Soul Emperor Martial God-Chapter 1704: I Trust Them

Chhh...

In the air, there was only a single "chhh" sound.

Jin Juexuan’s dismembered body split into two halves and fell.

In the air, only traces of lightning aura remained.

Xiao Yi was now standing at the spot where Jin Juexuan had originally been floating.

"Such speed, this kid has gotten much stronger." Chengfeng Hall Master and Hengtian Palace Master both showed shock on their faces at the same time.

Just now, Xiao Yi had only made a single flickering movement, and his speed had reached an extreme.

Jin Juexuan, one of the Ten Great Hall Masters of the Heavenly Mechanism Hall’s Main Hall, had actually died before he could even react.

And originally, Jin Juexuan had been standing beside the vice Dean.

Thus now, it was Xiao Yi standing beside the vice Dean.

"Xiao Yi, you..." The vice Dean’s face changed.

Xiao Yi ignored him and instead turned his head to look at the woman. "Senior Swordswoman, did everyone here take part in the siege?"

Senior Swordswoman nodded, pointing toward the Black Cloud Academic Disciples’ side. "That bunch of yellow-haired brats can’t hurt me yet."

"I only fought a round with Lin Jin and the others."

"And those two brats as well." Senior Swordswoman pointed again at Chengfeng Hall Master and Hengtian Palace Master.

"These two brats didn’t join the siege earlier; they only spent most of the day setting up this Formation to trap us."

"But they didn’t make a move."

Hearing this, especially the words "two brats," Chengfeng Hall Master and Hengtian Palace Master both couldn’t help the twitch at the corners of their faces.

But seeing the killing intent in Xiao Yi’s eyes, they frowned again.

"Good." Xiao Yi nodded.

"People of Black Cloud Academy, leave within ten breaths, and I’ll pretend I never saw you."

Xiao Yi’s gaze fell on Tong Ye and the others.

"Fine." Tong Ye and the others nodded, turned around, and left.

To the side, a middle-aged man’s face twisted in fury. "You dare?"

"This time, Black Cloud Academy accepted a mission to come eradicate wanted criminals."

"If you dare leave without permission, just wait for the Academy to punish you."

"Elder Chen." Tong Ye let out a cold laugh. "It’s not your turn to manage us yet."

"Elder Chen?" Xiao Yi frowned.

Back when he’d been in Black Cloud Academy, he’d never seen such an elder.

Tong Ye looked at Xiao Yi and answered, "A new elder who came to the Academy a few days ago, nothing but a petty villain."

Xiao Yi nodded indifferently.

Elder Chen’s face hardened in anger. "What did you say? You dare to slander an elder?"

"All the Eight Palace Martial Artists are here, and you’re afraid of one little thief Xiao Yi?"

Tong Ye shook his head. "We’re not afraid."

"It’s that when Xiao Yi fought shoulder to shoulder with us, you, Elder Chen, didn’t even know which corner you were hiding in. We have no reason to listen to you."

"All who belong to Black Cloud Academy, follow me."

"Vice Dean." Elder Chen hurriedly looked to the vice Dean.

The vice Dean frowned.

Tong Ye spoke first. "If the vice Dean wants all of us to leave the Academy, we don’t mind."

As his words fell.

Tong Ye and his group took to Controlling the air and flew away.

At this moment, Xiao Yi’s gaze swept over the people all around, and the Purple Lightning in his hand tightened once more.

This time, Chengfeng Hall Master and Hengtian Palace Master reacted in an instant.

"Xiao Yi, don’t be impulsive." Chengfeng Hall Master shouted out explosively at once.

"The ones you’re helping now are a group of wanted criminals."

"And for the sake of the Eight Palace wanted criminals, you’ve already killed an Eight Palace Main Hall Master in public. If you..."

"Do you all take me, Xiao Yi, for a fool?" Xiao Yi cut him off coldly.

"I’ve read that intel."

"The wanted order on it, and the subsequent pursuit along the way, are written out very clearly."

"But the initial reason for the wanted order is glossed over vaguely."

"First the Medicine Venerate Hall issued the wanted order, then the other halls all followed suit."

"What the Medicine Venerate Hall Main Hall claimed was that a batch of rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had been plundered."

"But for a mere batch of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, is it worth the Eight Palaces all issuing wanted orders, and worth you Main Hall Masters and Main Hall experts taking action one after another?"

"Today, if I don’t get a reasonable explanation, none of you should think about leaving here alive."

Xiao Yi’s gaze swept across the surrounding Eight Palace Martial Artists.

Including Chengfeng Hall Master and the other, their hearts also jolted violently.

