"Cut the crap. Leave the imperial artifact behind, and release the mechanical message birds for me. Then I'll leave you two intact corpses."
Just then, the sedan-bearer woman before them spoke indifferently.
Even if they left the imperial artifact behind, she still wanted Sikong Jing and A Xie dead, because those were her master's orders. So long as they encountered anyone from the Elder Family, they were to slaughter every last one.
Hearing this, A Xie's eyes reddened. A flash of white light flickered in his hand, and eight mechanical message birds appeared at once.
After his expression shifted wildly, he moved to crush every one of the message birds in his grip...
Given the situation before them, no matter how miraculous Sikong Jing was, he was bound to face certain death.
And A Xie absolutely could not leave behind the mechanical message birds. He absolutely could not give them the chance to track down Young Miss Weng Ting.
However, A Xie's actions naturally could not escape the notice of the three people opposite him.
Chen Er of Desert Dust Academy was the first to sneer. "Trying to destroy the message birds? How laughable. Do you even know who we are?"
Boom...
The instant his words fell, Chen Er's terrifying Spirit Battle Realm aura crashed down upon A Xie.
A Xie's body stiffened in an instant. He was merely at the War Martial Realm. In truth, he was already over thirty—he was no genius at all, so how could he possibly withstand it?
If he could not destroy the message birds, then he could only kill himself.
Every mechanical message bird bore the formation restrictions set by the Elder Family. Only members of the Elder Family could release them. If he died, all the mechanical message birds would temporarily become