Chapter 748 Yang Xiao Arrives

“Who are you people? What do you want?”

Yang Ziling asked, her face cold.

She knew that while the four of them were skilled, they were likely no match for the nine people in front of them.

But so what?

The Dao of a Swordsman was to be a cutting edge.

How could she allow her own sword, her own edge, to retreat?

So, she was the first to step forward and question the people who had surrounded them.

“Who am I?”

Nangong Miexian was getting carried away with himself.

But just as he was about to reveal he wanted to kill them because of Yang Xiao, he suddenly glanced at the guards beside him and had another thought.

He stopped himself from saying it out loud.

Instead, his expression turned cold.

He sneered, “Why should you care who I am? The way you’re all skulking about, you must be up to no good. Hmph, how could I, this young master, allow you to hatch your dark schemes?”

It was an incredibly lame excuse.

Even his own guards were stunned, let alone Yang Ziling and her group.

They subconsciously looked toward Nangong Miexian.

‘How could the man say something like that?’

Yang Ziling and the others, however, were furious.

‘This bastard won’t even give us his name and is using this baseless excuse to attack us. How despicable! Wait, he’s been waiting here… could this also have something to do with Yang Xiao?’

A thought flashed through Yang Ziling’s mind.

But Zhang Mengfei had already roared in anger, “You punk, is your brain broken? How can you even say something so stupid? Or were you just born without a brain?”

“You dare say I have no brain?”

Nangong Miexian was enraged.

He had only blurted out a random excuse in the heat of the moment.

In his mind, even if he came up with a random, flimsy excuse, these people should have just obediently accepted their deaths.

He never expected them to react so strongly.

Nangong Miexian was instantly furious.

Just as he was about to give the order to kill them…

Yang Tian raised an eyebrow and spoke up. “So this is what Nangong Miexian, the most outstanding disciple of the Nangong Family’s younger generation from the Star Lineage, the ninth-ranked on the Hidden Dragon List, is like? I really wonder what would happen to you if word of this reached the Star Emperor.”

“You know who I am?”

Nangong Miexian froze.

“Who doesn’t know Nangong Miexian, ranked ninth on the Hidden Dragon List?”

Yang Tian said with a sneer.

But his eyes were clearly filled with disdain.

Seeing this,

Nangong Miexian’s expression grew even more ferocious.

“Good. Very good. You’re still running your mouth when you’re about to die. Nan the First, Nan the Sixth, attack together! Kill every last one of them!”

“Yes, Young Master Miexian.”

Nan the First and the others responded at once.

Although Nangong Miexian’s earlier behavior had been embarrassing, he was still their master. How could they disobey a master’s order?

Especially with Young Master Nangong Xiao absent.

They had to obey Nangong Miexian’s commands.

Therefore, after acknowledging the order, Nan the First and the others immediately began to channel their Star Power. In an instant, the Star Power from the eight men surged, forming a simple Array.

It instantly suppressed the auras that were also surging from Yang Tian and his companions.

At the same time, the Star Power circulated faster and faster, easily forming a giant hand of starlight.

This starlight hand was a Divine Technique created by the Star Lineage in imitation of the Star-Picking Hand. Although it was far from matching the top-tier Emperor-level Divine Technique, the Star-Picking Hand, it could still be considered a top-tier Great Divine Technique.

Now, with eight of them forming an array to unleash it, they were clearly using their full strength, intending to deliver a killing blow and annihilate the four people before them.

Even if these four didn’t seem particularly powerful,

Nan the First and his men understood one principle well: as guards, they had to go all out against any enemy without the slightest negligence, lest their master come to harm.

Thus, the four people before them had to be killed with their full power.

And in fact,

with the eight of them in an array formation and using such a top-tier Great Divine Technique,

even if Yang Tian, Yang Ziling, and the others were considered geniuses,

especially Yang Tian and Yang Ziling, whose combat power was comparable to three or four Demigod Peak experts combined,

they were facing eight opponents.

Especially with the Array in play, they were instantly suppressed.

They couldn’t move at all.

They could only watch helplessly as the giant palm pressed down on them.

“Hmph. Not even a Tier Four True God could necessarily escape the Starlight Array formed by Nan the First and the others working together. These guys are dead for sure.”

Nangong Miexian sneered from the side.

At the same time, he was also filled with immense jealousy and hatred.

Because the more outstanding Nan the First and his men were, the more he understood that they didn’t belong to him, but to that guy named Yang Xiao.

What he found even more unacceptable was that if Yang Xiao were actually here, he would also be part of the Starlight Array. With him leading the formation, plus eight guards pushing their limits and potentially breaking through to become Tier Three True Gods, they could even fight a Tier Seven Divine Marquis. There was no way Yang Xiao would ever be in any real danger.

And this was the result of the Nangong Family, the Star Lineage, going all out.

But this… it wasn’t for him. It was for that Yang Xiao!

Every time he thought of this,

Nangong Miexian was filled with extreme hatred.

Even now, with Yang Xiao absent and the assistance of Nan the First and his men all his to command,

he didn’t look the least bit happy.

He would only feel a sliver of satisfaction after killing Yang Tian and the others.

Right now,

Yang Tian and his friends were about to die under the giant starlight palm.

He naturally paid closer attention, his eyes fixed on the scene.

But at that very moment,

just as the starlight palm was about to crush these people who were connected to Yang Xiao—people Nangong Miexian found so detestable—

another giant starlight palm appeared.

It was extremely similar to the first one, yet seemed even more powerful. It suddenly struck out and shattered the starlight palm that Nan the First and his men had managed to conjure only by using their Array.

At the same time,

a figure

appeared before everyone.

Seeing this figure,

Nangong Miexian’s expression changed drastically.

But soon,

after sensing the aura on him, Nangong Miexian couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback.

“Who are you? Why do you look so much like that guy?”

Nangong Miexian stared intently at the newcomer and demanded.

It wasn’t just him.

The rescued Yang Tian, Yang Zibian, Bing Xin, and Zhang Mengfei also stared at the newcomer in astonishment.

Even the eight Demigod Peak guards

had the same reaction.

Because they all recognized this person.

Or rather, they all recognized someone who looked exactly like him.

It was just that their auras were completely different.

This made them hesitate.

“Nangong Miexian, I’m guessing you want to kill them because of me, right?”

The newcomer offered no explanation, but instead looked at Nangong Miexian and gave a faint smile.

Clearly, the one who had saved Yang Tian and the others was none other than Yang Xiao, who had altered his aura.

But at this moment, he didn’t bother to explain much.

After glancing at Yang Tian and his friends,

he fixed his gaze on Nangong Miexian.

‘This guy. He tried to kill my friends while I was away. He has to die.’

With that thought,

Yang Xiao couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words on him.

He reached into his robes and took something out.