Chapter 971

“Long Chen, let me handle it . I know what to do . ”

Meng Qi slowly walked forward . She floated onto the martial stage, her white robes and black hair billowing . She looked like she had walked right out of a painting, appearing indescribably graceful and sacred .

Seeing Meng Qi come onto the martial stage, Wang Mang’s heart shook . A bad feeling rose within him .

He had long since thoroughly examined the disciples from the Eastern Wasteland . Meng Qi had very weak Heavenly Dao fluctuations, and she seemed harmless . Furthermore, she was a soul cultivator, and so he thought her to be the weakest target in the Dragonblood Legion .

But once Meng Qi came onto the martial stage, despite her appearing tranquil and calm, an intense feeling of unease appeared in Wang Mang’s heart .

“Wang Mang, you shouldn’t have tried to use me to infuriate Long Chen . From your eyes, I can see your greed and guess your goal . For you to want to provoke Long Chen so much, you’re clearly using your position for selfish purposes . You have a hidden agenda-”

“That’s enough . Senior disciples teaching the new disciples is the tradition of the Xuantian Dao Sect . You can’t change it, so don’t waste so many words,” shouted Wang Mang .

But anyone with sharp eyes could tell he was putting on a fierce act to hide his panic . Meng Qi had clearly guessed right .

“I was just warning you out of the kindness of my heart . But since you don’t want to be grateful, forget about it . Be careful, because an Underworld Soul Magical Armor won’t provide you with much safety . ” Meng Qi shook her head .

“Underworld Soul Magical Armor?”

The senior disciples were startled, while the Eastern Wasteland’s disciples didn’t know what it was .

This armor was something that came from a Magical Beast only the size of an ordinary ox . Its body was in the shape of a pangolin, but its scales were exquisite and practically transparent .

It was an extremely rare Magical Beast capable of soul energy attacks . Its hide could be manufactured into a soul item that could make someone practically immune to spiritual attacks . That was because its Spiritual Strength was stored in every one of its scales, and those scales possessed shocking absorptive properties .

However, Underworld Soul Magical Beasts were extremely rare, as well as crafty . They were sensitive to danger, which made their armor exceedingly precious . It was unexpected for Wang Mang to be able to possess such a rare thing .

What was even more unexpected was that Meng Qi could see through her opponent’s trump card before even attacking .

“So what if you know about the Underworld Soul Magical Armor? You’ll still be helpless against me!” Wang Mang was startled, but there was no way for him to stop now . With a shout, he charged at Meng Qi .

Three-colored runes formed a sea around him . Forming hand seals, a huge runic spear condensed in the air and shot toward her .

“Bastard!” The Dragonblood warriors became even more infuriated . This bastard instantly used his full power and such a terrifying move . He was going too far against a soul cultivator .

Suddenly, a roar rang out . A huge claw smashed down, shattering the runic spear .

A huge Earth Dragon appeared . It opened its mouth, spurting out golden flames that enveloped Wang Mang instantly .

“You’re a Beast Tamer!” Wang Mang was startled . He hastily condensed a runic barrier around himself against the Earth Dragon’s flames .

He had only just blocked the Earth Dragon’s flames when a bird cry rang out . A Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix appeared above him and its true feather rose .

The runes on its feather circulated and a red light suddenly shot out .

Wang Mang’s barrier shattered and the red ray continued . Wang Mang was horrified . This was no spiritual attack, and his armor had no effect against it . It would take his life like this .

The Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix had reached the eighth rank under Meng Qi’s care . Furthermore, since Meng Qi could direct it, its divine ability was now able to achieve many times the effect of it attacking alone .

This was the most terrifying aspect of Beast Tamers . A Magical Beast wasn’t frightening . But a Magical Beast with intelligence was, especially one being controlled by a Beast Tamer .

Although the Magical Beast’s intelligence was low, their divine abilities were hereditary . When adding on the technique and timing of the Beast Tamer’s direction, their power was brought to a pinnacle .

“Xuan Scale Armor!” At this life and death juncture, Wang Mang couldn’t have so many misgivings . He released his Foundation Forging cultivation base, forming a huge runic shield to block this attack .

He had no choice but to go all-out, because using a Sea Expansion cultivation base, this defense of his wouldn’t have been summoned fast enough . Only by using a Foundation Forging cultivation base had he been able to instantaneously use this magical art .

BOOM!

Shockingly, the runic shield Wang Mang summoned with his Foundation Forging cultivation base also shattered upon being struck . But fortunately, the red ray also disappeared . Before Wang Mang could even sigh with relief, a huge tail swung over .

