"As expected of Yuanling City's strongest expert. You caught my Wind-and-Torrent Arrow so easily. It seems neither King Weishuo Eagle nor I are any match for you." Wu Changlian showed no surprise at all that Ye Qianxun had blocked his arrow. His sword embryo, with man and sword as one, shot straight toward Ye Qianxun like a rainbow piercing the sun.
"It seems you've been plotting this day for more than a year or two. I can understand wanting to step over me to reach a higher realm, but to sacrifice Yuanling City and let billions of living beings die beneath the Demon Race's claws? That's utterly inhuman!" Ye Qianxun shouted furiously. The enormous sword embryo split in two. One half blocked King Weishuo Eagle's attack, while the other clashed with Wu Changyun's sword embryo, which streaked toward him.
"One general's triumph leaves ten thousand bones to rot. If I can reach a higher realm, what do a mere billion lives matter?" Wu Changlian laughed loudly. "You, Ye Qianxun, must have shed more blood than you can count to reach your current realm. You and I are hardly different—like two men who have walked fifty steps and laugh at the one who walked a hundred. If I don't strike at you today, one day you'll devour me. Don't think no one knows you bought off my nephew, Wu De. Your connections among the human race are far broader than mine. Your cultivation is also stronger than mine. Without outside help, sooner or later I'll die at your hands. Besides the Demon Race, I couldn't think of anyone else suitable to help me."
"Ha ha! Ye Qianxun, you've guarded Yuanling City for thousands of years. Who would've thought you'd meet your end today? We deliberately let Wu De escape, so you'd