Chapter 1521: Meeting Shen Jinxiao Again

"Shen Jinxiao?!" Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, and Chi Chan all showed varying degrees of shock when they saw the familiar face. After all, a deep grudge existed between them, and no one had ever thought that this person who was supposed to be hiding within the corrupted capital of the Xia Kingdom would be the pawn sent here by the Origin Reversion Institute.

"How could he have appeared here?" Li Luo asked.

Chi Chan shook her head as her clear eyes flowed with hatred. "When disaster overtook the Xia Kingdom, he was cultivating within the corrupted capital. It was said he was in House Luolan's headquarters. He has never been seen since. Looking at what has happened, he must have joined the Origin Reversion Institute."

"Shen Jinxiao actually dared to use House Luolan's headquarters as his cultivation area?!" When Jiang Qing'e first saw Shen Jinxiao's face, she was temporarily taken aback, but fury and killing intent flooded out of her golden eyes upon hearing Chi Chan's words. House Luolan was incredibly important to her. The Xia Kingdom's capital had fallen, and they were forced to abandon House Luolan's headquarters. However, just thinking about the fact that a filthy creature like Shen Jinxiao had dared to occupy the location and defile it with his presence had tarnished a place that she considered sacred, so anger filled her.

Li Luo's expression had also turned icy and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. "I thought that we would only be able to repay the enmity from all those years ago after we returned to the Xia Kingdom. It looks like we can bring the date of his retribution forward."

Bang!

When he finished speaking, a beam of luminous light resonant power arced across the sky in the distance.

Within it was a figure wrapped in resonant power that was flickering chaotically.

Jiang Qing'e glanced at the figure. "It's Diwu Mingxuan."

She identified him the moment she sensed the other party's resonant power undulations.

"He looks like he is fleeing from something," Li Hongyou pointed out in surprise.

A moment later, she saw that Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's expressions had turned incredibly cold, glinting with the intent to murder. However, their gazes were directed behind Diwu Mingxuan, towards a grayish-black beam of light that was in hot pursuit.

The grayish-black beam of light radiated a terrifying aura.

After that, she heard both Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e shout coldly, "Shen Jinxiao!"

Bang!

They watched Shen Jinxiao materialize beside Diwu Mingxuan like a ghost. He then slapped out with his palm, and boundless amounts of resonant power blasted out. His resonant power was quite chaotic, containing many different elements. In a way, this was similar to Li Luo's combined resonant power, a result of having multiple resonances. However, the difference was that Li Luo's resonant powers all came from him and thus could fuse together as a complete whole. Meanwhile, Shen Jinxiao's had different constituent resonant powers that would dissipate completely from time to time.

A grayish black metal needle about an inch long suddenly shot out from Shen Jinxiao's palm. It moved extremely quickly and was wrapped with a demonic aura, piercing towards the back of Diwu Mingxuan's head. The light resonant power that protected him swiftly dissipated upon contact.

His expression warped.

He had previously been ambushed by Zhou Jun, and although he had stayed alert and managed to escape, it was not without injury. On top of that, this expert from the Origin Reversion Institute was a strange opponent. His resonant power was chaotic and impure, but it contained a certain sort of corruptive and corrosive power. It was so potent that not even his light resonant power was able to purify it in a short period of time. He had fallen into desperate straits.

Diwu Mingxuan took a deep breath before turning his head to spit out a beam of light. The ray of light sliced through the darkness, as dazzling as the shining sun as it collided against the grayish-black metal needle.

Ding!

A crisp ringing sound ran out, and the resultant sound waves shattered the void.

However, his last-ditch attempt to save himself was unable to obstruct the metal needle. The latter was filled with murderous intent as it ripped through the ray of light, fiercely shooting towards Diwu Mingxuan.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Bang!

Just as Diwu Mingxuan was in absolute despair, the void behind him shattered and two people stepped out. A blade and a sword, both imbued with majestic resonant power, hacked towards the needle.

Clang!

Violent energy undulations spiralled in every direction, causing the critically injured Diwu Mingxuan to be sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Just as he was about to collapse, he felt a delicate hand supporting his waist and his back. When he turned his head, he saw a cold expression.

He remembered that this was the lady who provided supportive buffs to Li Luo... If he remembered correctly, her name was Li Hongyou.

"Thank you," he croaked.

Li Hongyou shook her head and fused her resonant power and blood essence before drawing up a crimson-gold talisman, which she shot into Diwu Mingxuan's body. After which, he could feel the injuries to his flesh and bones begin to recover at a rapid pace. Even his depleted resonant power was being restored at a surprising pace. His pale expression finally regained a hint of color.

Li Hongyou wasn't interested in hearing Diwu Mingxuan speak further, so she released the hand supporting him. Meanwhile, Diwu Mingxuan respectfully cupped his hands towards her. He then turned towards the front and saw two figures blocking the path of the Origin Reversion Institute expert. They were none other than Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e.

Diwu Mingxuan's expression was complicated. He had never expected that he would be saved by the duo.

"Mentors Li Luo and Qing'e, watch out. The Mythical Spirit Ancient College's Zhou Jun is his accomplice," Diwu Mingxuan said.

When Li Luo heard this, his gaze narrowed. So Zhou Jun was actually a pawn of the Origin Reversion Institute? The Origin Reversion Institute was truly frightening. Even one of the ancient colleges' Four Knights had been compromised.

However, he had no time to think about all this. His gaze filled with killing intent was directed at the man before him.

"Shen Jinxiao, it has been many years. How have you not died?" Li Luo hefted the Dragon Elephant Thunder Blade, speaking in a mocking tone.

Shen Jinxiao couldn't help but sigh when he saw the newcomers. "I never would have expected that the two young students from back then would end up embarking on the Path of Ascension. It's truly amazing. If I had known then, I wouldn't have coveted the Heart of Light and would have directly put you two to death."

Jiang Qing'e glared at Shen Jinxiao. "You took the form of the Enlightened Sage College's Guo Jiufeng, didn't you?"

She had sensed something strange about Guo Jiufeng before, and thinking back, it was precisely why her Heart of Light had given her a warning. The only thing that still confused her was how he had managed to evade the scrutiny of her Heart of Light.

Li Luo frowned. Had Shen Jinxiao taken the form of Guo Jiufeng? However, even though he had managed to elude their senses, how could this have been hidden from Wang Xuanjin and the other Kings? Unless, of course, a Heavenly Emperor had chosen to take action personally.

"A Heavenly Emperor took Vice Principal Guo Jiufeng's body and grinded all of his flesh and blood into a corpse shell that covered my body," Shen Jinxiao casually explained with a grin.

Li Luo's gaze turned gloomy. These vile rats of the Origin Reversion Institute were willing to employ any means necessary to attain their goals. The pitiful Guo Jiufeng was once the most powerful and famous vice principal within the East Divine Continent. However, he had inexplicably lost his life when leading his squad here. Li Luo deeply sighed and his eyes turned cold.

Three majestic Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds arose into the air.

Jiang Qing'e's body blazed with light as four towering Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds similarly materialized, devouring light energy. The two then pointed their weapons towards Shen Jinxiao with endless killing intent.