Chapter 2048: What Can You Do to Him?
Chapter 2048: Chapter 2048: What Can You Do to Him?
"Changtian Wine Demon?" The ten Family Heads looked at that figure holding a wine gourd with a faint smile, and their faces all changed.
Down below.
Xiao Yi quietly let out a breath. He knew that the danger for today was basically resolved.
Aside from the various Main Hall Masters, Changtian Wine Demon was one of the few people who gave him an extremely intense sense of a powerhouse’s aura.
In his perception, even these Hidden Family Heads were far inferior to Changtian Wine Demon.
First Main Hall Master beneath the eight Main Hall Masters—those words were absolutely no lie.
"Kid, want a swig?" Changtian Wine Demon handed over the wine gourd, chuckling.
Xiao Yi glanced at Changtian Wine Demon beside him and gave a faint smile.
He reached out, took the gourd, and directly tilted his head back for a wild drink.
"Gulp... gulp... gulp..."
The rich, fiery liquor poured down his throat in great mouthfuls.
Though the wine was strong, it didn’t make him feel the slightest discomfort; instead, the more he drank, the better he felt.
Once in his belly, the liquor seemed to turn into a pool of sweet spring water, flowing through his entire body.
The potent, pure aura of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures coursed through his limbs and bones, echoing endlessly, ceaselessly regenerating.
The severely damaged organs and the turbulent qi inside Xiao Yi’s body were rapidly recovering at an astonishing speed.
On the outside, Xiao Yi drank in big gulps, the liquor even spilling from his mouth, running from the corner of his lips all the way down.
On Xiao Yi’s chest, there had been several obvious palm prints.
Those were the heavy strikes several Family Heads had left on him.
The areas of the palm prints were sunken a bit, and most of the bones inside had been shattered.
But now, as the liquor flowed down, those injuries were visibly healing at a speed one could see with the naked eye.
"Refreshing." Changtian Wine Demon looked at Xiao Yi, nodded, and smiled.
"There aren’t many who dare to drink my wine so recklessly."
"Refreshing." When Xiao Yi put down the gourd, his essence, qi, and spirit had already surged to a peak.
If his guess was right, over these past few days, he had been slaughtering Evil Cultivators all the way, so his tracks had already been exposed.
Thus, if these ten Hidden Families wanted to take revenge on him, it would be easy for them to trace his movements.
But in terms of intelligence gathering, these Hidden Families were clearly no match for the Black Demon Hall.
Thus Changtian Wine Demon could also track Xiao Yi and appear in time.
Up above.
On the cold faces of the ten Family Heads, extremely ugly expressions surfaced.
"Changtian Wine Demon, what do you mean by this?" Old Master Xu was the first to question coldly.
But it was obvious from his tone that there was a hint of wariness.
The Family Heads of Feng Yan’s two families stepped forward first, their auras crashing down with a boom.
"Heh." Changtian Wine Demon’s expression didn’t change. Still smiling faintly, he merely took a light step and slightly blocked in front of Xiao Yi.
In an instant, the pressure those two Family Heads were exerting completely melted away.
"Changtian Wine Demon." The Feng Family Head said coldly, "This Monster Xiao Xun has slaughtered everywhere, plunging the hundred cities of the White Flame Region into a blood-soaked hell."
"Just based on that alone, he is unworthy of the status of an Eight Palace Martial Artist."
"He even killed my ten families’ Martial Artists and the young Heavenly Talents of our clans. This feud is irreconcilable."
"As Family Head, I advise you not to meddle."
Changtian Wine Demon took a light sip and said, "If we’re going to talk reason, this ’slaughtering everywhere’ that kid Xiao Xun did was nothing but an all-out purge of Evil Cultivators."
"The matter of those hundred great cities in the White Flame Region was the handiwork of that Evil Cultivator Wuu Ling’er. Naturally, your little brats from the families weren’t absent either."
"As for him killing your clan’s powerhouses and Heavenly Talents."
"They were the ones who first laid an ambush in the White Flame Region, set up a trap. And you still have the gall to argue reason?"
"You had powerhouses piled up and schemes layered upon schemes, yet you were still slaughtered to the last by this kid Xiao Xun, and you still have the face to bring it up?"
"If they dared to try and kill my Three Halls’ Heavenly Talents, then they should have been prepared to be killed in return."
The ten Family Heads all narrowed their eyes at his words.
In their gaze was an even denser killing intent and chill.
"Evil Cultivators? Hmph, just because you say so?" The Yuwen Family Master snorted coldly.
