Chapter 1044: The Aftermath of Xifeng Tower’s Attack

The appearance of the Evil Emperor quickly caused a huge uproar in the capital city.
What was originally just a confrontation between Xifeng Tower and Yipin Hall—a battle to determine which faction was the strongest in the Central Plains—lost its original meaning due to the Evil Emperor’s arrival. This situation stirred feelings of unease and anger among countless martial artists!
The Evil Emperor and Meng Yun stood side by side on the roof…
This clearly confirmed Bai Xiaosheng’s earlier speculation—that Yipin Hall indeed had close, unknown ties with the Wild Wolf Organization.
This was not merely Yipin Hall’s attempt at revenge; it was a well-planned conspiracy to completely eliminate the greatest force and strongest triad in the Central Plains that resisted the Wild Wolf Organization!
“We must not let Yipin Hall and the Wild Wolf Organization succeed in their scheme!”
“Brothers who don’t want to be enslaved by the Wild Wolf Organization and Yipin Hall, shout now!!”
“Damn it! We can’t let Yipin Hall dominate everything!”
“That damned Yipin Hall wants to unify the martial world through the Wild Wolf Organization—we must stop them! Send messages everywhere right away to expose their ambitions and schemes!”
“I’m logging off now to post Meng Yun and the Evil Emperor’s reputations on the official website! I simply can’t believe that in our great Central Plains, a mere Yipin Hall could run amok!”
The streets were filled with uproar. Many people even started shouting angrily at the members of Yipin Hall and various other gangs in the capital! Swords were drawn, and conflicts arose constantly. Yipin Hall, which had once controlled the situation, now faced growing trouble behind the scenes.
…
Noticing the changes around him, the Evil Emperor merely glanced at them indifferently and said, “As expected from my chosen partner. In the entire Central Plains, I doubt anyone else can regain control of the situation.”
“Gain control? Do you know how many martial artists there are in our Central Plains?” Meng Yun couldn’t hide her dissatisfaction.
“A nine-digit number. I know that well. But less than 50% of them have reached the Liberation Realm. Yet, there are less than three million in the capital alone… Of these five million, you, Meng Yun, account for one-fifth. I was sure from the start that you could handle everything.” Without even turning around, the Evil Emperor smiled and said, “But if you continue like this, you won’t only fail to destroy Xifeng Tower—you might even risk destroying Yipin Hall itself.”
Hearing these words, Meng Yun felt slightly proud, as the Evil Emperor was indeed right. Having reached this point, she had already taken into account every possible scenario in the capital. Within a few hours, no force could intervene or affect the situation at Xifeng Tower’s headquarters.

However, upon hearing the words behind the Evil Emperor, Meng Yun’s expression darkened: “Are you questioning my abilities?”
“NO! NO! NO!”
The Evil Emperor waved his hand and fixed his gaze on Meng Yun. “If we didn’t trust you, how could the Wild Wolves ever consider partnering with you? I’m just trying to remind you that so far, the Xifeng Tower hasn’t even started to exert its strength—only Happy has taken action…”
“Haven’t started to exert their strength?”
Meng Yun’s expression changed.
If someone else had said this, Meng Yun would have ignored it, but behind the Evil Emperor was a nearly omnipotent prophet: “What do you know?”
“Humility is key.” The Evil Emperor smiled and shifted his gaze, then said seriously, “The Xifeng Tower has held the top position in the Central Plains for some time. You can’t possibly think it has no effective defensive measures and can only rely on the disciple of the All-Knowing Man, right?”
Those words awakened Meng Yun from her delusion!
Only then did she realize her overconfidence had caused her to overlook certain things.
With Shadow and the Emperor both absent, along with over two hundred top experts forcefully breaking into the Xifeng Tower’s main hall, their successful offensive tactics had lowered her guard and made her ignore things she should have paid attention to.
Although Shadow wasn’t in the main hall, she must have made arrangements!
But so far, the strongest counterattacks had been led by Happy and Wind Bell—individual forces—while the Xifeng Tower had shown only ordinary combat capabilities.
“If you keep letting your people drag things out in the Xifeng Tower, the one who laughs last definitely won’t be you…”
“…”
The Evil Emperor’s words made Meng Yun doubt.
Although Shadow’s hidden strength might cause some damage to the First-Class Hall, she believed that with her absolute advantage, no one could change the outcome of the Xifeng Tower’s destruction.
“You don’t believe it?”
Seeing the disbelief in Meng Yun’s eyes, the Evil Emperor smiled indifferently. “You’ll find out soon enough.”
Seeing that the Evil Emperor fell silent, a hint of unease finally appeared in Meng Yun’s eyes.
…
“The Evil Emperor has finally appeared!”
His arrival immediately brought immense pressure and fear to the Xifeng Tower side, but Wu Kuo’s reaction was surprisingly unexpected.
He called out, asking two other elders to take his place and hold off the First-Class Hall’s advance. Then he resolutely withdrew from the front lines, flying swiftly over countless heads and entering the back hall.
In one of the rooms in the back hall of the Xifeng Tower, more than twenty martial artists dressed in full blue and white warrior uniforms had been on high alert for a long time.

