466: Chapter 466 Xu Ruyu: Come on, let's get started!

They exchanged looks, both seeing the wariness in each other's eyes.

They knew, of course, that now was the best time to kill Xu Ruyu.

He was weak, he was exhausted, and he was isolated and helpless.

The things he had done to the Taihu Clan—completing the transmission monuments, cracking the Forbidden Array, gaining the recognition of the taihu tripod, and blasting Mo Feng away with one shot—every single one of them had caused the Taihu Clan to lose face. Even more terrifying was his potential.

A mere kid at the Qi Refinement Stage could achieve such a level; if he were allowed to grow and Breakthrough to a higher Realm, what would happen then?

When that time came, would people like them still have good days ahead?

But what if he really had another trump card hidden up his sleeve?

Cang Songzi took a deep breath and stepped forward, just about to speak—

"What's this?"

Seeing Cang Songzi step forward, Xu Ruyu was actually the first to speak.

"Are you coming up to test if I'm at the end of my rope? Planning to kick a man while he's down?"

Cang Songzi was stunned, and the words at the tip of his tongue were swallowed back down.

He hadn't expected Xu Ruyu to strike first, let alone that his tone would be so calm.

Xu Ruyu looked at him and smiled.

"You're also afraid that I have some mysterious grand array I haven't activated yet, right?"

He spoke leisurely, his gaze sweeping over the three of them, looking from Cang Songzi to Cang Bozi, and from Cang Bozi to Cang Yunzi.

"What are you afraid of? Speaking of which, the three of you are Grand Elders of the Taihu Clan, all dignified figures at the Saint Realm Peak. Why are you being so cautious when facing a minor Cultivator like me at the Qi Refining stage?

If word of this got out, I'm afraid people would laugh their heads off."

He laughed loudly, his laughter echoing on the cliff and scattering into the night wind.

As he laughed, he suddenly began to cough violently, bending over as his face turned bright red, his body trembling.

That was the backlash caused by the excessive consumption of spiritual Qi; his body had indeed reached its limit.

He covered his mouth with his hand, and a trace of blood seeped through his fingers.

Cang Songzi watched him cough, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

He was judging whether Xu Ruyu was truly weak or just acting.

If he was truly weak, then now was the best opportunity; if he was acting, then he must have a trump card waiting.

This young man was too cunning to be trusted easily.

Mo Feng was hopping with anxiety on the side, his voice sharp and urgent like a cat that had its tail stepped on: "Old Ancestors, what are you waiting for? He's just putting on a front.

Look at him; he can barely even stand steady.

If he had another trump card, he would have used it already.

Don't let him deceive you. Kill him quickly, kill him!"

Xu Ruyu straightened up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Cang Songzi with eyes full of mockery.

He even coughed twice on purpose to make himself look even weaker.

"Senior Cang Songzi, that dog Mo Feng is right. I'm about to die, so what are you still hesitating for?

The three of you are at the Saint Realm Peak, and I'm just a kid at the Qi Refining stage. What else do you have to be afraid of?

If word spreads that the three Grand Elders of the Taihu Clan didn't even dare to make a move against a young man at the Qi Refining stage, stood there dallying for ages, and finally left in disgrace—that reputation would be quite something to hear."

Cang Songzi's expression became even more unsightly.

Xu Ruyu's words were like knives stabbing into his heart, but the more Xu Ruyu acted this way, the more he felt there was a trap.

After all, what person would be eager for others to strike them down?

But the opportunity was rare; once missed, it was highly likely he would be letting a tiger return to the mountains, leading to endless trouble.

After thinking it over, Cang Songzi gritted his teeth and steeled his heart. He abruptly raised the soul suppressing ruler, pointing its tip at Xu Ruyu.

The runes on the ruler's body instantly lit up, the white light exceptionally piercing under the moonlight, as a majestic aura that suppressed everything began to spread.

"Xu Ruyu," his voice was as cold as frost as he spoke word by word, "This seat admits that you indeed have some skill.

But do you think you can intimidate this seat with just these few words?

With the three of us at the Saint Realm Peak, even if your means are extraordinary, this seat does not believe you can withstand the combined force of the three of us."

Xu Ruyu looked at him and smiled.

In that smile, there was no fear, no panic, only an indescribable... pity.

It was like an adult looking at an ignorant child, with a helpless smile hanging at the corner of his mouth.

"It's true you are at the Saint Realm Peak," he spoke leisurely, his voice neither hurried nor slow, enunciating every word clearly. "But have you forgotten that I am the Saint Master of your Taihu Clan?

Have you forgotten who it was that completed your Taihu Clan's transmission monuments?"

Cang Songzi's expression changed slightly.

He remembered, of course. The matter of Xu Ruyu completing the transmission monuments had spread throughout the entire Taihu Clan.

Those fragmented Cultivation Techniques that had been passed down for ten thousand years, which countless predecessors were unable to solve, were completed one by one by this young man.

This matter had once made him view Xu Ruyu in a new light, and he had even felt for a time that the Clan Chief's decision to appoint him as Saint Master was correct.

But now, this matter filled him with dread.

Xu Ruyu continued, his voice still calm: "I have seen all the Cultivation Techniques in your Taihu Clan's Transmission Monument Forest, meditated on them all, and completed them all.

The Cultivation Techniques you practice all come from those transmission monuments, don't they? For however many years you have cultivated, those techniques have accompanied you for just as long.

But do you really understand them? Do you know their strengths, their weaknesses, and their hidden dangers?"