Chapter 0162

Chapter 162: You Lost Your Grandfather, But You Still Have Me!

Boom!!

As soon as Zhou Tong and his companion stepped into Jade Purity Sect territory, the Sect Guarding Grand Array lit up and cut off their way back.

Zhou Tong only sneered. [A bunch of old fossils. Do they think a few disaster struck Half Saints can control me? With my Emperor Realm spirit, the Formless, No-mind state, and help from Array Arts, I feel unstoppable. Who gave them this courage?]

Wu Zhan stood tall and called down: “Zhou Tong.”

Zhou Tong curled his lip and said: “Well, well, isn’t this the Sect Master of Jade Purity Sect? A few years gone and you’ve become so weak?”

Everyone around looked at each other with odd faces. [Has he still not figured out his situation?] To them, he was a lamb walking into a tiger’s mouth. With so many experts in Jade Purity Sect, they could handle him however they wanted.

A disciple whispered with worry: “Senior brother…”

Zhou Tong already knew what to do. [I’ve locked my spirit onto everyone whose mind hasn’t been eaten by baleful qi. They are the ones I will take with me.]

Wu Zhan spoke in a cold voice: “Time is short. As Sect Master I can overlook your betrayal, but you must cleanse the sect’s baleful qi. Otherwise…”

Zhou Tong crossed his arms and looked down on them: “Otherwise what can you do to me?”

Several elders snapped: “Insolence, is this how you speak to your seniors?” and “Looks like you forgot your manners while you were away!”

Xuan Shu Yu stiffened, grabbed a long sword, and rushed at Zhou Tong.

Wu Zhan barked an order: “Everyone, move!” He had no time left to pretend kindness.

Several strong auras slammed toward Zhou Tong. Xuan Shu Yu laughed wildly and shouted: “You’re finished, you waste!” She seemed to already see him kneeling at her feet.

Zhou Tong snorted: “Looks like you still haven’t learned your lesson.” At that moment Little White appeared and activated the power to stop time.

Little White roared: “Hoo-la!”

Zhou Tong snapped his fingers and called out: “Balance of Life and Death!” In that field of stopped time, all vitality flowed to him, and all deathly qi poured into his enemies.

He seized Xuan Shu Yu by the neck with one hand as his realm broke through on its own: first layer, second layer, Third Layer.

Time resumed. In the blink of an eye, the people attacking Zhou Tong turned into piles of charred ash, and Xuan Shu Yu’s screams echoed through the air.

Zhou Tong stood in midair and asked her with a cold smile: “Have I been too polite to you?” Under the horrified stares of the crowd, he kept her alive with spiritual treatment while holding her in place.

Xuan Shu Yu cried in despair: “Grandfather, save me, please!”

Zhou Tong chuckled: “Stop shouting. That old geezer has been dead for a while.”

She shook her head and tried to argue: “Impossible. My grandfather is a Half Saint, he—”

Zhou Tong lifted a token that had appeared in his hand and showed it to her: it was Xuan Yu’s identity token. She gasped: “How is that in your hand?” He answered with a sneer: “What do you think?” Then, with a crack, he crushed it to dust.

Xuan Shu Yu howled: “Grandfather!” Blood tinged tears streamed down as her world collapsed.

Zhou Tong taunted her: “Don’t cry. You may have lost your grandfather, but you still have me. Be good, granddaughter, and let me take care of you.” He pushed his sword force to the extreme and nailed her to the iron stele beside them.

He shouted: “Sky God Tongue!” In an instant the sky flashed with lightning and roared with thunder as bolts fell to deliver lightning punishment upon her.

Xuan Shu Yu shrieked: “Master, I was wrong. Your dog was wrong. Please spare me one last time!” The pain crushed her grief, and even the onlookers felt their scalps tingle at the sight.

A voice boomed: “Enough. Don’t think a little skill lets you overturn the heavens.” Four Half Saint level Supreme Elders struck together and surrounded Zhou Tong so he could not escape. No one spared a glance at Xuan Shu Yu. If this were before, someone would have risked everything to rescue her, but with Xuan Yu gone their warmth faded like tea gone cold. Her life was no nobler than that of a farm animal.

Zhou Tong mocked them without fear: “Four Half Saints against one youth. You really dare do that?”

A Supreme Elder answered harshly: “The strong are kings. Your words are useless. You have two choices now. Purify this place of baleful qi, or die.”

Zhou Tong said evenly: “Then I choose to purify the baleful qi.” The crowd froze. They had thought he would keep acting tough.

Wu Zhan nodded with a smile: “You’re sensible.” Zhou Tong added: “You must guarantee my safety.” Wu Zhan agreed: “Fine. Our sect promises it.” [How could I let you go? I will use you to resolve my calamity and break into sainthood.]

Zhou Tong’s lips curled as he looked around: “Everyone, relax your minds. Do not resist at all. I will put out the fire of corruption for you.” No one doubted this condition. The matter was urgent, and they did not think he could harm them all at once.

They were wrong. Zhou Tong truly could. He spread his arms in a showy way and intoned: “Heaven and earth, grow clear. Let the baleful vanish.” It looked as if he were a whale drinking the sea as he drew all the fallen baleful qi into his embrace.

Of course, Zhou Tong was a man of “give and take.” Since he took something, he left something behind: seeds of Chaotic Baleful Qi and seeds of inverse, chaotic death qi. [This stuff hits hard.] He called it paying back in kind.

Many disciples and elders cried with joy: “The pain is gone. I’m fully healed!” But their eyes filled with killing intent as they glared at Zhou Tong.

Wu Zhan trembled with excitement and shouted: “Seize this traitor!” He felt his calamity could finally be solved.

Zhou Tong narrowed his eyes: “Do you dare break your word?” Wu Zhan sneered: “You’re just an ant. Would you keep a promise you made to a bug? Blame yourself for being foolish. You didn’t make us swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.”

Zhou Tong actually laughed: “Good thing you didn’t swear a Heavenly Dao Oath. Otherwise I couldn’t have done my little tricks.” The newly “healed” people shivered again.

A Samsara Realm expert scoffed from the side: “Empty bluff.” Zhou Tong flicked his finger and detonated the seed inside the man. A mere Samsara Realm could not bear it and turned into ash on the spot.

Someone screamed: “Start the Sect Guarding Grand Array. Kill him!” Terror spread, and the great array roared to life and struck at Zhou Tong.