“But would the people from the Pure Grace Palace….. even dare to interfere?” The disciple from the Blood Fiend Palace asked, a little wary. No matter what, Zhuge Yin was still the Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord afterall and the Pure Grace Palace might fear being caught in between.
Gu Xin Yan then replied: “The Pure Grace Palace will never allow any disciple to lose his life within the territories under their command or they would be hard pressed to be able to answer for it.”
All these people from the Twelve Palaces were gathered here to celebrate the Pure Grace Palace Lord’s birthday and if any of them were to lose their lives within the Pure Grace Palace’s territories, regardless of who the culprit was, the Pure Grace Palace would still have to answer for it to the other palaces.
As long as the people from the Pure Grace Palace were not complete idiots, they would definitely want to prevent something like this from happening.
The disciple from the Blood Fiend Palace nodded, and immediately ran out from the crowd.
Up on the arena stage, Zhuge Yin continued non stop with his torment of Yue Yi. Seeing the wretched state that Yue Yi was in, the smile at the corners of his lips deepened.
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Chapter 1703: “Your Great Lord’s (3)”
Yue Yi was already almost breathing his last and the flesh on him a gory mess before Zhuge Yin squatted down in satisfaction to pull on Yue Yi’s hair, picking him up.
“Young Master Yue, someone said earlier that our match is holding him up. Tell me if you would like to admit defeat and end this here?” Zhuge Yin asked sinisterly.
A corner of Yue Yi’s eye had split and both his eyes swollen shut, unable to even open at all. He was not able to move in the slightest so how could he possibly answer Zhuge Yin at all?
Zhuge Yin’s eyes were highly malevolent as he suddenly stood up, pulling Yue Yi up together with him. Zhuge Yin then lifted his head to look at Qiao Chu who had spoken up earlier and said with a laugh: “Young Master Yue is truly a real obstinate one here. Looks like he has no intentions of admitting defeat at all.”
As Zhuge Yin spoke, his gaze was fixed upon Qiao Chu, taunting and filled with provocation.
“Your great Lord’s! !” Qiao Chu completely lost his cool, a resplendent purple coloured spirit light flaring out from his body suddenly, it’s brilliance and lustre overshadowing that of Zhuge Yin’s!
The blinding spirit glow startled all the youths on all sides.
[The Purple Spirit third stage!]
At that moment, even Zhuge Yin’s face changed. He had heard that the last Battle of Deities Grand Meet saw quite a few youths with highly prodigious powers and had heard the Elders talking about it back in the palace, but he did not know what level their powers were exactly. All he knew was that Qiao Chu had been one of those youths!
Even the haughty and self absorbed Zhuge Yin felt his heart jump when he saw Qiao Chu’s level of power!
[This youth who’s just in his teens, actually possesses power of the Purple Spirit’s third stage! ? How could that be! ?]
[If he is allowed to continue to develop any further, who know how terrifying he would become in just a few years’ time?]
Qiao Chu could no longer quell the fire raging within him. Zhuge Yin’s brutal ways was not something anyone could tolerate. Killing someone would only mean having a person’s head touch the ground, but he had gone out of his way just to further inflict torture upon Yue Yi. That was just vile and abominable!
However, just as Qiao Chu was about to charge right onto the arena platform to lay waste to Zhuge Yin, a cold and chilling voice suddenly rang out from within the crowd.
“So this is all that the Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace really amounts to. Besides bullying people who are unable to fight back, it seems that he really isn’t capable of anything else.”
That voice was absolutely dripping with sarcasm and everyone turned at that same moment to seek out the voice.
To see a delicate faced youth, slowly walking forward from the back of the crowd, with that young girl from the Shadow Moon Palace behind him, and another man dressed in the Shadow Moon Palace’s uniform.
In the instant that Zhuge Yin saw the youth’s face, his face immediately flushed a steely green shade!
If it was said that the insidious hand he had laid upon Yue Yi was completely due to a moment of spontaneity, then the one person he wanted dead the most would not be anyone else, but this youth right before his eyes!