Hearing the door burst open from the outside with a bang, Wu Kuo rushed in. Everyone stood up at once, their gazes intense as they asked, “How is it?”
“The Evil Emperor has appeared—he’s right beside Meng Yun now!”
“We already know that our Tang Gate brothers are outside to cover us, and they’ve sent us messages in advance…” The leading Tang Gate disciple spoke in a loud, firm voice. “We promised Master Bai Xiaosheng that we would act once the Evil Emperor appeared. Since the Wild Wolf Organization is indeed colluding with Yipin Hall, let’s set off now! We can’t let this woman think there are no people in the Central Plains!”
“Good!”
Wu Kuo was overjoyed.
These were all the top experts of Tang Gate. Although they belonged to different factions—and none of those factions dared offend Yipin Hall—they had all received favors from Bai Xiaosheng. More importantly, they were brave and righteous. When the Evil Emperor first entered the Central Plains, he had contacted Bai Xiaosheng to ask for help. With these people by his side, the pressure ahead could be greatly reduced.
The group followed Wu Kuo out of the side room in a grand procession, arriving at the main hall under the watchful eyes of countless Xifeng Tower disciples.
“Hiss…”
Upon reaching the roof, they looked down at the dire situation in the hall, and many Tang Gate experts couldn’t help but gasp in shock.
Although they had already learned from inside that Xifeng Tower’s situation was precarious, they hadn’t expected things to deteriorate so quickly after the war began. Moreover, the experts below were clearly extraordinary—upon closer inspection, they were all well-known figures in the capital.
“I rely on you all!”
Wu Kuo pointed to the crumbling defense lines on both sides. “Please help defend this area. If those defenses collapse, our Xifeng Tower headquarters could be lost!”
“Don’t worry. As long as we’re here, no one can get through!”
“Brothers, use your strongest skills to drive out all these traitorous scumbags!”
At the command of the leading Tang Gate expert, more than twenty Tang Gate experts responded, “Don’t worry, senior brother!”
“If one of them gets through, I’ll stab myself with a heart-piercing needle…”
“Defense isn’t my style. I think we should just trap them all and force them out of Xifeng Tower!”
“Stop bragging—get to work!”
The Tang Gate senior brother snapped sharply. The group didn’t dare delay. They put on deer skin gloves and charged forward with fierce determination.

The corridors on both sides of the lobby were key areas targeted and breached by the elite disciples of Yipin Hall—since the lobby’s roof had been completely torn off, not many people could stand there, losing their advantage of having a high vantage point. They could only rely on the human shield formed by the disciples of Xifeng Tower and the archers behind them to stop their advance.

But the archers had to focus all their efforts on blocking the main forces of Yipin Hall from advancing. If they focused on this side for too long, those pushing forward with shields would get closer and closer, threatening the entire defense line!

Thus, this area gradually turned into a close combat battle!

A dozen or so disciples from the Tang Sect climbed up using the beams, and soon they were noticed by the troops from Yipin Hall:

“There are people up there!”

“Shoot them down!!”

Before the words faded, someone already took action.

Dozens, even hundreds of hidden weapons were shot up from below…

“What the hell! How dare they throw hidden weapons in front of Grandpa!”

“Showing off one’s skills in front of experts!”

A group of people sneered, with a few of them simultaneously pulling out golden-silver-colored cloaks from their Qiankun bags. They quickly rolled them in the air in front of them, and the hidden weapons shot up from below were instantly wrapped up, none escaping and all captured.

“Mystic Gold Cloaks!”

Many people below immediately changed color in shock, shouting out in alarm.

No wonder—the Mystic Gold Cloaks were highly renowned in the martial world. Woven from celestial silkworm silk and special metal wires, they were flexible and impossible to cut. They could serve as both defensive gear and weapons, capable of capturing any hidden weapon—extremely powerful.

However, Mystic Gold Cloaks were very rare in the martial world. It was said that only a few top experts from the Tang Sect managed to complete the sect’s mission related to these cloaks and become master assassins specializing in hidden weapons.

Now, with several such master assassins appearing all at once on the side of Xifeng Tower, the impact was self-evident.

“It’s rude not to return the favor!”

A few Tang Sect experts laughed loudly. As they rolled up their Mystic Gold Cloaks, the many hidden weapons trapped inside were dispersed under their mysterious techniques. With different whistling sounds, they rushed downward at even greater speed toward their enemies.

“Damn!”

“Be careful!”

It was as if dozens of master assassins were attacking at once, with dozens or hundreds of sharp hidden weapons fired out swiftly;

Whoosh whoosh!

Several other Tang Sect experts pulled out thin as cicada wings flying knives from their Qiankun bags like springs. Like leaves falling from willow trees, they scattered everywhere in a chaotic mess.

Those below clearly felt that these flying knives were soft and lacked any force, but when they scraped against their bodies, the pain was excruciating.

Cries of agony echoed continuously!

In the blink of an eye, the troops from Yipin Hall below were thrown into chaos; the same happened on the other side as well.
“How could this happen!”
“Who are those people?”
Meng Yun soon received news that the attacks from both sides had been halted.
The Evil Emperor watched calmly across at the enemy: “Do you really think that Bai Xiaosheng, whose strength can compare to that of a prophet, has only trained one disciple over these five years who needs to start over from scratch every time? This world isn’t the only place where one knows how to build power.”