The Primordial Spirit Flame around Su Xin and Bai Ling gradually dissipated, revealing the fierce battle between Su Xin, Bai Ling, and the dried corpse.
The scene also looked perfectly normal. The Black Lotus Holy Envoy had been killed, and Bai Ling, the Holy Maiden, was fighting Su Xin over the White Jade Tablet. That was only to be expected.
What puzzled everyone was Su Xin's strength. Even with Bai Ling's help, he had still managed to kill the Black Lotus Holy Envoy. Was Su Xin simply too strong, or was Bai Ling, the Holy Maiden, too weak?
The White Lotus Sect members' faces darkened.
The White Lotus Sect had indeed gained quite a lot from this trip to the Nine-Layer Sword Pavilion. They had obtained many treasures and manuals.
But compared with the price they had paid to enter the Nine-Layer Sword Pavilion, those gains were nothing.
This time, they had wrested a share of the spoils from the Heavenly Court and the Underworld. Those two top forces of the martial world would certainly hold a grudge against the White Lotus Sect.
The Heavenly Court in particular would likely launch a purge against them after this.
That alone would have been manageable. The moment the White Lotus Sect made this decision, they had already prepared to face the Heavenly Court.
But the most important thing was that the Black Lotus Holy Envoy had died here. That was something they simply could not accept.
At the height of its power, the White Lotus Sect had more than ten Yang Spirit Realm experts. Now, besides the Black Lotus Holy Envoy and the Red Lotus Holy Envoy, its two Yang Spirit Realm holy envoys, only three others remained, including the Pudu Holy Envoy. That made five in all, less than half their