"Shen Luoyan..."
Xu Ziling clenched his fist, and his hand was now covered with bulging veins.
Although he and Kou Zhong had returned the hostage because they were worried about Tao brothers’ poor condition and were willing to let go first, it was also because they felt that both sides could reach this point.
Wagang and Wang Shichong were enemies, so they shouldn’t want to make a big fuss in Luoyang either!
Who would have thought that just after letting the hostage go, they now began to close in on them again with heightened vigilance!
This surely made the Tao brothers, whom he had just met, witness a huge joke!
"You have to remember, the more beautiful a woman is, the more deceitful she can be—don’t be so easily fooled next time."
Tao Yu smiled and glanced at Xu Ziling.
Unlike Kou Zhong, who would casually bed someone, Xu Ziling was relatively conservative in this regard.
Plus, with his own state of mind, he was also quite susceptible to the manipulation of bad women.
Especially beautiful bad women.
Tao Yu had already faintly sensed four or five hostile intents in the dark, each capable of bringing a sense of crisis!
It seemed that each person was at least on the same level as Qu Ao!
There were even two whose auras clearly surpassed Qu Ao’s.
Although he didn’t know exactly who they were, there was no doubt they were with the Wagang faction.
Tao Yu wondered where they had found so many experts.
With so many experts lurking around, Tao Yu really didn’t think they could resist the temptation of a lone injured Grandmaster from an enemy faction.
That’s why he had taken the initiative to let the Twin Dragons see reality for what it was.
"Tao brother, it’s my fault; we should have kept him and let the hostage go on the bridge instead."
If it came to it on the bridge, they could still use the Water Escape technique.
Xu Ziling sighed, seemingly filled with regret. He truly had feelings for Shen Luoyan once, but today he would have to be the one to sever them!
"It’s no use; even if Xu Shiji died today, they wouldn’t let us go easily. They have quite a strong lineup; are they not going to show up yet?"
As Tao Yu spoke, figures gradually appeared on the surrounding rooftops, almost surrounding the four in every direction!
In enemy territory, even though it was nighttime, their brazen appearance was enough to show their confidence.
Tao Yu could feel that they hadn’t been here from the beginning, or even at Manqing Courtyard. Their original goal was definitely not him; it must have been the commotion of his fight with Empress Yin’s Grandmasters that had drawn them here.
"Hahaha, I never thought there would be such a person in the world. Little brother, you must be like that ’Raggedy Hermit,’ coming from an overseas immortal mountain."
The speaker was a bald and fat man, but he had a pure white, snow-like beard and eyebrows, which made him seem to have the air of an immortal.
It was the ’Nanhai Xianweng’ Guang Gongcuo, who had once clashed with the ’Hermit’ Ning Daoqi. Nowadays, the Nanhai faction was also somewhat at odds with the Song Faction.
This showed his own strength and reputation.
Because the development of the Nanhai faction was completely blocked by the Song Faction, they did not want to provoke the Song Faction, so they could only aim to extend inland, and they really hit it off with Li Mi.
Hearing Tao Yu speak so leisurely at this time, Xu Ziling also revealed a bitter smile.
"If we can leave alive today, I’ll take you there immediately, no lies."
"No, no, no, I’m interested in the item you want, too. We’ll get it afterwards; otherwise, it’s a long trip."
Tao Yu’s remarks left Xu Ziling and the others dumbfounded.
What’s he saying? Is he still thinking about making a long trip now?
Meanwhile, Tao Yu also released his shoulders, rubbed them, and thought, I have more than two million Yuan Force, and you don’t have a single Grandmaster. Should I be the one running?
Isn’t that a waste of my strength?
"Considering you’ve helped approach the process, I’ll try to leave you a whole corpse. Don’t blame me if I can’t hold back."
Tao Yu grinned, showing his white teeth, and didn’t forget to say to Kou Zhong,
"All I have to do is kill Li Mi here, and your problem is solved, too. See how good I am to you?"
"Audacious youth!"
The ’Nanhai Xianweng’ Huang Gongcuo, treated by Tao Yu as if he were nothing, felt his face burning.
He immediately poured True Qi into his feet and was the first to kick a bunch of roof tiles, sweeping them toward Tao Yu and the others.
Each tile, infused with True Qi, whistled through the air.
And the others didn’t just let Huang Gongcuo face him alone.
Even if the opponent had first defeated Qu Ao and might have already fought a fierce battle with Empress Yin, he was still a Grandmaster!
"Even if you are a young Grandmaster, we will give you due respect."
Li Mi loudly followed up.
"Hmph, a dead Grandmaster is still a dead man, and so is a genius."
Dugu Feng’s eyes were cold.
So young and already able to force back ’Empress Yin’, what if he were allowed to grow for a few more years?
And Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Ba Fenghan, they’re all young talents, too.
But once dead, there would be no future!
You Chuhong then moved to protect Dugu Feng, striving to kill toward the direction of Kou Zhong and the other two, making sure they wouldn’t cause any trouble.
Alone, Dugu Feng’s strength was above any one of those three.
Now joined by the Song Faction’s number one master You Chuhong, even affected by asthma, this still put great pressure on the Twin Dragons and Ba Fenghan.
At this time, the Changbai twins had also plunged into the fray; they were among those who could barely qualify to enter the battle, while other people from Wagang formed tight ranks nearby.
If someone got injured and tried to flee, they would stop them, even at the cost of their lives!
Today, these few were bound to die without a doubt!
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