Yang Huai's gaze sharpened as it fell on Daoist Zhoutian, and a cold sneer surfaced in the depths of his eyes.
"I'm afraid the Dao Chief has been deceived!"
He ignored the so-called agreement of three axe strikes. His gaze swept across the people of the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance as he asked,
"I wonder which fellow Daoists of the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance are deeply entangled with the Nine Heavens Spirit Maiden beside me. Could you step forward and let me have a look? Perhaps you could stand beneath the Heart-Illuminating Mirror and discern truth from falsehood—see whether there truly is any entanglement?"
As he spoke, a cold smile curled across Yang Huai's lips.
"If the Dao Chief intends to represent others, you must at least let me see exactly whom you represent, mustn't you?"
"Don't let them be some villains harboring ulterior motives!"
His gaze swept over the many Daoists of the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance. The moment many of them met his eyes, their expressions changed.
The faces of the Daoists shifted. Some wished to step forward, yet none dared stand beneath the Heart-Illuminating Mirror.
Who dared claim to be selfless?
What was more, if this matter went badly, they might be marked by this Peerless Sword Immortal of the Pure Origin Sect. If he sought revenge later, who could withstand it?
Everyone understood that if this sword immortal of the Pure Origin Sect did not fall, he would surely become one of the supreme figures of the Azure Talisman Realm.
Most importantly, he was ruthless and showed no mercy.
Even an ancestor of a lineage like the Dao Lord Emperor had been mercilessly reduced to ashes by him, without even a chance at reincarnation.
He had killed the chicken to frighten the monkeys. Who would dare