"Sending you to your death?"
"Exactly — I am a mortal brat. But what about you? What cold, noble identity hides behind that hood and mask of yours? What a shame — you don't even dare show your face."
Jiang Chen mocked him freely. "I know where your superiority complex comes from! What a pity that all your so-called superiority amounts to nothing in front of me — it's nothing but a joke."
"You'll find out soon enough who the real joke is!" Xiahou Jing sneered again and again.
"Oh? Do you still have some hidden card to play?" Jiang Chen said with a half-smile. "If my eight Giant Stone warriors all rush you at once, how much chance of winning do you think you have?"
Xiahou Jing's expression shifted slightly. In truth, he was barely holding on. If Elder Peng and Elder Mo had returned and joined forces, they would stand a real chance against the eight Giant Stone warriors.
But right now, he was alone — helpless. If the eight warriors surrounded and attacked him together, things would get very ugly.
He might not even survive.
Jiang Chen waved his hand and issued the command: "Da Shi, this Wind and Cloud Sect Master seems to look down on us. Go — you brothers, teach him a lesson."
Da Shi chuckled. "Understood!"
The eight warriors of the Giant Stone Clan transformed into streams of light and shot outward. In moments, they had sealed off the area for dozens of li in every direction around Xiahou Jing.
Xiahou Jing was stunned. He had been trying to stall for time, hoping Elder Mo and Elder Peng would arrive to rendezvous. But Jiang Chen's appearance had thrown his plans into complete disarray.
That would have been bad enough on its own, but Jiang Chen hadn't even given him a chance — he immediately ordered the eight Giant Stone brothers to attack.
In an instant, Xiahou Jing's path of retreat was completely cut off.
As one of the supreme geniuses of the Xiahou clan from Myriad Abyss Island, Xiahou Jing's cultivation hadn't surpassed Elder Peng or Elder Mo's, but the energy and combat power he possessed absolutely exceeded theirs — because he definitely carried many trump cards from the Xiahou clan.
So even though Xiahou Jing found himself surrounded, he was startled but not afraid.
He stared coldly at Jiang Chen. "Boy, remember — this is the gap between you and me. You'll forever be nothing but a little ant who can only accomplish things by relying on subordinates. I am a true genius who built everything from nothing, with my own ability and strength!"
Jiang Chen replied coolly: "Still showing off your superiority? So having several Heavenly Power experts as your subordinates counts as building from nothing?"
The moment Jiang Chen said this, Xiahou Jing's expression darkened. "What did you say?"
Jiang Chen ignored him and continued with a smile: "Your 'building from nothing' apparently doesn't include those two Heavenly Power experts, plus dozens of Emperor-realm elite warriors?"
"Your superiority complex — isn't it because those two Heavenly Power subordinates have your back?"
Xiahou Jing's face completely changed. Utterly shocked.
All of this was his secret — his ultimate secret. Not even the Eight Dharma Kings or the Celestial Elders of the Wind and Cloud Sect knew he had such a secret force at his side. That was his true trump card — the reason Xiahou Jing had come from Myriad Abyss Island to the human domain.
But how could Jiang Chen possibly know?
If he had taken a different route back, how could he know so clearly about Elder Peng and the others' situation?
Could it be...
A terrifying thought suddenly flashed through Xiahou Jing's mind.
Could it be that Elder Peng and Elder Mo had failed?
But even if they had failed, they should have come back after Jiang Chen's group, shouldn't they? Why had Jiang Chen returned with the eight Giant Stone warriors while Elder Peng and Elder Mo were nowhere to be seen?
"Xiahou Jing, stop dreaming. Your elite teams aren't coming back." Jiang Chen's words struck Xiahou Jing's chest like a massive hammer.
The face beneath Xiahou Jing's hood turned deathly pale. Not coming back? What did that mean? Could it be that Elder Peng and Elder Mo had already fallen?
Impossible!
Xiahou Jing simply could not accept this. With Elder Peng and Elder Mo's strength, combined with the power of the Wind and Cloud Soul-Scattering Powder, if Jiang Chen's group had passed through there, they couldn't possibly have emerged unscathed!
What on earth was going on?
Xiahou Jing was truly starting to panic. Before coming here, he had calculated every detail, feeling that everything was firmly under his control. That sense of dominion had always been something he relished. He had been absolutely certain he could take the Radiant King City without a single blade drawn.
But events had unfolded in a way completely beyond his expectations.
The elite teams led by Elder Peng and Elder Mo not only failed to pose any threat to Jiang Chen — they might have already been completely wiped out.
If this news was true, Xiahou Jing would go completely mad. He had single-handedly built the Wind and Cloud Sect, using every means at his disposal to assemble the seemingly invincible Wind and Cloud Sect.