was cultivating their physical body, and Dragon Blood Flower was a precious treasure for cultivating one’s physical body. If he could snatch the Dragon Blood Flower, Old Man Zhu was confident that he could improve his physical body’s quality by several levels. At that time, even if his physical body didn’t improve, his strength would greatly increase.
As for the fifth grade Divine Stone just now, he naturally couldn’t let it go. A fifth grade Divine Stone was worth at least 1.5 million Open Heaven Pills.
“Sir Zhu, Sir Yang is my Scarlet Star’s Sixth Manager. Are you trying to start a war with my Scarlet Star by acting so aggressively?” Guo Ziyan stepped forward and asked firmly.
Hearing this, Bie Jian and Old Man Zhu were both stunned.
Old Man Zhu sized up Guo Ziyan and suddenly asked, “You’re from Scarlet Star?” Whether it was Thunder Light or Scarlet Star, both of them had dominated that Star City for hundreds or thousands of years and had many dealings with each other. As a Great Commander of Scarlet Star, Guo Ziyan was naturally not a nobody. Old Man Zhu had seen him several times before, but he hadn’t paid much attention to him.
Hearing this, he suddenly realized something.
Guo Ziyan said solemnly, “Yes!”
Bie Jian was even more stunned, “Isn’t Scarlet Star’s Sixth Manager the Poison Lady? When did it become this little brat's position?”
Guo Ziyan said, “The Poison Lady has fallen, this is my Scarlet Star’s new Sixth Manager!”
Bie Jian and Old Man Zhu looked at each other, unable to believe that the Poison Lady had actually died. That woman was an expert in using poison, and even the two of them didn’t dare provoke her. They didn’t know how she had died or why she had been killed.
However, since Guo Ziyan was a Great Commander of Scarlet Star, since he said so, it couldn’t be wrong.
Bie Jian sneered and said, “Your Scarlet Star really is getting worse, actually calling an Emperor Realm master a Sixth Manager? Does Scarlet Star have no one to use?”
Old Man Zhu also snorted, “So what if it’s Scarlet Star? It’s not like my Thunder Light has never fought with your Scarlet Star before, so who is afraid of who?”
Guo Ziyan’s face sank, “Are you two not giving me face?”
The old man surnamed Zhu angrily shouted, “What kind of face do you have? Enough nonsense, if you don’t want to die, hurry up and hand it over!”
Bie Jian raised his hand and said calmly, “Guo Ziyan, I’ll show you the way out, do you want to listen or not?”
Guo Ziyan frowned and said, “Don’t be so blunt, Sir Jian.”
Bie Jian grinned at Yang Kai and pointed at him, “He’s dead today, no one can save him! If any of you don’t want to die, surrender obediently and join my Thunder Light, and you may live!”
There were only thirty or so people around Yang Kai, but this time, Thunder Light had sent out three hundred people. The difference in numbers was ten times over, which is almost a crushing situation in this Great Ruins Boundary, so even if Yang Kai had extraordinary abilities, he could not escape unscathed!
However, appreciating his despair before killing him wasn’t a bad idea. Bie Jian wasn’t worried about Scarlet Star and the others’ choices. If they surrendered, they would naturally let them be, but if they were stubborn, they could just kill him together!
When it came to life and death, there would always be someone who would make a wise choice.
“I’ll only count to three. If you don’t come after three breaths, I’ll kill you without mercy!” Bie Jian raised his hand and proudly looked at Yang Kai, dragging out his last words as he shouted, “One!”
With this shout, the thirty or so people behind Yang Kai suddenly became restless, all of them wearing ugly expressions.
“Two…” Bie Jian shouted again, his raised fingers becoming two.
The three hundred people secretly circulated their strength, preparing to attack at any moment. The silent pressure caused most of the people on Scarlet Star to pale.
In the blink of an eye, someone couldn’t bear the threat of death and quickly jumped out from behind Yang Kai, shouting, “I surrender, I surrender, don’t kill me!”
With one person coming out, it become two people, then seven or eight people immediately rushed out.
