Ye Luo had some rudimentary understanding of the resentment between Lu Li and the other side.
At first, hatred only existed between Lu Li and Lu Suan and Lu Ni. Yang Xuan, Ji Mengtian and Die Feiyu didn"t even know Lu Li so there was no grudge.
It was Jiang Qiling that they were trying to kill. Why? Ji Mengtian was the main driver.
Needlessly to say, she was trying to preserve her status as the most favored beauty of the Central Plains. More importantly, with the appearance of a chosen warrior in the Jiang Family, the Pavilion of Delicacy would surpa.s.s the Samsara Palace and become the most powerful force of the Central Plains. In that case, the Pavilion of Delicacy would hold a large quant.i.ty of resources.
It was a good thing that a chosen warrior of the humans emerged. If it were in a time when humans were weak, all the humans would celebrate together. Everyone would regard chosen warrior as a pearl and treat the warrior with utmost protection in case the warrior died.
But it was a different time now. For the recent thousands of years, humans had been strong, so strong that the four alien were overwhelmed. Therefore, a chosen warrior would not bring benefit to some families. Instead, it meant that their resources would be taken…
Besides, Jiang Qiling had always had a bad reputation. Her personality was not gentle, either. She feared nothing and she never gave disciples of the 12 Royal Families due respect. If Jiang Qiling were to rise up in the future, she could best Ji Mengtian and others who would all feel suffocated.
Hence…
Lu Suan, Ji Mengtian, Die Feiyu and Yang Xuan became partners quickly. Ji Mengtian went to Ye Luo as well and implied something to him but he turned her down with righteousness.
What came later was having Jiang Qiling and Lu Li trapped and encircled by the four alien races. But Ye Luo still didn"t know how Lu Suan and the gang was able to organize the four alien races. This was the one point that Ye Luo could not figure out.
What ensued that was Lu Li growing stronger and defeating the armies of four alien races. The gang"s perfect plan was interrupted. They had been working on this for a long time and devoted a great deal of effort but it was all in vain.
Jiang Qiling was at the base camp, which deprived Lu Suan and the gang to do anything against her. Many people were there observing. If Lu Suan and the gang dared to harm Jiang Qiling there, Jiang Tianshun would tear them apart when they exited.
As a result, they had to plan another trap for Lu Li. Once again, Lu Suan was the one behind the scheme and it took him a month to build this formation. That Ye Luo found Ji Mengtian and others nearby was by chance. He had been hiding nearby and followed Lu Li in.
At first, Ye Luo didn"t do anything. He could not keep calm when he heard how the gang was calling white black, putting the blame on Lu Li and was about to fight him.
As far as Ye Luo saw it, whether it was because of hatred or resentment, but if one tried to kill another, one must fight for that above board. Hatred should not be resolved in this way where a group of people were laying down traps and framing one up.
Disciples of the 12 royal families should have pride. They were the disciples of the most powerful of families. Ye Luo loathed the gang"s action. He even felt his own family dishonored.
Which was why he finally came forward…
Lu Suan and the others were having a more difficult time now. Ye Luo was a disciple of the 12 royal family after all and killing him would lead to grave consequences.
But if he was not killed, then the entire matter would be exposed. It seemed to them that Ye Luo had gained a complete picture of what had happened. What if he went out and spread out the word?
Yang Xuan and Die Feiyu turned to Lu Suan and Ji Mengtian who looked at each other and saw in each other"s eyes cruelness.
Lu Suan was the one to launch the first strike. He said, "I have always been wondering how Lu Li was colluding with the alien races. I see now he has an accomplice. Capture Ye Luo and Lu Li, take them back to the Demon-slaying Hall and wait for the verdict from the patriarchs. Now!"
Ye Luo"s appearance had made the entire situation spinning out of control. Lu Li was powerful so Lu Suan had to take the initiative. He released Mystic Armor at once, which was blue, signaling the sixth level. He really deserved to be the most reputable young master at the Central Plains.
"Buzzing!"
