"We in the Hell Sect rarely meddle in such affairs."
"But when we do, we have our reasons."
"Since I've revealed my identity today, I'll give you one as well."
"That child Chu Feng is one of ours. What concerns him concerns the Hell Sect."
"Tell me — should I intervene or not?"
The Hell Sect's Hell Envoy spoke.
"I see. And what if I refuse to give you that face?"
The middle-aged man from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect countered.
"Then you are making an enemy of the Hell Sect."
"Does the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect have the nerve for that?"
The Hell Sect's Hell Envoy replied.
"Heh..."
"Nerve?"
The middle-aged man from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect let out a meaningful laugh. Then he tore open his clothing and pointed at his chest.
Over his heart, there had once been a formation array.
It was an array that must have been branded onto his body when he was still a child.
But now that array had been destroyed — utterly and completely destroyed, leaving damage to his heart that could not be repaired.
The scar was appalling to behold.
"If you know of my Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect, you should know what this means."
The middle-aged man from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect pointed at the scar on his chest.
"So you've been expelled from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect."
"If you've already been expelled, why do you still wear their robes and cause trouble?"
The Hell Sect's Hell Envoy asked.
"Whether they expelled me or not, the blood of the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect still flows through my veins. They don't get to decide whether I belong or not. What gives them the right?"
As he spoke, the man's tone grew heavier, his words laced with no small amount of fury.
"If you still consider yourself a member of the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect, then you should still care about its fate. You should know what becomes of those who oppose the Hell Sect," the Hell Envoy said.
"I do care about the fate of the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect. But I don't care about the fate of those hypocrites."
"Besides — who do you think you are? You're nothing but a lowly Hell Envoy of the Hell Sect, the lowest rank they have. You think you can threaten me with the Hell Sect's name?"
"And even if I kill you, who would ever know that I killed someone from the Hell Sect?"
The moment those words left his lips, the middle-aged man from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect launched his attack.
ROAAAR—
Above the void, bestial roars began to echo.
But they were not true roars. They were the shrieks of martial force weaving and clashing together.
"He's attacking again. This time, it'll probably really be over."
Chu Feng and the others had not heard the conversation between the Hell Sect's Hell Envoy and the middle-aged man from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect. They didn't know exactly what had transpired — only that the intense confrontation had briefly subsided.
But now the duel had resumed, fiercer than before. This was likely the moment when the outcome would be decided.
Chu Feng and the others stared up at the void, their brows tightly furrowed.
Even Sima Xiangtu had a trace of worry surfacing in his eyes.
They all understood that the outcome of this battle would determine their own fates as well.
Hummmm—
Suddenly, Chu Feng felt a force envelop him.
Everything around him began to shift.
When it all stopped and returned to normal, Chu Feng was stunned to discover that he was now in an entirely different place.
The world where they had stood before had long been reduced to a hellish wasteland by the ripples of those two half-gods, utterly unrecognizable.
But where Chu Feng now found himself was filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers. Overhead, there was no martial force blotting out the sky — only a vast canopy of stars.
He had been taken far from the place they had just been.
And the one who had brought him here was none other than the Hell Sect's Hell Envoy.
The Hell Envoy stood right beside Chu Feng.
But the Hell Envoy's condition was far from reassuring. Half of the Hell Envoy's body was missing.
The Hell Envoy had been defeated.
"Senior, are you all right?"
Upon seeing the Hell Envoy in such a state, Chu Feng immediately summoned his barrier power to begin healing the Hell Envoy's wounds.
However, Chu Feng's healing methods were of little help to the Hell Envoy. He could not even restore the severed flesh.
"It's nothing. Just a minor wound."
"The people of the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect truly are not to be underestimated."
"At the same cultivation level, I was no match for him."