Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 516 - 516 140 - Played Together

Chapter 516: Chapter 140 – Played Together! Chapter 516: Chapter 140 – Played Together! Miao Zhen, on the other side, couldn’t have possibly imagined that Supreme Mountain would suddenly fight to the death.

There had been friction between the two factions in the past, but most of it occurred covertly. They had never clashed openly with weapons.

Mostly, if they met face-to-face, it only resulted in verbal quarrels.

After all, being part of Three Mountains, they had to maintain an alliance on the surface.

If they suffered in a war of words, they sought a way to retaliate in secret.

So many skeletons in closets, and this time, Miao Zhen just wanted to tease Mo Qingkong a bit.

After all, in such a situation, it would be strange not to make sarcastic remarks when one gets a juicy piece of gossip.

But merely uttering a few words resulted in someone dying on the other side.

Miao Zhen was caught off guard.

How could there have been a death?

We didn’t do anything.

But clearly, Mo Qingkong didn’t want him to continue the mockery and using this pretext to declare an all-out war.

Stunned by this fierce onslaught, Miao Zhen exclaimed, “This is a misunderstanding!”

Miao Zhen fiercely blocked Wu Ao’s attack, spluttering, “We didn’t kill the man!”

Wu Ao’s rage seethed, “Cut the crap! Did we kill ourselves?”

“I only came to enjoy the spectacle… I didn’t come here to kill!” Miao Zhen was speechless.

“Then, what did you come here for?”

“I just came to annoy…”

“Annoy my ass! Miao Zhen, dare you swear to the heavens that you have nothing to do with the death?”

Wu Ao roared, “Swear an oath to Heaven!”

“…Why should I swear? This is ridiculous!”

In his fury, Miao Zhen also felt guilty.

Deep down, he was speechless.

How did someone die as soon as he arrived?

He did feel a little guilty internally, of course.

The covert grudges among the Three Mountains did not cease; many people held grudges against each other. As for today’s incident, things might not be as they seemed.

Probably someone on his side couldn’t resist taking action upon seeing an enemy.

But why now? If you kill someone at this moment, wouldn’t that implicate me?

Miao Zhen was cursing in his mind!

As for the Supreme Mountain side, they couldn’t let their man die for nothing, and moreover, they couldn’t let anyone voice allegations.

If it spread all over the world in the future, that would be a matter for the future.

Perhaps by then they would have retreated to the safety of Supreme Mountain, closed the gates, and let the rain and wind outside rage on. Who, after decades, would remember this incident?

As long as Mo Qingkong himself kept a low profile, things would slowly dissipate.

After all, the number of those in the world who were entitled to know of Mo Qingkong’s name was not many. It definitely wasn’t something a commoner would be privy to.

“You dare not swear? Feeling guilty? Do you have something to hide?!”

Wu Ao shouted furiously.

Initially, he thought the strange death of one of their own might not have been the opponent’s doing, perhaps it had a different cause.

But seeing Miao Zhen’s display of guilt, his anger boiled over.

Turns out, it was indeed you guys who acted.

Forcing the fight, with Miao Zhen’s higher skill level against the fearless Wu Ao, he was being outmatched because he was holding back.

It wasn’t until someone screamed and a disciple from Jun Mountain fell severely wounded, which was followed by an attack from several disciples of Supreme Mountain, who rained down their swords, turning him into mush in an instant.

His eyes turned red on the spot.

He roared and began to retaliate.

The battle has truly begun!

Feng Yin was gleefully watching the spectacle.

A mutual defeat?

A mutual ruin would be better!

So, he operated the Ghostly Soul Snake stealthily, looking for an opportunity to strike.

With the current chaos, it was even easier for the Ghostly Soul Snake to strike.

The severely injured disciple from Jun Mountain was bitten by the Ghostly Soul Snake, resulting in being chopped down in the chaos. Then the Ghostly Soul Snake hid underground, came out after the man was dead, and sucked back the venom from the decaying corpse…

Next, he targeted another victim.

Under Feng Yin’s remote control, he ensured one thing: a balance of power on both sides.

The situation where one side is totally defeated and retreats, absolutely must not occur.

Let them see more and more people dying, and as a result, intensify the fight…

The battle was too chaotic.

Nobody noticed that a snake, as thick as a chopstick, was slithering in the grass under their feet.

Till…

Only a few over sixty Jun Mountain warriors and fifty Supreme Mountain warriors remained when a twist of fate occurred.

More than a dozen figures flew in from the far, arriving overhead with a whoosh, staring at the chaos below, speechless.

They were from Wansui Mountain.

Having just heard ‘the gossip about Mo Qingkong’, they rushed over to enjoy the spectacle, planning to use words to provoke and annoy.

But upon their arrival, they were met with a gruesome sight of Supreme Mountain and Jun Mountain in a fierce battle, reeking of blood, and bodies scattered everywhere.

“Stop!”

The one leading them, without landing, shouted from the air.

Both sides down there had turned into blind, rabid killers, who had no intention to stop.

In the time it took for him to shout, both sides had lost one man, dripping with blood, succumbing to their fate.

Mo Qingkong, who always profited from watching on the side, noticed these people.

Mo Qingkong didn’t want to participate in the battle, but he was incapacitated due to his severe injuries, and he had lost half of his power and a leg. He was helpless.

He had no choice but to watch from the sideline.

He could kill the ones who just arrived with his power.

Wu Ao and Li Zhan were powerful enough to hold their ground against the enemy.

