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The Dark Division Token cannot be faked; this is something every Cultivator in the Eastern Victory Continent knows. At this moment, Yan Sui Fa revealed the purpose of the token, and any discerning person could see through it.
It was a trap, one that had been carefully prepared for them to jump into, and once they did, they would have to bury the evidence themselves.
If the six of them still didn’t realize they were being set up at this point, then they truly had lived in vain. Their expressions flickered with uncertainty as they calculated their gains and losses. This team before them was not a match for them either in numbers or Realm, yet they held a Dark Division Token.
If they were to kill them now, it would surely provoke the Dark Realm into action. Even if their own power was great, they could not withstand the cleansing from the Dark Realm. Moreover, they had already sustained injuries, and there were numerous witnesses around; it was impossible to cover it up.
As the group hesitated, Jiang Xu suddenly brightened with realization. He nodded repeatedly, seemingly listening intently to something, displaying an odd demeanor.
Zuo Dao focused for a moment and detected a faint wave of energy emanating from the direction of the Lord's Mansion, aimed directly at Jiang Xu. It was clear that someone was transmitting a message to him. But who else could possibly be in the Lord's Mansion? Along the way, Cheng Song had already gathered enough information.
The Lord's Mansion was now deserted; aside from a defensive Formation, there should be no one left inside. Yet someone inside was communicating with Jiang Xu. The whole situation felt rather strange.
Though Zuo Dao harbored suspicions, he maintained a calm exterior. He wanted to see what these people’s true intentions were. If this matter wasn’t resolved before his own cleansing ritual, he wouldn’t feel at ease.
Jiang Xu hadn’t expected to hear such good news amidst this precarious situation. However, the price he would have to pay was considerable. Yet if handled well, those costs could be shifted onto others while he remained unaffected.
Especially under these circumstances where the conflict between the Dark Realm and others had become public knowledge; if it couldn’t be resolved quickly, it would lead to issues of allegiance. Just thinking about the elusive assassins from the Dark Realm made Jiang Xu break out in a cold sweat.
If even someone as significant as a city lord could be killed without hesitation, then he had little room for choice himself. Whether he extended his hand or withdrew it would lead to death; he might as well take a gamble. He was already a mid-level Celestial Sovereign; with ample resources, reaching Immortal King status was just around the corner—no longer would he have to endure humiliation as before.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Xu stood up.
“Fellow Daoists, I’m sure you all know that the Dark Realm’s tokens cannot be forged. The token that man just held is indeed a genuine Dark Realm token.”
The other five looked at each other in confusion; they could certainly distinguish between real and fake tokens. But what did Jiang Xu mean by saying this? They knew him well enough to understand that he was typically a coward. Was he trying to sell them out?
“However,” Jiang Xu continued upon noticing their expressions of misunderstanding, “have you considered why these people arrived shortly after the incident at the Lord's Mansion and with so few members?”
“Everyone knows that if the Dark Realm were aware of such a major event occurring at the Lord's Mansion, they would definitely dispatch an entire Dark Realm Squad instead of sending just a handful of ghosts wielding Dark Division Tokens.”
Jiang Xu grew more confident as he spoke, his tone becoming bolder. The Celestial Sovereigns regarded him with puzzled expressions but simultaneously began to entertain a possibility: perhaps Jiang Xu had some backup plan that could absolve them from responsibility for attacking the Dark Realm.
"You didn't expect Jiang Xu to dare say such a thing," Yan Sui Fa was preparing to angrily rebuke him when he was stopped by Zuo Dao.
"Calm down, calm down. Let's hear what he wants."
Jiang Xu was waiting for Yan Sui Fa to lash out at any moment, but unexpectedly, Zuo Dao's words made him calm down, and it seemed that Zuo Dao knew what he intended to do.
He then chuckled self-deprecatingly; with a mysterious supporter behind him, even this White-Robed Monk couldn't turn the tide.
"Do you really want to know what I'm thinking?" Jiang Xu provocatively asked Zuo Dao. "Or would it be better if you came out yourself? If I come out, you won't be able to leave Liu Yue City."
"Jiang Master, just say what you want." Su Can seemed to understand Jiang Xu's intention and interjected, not giving Zuo Dao a chance to speak.
Seeing this, Zuo Dao merely shrugged and gave up.
"Su Master, you might be worried because we offended the lord of the Dark Realm, but I can assure you that these people are fake." Jiang Xu pointed at Zuo Dao and his group.
"Currently, the Dark Realm is indeed at war with the Dark Realm; everyone knows this. The city lord was also assassinated by the Dark Realm. However, the Squad of the Dark Realm could not have arrived so quickly. The most recent squad from the Dark Realm suffered a surprise attack not long ago and has already been completely wiped out."
"What!?" The people present were shocked, while Su Can and others felt delighted in their hearts. Regardless of whether Zuo Dao and his group were from the Dark Realm or not, as long as they could establish that they were impersonating members of the Dark Realm, then the previous events would no longer matter.
"Don't just stand there; take them down." Before Jiang Xu could continue speaking, Xiao Yiming prepared to take action against Zuo Dao's group.
"Wait a moment, Elder Xiao." Upon hearing this, Jiang Xu quickly stopped him. He alone knew that Zuo Dao and his companions were indeed from the Dark Realm; he wouldn't act against them until the trap was fully set.
