"Wang Teng!"
Seeing Wang Teng beaten into such a state, the Immortal Crane was overwhelmed with grief. It shielded him with its wings and glared furiously at Adam outside the valley.
"Tai Xuan Holy Son, killing someone is one thing, but why must you humiliate him like this when your cultivation is so profound?"
"What a beast. The way you put it makes it sound as though the Wang family were the victims, and the thousand-odd disciples of my Tai Xuan Sect had killed themselves."
Adam sneered and raised a hand as he spoke.
"Still... you are right. Step aside. I will kill him now."
"You—"
The Immortal Crane was struck speechless. Not knowing how to refute him, it could only turn toward the valley and say,
"Are you really going to watch the Great Emperor's inheritor be killed?"
"He has not passed the trial. He does not count as the Great Emperor's inheritor."
Within the valley, the divine spirit of the Luan Gu Axe finally spoke.
As the one who had personally brought back Wang Teng, whose fortune soared to the heavens, to receive the inheritance and had accompanied him throughout his cultivation until now, the Immortal Crane naturally shared a closer bond with Wang Teng and cared more about him at this moment.
Ultimately, it was not the Immortal Crane that had followed the Great Emperor Luan Gu in the past, but merely that crane's descendant. Its connection to the Great Emperor Luan Gu came only from a duty passed down by its ancestors, whereas it had personally watched Wang Teng grow up.
Yet as the companion who had followed the Great Emperor through countless reversals of defeat to reach the pinnacle, the Luan Gu Axe remained far calmer. So long as Wang Teng had not passed the