Beside the shattered Imperial Chariot, Xu Ying stood with a look of astonishment, his mind buzzing.
He was not buzzing because Witch Minister's attack just now had shaken him. Rather, it was the complicated web of relationships that had left his head spinning.
"No, no."
All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind. Witch Minister was unquestionably a diehard loyalist of Taiyi Great Dao Lord. Back in the Heavenly Realm Ruins, he had acted alongside Taiyi Great Dao Lord, making it seem that Taiyi Great Dao Lord's injuries were not serious.
If Witch Minister had not been so loyal to Taiyi, he could never have been assigned to guard the Heavenly Realm Ruins.
But how could someone Taiyi trusted so deeply suddenly strike him when Taiyi Great Dao Lord was about to safely weather the crisis, exposing the fact that Taiyi had suffered severe injuries?
What benefit would Witch Minister gain from truly betraying Taiyi?
Was he trying to seize the Xuanhuang Dao World Scripture?
But he had merely tested them, exposed the fact that Taiyi was gravely wounded, and then left without trying to seize the Xuanhuang Dao World Scripture.
If he truly wanted to seize the Xuanhuang Dao World Scripture, he should have tried to capture Xu Ying while launching his attack.
"In other words, his purpose was also only to test them—to reveal the fact that Taiyi was gravely wounded and let other people see it. But whom was he showing it to? Naturally, the three Great Dao Lords."
The thoughts in Xu Ying's mind turned over and over. *He wants to tell the three Great Dao Lords that Taiyi is gravely wounded, so the three of them can make their move. Yet he is also Taiyi's diehard loyalist, and his actions were carried out on Taiyi's