Chapter 2276 - 2268: What Advancement

Xu Jun and Guo Qirong, both being elders, were publicly reprimanded by Li Wen and their faces turned unsightly.

The two did not respond.

Seeing that the two didn’t make a sound, Li Wen shouted again, "Who gave you the power to dare to arbitrarily change the rules of the Holy Sect? Didn’t you hear?"

As he spoke, Li Wen’s vast aura surged like a world-ending tidal wave, covering the entire Holy Land.

Under Li Wen’s aura, even Xu Jun, Guo Qirong, and other elders felt as if they were bearing the weight of billions of giant mountains, feeling suffocating. Jiang Tian and the other saint heirs were also shocked.

Li Wen, as the head elder of the Holy Sect, hadn’t taken action for many billions of years. Now, the release of his aura was simply awe-inspiring across all the heavens.

The expressions of Xu Jun, Guo Qirong, and others changed dramatically. They didn’t expect Li Wen’s strength to be so formidable. Judging by Li Wen’s terrifying aura now, even if he hadn’t reached the Saint Realm, he wasn’t far from it, absolutely at the Half-Saint Peak.

He might even be a Nine Tribulations Half-Saint!

"Speak! Who gave you the power to dare to arbitrarily change the rules of the Holy Sect?!" Li Wen shouted again, his aura fiercely oppressive, causing Xu Jun, Guo Qirong, and others to retreat in shock.

"Senior Brother Li Wen, calm your anger. How dare we arbitrarily change the rules of the Holy Sect?" Xu Jun quickly said, frightened. "We were just spouting nonsense earlier!"

"That’s right, Senior Brother Li Wen calm your anger, Brother Xu Jun and I usually joke around, it was just a joke." Guo Qirong quickly added.

The two never expected that the usually gentle-smiling Li Wen would suddenly erupt in such terrifying fury today.

Gong Chen, Chen Shiming, and other elders, as well as Jiang Tian and other saint heirs from the Holy Alliance, also had a tinge of fear in their eyes when they looked at Li Wen.

"Joke?" Li Wen snorted coldly: "The rules of the Holy Sect, how can they be taken as a joke?!"

Xu Jun quickly said: "Senior Brother Li Wen is right, we won’t do it again in the future!"

Guo Qirong also quickly agreed.

Suddenly, Elder Chen Shiming and Chen Jingzhi also underwent a dramatic change in expression, staring at Huang Xiaolong on the Holy Platform excitedly, murmuring: "Could it be? Could it be?!"

Seeing Chen Shiming and Li Wen’s prior excited look, other elders were stunned.

Could it be what?

Just then, Xu Jun, who originally harbored hatred towards Huang Xiaolong, also had a possibility flash through his mind, and suddenly stared at Huang Xiaolong, as if staring at a prehistoric monster, and unexpectedly, a trace of fear emerged on his face amidst the drastic change in expression.

Indeed, it was fear of Huang Xiaolong!

A Semi-Saint, surprisingly feeling a trace of fear towards a mere Dominator Ninth Rank!

"Senior Brother Xu Jun, what is this?!" Guo Qirong was astonished to see Xu Jun staring at Huang Xiaolong as if he had seen a ghost, with an expression of fear.

Xu Jun pointed at Huang Xiaolong, his fingers trembling: "He, could he be?!"

Seeing Xu Jun even struggling to speak fluently, Gong Chen, Song Yi, Sun Shangyi, Li Yuhui, and other elders were clueless.

"It’s, it’s the, the!" Suddenly, the previously extremely excited Elder Chen Shiming exclaimed excitedly.

Just as Chen Shiming said this, head elder Li Wen shouted: "Elder Chen Shiming, be cautious with your words!"

Stunned by Li Wen’s shout, Chen Shiming shivered, then quickly said: "Yes, Senior Brother Li Wen is right, see how foolish I am!" Saying this, he actually slapped himself in the face.

Although Chen Shiming didn’t fully speak out, upon hearing the word "the," Elders Gong Chen, Song Yi, Sun Shangyi, Li Yuhui, and others all trembled uncontrollably.

The, the!

They already guessed what word Chen Shiming was going to say next.

Elders Gong Chen, Song Yi, Sun Shangyi, Li Yuhui, and others had their eyes fixed on Huang Xiaolong, extremely excited.

Jiang Tian from the Holy Alliance frowned: "The?" The what?

Although not knowing what Li Wen and the others were thinking, seeing the extremely excited looks of Li Wen, Song Yi, and other elders, he faintly had a bad premonition.

His eyes flickered, considering asking the Old Master Jiang later. Perhaps with the Old Master Jiang’s insight and experience, he could guess what Chen Shiming was trying to say with "the."

Zheng Yongjia, Wu Shi, and other saint heirs were equally confused and doubtful.

