Chapter 93: Brotherhood!

“Ha! Only you—only someone like you could casually kill the disciple you personally raised, and even your own flesh and blood. Such a cruel heart.”

“People like you will never have a true friend in your whole life!”

Bai Feiyu let out a cold laugh and glanced at the children and blood of the sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect scattered on the ground nearby. Though his own body was covered in wounds, he still stood like a fierce tiger, his aura undiminished.

Around him, after hearing Bai Feiyu’s words, both Yang Fan and Shi Yuan were deeply moved.

Especially Shi Yuan. Hearing that Bai Feiyu had not singled out Brother Yang Fan alone, but had included him as well, an endless flood of remorse rose in his heart.

Though he had had no choice at the time, if there had been a choice, he would have cherished this brother with all he had.

Struck where it hurt, the Cloud Ridge Sect master’s face twisted into something savage.

For him, he truly had never been cruel enough to kill his own child at will; otherwise he would not have stopped his son from eating that chicken leg earlier.

But there was no choice. Since he had already embarked on this path and now been exposed, the only way to improve his cultivation was through such a method. If he did not advance, then not only he, but also his children, would die today.

What the Cloud Ridge Sect master did not know was that if he had obediently surrendered, Bai Feiyu and the others would not have let him off, but they would at least have spared his children. They would never have allowed such young lives to be cut short.

All of this was brought about by the Cloud Ridge Sect master himself.

“Hmph. What use is all this talk? Today, I will make the four of you pay with your lives for my son!”

As he spoke, the Cloud Ridge Sect master’s aura surged, and in an instant he lunged once more at Bai Feiyu.

Truth be told, what was the greatest variable today? It was this little wretch. If not for this child’s monstrously heaven-defying combat power, today would never have come to this; and his son would definitely not be dead!

So he poured all his hatred onto Bai Feiyu.

“Hmph!”

Bai Feiyu snorted coldly and charged straight to kill the man. After all that pointless back-and-forth, his body had recovered greatly.

More than that, Bai Feiyu could feel himself on the verge of breaking through to the ninth level of the Vast Qi Realm.

Once he did, everything would change.

By then, even if he still lacked the confidence to contend head-on, he could forcibly take the three of them, including Qian Shuang, and escape.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amid the ferocious battle, Bai Feiyu’s combat strength gradually began to rise, though only by a narrow margin.

At this moment, Bai Feiyu roared:

“Cloud Ridge Sect master, you cannot do anything to me. You might as well flee now while you still can!”

“If you hurry and run, then before we return to the sect, you will surely be able to vanish completely. By then, the Return to Ruins Sect will never catch up to you.”

“If you insist on fighting to the death, then the four of us will accompany you in a battle to the end today.”

“When that happens, who wins is far from certain. And even if you do win, do you think that after being severely wounded, you won’t be killed by some other powerful expert passing by? Might someone not come across this place, kill you, and take your head to the Return to Ruins Sect for credit?”

“Do you really think you still have a way out?”

Even Bai Feiyu, despite his formidable strength, found the Cloud Ridge Sect master deeply troublesome. The man’s combat power was simply too great; if this dragged on for long, the outcome was truly uncertain.

The most important thing now was to stay alive. As long as he could preserve his own life, everything else could be handled!

“Heh, are you saying all this because you’re afraid?”

“Begging for mercy now only proves you have no confidence in yourself.”

“You ruined everything I had. How could I possibly let you go so easily?”

The Cloud Ridge Sect master sneered, showing no interest in Bai Feiyu’s words at all. From the start, he had never intended to let them leave here alive.

After killing these youngsters, he could still use the great formation to force his own cultivation to break through to the third or even fourth level of the Shackles Realm.

By then, he would count as a true powerhouse capable of dominating a region. Wherever he went, any sect would treat him far better.

So he absolutely could not let these little brats escape. More importantly, only by killing the daughter of the Return to Ruins Sect’s master, along with these three prodigy disciples, would he have leverage to go to Scarlet Sky Gate and earn their genuine attention and protection.

Otherwise, Scarlet Sky Gate might not really go to war with the Return to Ruins Sect for the sake of a mere second-level Shackles Realm expert like him.

By then, which sect would dare take him in? Without the Return to Ruins Sect’s resources and support, he would spend the rest of his life hiding and fleeing like a stray dog, with no one in the world to rely on.

“We’ll go together too!”

Just then, seeing Bai Feiyu appear to be in danger, Yang Fan and Shi Yuan were about to disregard their own injuries and rush in to help when Bai Feiyu shouted:

“You two, do not come over! You are no match for him!”

“Right now, I already have enough strength to hold him off. You two, hurry and take Qian Shuang and flee!”

“Now!!!”

Hearing Bai Feiyu’s words, Shi Yuan and Yang Fan froze, and in an instant a complicated feeling welled up within them.

Their junior brother Bai Feiyu’s talent was plain for all to see. Everyone knew that he would certainly become a towering figure in the future.

He himself understood it all too well.

As long as he stayed alive, his prospects would be limitless.

And yet, even in such a situation, he still wanted to leave the chance of survival to them. They truly did not want to do something like abandoning their companion and fleeing alone.

“Get lost, both of you!!!”

Seeing the two hesitate, Bai Feiyu’s face instantly darkened, and he roared at them.

In truth, Bai Feiyu had his own concerns.

The reason the Cloud Ridge Sect master was currently not attacking Yang Fan and the others was partly because Bai Feiyu was holding him off, and partly because he was too preoccupied to spare them, not bothering to worry about how far they could run.

But once Bai Feiyu’s strength continued to rise and he succeeded in breaking through and killing the Cloud Ridge Sect master, how would that be explained?

There would be no way to explain it. He could hardly tell them that he had a system inside his body.

That was why Bai Feiyu wanted to cover the retreat himself. After all, those three staying here would not be of much help.

They would only expose his secret.

“No, brother. We can absolutely not leave you behind and escape alone. Even if we die, we die together!”

At Bai Feiyu’s roar, Yang Fan could no longer hold back his tears and said with deep emotion.

Beside him, Shi Yuan and Qian Shuang also nodded fiercely, looking as though they were prepared to face death and would absolutely not abandon their companion.

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