That was the Earth Dragon’s tail . Under Meng Qi’s control, the timing was perfect . By the time Wang Mang sensed it, he had already been struck .

Wang Mang wildly vomited blood, feeling like his body was about to be torn apart . He flew back .

“Be suppressed!” Meng Qi’s Soul Suppressing Tower appeared, and it descended, smashing into Wang Mang’s body .

When the Soul Suppressing Tower rose once more, everyone was horrified to find that Wang Mang had been turned practically flat, like a housefly that had been slapped against the wall .

However, he hadn’t died . His body was flat, but his head remained . That was the result of Meng Qi being merciful, or it was unknown how many times over he would have died . But his Underworld Soul Magical Armor was shattered .

Everyone was silent, even the Dragonblood warriors . They had never seen Meng Qi use such domineering techniques .

Previously, when Meng Qi killed people, her enemies would always lay on the ground like they were simply sleeping . It was never so bloody .

“You challenged me in order to infuriate Long Chen . I really can’t understand why you people would be so stupid as to constantly test Long Chen’s bottomline . He’s tired, and he’s suffered enough . His shoulders are under enough weight, but you still want to step on him . Since you’re so foolish, then I also won’t mind dyeing my hands with blood and becoming a bloodthirsty devil . ” Meng Qi indifferently looked at the terrified Wang Mang who was lying in a pool of his own blood .

Meng Qi was always tranquil and never liked fighting . But then Little Snow had died . Long Chen’s heartbroken cry showed just how powerless and aggrieved he had felt .

That scene was deeply imprinted in her heart . On that day, she swore to no longer be a benevolent woman . She wanted to share Long Chen’s burden, and if she had to become a blood-soaked devil to do so, she didn’t mind .

In the cultivation world, there was no clear yardstick for right and wrong, kind or cruel . Now, she no longer cared . She was tired of caring about what was right and what was wrong . What she wanted was to protect Long Chen .

Long Chen had given them so much that it was too much . He was tired, and what Meng Qi wanted was to share as much of his burden as she could .

Looking at Meng Qi’s face, her words echoed in Long Chen’s heart and he felt a warm current inside . He was indescribably grateful to have such women, as well as slightly distressed . He felt like he had wronged them by having them by his side .

“Speak, why did you target us,” demanded Meng Qi, looking at the flat lump on the ground . She had no pity for him .

“I… I am following the rules! AH!” Wang Mang wanted to quibble when a burst of pain erupted from his soul . It was like millions of needles were piercing him .

“Elder Sha… save me!” he wailed .

Elder Sha didn’t move . His expression was still cold as he indifferently said, “That wouldn’t be in accordance with the rules . As the challenger, you have to take responsibility once you lose . ”

“I… I’m going to die… She wants to kill me… You… you’re just watching as I die…” Wang Mang was constantly wailing from the pain Meng Qi was causing him . But his body was unable to move .

“According to the rules, once you die, I will cancel her qualifications to join the Xuantian Dao Sect,” said Elder Sha indifferently . It was like nothing could interest him .

“Release me… release me… I’ll tell you… It was a senior apprentice-brother from the Law Enforcement Hall . He told me… to take care of you…” Wang Mang finally submitted .

“Law Enforcement Hall?”

Long Chen and the others instantly understood . This should be something caused by Lu Minghan . But that also seemed wrong . Lu Minghan should understand Long Chen’s power, so why would he send people to their deaths?

After thinking about it for a bit, Long Chen understood . This was definitely related to how Li Changfeng had captured Lu Minghan . Two Elders fighting would definitely cause a wave in the Xuantian Dao Sect, and most likely, the disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall had gotten wind of it . Wanting to suck up to Lu Minghan, they had told Wang Mang to take care of Long Chen and the others .

Without even thinking about it, it was obvious Wang Mang had to have received quite some benefits from those people to follow their orders .

Otherwise, without having received a heavy bribe, there was no way he would continue to antagonize Long Chen by challenging Meng Qi once he had seen how strong the Dragonblood warriors were .

Most likely, he had just wanted to embarrass Long Chen a bit . Then he could report his success back . After all, not doing work after being paid was no good . But this work’s price was extremely great, almost costing his life .

Long Chen snorted coldly . His gaze swept through the other senior disciples, causing their hair to stand on end .

“It has nothing to do with us! We had no idea!” cried those disciples in terror .

Now that this matter was done, Elder Sha turned to leave . But Long Chen suddenly said, “Disciple has some things he would like to ask . Elder Sha, can you teach me?”