Xue Yuxiu's words had just revealed a great deal of information.
That information also snuffed out Zhang Tie's fleeting idea of rescuing the Yin-Yang Sect members first and then slowly finding a way to remove the Golden Soul Talisman Poison.
This also confirmed one of Zhang Tie's suspicions: that Holy Lord would never allow those afflicted by the Golden Soul Talisman Poison to escape again. So even if he could kill everyone aboard the flying boat and rescue the Yin-Yang Sect members now, half a month later, if the holy sacrifice was not held, the Yin-Yang Sect members would still face only one word—death.
Moreover, those black-robed Divine Generals belonged to the Dark Emperor Temple. Zhang Tie had never even heard of this temple and knew nothing of its origins, but judging by its methods, it was certainly no good bird. Xue Yuxiu had said that the Dark Emperor Temple's Holy Lord was even stronger than a Martial Emperor. For the moment, Zhang Tie found it difficult to judge whether that information was true or false. The only ones stronger than God Emperor-level powerhouses were God Emperors themselves, yet the top God Emperor-level powerhouses in the Sky-Piercing Realm could all be counted, and for a Saint-level powerhouse to advance to the God Emperor level required an enormous population and the gathering of certain mysterious powers. This Dark Emperor Temple had been utterly obscure before; Zhang Tie had never heard of it. So where had their God Emperor come from?
There were only three possibilities. Either that Holy Lord had blazed his own trail and found a path to becoming a God Emperor different from that of other Saint-level experts; or Xue Yuxiu had merely been boasting, and that Holy Lord was not a match for a Martial Emperor at all;