Chapter 1274 Miscalculation

Wang Zhan patted Xuan Yu’s shoulder beside him before finally pulling back his gaze, but that feeling in his heart still lingered.

And it seemed this whole thing wasn’t just him overthinking it.

Otherwise that feeling wouldn’t be this intense.

Right as the two were talking, they heard a rush of hurried footsteps from outside the door, followed immediately by a series of deafening noises.

“Damn, something really happened after all?”

Wang Zhan’s expression couldn’t help changing, and his eyes went straight to the man.

The one who ran in was Li Xiaomei. His face didn’t look good either at this moment. The instant he saw Wang Zhan, he threw himself right into Wang Zhan’s arms, and hurriedly spoke: “Brother Wang, something’s happened outside…”

“Sister Sword Spirit is already fighting that monster outside. You need to go take a look, a lot of people have already rushed over in that direction, but when I was just running over here, I already saw Sister Sword Spirit bleeding…”

Li Xiaomei hurriedly rattled off a couple of lines.

Coughing blood?

Wang Zhan’s face suddenly grew much darker. The Sword Spirit was his left and right hand, one of his closest people, so no matter when, he would never let the Sword Spirit suffer even the slightest injury if he could help it.

But looking at it now, they had clearly run into a formidable enemy.

Yet the Sky Pavilion had long since been sealed by formation techniques; the people outside had no way to enter, and those inside had no way to get out.

So how could someone appear who was capable of matching the Sword Spirit?

Although during this period, Inside Tian Pavilion indeed had a lot more people, even if all those Elder Officials gathered together, they still wouldn’t pose any threat to the Sword Spirit. Not to mention there was also a Fire Qilin at the Sword Spirit’s side. If something this sudden really happened, the Fire Qilin wouldn’t just stand idly by.

Wang Zhan’s expression grew considerably uglier, but he didn’t dare waste any more time. Very quickly, he and Xuan Yu were already heading out the door.

At this moment, in front of the old well.

Only to see the Sword Spirit and a black shadow clashing against each other, with corpses lying all around them.

Everyone Inside Tian Pavilion was standing on the outer ring, none of them dared approach carelessly, but all their faces looked bad, and their gazes were locked on that black shadow.

What shocked Wang Zhan was that the Fire Qilin was currently standing off to one side, with a trickle of blood at the corner of its mouth. Clearly, it was also already heavily injured.

What the hell was this shadow?

For it to be able to injure both the Sword Spirit and the Fire Qilin at his side.

That was truly horrifying.

Wang Zhan hurried forward, and the crowd immediately parted to make way for him, as if their pillar had finally arrived.

The Sword Spirit and the Fire Qilin both sensed the disturbance, and at the same time turned to glance in Wang Zhan’s direction.

The Sword Spirit’s lips curled into a bitter smile, and he shook his head, saying, “I really have to apologize. I never thought we’d meet such a powerful enemy here. Looks like your instincts were right. The two of us were wrong…”

The Fire Qilin also lowered its head.

Wang Zhan walked to their side, fixed his gaze on the shadow in front of him, and spoke calmly, “You two don’t need to blame yourselves. Who the hell is this guy? How can his strength be this terrifying? Did he suddenly appear and then ambush the two of you?”

Wang Zhan couldn’t feel any energy fluctuations from the black shadow in front of him at all, which meant only two possibilities: either the opponent’s strength was completely above his, several levels higher even, so he simply couldn’t detect any movement.

Or the person in front of him cultivated some strange techniques that could hide his own aura, which could likewise result in the situation they were seeing now.

The Fire Qilin and the Sword Spirit exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads. The Sword Spirit spoke first: “Do you see those few people lying on the ground? All of those bastards are spies who slipped into the Sky Pavilion long ago. I just interrogated them carefully and learned that none of them are good people. Back then they were all from the nearby Sects. The reason they infiltrated our Sky Pavilion was to make a move on you!”

“But the funny thing is, ever since you took care of those neighboring Sects, you haven’t stayed Inside Tian Pavilion, so they never got the chance.”

“But now we suddenly returned, and even sealed the Sky Pavilion completely. They used some bizarre formation techniques to contact the people outside, planning to have him break our formation, so they could let the outsiders in!”

“But these guys were mediocre in strength and we already took care of them easily. Yet the instant the two of us struck, this eerie figure suddenly appeared and directly ambushed the Fire Qilin!”

“But don’t worry, the Fire Qilin isn’t seriously hurt. As long as you give me a little time, I won’t even need to alarm anyone else. I’ll be able to take care of this guy in front of us…”

The Sword Spirit was absolutely confident.

