Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 366 The Great Battle Outside Wind Xiao City
The cultivators who were about to rush out hesitated. Xia Dandao was the hall master of the Star Battle Hall, the first hall of Star Emperor Mountain, and also the head of the Xia family, one of the three major families of Star Emperor Mountain. The Star Battle Army of the True Mortal Ten Armies was under his control. Besides, Chu Fengyi, the hall master of the Fifth Hall, also leaned towards the Xia family.
Even if all of this was not considered, Xia Dandao's own strength was probably the strongest here. As a Human Immortal Eighth Level cultivator, he was practically the strongest in Star Emperor Mountain, except for the former Star Lord Chi Tong and a very few elders who were not in Star Emperor Mountain.
Previously, Su Xuan and Yan Ze had suppressed Xia Dandao by not rushing out. Now that both of them had rushed out, who dared to disobey Xia Dandao's orders?
If they dared to disobey Xia Dandao's orders, they wouldn't even need to rush out and fight the alien races; they would probably die at the hands of Xia Dandao before even leaving Fengxiao City.
Not everyone feared Xia Dandao. As the surroundings fell silent, a figure quickly rushed out and stood at the top, pointing at Xia Dandao and shouting sternly, "Xia Dandao, you traitor! Colluding with alien race cultivators! It's because of your and the Yan family's selfishness that Star Lord Chi Tong died with hatred outside the Starry Sky Wharf. It's also because of your despicable plot that Star Lord Wu was killed… Now, you dare to stop the passionate cultivators of True Star from guarding True Star, from fighting for the survival of True Star…"
Some cultivators who wanted to rush out and kill the alien invaders secretly cheered. Everyone recognized the cultivator who was cursing Xia Dandao; it was Xu Chihuang, a protector of Star Emperor Mountain, a Human Immortal powerhouse who was as passionate and just as the two previous Star Lords, wholeheartedly for True Star.
However, Xu Chihuang's words were not finished when several beams of light locked onto him. Xia Dandao even directly struck out with a hand chop.
Xu Chihuang was originally only a Human Immortal First Level cultivator. His arm was cut off years ago, and it had barely recovered. Now, being attacked by Xia Dandao, a Human Immortal Eighth Level powerhouse who was far stronger than him, and locked onto by other Human Immortal powerhouses, he had almost no ability to resist. He only managed to move his body slightly before being directly chopped in half by Xia Dandao.
A Human Immortal powerhouse of True Star was killed so easily just because he said a few words, causing everyone to feel a chill in their hearts.
The edge of the protective array of Fengxiao City was terribly silent. The sounds of fighting from outside were like a mocking taunt, forming a stark contrast.
Xia Dandao's gaze swept over everyone, and he said in an icy tone, "Now is the time when my True Star is facing a life-or-death crisis. Xu Chihuang, for his own selfish desires, actually slandered a hall master of Star Emperor Mountain. Indeed, I know what he means. If his strength reached the Human Immortal Fourth Level, no, even if he was only at the Human Immortal Third Level, I would agree to him becoming the Star Lord. But his strength is too low to be the Star Lord. In addition, True Star is currently in crisis, and this matter must not be treated as a joke."
Xu Chihuang stood up to oppose Xia Dandao, but Xia Dandao twisted it to say that Xu Chihuang wanted to be the Star Lord.
The surroundings remained silent, except for the fighting outside the protective array of Fengxiao City; no one stood up to speak.
Xia Dandao softened his tone, "Now, Star Lord Wu Lingzhi of Star Emperor Mountain has been plotted against, and True Star is in imminent danger. We must not lose our composure and rush out like just now. Apart from satisfying a momentary impulse, what use is that to True Star? This is just a disorganized mess. What we want is not this kind of momentary impulse, but to protect the safety of True Star."
"I, Chu Fengyi, on behalf of the Starfire Hall, agree with Hall Master Xia's words. Hall Master Xia is right; now is definitely not the time to act impulsively. I very much agree with the passion of Hall Master Su and Hall Master Yan, but I don't agree with their approach. This can't be blamed on them, after all, we don't have a Star Lord now, and there is no unified command for anything. I recommend Hall Master Xia Dandao of the Star Battle Hall as the new Star Lord of Star Emperor Mountain. Those who agree with me, please stand up together. We can't wait any longer; if we wait any longer, we will face the destruction of True Star."
A strong man with purplish-red hair stood up and said loudly.
Many people recognized this man, Chu Fengyi, the hall master of the Starfire Hall of Star Emperor Mountain, a guy who had always been in cahoots with the Xia family.
After Chu Fengyi finished speaking, many people immediately stood up and echoed loudly, supporting Xia Dandao to become the Star Lord. Most of these voices supporting Xia Dandao as the Star Lord came from the Star Battle Army.
Some sect masters and elders could only sigh secretly; this method of electing a Star Lord was simply a joke. Not to mention that many of the ten halls were not here, even those who were here, who dared to disagree?
It was a pity that no one from the Yan family was here. If Yan Pingzhi was also here, he would definitely sing a different tune from the Xia family.
"I think the matter of the Star Lord should be considered carefully. It would be best to wait until most of the hall masters are present, and the sect masters of the major sects are present before electing a Star Lord," a middle-aged man stood up and said in a tone that was neither arrogant nor humble.
