Chapter 0127

Chapter 127: If I Don’t Train Her Into a Dog, I’ll Write My Name Backward!

The long wind howled. Blood mist hung in the air. Zhao Wu Tian’s figure was gone. It seemed he had been wiped out completely. Even Zhou Tong could not find a trace.

Zhou Tong frowned and thought: [Something is wrong.] The man held the origin of the Devil Race and the grand array’s protection. He should not fall to a single blow. More importantly, as the array master, his death should have shattered the formation. But the grand array still ran, turning the Imperial Capital into a prison. People outside could enter, but those inside could not leave.

Qian Miao Yu sensed Zhou Tong’s worry and called to the crowd below: “Everyone, be careful. This is not over yet. Stay fully alert. Do not leave your companions.”

Many faces lost their brief joy and filled with heavy worry.

A sharp, jarring voice cut through the air. It was Mo Liu Su. Earlier, You Jing Feng had beaten her badly. Her face was bruised and swollen, and even her Signet Ring had shattered, spilling spirit stones everywhere. But after a short time and a healing pill, she looked whole again. With a scepter in hand, she even looked proper.

She pointed her scepter and said: “Do not be scared by someone’s alarmist talk. We all saw it clearly. The ringleader has been executed. Where would any danger come from?”

She glanced up at Zhou Tong and wore a cold smile. She had long grown used to that familiar face falling in the dust, struggling and begging to live. Seeing it now above the crowd, bright and admired, made her deeply unhappy. It felt like something was slipping from her control, something that used to belong only to her. Even if that person only looked like Zhou Tong, she would not allow it.

Someone shot back at once: “What do you mean? Do you think the guest elder, a true Saint, would lie to us?”

Mo Liu Su refused to yield and said: “Who can say? You can only trust yourself in the world of cultivation. The array is still running. Maybe someone has taken it over and plans to keep refining us.”

People gasped. Some tilted their heads to stare at Zhou Tong, fear creeping into their eyes. Doubt spread fast.

Even more people exploded in anger and cursed Mo Liu Su: “The guest elder just fought through blood to save us, while you hid below and shivered. What right do you have to judge him?”

“That’s right. You do not deserve to be compared to the guest elder. You are not even worth one of his hairs,” another shouted.

Killing intent flashed in Mo Liu Su’s eyes. To say she was beneath the master of that face was a deep insult. She forced out a thin smile and said, coldly steady: “Maybe this was his plan from the start. He let Zhao Wu Tian stand in front, acted a show, then swapped places and got what he wanted. If not, who can explain why the array still runs? Among all of us here, who knows Array Arts better than this guest elder?”

No one could answer that cleanly. It was a dirty tactic, and a good one. He could not prove a negative. As expected, some people bought it. They glared at Zhou Tong with suspicion.

A voice rose from the crowd: “Guest elder, do you have proof that you are innocent?” Zhou Tong only smiled and shook his head.

“You cannot prove it, which means you are not clean,” Tang Qi shouted as he stepped out to accuse Zhou Tong. The thought of watching Zhou Tong get swarmed and dragged into a trap of defending himself made Tang Qi tremble with excitement. If he could not surpass him, then he would ruin him.

Zhou Tong spoke in an even voice: “I struck down Zhao Wu Tian to kill the Devil Race. Protecting you was only along the way. If you choose to trust me, do not stray far from me. If you do not, then face the results yourself.”

At once a few fools jumped up and yelled: “Hah! Still bragging. We do not believe you. Do you think we cannot live without you?” They broke away from their partners and flew toward the edge of the Imperial Capital.

A moment later, there was a bang as they slammed into an unseen barrier. A blood-colored whirlwind rose from the air and wrapped around them.

“No!” they screamed. In a blink they turned into drifting blood mist.

Everyone trembled at the sight. Even Mo Liu Su’s pupils shrank. She knew the guest elder had not lied. Those who smear others often know best how false the smear is. Even so, she kept pushing forward in the dark and shouted: “How vicious. They only questioned you, and you used the array to kill them. Do you have any conscience left?”

Chen Ling’er looked at Mo Liu Su with disappointment and said: “Enough, Master.” Her voice shook. “Master, you have changed. I am so disappointed in you.” She had said those words to Zhou Tong many times. Now she said them to Mo Liu Su.

“You doubt me?” Mo Liu Su stared, stunned that Chen Ling’er would dare to betray her.

She snapped and said: “Get out. Take that piece of trash beside you and get out. If you do not respect your teacher, then I have no need to protect you.” She looked down at Lian Han Xing and Chen Ling’er. In this place, if they left her side, the bloody light would kill them. It was her old trick: threaten disciples with death to force them to submit. It had never truly worked.

Lian Han Xing gathered Chen Ling’er into her arms and said: “We’re going.” She carried her and flew up toward Zhou Tong.

Chen Ling’er did not feel sad at all. As she drew closer to the real Zhou Tong, joy even rose in her eyes.

“Go then. You will regret it soon,” Mo Liu Su said, calm and sure. She believed she had already passed her disasters and trials and no longer needed Zhou Tong. That made her bold.

Blood light rushed in to kill them the moment they pulled away. Zhou Tong moved fast and said: “Scatter.” He raised his hand and swept it aside, letting the two reach him safely.

Mo Liu Su kept shouting: “You all saw it. He controls everything. Only those who obey him get to live.”

Lian Han Xing’s anger finally flared. She glanced at Zhou Tong to ask for his will. He gave a small nod. She smiled, lifted her hand, and touched the red cord on her wrist. She said, ice-cold and sure: “She is stubborn. She needs a real lesson this time. If I don’t train Mo Liu Su into a dog, I’ll write my name backward.”