Before he could even react.
The next moment, an incomparably rich surge of life force erupted from Ye Xiao's body.
Under the effects of the Azure Emperor Pill, Ye Xiao's shattered leg bones and flesh began healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Countless tiny buds of flesh sprouted from his legs and intertwined.
Even the ground around him rapidly grew verdant plants.
"Young Master Su... what is he doing?!"
"Why give such a precious healing pill to that guy?"
The people of Tianxuan Sect were all utterly bewildered.
Ye Xiao's pupils trembled. Feeling his grievously wounded body recover rapidly as waves of warmth surged through him—
He could not help but feel alarmed. He stared fixedly at Su Chenxiao across from him and questioned him in a hoarse voice.
"Are you trying to humiliate me, Ye Xiao?"
Su Chenxiao sat in the seat of honor, looking down upon Ye Xiao below him.
Hearing this, he shook his head and said unhurriedly.
"Ye Xiao, didn't you just say you wanted to avenge your master?"
"Now, I am sitting right here, giving you a chance to take your revenge."
"Only..."
At this, Su Chenxiao spread his hands with a smiling expression, his eyes full of amusement and mockery.
"Do you have the guts to make a move?"
Ye Xiao's entire body shook.
He had never imagined that the other party would pull his severely injured self back from the gates of hell with merely a single pill.
And upon hearing those words, he had even less expected this young master of the Imperial Clan Su Family to be so arrogantly confident, not taking him seriously at all!
"What did you say?!" Ye Xiao said through gritted teeth, his eyes seemingly ready to spew fire.
"Do you really think I, Ye Xiao, wouldn't dare?!"
An elder of Tianxuan Sect could no longer sit still and shouted furiously.
"Ye Xiao!! Think this through! The person before you is the son of the Imperial Clan's patriarch!"
"Even your master, Wu Linmu, killed himself. If you dare harm even a single hair on Young Master Su today, not only you, but our entire Tianxuan Sect will face a calamity of annihilation!!"
Even the junior sister kneeling beside him, who did not dare raise her head at all, spoke up.
"Senior Brother Ye, don't!"
At this moment, Fang Jie among the disciples rebuked him angrily.
"Ye Xiao! Just for your own laughable pride, you want to offend that lord!"
"Elder Wu treated you well, yet your master was killed because of you. You baleful star, do you want to drag everyone here to their deaths as well?!"
"I don't want to die!! That lord is someone you simply cannot afford to offend, Senior Brother Ye! Please, wake up!!"
Ye Xiao's pupils flickered incessantly. He clenched his teeth tightly as a trickle of blood ran from his mouth.
Ever since awakening the Primordial Divine Body, he had possessed peerless pride, sweeping through the lower realm all the way and advancing triumphantly.
Even before the terrifyingly powerful guardian beside Su Chenxiao, he had never yielded!
Yet today, upon seeing the elders' furious, hostile gazes and the disappointed, resentful looks of his fellow disciples—
His unshakable Dao heart wavered for the first time.
"You... you..."
"Pfft!"
He spat out a mouthful of vital blood.
Ye Xiao's face turned deathly pale as he staggered several steps backward.
Ding! The Destiny Protagonist has been scorned by his sect and fellow disciples. His momentum has suffered a blow, and he has lost 1000 Destiny Value! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 1000 Villain Points!
Su Chenxiao smiled mockingly.
Sure enough, compared to his master's death, this protagonist who cared so much about face was even more concerned with how others viewed him.
Since that was the case, this would be easy.
Su Chenxiao rose to his feet and lazily stretched.
Then he leaped up, arriving before Ye Xiao in a single step.
The surrounding disciples all hurriedly retreated at the sight.
Only at such close range did Ye Xiao truly feel the innate nobility emanating from the other man.
Handsome as jade, with superior features, every gesture carried the aura unique to one in a high position. Even if the heavens collapsed, he would not be startled; he was calm and unhurried.
