225: Chapter 225 Lin Xiao's defection

"Bai Song! Are you crazy? Do you know the consequences of doing this?!"

Gao Wenyu looked at the manic Bai Song and roared in shock and anger.

No one present expected Bai Song to make such a crazy move!

However, something even more shocking was yet to come!

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the confrontation between Bai Song and Chen Yi's team, another unexpected change occurred!

Lin Xiao, who had been standing behind Leng Wuhen and Gao Wenyu, saw the heavy and worried expression on his face vanish instantly, replaced by a bone-chilling killing intent!

He and the cat-eared Contracted Spirit Beast girl beside him launched a sneak attack on Leng Wuhen and his group in front of them almost simultaneously and without warning!

"Watch your back!"

Luo Yuqing, who was in the center of the battlefield and happened to catch a glimpse of Lin Xiao's movements, her pupils constricted, and she cried out in alarm.

But it was too late!

The distance was too close, and Lin Xiao's move was too ruthless and sudden!

*Puchi—*

"Ah—"

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh and a shrill scream rang out almost simultaneously!

A Tortoise-shell Spirit Beast Girl skilled in defense beside Leng Wuhen, and two Support-type Spirit Beast Girls with slower reactions next to Gao Wenyu, didn't have time to mount any effective defense before their hearts were instantly pierced by Lin Xiao and his Contracted Spirit Beast!

The light in the eyes of the three young girls instantly faded, their delicate bodies slumped down, and blood stained the ground red.

They weren't teleported out; they were truly dead!

Inside this Demon Sealing Barrier, death was the end!

As for Qi Lianmeng, perhaps it was the intuition she had cultivated from years of walking on the edge of danger.

The moment Luo Yuqing shouted her warning, her body subconsciously performed an extreme sidestep to dodge!

And it was this split-second reaction that saved her life!

"Slash!"

A blade of pitch-black energy grazed her ribs and severed one of her arms at the shoulder!

Blood instantly spurted out!

"Ugh—"

Qi Lianmeng let out a pained groan and stumbled back several steps.

Although she narrowly escaped being killed instantly, she had completely lost her combat effectiveness and was heavily wounded!

"Lin! Xiao!"

Leng Wuhen's eyes felt like they were bursting as he looked at his fallen comrades and the heavily injured Qi Lianmeng. He roared, "Lin Xiao! What the hell are you doing? Do you have any idea what you're doing? How the fuck is this any different from Nangong Wenqiu twenty years ago?"

Gao Wenyu was also enraged to the extreme, pointing his heavy sword at Lin Xiao: "I, Gao Wenyu, swear that I will uproot your Lin family!"

Lin Xiao and his Contracted Spirit Beast slowly withdrew their weapons, stained with the blood of the spirit beasts. The usual gentle and refined look on his face was gone, replaced only by a nearly distorted madness!

He flicked his hand lightly, as if he had merely swatted a few mosquitoes!

"A reason?"

Lin Xiao sneered, his eyes sweeping over Leng Wuhen and Gao Wenyu as he mocked, "The dying don't need to know so much! All you need to know is that everyone here today must die! If you want to blame something, blame your bad luck for stumbling upon things you shouldn't know!"

Seeing this, Chen Yi's heart was also filled with surprise.

Something's wrong!

Something's very wrong!

Because on his system interface, the favorability of Lin Xiao's Cat Demon Spirit Beast towards him clearly showed 25 points, which was a value indicating a slight liking!

How could a spirit beast with a positive favorability towards him want to kill him?

This didn't make sense at all!

When he first saw this favorability, he even wondered if the cat demon had some other intentions towards him—

Now it seemed the situation was far more complicated than he had imagined!

Just then, Bai Song, who had been protected by the phantom of the Karma Fire Demonic Python, finally moved!

He seemed completely unsurprised by Lin Xiao's betrayal. His vertical pupils, burning with fire, suddenly locked onto Chu Feiyu standing beside Chen Yi!

"Chu—Fei—yu—"

Bai Song let out a raspy roar, his resentment so deep it even slightly surpassed his hatred for Chen Yi. "Why? Why did you choose him? Why couldn't you wait for me a little longer? I could have given you everything! Traitor! You deserve to die too!"

It seemed that even though he was corrupted by the Demon Seed Contract, the fact that Chu Feiyu chose Chen Yi after being abandoned remained a thorn in his heart that could not be removed!

The Karma Fire condensed into a spear, carrying a destructive aura that could incinerate everything, and shot straight at Chu Feiyu!

"Watch out!"

Seeing things take a turn for the worse, Chen Yi pulled Chu Feiyu behind him and simultaneously swung his hand to unleash a Wind Blade Slash!

However, when the Wind Blade hit the Karma Fire spear, it was disintegrated and absorbed by that terrifying devouring power!

Fortunately, it still slowed down its speed, allowing Chen Yi to pull Chu Feiyu and dodge the blow.

"Damn it! We can't go on like this! This thing's ability counters spiritual energy attacks too well; I probably won't be able to kill it anytime soon."

Chen Yi made a prompt decision and shouted to The girls beside him, "Mengxue, Shiyin, Jiu Yue, you lead the others to deal with Lin Xiao and his Contracted Spirit Beast first. Leave Bai Song to Feiyu and me to hold off!"

"Alright!"

The girls didn't hesitate and immediately followed Chen Yi's instructions.

Hearing Chen Yi's assignment, Lin Xiao didn't show the slightest fear; instead, a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"You want to deal with me first? With just them?"

*Swish! Swish! Swish!*

Three ghost-like figures appeared silently behind Lin Xiao.

They were all unexpectedly Level 7, Rank 1 Beast Tamers!

"Se—Seventh-Tier Beast Tamers?"

"How is this possible?"

"Why can Seventh-Tier Beast Tamers come here?"

Everyone still alive, including Leng Wuhen and Gao Wenyu, was dumbfounded, their faces filled with shock and disbelief!

Before the Free-for-all Zone was activated, experts from the Association, together with space-type spirit beasts, would conduct a carpet-style power sweep to ensure there were no spiritual energy reactions above Level 6, guaranteeing the relative fairness and safety of the competition.

How did these three Seventh-Tier Beast Tamers sneak in without anyone noticing?

Seeing everyone's shocked and panicked expressions, Lin Xiao seemed to feel that victory was within his grasp and there was no longer any need for secrecy.

He then said in a mocking tone, "Are you surprised? It doesn't hurt to tell you!"

"The reason is simple—among the people responsible for the final verification outside, there are our people! During the last sweep, they just had to 'accidentally' leave a gap and let the three of them in."

"However, to avoid causing too much fluctuation in the Energy Monitoring Network and being detected early by those old fogies, we could only send in three Seventh-ranks this time, but—"

"Against you little brats who are at most Level 5, three Seventh-ranks are more than enough!"

"Chen Yi, you are indeed very powerful, a peerless monster! But no matter how powerful you are, can you simultaneously fight three Seventh-Tier Beast Tamers?"

"What's more, there's also Bai Song beside you, who can absorb all your spiritual energy attacks!"

"This farce is over!"