Chapter 207: The Shocking Secret Revealed by Envy

The next moment, lightning and blood-red light crashed together. Both combatants descended into total madness. Desperate to survive, they abandoned all defense and attacked relentlessly, seeking only to land a crippling blow.

In raw destructive power, Sikong Zhen was naturally the stronger of the two. However, Xueyuan's regenerative abilities were simply too immense. Time and time again, he weathered the deluge of lightning head-on, trading injury for injury!

Blood continuously sprayed from both men as the battle reached a fever pitch.

"Lightning Radiance of the Nine Heavens!"

"Scarlet Funeral!"

Terrifying lightning shrouded the entirety of Lanshan, while geysers of blood blanketed the earth.

Boom!

The full-force strikes of two Gold powerhouses collided. Lanshan crumbled in an instant, sending countless jagged boulders hurtling through the air. With twin grunts of pain, Sikong Zhen and Xueyuan were blasted backward.

Sikong Zhen was completely soaked in blood. Xueyuan was in an even more wretched state; his body was mangled, and more than half of his head had been blown away.

Just then, Shentu Lie let out a desperate, furious roar. Under the combined pincer attack of Yan Moxie and Taoist Priest Xuanqing, his massive frame crashed to the ground.

To prevent the man from rising again, Taoist Priest Xuanqing did not hesitate to burn his own lifespan to unleash a single sword strike. The dazzling azure sword light ruthlessly severed Shentu Lie's head!

Shentu Lie was dead!

Sikong Zhen's eyes were splitting with rage—a Gold powerhouse of the Chiyan Empire had been killed! This was the first time a Gold expert had fallen since the era of peace began. He could already imagine the massive tempest this news would stir once he returned to the Imperial Capital. That was, of course, assuming he lived to return at all.

The moment Shentu Lie fell, Sikong Zhen fled without a second thought. Arcs of lightning frantically stimulated his body, burning through his physical potential as he ran for his life.

Seeing this, Xueyuan rejoiced and shouted, "Don't run!"

Whoosh!

Dragging his mangled body, he chased after Sikong Zhen, looking every bit the loyal zealot willing to die for the Seven Deadly Sins.

Yan Moxie was just about to pursue them, only to be stopped by Taoist Priest Xuanqing. Meeting Yan Moxie's baffled gaze, the priest said mildly, "Uncle, didn't I tell you earlier? Envy has a very strange temper. Sikong Zhen is his prey. If you interfere now, he might just kill you first."

Yan Moxie paused. "But Envy looks heavily injured. Even if he is a member of the Blood Clan, injuries like that are life-threatening."

Taoist Priest Xuanqing patted Yan Moxie's shoulder without a care in the world. "Relax. A guy like Envy won't die that easily. And if he does, it just means he was never that capable to begin with."

Yan Moxie fell silent. It suddenly dawned on him that the members of the Seven Deadly Sins were exceptionally cold-blooded, lacking even the slightest concern for their comrades' survival.

Right then, a slippery tentacle suddenly slithered out of Taoist Priest Xuanqing's robes, the tip gripping a cell phone.

"The matter here is settled. I'm going to call the boss and report in."

Yan Moxie stared fixedly at the tentacle, shock running through his heart. What kind of monster was this?

With his entire attention drawn to the tentacle, he completely missed the victorious, scheming smile flashing through Old Taoist Xuanqing's eyes.

Swish!

Taoist Priest Xuanqing's hand shot out like lightning, snatching the Gluttony Mask right off Yan Moxie's face.

Yan Moxie gasped in shock. Just then, a sharp click echoed out—the sound of a phone camera taking a picture.

A group photo capturing Yan Moxie, Lust, and Shentu Lie's corpse was instantly immortalized. To make matters infinitely worse, Taoist Priest Xuanqing's other hand rested on Yan Moxie's shoulder, flashing a cheeky peace sign.

"You!"

