Chapter 352

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At this moment, Elder Chu Juan glanced at the gap in the array, then looked at Ye Wushuang standing at the entrance of the valley, waiting for them to charge. His eyebrows twitched.

As a strong warrior at the fifth level of the Yuanfu realm, he was no fool!

If Ye Wushuang were willing to die, how could he have survived until now?

“Qin Dun!”

Chu Juan looked at the inner court instructor from earlier and said directly, “I’ll give you a chance. Kill him.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Dun cursed Chu Juan’s ancestors in his heart.

Chu Juan was worried that Ye Wushuang might still have some tricks up his sleeve and feared that things might go wrong at the last moment, so he wanted Qin Dun to test the waters?

What a despicable coward!

If it weren’t for the fact that Chu Juan was an inner court elder and he was just an inner court instructor, Qin Dun would have spat in Chu Juan’s face long ago.

Qin Dun was worried, but he saw a mentor in his thirties beside him and immediately said, “Mentor Li Xiu, here’s your chance to prove yourself.”

Mentor Li Xiu was not a descendant of the five great clans but a disciple of Qingyun Academy who later reached the first level of the Yuanfu realm and became an inner court instructor.

Li Xiu had always wanted to join the Qin clan and often begged Qin Dun. This time, it was the perfect opportunity to let Li Xiu take action.

Qin Dun said again, “As long as you kill Ye Wushuang, I promise you can join our Qin clan and become a retainer.”

Elders Wan Tianlong and Chao Ping, the two inner court elders, felt helpless when they heard Qin Dun speak so brazenly in front of them.

Neither of them belonged to the five great clans’ faction, nor were they opposed to it. They were simply elders in the inner court of Qingyun Academy, considered neutral.

Currently, the influence of the five great clans within Qingyun Academy was indeed growing stronger, and they were subtly treating the academy as a talent selection ground for their clans.

Even though the two elders were aware of this, there was little they could do to change it.

Don’t be fooled by their status as strong warriors at the fifth level of the Yuanfu realm. In the face of the five great clans, they were nothing.

Upon hearing Instructor Qin Dun’s words, a flicker of hesitation and struggle crossed Mentor Li Xiu’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

“Deal.”

He stepped forward, a long sword appearing in his hand. With the sword in hand, he advanced towards Ye Wushuang.

As he took each step into the forbidden array, Li Xiu immediately shouted, “Ye Wushuang, as a disciple of Qingyun Academy, how dare you treat your fellow disciples so violently…”

“Silence!”

Before Li Xiu could finish his sentence, Ye Wushuang interrupted him sharply, “As a mentor of Qingyun Academy, you act like a lapdog for the Qin clan. Who do you think you are to scold me?”

Startled by Ye Wushuang’s outburst, Li Xiu’s cheeks turned red, and his anger flared up, dispelling any fear he might have had. He raised his sword, and a spiraling aura of spiritual energy gathered behind him. Then, he drove his sword towards Ye Wushuang.

Seeing Li Xiu’s attack, Ye Wushuang showed no fear. He plunged the Tianya Sword into the ground again, and his hands slowly spread open. Array patterns condensed into talismans in his palms, gathering together in an instant.

“Die!”

Li Xiu unleashed his Yuanfu realm strength, driving his sword forward. The sword energy roared and transformed into a hundred-foot-long illusory sword, slashing down at Ye Wushuang from the sky.

“The one who should die is you.”

In that moment, Ye Wushuang took a step forward and clenched his hands tightly.

Instantly, a rumbling sound echoed throughout the valley. Then, amidst the rolling lava, a dragon-like creature emerged rapidly from within the valley. The dragon, hundreds of feet long, was entirely covered in scorching, flowing lava. As it lunged forward, its massive jaws opened and swallowed the hundred-foot sword energy whole.

Without stopping, the dragon’s fiery red mouth continued past Ye Wushuang and bit down directly at Li Xiu.

“No!”

Li Xiu’s face turned pale as he swung his sword in defense, but his sword energy was completely consumed by the dragon’s molten lava.

Boom…

The next moment, a deep, explosive sound suddenly reverberated through the air.