965: We haven't even started the fight yet, why did you surrender first, Master?

The deaths of Manager Li and Manager Zhao immediately caused the gazes emanating from the palace to turn fearful.

The owners of these gazes knew in their hearts that Wang Chen and Bai Yuliang had come with ill intentions today, but they never expected that it would lead to loss of life.

How could Wang Chen? How dare he?!

These were members of the Xuantian Holy Land, members of the Netherworld Human Clan's foremost power.

For how many years had they never seen anyone dare to be so arrogant and presumptuous!

However.

After Manager Li and Manager Zhao died, there was no movement from the palace on the small island in the center of the lake, which made everyone, even if angry in their hearts, obediently stay in their residences, not daring to take a single step out.

Fellow Disciple camaraderie, Holy Land prestige…

These were nothing compared to their own lives.

“Can they endure this much?”

Wang Chen noticed the subtle changes around him and felt a little regretful.

He truly didn't expect that Jiu Hua True Lord could endure so much, and that the guys in the surrounding palaces were so cowardly.

Originally, he had wanted to deal with a few troublesome individuals and establish his prestige before meeting Jiu Hua True Lord, but now it seemed he could only give up.

“Let's go.”

Calling out to Bai Yuliang, Wang Chen stepped towards the palace on the island.

At the same time.

“Trouble!”

In the luxurious palace on the island, Jiu Hua True Lord suddenly sighed deeply.

With his strength, everything that happened outside could not escape his perception.

Originally, although Jiu Hua True Lord was extremely wary of Wang Chen, the branch's affairs were the internal matters of the Xuantian Holy Land. In his estimation, even if Wang Chen interfered, he would have some scruples, only exerting pressure and not taking any other excessive actions.

It was precisely because of this that he had always firmly held the control of the Division Two Elements Great Array of the branch.

But now, Manager Li and Manager Zhao, whom he had placed by Bai Yuliang's side, had their identities exposed and were mercilessly slain by Wang Chen…

This made Jiu Hua True Lord understand that Wang Chen and Bai Yuliang's visit today was definitely not for good.

Given the ruthless methods Wang Chen had just displayed, if they didn't get a satisfactory answer next, it was likely that the two would have a confrontation.

And once they started fighting, Jiu Hua True Lord simply couldn't bear the consequences.

He didn't think he would be Wang Chen's opponent; the best outcome would be severe injury, and the worst could even be death!

One must know that the number of Ninth-Order True Lords who had died at Wang Chen's hands combined was more than those who had fallen in the past century.

“Strength!”

“If I had the strength of a Great True Lord, how would Wang Chen, that brat, dare to bully me today?”

Jiu Hua True Lord sighed in his heart, circulating his power to force out a Formation Plate radiating brilliant spiritual light from within his body.

On this Formation Plate, black and white magical power continuously flowed, endlessly, and as soon as it appeared, it filled the palace with profound fluctuations.

“Revered Master? Are you…?”

Seeing the Formation Plate appear, the Round-Faced Youth and the Yin Vulture Woman both looked at the somewhat pale Jiu Hua True Lord with trembling eyes.

This Formation Plate was the control center of the branch's Division Two Elements Great Array. With the Formation Plate, one could fully mobilize the power of the Division Two Elements Great Array, representing absolute strength and status within the branch.

Since Jiu Hua True Lord came to Wanshou City, the Formation Plate had been refined and integrated with Jiu Hua True Lord.

Now, observing Jiu Hua True Lord's complexion, the two immediately saw that he had severed the connection between himself and the Formation Plate.

“Give this Formation Plate to the Saint, and tell him that this Revered Master is willing to fully support him in controlling the Ten Thousand Longevity City Branch.”

Jiu Hua True Lord waved his hand, sending the Formation Plate into the Yin Vulture Woman's arms, and said with a somewhat weak voice:

“Also, apologize to Dragon-Slaying True Lord on my behalf, and tell him that this Revered Master had a problem in cultivation and is not well, so I cannot receive guests these days. I will definitely visit him personally another day and share drinks with Dragon-Slaying True Lord.”

“Revered Master?”

The Yin Vulture Woman and the Round-Faced Youth were stunned on the spot, their faces filled with disbelief.

They never expected that just now, Revered Master had said he had come up with a good plan to turn the Saint into their faction's laborer, but now, he suddenly cut himself off from the Division Two Elements Great Array Formation Plate and handed over control.

The two sides hadn't even competed, and Revered Master, you surrendered first?!

“No need to say more, just do as I say. Remember, do not lose your manners in front of Dragon-Slaying True Lord and the Saint.”

Feeling his Disciples' disbelieving gazes, Jiu Hua True Lord's expression turned somewhat ugly.

He didn't want to surrender so directly either, but he had no choice.

That Wang Chen would kill without hesitation. If they couldn't agree later and he directly made a move, he wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Thinking this, Jiu Hua True Lord felt even more embarrassed. He directly waved his hand, pushing his two beloved Disciples out of the palace, and then entered his cultivation room.

Out of sight, out of mind!

Creak!

The palace gate closed, leaving the Round-Faced Youth and the Yin Vulture Woman standing in front of it, looking at each other, their faces still filled with disbelief.

Everything that had just happened felt like a fantasy.

“Senior Sister…”

After a moment of silence, the Round-Faced Youth opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was interrupted as soon as he spoke.

“Watch your words. Revered Master has his own considerations for doing this. We just need to obey orders.”

The Yin Vulture Woman seemed to have guessed something, looked at her Junior Brother with deep meaning in her eyes, and then walked first to the foot of the steps in front of the palace gate to wait.

…

…

The small island in the lake was several miles in circumference, its ground paved with fine white jade. Various rare flowers and plants were everywhere, filling the entire island with a fresh and pleasant floral scent.

Wang Chen led Bai Yuliang onto the small island and saw a Round-Faced Youth and a Yin Vulture Woman waiting quietly on the white jade-paved ground.

These two were around forty years old, their auras had already reached the Peak of the sixth-order, and their attire indicated their identity as True Disciples of the Xuantian Holy Land.

“Greetings, Wang True Lord, Bai Saint.”

Seeing Wang Chen and Bai Yuliang arrive, the Round-Faced Youth and the Yin Vulture Woman stepped forward and respectfully bowed in greeting.

Their attitude was impeccable, and their faces even held smiles that seemed to come from the heart, but when their gazes swept over the two ice sculptures suspended in mid-air, a hint of shock flashed in their eyes.

These Manager Li and Manager Zhao were secretly Disciples of Jiu Hua True Lord's lineage, and they were elite Disciples, having already reached the strength of the seventh-order before the age of sixty.

And now, they had turned into lifeless ice sculptures.

The Round-Faced Youth and the Yin Vulture Woman knew in their hearts that their lineage had lost a great deal of face today.

At the same time, they also guessed why Revered Master had suddenly changed his mind and voluntarily handed over the Division Two Elements Great Array's Formation Plate.

This Dragon-Slaying True Lord Wang Chen was too brutal!!