h4Chapter 959: Chapter 956: Rather Die Than Submit to Xu Wendong/h4

    Boom!

    Without any warning.

    A resounding bell chimed across the heavens and the earth.

    At the same time.

    A fiery red light roared out from Xu Wendong’s body, seeming small before Situ Shu’s colossal palm.

    Yet it radiated with a powerful aura.

    Like a rocketunching skyward, it pierced through Situ Shu’s overwhelming strike.

    "Another Spiritual Artifact?" Situ Shu’s pupils shook, his eyes filled with astonishment.

    Both Yuan Kui and Xun Zhen felt a tidal wave surge in their hearts, their eyes brimming with deep shock.

    They could hardly believe that one person could simultaneously possess two Spiritual Artifacts and two Innate Spiritual Treasures.

    This fortune was truly enviable.

    Though Xu Wendong blocked Situ Shu’s furious strike, he was exceedingly weak and unable to fight further.

    He panted heavily, looking at the three figures in the sky, and grinned: "Three people, four Magical Treasures, how do you intend to distribute them?"

    "To my mind, there are only two reasonable ways of distribution."

    "Among the three of you, only two survive; thus, each person gets two treasures."

    "The second option is that only one of you survives, monopolizing the four treasures on me!" he said, taking out a Qi Replenishing Pill and chewing it.

    Even though it’s the same old trick of sowing discord.

    Evencking novelty.

    But to Xu Wendong.

    As long as it works, it is enough.

    Situ Shu looked at Xun Zhen, an astonishing murderous intent shing in his eyes: "Xun Zhen, forgive me!"

    "Not good!"

    Xun Zhen felt his scalp tingle, knowing that Situ Shu intended to kill him.

    Without thinking much, he immediately cast the Instantaneous Movement Technique, wanting to escape this ce of trouble.

    However.

    Yuan Kui’s reaction was quicker than his.

    Before he could teleport away, Yuan Kui shattered the void with a palm strike, the fractured void being precisely where Xun Zhen had to pass.

    "No!"

    Xun Zhen let out a heart-wrenching scream as his figure was directly pulled into the rift in time and space.

    By this point.

    Of the nine Nascent Soul Stage experts who came to Qingzhou, only two remained.

    Xu Wendong smiled, saying: "Senior Situ, don’t you want to monopolize these four treasures?"

    Situ Shu snorted coldly: "Xu, do you really think you can provoke me so easily?"

    Situ Shu also wanted to kill Yuan Kui and take the four treasures for himself.

    After all, each of these treasures was very enticing.

    And with his abilities, he could easily obliterate Yuan Kui’s life.

    But.

    This was ultimately within the territory of Qingzhou.

    As they say, even beating a dog requires looking at the owner!

    Should he truly kill Yuan Kui.

    The Nascent Soul Stage experts of the Qingzhou Imperial Family would surely intervene.

    If that were truly the case.

    Even if he obtained the four treasures from Xu Wendong, he’d have no hope of leaving alive.

    Xu Wendong then looked at Yuan Kui, smiling: "Senior Yuan Kui, I am at least a Qingzhou Cultivator. Are you really willing to let a Yanzhou Cultivator take my treasures?"

    "I feel that even if we battle until the sky darkens and the earth dims, it won’t be a big deal, but we cannot let outsiders meddle in our household affairs."

    What could he do?

    He could only instigate Yuan Kui to kill Situ Shu.

    "Xu Wendong, save your breath!" Yuan Kui’s face showed no emotion: "This old man won’t let you instigate him, nor will he be your tool for murder!"

    Xu Wendong exhaled a deep breath, his eyes resolute: "I have a cultivation technique, though using it bears great risks, now I can’t concern myself with that."

    As he finished speaking.

    The sky behind him turned fiery red, resembling a rolling sea of fire.

    Simultaneously.

    A high-pitched phoenix cry came from above.

    The phoenix’s cry echoed across the Nine Heavens and the Ten Lands, deafening and awe-inspiring.

    Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

    The raging sea of fire rolled and roared as though it were Hell’s maw amid the endless darkness.

    Yet in this fiery sea, a massive True Phoenix suddenly appeared.

    The True Phoenix soared with its wings ame, resembling a reborn phoenix, its presence earth-shattering.

    Its feathers were vivid as blood, brilliantly glowing, each resembling a burning star. Like a divine being of fire descending from the heavens, powerful and mysterious.

    Its gaze was as sharp as a torch, prating the sea of mes, observing all creations.

    Its voice was as clear as spring water, piercing through the fire, resonating with the hearts of all. The True Phoenix danced, the sea of fire making way; where it passed, mes receded, and life was reborn.

    Within its massive formy unfathomable power.

    As if it were a divine bird reborn from countless ordeals, emerging from deathly silence.

    Even Yuan Kui and Situ Shu, two Nascent Soul Stage experts, felt a powerful pressure at that moment.

    They seemingly didn’t expect Xu Wendong to possess such powerful magic divine skills.

    "Die for me!"

    Xu Wendong pinched the spell with his hands, the True Phoenix soared aloft, wielding its mighty ming wings, unleashing a terrifying might.

    The two Nascent Soul Stage experts calmly dodged in the air.

    Although Xu Wendong was strong.

    To them, his speed was too slow.

    "Xu Wendong, give up struggling!" Yuan Kui’s eyes shed with a tinge of helplessness as he pinched a spell with one hand, summoning a Bronze Cauldron that whistled out, hovering above Xu Wendong’s head.

    He admired Xu Wendong.

    He had once tried to recruit him.

    And made promises.

    But...

    They had different positions.

    So, the only thing he could do was give Xu Wendong a quick end!

    Buzz, buzz, buzz!

    A terrifying force of decay surged from the Bronze Cauldron, enveloping Xu Wendong, making him feel as though his life force was being stripped away.

    "I will not resign myself to death!" Xu Wendong’s eyes were bloodshot, his hands pinching the spell, the True Phoenix in the sky crashing toward the Bronze Cauldron.

    "Away!"

    Situ Shu waved the horsetail whisk in his hand, and the terrifying Nascent Soul force tore through the sky, piercing through the True Phoenix’s body.

    Poof!

    The True Phoenix was originally condensed from Xu Wendong’s Soul Force, and now that it was severely wounded, he naturally suffered bacsh as well.

    At the moment Xu Wendong suffered the bacsh.

    His whole body sank to his knees powerlessly on the ground, the Bronze Cauldron continuing to emit its decaying power, stripping him of his flesh’s strength and Golden Core power.

    As if it were a mysterious ck hole, capable of devouring everything.

    He tried to activate the Lingxiao Sword and Golden Crow Furnace, but it was useless; the two Spiritual Artifacts seemed to disobey hismands.

    In the end, Yuan Kui’spassion was stirred, and he sighed lightly: "Xu Wendong, if you swear to the heavens to be loyal to the Qingzhou Imperial Family, I can spare your life!"

    Xu Wendong lifted his head with difficulty, smiling bitterly: "I once swore never to oppose the Qingzhou Imperial Family."

    "But the Qingzhou Imperial Family united with the other Eight States to ughter their own citizens; how can such means be convincing? How dare you ask me to be loyal to such a force?"

    "I, Xu Wendong, even if I meet my end, will never collude with the Qingzhou Imperial Family!" His voice was like thunder, resounding through the air.

    Everyone has their own principle.

    Rather die than submit.

    This was his principle.

    A sh of murderous intent passed through Yuan Kui’s eyes: "Since you are so obstinate, this old man will send you on your way!"

    With those words, the Bronze Cauldron descended from the sky, emanating powers of destruction, crushing down toward Xu Wendong.

    Xu Wendong was powerless to dodge, resigned to await the approach of death.

    "Amitabha Buddha!" a clear voice echoed from the sky.

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