Pei Ling heard this and shook his head slightly, yet he was also quite puzzled. In the first four battles, only Tie Cheng, the lord of Yanxi City, had died on the spot. The emperor of the Liulan Dynasty, Sect Master Cen of Suzhen Heaven, and the Sect Master of the Cold Abyss Sword Sect were all still alive, yet he had still obtained the fortune of all three sects!
But now, Mountain Lord Tao of Jiuyi Mountain had clearly been defeated. Why hadn't he gained even a trace of the power of heaven and earth from Jiuyi Mountain's territory?
Something wasn't right...
At that moment, seeing that Pei Ling still seemed intent on challenging the Mountain Lord, Wenren Lingshe hesitated, trying to think of a way to talk them down. Suddenly, Tao Wendu let out another violent fit of coughing.
Blood kept welling from the corners of his mouth. At first, Tao Wendu spat bright red blood, but gradually, it darkened, turning deep red, then ink green, then emerald... At last, the green at the corners of his mouth gleamed like jade. The bloody, sweet stench vanished, replaced by a clear, fragrant sweetness, like the sap of a tree.
Tao Wendu's expression grew more and more rigid, and his heart shook with utter shock.
That section of divine wood root could let him change his "cause" twice. He had now used up both chances, yet he had never expected Pei Ling to be able to change his "cause" too!
Now that he had been defeated, his fate was about to run out. Under normal circumstances, that section of divine wood root should have separated from his body and returned to Jiuyi Mountain's secret grounds...
Yet for some unknown reason, not only did the root show no intention of returning,