Chapter 128 The Men Hold down the Fort, The Women Break Out of the Siege
In an instant, the sword formation shattered.

No one expected a Senior Brother and Junior Sister who interacted day and night would harm one another.

No one would have grieved if it was an outsider breaking their sword formation and killing all of them. They would only blame themselves for being inferior to their enemies. No one could forgive one of them being responsible for the ambush. That viper-like dagger came from the Junior Sister that they had always doted on.

That included Lei Tianyou.

“Junior Sister Tang, why?” Lei Tianyou clapped his hand over his pierced abdomen. He turned around and looked at Tang Tang, who stood behind him, in disbelief.

Tang Tang lifted herself off the ground with the tips of her toes and disappeared out of view. Everyone watched as she flew out of the sword formation in the blink of an eye and landed in front of Ye Yunhai. She raised her hand and gently caressed his cheek, before turning around to look at Lei Tianyou. “Dearest Eldest Senior Brother, haven’t you noticed?”

“Your Junior Sister is no more.”

“She’s been gone since a few days ago.”

“I’m not your Junior Sister.”

Tang Tang giggled and added, “But she looked so lovely and pure. I love it, so I’ll be using it from now on.”

She held up the dagger in her hand and put it next to her mouth. She poked out her tongue and gave the blade a gentle lick, consuming all the blood on it. It was so strange that it became sinister, yet extraordinary at the same time. The vicious actions that an adorable-looking female disciple took made for a very stark contrast. The others couldn’t tolerate it.

Lei Tianyou’s eyes instantly widened and his voice lost its calm. Finally, he was showing anger. “You killed Junior Sister Tang?! You evil witch! You group of devils! You’ll die a tragic death!”

Before he could finish his sentence, he dissolved into a fit of acute coughing.

“I don’t need you to worry about how I’ll die. You should worry about how you’ll survive this,” Tang Tang said, smiling. She then looked at Ye Yunhai affectionately.

Glancing at her, Ye Yunhai then waved his hand behind his back.

Without a shred of hesitation, Tang Tang who was dressed as a female disciple of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder, immediately went to stand behind him like a good girl. She was behaving as if Ye Yunhai’s every word and movement was an imperial edict.

How could she not treat it as an imperial edict? The witch who stole Tang Tang’s appearance was his wife, Lin Mei’er. If not for Ye Yunhai, she would have surely died this time.

If she didn’t die in the Emperor’s cleanse in Luoyang City, then she would’ve died in the battle in the city of You Prefecture. It was Ye Yunhai who had Xiao Huating help her take up the Devil’s Practice and increase her cultivation, on the basis of their husband-wife relations. Like Ye Yunhai, she was now also in the Starburst Realm. However the former was already at the peak of the Starburst Realm and halfway to the Formless Realm.

The takeover of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder was Ye Yunhai’s first assignment after becoming a devil. It was also the first demonstration of his power to the Mountain Valley of Pure Blackness, so he was naturally more cautious. Days ago, he sent Lin Mei’er to infiltrate the pavilion under the arrangement of other devil’s seeds. He told her to find a chance to kill Lei Tianyou’s dearest Junior Sister, Tang Tang, and steal her physical body.

Lei Tianyou’s status in the pavilion was second only to the Pavilion Lord. He essentially stood above everyone else. His cultivation, in particular, was close to the Formless Realm. If they were to subdue the pavilion, they must subdue Lei Tianyou.

If they couldn’t use him, then he must disappear.

Thus, Ye Yunhai secretly signaled Lin Mei’er while Fan Zhen was talking. She must wait for the golden opportunity and not make her move unless she was absolutely sure she could dispose of Lei Tianyou.

Without Lei Tianyou around, the youngsters of the pavilion would have lost their backbone and become a flock of sheep for others to trample on.

