Chapter 286: Feixue's Scheme!
At this moment, not only was ăAng Xiaoă stunned.
Other True Lords also revealed expressions of astonishment, clearly unprepared, with only ăZengcai Qiluo True Lordă from the Sacred Sect remaining calm.
However, how could Qingcheng Feixue True Lord offer him an explanation?
An unparalleled force surged into the ăNetherworldă, shaking the cycle of reincarnation with the power of the present world, almost immediately provoking resistance from the entire ăNetherworldă.
"Rumble!"
In the next second, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord let out a muffled groan, evidently suffering backlash from the ăNetherworldă, and the radiance of her fruit position dimmed instantly.
On the other hand, ăAng Xiaoă's condition was even worse; as the ăNetherworldă rampaged, his vital energy plummeted, and his entire body suddenly burst into blood blossomsânot ordinary blood, but the essence of a True Lord's Dharma body, a significant loss even in small amounts.
Yet now, ăAng Xiaoă was bleeding profusely!
"Hahaha!"
Seeing this, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord laughed wildly again: "I knew it! I knew you hadn't mastered the ăNetherworldă; you were just hiding inside!"
Using the barrier of knowledge!
The ăNetherworldă does not interfere with the present world; if ăAng Xiaoă had truly mastered the Netherworld, he shouldn't have the ability to manipulate the present world's ăChen Earthă.
Previously, he told the Dragon Lord to let Tian Qiu enter the Netherworld and told LĂŒ Yang and Suo Huan that he had a place for them in the Netherworld. Essentially, he was making grand promises and exploiting information gaps, as even he himself had "smuggled" in and was far from being able to control the Netherworld!
And now, the ăNetherworldă was rampaging.
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord's strike caused the Netherworld to riot, initiating a comprehensive purge of "foreign entities," and ăAng Xiaoă was immediately identified!
His injuries at this moment were caused by the ăNetherworldă!
"So that's how it is... I was wondering why, despite ăChangliu Wateră falling, not many Foundation Establishment cultivators of ăChangliu Wateră died."
"The proclaimed closed-door cultivation was just a facade?"
At this moment, even ăAng Xiaoă showed a look of amazement: "But disguising ăJianxia Wateră as ăChangliu Wateră... how did you do it?"
"How did I do it? What a joke!"
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord sneered: "What is your level of cultivation? A practitioner of ăGreat Forest Woodă, how could your understanding of water-based fruit positions compare to mine?"
"Water has no fixed form; it takes the shape of its container."
"Jianxia Water, Changliu Water, Sea Water, Heavenly River Water are essentially just variations of water. With sufficient cultivation, disguising them is not difficult."
"What? Only you are allowed to manipulate things in secret, and I'm not allowed to play along?"
"Do you really think you're the Dao Master?"
As her words fell, ăAng Xiaoă could only shake his head helplessly and smile wryly: "Heroes of the world are indeed as numerous as carp crossing the river. I underestimated you, shrew."
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord made it sound simple.
But was ăAng Xiaoă someone with no discernment? To deceive his eyes indicated that Qingcheng Feixue True Lord's own cultivation was incredibly profound!
"Could it be that you've cultivated a second-grade true skill?"
"Did you seize the fruit position of a certain realm and fill it into ăJianxia Wateră?"
ăAng Xiaoă stroked his chin with interest: "If not, how could a mere ăJianxia Wateră allow you to progress so rapidly?"
"Moreover, how did you know about my plan?"
This was also a point of confusion for ăAng Xiaoă. He thought his move involving Suo Huan was unknown to anyone, yet Qingcheng Feixue True Lord struck directly at the critical point.
If she hadn't known in advance that he intended to use Suo Huan to seek gold and draw ăChangliu Wateră into the Netherworld, she couldn't have schemed so precisely.
"Want to know? Come over and take a punch from me, and I'll tell you."
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord laughed heartily, ăJianxia Wateră rose again, and her graceful figure emerged, though her punching motion was rather crude.
This was a trap she had meticulously set.
She had always been vengeful and not magnanimous. Being tricked by ăAng Xiaoă into causing Chong Guang's death and hindering her path, how could she just retreat into closed-door cultivation?
Of course, she had to retaliate!
