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Chapter 1238 - Chapter 1238 Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-One Driving a

Chapter 1238: Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-One: Driving a Wedge Chapter 1238: Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-One: Driving a Wedge “Get ready to make a move.”

Wang Chang silently transmitted his voice, as the elite of the Forest Department itched to take action. The power of the Starry Sky Great Array slowly circulated in the area, switching from trapping the enemy to enhancing Spiritual Power. The homogenous forces, through the Starry Sky Great Array, infused into the disciples of the Wang Clan, allowing these martial artists to momentarily elevate their Spiritual Power to the peak of the Fierce Realm.

With such a reservoir of Spiritual Power, a variety of individual fusion techniques boiled within everyone, yet thanks to the Yin-Yang Hidden Array’s concealment, not a trace of aura leaked out.

Even the grandmaster, Xiang Yan, merely assumed Wang Chang was at a loss for words due to the shock of the Devil Lord’s tactics and suspected nothing else.

Glancing at Desolate Hill, the Devil Lord, holding the distraught Xiang Lan, retreated swiftly, at an astonishing speed.

Upon seeing something amiss, Yanyun Grandmaster quickly seized the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul and gave chase, leaving the members of the Forest Department behind at Desolate Hill.

Once again having anticipated the enemy’s move and having again interrupted their setup, the Forest Department’s members grasped their Spirit Arts but lost their target.

However, after two failed probes, Wang Chang did not come away empty-handed, as he discerned something different in the Devil Lord’s two actions.

Some characteristics not recorded within the information, yet vividly real.

“Hook Chen is extremely sensitive to Spiritual Power, difficult to ambush. Disperse the Spirit Arts and prepare to assist Grandmaster Xiang Yan in pursuing and besieging.”

Quickly adjusting his strategy, Wang Chang transformed into a streak of light and gave chase, his speed even three parts faster than that of Yanyun Grandmaster who was using the Spirit Evade technique.

The wind screamed violently, and the Devil Lord, carrying Xiang Lan, was not particularly fast, after all, he was burdened by a hindrance; soon he was caught up by Yanyun Grandmaster.

Several Spirit Arts exploded around him; although meant to block the enemy, they were far beyond what a mortal could endure, showing that Yanyun Grandmaster didn’t consider the puppet city master significant. This frustrated Tang Luo’s attempt to use a hostage as a shield.

Swatting away a Mysterious Cloud Chain with a punch and separating himself from an exploding Spirit Art with his elbow, his hoarse voice carried an indescribable mockery, “Judging from Xiang Yan’s Spirit Arts, your life indeed isn’t worth a penny.”

Xiang Lan, who believed she had dedicated herself fully to her family, never imagined that one day she would suffer an attack from a familial grandmaster’s Spirit Arts, power enough to erase her existence, so close she could feel it.

With every vibration of the Spiritual Wave, her body shook, and although her expression grew increasingly numb, the hatred in her heart deepened.

When are people strongest? Of course, it’s when they have nothing left because there’s nothing left to lose; they then squeeze out the last of their strength.

Xiang Lan realized she was like a small boat between two giant ships, not needing a collision, just a single wave from the large ships would be enough to capsize her.

And her only chance at life was for one of the giant ships to take her in.

Xiang Lan turned her head, looking at Yanyun Grandmaster, who was expressionless and continuously bombarding the two, and she smiled bitterly.

At this moment, did she have any other choice?

Gathering her courage and enduring the fear of the Spiritual Wave’s shock, the woman pleaded with the Devil Lord, who continuously defended against the Spirit Arts, “Please save my life!”

“The Xiang Family has abandoned you; what value do you have?”

The Devil Lord Hook Chen responded indifferently, letting the aftermath of the Spirit Arts hit the woman’s back and said blandly, “Might as well let you die, then I can fight without restraint.”

“No!”

Xiang Lan’s will to survive was incredibly strong, “Don’t kill me, I know a great secret of the Xiang Family!”

“Oh? That’s somewhat interesting, what secret.”

“Spare me, and I’ll tell you. Otherwise, let this secret perish with me!”

