I flared up instantly, "That's great! Let's cut the crap and have Hei Ye Xiao summon the Emperor's Will. We'll see if this Bu guy is a traitor or not."

"No!" Xiang Kai said urgently, "Li Tangzhu, give me a moment. We need to talk."

Lao Liu's face was as dark as night as he said, "Xiang Kai, I trusted Xie Ban Gui last time and let you into the Houqing Tomb. What was the result?"

"This time, you entered the Yinggou Tomb ahead of us and mobilized the dead to excavate the secret realm. That can't be wrong, right?"

"We were attacking the mountain from the outside. Hei Ye Xiao announced his name directly. Did you not hear it, or did you not know that Hei Ye Xiao is a member of Liangjie Tang?"

I also chimed in, "We broke into the Yinggou Tomb. Did you not notice?"

"You didn't come out sooner or later, but you had to come out when Hei Ye Xiao requested the execution of traitors. How do you expect to explain this so that I can believe you're not the enemy?"

Xiang Kai said anxiously, "Can you let me say a few words? If you won't even let me speak, what's the point of explaining anything?"

Wang Ming Gou Xiang Kai, who once dominated the術道 (Shu Dao; the world of esoteric arts) was unmatched. His iron will never allowed him to explain himself to anyone.

The fact that he came out and talked to me this long was already his limit.

The tempers on both sides ignited simultaneously at that moment.

I sneered, "Then there's nothing to say. Hei Ye Xiao, cast the curse!"

As I roared, I simultaneously slashed my twin blades at Xiang Kai, who was closest to me.

"Then let me see what the Lang Wang (Wolf King) of Liangjie Tang is capable of."

Xiang Kai let out a cold, hard, emotionless laugh. The cold light from his Wang Ming Gou (Life-Stealing Hook) seemed to flash like lightning, sweeping toward my throat with unparalleled speed and ferocity.

The thousands of layers of blade waves stirred up by my twin blades had already converged into a single line at this moment. As the sharp whistling sound tore through the air, a black-and-white intertwined curtain of light appeared in mid-air.

Two extremely cold shadows collided, the hook and blades flashing and whistling ear-splittingly as they crossed paths in an instant.

Both of us simultaneously shifted our positions, several bloody gashes appearing on each other's shoulders and backs!

In the first exchange, we were evenly matched, each leaving the other with a little "souvenir."

"Again!" Xiang Kai and I shouted at the same time, once again entangling ourselves in a fierce battle.

Ye Yang also drew his sword and pointed it at Bu Youming, "You, come and meet your death!"

"Such arrogance!" Xia Xiaotian stepped forward, wielding his long-handled scythe. "Let me test the skills of the so-called Tan Lang (Greedy Wolf)."

Ye Yang stood still, the Leng Yan Long Yin (Cold Flame Dragon's Roar) singing in his hand. Spots of cold light materialized on the sword's surface, pressing directly towards Xia Xiaotian.

Xia Xiaotian drifted forward like a black cloud. Before he even arrived, the light bursting from his scythe shot towards Ye Yang like streaks of lightning!

The sound of clashing weapons rang out like a storm, echoing through the mountains and fields.

In a short time, their weapons had collided hundreds of times.

Neither side retreated even half a step. Their auras were like rainbows, their saber and sword shadows swallowed mountains and rivers. Sword energy permeated everywhere, and saber lights crisscrossed, filling the sky and earth!

Qin Xin and Nie Xiaochun, who had intended to step forward and assist, were forced to stay outside the circle by the cold light and劲气 (jing qi; internal force) generated by our weapons.

They could only watch us fight to the death from a distance!

Bu Youming and Hei Ye Xiao, who had been standing still, faced each other from a distance of more than ten meters. Their gazes were equally cold as ice, sharp as knives.

Hei Ye Xiao raised his hand and made a fighting gesture: "Please!"

Bu Youming, however, drew a dagger from his body: "Don't you think that our ancestor, Bu Ting, betrayed the Emperor? I also think that you betrayed the Emperor."

"When we were in Miao Jiang, I felt that you were a traitor. If Xiang Kai hadn't stopped me, I would have used 'Zhu Ni (Traitor Execution)' to take your life."

"However, Xiang Kai said that you were a member of Liangjie Tang and would fight for the术道 (Shu Dao; the world of esoteric arts) in the future, so he told me not to touch you."

"At that time, I said that his idea was too ridiculous. He wanted to let you, a traitor, go, but you may not have the intention of returning to the right path."

"Now, let you and I test the power of this 'Zhu Ni (Traitor Execution)'?"

Hei Ye Xiao laughed in extreme anger, "What a shameless person. No wonder the Emperor wanted to exterminate the traitor's nine generations. People like you shouldn't live in this world."

Hei Ye Xiao and Bu Youming simultaneously drew their daggers and raised them above their heads, shouting in unison: "Zuo Wei (Left Guard) (You Wei/Right Guard), Bu Ting (Hei Ye Xiao)..."

While I was fighting with Xiang Kai, I suddenly heard them using the "Zhu Ni (Traitor Execution)" dagger and was immediately shocked.

I wasn't afraid that Bu Youming would die under the curse, and I wouldn't be able to explain it to Xie Ban Gui and the others.

What I was afraid of was that Bu Youming would use the "Zhu Ni (Traitor Execution)" dagger to deal with Hei Ye Xiao.

In a sense, Hei Ye Xiao had already betrayed the Emperor.

The ancients spoke of loyal ministers not serving two masters. Hei Ye Xiao joining Liangjie Tang was equivalent to changing his allegiance, wasn't it?

Once the Emperor's Will descended and identified Hei Ye Xiao as a traitor, would he still have a way to survive?

I turned to look at Hei Ye Xiao, wanting to stop him, but Xiang Kai's Wang Ming Gou (Life-Stealing Hook) also seized the opportunity and aimed at my vital point.