Chapter 291: Chapter 218: Fallen into the Trap

“Finally here–”

Outside the Celestial Killer Mountain range, Fei Tianqi let out a long breath, having rushed all the way here!

Following the route specified in Li An’s letter, he directly entered the Celestial Killer Mountain range.

The army stationed in the Celestial Killer Mountain range had already moved to the Xiling Origin Continent to wage wars, leaving this place quite empty, allowing him to enter the mountain range with little resistance.

He quickly reached the meeting place agreed upon with Li An–Luoyue Valley.

The last time Fei Tianqi and his companions came, it was to this place.

It was an old haunt that Fei Tianqi was very familiar with.

But this time, he lacked the composure and calmness of last time, his face clouded, killing intent suppressed in his eyes as he spoke, “I’m here, where are you?!”

From the turbid yellow Evil Qi, a figure stepped out; it was none other than Gu Xuanting.

Li An arranged for him to meet Fei Tianqi here.

“Did you bring the items?”

Gu Xuanting asked indifferently.

“The Daoist Scripture,”

Fei Tianqi shot a beam of light towards Gu Xuanting, who caught it immediately. It was a jade slip containing many high-tier spells, divine powers, and even some beyond the limits of the Emperor Origin Realm!

“The Daoist Scripture… truly lives up to its reputation!”

Gu Xuanting was amazed; the contents of the jade slip were indeed extraordinary.

“What about what I want?”

Gu Xuanting replied, “Don’t worry, you won’t be shortchanged. My master is second to none in this world when it comes to keeping promises…”

But as soon as he finished speaking, a slight change appeared on his face, and he said, “No, you didn’t come alone!”

“How audacious!”

With that, an array exploded in front of Gu Xuanting, who turned and fled–

“Dare you!”

Fei Tianqi immediately became furious. How dare this person toy with him like this?

“You’re courting death–”

He punched through the surrounding Rank Three array and soared into the sky, intent on pursuing Gu Xuanting.

But just as he ascended, as soon as he released his Divine Sense, he sensed something, turned his head and saw countless experts from the Immortal Talent Hall, who had somehow already caught up in the sky of the Celestial Killer Mountain range!

“Fei Tianqi has betrayed us!”

“Kill him!”

“This man is already a traitor, colluding with the Demon Race, unworthy of being the Saint Child of our order!”

Xue Ao, Luo Yue, Han Shuang… many great talents and others from the Immortal Talent Hall had all come.

At a glance, there were as many as three or four hundred people!

After all, the vast Xiling Origin Continent produced no lack of outstanding individuals selected to enter the Immortal Talent Hall, originally top-tier talents from various major powers, how could they be content to be overshadowed after entering the Immortal Talent Hall?

Now given the opportunity to kill Fei Tianqi and reclaim that chance, who wouldn’t be tempted?!

Moreover, besides the three to four hundred talents from the Immortal Talent Hall, their original sect experts had also followed, like the Taiyi Sect, which sent four Nascent Soul experts!

Dozens of Nascent Soul experts, with eyes gleaming, stared at him as if he were a priceless treasure!

“Damn, this…”

His expression had already changed!

This didn’t seem right, not at all right.

“Master Horse-Face…”

He urgently called out–

He hadn’t strictly followed the instructions in Li An’s letter to come alone.

Instead, he had told everything to the Hall Master of the Immortal Talent Hall–the Life-taking Horse-Faced!

The Life-taking Horse-Faced had arranged for him to come and secretly followed.

But he didn’t expect others would also follow…

“Something’s wrong, something’s wrong!”

Beside Fei Tianqi, at some point, a middle-aged man had appeared, cloaked in black, with sinister eyes.

The approaching members of the Immortal Talent Hall were all taken aback upon seeing him!

“Pay respects to the Hall Master!”

“Hall Master, we received news that Fei Tianqi had defected to the Demon Race and intended to deliver the Daoist Scripture to the enemy, so we came to besiege him!”

Everyone spoke at once, not daring to act rashly for a moment.

“Who gave you this information? Why wasn’t I informed?!”

The Life-taking Horse-Faced radiated rage.

“Reporting to the Lord, we were unsure of the accuracy of the information and didn’t dare report it rashly, so we wanted to confirm first…”

A genius instinctively defended.

“You bastards, do you really think I’m blind? Didn’t you just want to kill Fei Tianqi and record all the contents of the Daoist Scripture on your own, thinking you’d get away with it? A bunch of scumbags, I’ll slaughter you all and grind you down to dust!”

The Life-taking Horse-Faced cursed repeatedly!

He had hit the nail on the head.

Many have received the news of Fei Tianqi’s betrayal, but no one told Life-taking Horse-Faced, why?

Because everyone has their own agenda, telling Life-taking Horse-Faced, if he makes preparations and captures Fei Tianqi, does the informant become the Saint Child?

