As Dian Lian spoke, she leaped up, soaring like a flying crane towards the people of the Blood Gate.
Witnessing her sister, with whom she had spent over two months, jump so high, Lin Qian was utterly stunned!
"Hooray!"
She couldn't help but shout. However, before her cry faded, a loud bang echoed, and Dian Lian flew back, crashing heavily onto the ground, groaning in pain.
"Hmph, daring to show off in front of me with mere Dao Entry?"
The speaker was a muscular bald man, who had entered with Shi Kai and possessed Golden Core stage strength.
There was no need for the Blood Gate Master himself to deal with someone like Dian Lian.
He had brought four people with him. Besides the bald man at the Golden Core stage, there were three middle-aged men at the peak of Dao Entry.
These individuals all had sinister expressions, their eyes glinting with a bloody light. Judging by their appearance alone, they were not good people.
Shi Kai glanced at Dian Lian with disdain. "So, it's the immortal maiden from Lotus Peak. Later, find twenty strong men and have them… take care of her!"
Upon hearing this, Dian Lian's face turned ashen, completely drained of color.
Lin Qian, meanwhile, involuntarily squeezed her legs together. Good heavens, twenty strong men, even a draft horse from the production team couldn't handle that!
Shi Kai seemed to know of Dian Lian's existence and didn't pay her any mind. His attention, since entering the room, had been fixed on Chen Xiao.
"Your Excellency, may I ask your esteemed name? What grievance do you have with my Blood Gate, and why have you come to cause trouble here today?"
Shi Kai spoke neither servilely nor overbearingly, not directly attacking Chen Xiao, clearly showing some apprehension towards him.
"Just passing by."
Chen Xiao said indifferently, "The mere Blood Gate is not worthy of incurring my wrath!"
"You brat, what the hell are you saying? Are you tired of living?"
The bald man shouted loudly.
"Silence!"
Shi Kai glared fiercely, and the bald man immediately fell silent.
The Blood Gate Master's pupils contracted, a bloody light flickering in his eyes. He stared at Chen Xiao, suppressing his anger, and said, "Since that is the case, I will give you face. I ask that you leave here quickly and not meddle in affairs that do not concern you!"
"Heh, then I apologize. I have already started meddling, and I naturally will see it through. I am a person who dislikes leaving things unfinished!"
Chen Xiao stretched lazily, a playful smirk on his face.
"Mr. Chen..."
Hearing Chen Xiao's words, Dian Lian felt a swirl of emotions, finally sighing helplessly, "Why must you?"
"Heh, brat, don't think I don't know who you're relying on. You're deliberately stalling for time, waiting for reinforcements, aren't you? I'm telling you, your reinforcements won't come!"
The Blood Gate Master, Shi Kai, said with great arrogance.
When Dian Lian heard Shi Kai mention Chen Xiao having reinforcements, her spirits suddenly lifted. However, after hearing Shi Kai's last half-sentence, the hope that had just ignited was instantly extinguished.
Shi Kai must have already dealt with Chen Xiao's reinforcements to say that.
"Oh? I have reinforcements?"
Chen Xiao was slightly startled and looked at Shi Kai. "How come I didn't know I had reinforcements?"
"Stop playing dumb with me!"
Shi Kai's lips curled into a disdainful smile. "Your reinforcements, aren't they the Exorcism Division?"
Chen Xiao then realized that Shi Kai was referring to the Exorcism Division as his reinforcements.
But how did Shi Kai know this?
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao's heart sank. It seemed the Blood Gate truly had a stranglehold on Xu Zhou City.
"Old Wei, come in. Today, we'll make this kid give up completely!"
Shi Kai shouted.
Then, a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hairstyle, resembling a leading cadre, walked in.
This person looked very smooth and polished. He smiled at Chen Xiao and said, "It was you who asked Song Zijian to greet me, right? Alas, I didn't want to make things difficult for you, and Sect Master Shi already gave you a chance. Why didn't you cherish it? Now that you've met me, I can't let you leave!"
Chen Xiao stared at the man and asked softly, "Are you the leader of the Xu Zhou Exorcism Division?"
"I am but a humble servant, Wei Qing, Director of the Xu Zhou Branch Office of the Exorcism Division. That is I!"
The man surnamed Wei introduced himself, a smug and fearless look on his face.
"Heh, well said, Xu Zhou Branch of the Exorcism Division. You've colluded with evil forces and yet you still have the nerve to mention the word 'exorcism'?"
Chen Xiao said with a cold laugh.
"The wise know when to submit. The Blood Gate is backed by the hidden sect, Heavenly Blood Sect. Even the Heavenly Strategy Army cannot compare to the Heavenly Blood Sect, let alone a mere Exorcism Division."
When mentioning the Heavenly Blood Sect, Director Wei spoke with reverence, but when speaking of the Heavenly Strategy Army, he showed contempt.
"Shameless scoundrel!"
Dian Lian, unable to contain her anger, shouted, "Don't you know that the Blood Gate harbors blood rage? Don't you know that the Heavenly Blood Sect cultivates by sacrificing lives? You think you've found a wise master, but in their eyes, you're just a pig waiting to be slaughtered!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a sharp-tongued little girl. It's a pity that you're not skilled enough to sow discord between this official and the Heavenly Blood Sect..."
"Pfft..."
Suddenly, as the Director Wei spoke, his body dissolved into a cloud of blood mist.
Dian Lian's eyes widened. What, what was this?
The five people from the Blood Gate were also dumbfounded. What happened? What was going on?
At this moment, only Lin Qian, the ordinary woman, knew what had happened.
She clapped her hands and cheered, "Hooray, Benefactor Chen is showing his divine power again! Kill, kill, kill, kill them all!"
Dian Lian looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief, secretly wondering, killing without a trace, what kind of method was this!?
"Did you kill him?"
Shi Kai glared at Chen Xiao and asked in a deep voice.
Chen Xiao's lips curved into a mocking sneer, a tacit admission.
Shi Kai's eyes sharpened. He was now uncertain.
This kid's origins were unknown, he had some connection with the Exorcism Division, and his methods were brutal. He seemed more like an evil cultist than the Blood Gate itself.
Who exactly was he?
"Hmph, no matter what cat or dog you are, if you dare to meddle in the Blood Gate's affairs, there is only death. Four elders, take his dog life..."
Shi Kai gave the order, then added, "Kill him, and his blood will be your reward!"
Upon hearing this, the four elders, who had been hesitant, suddenly looked at Chen Xiao with greedy eyes.
They stared at Chen Xiao as if a hungry man, starved for three days, had spotted a glistening roasted chicken.
"Brothers, let's go together! This kid does have some skill, but no matter how strong he is, he can't possibly defeat three peak Dao Entry cultivators plus me, a Golden Core expert!"
The bald man shouted boastfully.
"Alas..."
Chen Xiao shook his head, sighing helplessly.
As he shook his head and sighed, the four protectors, who were about to pounce on Chen Xiao, exploded one after another, turning into clouds of blood mist like fireworks.