Chapter 62
Yu Tai looked at the wooden box before her. It contained an Essence-Transformation Pill that made countless Middle Realm cultivators envious, a pill that innumerable people dreamed of obtaining.
But Jiang Wenyi saw none of the fervor he expected in Yu Tai’s eyes. She merely glanced at it indifferently before looking away.
Far from weakening at Yu Tai’s lack of concern, the shouts below the platform grew even more arrogant. Some people even began throwing garbage onto the stage.
“An inferior will always be an inferior. Stop playing such despicable tricks!”
“You look so aloof and noble, but you’re filthier inside than anyone!”
“If Jiang Li can give you first place, I can give you even more. You might as well become mine!”
“You sold your body because you couldn’t win. How cheap can you be?!”
Listening to the voices rising and falling around her, Yu Tai could no longer prevent her lips from curving upward. Her gaze met Shu Li’s across the distance, where he stood in a corner.
*See? Righteous cultivators? The moment someone threatens their interests and shakes their convictions, they all become rabid dogs.*
*What is there in this world worth your lingering attachment?*
Amid the sea of people, the girl who had become the target of every voice stood atop the platform and slowly parted her lips, silently speaking a sentence.
Her lips moved too quickly and too subtly for anyone to see what she said.
Only the person upon whom her gaze rested understood.
The ordinary-faced man with extraordinary bearing stood in a concealed corner. His expression did not change, but only the panda on his shoulder felt the faint trembling of his body as he suppressed his excitement.
She had said-
*Become a demon with me, Shu Li. Follow me into hell.*
…
Xiao Xin could no longer restrain herself and shot to her feet. Jiang Li’s absence had nothing to do with Yu Tai!
But someone else flew over even faster than she could move!
Before Xiao Xin recovered, she had time only to glance at the now-empty seat beside her.
Yu Tai’s nerves had remained highly excited. Suddenly, she sensed an extremely familiar, sweet aura.
She slapped aside the second-place winner, who had stepped forward to remind her to take the prize. Closing her hand around the hilt and twisting at the waist, Yu Tai drew the Coldlight Sword with a clear ring and met the attacker’s strike head-on.
Everything happened so suddenly that almost no one other than Yu Tai understood what had occurred.
Only after the two exchanged several moves did someone point at the attacker on the platform with a trembling hand.
“Am I seeing things…? That’s… that’s Elder He!”
Elder He of the Jade Sect was highly respected and extremely popular in the Upper Realm. He had contributed greatly to both the Jade Sect and the Upper Realm, and almost no cultivator disliked him.
Yet such an important figure was now surrounded by lingering black qi, and his eyes were entirely black without a trace of white.
“A demonic cultivator…” someone murmured.
Several cultivators in the spectator stand teleported onto the platform almost instantly.
Like a bolt from the blue, most cultivators from the Middle Realm fled while the majority of those from the Upper Realm stood frozen in disbelief.
Several people closest to the arena were entangled by the black qi, which devoured their flesh in an instant.
Watching their companions die before their eyes finally shocked them awake.
“Run! Elder He is being controlled by a demonic cultivator!” someone screamed with all their strength.
He Tianba, locked in fierce combat with Yu Tai, stumbled. He turned and launched a vicious attack at that cultivator.
*You damned bastard!*
*What do you mean, controlled by a demonic cultivator? I am a demonic cultivator! I am! You worthless dog!*
“Audacious demonic cultivator! You dare harm a righteous cultivator in broad daylight? Surrender your life!”
The elders who had been in the spectator stand shouted angrily when they saw him kill a cultivator with one strike.
He Tianba laughed loudly. “Are you a fucking idiot? Hahaha! None of you said a word when I targeted this girl, but I kill one Upper Realm cultivator and suddenly you lose your minds! Righteous cultivators? To hell with that, you hypocritical bald old bastard!”
Because of the cultivation technique practiced by the man He Tianba cursed, his hair had fallen out long ago. He hated any mention of his bald head, and He Tianba’s insult struck his sorest spot with perfect precision.
But at the same time, it made everyone understand something.
“Elder He truly is being controlled by a demonic cultivator!”
Yu Tai twisted aside to avoid the demonic cultivator’s attack and immediately sensed his mood worsening.
She could not perceive this demonic cultivator’s cultivation.
His cultivation was actually above hers.
This was troublesome.
Speaking of which, had demonic cultivators not been appearing a little too frequently lately?!
Before He Tianba erupted in humiliation and fury, he remembered to deliver the rest of his lines. He immediately roared at Yu Tai, “You ignorant little wretch! My poor disciple died beneath your blade! He had only been a demonic cultivator for a short time before you killed him!”
“You will pay for my disciple’s life today!”
With that, demonic qi poured from He Tianba’s body and enveloped the entire platform.
The expressions of the Upper Realm elders changed.
This was the same method used to annihilate the Chengtian Sect.
“Scatter! Don’t let the demonic qi devour you!”
They had no choice but to retreat frantically, leaving Yu Tai trapped alone on the platform.
Jiang Wenyi slapped his son unconscious. Expressionless, he grabbed the red-eyed Jiang Yibai, who had been about to charge forward and save Yu Tai, and swiftly retreated.
*Idiot. Going up there would only give that demonic cultivator another kill.*
The platform was completely shrouded in black fog. The sounds of the two fighting could be heard faintly from within.
Most of the cultivators had never seen a demonic cultivator before. After fleeing like startled birds, they gathered in a safe area and looked toward the platform.
Everyone had heard what the demonic cultivator said.
In other words, he had come seeking revenge against Yu Tai?!
“Yu Tai killed a demonic cultivator before?!”
The single question fell like a stone into a tranquil lake, and the crowd instantly exploded.
Whether they knew Yu Tai, knew nothing about her, or had cursed her earlier, every cultivator was dumbfounded.
“E-Even if she killed a demonic cultivator before, the one in front of her is so powerful that not even those elders can do anything! She’s definitely going to die this time!”
“She was unlucky enough to provoke a demonic cultivator like that!”
“Have some decency, you idiots! If she weren’t holding the demonic cultivator back, we’d already be dead!” a disciple of the Jade Sect could not help shouting.
“Enough. Never mind that it was your Jade Sect’s Elder He whose mind was controlled-the demonic cultivator came for Yu Tai in the first place! If it weren’t for her, would anyone have died just now?”
Every cultivator had been taught from birth that all demonic cultivators must be exterminated, yet they had forgotten the lesson completely.
Rather than stepping forward to rescue or assist someone, arguing seemed far more important.
At that moment, several cultivators who had always yearned for life in the Upper Realm suddenly felt their hearts grow cold.
They could not help wondering: if the cultivation world one day suffered an unprecedented disaster-
Did these people truly deserve the resources they enjoyed? Could they shoulder their responsibilities and charge to the front?
…
Within the black fog-
Yu Tai had prepared herself either to expose her identity or to die.
She only wondered whether that fool Shu Li had managed to escape.
*If I die, will he feel sad-or relieved…?*
As she thought this, the white-haired demonic cultivator before her, whose face had been twisted with savagery, suddenly stopped attacking.
He Tianba rolled his wrists, dropped the expression, and sighed. “Good heavens, I’m exhausted. It’s finally over.”
Then he spread his arms toward Yu Tai and smiled wickedly. “Come, Miss Yu Tai. Give me the final blow!”