Chapter 568: Chapter 403: Conspiring in front of me? Do you think I’m stupid?
In the Divine Temple’s conference room.
Five high-ranking elders of the Magician’s Union and twenty-six council members gathered together, discussing how to lure Xu Yang into the “miracle” and use the sleeping “true deities” inside to eliminate him.
Charles, who was presiding over the meeting, was a divine mage specializing in fire magic and was revered as the “God of Fire.”
After the death of the Water God, the chairman of the Magician’s Union, he and the divine mage specializing in earth magic, Morris, became the most powerful.
Thus, this meeting was led by him and Morris.
However, just as Charles was about to speak, there was a sudden light sound, followed by Charles’s head flying off.
Thump!
His head rolled onto the table made of magic crystal stones.
Blood gushed out from the neck of the headless corpse, spraying in all directions… and then eventually falling to the ground.
There was a moment of silence in the vast conference room.
From the head that had fallen on the conference table came a desperate roar-
“Who?”
“Who killed me?”
As a Divine-level mage, how strong was Charles’s spiritual power?
Even though his head was severed, he did not die immediately but instead controlled the head to yell.
With this shout, the other elders of the Magician’s Union immediately responded, with magical power erupting from their bodies and their spiritual power scanning all directions. At the same time, they each activated their protective measures, with divine armor emerging.
However, those “Sacred Realm” council members were a bit slower to react.
Their protective measures were not as powerful as those of the Divine-level.
Especially since they were all mages!
Mages and Dao cultivators have a clear weakness – their physical bodies are too weak!
At the very least, compared to warriors and fighters of the same realm, the physical bodies of mages and cultivators are significantly weaker.
Swoosh!
Another sword light flashed.
“There!”
Earth elemental mage Morris suddenly looked in the direction where Xu Yang was hiding and let out a loud roar. He pressed his hands in the air and muttered a string of English!
Hum!
From his palms, a hazy yellowish glow emerged, and in an instant, a strange force enveloped Xu Yang.
“Gravity Space?”
Xu Yang shivered and found that his “invisibility technique” had been broken.
However, the Jiao-slaying Sword he summoned had already been slashed, and with a flash of sword light, eight human heads flew up. Eight Sacred Realm council members who were sitting in a row were killed simultaneously.
Swoosh!
The Jiao-slaying Sword turned into a streak of immortal light and returned to Xu Yang’s hand.
“Sword Immortal?”
“You are Xu Yang?”
Everyone present had sharp eyes, and recognizing Xu Yang by this sword skill alone, they quickly changed their expressions and regarded him as a formidable enemy.
Remaining Sacred Realm mages hid behind the four Divine-level mages.
That earth elemental mage called “Morris” quickly gathered earth magic power to form a light shield to protect everyone inside.
Only the head of the divine fire mage “Charles” remained on the table.
His spiritual power had not dissipated yet, and he stared at Xu Yang with both eyes, while_S1 in fluent Da Xia language_said, “Xu Yang… how did you find the location of our Divine Temple? When did you enter the Divine Temple?”
Xu Yang drew a sword light with the Jiao-slaying Sword and, feeling the “Gravity Space” acting on him, laughed, “I followed you all the way here, found this place, and then followed you into the Divine Temple.”
Charles’s head was taken aback and then forced a bitter smile, “So that’s how it is… I never thought I would bring about my own demise. Nick Fury was right. Without eliminating you… there will be no peace in the West!”
With a single sentence spoken.
Charles’s spiritual power began to disintegrate.
In the void, a strange force flickered, an energy from the Western Hell filled the air, as if trying to lead Charles’s soul away.
Xu Yang activated his Heavenly Eye Skill and “saw” a peculiar spatial channel emerge in the void. Through the channel, he could vaguely see some of the landscape of Western Hell and countless Death Gods and Demons.
A strange devouring force emerged from the hell, swiftly curling up “Charles’” soul, trying to pull it in.