Of course, the most important reason was… Although Mo Qingkong was also directing, deep down, he wanted these people who had witnessed his humiliation to drop dead…

The moment he saw people from Wansui Mountain approach, his heart jumped.

With a stern voice, he shouted, “Wu Ao! Miao Zhen! Stop!”

We can’t keep fighting. If we continue, we might end up inflicting mutual damage, only for us to be annihilated by people from Wansui Mountain!

Boom, boom, boom…

Each side launched several palm strikes, creating distance via recoil.

This was the safest course of action.

Having assessed the situation, they understood instantly.

“Stop!”

“Stop!”

Both sides issued their orders.

Disciples from both mountains, faces contorted in grim determination, paused their battle, eyes blazing with fury at each other.

On the ground, there lay over a hundred bodies, scattered haphazardly!

Wu Ao scolded sternly, “Miao Zhen! I will never forget the grudge from today! We will be enemies for life!”

Since the situation had come to this and they could no longer fight, suppressing the resentment had become indeed hard for them.

Miao Zhen was similarly enraged to the point of almost vomiting blood, “The feelings are mutual! I’ll hold a grudge against you all my life!”

Looking at the dead disciples in Jun Mountain attire on the ground, Miao Zhen also felt a pain in his heart. Who could have predicted that just watching a spectacle, observing some gossip, would cost over fifty lives?

This battle was entirely illogical.

Mo Qingkong sinisterly sneered, “Miao Zhen, you thought the spectacle was enjoyable, didn’t you? Be careful when you want to watch a spectacle in future.”

With a gloomy gaze towards the sky, he asked, “Are you here to enjoy the show or revel in the gossip?”

In the air, the evident fear made his throat run dry.

One could understand at once.

It seemed Miao Zhen had also just come to watch the spectacle but ended up provoking an intense fight?

This…

Some things should indeed be left unsaid. Consequently, the schadenfreude and gossip-lover within him instantly vanished into the cloud nine.

With a nervous chuckle, he replied, “Not at all. We just heard some fighting, came to look… We didn’t realize it was you guys.”

“Hm!”

Mo Qingkong’s eyes flashed with what seemed like ghost fire.

Miao Zhen gritted his teeth, “Clean up the bodies! We’re leaving!”

“We will never forget this hatred!”

Disciples from Jun Mountain began to tidy up the bodies, and so did those from Supreme Mountain.

Both sides were filled with hate.

At this moment, Feng Yin had already retracted the Ghostly Soul Snake.

He found this satisfying!

You think you’re cunning, Mo Qingkong? Let’s see who can outwit whom!

The top killer here hadn’t moved a finger, yet over dozens of lives on your side were lost!

As for the people from Jun Mountain who died, Feng Yin had no sympathy for them: They were here to kill him; why couldn’t he kill them?

So, killing them was fair, but setting them up wasn’t acceptable?

Feng Yin was just disappointed that people from Wansui Mountain had arrived too soon. Had they arrived half an hour later, only a dozen people would probably be left from both sides.

It was somewhat anticlimactic… why did they have to arrive at such a critical time?!

Feng Yin felt very unsatisfied.

…

Suddenly.

A disciple from Supreme Mountain had just picked up a body when it suddenly separated into two pieces.

Similarly, at the other side, a few dead disciples of Jun Mountain also separated: either a leg fell off, or their bodies split in two.

Everyone was taken aback!

They let out a startled cry.

There were no sword or knife wounds. Even in death, this shouldn’t have happened!

Li Zhan was the closest and went to take a look. Suddenly, his eyes went wide. He then raised his head and glared angrily.

“Miao Zhen, I wondered how your battle strength increased. Turns out you had help! That Ghostly Soul Snake – it’s actually your ally!”

The moment these words were out, Mo Qingkong’s eyes widened suddenly!

Because his leg had been bitten by the Ghostly Soul Snake!

“Go to hell!”

Miao Zhen had also been inspecting the abnormal bodies from his side and was so angry his lips were trembling, “How do you explain the six of us who were bitten by the Ghostly Soul Snake?”

It was quite obvious where the Ghostly Soul Snake had bitten: the wounds were melting!

Even if the Ghostly Soul Snake absorbed the venom immediately, a large chunk of flesh would be missing from the wound site!

The snake couldn’t even prevent the rate at which the venom evaporated!

This was the ‘Absolute Poison’ in all its notorious glory.

Immediately, the high-ranking individuals from both sides began to inspect closely.

From those broken parts, they inspected meticulously!

“Indeed, four people on our side and six on yours were killed by Ghostly Soul Snake’s venom!”

Wu Ao’s face turned green, “Miao Zhen, we’ve been played!”

Miao Zhen’s face twisted into an expression of utmost horror, “Who could be so wicked?!”

“Your first death… was also due to the Ghostly Soul Snake!”

Miao Zhen was speechless.

Now he finally understood.

It was no coincidence that as soon as he arrived, someone died and a fight ensued. Clearly, someone had been setting a trap from the shadows!

And this person was there throughout the fight.

They manipulated the Ghostly Soul Snake to foster enmity without even showing their face, leading to over a hundred deaths from Supreme Mountain and Jun Mountain!

“Who could it be?!”

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[I made a mistake, forgot that today is Valentine’s Day. My wife pulled me to watch a movie… We got back at eleven o’clock. I didn’t want to break my promise to you all… so I worked overtime. Please forgive me for the late update.]