"Oh? So many people want to kill me? I am simply honored to the extreme!"
Sikong Jing responded indifferently before he stopped talking and leapt off the Demon Dragon to land beside the Iron Bone Flying Vulture, which needed urgent rescue, lest the vulture with its clanging iron bones truly perished.
As for being the public enemy of the East Plain Northern Land, Sikong Jing truly didn’t care – he was exceedingly happy now that Mo Ci was dead.
As for the future, he would deal with that when it came...
Sikong Jing gently stroked the Iron Bone Flying Vulture’s large skull.
A drop of blood silently fell into its mouth, and then Sikong Jing softly said, "The blood of the Iron Winged Divine Vulture is given to you. You’ve been gravely injured, but this misfortune will turn into a blessing as you absorb it."
These words were those of the Iron Winged Divine Vulture – Sikong Jing was merely passing them along.
Normally, the Iron Bone Flying Vulture wouldn’t be able to directly absorb the blood of the Iron Winged Divine Vulture, but on the brink of death, it could. As for why, Sikong Jing didn’t ask; perhaps it was due to the excessive blood loss.
Of course, for the time being, the Iron Bone Flying Vulture still showed no reaction; it had fallen into a deep comatose state.
"Sikong Jing, you just wait, I will never let you go," he said, seeing Sikong Jing’s audacity and lack of fear for being a public enemy, the Palace Master of the War Soul Heavenly Dao Palace could only leave with a vicious parting remark.
Then, they left ignominiously with Xu Youyou and others.
Including Pang Yingjiang, they had almost lost half of their people, while only a few students like Xu Youyou remained from the learners.
They really stole a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.
But now, with many Demon Wolves, Sikong Jing truly had no way to deal with them.
As the War Soul Heavenly Dao Palace retreated, the surroundings gradually became quiet again, the Demon Wolves slowly receded, and Sikong Jing sat calmly beside the Iron Bone Flying Vulture. He paid no attention to the disassembled bones, starting to self-regulate his breathing.
Those bones were already useless; as long as the Iron Bone Flying Vulture absorbed the blood of the Iron Winged Divine Vulture, it would be able to grow new bones.
Meanwhile, the Absolute Night Wolf Guards mounted the Demon Wolves, protecting his surroundings.
In secret, Hua Lidian turned to Ren Dongmeng and said, "Ah, what a pity, another genius more formidable than Sikong Jing has died."
In his tone was steeped in sarcasm.
Before, Ren Dongmeng had said that Sikong Jing was no match for Yan Benxing, no match for Pang Yingjiang, but Sikong Jing had taken them all out.
Instantly, Ren Dongmeng’s face turned almost crimson with anger, and she coldly huffed, "So what? Now Sikong Jing has enemies all over the world. Without the Iron Bone Flying Vulture, he will definitely not survive a month."
In Ren Dongmeng’s view, the Iron Bone Flying Vulture was surely already dead, seeing that Sikong Jing didn’t even bother with its bones.
She hadn’t heard what Sikong Jing had just said to the Iron Bone Flying Vulture.
Having said that, Ren Dongmeng turned to leave; she did not want to stay and face Hua Lidian’s smug expression.
As he watched Ren Dongmeng walk away, Hua Lidian slowly retracted his smile and stared deeply at Sikong Jing, eventually alighting to the ground and stepping forward; he wanted to have a proper chat with Sikong Jing.
"Who’s there?" The moment Hua Lidian appeared, the Absolute Night Wolf Guards quickly drew their blades and yelled.
While Sikong Jing was regulating his breathing, they were all extremely vigilant.
Simultaneously, Sikong Jing also slowly opened his eyes and said, "Lian Guang, this is Mr. Hua from the Overlord Commerce. There’s no need to be on guard; he is somewhat of a friend to me."
Upon hearing these words, Lian Guang let out a light breath and ordered everyone to put away their blades.
And Hua Lidian took a deep breath as well, his gaze somewhat complex as he looked at Sikong Jing and said, "Brother Sikong, I didn’t expect that since we last met in the Long Night Imperial City, you would have stirred up such a earth-shattering event."