Facing death head-on, the woman’s determination was exceptionally firm, which couldn’t help but make one wonder what kind of secret it was.

Glancing back at the increasingly closer starlight, Tang Luo knew the timing was just about right; any further delay and things would get troublesome. He thus transmitted his voice indifferently, “In a moment, I will tear a small opening in the Spirit World Passage. As I turn to face Xiang Yan, you dive in. Whether you live or die, that’s up to fate!”

“Agreed!”

After all, she was a martial artist who had shed her mortal coil. In such a life-and-death moment, Xiang Lan still showed a martial artist’s resoluteness, without any hesitation.

No sooner said than done, Tang Luo, who was fleeing at breakneck speed, suddenly turned around and threw Xiang Lan downwards. Like a meteor, the woman plummeted towards the ground, while he himself faced the master, hurtling in spiritual flight.

Seeing the Devil Lord finally throw his hostage, Xiang Yan finally took a deep breath, splitting the Hundred and Eight Cloud Chains into two groups. One formed a transverse cloud net to block in front of the Devil Lord, while the other group flew downwards to try and catch the falling Xiang Lan.

In fact, from the beginning of the pursuit, Xiang Yan’s goal was to save the hostage from the Devil Lord’s clutches. After all, he understood how much Chaochang needed a figurehead to stabilize the situation at this time.

But he did it more cleverly than most. Knowing that revealing this intent would only make the opponent more reckless, he pretended as though he did not care at all.

Because he was confident that the Devil Lord surely knew Xiang Lan’s value, and even without completing a deal, he would not give up on Xiang Lan.

As expected, he was right. Even faced with a barrage of Spirit Arts, the Devil Lord still chose to protect Xiang Lan, but in repeatedly intercepting the Spirit Arts, his speed was delayed.

All that remained was for Wang Chang to close in, and with both attacking together, they would be able to force the Devil Lord into a position where he could not pay attention to both ends. Then, rescuing Xiang Lan would be much easier.

The Yanyun Grandmaster’s plan was sound, but he overestimated Xiang Lan’s psychological endurance. Provoked by the Devil Lord and bombarded with several rounds of Spirit Arts by Xiang Yan, Xiang Lan had long harbored a deep hatred for her family.

And a woman whose heart surged with hatred tends to see things in an extreme light, just as the pursuing Cloud Chains appeared to Xiang Lan not as a means of redemption, but as lethal Spirit Arts intent on claiming her life.

Therefore, Xiang Lan naturally did not stop. Instead, she channeled Spiritual Energy into her Yongquan point in the sole of her foot and expelled it to increase her speed, trying to escape the grasp of the Cloud Chains.

But her speed was still not enough; in at most two breaths, she would be bound by the Cloud Chains. Observing through the transverse cloud lock, Tang Luo immediately discerned Xiang Lan’s fate, and this was not the outcome he wished to see.

The Void Stomach gently compressed the Asura Divine Heart, and the impure blood energy was wrapped in Innate Qi and funnelled into the right arm meridians. The Blood Fiend Shocking God fingers snapped rapidly, slicing open fifty-four of the descending cloud locks like threads.

Watching Xiang Lan fall like a meteor, Xiang Yan’s eyes split with fury. Just as the female town lord was about to become a pile of flesh, the ground suddenly opened a small mouth and swallowed the falling figure.

As Xiang Lan precisely fell into the passage and the small mouth closed behind her, obscuring the woman’s fate from view, Tang Luo himself was bound up by the transverse cloud lock like a zongzi.

Looking at the Devil Lord who had become a prisoner, Xiang Yan threatened through gritted teeth, “If the town lord meets with misfortune, I swear I will flay you by a thousand cuts!”

“Your cloud chains, compared to Victorious Venerable’s Thousand-Thread Auspicious Knot and Luo Hua’s Precious Cover, are far… too inferior!”

Controlling his body with spiritual power, six hundred and thirty-nine pieces of muscle burst forth. The triple-rooted force of Yin and Yang, where rigidity birthed softness, shattered the fifty-four Cloud Chains, strengthened by the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul, to pieces!

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