Transcending the Nine Heavens

“He only wants to kill me, not wantonly kill the innocent,” Chu Yang said lightly. “Who is innocent? Moreover, he showed mercy towards Qingwu and Qianqian. In the end, if Qianqian hadn’t jumped onto me at the critical moment, she wouldn’t have been seriously injured at all!”

“Qingwu has Ning Bu behind her, Le’er has Zi; Qianqian has you all.”

“He knows our side very well,” Chu Yang slowly continued. “If it were people from other families, or those who don’t belong to the nine great clans, the three of them would be the ones he wants to kill the most. Because once they are dead, the first to suffer bad consequences would be the Zhuge family. This is Heaven's Secret City, the territory and stronghold of the Zhuge family!”

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Because the meaning behind Chu Yang’s words was already very clear.

“I have something to say,” Chu Le’er emerged from a corner, her face bearing a strange coldness. “I can’t be certain it’s this person, but the moment he appeared just now, I felt very uncomfortable inside.”

Yue Lingxue and Feng Yuru nodded slowly, saying, “In that case, from this moment on, no one should mention this matter again.”

He closed his eyes. “Once we recover, we will naturally have plans.”

Chu Yang noticed that Chu Le’er had come from the direction where Zhuge Changchang was being held.

Over there, Dong Wushang and Rui Butong were already fighting intensely.

It had to be said that Rui Butong was indeed suppressing Dong Wushang in this fight; with supreme first rank strength against someone at saint level seventh grade, even as the Blade Saint, it was still quite easy.

However, Rui Butong had never felt this ease.

Dong Wushang’s ferocity and dominance were truly experienced by him in this battle. Despite having supreme first rank strength, he was forced into a corner by Dong Wushang.

Because he neither dared to use his full strength nor could he avoid fully countering.

Using full strength to attack and using full strength to defend are clearly two very different things. Being pressed by Dong Wushang felt like being a big monkey jumping around, sweating profusely in no time, crying out for mercy, “Fourth Brother… Fourth Brother… I was wrong, I truly was wrong… Please spare me…”

Dong Wushang was also astonished because he had already gone all out. He never expected Rui Butong to actually endure this. In a real fight, he might have lost long ago.

And even died!

When Dong Wushang was at blade emperor seventh grade, he could defeat lord-level first or second grade. When at blade sovereign seventh grade, as long as he fought with all his might, he could defeat saint level first grade. Now at blade saint seventh grade, in a situation where Rui Butong, who is at supreme first rank, couldn’t use full strength, it was still such a struggle!

Seeing the two stop, Rui Butong let out a weird scream and fled in panic; Dong Wushang’s expression was serious.

Yue Lingxue seemed to know what Dong Wushang was thinking and smiled, saying, “Wushang. Supreme… is different. This difference can only be understood once you break through to the supreme level.”

Dong Wushang pondered for a moment, his expression serious. “Yes.”

Just then, a cry of agony that seemed to have been suppressed for a long time suddenly sounded. The tragic nature of this scream was chilling.

Zhuge Changchang!

After that scream, it abruptly stopped, and a heavy, suffocating feeling emerged… It seemed that this scream was released after being suppressed by pain for a long time, but as soon as it was released, it was once again stifled by pain.

Chu Yang’s heart shook, and he rushed over with Dong Wushang and the others.

At a glance, both of them shuddered.

Zhuge Changchang’s flesh and blood had almost completely burst open, with his tendons entirely bulging out of his body. They twisted and bulged, almost transparent amidst the flesh and blood…

His whole body unwittingly curled into a ball, then stretched longer, and then transformed into a bizarre shape.