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Suddenly, a sound like bellows being pulled emanated from Lian Que’s body.

His whole being exploded like sparks from a furnace, charging straight at Zhao Fangyuan.

Raising his right hand high, it turned fiery red in the air, with bulging veins and flesh, like a giant wielding a hammer.

The temperature inside the hall rose sharply!

“Lian Que, you really have a problem!” the female cultivator in the northeast corner shouted angrily, but she took a step back, not intending to directly confront the suddenly erupting Lian Que.

Facing the attack head-on, Zhao Fangyuan spun to avoid the hammer blow, his footsteps constantly shifting, already reaching the hall door, leaving a trail of afterimages.

He shouted, “Everyone, kill Lian Que first! If we don’t kill this man, how can we safely compete for the opportunity?”

Jiang Wang gripped his sword hilt, but instead of advancing, he retreated to the side door.

He felt something was wrong.

Even if Lian Que was the murderer, and was about to expose himself, facing a siege by everyone present, his first choice should be to escape. Did he really have the confidence to single-handedly kill all the cultivators present?

It wasn’t that simple. How could there be weaklings among those who could enter the Heavenly Mansion Secret Realm to compete for opportunities?

Taking a step back, even if he had the determination and confidence to kill everyone, his first choice should be Ji Xiu, who was closest to him and examining the corpse.

Moreover, Ji Xiu was not very wary of him, while Zhao Fangyuan, having exposed his malice, remained vigilant.

When fighting alone against many, how could one abandon the near for the far, choosing the difficult over the easy?

Therefore, Jiang Wang decided to observe for a while, like the female cultivator, preserving himself first.

Only the cultivator with a long cloak obscuring their face moved forward, seemingly intending to intervene in the battle and kill Lian Que.

But halfway there, they suddenly stopped, freezing in place.

Just then, something even stranger happened.

Zhao Fangyuan, who had been retreating, suddenly charged back, colliding with Lian Que.

Both used extremely powerful secret techniques to attack each other, instantly merging and separating.

Zhao Fangyuan retreated, spitting blood, clearly having suffered a loss. But regardless, he once again met the oncoming Lian Que.

This was completely out of character for Zhao Fangyuan, who was not the type of cultivator to engage in head-on confrontations.

He had always displayed considerable intelligence, so why would he attack the enemy’s strength with his own weakness at this moment?

But from this angle, Jiang Wang could clearly see Zhao Fangyuan’s face, discovering that his eyes were bloodshot, and the redness was still spreading, filled with intense killing intent.

This was abnormal.

There was something strange about this hall!

Jiang Wang’s Qi and blood surged, cleansing his meridians repeatedly. The Entangling Star Spirit Snake roamed within his Heavenly Palace, exploring for any abnormalities.

At the same time, his gaze was like lightning, sweeping across the corners of the hall.

Where was the problem?

“Everyone, be careful!” Ji Xiu, who had been beside Tian Yong’s corpse, now stood up, abandoning the examination, and warned, “Be sure to suppress your killing intent. If we all attack Lian Que, we’ll fall into a trap. Something has been done here. As long as the killing intent is strong enough to reach a certain threshold, it will be corrupted by it.”

Corrupted by killing intent?

Looking at Lian Que and Zhao Fangyuan again, they did not seem to be maintaining their rationality.

The two of them were directly confronting each other head-on, although they were both displaying extremely powerful auras, and the fighting followed instinctive patterns, there was no strategy to speak of.

It was as if their only goal was to kill each other.

Lian Que hated Zhao Fangyuan to the bone, and Zhao Fangyuan had previously shown killing intent. These two met the conditions for being corrupted by killing intent.

The female cultivator in the northeast corner immediately held her breath and concentrated, suppressing her killing intent.

So, whose scheme was this?

The few people in the hall scanned back and forth, wary of each other.

Meanwhile, Lian Que and Zhao Fangyuan were still fighting madly, both suffering significant injuries.

“No matter what, we must stop them two first, and try to avoid deaths.” Jiang Wang decisively formed a hand seal.

“Since the person who set up this scheme wants us to kill each other, we must not let them succeed. Otherwise, there may be further changes later, which will be detrimental to us!”

Dense masses of vine snakes sprang from the ground, entangling each other, forcibly blocking Lian Que and Zhao Fangyuan.

Vine Snake Entanglement!

This was a defensive Dao technique, but Jiang Wang used it to separate the fighting parties.

Under the wild attacks of the two, Vine Snake Entanglement instantly collapsed.