Ji Mengtian took out her Quasi Relic at once. The willow twig glared as it extended out, trying to entangle Ye Luo.
At the same time, Die Feiyu made up her mind and released Source of Life skill, ready to kill whoever was hurt on her side. The green Halo of Life also covered up Ye Luo and Lu Li to take their vitality.
A black ghost shape appeared on Yang Xuan"s neck. Then from the void came a huge ghost shadow whose red eyes were staring at Lu Li and Ye Luo, wanting to devour the two at any moment.
"Whoosh~"
The more than a dozen warriors behind Yang Xuan, Ji Mengtian and Lu Suan dashed forward as well. They released their respective Bloodline skills and secret skills. Their ferocious looks suggest that they wanted to slay Ye Luo and Lu Li instead of taking them under control.
"Hmm!"
Ye Luo reached for the huge sword on his back and cut it at the blue s.h.i.+eld. He knew that Lu Li was powerful. Now that the fight was happening, first and foremost, he had to get Lu Li free.
"Buzzing!"
A black glare came off Ye Luo"s neck. It was a mark in the shape of a sword. Amid the glare, small swords flashed out one by one. They dashed forward like streaks of lightning.
"Killer Swords!"
Ye Luo"s Bloodline skill was stunning. Countless swords pierced through the air at once and covered up the open area in the cave. But all the swords had stayed away from Lu Li and parted around the blue s.h.i.+eld automatically.
"Boom!"
A huge ray of sword light generated by Ye Luo"s sword hit on the blue s.h.i.+eld which began to shake violently. Then all the formation stones underground began to explode. The gravitational force Lu Li felt disappeared for he could once again use his Xuan Energy.
The blue s.h.i.+eld was well-known in the Central Plains. It was called the Demon Trapping Formation.
If there were more formation stones used and the methods in building it were more skillful, even a Human Sovereign Realm warrior would have been trapped. But the formation could only trap people inside. It could not stand powerful attacks and collapsed right away at Ye Luo"s action.
"Ha, ha, ha!"
Feeling the elevation of gravitational force, Lu Li stood up at once and laughed out loud. He drew his saber from his back and said, "Brother Ye Luo, just stay aside and watch. I can kill this sorry bunch of evil spirits and monsters all by myself."
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The more than a dozen warriors rus.h.i.+ng forward were hit by Ye Luo"s swords. Those swords exploded and those warriors were smashed away and spilling out blood.
The ghost shadow also hit against some black swords. The dark ghost shadow weakened and after several hundreds of swords pa.s.sed through it, it was so weak that it was transparent.
Ye Luo was about to release another round of Bloodline skill when Lu Li spoke to him. Ye Luo chose to step back.
Confronting with the four major forces of the Central Plains was not a wise choice for Ye Luo. He might just as well observe the fight since Lu Li was so confident.
"Whoosh~"
Ji Mengtian"s willow twig extended out like a viper. Its original target was Ye Luo. Now that Lu Li was free, Ji Mengtian switched her target to Lu Li.
"Ha, ha!"
Lu Li stood on the stop. He waved his hand and said, "Little White, go and bite off that willow twig!"
"Squeak, squeak~"
Little White flew out from his sleeve and rushed to the willow twig in a blue. Then it bit at it forcefully. There was a cold glare bouncing off from its white teeth with some mysterious runes glistening. Everyone shuddered at the sight.
"Crack!"
A clear sound was heard and then the vase containing the willow twig lit up. The light died down soon at a horrible speed as the willow twig was cut off. What left of it retraced back and dimmed down. The Quasi Relic was damaged.
"How?"
Everyone, including Ye Luo was stunned. Was the little beast"s teeth made of Xuan Artifact that it could damage Quasi Relic? Was this little beast some kind of mythical creature given that there were runes glistening in its teeth?
Lu Li didn"t released his soul attacks or used his saber. He didn"t even generate clones. He grinned and yelled, "Little White, put these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds away into the Ding of Barbarian G.o.d. I want to kill them with the divine thunderbolts!"