"I’d say those hundred cities were full of normal Martial Artists."
"That’s right." The Du Family Master said coldly. "Just because your Black Demon Hall calls them Evil Cultivators, they’re Evil Cultivators? Where’s the evidence?"
"This Monster Xiao Xun is equivalent to having killed our ten families’ Martial Artists and Heavenly Talents for no reason."
"This matter is already a private feud between our ten families and that Monster Xiao Xun."
"If you, Changtian Wine Demon, intervene in this matter, that is interfering in the conflicts of the major forces and violating the Eight Palaces’ iron rules."
Violating the Eight Palaces’ iron rules?
Indeed, the Eight Palaces absolutely do not interfere in the grudges and conflicts of the major forces. That is the first iron rule, and also the strictest.
Hearing this, Xiao Yi’s heart suddenly sank.
It still proved that saying true: in this world, nothing is absolute.
Even an existence as strong as the Eight Palaces is shackled by its iron rules.
If these ten Family Heads insisted on turning black into white and biting down that it was a private feud, then the Eight Palaces could not intervene.
In the end, in this world only the word "strength" is the greatest guarantee.
If his own strength were great enough, why would he care about rules, and why would he now be hunted relentlessly by these ten Hidden Family Heads?
In the face of absolute strength, any reversal of black and white, any twisting of right and wrong, any schemes and plots, all would be nothing but a joke.
"Hmph." Old Master Xu had already snorted coldly.
"Changtian Wine Demon, if you continue to protect this boy and keep blocking us, that is violating the iron rules."
"Is your Black Demon Hall planning to risk earning the condemnation of the whole world?"
"Exactly." The Kong Family Master smiled proudly. "Changtian Wine Demon, the Eight Palaces are not to interfere in private grudges and conflicts. That is an iron rule."
The ten of them all shouted coldly in unison, their cold eyes fixed on Changtian Wine Demon, trying to force him to retreat.
But at this moment, Changtian Wine Demon’s expression was still relaxed. He casually took another sip.
Putting the gourd down, Changtian Wine Demon slowly opened his mouth. "If you insist on being unreasonable."
"Master also asked me to bring you a message."
"He will intervene. He will manage this matter. What can you do to him?"
"If you’re not convinced, you can go to the Black Demon Hall and look for him."
"Of course, if you’re not convinced right now, I can settle accounts with you myself."
Boom...
In the instant his voice fell, the aura on Changtian Wine Demon’s body erupted.
With the strength of one man, he actually crushed the combined aura of ten.
First under the Main Hall Masters—the title truly wasn’t empty.
"Changtian Wine Demon, you..." The ten all turned pale together.
"Hmph." Changtian Wine Demon snorted lightly, glanced at Xiao Yi beside him, and said, "Kid Xiao Xun, let’s go."
Xiao Yi nodded, swept a glance at the ten Family Heads around him who didn’t dare make the slightest move, and let out a disdainful cold laugh.
"So these are the Hidden Families? So this is the ’wrath of the ten families’ you talk about?"
"Tsk tsk, nothing much."
"Just one sentence from my Black Demon Hall’s Main Hall Master, and you all don’t dare move. You’re all turned into cowards."
"Tsk tsk, these are the Hidden Family Heads—what a joke."
"Brat, what did you say?" The ten Family Heads erupted in fury on the spot.
"I said you’re cowards. Need me to repeat it a few times?" Xiao Yi sneered disdainfully.
Beside him, Changtian Wine Demon frowned.
"You little bastard." Up above, the ten Family Heads immediately went berserk.
A snot-nosed brat dared call them "cowards"? Dared mock and taunt them like this?
How could they not be enraged?
"Make a move. With the combined strength of us ten, I don’t believe Changtian Wine Demon can protect this Monster." Old Master Xu shouted angrily.
"Good." The heads of the Feng Yan two families nodded as well. "The dignity of our ten families must never be trampled by this Monster ant."
Bam... bam... bam... bam... bam...
Ten auras burst out in succession as all ten struck at once.
"You want a fight? Heh." Changtian Wine Demon was calm and unafraid, and he too moved in an instant.
Yet in the next second, Changtian Wine Demon’s always relaxed expression suddenly changed drastically.
"Not good, I’ve been tricked."
"You little brat, you calculated me?"
"Trying to run?"
Xiao Yi’s figure had already vanished from where he had been.
A streak of black light had already disappeared into the distance.
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Second Chapter.
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