Facing Su Xin's fearsome might, the Divine Blade Sect's sect master retreated without the slightest hesitation.
He was not alone; the entire Divine Blade Sect was in Su Xin's grasp.
He had no doubt that if Su Xin sent word back now, the ruthless Dark Guard martial artists under his command would slaughter every man, woman, elder, and child of the Divine Blade Sect!
Zhao Jiuling's expression, however, darkened completely.
What did the Divine Blade Sect's departure signify? It signified that Zhao Jiuling could not protect those he called members of the Taoist Alliance. It signified that the Divine Blade Sect believed Su Xin to be stronger than the Taoist Alliance!
Zhao Jiuling had simply been too confident. The Zaohua Taoist School's prestige was indeed formidable, but it chiefly rested upon the prestige Li Boyang had possessed in the past.
Moreover, though Zhao Jiuling was powerful, his reputation was nowhere near that of the notoriously ferocious Su Xin.
In the eyes of martial artists on the Divine Blade Sect master's level, they could not distinguish the difference between the True Martial Dharma Image and the Divine Bridge Realm at all.
In any case, as far as he was concerned, Su Xin had killed several True Martial experts and had now even breached Shaolin Temple. He was already the most savage and terrifying fiend beneath the heavens. Provoking Su Xin at such a time was simply courting death.
Thus, he did not believe Zhao Jiuling's reputation would carry any weight before Su Xin, and decisively chose to admit defeat.
Su Xin looked at Zhao Jiuling and said indifferently, "Daojun, did you see that? He himself has admitted that he is not part of the Taoist lineage. Could it be that your Taoist lineage intends to force every martial artist in the