Zhang Xing's heart seethed with murderous intent. He glanced around at the Yan faction and forced that urge back down.
If Great Xia was to descend into civil war, wiping out the Yan faction and the Xunyang Faction was essential.
But not now.
Shen Yiwei unleashed the Reverse Ninth Sword. Sword Shadows poured down like a sudden rainstorm, weaving a light curtain so dense that not even a breeze could pass through, enveloping everyone in an instant.
His speed had increased yet again.
Zhang Xing narrowed his eyes. Li Zhiyi's rise had surprised him.
But he also knew how Li Zhiyi's story would end. The moment the Blood Brand emerged would be the moment it devoured Li Zhiyi.
The Five Clans had surely already prepared to claim the Blood Brand.
From Zhang Xing's memories, when the High Command of Chen Prefecture had once retrieved the Blood Brand, they had waited for it to devour the Blood Gu, then used the Blood Brand's scabbard to draw it back.
The current High Command of the Five Clans would surely do the same.
But...
Zhang Xing knew of a way to sever the Blood Brand's connection to its scabbard.
Malice Crystal.
That was right.
The Blood Brand, the fifth Divine Artifact under heaven, devoured killing intent and cut through anything.
That initial killing intent had actually been a method devised by Chen Prefecture's High Command to combat Malice.
Clearly, killing intent could not stand against Malice.
Chen Prefecture's research had failed completely, so they had taken another path, spending vast resources to create a Divine Artifact like the Blood Brand.
The link between the Blood Brand and its scabbard was killing intent.
But killing intent could not stand against Malice.
So all he had to do was use Malice Crystal to block the