'boom!'
Lin Heng's berserk Source Power, no weaker than that of the Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm, locked Yan Luo firmly in place.
The air is thick with the scent of death!
At that moment, Yan Luo felt as if he were seeing a scythe reaping lives swinging before his eyes.
The feeling of suffocation caused Yan Luo's eyes to gradually roll back. He wanted to struggle and resist, but faced with the Source Power Lin Heng was using to restrain him, he found that he could do nothing.
I don't know how much time passed; it seemed like a moment, yet also like a century.
Just as Yan Luo felt he was about to perish from suffocation, the immense force binding him vanished.
'Whoosh!'
Upon regaining his freedom, Yan Luo immediately began to greedily breathe in the air.
A few seconds later, after catching his breath, he looked at Lin Heng again, his eyes filled with deep fear.
Is this the difference in absolute strength?
Yan Luo felt that Lin Heng, who was standing in front of him, was like a high mountain, an insurmountable mountain.
'Swish swish swish swish!'
At this moment, members of the other seven royal families who had followed closely behind the Fire Clan appeared one after another.
Lin Heng glanced at the dozens of people who had come towards him; almost all of them were experts at the Heavenly Venerable Realm, with the weakest being at least a sixth-grade expert.
If these people really swarm in, it will indeed be a problem.
Fortunately, Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong had already informed the seven royal families of their inner thoughts beforehand.
Realizing that these people were just there to join in the fun, Lin Heng took the initiative to speak, "Did you all come here with the Fire Clan?"
Lin Heng's move to turn the tables left the seven royal families somewhat embarrassed.
That's right!
This is practically a direct confrontation with the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
To say no would be to tarnish the Fire Clan's reputation.
After all, we're all high above in the Nine Heavens; we can't just sell out the Fire Clan like that, can we?
Finally, it was the Water Race that spoke up, "Pavilion Master Lin Heng, we have come here regarding the Earth Flame Sect, accompanying the Fire Clan to investigate the truth of the matter."
It must be said that the Water Race's approach was indeed clever, as it neither offended either side nor failed to appease either.
Yan Luo was somewhat dissatisfied with this statement, but given his strength was only at the Second-Grade Heavenly Venerable level, he had no right to refute it and could only swallow his anger.
" Earth Flame Sect?"
"Does what happened there have anything to do with my Battle Heaven Pavilion?"
Lin Heng feigned ignorance and glanced at Ao Lie.
Ao Lie instantly understood and immediately joined Lin Heng in their charade. "Master, I was just leading my disciples in searching for the demon's whereabouts in the Eighth Heaven when we happened to discover him at the Earth Flame Sect."
"Now that we've encountered the demon, we certainly can't let him continue to harm the righteous people of the Eighth Heaven."
"Just as I was about to lead my disciples to encircle and annihilate the demon, the Fire Clan appeared unexpectedly."
"Why..."
He was halfway through his sentence when Ao Lie suddenly sighed.
"What? The Fire Clan has appeared, and you're all joining forces to hunt down the demon. Isn't that a good thing? Why are you sighing?"
Lin Heng asked a question in response.
"Master, you may not know this, but our friends from the Earth Flame Sect activated their protective formation at the time, so the demon was unable to do anything to them for the time being."
"But the appearance of the Fire Clan forced them to close the great formation, which gave the demon an opportunity to strike."
"At that time, the demon used demonic arts to control the cultivators of the Earth Flame Sect. If this was not dealt with quickly, they would fall under the demon's control and slaughter the righteous people of our Eighth Heaven everywhere."
"In order to safeguard the peace of my Eighth Heaven, I had no choice but to send my disciples to eliminate the cultivators controlled by the demon while dealing with the demon himself."
As he spoke, Ao Lie adopted a deeply sorrowful expression. "They were all elites of my Eighth Heaven..."
Compared to Lin Heng, Ao Lie's acting was indeed far too perfunctory.
Even his disciples behind him couldn't stand it anymore.
You actually managed to squeeze out a couple of tears to show your grief, but what's with wiping your eyes with saliva while you're lifting your sleeve?
And you not only applied it, but you also made it so obvious. Who among those present couldn't see it?
Yan Luo was already furious, and seeing Ao Lie's clumsy acting only made him tremble with rage.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
"Leaving aside the matter of the Earth Flame Sect, how do you plan to settle the score for your Battle Heaven Pavilion's massacre of my Fire Clan members?"
"Now, all the disciples of my Fire Clan still bear the unique Sword Qi of your Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples. Don't deny that you were the ones who did it."
Yan Luo directly questioned him.
Ao Lie, who had been looking extremely grief-stricken just a moment ago, immediately rolled his eyes. "I never said I didn't kill them."
Upon hearing this, Yan Luo was overjoyed, as if he had grasped a lifeline. He quickly looked at the seven powerful members of the royal families behind him. "Seniors, did you all hear that? The people from the Battle Heaven Pavilion have personally admitted that they killed members of my Fire Clan. I implore you seniors to uphold justice for my Fire Clan!"
Now the seven royal families were in a bit of a predicament; they never expected the Battle Heaven Pavilion to agree so readily.
If you just make up some excuse, we can at least have an explanation.
Now that you've admitted it so readily, do you really expect us, the Eight Great Imperial Clans, to declare war on your Battle Heaven Pavilion?
But Ao Lie glanced at Yan Luo with disdain. "Who told your Fire Clan to be so spineless, controlled by that demon's demonic arts? Killing them was for the peace of the Eighth Heaven."
Yan Luo was dumbfounded!
How can you kill members of our Fire Clan and still act so self-righteously?
"You keep saying you're controlled by demonic arts, but do you think even a Heavenly Venerable Realm expert of my Fire Clan could be controlled by that demon's demonic arts?"
Yan Luo asked sternly.
Ao Lie calmly offered an explanation. "Were your Fire Clan's two Heavenly Venerable Realm killed by my Battle Heaven Pavilion?"
After hearing this, Yan Luo fell silent.
The injuries on Yan Fang and the other person were indeed not inflicted by the Battle Heaven Pavilion, nor did they contain any attack energy unique to the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
But Yan Luo was still unwilling to give up, seizing on the last point of doubt. "Then let me ask you, since the Demon Lord has controlled the Earth Flame Sect and my Fire Clan, can't he control the people of your Battle Heaven Pavilion?"
Ao Lie had already guessed that Yan Luo would ask this question, and immediately gave an explanation. "Our Battle Heaven Pavilion's formations Wushuang in the world. What difficulty would it have for us to evade the demonic arts of a mere demon?"
As he spoke, Ao Lie didn't hold back in taking a jab at Yan Luo: "What? Haven't you Fire Clan seen enough of the formations of my Battle Heaven Pavilion? How about we select a few thousand more disciples and have my Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples demonstrate the formations to you?"
Ao Lie had now returned all of Yan Luo's previous arrogance to him.
After a heated argument, Yan Luo was repeatedly thwarted and gained absolutely no advantage.
Seeing that the other party remained silent, Lin Heng finally spoke up, "Now that you all know the truth of the matter, I presume there's nothing else to discuss?"
These words were spoken to the seven members of the royal family who had accompanied him.
The Fire Clan fell silent, and the rest of them, who had only come to watch, naturally wouldn't force their way in; they immediately decided to leave as well.
Anyway, we've given the Fire Clan face. Since you can't find any fault with the Battle Heaven Pavilion, you can't blame us.
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