My Master Knows It All-Chapter 1345 - 325_4

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Elder Li also understood that the situation was urgent. After briefly considering, he nodded and said, "Urgent matters require flexibility. I shall accompany the Sect Hierarch to enter together." Turning around, he looked at the four people standing at the front of the group and said, "Everyone, let’s open the vault."

Even for this smallest treasure vault, it required the group of five keepers responsible for guarding it and the temporary Sect Hierarch of Heaven Prayers Sect to unlock it together.

As six people each took out their tokens, the vault’s massive doors quickly opened. Elder Li and Swallowing Heaven Demon stepped inside the vault, and soon after, the doors naturally closed behind them.

Swallowing Heaven Demon appeared extremely anxious. Entering the vault, he quickly asked, "Elder Li, where is the Radiant Star Stone? We need a large amount of Radiant Star Stones to set up a formation."

"Radiant Star Stones? They’re..." Elder Li turned and pointed.

At the moment he turned around, a savage glint suddenly flashed through Swallowing Heaven Demon’s eyes. Behind him, a massive image of a fused Pill appeared. Upon the fused Pill, ten dazzling phenomena radiated brilliant light. In his hands, a sharp short sword materialized, its blade emitting a strange and sinister blue light amidst the dim vault.

The tangible and suffocating killing intent erupted from his body like waves.

An alarming sensation surged from behind Elder Li. His expression drastically changed as he instinctively attempted to dodge to the side. Yet, standing so close to Swallowing Heaven Demon and completely unprepared, he couldn’t react in time. Before he could even move, intense pain had already struck him. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

The poisonous blade pierced him from the back, penetrating straight through his heart and exiting from his chest. Simultaneously, a torrent of devouring demonic qi followed the blade into his body, stirring violently within.

Having pierced Elder Li with one strike, Swallowing Heaven Demon did not stop. His other palm darkened completely. Above him appeared an enormous, shadowy black beast. The monstrous figure had a goat-like body, a human-like face, tiger’s teeth, human claws, and most strikingly—eyes located beneath its armpits!

The legendary beast—Taotie!

As Swallowing Heaven Demon waved his palm, endless demonic qi surged forth from his body. The Taotie phantom opened its mouth wide and lunged toward Elder Li, seemingly intent on devouring him whole. The horrifying and oppressive aura engulfed the entire vault.

"Bang!"

Swallowing Heaven Demon struck fiercely at Elder Li’s injured back. Immediately, Elder Li’s already impaled body suffered an even greater blow, leaving behind an open, palm-sized bloody cavity. Crimson blood gushed incessantly from the wound, and his breath weakened drastically. His face turned ashen pale, devoid of any trace of color.

Though Elder Li had reached the pinnacle of Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Core Great Perfection, Swallowing Heaven Demon was nearing the absolute limit of the Golden Core Period. Moreover, as someone approaching the Core Formation Stage’s extreme boundary, Swallowing Heaven Demon was stronger than Huan Tian Demon and Ze Tian Demon, both of whom had already perished.

Under Swallowing Heaven Demon’s ambush, Elder Li was instantly gravely injured.

"You... why..." Elder Li was utterly perplexed. Why would Swallowing Heaven Demon, as Heaven Prayers Sect’s temporary Sect Hierarch, suddenly attack him? He had done nothing wrong; there had been no prior conflict with Swallowing Heaven Demon, nor had he harbored any intention to defect from the sect. Unless... Swallowing Heaven Demon intended to defect!

"You... you want to defect!" Elder Li suddenly came to realization. There was only one explanation for the attack: Swallowing Heaven Demon sought betrayal. Moreover, his purpose in coming here was undoubtedly for the resources stored within.

Swallowing Heaven Demon’s face twisted with a savage smile as he sneered coldly at Elder Li. "Only now do you understand? That’s right—I want to defect from the sect."

Elder Li coughed a mouthful of blood and roared angrily, "As Heaven Prayers Sect’s Sect Hierarch, you dare to defect! You..."

"Why shouldn’t I defect?" Swallowing Heaven Demon’s face showed displeasure, his expression contorted as he said, "You still remember I’m the Sect Hierarch? But do you think I’ve ever been treated like an actual hierarch?

Even for this smallest vault in the sect, I don’t have control over it. Is this what it means to be a hierarch? Not only that—being the hierarch means I have to deal with endless affairs, leaving me less time for cultivation.

And what do I get in return? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! So why can’t I defect?"

Swallowing Heaven Demon seemed intent on venting all his frustrations from his tenure as hierarch. His voice grew louder and louder as he spoke.

"What about defecting? Do you know how many people have defected from Heaven Prayers Sect this time? Don’t be naive enough to think those who didn’t return from the ruins simply perished there. Let me tell you—probably nearly half of them fled in secret—they defected from the sect.

If they can defect, why can’t I? Because I’m the hierarch? And as for you, spare me the moral outrage about betrayal. You haven’t defected not because of righteousness, but because you’re one of those ten old relics, two thousand-something years old this year? After being part of Heaven Prayers Sect for over a millennium, defecting would kill you outright. Your only hope for survival is to pass the Sect Tribulation, so naturally, you wouldn’t dare to defect. On the contrary, you hope everyone else stays to face the tribulation together.

But open your eyes wide—what kind of state is Heaven Prayers Sect in now? Even if everyone stayed, the sect couldn’t survive the tribulation. All of us are doomed!"