More and more blood was flowing from Lei Tianyou’s abdomen, its red color gradually turning purple and then black. His face turned pale as pain filled the depths of his pupils. There was even a hint of guilt in them. He tightened his fists. One could tell this was a prelude to him going all out in retaliation.

Standing behind was a fellow disciple. He was short, with very ordinary looks. His eyes even looked dull. It was apparent from first glance that he wasn’t a smart one. He looked around as if he was trying to discuss with other disciples, but soon gave up. However, what he did next shocked everyone.

He chopped Lei Tianyou’s neck with the side of his palm and then tossed the latter’s body behind him. He crossed his sword in front of him and bellowed, “Protect Eldest Senior Brother! I’ll stay and hold down the fort. You all break out of the siege and leave Northern You Prefecture at once!”

“Today, our Pavilion of Wind and Thunder sits on the brink of extinction. Our Pavilion Lord is dead. We can’t let Eldest Senior Brother die too. Hurry and run, everyone!”

“You shameless traitors, evil devils! Go to hell!”

Following his bellow, the wooden-looking young disciple lunged with his sword. Starlights were flickering. He was surprisingly a Starburst Realm disciple. Just going by the density of his True Energy, he didn’t seem inferior to Lei Tianyou.

For a while, many couldn’t snap back to their senses fast enough to recognize whose bellow it was.

That was because this voice was rarely heard and that face was also too common. Often, many would selectively forget about him. Living under the shadow of Lei Tianyou, a disciple with his looks was essentially a transparent nobody.

Today, however, the respected Elder of the Criminal Law Hall had become the traitor who murdered their Pavilion Lord. Their clever and adorable Junior Sister became a lowly person who ambushed them from behind. Their esteemed and omnipotent Eldest Senior Brother was hanging on for dear life. No one dared to advance, but this ordinary disciple of the pavilion whose name they could barely remember dared to step forward bravely and stand in front of everyone.

He was willing to hold down the fort.

Red-hot blood surged from the pits of several male disciples’ chest.

If even a little nobody dared to discard his life, what about them? What did he mean that he would be staying behind and the others should break out of the siege and escape? Who was he looking down on?

“There are no cowards among the disciples of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder. I’ll stay behind with you.”

“I’ll kill all these b*stards!”

“Don’t you dare think our pavilion is an easy target?”

“You’re all to stay behind, Starburst Realm disciples! Psychic Realm disciples, carry Eldest Senior Brother and break out of the siege!”

“D*mn it, I’m not in the Starburst Realm, but I’m still an upstanding man! Whoever wants to break out of the siege can do so, but I’m staying behind!”

“Stop fighting! The men will stay behind, the women will break out of the siege! Life and death are in the hands of heaven. If we can’t survive together, dying together sounds like a good idea too.”

Bellows erupted from the tens of Pavilion of Wind and Thunder disciples at the same time, all echoing each other. The sonorous sound of swords being unsheathed reverberated as they lunged in Ye Yunhai’s direction, with wind and thunder rose around them. The enemies these young disciples had to face far outnumbered them. Moreover, their enemies were experienced Elders or seniors. Of course, it was possible that most of them were no longer disciples of the pavilion. Some had their bodies stolen, while others had sunken into the Devil’s Practice.

Tens versus hundreds.

Inexperienced youngsters versus seasoned experts.

Full of zeal.

Tens of swords.

Their Qi shattered the skydome.

Relying on their quick outburst of power, they unexpectedly carved out a path in the smelting square of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder. Tens of female disciples protected a male disciple hauling Lei Tianyou on his back as they ran toward the mountain gate without looking back.

Ye Que and Red Bean happened to be standing in their escape path.

“The young are sure hot-blooded and full of vigor. I really miss it.” Ye Que glanced at the male disciple who led the mad dash to the mountain gate.

“Not only is he retrograding, but he’s even turning to the Devil’s Practice. Is he not properly educated?” Staring past these disciples of the pavilion, Ye Que looked at the wicked-looking Ye Yunhai on the distant smelting square and sighed.