Because they could clearly sense that Xiao Yi’s killing intent just now had even wrapped around the two of them.

In other words, the current Xiao Yi really would kill at the slightest disagreement.

Jin Juexuan just now was the example.

Yet at this moment, an ill‑timed voice still rang out.

"Tsk tsk, what a ’no one walks out of here alive.’" Jing Wu let out a cold laugh.

"Truly worthy of the infamous Xiao Yi, disappearing for more than half a year, and the moment you show your face you start spouting ruthless threats again."

"But you still can’t threaten us Eight Palace Martial Artists..."

Swoosh...

Jing Wu’s words likewise never finished.

Because together with the Purple Lightning Divine Sword, a strike had already dropped onto the top of his head in an instant.

Jing Wu had long been prepared, so his reaction was extremely fast and he hurried to block.

Boom...

A blast resounded high in the sky.

Jing Wu’s figure was directly blasted down from the sky to the ground.

If he hadn’t reacted fast enough just now, his end right now would probably be the same as Jin Juexuan’s, hacked to pieces and dead.

"Xiao Yi, you..." On the other side, Bai Yue, Jiang Liuhuo and the others all flew into a rage.

But their words did not continue.

They had completely realized that the youth before them, holding the Purple Lightning Sword, body cold but strength terrifying, was a Killing God who dared slaughter every Sword Cultivator under heaven.

"Maybe there’s some misunderstanding." Chengfeng Hall Master could no longer sit still and spoke up directly.

"If the friends behind you didn’t commit some monstrous crime, even to the point of slaughtering Eight Palace Martial Artists, the Eight Palaces would never issue a wanted order."

"If they truly did, then, Xiao Yi... I’m sorry." Chengfeng Hall Master narrowed his eyes.

Palace rules are palace rules. As Main Hall Master, he would never cover for anyone and could only take action.

"There’s no misunderstanding." Xiao Yi shook his head.

"Brat, you don’t even ask and you already know there’s no misunderstanding?" Hengtian Palace Master’s face showed displeasure.

"What if you were deceived by some vile person..."

"I trust them." Xiao Yi cut him off coldly.

Indeed, Xiao Yi trusted them.

He wasn’t a fool either.

That piece of intelligence definitely had a problem.

But who exactly the problem lay with, Xiao Yi couldn’t care less.

He hadn’t even asked the Senior Swordswoman, Lin Jin and the others whether there was some misunderstanding, because that was trust.

Those elders and friends who had once fought through life and death with him and treated him so well back then—he trusted them completely.

If the Eight Palaces, relying on that vague and dubious intelligence, wanted to issue a wanted order and hunt them down, he didn’t mind becoming an enemy of the Eight Palaces and having a good kill today.

Hearing this, Chengfeng Hall Master’s heart suddenly jolted.

He suddenly remembered that when Xiao Yi said "no one walks out of here alive" earlier, his tone had been filled with absolute confidence.

"Hengtian, go to a nearby Main Hall and borrow a Communication Holy Artifact, check the Main Hall records and find out what’s going on." Chengfeng Hall Master said in a deep voice.

"Mm." Hengtian Palace Master nodded, his figure flickering, disappearing into the distance.

"Xiao Yi, you wait for a while." Chengfeng Hall Master said gravely.

"If it’s a misunderstanding, you’ll be given justice."

"But if it’s not, then... don’t blame this old man."

Xiao Yi paid him no heed.

Instead, in the crowd of Eight Palace Martial Artists, the vice dean’s expression suddenly flickered.

"Senior Swordswoman." Xiao Yi returned to the woman’s side. "You’re injured as well, let me stabilize it for you first."

"It’s nothing serious." The woman waved her hand.

...

Only a dozen minutes later, Hengtian Palace Master’s figure flashed as he returned.

With his speed, he probably only needed a short while to reach a nearby Main Hall.

"How is it?" Chengfeng Hall Master asked with a frown, a trace of anxiety flashing through his heart.

If he had to act, he truly didn’t know how to face Xiao Yi.

"There is a problem." Hengtian Palace Master frowned. "The first wanted order wasn’t issued by the Medicine Venerate Hall, but by..."

Hengtian Palace Master looked toward the vice dean. "Black Cloud Academy."

"Including the wanted orders of the other halls, all of them were issued from the Black Cloud Academy side and then jointly published by the various Main Halls."

"The wanted order was issued by Black Cloud Academy?" Xiao Yi’s eyes narrowed as he stared straight at the vice dean.

"Since when does Black Cloud Academy have the authority to issue wanted orders for the halls?"

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The third update.