"How could it be you!"
"This is impossible!!"
"Where is Li Xuan? Get over here and explain yourself to this Venerable!!"
Zhang Tan, the Venerable of Biyou Palace, saw that the final person to emerge from the Teleportation Array was Su Bai. The joy on his face froze, then twisted like a centipede in the next instant.
His previous calm composure vanished without a trace. Completely shattered, Zhang Tan was enveloped in Killing Intent as he lunged at Su Bai as though he had lost his mind.
A bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Zhang Tan, numbing him rigid on the spot.
It was Wan Haoran, an Inner Sect Elder of the Jade Mist Sect, who had instantly cast a Thunder Spell.
He had already held back. Otherwise, he could have taken advantage of Zhang Tan's distracted state to severely injure or even kill him.
Lightning flickered around Wan Haoran's body as he employed some kind of Lightning Movement Technique, appearing before Su Bai almost as if he had teleported.
"Zhang Tan, trying to kill a Jade Mist Sect Disciple right in front of this old man—do you want to be struck into ashes?"
Wan Haoran looked down at Zhang Tan, his eyes brimming with eagerness to make a move.
"I..." Intimidated by Wan Haoran's aura and numbed by the lightning, Zhang Tan stood there blankly for a moment.
"He killed Li Xuan..." Zhang Tan muttered.
"You are the Foundation Establishment Cultivator overseeing Biyou Palace's Blood River Secret Realm expedition, yet you open your mouth only to falsely accuse a Jade Mist Sect Disciple?"
"You claim Su Bai killed Li Xuan. Do you have any evidence?" Wan Haoran refused to yield in the slightest.
Naturally, Zhang Tan had no evidence.
Seeing that the situation was going badly,