Hearing this, the killing intent in the corner of Xia Dandao's eyes flashed and disappeared. After he clearly saw who this person was, he restrained his killing intent.
Gu Qiao, the hall master of the Eighth Hall, the Star Chen Hall. This was a loyal supporter of the Mu family, and he also possessed the strength of Human Immortal Fifth Level.
The Mu family owned a part of the Northern Star Army, and with Gu Qiao's support, their strength was no weaker than the Xia family. He didn't dare to use the same methods against Gu Qiao that he used against Xu Chihuang. To put it bluntly, Xu Chihuang was just a protector; after the Star Lord died, he was like a lone wolf. Gu Qiao had a powerful cultivator army and the Mu family behind him.
"Although Hall Master Gu's words make sense, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. What time is it now? Can we still be like usual? Hall Master Xia, I represent all the True Star cultivators, and I request you to be the Star Lord of Star Emperor Mountain. Please consider for my True Star, and don't let True Star continue to be ravaged like this." Chu Fengyi didn't give Gu Qiao's supporters a chance to speak.
The many sect masters and elders on the side sneered inwardly. You, Chu Fengyi, represent all the cultivators of True Star? What qualifications do you have to represent us? We don't need you to represent us. However, facing Xia Dandao's strength, no one dared to stand up and speak.
As soon as Gu Qiao heard this, he knew things were going badly. Before he could continue speaking, Xia Dandao stood up, "In that case, I will temporarily serve as the Star Lord of Star Emperor Mountain, and bear the responsibility of guarding the safety of True Star. After everyone is gathered, I can remove myself from this position at any time."
Xia Dandao was so shameless to this extent that Gu Qiao knew he couldn't refute him anymore. To refute him further would be tantamount to showing his true colors and immediately initiating a mutiny. And the strongmen of the Mu family were not here yet.
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"What's going on?" Yan Ze was shocked to see that the number of people on their side was not overwhelmingly trending upwards.
Su Xuan also noticed the situation, her face changed as she said, "We were careless. Even if we wanted to rush out just now, we shouldn't have rushed out at the same time. If I'm not mistaken, Xia Dandao, that scoundrel, has already controlled the entire Fengxiao City and is not allowing the True Star cultivator army to come out anymore. This person has long coveted the position of Star Lord of Star Emperor Mountain and may have already declared himself as the Star Lord of Star Emperor Mountain."
Looking at the Land Immortal powerhouse who hadn't moved in the distance, Yan Ze suddenly laughed loudly and said, "In that case, let my Yan Ze's blood flow outside this Fengxiao City, and do my best for my True Star."
"It's a great pleasure in my life that I, Su Xuan, can join forces with a hero like Hall Master Yan to resist the alien races." Su Xuan also knew her situation. Although there were not few cultivator troops on the Fengxiao City side, there was still a Land Immortal powerhouse who hadn't moved. Besides, on that void teleportation array, there were still continuous alien race cultivators landing on the battlefield. It was conceivable that the cultivators on the Fengxiao City side would fight less and less.
It was truly a tragedy to fight at one's own door, yet one's own people were becoming fewer and fewer, while the opponent's people were becoming more and more.
"Two Hall Masters, the void teleportation array seems to have stopped..." A voice of surprise came.
In fact, at almost the same time, everyone noticed that the teleportation array that was constantly transporting alien race cultivator troops to outside Fengxiao City had suddenly stopped, and no one was landing outside Fengxiao City anymore.
This meant that although Fengxiao City no longer had the support of True Star cultivators, the other side also had no more support from new troops.
After Su Xuan confirmed that this was the fact, she was immediately overjoyed and shouted loudly, "All the Human Immortal powerhouses of my True Star, come closer to me and Hall Master Yan, and act according to my orders. The rest of the cultivator army, kill…"
Without Su Xuan's reminder, all the Human Immortal powerhouses had already approached. The other side had a Land Immortal First Level powerhouse who hadn't moved. To deal with this Land Immortal First Level powerhouse, the only way was for all the Human Immortal powerhouses here to besiege him. Now, although the other side had more people, there were still more cultivator troops rushing out from Fengxiao City.
What's more, nine Human Immortal and above powerhouses had rushed out from the cultivator army's side, while the other side only had one Land Immortal powerhouse and Leopard Fury who was a bit stronger. Comparing the two sides, the strength of the True Mortal cultivators was not at a disadvantage.
On the side of the alien race cultivator army, Leopard Fury and the Land Immortal powerhouse originally hadn't moved. For them, this battlefield didn't require them to take action. Soon, a large number of Level Eight demon beasts and Human Immortal powerhouses would come. But the fact was that the teleportation array had suddenly stopped teleporting.
"Leopard Fury, contract the great array, just resist it, and I'll go to the Starry Sky Hall to see what's happening," the Land Immortal powerhouse said in a cold voice.
"Alright." Leopard Fury knew that something must have happened in the Starry Sky Hall; otherwise, under his orders, Heath would definitely bring people to rush onto the teleportation array at all costs and come to True Star. But now, the teleportation array had actually stopped teleporting, which was simply a disaster.
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