Back in the Long Night Imperial City, when he rode the Night Shadow Mad Wolf to kill Ji Tingyue and Bai Changwu and others, he was already crazy enough.
And in the War Soul Imperial City, he had made the startling move of slaying Mo Ci.
Even Hua Lidian held Sikong Jing in the highest admiration.
Sikong Jing smiled at this, about to say something, but then suddenly slapped his forehead, "Crap, I forgot about Gongyang Ying."
Having said that, he hurriedly had the Demon Dragon spit out Gongyang Ying...
She landed with a "thump," her face utterly void of color, yet she hadn’t fainted. No sooner had she hit the ground than she sprang up, screaming at Sikong Jing, "Sikong Jing, I’m going to fight you to the death!"
With those words, she burst forth with her True Qi, attacking Sikong Jing...
She was furious, originally thinking that Sikong Jing’s expression of feeling wronged was leading up to an apology or plea for mercy. Instead, what the hell, he just made her a hostage with his talk of being ’wronged a bit more’.
Was she just born to be aggrieved by him?
She was mad with rage, exploding with anger!
However, it was at this moment that Sikong Jing said, "Lian Guang, please calm Miss Gongyang down."
Instantly, Lian Guang took the command and moved swiftly to surround Gongyang Ying, following with chuckles, "Miss Gongyang, didn’t you return to the War Soul Imperial City? How did our Boss catch you again?"
"Oh my, it’s been a while, Miss Gongyang, you’re still so beautiful. Have you had breakfast yet?"
Speaking of which, the Absolute Night Wolf Guard had already encircled her.
And Gongyang Ying was stunned by this; these were the very people who had guarded her in the Soul Penetration Mountain Range, the top-tier Beast Blood Soldiers... And damn it, they were taunting her with breakfast.
Back then, Sikong Jing brought breakfast from each city in Wang Hun State, which was sent as a specialty every time he conquered one!
That was a considerable blow to her at the time.
In the end, Gongyang Ying found herself unable to withstand the onslaught of the Absolute Night Wolf Guards and was overpoweringly captured by them.
"Let me go, let me go... Sikong Jing, if you’re so capable, fight me fairly once more!"
After being captured, Gongyang Ying screamed incessantly at Sikong Jing in rage, "Conspiracy and trickery, sending people to attack me in a group, what kind of hero does that make you? Are you only capable of bullying a mere woman like me?"
As she spoke, Gongyang Ying couldn’t help but let her tears fall.
On the other hand, Sikong Jing casually said, "Miss Gongyang, with Mr. Hua here, I dare not fight you."
Upon hearing this, Hua Lidian, who had just approached Sikong Jing, paused and then chuckled wryly again and again.
Gongyang Ying was also taken aback, then she retorted, "So what if Mr. Hua is here, stop making excuses, Overlord Commerce won’t interfere."
In Gongyang Ying’s eyes, Sikong Jing was just looking for excuses, unwilling to have a one-on-one duel with her.
Unfortunately, Hua Lidian replied with a wry smile, "Miss Gongyang, you’re mistaken. Brother Sikong doesn’t want to rank too high. If I’m not wrong, he doesn’t want Wang Ge to see his name, right?"
At that, Gongyang Ying quieted down a bit.
It was only when Wang Ge was mentioned that Gongyang Ying looked at Sikong Jing with a trace of newfound respect; he was a man truly devoted to love.
Regarding Wang Ge, Hua Lidian had also heard the previous conversation between Sikong Jing and Mo Ci and had surmised that because Wang Ge practiced the ’Supreme Forget Love Technique,’ she couldn’t hear anything about Sikong Jing.
Otherwise, she would fail in her Cultivation.
Sikong Jing simply nodded, responding with a wry smile, "But Mr. Hua, you still insisted on pushing me into the top hundred."
The new rankings hadn’t been updated yet, and he was still in the 98th position, which was certainly Hua Lidian’s doing.