Guo Ziyan’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he cursed angrily, “A bunch of idiots! My Scarlet Star and Thunder Light have been fighting for many years, and the blood feud between us is irreconcilable. Even if you surrender now, what good end will you have in the future? Why don’t you follow your two Managers and kill your way out? Even if you die here, don’t ruin my Scarlet Star’s reputation!”
As soon as these words left his mouth, everyone who had been itching to make a move immediately gave up. Guo Ziyan was right, the hatred between Scarlet Star and Thunder Light had been irreconcilable for many years, and if they surrendered now, even if they had to suffer a fate worse than death, they might as well go all out.
However, not everyone thought so. After the seven or eight people, nearly ten more rushed over to the Thunder Light.
Yang Kai didn’t have many subordinates to begin with, so after nearly twenty of them had fled, only a dozen or so remained behind him, a stark contrast to the hundreds of Thunder Light Cultivators.
Guo Ziyan’s eyes were bloodshot as he glared angrily at these traitors, wishing he could rush up and tear them to pieces, but now that he couldn’t even protect himself, how could he have the strength to kill these traitors?
Bie Jian laughed loudly, extremely pleased with himself, “Scarlet Star’s people are nothing but trash! This king can casually threaten them and turn them into dust, how can they accomplish anything great!”
The Thunder Light group also burst into laughter.
Bie Jian’s expression suddenly became cold as he snorted, “This king hates those who defected at the last minute the most and have no sense of responsibility. What use is there for such a person to remain? Kill them all!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the dozen or so cultivators who had rushed to the Thunder Light's side were shocked, but before they could beg for mercy, they were enveloped by the overwhelming power of the Secret Techniques.
Not even a scream could be heard as more than ten people died on the spot!
The smell of blood filled the air as more than a dozen broken corpses lay scattered across the landscape, the energy shockwaves slowly spreading out.
The dozen or so people standing behind Yang Kai watched this scene with fear and trepidation, secretly rejoicing that they hadn’t rushed over just now, otherwise they would have been lying on the ground with their corpses, but now their lives were still in the hands of others, facing enemies dozens of times stronger than them, their chances of survival were slim.
Guo Ziyan glared at him, “You went back on your word!”
Bie Jian smiled lightly, “So what?”
Guo Ziyan gnashed his teeth. Although he hated those traitors and wanted nothing more than to kill them personally to vent his anger, seeing them killed by the Thunder Light still made him feel sad and angry.
He secretly regretted it. If he had known this would happen, he would have sent a message to the other managers and asked them to bring more people with them. Right now, there were only a dozen or so people on his side who had been surrounded by a few hundred people, so it was likely they would not have survived today.
With this thought in mind, Guo Ziyan approached Yang Kai and whispered, “Two Managers, if the battle starts, you should leave immediately. This humble subordinate will be in charge of the rear. I only hope that if there is a chance in the future, you will avenge my brothers!”
Yang Kai turned to look at him and patted his shoulder, “Revenge is not something I like to do overnight.”
Guo Ziyan was stunned, “Sixth Manager…”
Yang Kai smiled at him, “You’re not bad!” Regardless of the reason why Guo Ziyan hadn’t defected at the last minute, just based on his words just now, if he wanted to protect Yang Kai, Yang Kai would definitely protect his life! Before, Yang Kai had only thought that Guo Ziyan was a taciturn person, but now he realized that his character wasn’t bad. It seemed that Scarlet Star had assigned him a good Great Commander.
Yue He pursed her lips and smiled lightly, “You’ve never seen your Sixth Manager’s ability, today is the perfect time to broaden your horizons!”
Guo Ziyan was confused and stared blankly at the two masters. They were surrounded by hundreds of people and their lives were hanging by a thread, yet they were still able to talk so happily and confidently.
Although he didn’t know where they got their confidence from, Guo Ziyan was also inspired and said solemnly, “Please give the order, even if it’s a mountain of blades or a sea of flames, this humble subordinate will go!”
Pa pa pa…
Bie Jian clapped his hands and smiled lightly, “Such a good scene, it’s truly touching.” His face suddenly sank as he coldly said, “But there’s no meaning to this, all of you will die here today!”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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