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Deng Yu's headless body slumped limply to the ground. The Elysian Heaven mirror shattered the instant her life was extinguished, its spiritual radiance dimming.
At that moment, Xiao Ju's every thought had been fixed on killing the fiend. Once Deng Yu died, the resolve sustaining her drained away.
The taut string abruptly slackened. Utterly exhausted, she felt the world spin before her eyes, her consciousness rapidly scattering. Her slender body went limp, and she began to fall backward.
Behind her, however, a soft snake's tail was already there to support her gently.
Song Yan finally shifted his gaze away from Ju Luyi.
He slowly swept his eyes over the Golden Core cultivators of the Xuanyuan Sect.
Deathly silence filled the Chaotian Altar until Song Yan spoke.
"Since you knew full well that the Xuanyuan Sect was involved with the Hehuan Sect, yet still lent them your aid..."
Song Yan's eyes were ice-cold. "I believe you can spare me any further excuses and sophistry."
As his words fell, every syllable struck the hearts of the Xuanyuan Sect cultivators.
Many cultivators turned pale, cold sweat pouring down their faces.
Their memories were not so poor. Lü Ketai and Deng Yu had died right before their eyes.
Lou Zhengze began trembling violently.
The Xuanyuan Sect's resurgence had clearly-clearly been right before their eyes!
Their ancestor had attained Nascent Soul, the Hehuan Sect was secretly supporting them, and the resumption of the Nine Veins Grand Competition had been their chance to establish their might.
Swallowing up the Dongyuan Sect and reclaiming their throne as the Chu Kingdom's foremost sect had been within reach! How... how had everything collapsed to this extent in a single day?!
"No! Impossible! The Xuanyuan Sect will never concede defeat like this!"
Lou