As for Suo Huan's plan, she was actually unaware. She set this trap simply because she believed that ăChangliu Wateră was inevitably ăAng Xiaoă's target.
Other True Lords didn't dare make such a judgment because they weren't sure of ăAng Xiaoă's true identity. So when ăAng Xiaoă pretended to target ăHeavenly River Wateră earlier, they tried to stop him. But Qingcheng Feixue True Lord was different; from the beginning, she was certain:
This beast was definitely ăAng Xiaoă!
She knew the Sacred Sect couldn't have any good people; if there were, they were surely in disguise! Qingcheng Feixue True Lord made her judgment based on this point.
And she held firm in her belief.
As expected, after all his scheming, ăAng Xiaoă still chose ăChangliu Wateră and fell into her prepared trap.
"Come out of the Netherworld!"
"You obstructed my path; I will make sure your path is hopeless!"
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord laughed wildly while fiercely attacking the Netherworld's gate. Naturally, the other True Lords wouldn't mind beating a drowning dog.
However, at this moment.
"What a pity."
Suddenly, from within the Dragon Palace, the Chong Guang Dao Sin, refined into a clone by ăAng Xiaoă, stepped forward and, with a sigh, took out a thick talisman book.
As this book appeared, a layer of illusion was lifted.
"ăFate-Exchange Talisman Bookă!"
This treasure, once taken from the fruit position of ăOverturning Lamp Fireă, had also been taken by ăAng Xiaoă and hidden using the barrier of knowledge!
In the next second, the talisman book flipped open, revealing the words:
ăLĂŒ Yang is regarded as an abandoned pawn by the Sacred Sect, trapped in a deadly situation. I assist him in reversing the situation and regaining vitality.ă
Boom!
Almost simultaneously, LĂŒ Yang, who had been watching the battle, felt a cause and effect fall upon him. This sensation was akin to a ritual attracting the attention of a fruit position!
Above the sky, a fruit position star shone brightly.
ăOverturning Lamp Fireă!
"We of the Sacred Sect never put all our eggs in one basket. If ăChangliu Wateră fails, we'll use ăOverturning Lamp Fireă as a substitute."
Though he said this, ăAng Xiaoă still sighed inwardly.
According to his plan, the ideal development would be to simultaneously activate ăChangliu Wateră and ăOverturning Lamp Fireă, drawing them into the Netherworld.
In this way, at worst, he could take one, and with luck, he could take both, making a huge profit. But after being schemed against by Qingcheng Feixue True Lord, not only was he seriously injured, but ăChangliu Wateră was hopeless, and even ăOverturning Lamp Fireă was a hasty move without sufficient assurance.
'Fortunately, I have preparations.'
Even now, being purged by the ăNetherworldă, his Dharma body damaged, and under pressure from multiple True Lords, ăAng Xiaoă still maintained a calm expression.
'That shrew directly attacked the Netherworld and was supposed to suffer backlash.'
'But the backlash she suffered was much less than mine, partly because I was in the Netherworld, making the situation more severe, and partly because of Suo Huan!'
'Previously, I arranged for Suo Huan to sacrifice himself to ăChangliu Wateră, but he was instead used, sacrificed to that shrew's ăJianxia Wateră, and used as a shield. Part of the Netherworld's backlash was borne by Suo Huan, falling on that ăLingxu Blessed Landă.'
'If I want to break the situation...'
At this point, ăAng Xiaoă finally shifted his gaze downward.
He saw that amidst the battle of True Lords, a solitary figure stood trembling, seemingly sensing something, and looked up as well.
Suo Huan.
This great cultivator from beyond the heavens, who had been manipulated all his life, suddenly smiled: "Is the lord going to use me again? What else do I have that's useful?"
"Of course, you do."
ăAng Xiaoă spoke calmly, his gaze as if looking at an ant: "Your life!"
"Clang clang!"
In the next second, a brilliant sword light pierced the sky, directly stabbing through Suo Huan. Coughing up blood, Suo Huan turned to see a familiar figure.
Then he gave a bitter smile: "Fellow Daoist, you and I are truly in the same boat."
The sword's nameâăTribulation Waveă!
The one who killed Suo Huan was LĂŒ Yang!