NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1421: Genuine Conviction
The gigantic hand appeared in mid-air.
Like a towering peak, it descended from the sky, manifesting above Elder Red Lotus's head.
This palm strike could severely wound a strong practitioner who just entered the Saint King Realm.
Elder Red Lotus was merely at the apex of the Marquis Rank, not yet reaching the King Rank, how could she withstand such a terrifying attack?
It seemed she was about to die under this palm.
But just at this critical moment of life and death.
A peerless terrifying aura suddenly erupted from her body, condensing into a towering figure behind her.
This figure wore a golden python robe, with mist covering the face.
Its eyes shone through the mist with golden radiant brilliance.
Like two beams of golden red sun light.
Buzz!
This towering figure raised its hand and clashed fiercely with Xiao Yi's palm, with a bang, the hand shattered. Yet the towering figure only dimmed slightly.
Hiss!
The faces of those ready to advance changed abruptly.
Their incredulous gazes fell upon the towering figure.
The expression of the First Peak Master grew even more enraged: "Supreme Sect's Leader Li Tianchao?"
"What?"
"No, this is not Li Tianchao's true form, but a divine incarnation he left on Elder Red Lotus. How could Elder Red Lotus have Li Tianchao's divine incarnation within her?"
Divine incarnation.
This must be voluntarily allowed into the host's Primordial Spirit sea, otherwise, it cannot exist for long.
Supreme Sect Leader's divine incarnation in Elder Red Lotus's body, even stepping in to block this fatal strike at the moment of life and death.
"Could Elder Red Lotus be an undercover agent planted by the Supreme Sect in our Heavenly Tao Pavilion?"
"How is this possible? If she was an undercover, how did she pass the Tongtian Dao Tower test?"
Everyone was in disbelief.
Especially the Thirty-Eighth Peak Master whose face turned blue and then white in disbelief: "This can't be, there must be some misunderstanding..."
Thinking about how he had admired Elder Red Lotus all these years.
He almost engaged in a fierce fight with Xiao Yi just to protect Elder Red Lotus.
The Thirty-Eighth Peak Master felt his face flush hot.
As if he had been slapped dozens of times.
How embarrassing!
Truly too embarrassing!
The First Peak Master and the Second Peak Master landed on Xiao Yi's side simultaneously, forming a surrounding with three Saint King Realm experts around Elder Red Lotus and the shadow behind her.
Elder Red Lotus's face was ashen.
Moments before.
Xiao Yi's palm had almost taken her life!
However now.
With Li Tianchao's divine incarnation protecting her, she was not overly worried, in her eyes, Li Tianchao could compete with the Pavilion Master.
A master at the Ninth Peak of the Saint King Realm.
Even a divine incarnation could equal the Fourth Layer of the Saint King Realm in power.
Without the Pavilion Master's intervention.
No one present could stop this divine incarnation.
Under the protection of Li Tianchao's divine incarnation, Elder Red Lotus fearlessly met the gaze of the three Saint Kings, her voice no longer as gentle as before, but with a hint of iciness: "Xiao Yi, how did you discern my identity?"
From Xiao Yi's unwavering attack, she knew Xiao Yi absolutely had already uncovered her identity.
This was what puzzled Elder Red Lotus the most.
She had infiltrated the Heavenly Tao Pavilion for thousands of years without anyone suspecting her identity.
Yet upon first meeting Xiao Yi, he suspected her identity, targeting her at every turn, forcing her to expose Li Tianchao's divine incarnation.
Xiao Yi smirked: "Indeed, you hid very well, especially this welcome feast, greatly painstaking over the preparation of this Drunken Divine Brew..."
"If that's so, why did you still suspect my identity?" Elder Red Lotus asked puzzledly.
Xiao Yi replied calmly: "Precisely because you prepared too well..."
"Hmm?"
Elder Red Lotus was puzzled.
The welcome feast being too well prepared was a flaw?
Xiao Yi lifted a wine jar, inhaling deeply the rich aroma, and said: "The Drunken Divine Brew... sourced from the Six-Eared Macaque tribe of the Eastern Mountain Wild Tribe in the Unharmed Heaven Realm, is brewed every century, then stored for a millennium before consumption. While the Six-Eared Macaque tribe often sells the Drunken Divine Brew, the quantity sold is never large, and there is only one place in the Unharmed Heaven Realm that can acquire unlimited supplies of Drunken Divine Brew..."
