Within Sage Academy.
Situ Mo had not stationed any fiends here.
All the fiends had gone to the Disciplinary Hall earlier.
Yet when Xu Zimo arrived, he was instead stopped by people from the Five Great Powers.
Heart Sword Sect, Qingyun Sect, Jade Maiden Palace, Hongmeng Demon Gate.
As for the Yin Sha Sect, its Sect Master had already been destroyed by Xu Zimo, so naturally, not many of them remained.
"What is the meaning of this, everyone?" Xu Zimo asked with a frown.
Monk Zizai gave a bitter laugh.
"Benefactor, do not make things difficult for us.
We had no choice either."
"You have submitted to the fiends?" Xu Zimo asked.
"We only wanted to survive. Those Ghost Devouring Worms..." Zhang Meng sighed.
"Then you are enemies," Xu Zimo said, slowly drawing Overlord Shadow.
Situ Mo truly was old and cunning.
He had actually made the people of the Five Great Powers guard Sage Academy for him.
That way, he could attend to both ends at once.
He could eliminate the remaining forces of Human Saint Palace while also stopping Xu Zimo—killing two birds with one stone.
"Why waste words?" someone from the Hongmeng Demon Gate said viciously.
"Since he is an enemy, take his head.
Perhaps if we offer it to Lord Situ, he will remove the Ghost Devouring Worms from our bodies."
At these words, everyone grew feverish.
This was freedom.
Several dozen people shouted and charged at Xu Zimo.
"A pack of ants who have not even reached the Dao Fruit realm dare try to stop me?" Xu Zimo snorted coldly.
Situ Mo had devised a fine plan.
Unfortunately, he had miscalculated one thing.
Xu Zimo, a Great Saint—or rather, a Half-step Dao Fruit—was nearly invincible among those of the same realm.
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