Everyone's gaze turned toward Xiao Hua, who hovered in midair with awe-inspiring majesty.
"Hiss..."
"Pfft..."
True Lord Huode was even more alarmed. When their pressures collided, he sucked in a cold breath, and his Nascent Soul trembled slightly. Before he could urge his magic power again, a powerful surge of magic power came crashing in, crushing his Nascent Soul hand like dry twigs and rotten weeds. Under the backlash, a mouthful of essence blood rushed up his throat...
"I am Daoist Xiao Hua. How could my foundation be slandered by the likes of you? I erected a blood stele within Qiyang Temple, slew the National Teacher atop Black Wind Ridge, and killed the Prime Minister before Qianyu Mountain. Were it not because you are a fellow Daoist, I would already have taken your head to sacrifice to my innocence!" Xiao Hua flew proudly into the air, his gaze like knives as it swept over True Lord Huode. Then, without turning into a rainbow, he simply flew away slowly.
Xiao Hua flew exceedingly slowly, yet his momentum soared like a rainbow. Not only were the Nascent Soul cultivators dumbstruck and afraid to speak, even True Lord Huode's eyes flickered. Though his bonded magic treasure and Nascent Soul were already prepared, he still did not dare move. Xiao Hua's move just now had truly intimidated him. Without the strength of upper-grade fourth-rank Yuan force, or even lower grade fifth-rank Yuan force, how could Xiao Hua have injured him in a single move? He could not be certain that, after releasing his magic treasure, Xiao Hua would still spare his life!
"Dao... Daoist Xiao Hua! I know now—it's Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua of Tongzhu Kingdom!" True Person Yufeng, who had long since retreated into the distance, suddenly seemed to awaken. He cried out