Chapter 865: Explosion
Chu Xiang understood the unspoken meaning behind the words of the Blazing Flame Grand Venerable. It meant that she knew too much. She also sensed the killing intent within his gaze. Yet she smiled, because at her side stood a man and a sword.
"That’s exactly what I wanted to say to you." The shackles on Li Xiaofei’s wrists and ankles shattered soundlessly.
The pressure and sword qi emanating from the sword instantly caused both the Blazing Flame Grand Venerable and Yue Zhuoran to freeze in place. They couldn’t move a single finger.
An Emperor’s Weapon? The Blazing Flame Grand Venerable’s eyes were filled with terror.
An unmistakable fear overtook the once high-and-mighty, supremely confident expression on his face. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that Li Xiaofei’s trump card wasn’t some kind of stealth technique, poison, or escape ability, but an Emperor’s Weapon.
It was a weapon very likely retrieved from the lost Heaven. Had he known earlier... No matter how greedy he was, he would never have scrambled to carry out the Alliance Leader’s command. Nor would he have accepted orders from the organization to come to Chu Planet and wade into this mess.
“How should I address you?” Li Xiaofei spoke calmly, “As the Blazing Flame Grand Venerable of the Xiao Kuang Star Region Merchant Alliance? Or as the third-ranked leader of Eden’s Xiao Kuang Star Region, codenamed Weaver of Flames?”
The expression on the Blazing Flame Grand Venerable's face grew increasingly horrified. “You... how do you know that?”
Then, a flash of realization struck him. The enforcer Zhou Haimo, who had been killed, had known his true identity, since he was also a member of Eden and one of his subordinates.
Cold sweat streamed down his face. In that instant, the Blazing Flame Grand Venerable suddenly understood many things. He had been played.
“You’ve joined hands with the Chu Family?” He stared intently at Li Xiaofei. “You... you set this all up in advance and just waited for us to step into the trap?”
Li Xiaofei and Chu Xiang exchanged glances, and both began to laugh.