Xiao Clan Traitor

Xiao Clan Traitor

Chen Qiye's voice boomed like thunder, making the entire Xiao Clan hall tremble.

"Master Chen!"

Xiao Zhan shot to his feet, his burning gaze fixed on the entrance. In an instant, every eye in the Xiao Clan turned to Chen Qiye.

No one had expected the missing Chen Qiye to appear at such a critical moment!

Xiao Yan's heart was sour and numb. He fought back his tears, suppressing the intense tremor of excitement within him.

Faced with the cold stares and ridicule of the Xiao Clan, even when everyone believed Chen Qiye had fled with his tail tucked between his legs, he had still believed that his teacher was not that kind of person.

Chen Qiye's appearance was undoubtedly the perfect proof of the conviction he had held onto.

The other members of the Xiao Clan were also moved. Looking at the dashing young man before them, with ink-black hair, refined features, and a white robe stained with blood, they were deeply touched.

This was truly aid in the nick of time. The Misty Cloud Sect's prestige was there for all to see, and Yun Tianbing was even a Dou Ling powerhouse, far beyond a minor figure like Ge Ye. Even if Chen Qiye had chosen to hide like a coward, they would have found it perfectly understandable.

"Ding! Emotion points from Xiao Yu +1000!"

"Ding! From..."

Chen Qiye smiled faintly at Xiao Yan, then strolled over. Standing beside him, he rubbed Xiao Yan's head and said, "I'm back."

I'm back!

Those simple two words fell upon Xiao Yan's ears like the morning sun in winter, spreading warmth through the heart that had been shrouded in coldness.

"It's good that you're back..."

The Second Elder remained unmoved. His snake-like, icy gaze fixed on Chen Qiye. "You and your disciple are the people Yun Tianbing is looking for. As long as we hand you over..."

"How do you know Yun Tianbing wants me and Yan'er? Why can't it be you instead?" Before the Second Elder could finish, Chen Qiye raised his sword-like brows and coldly interrupted, "Or had you already pledged allegiance to the Misty Cloud Sect? Is that why you know these things so clearly?"

"What!"

The entire Xiao Clan hall immediately erupted. Everyone exchanged glances before turning to the Second Elder, their eyes filled with suspicion.

"You're slandering me!"

The Second Elder slammed his palm against the table, furious and flustered as he shouted.

"If the Second Elder hadn't betrayed the Xiao Clan, it would be difficult for me to understand why the elites of the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan could lie in ambush directly outside the Xiao Clan grounds, while not a single person has come to report it even now!"

The moment he said this, the entire hall was shocked!

"What? The elites of the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan have already arrived at our Xiao Clan grounds?"

The expressions of the many elders in the hall changed dramatically. Three or four clan members immediately rushed out of the hall to investigate.

"Is that true?"

Even Xiao Xun'er stood frozen in place. Though Ling Ying was guarding her, Ling Ying only protected her safety. Even if the Xiao Clan were destroyed, Ling Ying might not intervene.

Chen Qiye calmly explained, "There's no need to check. When I arrived, the entire Xiao Clan was already surrounded. The reason they haven't attacked directly is probably that they're waiting for the right time. The hours before dawn are when people are at their most exhausted. Attacking then should minimize their losses."

"Am I right, Second Elder?"

Ignoring the Second Elder's increasingly grim expression, Chen Qiye continued as if no one else were present, "I hadn't understood why, when the Wolf Head Mercenary Group caused trouble in the marketplace a few days ago, not a single Da Dou Shi from the Xiao Clan appeared. Now it seems the Second Elder was behind it all!"

At this point, the Xiao Clan members finally came to their senses. The First Elder abruptly rose from his grand chair and angrily shouted:

"Second Brother, I never thought you would betray the clan!"

"So it was you..." Xiao Chu had been severely injured by Mu She and had yet to recover. His eyes were full of disbelief as he looked at the Second Elder.

The entire hall was stunned!

Only now did they barely accept the reality that the clan's Second Elder had betrayed them and brought in foreign enemies to massacre his own clansmen!

Even the Third Elder, despite decades of friendship with the Second Elder, was so shocked that he could not close his mouth. "You... how could you betray the clan? How is this possible?!"

"Why?!" Xiao Zhan slammed his palm onto the table and roared.

The entire table instantly turned to powder. Dou Qi began to gather around him, and green Dou Qi covered the surface of his body.

"Why?"

The Second Elder lowered his head and muttered to himself. His voice grew louder and louder until it finally echoed throughout the entire hall.

"My abilities are greater than yours, and my strength is greater than yours. Why could you become the clan leader instead of me?!"

As he spoke, the Second Elder's Dou Qi erupted. Streams of energy condensed into tangible whirlwinds around him, green Dou Qi flowing over his entire body. When the surrounding tables and chairs were swept by that Dou Qi, they instantly turned to powder. The condensed Dou Qi seemed capable of cutting through steel; if it struck a person, an ordinary body would surely be torn apart.

"A nine-star Da Dou Shi!" The First Elder shuddered. He had never expected the Second Elder to have reached such a level. He was six stars higher than Xiao Zhan and only half a step away from becoming a Dou Ling. He was more than worthy of being called the strongest person in the Xiao Clan.

"Condensed Dou Qi—this is the realm just one step below Dou Ling!"

The faces of the Xiao Clan members turned incomparably grim. "We're in trouble!"

Setting aside the situation outside, the Second Elder was already a nine-star Da Dou Shi. Even against a Dou Ling powerhouse, he could flee if he could not win. Meanwhile, the strongest person in the Xiao Clan was Xiao Zhan, who was merely a three-star Da Dou Shi. There was no way he could be a match for the Second Elder.

"Once I kill all of you, I can enter the Misty Cloud Sect with this achievement and soar into the heavens! The pathetic Xiao Clan can be destroyed if it's destroyed!"

The Second Elder let out a wild laugh, then roared. His body suddenly swelled by three feet, and the Dou Qi covering him blasted his upper garments to pieces, revealing muscles like forged iron. He exploded forward, clenched his hand into a fist, and with a sliding step, appeared before Xiao Yan like a ghost before throwing a punch.

This punch was as fast as lightning and thundered like cannon fire, tearing through the air. The condensed Dou Qi displayed the peak power of a nine-star Da Dou Shi to the fullest.

"Not good!" Xiao Zhan's face changed drastically, but he could not react in time.

The air throughout the hall froze to the extreme. If that punch landed, Xiao Yan would only end up reduced to bloody fragments.

"You want to kill my disciple right in front of me? You think far too highly of yourself."

In that instant, Chen Qiye appeared directly before Xiao Yan. He thrust both hands forward, and Dou Qi erupted from his palms like a gushing spring.

The strike looked soft and weightless on the surface, but the Second Elder's expression changed wildly. He felt as though a torrential mountain flood of Dou Qi was pouring from between Chen Qiye's palms. The force of that palm was as vast and heavy as an ancient dragon, completely surpassing the power of a Dou Ling. It was absolutely not something he could face head-on.

"Impossible!"

The Second Elder's shock reached its peak. He forcibly withdrew his fist and halted his body, as Dou Qi suddenly condensed across his surface, forming armor like refined steel.

Just as everyone was astonished at why the Second Elder had withdrawn his punch, Chen Qiye appeared above him, his palms crashing down!

"Boom!"

It was truly like a meteor striking the ground, exploding with a thunderous roar!