Chapter 2252: 2253: Conspiracy

So the current Lu Qiming is only powerless despite wishing to do more, watching the dwindling disciples of the Green Ripple Sect in the arena, he couldn't help but clench his teeth with a trace of anger."Senior Brother, how does it feel to be powerless?"

At this moment, Lu Kang had already slaughtered the gathered crowd in the field completely. Now, he lightly licked the crimson on his hand, and as he looked at Lu Qiming, there seemed to be a wave of sorrow in his eyes.

"Let them go; this is a grievance between you and me, why involve others?" Lu Qiming said so.

"Hahaha, what a joke, they're not others, they're your disciples, how can it be considered a form of venting blame on others?" Lu Kang swept his gaze over Tao Yuyu and Lin Chen's groups, his tone icy.

"Don't forget! You are also a disciple of the Green Ripple Sect!"

"Am I?"

Lu Kang looked up at the temple ceiling, after a moment, he roared angrily, "But that was many years ago."

As this angry shout erupted, Lu Kang's figure began to move again, and the direction he took was where Tao Yuyu was!

All his anger transformed into furious strength that exploded as he moved his body.

Even if he killed these people in front of him, he might not be able to escape Lu Qiming's spiritual realm. But killing these people could reduce the anger rising in his heart!

"Big brother!"

Ning Qiuyu shouted urgently behind Tao Yuyu as she watched that figure disappear, acting as a warning.

Faced with the incoming presence of Tao Yuyu, there seemed not the slightest strangeness; instead, the joy on his face became even more intense.

A flash of light appeared in his hand, and in the flicker, a token clearly appeared in his hand.

Different from the wooden plaques of the Green Ripple Sect, this token was entirely made of human bone, but from the peculiar shape, it was impossible to distinguish from which bone of the human body it came.

Only the bone had carvings, etched with complex engravings, and in the shallow fissures of those carvings, black gas filled in, while on one side of the token was a "Holy" character.

"Hmm? Are you from my Holy Sect?"

As Lu Kang was already before Tao Yuyu, his figure suddenly paused, his feet dragging out a groove several meters long on the ground.

He walked to Tao Yuyu, picked up the token, and swept it up and down. After confirming its authenticity, Lu Kang's brow furrowed and then relaxed, asking Tao Yuyu, "So, after all this time, the Holy Sect hasn't forgotten me?"

"Indeed, the Holy Sect's power has now dwindled, and inside the sect, it has split into several factions with differing views. We urgently need the senior to return and take charge of the overall situation!"

After Lu Kang's inquiry, Tao Yuyu actually knelt on the ground as he spoke solemnly.

"He's from the Demon Sect!"

With this turn of events, everyone present had a change of expression, even Ning Qiuyu, who stood behind him, couldn't help but have her pupils shrink violently. The person she had followed for years suddenly seemed a stranger to her.

"Big brother, you..." Ning Qiuyu was dumbfounded.

"Shut up!" Tao Yuyu, kneeling on the ground, glared fiercely at Ning Qiuyu; this opportunity had been awaited for too long and could not be missed.

"Since they sent you to fetch me, does that mean you have a way to get me out?" Lu Kang stroked his chin.

"Yes, just find the Spiritual Pearl, and with its powers, I can temporarily store you in the Storage Ring, thus escaping the spiritual realm!" Tao Yuyu assured confidently.

But this assurance seemed utterly disdainful to Lu Kang; he pointed at Lu Qiming, saying, "The Spiritual Pearl is with my senior brother; do you think you can pry its whereabouts from his mouth?"

Back then, the Spiritual Pearl was in Lu Kang's hands, but during the great battle, Lu Kang used a secret technique to summon an anomaly from the Nine Nether. Though powerful, it was forcibly absorbed into Lu Qiming's body, using it as a cage to trap the Spiritual Pearl and the anomaly.

Bringing Lu Kang into the spiritual realm, he's been trapped here for nearly a hundred years!

With such strength, Lu Kang couldn't resist but obey, but now Lu Qiming, though not as potent as in the past, still wouldn't hand over the Spiritual Pearl, which would enable escape from the spiritual realm.

"No."

Tao Yuyu remained kneeling but slowly raised his head, a confident smile spreading across his face as he turned his gaze towards Lin Chen.

Subsequently, Tao Yuyu lifted his hand, pointing his palm in Lin Chen's direction, and slowly spoke: "The current Spiritual Pearl should reside within his Storage Ring, so as long as he is killed, the Spiritual Pearl will naturally return."

"He's referring to that black orb?" Lin Chen and Tao Yuyu gazed at each other, his expression stern, suddenly filled with a strong premonition of conspiracy.

"Could... it be Tao Yuyu who instigated those people too?"

Remembering the affairs in the underground palace, Lin Chen couldn't help but shiver; if what he thought was true, then this Tao Yuyu in front of them was terrifyingly dreadful.

"Really? If you're deceiving me, you should know the consequences." Lu Kang squinted his eyes, from which a fierce cold glint shot out, making it unthinkable that this was a deception without consequences.

"Of course."

"I don't have any Spiritual Pearl you're talking about; senior should not be deceived." As Lu Kang's gaze turned to Lin Chen, Lin Chen took a step back, spreading his hands as if feigning ignorance.

After saying this, Tao Yuyu stood up from the ground, taking a few steps forward, looking at Lin Chen's innocent expression, sneering coldly, and said, "Stop pretending. In the underground palace, Zheng Chuanhai, remember?"

Hearing this familiar name, Lin Chen, Sun Tianming, and Chen Jie each gasped in surprise, then glared angrily at Tao Yuyu.

"So it was all your doing!" Sun Tianming was furious beyond measure; in that underground, had it not been for an expert's rescue, they would have perished there long ago.

"Ha, so what if it's me? If it hadn't been for that dead fat man showing up, do you think you could have lasted until now?"

Tao Yuyu gritted his teeth in anger; if it wasn't for that fat man's interference, when Lin Chen merged with that consciousness, Tao Yuyu would have gone in and killed them while claiming the Spiritual Pearl for himself, sparing him this current hassle.

Thinking of this, Tao Yuyu couldn't help but resent deeply. At the same time, he was also curious internally, as that fat man seemed to have vanished completely after the incident.