This youth whom had at last night’s banquet, attracted the gaze of Gu Xin Yan’s countless times!
“Kid, what do you mean with those words?” In the instant Zhuge Yin saw Jun Wu, the rage he had just vented out upon Yue Yi, immediately burned to a roaring blaze once more.
Jun Wu Xie came walking over from within the crowd, her cold and clear eyes not even glancing at Zhuge Yin a single time, but had swept over the figure of Yue Yi without a trace.
Seeing Yue Yi having been turned into a bloody and gory mess, Jun Wu Xie’s eyes flashed briefly with ice.
She had been sitting down in her room earlier and discussing with Jun Wu Yao about the results of her cultivation over the this period but she had unexpectedly receive the hint upon the jade token. Only the few of them among her companions possessed those jade tokens and unless they were caught in a highly critical moment, the jade tokens would not be used carelessly. And on her jade token, she had seen the character that read “arena” very clearly!
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Chapter 1704: “Your Great Lord’s (4)”
Jun Wu Xie had immediately realized that things had gone wrong and came rushing over. She had coincidentally bumped into the highly flustered Zi Jin and that was how she came to know that something big had happened here at the arena.
On this trip to the Pure Grace Palace, Jun Wu Xie had only intended to manipulate the scene from behind and had not expected that a Zhuge Yin would come crashing in unexpectedly like a rabid dog to bite upon Yue Yi so tenaciously. Looking at the wounds upon Yue Yi, it was obvious that Zhuge Yin sought to kill him and if she had come just half a moment later, she would really not be have the powers to resurrect him!
Such a sudden and unforeseeable turn of events, caught Jun Wu Xie by surprise.
The Shadow Moon Palace and the Dragon Slayers Palace had never antagonized each other and Yue Yi had never ever crossed paths with Zhuge Yin before. Why would Zhuge Yin suddenly turn his sight upon Yue Yi?
On this point, Jun Wu Xie had thought about it countless times on her way here but had not been able to come up with any plausible conclusion. But when she came walking to the side of the arena stage and saw the wretched state that Yue Yi was in, that bewilderment no longer called for a reason for it!
Zhuge Yin was just courting death!
“What do I mean?” Jun Wu Xie raised her head up to look into the gaze of Zhuge Yin which wanted to eat her alive. Her eyes were frosty with an icy glint as she said: “Just because the Dragon Slayers Palace is mighty and they can inflict such grievous harm upon people with such recklessness? Needless to mention that the one up against you today on the arena platform is a disciple of our Shadow Moon Palace, even if he belonged to any one of the other palaces, we are supposed to allow him to be toyed or killed as you wish? Or skinned if you will it? If I should be allowed to ask, who would dare to harm a hair on the Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace? Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace, if you are feeling so unbearably bored and seek to release the blood of others, you can jolly well ask directly and this disciple of our Shadow Moon Palace would be handed over to deal with as you wish, with us left lamenting of nothing else, but just the fact that the Shadow Moon Palace could never be compared to the Dragon Slayers Palace.”
Jun Wu Xie’s words were put out in a light tone of voice, and did not plead for mercy for Yue Yi, but was instead honestly saying that they would leave Yue Yi for Zhuge Yin to deal with as he fancied, to kill even if he so wished.
Whe
n those words came out, everyone there was stunned.
Having thought that getting Jun Wu here would save Yue Yi, Zi Jin immediately froze up in shock. She stared with utter disbelief upon Jun Wu’s back, unable to comprehend why Jun Wu would suddenly say such words.
[Didn’t….. she come here to save Yue Yi?]
Zi Jin’s eyes bulged widem and the youths all around were all stunned into speechlessness at Jun Wu’s highly shocking words.
But only the man standing behind Jun Wu had his eyes still smiling, as they stared straight at the back of that tiny figure in front of him.
[The little one, is about to flip out.]
Zhuge Yin was similarly startled by Jun Wu’s words. He had thought that Jun Wu had stepped forward coming to save Yue Yi and had never thought that the kid would be so weak to fear his position as the Dragon Slayers Palace’s Young Lord, and be willing to see with their own eyes one of their fellow disciples dying tragically at his hands, not even daring to say a word in plea.
