Chapter 825: Death Stare

"Ye, Ye Xiu, you, you..."

The Hell’s Gate Sect Leader froze for a moment, his mind trembling violently, but the shock and panic on his face flashed and disappeared, and then he put on a goofy grin and said:

"Haha, what are you talking about? I’m not the one looking for death, I’m helping you catch the thieves."

As he spoke, he pointed at the corpses on the ground and said:

"Brother Ye, look, it was these two dog thieves who poisoned your food, and then tried to steal your Divine Weapons. I happened to run into them, so I conveniently snatched your Divine Weapons back for you and killed these two dog thieves."

"I was just thinking of going to find someone to detoxify you. Haha, looks like I was meddling too much. You’re the Xuanse Medicine King, after all. Your Medical Skills are unmatched under heaven, number one in the universe. How could you possibly fail to notice poison in your food, haha..."

"Seems like your big brother here was meddling in what he shouldn’t. Even if I hadn’t stepped in, these two dog thieves wouldn’t have been able to take the Divine Weapons away."

"Here, here, here, these are your four Divine Weapons. Now they’re back with their rightful owner."

With that, he held the four Divine Weapons out in front of Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu didn’t take them!

Expressionless, he watched the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader, who was lost in his own performance, and said:

"I’ve roamed the world for ten years and seen all kinds of people, but ones like you—this brazenly shameless, this brutally cold-blooded to the point of madness—there really aren’t many."

Hearing that, the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader feigned displeasure and said:

"Brother Ye, what are you saying? You’ve misunderstood your big brother. I wasn’t the one who poisoned you, I wasn’t the one who tried to steal your Divine Weapons. It was these two dog thieves on the ground. I came to visit you, and just happened to run into them..."

Ye Xiu was disgusted to death by the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader and cut him off:

"Huang Quan isn’t at the Nanxi Villa!"

"Really?" The Hell’s Gate Sect Leader stared at Ye Xiu and asked.

Ye Xiu nodded. "I’ve no reason to lie to you."

At that, the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s goofy, fawning demeanor changed in an instant!

He reverted to his usual cold face and said icily:

"Ye Xiu, you shouldn’t have told me Huang Quan isn’t at the Nanxi Villa."

"So the moment of truth finally shows its knife?"

Ye Xiu laughed. This was the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s true face. He said:

"You cracked jokes and explained so much, but you knew I wouldn’t believe you, because since I’m not dead, I must have personally seen everything you did after arriving at the Nanxi Villa."

"The reason you still put on that act was to soothe my emotions, hoping I’d speak well of you in front of Huang Quan. Because in your eyes, if I dared to appear before you, I must have something to rely on—and that reliance is Huang Quan."

"Now that you’ve confirmed Huang Quan isn’t at the Nanxi Villa, you immediately birthed killing intent toward me, because you know that as long as I’m alive, I might tell Huang Quan about you stealing the four Divine Weapons."

The Hell’s Gate Sect Leader listened quietly to Ye Xiu finish, then said coldly:

"Since you see the situation so clearly, you still dared tell me Huang Quan isn’t at the Nanxi Villa. Looks like you’ve had enough of living. You want to die!"

"In that case, I’ll grant your wish!"

As he spoke, he suddenly drew the Slaughter City Blade and chopped toward Ye Xiu’s neck.

"With just you? You’re nowhere near killing me."

Ye Xiu suddenly became like a dragon awakened, standing with an exalted, supreme bearing, overlooking the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader like he was an ant.

Then that lethal strike from the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader stopped ten centimeters short of Ye Xiu’s neck and could go no further, as if it had hit endless resistance.

"This..."

The Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s face changed drastically, and he cried out in shock:

"You, you, you, you—you’re Eighth Realm?"

In that moment, he felt that standing before him was not a person, but a towering peak, a terrifying aura that made him despair, pressing down so hard he couldn’t breathe.

He wanted to step back!

He wanted to flee!

He wanted to throw himself into a desperate frenzy and attack Ye Xiu!

But he found that right now he couldn’t move at all, locked in place by Ye Xiu’s aura!

"Eighth Realm?"

Ye Xiu looked utterly disdainful and said proudly:

"Killing an Eighth Realm is as easy as killing you."

What?

Could Ye Xiu be Ninth Realm?

Heavens!

This guy is only twenty-six, and he already possesses Ninth Realm combat power that stands proud over the world?

"Don’t..."

In his shock and terror, the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader saw Ye Xiu’s hand reach out and clamp around his neck, and he was so frightened he howled, begging for mercy:

"Brother Ye, Big Brother Ye, Senior Ye, d-don’t, don’t kill me. We have a common enemy—the three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom. Our Power is already at a disadvantage; this is when we need every person we can get. If you kill me, it’s equivalent to weakening the Power of our side..."

Crack!

Ye Xiu twisted the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s neck, cutting off his unfinished words as well.

"You’re not wrong. Our various Powers, compared to the three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom, are indeed far weaker. But someone like you—filthy trash that stops at nothing to achieve its ends—keeping you around is a disaster. Better to get rid of you early."

Ye Xiu spoke as he absorbed the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s Martial Prowess.

If it were before, Ye Xiu would never have been willing to kill the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader. This guy was very strong—when it came to war against the three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom, he was definitely a fierce general.

However, the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader had ignored Huang Quan and dared risk his own Life to seize the four Divine Weapons.

Ye Xiu was about to be "taken" to the three Judicator Families; if he kept the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader around, Ye Xiu had no idea what other heinous acts this bastard might commit.

"I’ve got some unfortunate news. I hope you won’t be too sad when you hear it."

Ye Xiu called Meng Yinwan and said.

Meng Yinwan: "What news?"

"The Hell’s Gate Sect Leader ran into the three tigers of the Long Family and was besieged and killed by Long Qianzhang, Long Qianxiang, and Long Qianfan. Notify Hell’s Gate and have them elect a new Sect Leader."

Ye Xiu finished and hung up.

Hopefully the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s death would make Hell’s Gate hate the three Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom even more, so they’d fight harder when killing the enemy!

"Big Brother, are you done?"

Tang Bo tiptoed over and asked. If Ye Xiu wasn’t done, he didn’t dare touch Long Li, worried the commotion would be too big.

"Clean up the corpses."

Ye Xiu casually tossed the Hell’s Gate Sect Leader’s corpse—drained of Martial Prowess—onto the ground and ordered.

Hearing that, Tang Bo was unhappy. "Big Brother, find someone else to clean up. I’m pretty busy."

Ye Xiu looked at him, saying nothing—just looking!

Under Ye Xiu’s deathly stare, Tang Bo’s heart fluttered with panic, and he hurriedly said:

"Alright, alright, I’ll clean up, I’ll clean up, okay?"

Only then was Ye Xiu satisfied and went outside to gather Qin Qing and the others. As for Long Li, he let her keep sleeping upstairs.

"Right now I have twenty Seventh Realm Totems, seventy-nine Sixth Realm Totems, one hundred and fifty-four Fifth Realm Totems, and three hundred and sixty Fourth Realm Totems. Who wants them? Or who wants to trade?"

Ye Xiu looked at Qin Qing, Chloe, Leng Yue, An Dongye, Mo Luo, Dizang, Ye Liuyun, Tang Bo, Dong Fangbai, and the thirty-six Blood Cloth Guards and asked.