Chapter 11654 — You're the Real Experts at Screwing People Over
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If any gateway of space was left to keep running, then everyone present—himself and Li Hongshou included—would die, and afterward perhaps the whole Inner Royal Court would face catastrophe.
By comparison, the latter choice merely meant Li Hongshou would die a little sooner.
Which way the scales ought to tip was plain at a glance.
Yet for Zhang Tailing, it was nothing less than being made to kill his last disciple with his own hands!
Li Hongshou laughed and laughed, madly. "It's useless! You'll all die today! Every one of you will accompany my young junior brother in death!"
Zhang Tailing's face was as heavy as still water.
Wei Zhao watched the scene in silence. He too was rather curious what choice this Daoist would ultimately make.
In the end, Zhang Tailing raised his hand with a sudden motion.
But his target was not Li Hongshou—it was the ancient bronze mirror.
His reasoning was clear enough: since he could not stop the bronze mirror from drinking Li Hongshou's blood, he would destroy the bronze mirror itself.
The ancient bronze mirror was the core vessel of the gateway of space. Once it was destroyed, the gateway would naturally vanish with it.
The next second, this plain and simple notion was rejected.
The ancient bronze mirror did not stir in the slightest.
The whole hall was stunned.
Everyone had felt the power of that blow clearly enough—it was enough to annihilate any early-stage Heaven Rank venerable on the spot, and it was plain that Zhang Tailing had poured his all into breaking the deadlock.
And the result? He had struck at empty air.
At the sight, Li Hongshou laughed like a madwoman. "Heaven's will! It's all Heaven's will! My young junior brother is helping me!"
Zhang Tailing refused to accept it. He at once marshaled every ounce of his power and struck the ancient bronze mirror with another palm.
The result: the ancient bronze mirror was still utterly unscathed.
Now the awkwardness was complete.
Seeing this, the three Ancestors of the Prince of Qi's Estate hurriedly said, "Daoist Zhang, regarding the death of your beloved disciple, we truly knew nothing of it, and it grieves us beyond measure."
"We are willing to pay the price and make amends."
"But what happens today concerns not only the life and death of our Prince of Qi's Estate, but also the safety of all living souls throughout the Inner Royal Court."
"We beg you to consider the greater good, and to put the fate of all living things first!"
Hearing this, Wei Zhao shook his head, speechless.
These three Ancestors of the Prince of Qi's Estate had truly been shut up in the ancestral hall too long—they had forgotten how to talk to the living.
Sure enough, Zhang Tailing's expression turned cold at once.
"Are the three of you using moral blackmail on this poor Daoist, forcing me to kill my last disciple with my own hands?"
The three Ancestors of the Prince of Qi's Estate were instantly struck dumb.
That was indeed exactly what they meant—but it could not be put that way.
While they were speaking, the crimson ape nearest the tall old man took another step closer. Its crimson fangs had all but come to rest against the old man's throat.
This time the tall old man was scared witless.
As a being of his caliber, he was surely a man of great resolve and great fortune; ordinarily, not even death—not even being carved to pieces—would have made him so much as twitch an eyebrow.
Yet it was precisely this terror, so close at hand and impossible to perceive clearly, that he could not withstand.
Just then, a figure suddenly charged at Li Hongshou.
It was Qi Zhuiyun, silent for so long!
Under Zhang Tailing's very eyes, he would ordinarily never have had such an opening—only Zhang Tailing's mind had faltered a moment ago, and he had been unable to keep watch on him, giving him his chance.
Wei Zhao could not help but glance at Zhang Tailing again.
Had he truly not noticed, or had he deliberately not noticed?