Buzz!
Elder Red Lotus's face abruptly changed.
The Second Peak Master realized: "So that's it... The Six-Eared Macaque tribe is situated on the Supreme Sect's turf, and over seventy percent of their Drunken Divine Brew goes as tribute to the Supreme Sect!"
"Only from the Supreme Sect can so much Drunken Divine Brew be acquired!"
"His Highness the Saint Heir is so keen, deducing Elder Red Lotus's undercover identity from the quantity of Drunken Divine Brew!"
"Incredible..."
Enlightened by Xiao Yi's explanation, everyone realized.
The Drunken Divine Brew arranged by Elder Red Lotus was far too much!
No less than two hundred jars.
The Six-Eared Macaque tribe produces complete Drunken Divine Brew every millennium, and after seventy percent is paid as tribute to the Supreme Sect, being able to sell one or two hundred jars is already quite good.
One or two hundred jars.
Not all for the Heavenly Tao Pavilion!
But fought over collectively by the forces within the Unharmed Heaven Realm.
Elder Red Lotus's face changed slightly.
She hadn't expected her meticulously laid out plan to be unraveled simply due to the quantity of Drunken Divine Brew.
Back then, arranging so much Drunken Divine Brew.
The intent was to first intoxicate Xiao Yi, then unleash Li Tianchao's divine incarnation to swiftly kill Xiao Yi. Yet unexpectedly, it was the Drunken Divine Brew that aroused Xiao Yi's suspicion.
"Counting thousands and thousands of times, never thought I would fail here..."
Elder Red Lotus bitterly smiled and shook her head, then revealed a ferocious look, "Still, even if you've seen through my identity, pinpointed the wrong number of Drunken Divine Brew, you ultimately cannot escape the trap I've set..."
"You're trying to say that after merging the Drunken Divine Brew with the delicacies you've prepared, it becomes the Saint-Felling Poison that can be fatal even to a Saint King, right?" Xiao Yi taunted.
"Hmm?"
Elder Red Lotus could no longer maintain her composure.
Saint-Felling Poison.
This was her final trump card!
Elder Red Lotus blurted out: "How do you know about the Saint-Felling Poison..."
Xiao Yi sneered: "If it were just the Drunken Divine Brew, I would have only questioned where you obtained such an amount, without speculating further. But it was your so-called flawless Saint-Felling Poison that exposed your identity. Forgot to tell you, besides being at the Saint King Realm, I'm also a grandmaster alchemist!"
As soon as he finished.
Xiao Yi slapped his dantian, expelling a mass of toxic substances mingled from the Drunken Divine Brew and the various delicacies he had consumed, spewing it out from his mouth.
Hiss!
The ground immediately dissolved.
Knowing this...
This was the Heavenly Tao Hall.
The entire Heavenly Tao Hall was a Saint King weapon.
The fact that the poison could dissolve the ground showed how terrifying the toxin was!
Hiss!
Everyone's expressions shifted, with a palpable sense of fear.
The Thirty-Eighth Elder's face turned ashen.
Until this moment.
The trace of resentment he held towards Xiao Yi vanished entirely.
Convincingly convinced!
Seeing Xiao Yi expel the Saint-Felling Poison from his body, Elder Red Lotus realized her plan had been thwarted, a shade of venom flickering across her face, she sneered: "I didn't expect that after all my schemes, I'd still lose to you in the end. However, even if I die today, I'll drag you down with me..."
Just then.
The divine incarnation behind her opened its eyes sharply.
This was a terrifying existence comparable to the Fourth Layer of the Saint King Realm, and once it unleashed its power without regard, it was incredibly formidable.
But just as the divine incarnation was about to erupt.
Green vines appeared out of nowhere, tightly entwining the divine incarnation.
With a shower of green light.
The Divine Sealing Tree forcibly dragged the divine incarnation over, and under a wash of green light, the divine incarnation was dissipated.
The catastrophic storm vanished instantly.
Watching the bewildered Elder Red Lotus, Xiao Yi smiled and said: "Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?"