325: Chapter 325 Xiao Yuchen Arrives

Just as the two were discussing this, a young man ran in from outside in a panic.

"Clan Chief, the Clan Chief of the Primordial Xuanwu Clan says that if you don't dismantle the Chaos Array, he will kill your woman."

Hearing the clansman's words, Patriarch Xuanzheng and Xuanshan were slightly stunned. They had just been saying that the Clan Chief of the Primordial Xuanwu Clan might use his woman to threaten him, and unexpectedly, it had come true.

"Where are they?"

"Right outside."

"Xuanshan, don't you want to see your mother? I will let you see her, but after that, you must find a way to escape, do you understand?"

"I... I understand."

Xuanshan agreed, and then he and his father came to the main gate. At this moment, nearly a thousand people were gathered outside. Although compared to the Human Race, this number was not large, their strength was extremely formidable.

The lowest level here was an 8th-rank Yao Beast, and there were sixty or seventy who had reached the 10th rank; the lineup was quite terrifying.

Upon arriving here, Xuanshan's father saw the woman in the opponent's hand at a glance; she was the very woman he had been longing for day and night.

Although they hadn't met for a hundred years, the woman was even more beautiful than before, but her complexion was somewhat pale, clearly indicating she was injured.

"Patriarch Xuanzheng, why haven't you dismantled the Chaos Array yet? Otherwise, I cannot guarantee the life or death of your woman."

"Xuanming, if you have the ability, let her go. Let the two of us have a real fight. What kind of ability is it to use a woman as a threat?" Patriarch Xuanzheng demanded angrily.

"Haha, so what if your strength is high? Your brain is too dull, and you don't know how to adapt. That's why you are destined to fail. I have a trump card in my hand, so why should I fight you?" Xuanming laughed loudly.

"Xuanming, you have broken the rules of Great God Xuanwu. Are you not afraid of Great God Xuanwu's blame?"

"Rules? Where have I broken the rules? Great God Xuanwu only asked us to prove whose strength is greater. Connections and methods are also a form of strength," Xuanming argued.

"You... you are despicable and shameless," Patriarch Xuanzheng cursed.

"Haha, curse all you want. I was just too kind, which is why I have fought with you for so many years. If I had used this method sooner, your Chaos Xuanwu would have been wiped out by me long ago."

"Stop talking nonsense. I will count to ten. If you do not dismantle the Chaos Array, I will kill this woman right now and let you live in guilt for the rest of your life."

Xuanming had lost his patience. If Patriarch Xuanzheng was unwilling to make concessions for his woman, then there was no use for him to keep her.

"A-Zheng, don't worry about me. I don't regret being with you. Remember to take good care of our child. If there is an afterlife, I still want to be your woman."

As she spoke, the woman actually wanted to self-detonate. She absolutely would not allow herself to become a bargaining chip to threaten her man.

But she was only an 8th-rank Yao Beast. In front of Xuanming, she had no qualifications to self-detonate. The Aura on her body withered instantly, as if she had been suppressed.

Although they hadn't seen each other for a hundred years, his woman was still devoted to him, which touched Patriarch Xuanzheng deeply. But as the Clan Chief, he could not disregard all his clansmen for the sake of his woman.

In the end, he made a decision: he would go out alone. Even if he died, he wanted to die together with his beloved.

"Xuanshan, remember your father's words. If there is an opportunity, you must escape."

After giving instructions, Patriarch Xuanzheng manipulated the Chaos Array to open a gap. His figure passed through the array and arrived outside, after which the array healed again.

"Father, no, you cannot do this. Even if you die, they will not let anyone here go."

Actually, normally speaking, this was true. If Patriarch Xuanzheng led people to resist, they might have been able to hold on for a few days, but if Patriarch Xuanzheng was captured, the morale of the other clansmen would be low, and they would not be able to last long. The final result would naturally be total annihilation.

How could Patriarch Xuanzheng not understand this? But as a man, he could not watch his woman die in front of him without intervening; this was his bottom line.

"Xuanming, I have come out. Let her go quickly."

"Tsk tsk tsk, you really are a sentimental fool. You are actually willing to give up a lifetime of cultivation for a woman. You are not worthy of being a clansman of Great God Xuanwu."

Xuanming did not rush to make a move. In his view, Patriarch Xuanzheng had already become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, at his mercy.

"Compared to you, I feel that I am more like a human. A beast that does not understand emotions—even if it takes on a human form, what of it? You can never get rid of your beastly nature."

Patriarch Xuanzheng was not afraid in the slightest. Being able to die with the woman he loved, it was worth it.

"Bastard, what qualifications do you have to talk about me? Kneel down for me, or I will kill her with one palm."

Facing Xuanming's threat, Patriarch Xuanzheng looked up at the sky and sighed, leaving a tear, and then knelt in front of Xuanming.

"Haha, now that you are kneeling before me, what qualifications do you have to say that I don't understand emotions? As a cultivator, emotions will only make you sink."

"Do you want to save your woman? Destroy your own Dantian. As long as you destroy your Dantian, I will return her to you, how about that?"

Hearing this, Patriarch Xuanzheng hesitated. It wasn't that he was afraid. Once he lost his cultivation, he and his woman would surely die, but did he have a choice now?

Patriarch Xuanzheng took out his sword and looked at Xuanming, saying: "As long as I destroy my Dantian, will you let her go?"

"Of course. Do I need to lie to a cripple?" Xuanming said again.

Hearing this, Patriarch Xuanzheng held his sword and slowly moved it toward his Dantian.

"Father, no! He is lying to you. Don't be fooled."

Xuanshan was very anxious. He looked at the others in the clan and said: "Are you just going to watch my father become a cripple? Instead of living like this, it would be better to fight our way out. That way, there would still be a glimmer of hope."

Everyone was silent; no one answered. Xuanshan was anxious, but there was simply no way. He didn't know how to open the Formation and couldn't help at all.

Puchi!

Patriarch Xuanzheng stabbed his sword into his Dantian, and then the Spiritual Qi in his body flowed away rapidly, and he became a cripple.

"No... don't."

Xuanshan pounded the Chaos Array with his fists, but it had no effect.

"Haha, you are really stupid. You actually destroyed your Dantian. Forget it, I am not a petty person, so I will return her to you."

Xuanming threw the woman to Patriarch Xuanzheng. Anyway, the two of them could no longer pose any threat to him.

"You guys in the city, are you really not coming out? You don't even save your own Clan Chief; what is the point of you living?"

Xuanming used psychological tactics to persuade the crowd, but no one came out of the city.

"Patriarch Xuanzheng, oh Patriarch Xuanzheng, look at your clansmen. What is the use of you protecting them for so long? They don't care about your life or death at all now. Since that's the case, I will send you on your way and let you die together; that can be considered me doing you a favor."

As he spoke, Xuanming struck out with a palm from a distance. Patriarch Xuanzheng was not afraid at all; instead, he revealed a faint smile. He could finally be with his beloved forever.

Just as the two were waiting for death, Xuanming's giant palm of Spiritual Qi suddenly disappeared. A handsome young man appeared before everyone—it was the arriving Xiao Yuchen.

He had detected the danger here from a hundred miles away, directly abandoned the Azure Dragon, and traveled through the Void Realm to arrive here, saving the two of them.