At this moment, shrill cries were constantly ringing from the Holy Platform, and everyone looked to see Huang Zhouping being pummelled by Huang Xiaolong to the point where he was neither man nor ghost.

But Huang Xiaolong seemed not yet satisfied with the torment, applying various secret techniques, points chaotically all over Huang Zhouping’s body, causing Huang Zhouping to scream miserably, the shrieks so horrifying that it made the surrounding disciples shudder.

Jiang Tian’s face was grim.

Huang Zhouping was a saint heir of the Holy Alliance, yet now subjected to such brutal abuse by Huang Xiaolong. After this battle, the prestige of the Holy Alliance would definitely diminish greatly.

"Huang Xiaolong, I don’t care what secrets you have, now that you’ve provoked Jiang Tian, provoked the Holy Alliance, I’ll make sure you live a life worse than death!" Jiang Tian’s eyes flickered with cold light as he silently swore.

On the Holy Platform, Huang Xiaolong tortured Huang Zhouping for a full hour, letting him endure inhuman, hellish pain, before finally dragging Huang Zhouping in front of him and activating Devouring Power to devour him.

Under the astonished eyes of Jiang Tian, Zheng Yongjia, Wu Shi, and the other disciples, Huang Zhouping shriveled little by little.

"Huang Xiaolong, stop!" Seeing Huang Zhouping’s vitality slowly fading away, Zheng Yongjia, who harbored deep feelings for Huang Zhouping, couldn’t help but shout, "Release Brother Huang Zhouping at once, or I’ll fight you to the death!"

Before Li Wen could speak, Xu Jun shouted: "Saint Heir Zheng Yongjia, mind your language!"

Jiang Tian and the members of the Holy Alliance were stunned.

Wasn’t Xu Jun always supporting the Holy Alliance? Now, he turned and reproached Zheng Yongjia.

Jiang Tian’s heart sank.

Even Xu Jun, who had always supported the Holy Alliance, now turned to shelter Huang Xiaolong?

Needless to say, this had to be related to the secret Huang Xiaolong carried!

What on earth could cause Xu Jun to switch sides in support of Huang Xiaolong?

Damn it!

Thinking this, Jiang Tian’s killing intent intensified.

Meanwhile, Huang Zhouping was completely devoured by Huang Xiaolong, who blasted Huang Zhouping’s corpse to oblivion with a punch, disappearing between heaven and earth.

The defense array light shield around the Holy Platform opened, and Huang Xiaolong walked out.

Led by Li Wen, a group of elders including Chen Shiming swarmed forward.

"Huang Xiaolong, Saint Heir, are you alright?" Li Wen asked with extreme warmth, concerned for Huang Xiaolong. And it was unclear if it was just the disciples’ illusion, but there seemed to be a hint of flattery in Elder Li Wen’s smile?

At the same time, the disciples of the Holy Sect were puzzled. During the clash on the Holy Platform earlier, everyone had seen clearly that Huang Xiaolong didn’t even lose a hair, and yet Elder Li Wen was asking him if he was alright. Wasn’t that a redundant question?

But then, they saw Elder Chen Shiming take out a golden, radiant Golden Core, smiling brilliantly: "Saint Heir Huang Xiaolong just had a fierce battle. Your Sovereign Power must have been damaged. Here, I have a Primordial Yang Dragon Sea Pill. Taking it can replenish the damaged Sovereign Power; please accept it, Saint Heir Huang Xiaolong!"

Primordial Yang Dragon Sea Pill, a Sixth Grade Heavenly Earth Spirit Pill!

Not to mention replenishing some Sovereign Power, as long as you weren’t dead, it could bring you back, it could even restore certain body parts!

Sun Shangyi and the other elders also each took out their treasured Heaven and Earth Spiritual Elixirs, including Xu Jun, Gong Chen, Guo Qirong, and Li Yuhui, who all retrieved rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Elixirs.

Seeing a group of elders surrounding Huang Xiaolong with concern, Jiang Tian, Zheng Yongjia, and Wu Shi’s expressions couldn’t be more unpleasant. Jiang Tian was particularly stifled, recalling how a few days ago he wanted to "borrow" a Sixth Grade Dragon Snake Void Divine Pill from Xu Jun, only to be flatly refused with the excuse of none available. Yet, what Xu Jun handed to Huang Xiaolong now was precisely a Sixth Grade Dragon Snake Void Divine Pill.

After a round of inquiries and concerns, Li Wen smiled at Huang Xiaolong: "Saint Heir Huang Xiaolong, would you have the time in a couple of days for us to conduct another inspection?"

Do you have the time? In a couple of days?

The Holy Sect disciples fainted to hear Li Wen actually asking if Huang Xiaolong had time.

"No need for a couple of days, let’s do it now." Huang Xiaolong looked at Li Wen and the others, saying calmly.

With their attitude making a complete about-face, Huang Xiaolong knew they must have guessed something.