Not necessarily!

Even if Life-taking Horse-Faced kills Fei Tianqi, he merely salvages the losses of the Immortal Talent Hall, personally gaining little!

But if he kills Fei Tianqi himself and takes the Daoist Scripture from him, practices it directly, then the position of Saint Child would be secured, unshakeable by anyone!

Precisely because of this, even Life-taking Horse-Faced was kept in the dark by everyone.

This is quite normal, after all, behind every Saint Child who receives the news is an entire sect’s scheming!

“Useless, a bunch of useless…”

Life-taking Horse-Faced was exceedingly anxious, hesitating for a moment, he directly said, “Withdraw––”

Fei Tianqi tipped him off, he was planning to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and when the Demon Realm people appeared, capture them all.

But now, it was clear that the other side had other preparations.

Moreover, with so many from the Immortal Talent Hall here… it’s too dangerous!

But just as he finished speaking, terrifying waves erupted across the vast Celestial Killer Mountain Range continuously.

Rumble!

In an instant, Qi surged chaotically within the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, Earth Qi gushed wildly, and the intersecting power of great arrays emerged like a giant net surfacing from the water, the array light extremely shocking, enveloping the mountains.

Most terrifyingly, the countless Evil Veins within the mountain range were like impending eruptions, surging violently!

“Not good… it’s a trap, a trap!”

Life-taking Horse-Faced exclaimed––

…

Great Li.

“Why haven’t they returned yet?”

“Haven’t we missed the time already?”

“What’s going on?”

The banquet was set, representatives from all major powers seated, yet the bride and groom were still absent, leaving everyone a bit surprised.

“Report to the Sovereign, something terrible happened, the wedding procession was ambushed in the Cloud Illusion Mountain Range––”

At this moment, a spy quickly entered the hall to report.

Sitting on the imperial throne, the White Tiger Empress had finally a ripple in her eyes––

She immediately rose, entering the secret hall, respectfully reported to the sickly girl, “Report to Master, it should be Li An who has finally appeared––”

The sickly girl set down her zither, stood up, and said, “It’s time to have some fun.”

“Master, there’s another piece of news… besides Fei Tianqi, others from Immortal Talent Hall also went to the Celestial Killer Mountain, could there be deceit there?”

The White Tiger Empress’s eyes were filled with worry.

“Oh?”

The sickly girl’s eyes revealed a hint of surprise, clearly, this was unexpected for her as well.

“Perhaps we’ve made a slight mistake.”

She began, “It wasn’t the Demon Race who sent Fei Tianqi to Celestial Killer Mountain, but Li An.”

The White Tiger Empress was startled by this realization, thus, they might truly have fallen into a trap…

“I’ll head to the Celestial Killer Mountain immediately!”

The Immortal Talent Hall was of utmost importance to the Great Li Empire and Shangguan Shengxian, absolutely nothing could go amiss!

“No, Life-taking Horse-Faced is there, if he can’t hold them off, your going won’t make a difference.”

The sickly girl gently rubbed her forehead, “Something must have already happened in the Celestial Killer Mountain, I can still make it there, but here in Great Li… my younger sister is present, you may not be able to capture them.”

She sighed, “To think, she’s actually forcing me to choose, since when did my younger sister become so clever?”

No matter how she chose, it was difficult.

She had set up this scheme to hunt Li An and her sister.

But now, there were two possibilities.

If she went to the Celestial Killer Mountain, she might save the Immortal Talent Hall, but if Li An was indeed within Great Li’s borders? If Shangguan Xiaoxiao aided Li An, Gu Hong would likely be indeed rescued, and henceforth, it would be extremely difficult to find Li An again, amounting to losing a naturally gifted Demon Body!

If she stayed here, the situation in the Celestial Killer Mountain was unknown, if anything happened to the Immortal Talent Hall, her years of planning would be affected…

“The Immortal Talent Hall can be cultivated again, waiting another few decades, but letting the naturally born Demon Body escape this time means no more bait to lure him.”

After a moment’s thought, she finally made a choice.

Moreover, she harbored another thought: Shangguan Xiaoxiao retains only a remnant spirit, possessing the naturally born Demon Body is unlikely, and as long as she cannot successfully possess, neither her strength nor Li An’s realm would be too high!

If they merely intend to rescue and escape, their chances are high, but aiming to kill Life-taking Horse-Faced head-on would be incredibly difficult!

Over the years, through her cultivation, Life-taking Horse-Faced’s level of cultivation was nearly at the pinnacle of the Emperor Origin Realm!

So, if Shangguan Xiaoxiao and Li An were in Great Li, she could capture them.

Should they be in the Celestial Killer Mountain, Life-taking Horse-Faced… would likely hold out until Shangguan Shengxian arrived.

…

She stepped out, her figure already disappeared from the original spot––

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