Taoist Priest Xuanqing quickly leaped back with a beaming smile. "Don't get so worked up. I'm just preserving some crucial evidence. As long as you obediently deliver one of the Twelve Swords of Royal Power later, everything will be fine. Otherwise, the front page of the newspaper in a few days will read: Shocking! Vice-Commander of the Revolutionary Army Exposed as a Member of the Seven Deadly Sins."

Boundless rage swelled within Yan Moxie. To think that Lust would actually play him like this! But just as he hesitated over whether to snatch the phone back, he watched Lust's body gradually turn translucent before fading away completely.

"Catch you next time, Uncle."

Taoist Priest Xuanqing's playful voice echoed in the air, but the man himself was already gone.

Where did he go?

Naturally, he had been pulled into the dreamscape by Su Mu. Although it was incredibly difficult for the dreamscape to accommodate a Gold powerhouse, as long as that powerhouse fully restrained his strength and offered zero resistance, it was possible.

"Boss... uh, Lord Divine Envoy, what do we do now?"

Su Mu smiled faintly. "Naturally, we kill Xueyuan."

Taoist Priest Xuanqing was taken aback. "We're not killing Sikong Zhen?"

"Shentu Lie is dead, which means our goal of intimidating the Chiyan Empire has already been achieved. Killing Sikong Zhen as well wouldn't bring us any extra benefits.

"Xueyuan is different. He secretly supported Murong Yun in an attempt to seize control of the Murong Family. I've long since marked the Murong Family as my own possession, so he has to die."

With a mere thought, Su Mu instantly teleported to Sikong Zhen's location.

At this moment, Sikong Zhen was sprinting through the dense forest at blistering speed, arcs of lightning crackling all over his body.

He continuously glanced back over his shoulder. Finding no sign of Envy chasing him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Envy's injuries were too severe for him to keep up.

What he didn't know was that Envy hadn't chased him at all. The moment they vanished from the crowd's line of sight, Xueyuan had fled on his own.

"Lord Divine Envoy, didn't you say we were going to kill Xueyuan? Why are we looking for Sikong Zhen?"

Su Mu watched Sikong Zhen's wretched flight, the corners of his mouth curving upward. "To have him deliver a message to the Chiyan Empire, of course."

An instant later, Endless Demonic Sound activated!

"Heh heh heh... Sikong Zhen, you can't escape!" Xueyuan's sinister voice suddenly echoed right behind Sikong Zhen.

Sikong Zhen instantly paled in terror. He hurriedly looked back, only to see a blurry figure rapidly closing the distance from far behind him.

"Damn it! He actually caught up!"

Not daring to look back again, Sikong Zhen ran for his life. He was terrified of being caught by Envy; if he were bogged down in a fight, once Gluttony and Lust arrived, his death was guaranteed.

"Sikong Zhen, I can give you a chance to live," Xueyuan's low voice whispered right into his ear, clinging to him like a demon's murmur.

Sikong Zhen gave no reply, maintaining his all-out sprint. To his utter despair, the speed he had always been so proud of seemed completely useless. No matter how much he accelerated or weaved through the trees, Envy's ghost-like silhouette remained locked exactly a hundred meters behind him.

"You are a Gold powerhouse. Don't you think it'd be a pity to die like this? As long as you join us, you can live! I can turn you into a member of the Blood Clan, granting you near-eternal life!

"The Chiyan Empire has long since rotted to the core; the future belongs to the Blood Moon Empire! There's no need to throw your life away for a decaying nation. To tell you the truth, many nobles within your empire have already become part of the Blood Clan. When the time comes to strike from both within and without, the Chiyan Empire is destined to fall.

"Seeing as your strength isn't lacking, I'm giving you a chance to survive!"

Sikong Zhen's pupils instantly shrank to pinpricks. He found it completely impossible to suppress the tidal wave of shock surging in his heart at the earth-shattering secret Envy had just revealed.