His hatred towards Jun Wu suddenly turned into a source of pride in Zhuge Yin’s vain heart. He subconsciously looked towards Gu Xin Yan, wishing that Gu Xin Yan could see just how spineless and weak the kid from the Shadow Moon Palace really was.
As expected, the gaze that Gu Xin Yan looked at Jun Wu with was highly perplexed, her brows creased up together.
Gu Xin Yan’s reaction further filled Zhuge Yin’s heart with glee and he turned to look at Jun Wu, haughty arrogance showing unbridled in his eyes.
“Kid, at least you are able to see things clearly and know what’s good for you. But how could the Shadow Moon Palace have managed to rear such useless pieces of trash like all of you? Seeing one of your own fellow disciples in my hands, you do not even dare to say a single word to beg for his life? Kid, why don’t I give you a choice? You only need to kneel down on the ground now and kowtow three times before me to make me spare Yue Yi. What do you say to that?”
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Chapter 1705: “Torture One’s Heart Over Killing Him (1)”
Zhuge Yin did not want to kill off Yue Yi so quickly. With Yue Yi in hand, he would have many opportunities to humiliate Jun Wu Xie!
If Jun Wu Xie were to really kneel down and kowtow to beg in order to save Yue Yi, then Zhuge Yin would have achieved his aim of humiliating Jun Wu Xie. At the same time, it would let Gu Xin Yan see clearly just how weak and useless Jun Wu Xie really was.
And if Jun Wu Xie chose not to save Yue Yi, Zhuge Yin wouldn’t mind it as well. As being a despicable cad who was willing to forego a fellow disciple’s life just to preserve one’s own pride would naturally make him the target that everyone would despise.
It could be said, that from the moment Zhuge Yin tossed out that offer, he wasn’t worried in the least whether Jun Wu Xie chose or not.
Because to him, no matter what Jun Wu Xie’s choice was, the resulting effect would be the same!
A spineless weakling, and also a selfish cad despised by people. This was the conundrum that Zhuge Yin has thrown Jun Wu Xie into.
The youths surrounding them were already caught up in heated discussion. They didn’t know what could have possessed Zhuge Yin to suddenly pit himself so strongly against these two people from the Shadow Moon Palace, where he had not only wounded Yue Yi so severely, but was also presently making things difficult for Jun Wu Xie.
Some of them were even beginning to sympathize with the disciples from the Shadow Moon Palace. Seeing them being bullied and humiliated so badly, but helpless to retaliate in the slightest, really startled quite a number of them.
Jun Wu Xie’s frosty eyes fell upon Zhuge Yin, gradually filling up with a sneer.
[This fella really doesn’t hold his mouth.]
Thick murderous aura was already wafting over from behind Jun Wu Xie as a voice filled with mirth sounded.
“Can kill this one?” The man standing behind Jun Wu Xie asked, in a voice that only the two of them could hear right beside Jun Wu Xie’s ear, his jet black pair of eyes looking fixedly at Zhuge Yin immersed in glee.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head.
For things like this, she preferred to do it himself!
“Before Young Lord Zhuge, how could the Shadow Moon Palace possibly have other routes to choose?” Jun Wu Xie suddenly opened her mouth to say. “People throughout the lands know that the might of the Dragon Slayers Palace are below that of only the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace, and we are even more aware of Young Lord Zhuge’s prodigious gift from young, his powers one of the most outstanding among the Twelve Palaces’ younger generation. Without mentioning how gifted Young Lord Zhuge is, with just the fact that you are the Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace, I believe that among the Twelve Palaces, besides people from the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace, disciples from the other palaces would not have the right to say no to you. Whether you kill Yue Yi today, or spare him in the end, will be decided according to your fancies. How could we possibly have a choice in this?”
Jun Wu Xie suddenly threw the question back to Zhuge Yin.
Everyone hearing Jun Wu Xie’s words, felt thick waves of helplessness washing over them, feeling highly powerless.
