8 Nangong Xuan

"Uh oh, it's the Law Enforcement Elder!"

"Ling Xiao is dead this time. The Law Enforcement Elder endeared Senior Brother Deng the most, and Ling Xiao has beaten Senior Brother Deng up like this. The Law Enforcement Elder will surely not let him off the hook."

"But it wasn't Ling Xiao who had beaten him up like that, right? It seems that Senior Brother Deng was struck by the thunder from above. Could it be that Senior Brother Deng has done something which has offended the heavens?"

"No matter what, Ling Xiao is surely dead this time."

"…"

The crowd was engaged in a serious discussion as they glanced toward the Elder in black who appeared from a distance. There was a respectful look in their eyes.

The Law Enforcement Elder, Deng Tiande held a prestigious position and great influence within the Longevity Sect that was second only to the Sect Leader. His cultivation had long attained the Dragon Tiger Boundary, and he was said to be so powerful that he was capable of taming a dragon and subduing a tiger.

When he arrived on the scene, his majestic life force made many of the disciples' faces turn pale.

"Who are you?" Ling Xiao's eyes flickered as he gave the Elder an indifferent look.

Deng Tiande's eyes were full of murderous intent. Step by step, as he edged closer to Ling Xiao, his majestic life force became increasingly stronger, pressing towards Ling Xiao.

He wanted to pressure Ling Xiao into kneeling down and pleading guilty using his life force, but that oppressive force from his body did not affect Ling Xiao. Instead, Ling Xiao maintained an unchanged expression and he seemed to be completely unaffected.

"Little beast, you've disrespected your seniors, hurt your fellow sect disciples, and violated the sect commandment. Today, with my position as the Law Enforcement Elder, I sentence you to death. Do you concur?"

While Deng Tiande gave Ling Xiao a dark stare, he locked Ling Xiao in his spot with his overwhelming life force.

"Grandpa, don't finish him off so easily. Give him to me. I want to torture him and make him beg for his own death!" Deng Yalin, who was still lying on the ground, shouted with a sinister look on his face.

"Utter gibberish! ​​God, blast him to death!" Ling Xiao furrowed his eyebrows. He did not expect Deng Yalin to still be so ignorant and so, he immediately summoned a purple thunder that struck down at Deng Yalin.

"Little beast, how dare you?"

Incensed, Deng Tiande slapped his palm at the thunder which had struck down out of nowhere. Then, the innate True Qi that surrounded his body that was as vast as the sea, intensified before his huge palm print condensed into thin air. He was trying to block the purple thunder.

"Blast this old beast to death too!" Ling Xiao said nonchalantly. As a result, another thunder befell the place and this time, it was more powerful than before. The thunderbolt flashed out like a destructive electric arc.

Boom!

Two thunderbolts struck Deng Yalin and Deng Tiande simultaneously. Deng Yalin howled in despair and immediately spat out blood before he passed out.

Meanwhile, Deng Tiande's True Qi palm print was destroyed by the thunder almost instantaneously. It had struck him directly on his head, making his hair stood on its ends. As his face was blackened too, he looked dismal.

"Ling Xiao... His toughness is truly outrageous!"

"He even had the guts to blast the Law Enforcement Elder. This huge trash is going up against the world now."

At this point, there was not a single disciple who was not impressed by Ling Xiao. They could not help but glance at him admirably.

It was true — Ling Xiao's performance was simply too astonishing because even the Law Enforcement Elder was not his match. Since he could summon then disperse thunder at his own will, could he be the son of God?

By now, it was not easy to not feel a hint of jealousy towards him.

Ling Kun, Chen Feng, and the other Law Enforcement Hall disciples looked at Ling Xiao with terror in their eyes.

The power Ling Xiao demonstrated had exceeded their mortal knowledge, and the impression struck a deep fear within their hearts.

"Little beast, I will end you!"

Not only was Deng Tiande both shocked and angry, but a towering inferno of hatred had also gushed open the floodgates of his heart. He hated Ling Xiao to the core, and fierce murderous intent emanated from him without any concealment.

Who is he?

The Law Enforcement Elder of the Longevity Sect was inferior to one but superior to thousands. On a usual day, which disciple would dare not to treat him respectfully? Yet today, he had been embarrassed by Ling Xiao in front of so many disciples.

Boom!

Deng Tiande's figure flickered before it turned into a scorching blaze. Following that, he lashed out palm strikes that were as sharp as knives and threw them towards Ling Xiao frenziedly.

Killing Ling Xiao was the only way he can rid himself of shame.

"God, blast him to death!" Ling Xiao still chanted this one simple sentence.

Rumble!

At that moment, the sky suddenly turned gloomy, and countless dark clouds began to loom above. Lightning flashed across the sky as if it had turned into a sea of ​​thunder. Numerous thunderbolts were then sent groundwards, and it seemed as if they contained a life force that would shudder every mortal being.

"What?!"

Deng Tiande was taken aback. Before he could react, he was already enveloped by a sky full of thunder. The first thing that popped up in his mind at that moment was his own imminent death.

The vast sky quivered and those ferocious thunder looked like they had combined the terrifying power of heaven and earth. The sight of it scared everyone to bits.

Strangely, those thunderbolts seemed to have avoided Ling Xiao. Instead, he stood in the very middle of the sea of ​​thunder with his hair floating on their ends and his clothes swaying in the air. His eyes were dazzling, and he looked like a young god-king who could control thunder.

"Ah…" Deng Tiande's tragic howl was heard from amongst the sea of thunder. Sounding like he was in extreme pain and misery, consternation filled the soul of every Longevity Sect disciple who was surrounding him.

"Enough!"

Right there and then, a distant but loud voice was heard from the palace on the top of the same mountain and a rainbow appeared.

It was a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe. He looked handsome and suave, his gaze deep and smoldering as he walked over the rainbow arch. His life force was so immense and pure, it was as if he was already one with both heaven and earth.

As soon as he appeared, a blinding white light burst out into the sky and penetrated the clouds. Instantly, the thunder which covered the entire sky dissipated and the dark clouds receded. Sunlight shone on Mount Longevity once again.

"Sect Leader! Here comes the Sect Leader!" someone exclaimed, and suddenly, there was an expression of veneration in his eyes.

"The Sect Leader's martial arts are among the best in the world. Ling Xiao, this little beast is surely finished now!" the Law Enforcement Hall disciples cheered.

"A master of Grandmaster Boundary?" Ling Xiao narrowed his gaze and looked toward Sect Leader Nangong Xuan.

"Cough… cough..."

After the thunder dissipated, Deng Tiande's figure was revealed, but he now looked incomparably awful. His clothes were tattered, his body charred black, and his hair was messy. More so, he could not stop coughing out blood, and faint tears were trickling out from his seven apertures too. His life force was extremely frail.

"Sect Leader, this little beast does not respect his seniors and hurt his fellow disciples. We plead for Sect Leader to kill him!" Deng Tiande bowed to Nangong Xuan. Then, he stared back at Ling Xiao with eyes full of towering rage and murderous intent.

"Sect Leader!"

All the disciples of Longevity Sect bowed and saluted. Their voices were aligned uniformly, so homogenous that it shook the sky.

The only exception was Ling Xiao, who remained standing there calmly. He did not have any intention of saluting Nangong Xuan.

"Ling Xiao, how dare you not salute the Sect Leader? I think you are a spy of other sects. You're a traitor and deserve to be punished!" Deng Tiande yelled angrily as he gave Ling Xiao a death stare.

However, he did not dare to make a move at Ling Xiao. That petrifying thunder just now had really chagrined him and left a deep mark in his heart.