"Jiang Master, what are you still thinking about? You should know that impersonating members of the Dark Realm can lead to immediate execution." Xiao Yiming looked at Jiang Xu.
"I know that; it's just that their tokens are indeed real," Jiang Xu replied with a smile.
"What? Jiang Xu, are you mocking me?" Xiao Yiming was furious upon hearing this; it felt like an attack on his integrity!
"Elder Xiao, don't be angry. The tokens are real, but the people are indeed fake," Jiang Xu had just finished speaking when several cultivators flew in from the direction of the Teleportation Array.
The disciples of One Night Spring Breeze Tower were easily identifiable by their attire. However, they moved hurriedly, as if facing a great threat, while protecting a bloodied Cultivator whose face was obscured.
Ignoring the presence of the Celestial Sovereign, one of them immediately knelt before Jiang Xu upon seeing him.
"Reporting to the Tower Master, we discovered an injured Cultivator outside the city. He is a member of the Dark Realm and was ambushed during his journey. His entire team was killed, and he fought his way out."
"What!" Xiao Yiming and the others gasped in shock, while Jiang Xu rushed to the injured Cultivator's side, quickly feeding him several pills to heal his wounds. The other five Cultivators surrounded Zuo Dao and the others protectively.
Yan Sui Fa calmed down when Jiang Xu spoke, realizing that the Dark Realm's token could not possibly be obtained by outsiders. This was clearly a conspiracy, and knowing what the other side intended made him feel at ease.
The so-called member of the Dark Realm who appeared next was obviously a fake; he exuded no aura of the Dark Realm whatsoever.
Zhao Yanwu remained silent, believing that as long as Zuo Dao was present, there was no problem that couldn't be solved. All she needed to do was follow his lead; it seemed her grandfather's judgment was indeed quite good.
Zuo Dao, unaware of what the girl beside him was thinking, focused entirely on the City Lord's mansion. If not for wanting to avoid drawing attention, he would have already spread his Divine Sense wide.
The injured "Dark Realm" member finally regained consciousness under Jiang Xu's urgent care but immediately spotted Zuo Dao and his group.
"It’s him! They are from the Dark Realm!" Before he could finish speaking, he fainted again.
Seeing this scene, Zuo Dao couldn't help but sneer.
"Kill them all; they are utterly unprofessional."
The first part of his statement was directed at Chen Yang, while the latter referred to Jiang Xu and his companions' acting skills.
Afterward, he fixed his gaze firmly on the mysterious figure within the City Lord's mansion. Chen Yang vanished from sight after hearing Zuo Dao's words, evading the eyes of several Celestial Sovereigns.
"The heart is a Dark Realm assassin." Xiao Yiming had been watching Zuo Dao and his group's movements closely. When Chen Yang disappeared so swiftly, he realized that the movement technique used seemed to belong to the Dark Realm, leaving him greatly alarmed.
Jiang Xu stood dumbfounded nearby. The mysterious figure had only told him that in order to protect himself, he needed to confirm that these people were not members of the Dark Realm. He never expected them to actually be from the Dark Realm. With One Night Spring Breeze Tower's strength, neither the Dark Realm nor its members were something he could provoke!
Regret came too late; Xiao Yiming and the others had already engaged with Chen Yang.
Yan Sui Fa and his three companions remained still, quietly guarding Zhao Yanwu's surroundings. Xian Lan followed closely behind Zuo Dao, watching the farce unfold before him. He sensed the shadow of the Dark Realm lurking here, but it was not the right time for him to speak up. Moreover, he had vaguely felt a familiar aura back at the City Lord's mansion.
Chen Yang struck ruthlessly. In the first moment of concealing his figure, he did not attack the several Celestial Sovereigns present but instead targeted their subordinates, cutting through them mercilessly.
A line of blood danced in the void; each time it passed over a Cultivator, a corpse was left behind. With the Blood Moon Current integrated into his technique, Chen Yang's lethality surged dramatically. There was no need for him to use his peak Celestial Sovereign Realm to ambush Cultivators of the Celestial Master Realm and below. Each strike was guaranteed to kill.
Xiao Yiming and the others watched as their subordinates fell one by one into pools of blood, unable to even catch a glimpse of their assailant, cold sweat trickled down their backs. It was at this moment that they gained a visceral understanding of the killers from the Dark Realm.
The teams from the six major factions numbered no more than ten people at most, with the least having only five or six members. After Chen Yang made his rounds, only the Six Celestial Lords remained standing in the arena. Even that fake "Dark Realm member" who had just arrived met his end at Chen Yang's sword.
What terrified the Celestial Sovereigns even more was that despite so many deaths, there wasn't a hint of bloodshed in the air, and inexplicably, the blood within the slain bodies had vanished without a trace. What kind of killer was this?
Xian Lan felt shocked once again upon witnessing Chen Yang's actions because he recognized the Cultivation Method being employed. He never expected that Blood Moon Current would manifest in Chen Yang's hands.
"Six of you, I can't fathom why you're so eager to seek death. I merely wanted to borrow the Celestial Pool for a moment, yet you insist on creating trouble for me. What good does that do you?"
Zuo Dao sighed, shaking his head with an expression of compassionate sorrow.
"Humans must possess self-awareness to live long."
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