But at this time, Ji Xiu and the female cultivator both reacted and used their respective methods. Because Jiang Wang’s words were indeed reasonable.

Regardless of who was secretly playing tricks, they must not let them succeed.

Giant waves surged, directly rising a water wall between Zhao Fangyuan and Lian Que, touching the dome.

Under the influence of killing intent, they only had each other in their eyes. At this moment, suddenly losing their target, they were both momentarily dazed.

And Ji Xiu had two white lights flash out from his hand, touching Zhao Fangyuan and Lian Que respectively and returning instantly.

The white light instantly turned into bloody light, and when it fell into Ji Xiu’s hand, Jiang Wang could see clearly that they were two small snakes.

They were originally supposed to be snow-white, but now they were blood-red all over.

And Zhao Fangyuan and Lian Que both paused, their eyes regaining clarity.

“Stay calm, suppress your killing intent!”

Ji Xiu said, letting the small snakes drill into his sleeves, and shouted: “You were just tricked, I temporarily absorbed your killing intent. But you must not recklessly act with murderous intentions again!”

The water wall dissipated, Zhao Fangyuan and Lian Que looked at each other, although they still carried hatred, they both showed fear.

Especially Zhao Fangyuan, who had been severely injured by Lian Que in an unsuitable fighting style, and if it continued, he might have been beaten to death.

“So, who exactly is using tricks to induce everyone to kill each other?” the female cultivator retracted the water wall, but her gaze fell on the man in the long cloak: “Everyone else is stopping the infighting and exploring the source of the abnormality, why were you motionless just now?”

The long-cloaked cultivator seemed to react at this moment, shaking his shoulders before coldly saying: “My killing intent is very difficult to suppress, it took a lot of effort.”

Although this explanation was somewhat alarming, it was not unreasonable.

“So difficult to suppress,” the female cultivator sneered, “Who do you want to kill, that you can’t stand it so much?”

“Don’t you want to?” The long cloak looked around: “Among these people present, who doesn’t want to kill all the other competitors and take the supernatural opportunity for themselves?”

The female cultivator was stunned by the words.

“Alright,” Dongwang Valley’s Ji Xiu interjected. “Before finding the person who secretly used the means, let’s not cause any more disputes, so as not to be fished in troubled waters.”

“An incendiary poison woman, always thinking about harming someone first. I think her suspicion is also not small!” Lian Que was also very hostile to the only female cultivator in the Dragon Palace.

Because it was this woman who joined forces with Zhao Fangyuan and almost eliminated him from the beginning.

“If I hadn’t stopped you, you might have already died. Now you are so eager to point the finger at me, could it be that you’re acting out a self-inflicted injury scheme?” The female cultivator immediately counterattacked.

Zhao Fangyuan, on the other hand, treated his injuries while cautiously guarding against everyone. At this time, he was the most seriously injured and the most likely to be targeted first.

The people in the Dragon Palace had come to compete for opportunities, and in a place like the Heavenly Mansion Secret Realm, where there were no constraints, there was no trust between them.

Suspicion and hatred for each other meant they could never cooperate sincerely.

Perhaps this was precisely why the person secretly using the means chose to start with killing intent.

They truly grasped human nature and understood people’s hearts.

Jiang Wang hesitated, finding it difficult to grasp the situation.

If Ling He were here, things would be much easier, because even his enemies could trust him. With him investigating one by one, everyone who knew him would have no objections.

If Zhao Rucheng were here, he would probably be able to see who was causing trouble right away.

And if Du Yehou were here, it would be even simpler. He wouldn’t consider anything, he would kill whoever killed him, simple and brutal.

But Jiang Wang was alone, and he couldn’t imagine not considering the problem like Du Yehou, nor could he think of a good solution for the time being.

But he couldn’t just delay like this, because he couldn’t guarantee that the person secretly using the means wouldn’t have follow-ups.

Moreover, once the opportunity appeared, the situation would immediately spiral out of control.

Leaving hidden dangers at this time might be a way to court death.

Jiang Wang didn’t show it on his face, but his mind was racing.

Suddenly, he felt a movement in the Heavenly Palace from the Nether Candle.

Focusing his attention, he saw that several wisps of gray air were being pulled out of the void, revealing their traces.

The gray air was like silk, all absorbed by the Nether Candle.

Jiang Wang recognized it, this was death energy!

Why would death energy attempt to erode the Heavenly Palace? Whose scheme was this?