Ambushing the Black Tortoise Holy Son

Because the White Tiger will had emerged, the White Tiger Sect's baptism ceremony ended early.

Inside the White Tiger Sect.

Bai Xiaolin, whose body had been seized, walked to the blood pool and quietly gazed at the scarlet blood before him.

"Li Xiao really did me a huge favor this time. That blood tiger took most of the White Tiger essence blood in this pool, and barely any White Tiger power remains."

"Bai Xiaolin" smiled and spoke in a low voice.

"Is your objective the blood pool? Or the White Tiger Sacred Art?"

Inside Bai Xiaolin's body, the Bai Xiaolin who had been shoved aside spoke resentfully.

He was merely a junior in the Emperor Realm. He had never been able to understand what he possessed that was worth a Saint Realm big shot making a move against him.

Now, at last, clues were beginning to emerge.

Hearing the voice inside his body, "Bai Xiaolin" sneered. "If this body of yours weren't such trash, I really would want it all."

Ignoring Bai Xiaolin's chatter, Tang Xuan leaped into the blood pool. The next moment, red light from the pool enveloped Bai Xiaolin's body, and a stream of obscure information flooded Bai Xiaolin's mind.

The White Tiger Sacred Art.

Sensing the White Tiger Sacred Art appear in his mind, Bai Xiaolin's expression brightened, and he immediately closed his eyes and entered meditation.

At the same time, the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the Four Symbols Sects all leaped into their blood pools. Their objectives were within arm's reach.

The Black Tortoise Sect.

Beneath an enormous Black Tortoise statue, the Black Tortoise Holy Son sat with his eyes tightly shut, quietly receiving the baptism of Black Tortoise sacred blood.

"Attack."

A low shout rang out in the void. The next moment, dozens of black-clad figures emerged from the void with swords in hand, their sword tips aimed straight at the Black Tortoise Holy Son in the Black Tortoise blood pool.

Sensing them, the Black Tortoise Holy Son's eyes snapped open, and he shot skyward from the blood pool.

Blood from the pool splashed in all directions.

The next moment, the Black Tortoise Holy Son's gaze turned cold. A powerful presence erupted from his body, and his figure flashed as he appeared before Yingzi and struck a palm toward his chest.

At the same time, a ghostlike figure silently appeared behind the Black Tortoise Holy Son. A short blade in her hand swept swiftly across his neck.

The Black Tortoise Holy Son's expression changed drastically. His presence erupted, and he dodged sideways, avoiding the fatal strike.

Seeing that her first strike had failed, the figure rushed toward Yingzi, then vanished into the void.

By the time the Black Tortoise Holy Son recovered, the assassins were already nowhere to be seen.

His expression darkened. He touched the blood seeping from his neck and said coldly,

"Shadow Killing Pavilion, Li Xiao, I will have you dead."

The next moment, the elders of the Black Tortoise Sect rushed through the doorway and asked urgently,

"Holy Son, who was it?"

The Black Tortoise Holy Son composed his expression and replied flatly, "The Li Lineage."

Hearing this, the elders gritted their teeth and shouted, "The Li Lineage again! They're trying to sever our Black Tortoise Sect's roots! Men, send people to search for suspicious individuals inside and outside the sect. Step up the patrols. Kill anyone suspicious."

The people of the Shadow Killing Pavilion are proficient in all manner of assassination and concealment techniques. How could this bunch of old turtles possibly find them?

The Black Tortoise Holy Son said this inwardly.

Ignoring the elders' actions, the Black Tortoise Holy Son snorted coldly, then continued toward the blood pool.

What they did not know was that the Black Tortoise Holy Son's body had already been occupied by the sacred envoy.

Ten li outside the Black Tortoise Sect.

Pfft!

Yingzi, who had taken the sacred envoy's palm strike head-on, spat out a mouthful of blood and lay on the ground, still shaken.

"Pavilion Master!"

The expressions of several Shadow Killing Pavilion assassins changed, and they hurried forward to check Yingzi's condition.

Yingzi took a Nine-Pattern Origin-Returning Pill from his sleeve and quickly swallowed it.

The next moment, all the injuries inside Yingzi's body healed, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

"As expected of a nine-pattern pill. Its medicinal potency truly is extraordinary."

Yingzi stood up and sighed in admiration.

At this moment, a black-clad woman beside Yingzi stepped forward and said gravely,

"Pavilion Master, something is wrong with that Black Tortoise Holy Son. Judging by the way he attacked, it didn't look like a Black Tortoise Sect cultivation art."

Hearing this, Yingzi recalled the battle just now and nodded in agreement.

"The Black Tortoise Sect's cultivation arts emphasize defense and place little weight on guarding, yet that Black Tortoise Holy Son's palm technique was forceful and fierce. How was that the Black Tortoise Sect's Holy Son?"

Everyone looked somewhat stunned at his words.

The Black Tortoise Holy Son was not the Black Tortoise Holy Son? Then who was he?

"Could someone have possessed him?" Someone voiced the thought in their heart.

Yingzi pondered for a moment, then said softly, "That's possible."

"Then should we abandon this mission? The gap in strength is too great," the others said after some thought.

Yingzi paced back and forth, then hardened his heart. "No. Even if we can't kill that Black Tortoise Holy Son, we have to make their Black Tortoise Sect bleed a little. That's how our Shadow Killing Pavilion operates."

Looking at everyone's puzzled gazes, Yingzi explained, "Whether we can kill the Black Tortoise Holy Son is another matter. Right now, the Black Tortoise Sect's attention is all on their Holy Son. Go kill a batch of their ordinary disciples. How could they ever guess we would wheel around for another strike, much less that our targets this time would be their ordinary disciples?"

With that, Yingzi led the members of the Shadow Killing Pavilion in an attack on the Black Tortoise Sect.