Those words from that voice fell faintly into their ears, but seeped right into their hearts.
[That’s right, the might of the Dragon Slayers Palace is becoming stronger and stronger. Besides the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace, no one could match up to them at all. And with Zhuge Yin being the Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace, even when up onto that arena stage, who from the other palaces would really go all out against him in the competition?
At that moment, the youths who were there watching the drama suddenly had a spark of worry ignited within their hearts.
They had never heard that there was any conflict between the Dragon Slayers Palace and the Shadow Moon Palace before this and had definitely not heard a single word about any dispute between Zhuge Yin and Yue Yi. But it was exactly these two people from those entirely separate powers who never had anything to do with each other before having their fates forcibly dragged to twine up together here this day.
Zhuge Yin’s tyranny and his coercion of Yue Yi before this was witnessed by everyone there. They had not thought much about it before, but giving it another thought now, they suddenly broke out in cold sweat!
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Chapter 1706: “Torture One’s Heart Over Killing Him (2)”
Zhuge Yin’s tyranny and his coercion of Yue Yi before this was witnessed by everyone there. They had not thought much about it before, but giving it another thought now, they suddenly broke out in cold sweat!
On a whim, Zhuge Yin had dragged in the Shadow Moon Palace to face death today. Tomorrow, would it then be their turn?
Among the disciples of the Twelve Palaces, excluding the disciples from the Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace, that thought sank into their mind and they all felt an impending sense of danger loom over their heads.
The fact that the Twelve Palaces were actually at odds with each other under the surface but they all usually refrained from causing too big a scene before people. However, Zhuge Yin had intentionally cornered and made things difficult for Yue Yi right before everyone here today, and was even going to kill him. It was clear for them to see, that Zhuge Yin had decided to shed that cloth covering the embarrassing situation among the Twelve Palaces on his own accord!
Such arrogant behaviour, had never even been seen from the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace before.
Zhuge Yin’s actions had stepped beyond the illusion of cordiality the Twelve Palaces had always maintained between themselves for so many years, which was just outrageous!
Only when they all felt danger upon them, did everyone hearts stop feeling so relaxed.
Disciples from the palaces whose might could not match the Dragon Slayers Palace, felt the chill creep into their hearts. They would still need to remain here in the Pure Grace Palace toge
ther with Zhuge Yin for quite a period and it might just be one person from the Shadow Moon Palace who fell into misfortune, but it could very well be one of their own tomorrow!
At that moment, the eyes of the disciples below the stage turned highly wary, all the gazes staring at Zhuge Yin no longer just showing curiosity but were instead filled with wariness and a strong intense dislike.
The atmosphere in there suddenly changed, and the heated voices of debate rose once again.
“The Dragon Slayers Palace has already shown their sheer arrogance to such an extent! Isn’t anyone going to stop him at all?”
“The one up there is the Young Lord of the Dragon Slayers Palace. He can kill whoever he fancies. Those two guys from the Shadow Moon Palace are just so pitiful, pressed down so hard by Zhuge Yin that they are not even able to lift their heads up at all.”
“No wonder the Flame Demons Palace’s Qiao Chu had thrown a fit earlier. He must have seen that Zhuge Yin was carrying things a little too far.”
“Didn’t you see that Zhuge Yin had even retorted Qiao Chu without a care? Who knows to what extent the Dragon Slayers Palace had grown themselves to? They might very well think that even the Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace are not worth their attention anymore.”
More and more voices rose in dissent. Holding Yue Yi hostage in his hand, the smile at the edges of Zhuge Yin’s mouth gradually faded away under the dissenting voices, as his eyes flashed with sudden surprise.
[What was happening?]
[Why was everyone’s words suddenly sounding so strange?]
Zhuge Yin had only wanted to disparage and humiliate the Shadow Moon Palace and his rebuttal against Qiao Chu was merely a show he put up for Gu Xin Yan’s benefit. Never would he have expected that what he thought, when put in practice, would instead bring about such a subtle and unexpected hint to all the youths here.
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