Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 356 - 174: A Twist of Fate, The Origin of the Original Plane

"Dammit... Has Luofeng Ancient Country gone mad?! They dare to arrange an assassination on a Sealing King Peak level just by sending three Sealing Kings?!"

Upon witnessing Wan Shensan's clean and swift death, Xi Yan gritted his teeth in anger.

The moment he confirmed Wan Shensan's death, he didn't hesitate to break away and flee, heading in the direction the West Emperor had previously left.

Born into a branch of the royal family of the Demon Eye Empire, he was very clear about the gap in strength among different warriors.

In the Great Universe, Sealing King level warriors represent the ultimate domain that one with True Seed Realm powers can step into. Yet, due to racial talents, Secret Techniques, and other factors, the combat power of some Sealing King warriors far surpasses the threshold.

To distinguish these exceptionally powerful individuals, the term "Sealing King Peak" was created.

Wan Shensan, as one of the Divine Sons of the Four Gods Temples, was a mainstay among his peers of the same generation. He had reached Sealing King Peak a few months ago, yet he couldn't withstand a single strike from Ji Jingqiu!

What kind of monster is this?!

Luofeng Ancient Country has truly gone insane!

Xi Yan's escape disturbed the surrounding silence, which naturally drew Ji Jingqiu's attention.

At this moment, an urgent voice from an elf girl came from the grass beside him.

"That guy is Xi Yan!"

Ji Jingqiu's gaze sharpened, without the slightest hesitation, his figure swiftly flew towards Xi Yan's location.

Seeing Ji Jingqiu locking onto a new enemy, several Martial Artists from the Federation who were close to Xi Yan unfurled their bodies and intercepted without any hesitation, decisively and briskly.

Before this, they had been surrounded and had taken quite a lot of distress; now, it was finally their turn!

"Get lost!" Xi Yan's face changed, he roared lowly, all three eyes wide open, powerful Spiritual Waves accompanying his punch.

Feeling something unusual from behind, he glanced back, nearly shouting out—why was Ji Jingqiu focusing on pursuing him?

Was it because the people from Luofeng Ancient Country had already approached Ji Jingqiu and had betrayed him? Or was his own sudden escape attracting Ji Jingqiu's attention, making him consider him a target to demonstrate his power?

Thinking about the second possibility, Xi Yan instantly regretted it.

He shouldn't have fled with such determination. With so many people around, wasn't it better to hide among the crowd?

He locked onto West Emperor ten thousand kilometers away and transmitted a message through Spirit Secret Skill urgently:

"Big brother, cover me, this person wants to kill me!"

West Emperor was a member of the main line of their royal family, his cousin by seniority.

He didn't want to leave the Half-plane just yet. For someone of his royal bloodline, this trip to the Po Suo Half-plane was an important assessment, and leaving hastily now would affect the allocation of resources for him later on.

However, West Emperor didn't reply, which made Xi Yan's heart sink.

Could it be that the cousin had discovered the private contacts he had with several other royal relatives before?

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind howled behind him, and Xi Yan was startled by the rapid pursuit.

This... this was too fast...

Feeling the sharp intent approaching from behind.

"I can't withstand this..." Remembering the strike from earlier, Xi Yan felt a chill in his heart.

He clenched his teeth fiercely, no longer hesitating, and in a desperate moment, he resentfully triggered the life-saving measure to exit the Half-plane.

In the final moment, he turned around, his gaze fixed on Ji Jingqiu as if to commit that face to memory.

However, contrary to what he expected, he did not "brush past" the blade and exit the Half-plane.

A cold light flashed like lightning across the sky, passing by his neck. Xi Yan could clearly feel the chill of the blade on his skin, and then his perspective jumbled.

From the perspective of others, Xi Yan eerily offered no resistance, nor did he choose to exit the Half-plane. Instead, he seemed to voluntarily present his neck to the slaughter, and as the blade glinted, his head flew up into the air.

In the last moments of his life, other than despair, Xi Yan's eyes were filled with resentment. It seemed he had guessed something, but in this lifetime, he would have no chance to confirm it.

Ji Jingqiu shook off the small traces of blood from Green Master, looking at the body of Xi Yan who died with eyes still open, feeling slightly surprised.

Honestly, he wasn't sure he could kill Xi Yan just now.

It wasn't a matter of strength, rather the distance was too great; this guy could have left the Po Suo Half-plane anytime he wanted.

What he didn't expect was that Xi Yan didn't resist at all; on the contrary, he actively turned around to seek death, almost willingly welcoming the blade, which surprised him greatly.

Thinking about it, he couldn't come up with a suitable answer, Ji Jingqiu didn't want to waste his thoughts any longer; the man was dead, what was the use of thinking so much.

He turned around to work with other Martial Artists from the Federation, counterattacking the warriors from the many civilizations that had previously encircled them.

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"Your cousin seems to be so attached to this half-plane, he would rather lose his life than leave it, right?"

Yue Wukong looked at West Emperor with a curious gaze.

West Emperor wiped away the blood seeping from under his nose, still reeling from the shock to his spiritual world, and remarked casually:

"Who knows? Maybe there was some problem with his life-saving means. There are always accidents happening in this world, which we can't avoid, only endure, just like the appearance of Ji Jingqiu is now to us, it is also a part of the impermanence of life."

"Tsk, really befitting of an imperial royal family." Yue Wukong's gaze toward this guy carried a bit of wariness.

This one must have already calculated Xi Yan's fate before entering, and in the end, accidentally, almost serendipitously, he ended up helping Ji Jingqiu!

And Ji Jingqiu also "rightfully" removed a competitor for him.

These imperial royal family members truly have nothing but power and calculation in their minds, with no notion of kinship to speak of, unlike their Black Sun Clan. Although the clan members are few and propagation is difficult, they are united and stable internally; if a small one is struck, a whole string of older ones pops out.