Xu Yang’s gaze deepened, and he shouted angrily, “How dare you try to take someone in front of me? Do you believe I’ll bring Lord Cui and the heavenly troops and generals to level your Western Hell?”
“……”
The devouring force seemed to freeze for a moment.
Charles’s soul, originally being pulled into the spatial channel, was thrown back out by an invisible force.
Charles: “….”
His spiritual power transformed into an ethereal little man with a terrified look on his face, yelling, “No… I’m already dead, so according to the rules, I should go to Hell. Oh, great Lord of Hell, King of Demons, Satan, please accept my soul. I, Charles, am willing to be your most loyal servant.”
“Want to be Satan’s servant?”
Xu Yang scoffed, “Let’s see if Satan dares to accept you!”
He flicked the Jiao-slaying Sword in his hand, releasing a Great River sword aura that directly annihilated Charles’s soul.
He then pointed his sword at the remaining four Divine Mages and more than ten Sacred Realm magicians, asking, “Why have you, friends from the West, gone to great lengths to try to kill me, Xu Yang, who has lived in Da Xia all my life and has never had any quarrels with you or even met you before?”
As he spoke, Xu Yang’s body quivered slightly.
An “earth element” aura emanated from his body, and the “Gravity Space” imposed on him weakened considerably.
Of course.
It was merely weakened.
Xu Yang’s comprehension of the “way of the earth” remained at the “Divine Transcendence Realm” level and had not yet ascended to the “Dao” level.
As for “Morris”, he was an earth elemental Divine Mage, who had already begun to comprehend the “rules of earth”, akin to a Daoist True Monarch comprehending the “Dao”… To counteract the “Gravity Space” of an earth elemental Divine Mage through his understanding of the earth element, he would need to cultivate the earth element to the “Dao” level at the very least.
Of course.
A mere Gravity Space could not restrain Xu Yang.
He had plenty of means to break free if he wished.
Faced with Xu Yang’s “interrogation”, the elders and council members of the Magician’s Union exchanged glances. A Divine Mage stepped forward and said, “Mr. Xu, it’s all a misunderstanding… Yes, we, the Magician’s Union, did want to deal with you before, but it was orchestrated by the Divine Shield Agency, and it was the chairman’s decision.”
“That’s right, it’s all Water God’s recklessness. We’ve been cultivating for hundreds of years and have long been accustomed to a peaceful life. We don’t want to jump into a war.”
Several Divine Mages and numerous council members scrambled to speak first.
However, the Divine Mages secretly communicated with each other through soul transmission—
Earth elemental Divine Mage Morris: “Everyone… Xu Yang does not seem as strong as the rumors say. He has not broken free from my Gravity Space. We are four Divine Mages and can cooperate with each other. Let the council members control the magical prohibitions inside the Divine Temple, and it might be possible to kill him!”
Xu Yang’s primordial spirit was strong, and he could vaguely sense their transmissions.
However, he didn’t know what they were “whispering” about.
But the “misunderstandings” of those Divine Mages and Sacred Realm magicians amused Xu Yang.
“Damn it!”
“You shameless bunch… You all conspired in front of me, discussing how to trick me and send your female magicians to seduce me. And now you claim it’s a misunderstanding? Do you think I’m stupid?”
Xu Yang’s primordial spirit moved, and his Soul Differentiation entered the Jiao-slaying Sword.
Whoosh!
The Jiao-slaying Sword turned into an immortal light and shot out, easily penetrating the earth elemental light shield cast by earth elemental Divine Mage Morris before piercing through another Divine Mage’s chest.
Morris: “Pff!”
He spat out a mouthful of blood and exclaimed, “Impossible… My Earthly Guardian is said to be the strongest defense in the world. How could you pierce it so easily?”
The Divine Mage whose chest was pierced murmured, “Morris… Didn’t you say that he couldn’t break free from your Gravity Space? Why is his sword still so strong?”
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