I Break through Crazily
Chapter 423: Chapter 422: Who Said I’d Spare You?
"Oh?"
Hearing the man in black’s reply, Tang Yi had a good idea of what was going on.
’It must be that this man in black isn’t on record with the Heaven-Devouring Sect,’ Tang Yi mused. ’The system didn’t recognize him as a disciple, which is why his background wasn’t displayed. The same must be true for the others who died. Only those who are officially recorded in the Sect are recognized by the system and have their information shown.’
Once he figured that out, things made more sense, and Tang Yi felt relieved.
’A case like this man’s must be a special exception, not some bug in the system.’
Having come to this conclusion, Tang Yi stopped dwelling on the issue with his Celestial Eye Technique.
Still, Tang Yi hoped the Celestial Eye Technique could be upgraded or at least improved. The information it provided was still too basic for his needs, and it was also incredibly cumbersome to use. It was fine against a few people, but when facing a crowd, he had to cast the Celestial Eye Technique on each person individually to assess all his opponents. The whole process was far too draining.
Of course, whether the Celestial Eye Technique could be upgraded or if he could find a new Identification Skill to replace it was a matter for another time. Right now, Tang Yi’s top priority was to hurry back to the West Mansion and participate in the Outer Mansion’s grand competition.
Although the Outer Mansion’s grand competition posed no difficulty for him at his current level, he had already promised Hall Master Murong Liu that he would participate and bring honor to the Dui Palace. He couldn’t go back on his word.
With that in mind, Tang Yi decided to wrap things up here as quickly as possible. He turned to the leader of the men in black and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me? For instance, how did you know my whereabouts, and why did you ambush me here?"
"That’s because..." The man in black hesitated.
"Speak!" Tang Yi barked. He didn’t have time to waste with this man. He needed answers so he could get back.
"It’s because our Heaven-Devouring Sect has an insider in the West Mansion," the man confessed. "That person assisted us and told us where you were headed. That’s how we knew your destination, sir, and why we set up an ambush here."
"Your insider in the West Mansion... is it the Hall Master of the Qian Palace, Quan Xinyuan?" Tang Yi asked.
"How could you possibly know!?" The man was startled, his eyes widening as he stared at Tang Yi.
"Heh. Just tell me if it is or isn’t," Tang Yi commanded coldly.
"It is him," the man said.
’Just as I thought!’
Back when he was in the Little Extreme Sacred Land, Tang Yi had learned from some Heaven-Devouring Sect disciples that there was a mole in the West Mansion. He also knew the mole held a high position in the West Mansion Outer Mansion—a Hall Master of the Qian Palace.
However, Tang Yi had never exposed this Hall Master. After all, without concrete evidence, who would have believed him?
Besides, he’d had a lot on his plate, what with traveling to the Valley of Desolation and getting revenge on the Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps. He simply hadn’t had time to deal with the mole.
He never expected that this ambush was orchestrated by that very same mole, who had leaked his location.
Tang Yi had a blood feud with the Heaven-Devouring Sect. Having one of their moles inside the West Mansion was a constant, underlying threat.
This time, the Heaven-Devouring Sect had underestimated how quickly his strength had grown and only sent Battle Emperors, which allowed Tang Yi to handle the situation with ease. If they had dispatched more powerful Martial Artists, he would have been caught completely off guard, and the consequences would have been unthinkable.
Therefore, this mole had to be eliminated.
At this thought, Tang Yi glanced at the man in black. "When you made contact with Quan Xinyuan, did you use any kind of token to identify yourselves?"
"Yes."
The man in black pulled a token from within his robes. "This is the Heaven-Devouring Sect’s Heaven-Devouring Order. To see the order is to see the Sect Leader himself. It’s the token I used to make contact with Quan Xinyuan."
"Good. Give it to me." Seeing the token, Tang Yi nodded, a wide, satisfied smile spreading across his face.
After handing the token to Tang Yi and seeing his pleased expression, the man in black felt a flicker of joy. ’I’ve done so much and finally managed to please him,’ he thought. ’Since he’s happy, surely he’ll let me go now, right?’
He then asked Tang Yi, "Sir, I’ve told you everything you wanted to know. Can you let me go now?"
"Let you go? Go where?" Tang Yi asked, feigning ignorance.
"Uh... just... just let me leave, of course." The man had a sinking feeling.
"Heh. Let you leave? Why would I do that? You’re worth several million Experience Value!" Tang Yi sneered.
He thought to himself, ’This guy is just too naive. A Nine-Star Battle Emperor is worth several million Experience Value. Why would I ever let such a massive amount of experience go?’
’Besides, has he never heard the saying about releasing a tiger back to the mountains?’
Tang Yi wasn’t one to leave loose ends.
"Ah! You... you said you would spare me!" Hearing this, the man’s heart sank. He shrieked in terror.
Although he didn’t know what Tang Yi meant by "Experience Value," he understood the implication of his words.
It meant that Tang Yi had no intention of letting him go.
"When did I say I’d let you go? I only said I’d leave you an intact corpse," Tang Yi said nonchalantly.
Without another word, Tang Yi closed the distance to the man in black and unleashed a palm strike.
BOOM!
The force of the single palm strike was world-shattering.
The man in black didn’t even have a chance to resist. He couldn’t even see how Tang Yi had attacked before he was killed instantly, his body plummeting from the sky.
Even in death, the man’s eyes remained wide open. He died without understanding how Tang Yi could have changed his mind so suddenly. He thought they had an agreement—if he answered honestly, he would be spared...
"Ding! Congratulations, Player, for killing a Battle Emperor. You have been rewarded with 7,854,612 Experience Value and 10 Battle God Value."
’The experience from a Nine-Star Battle Emperor really is substantial! And he actually thought I’d let him go? Heh!’
Reading the prompt that appeared in his mind, Tang Yi smiled with satisfaction. With a flicker of his figure, he sped back in the direction of Jiuji City.
「West Mansion Headquarter, Jiuji City.」
On this day, the leadership of the Outer Mansion’s Qian Palace had set up three large arenas and eighteen smaller ones in the Five Elements Square, ready for the annual Outer Mansion grand competition.
Countless disciples from the Eight Palaces swarmed in, making the Qian Palace’s Five Elements Square bustling and extraordinarily lively.
As the leader of the Outer Mansion Eight Palaces and the palace with the greatest overall strength, it was only natural that the Outer Mansion’s grand competition would be held at the Qian Palace.
After all, the Outer Mansion’s grand competition was different from the House Entrance Examination. The location for the entrance examination rotated among the palaces each year, giving every palace a chance to host.
But the grand competition was different. To host it, a palace’s disciples had to be at the peak of the Outer Mansion, both in terms of overall and individual strength. On top of that, the honor was only granted to the palace that achieved the best results in the previous year’s competition, which was the only way to qualify.
Otherwise, what would happen if a palace wasn’t strong enough to host, and all of its disciples were eliminated with dismal results?
Wouldn’t that be a complete embarrassment?

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