Now the techniques he was using in cultivation had already reached a consummate level. On top of that, Wang Zhan had even handed him the Ninefold Thunder Sound Tower. He could completely push the power of this set of techniques to the extreme, and was fully capable of contending with the black shadow in front of him.

After all, if that black shadow in front of them hadn’t sneak-attacked the Fire Qilin, how could it have inflicted such massive damage on the Fire Qilin?

Wang Zhan merely nodded along. He glanced at the Sword Spirit beside him, then finally spoke slowly: “I’ve already figured out what happened, and this really has nothing to do with any of you. Leave what comes next to me.”

“It’s just a mere black shadow. Since the Hexagonal Golden Snake hasn’t shown up, that proves this guy doesn’t have any particularly strong power. I’m guessing that even if I can’t beat him, the Hexagonal Golden Snake will definitely make a move at the first moment to bail me out!”

That was indeed the case.

The Sword Spirit didn’t try to fight over the task with Wang Zhan, just nodded directly, and in the same moment had already appeared at the Fire Qilin’s side.

Right now they really needed to help the Fire Qilin heal.

After all, there was still a covetous Li Yuan Yi outside, so they absolutely couldn’t slack off in case some sudden situation cropped up.

Wang Zhan walked up to that black shadow and only then asked in a flat tone: “Who exactly are you? And what’s your relationship with Li Yuan Yi?”

These days the Sky Pavilion’s strength was constantly growing, and only Li Yuan Yi could stand toe-to-toe with them.

Li Yuan Yi’s strength was right there for all to see.

And although there had once been quite a few Sects in the vicinity, there simply weren’t that many experts within those Sects, and they couldn’t pose any real threat.

On top of that, those people had already been planted Inside Tian Pavilion. Those chess pieces could be reactivated sooner or later, so there was no need to take risks at a time like this.

Putting it all together, that black shadow in front of him was very likely directly connected to Li Yuan Yi.

The black shadow stared at Wang Zhan for quite a while, then gradually revealed its true body—who else could it be but Qin Feng?

But this was only a clone transmitted here through formation techniques. Its strength hadn’t reached Qin Feng’s true level, but there was a benefit: even if this clone was completely shattered by Wang Zhan, he wouldn’t be trapped here forever, nor would it pose any threat to his life.

“Looks like you’ve already guessed.”

“The reason I took this risk was simply to give Li Yuan Yi a little help, and then get him into the Sky Pavilion.”

“I may not be able to beat all of you Inside Tian Pavilion, but I still have to avenge my Sect, and Li Yuan Yi is the best candidate for that.”

“The two of us share the same goal, which is to take your life. It’s just a pity—who would’ve thought that even after I used formation techniques to hide their presence, and hadn’t even touched the Eye of the Formation yet, I’d already be discovered by you.”

“Looks like your instincts really are far beyond what I imagined.”

Wang Zhan ignored his praise, while in his heart stormy waves were surging.

So Li Yuan Yi still hadn’t given up his thieving ambitions, and was even eyeing the Sky Pavilion.

Wang Zhan didn’t hesitate. He suddenly raised his hand, Absolute Heaven’s Sword appeared in his grasp, and in the sky bolts of lightning gathered and then rapidly descended toward Qin Feng!

Qin Feng’s expression turned somewhat ugly. Once his clone entered Inside Tian Pavilion, then even with absolute ability, he would have no way to break the barrier before him, and would ultimately have to watch helplessly as his clone was shattered by Wang Zhan…

Bang!

As a streak of sword light slashed down, cracks instantly appeared all over that clone’s body, and Qin Feng vanished from in front of Wang Zhan.

The people Inside Tian Pavilion exchanged glances for the first time, but no one spoke.

Wang Zhan waved his hand toward the crowd, then said calmly, “Everyone, go back to your own tasks. Things here are already handled.”

“You can rest easy. Since I and the people beside me have already returned Inside Tian Pavilion, no one will be able to threaten your lives.”

Everyone nodded in unison, then scattered.

The Fire Qilin and the Sword Spirit both returned to their room.

Wang Zhan glanced in the Fire Qilin’s direction and quickened his pace; he still needed to go check on the Fire Qilin’s condition.

Meanwhile, outside the Sky Pavilion.

Qin Feng, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly clutched his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood; his face was as pale as paper.

He had thought that once he blocked the energy fluctuations of the people around him, he’d be able to approach the Eye of the Formation with ease and then help Li Yuan Yi break the formation before them.

But he never imagined that he’d still fail, and even end up seriously injured himself…

Li Yuan Yi fixed his gaze on him, his voice cold and heavy. “Seeing you like this, I’m guessing it didn’t work?”