Such a dazzling existence made everyone present pale in comparison.
Even he, who had always been so proud, felt an emotion he had never known before rise within him.
Jealousy.
Ye Xiao stared fixedly at the Imperial Clan Young Master before him, whose face held a gentle smile and whose bearing was ethereal as an immortal's.
He lowered his voice with an unfriendly gaze.
"You... really dare to come over?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Su Chenxiao shrugged.
As though speaking to an old friend he had not seen in ages, he said with a faint smile.
"I always keep my word."
"I am standing before you now, Ye Xiao. You may make your move."
Su Chenxiao looked utterly calm and composed.
This guy acted as though he had already decided Ye Xiao would not dare to act!
Ye Xiao clenched both fists, his body trembling as he panted heavily.
"Don't force me..."
The Tianxuan Sect elders behind them had long been frightened out of their wits.
Sect Master Yuan Fengxiao's breath caught in his throat. His face was utterly bloodless as he shouted.
"Ye Xiao! Calm down, calm down!"
If he truly made a move, then everyone in Tianxuan Sect would be doomed beyond redemption!
As though seeing Ye Xiao's hesitation, Su Chenxiao said indifferently.
"My patience is limited."
"If you still refuse to act, don't blame me for taking this chance away from you."
Suddenly, as though he had thought of something.
Su Chenxiao grinned, walked before Ye Xiao, and patted his shoulder without the slightest reservation.
He whispered into his ear.
"Or could it be..."
"You, with all that unyielding pride, are afraid?"
Ye Xiao forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. Upon hearing those words, his chest heaved violently, and he immediately raised his right hand, gathering a terrifying force.
At such close range, if he attacked, even the other party's guardian would likely have no time to react!
"Oh?" Su Chenxiao narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"Couldn't hold it in any longer?"
Yet Ye Xiao was undergoing a battle between heaven and man within his heart.
He held his fist high, and the atmosphere seemed to have frozen solid.
Everyone held their breath. Not a single person dared speak.
"Senior Brother Ye... calm down..."
"I don't want to die..."
No one knew how much time passed.
At last, reason overcame emotion.
Ye Xiao's tightly clenched fists gradually loosened, and his right hand, as though drained of all strength, slowly fell.
He closed his eyes and struggled to calm his emotions.
He did not say another word.
Seeing this, Sect Master Yuan Fengxiao, whose soul had nearly fled in fright, finally let out a long breath.
His whole body went limp in his seat.
"Ah..."
The other elders also felt as though a great burden had been lifted.
Just now, the entire Tianxuan Sect had seemed to take a walk through the gates of hell.
A trace of contempt and disdain flashed through Su Chenxiao's eyes.
His smile vanished. At this moment, he was like a supreme ruler, lofty and above all else, as he said without a shred of emotion.
"Since you don't dare."
"Then kneel before me."
Ye Xiao suddenly opened his eyes!
Their gazes met. Upon seeing the deep contempt and scorn in Su Chenxiao's eyes, towering rage swept through him once more.
"You!!"
Ye Xiao clenched his teeth so hard they nearly shattered, his blood and qi surging in reverse.
His body trembled wildly, but at this point, he could only kneel slowly with an expression of incomparable humiliation...
Thud.
The instant he knelt, Ye Xiao's face abruptly turned incomparably pale.
He spat out a large mouthful of blood. His aura was in complete disarray, and his cultivation realm even showed faint signs of falling!
His Dao heart had wavered!
Ding! Destiny Protagonist Ye Xiao's Dao heart has wavered. He has lost 5000 Destiny Value! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 5000 Villain Points!
"Is this... enough?"
Ye Xiao practically squeezed those words out from between his teeth.
Su Chenxiao looked down at him and sneered.
"If you had acted, perhaps I might have regarded you more highly."
"If you truly do not fear power, why kneel?"
"Are you truly unafraid, or merely pretending not to be?"
"Coward."
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