Chapter 75: Domineering Protection of Her Husband

Black clouds gradually gathered in the sky, tumbling and surging. Faintly, thunder roared and purple lightning flashed. Before long, a massive face condensed from the black clouds appeared in the sky.

It was an aged face, covered in wrinkles left by the years and round eyes that could not hide a brewing fury. However, the most striking feature was the fiery-red hair on both sides of his forehead that shot straight toward the heavens.

There was a small black dot on the forehead of the massive face formed by the black clouds.

Looking closely, one would discover that the small black dot was actually an old man. The elder wore a long robe with sleeves fluttering in the wind. He looked down with a cold gaze, and merely by hovering there, he exerted an invisible pressure.

He was the Second Elder of Saintess Mountain.

As soon as the Second Elder appeared, the disciples felt his endless fury and pressure. Every single one of them felt as if breathing had become difficult, as if a great mountain was weighing down on them, making it impossible to catch their breath. Those with weaker cultivation were even forced to their knees, their hands desperately bracing against the ground to maintain their last shred of dignity.

To the side, Xiao Yue’s face was pale, and a look of wariness flashed through her eyes, but she was not as disheveled as the others. She remained standing where she was.

However, the cowardice previously seen on her face had vanished, replaced by a expression of gravity.

Gu Ming did not feel much, but from the pressure released by the Second Elder, he was able to judge the man’s strength —

Quasi-Heavenly King Level.

If he truly fought the Second Elder, Gu Ming was confident he could win by relying on his various methods.

But if he did that, he would have no choice but to go all out, and doing so would reveal the fact that he was a Demonic Cultivator.

In that case, he would be forced to leave this place.

Thinking of this, Gu Ming had already made a decision.

‘I have already caused the Righteous Path Alliance to lose a promising Divine Maiden; I am not willing to let them lose a powerful Saintess as well.’

Therefore, for the sake of the Righteous Path Alliance’s future, it was best for him to stay away from the Saintess. This would prevent him from falling into a dilemma in the future due to the Sect Leader’s schemes —

Whether to choose to expose his identity as an undercover agent to save the Saintess, or to sacrifice the Saintess to maintain his cover.

In the Alliance Leader’s grand design, Gu Ming was a very important link. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he could not expose himself.

So, regardless of which option he chose, they were both terrible outcomes for Gu Ming.

The best option was to stay away from the Saintess, thereby causing the Sect Leader’s plans to collapse prematurely.

And the arrival of the Second Elder just happened to provide him with a situation where he would be forced to reveal his identity as a Demonic Cultivator to save his own life.

Once his identity as a Demonic Cultivator was exposed, Saintess Mountain would no longer tolerate him, and the entire Righteous Path Alliance would hunt him. In this way, Gu Ming could naturally leave Saintess Mountain and return to his own territory.

However, Gu Ming could not reveal himself immediately. If he did, it would trigger the suspicions of the paranoid Sect Leader. Even if he returned to the Demon Cult then, he would not be able to escape the Sect Leader’s clutches.

Therefore, he had to wait for a moment — a moment where he had no choice but to reveal his identity as a Demonic Cultivator.

Looking down at his grandson, whose face had been beaten beyond recognition, the Second Elder’s heart ached. His eyes were full of pain, but when he looked back at Gu Ming and saw that the youth appeared fearless and showed no remorse, the Second Elder’s fury flared up.

‘This damn pretty boy!’

The Second Elder angrily raised his right hand, preparing to unleash a powerful technique to blast Gu Ming into ash.

Seeing this scene, the pupils of the disciples below contracted. They instantly wanted to scatter like startled birds, yet they were pinned down by the Second Elder’s pressure and could not escape at all.

Among them, several bold disciples cried out in panic, “Second Elder, we are still here! Please let us escape!”

“Humph,” the Second Elder snorted, his majestic voice echoing, “Do you pieces of trash even deserve to live?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples’ faces turned pale, and terror flashed in their eyes. The Second Elder intended to take them all out together.

“Second Elder, we are innocent! He is the one who beat your grandson, not us!” a disciple pointed at Gu Ming and screamed in a breakdown.

“What were you doing while he was beating my grandson? Watching the show from the sidelines? Sitting back and watching him hit my grandson? Then you… you are his accomplices, guilty of the most heinous crimes,” the Second Elder’s cold voice drifted down. The disciples’ faces instantly turned ashen, and the light of hope in their eyes gradually faded.

Even at a time like this, there were still disciples desperately making excuses to beg for mercy, saying, “Second Elder, we… we also wanted to step forward and help, but, but we couldn’t beat him.”

“Humph, since you are useless trash, you should have more self-awareness. Leave Saintess Mountain on your own and find a deserted place to end your own lives.”

The Second Elder’s indifferent voice came again, and only pure despair remained in the eyes of the disciples.

At this moment, they truly realized that the Second Elder was determined to execute them all together.

“The Second Elder… the Second Elder is part of the extreme Elite Faction. In his eyes, we Outer Disciples are not even as good as dogs. If we die, we die; it’s of no concern,” a disciple prostrate on the ground screamed in despair. “We are certainly dead today.”

“Is he not afraid of the Great Elder’s punishment?” another disciple hurried to ask.

“In the current Saintess Mountain, there is only the Saintess’s faction and the Second Elder’s faction. The Great Elder has long since semi-retired and doesn’t manage things,” the disciple looked at the other with terror in his eyes. “So, even if he slaughters us Outer Disciples, no one will punish him. Unless… the Saintess herself comes.”

“The Saintess…”

Upon hearing this title, the many Outer Disciples became even more despondent. The Saintess always lived in seclusion. Aside from showing her face at the Martial Arts Tournament she personally pushed for, she only appeared at the Sect Assembly. At any other time or place, it was impossible to see her.

To see her, one first had to become an Inner Disciple…

But if people like them had the strength of an Inner Disciple, they wouldn’t be in the Outer Sect in the first place.

“Damn it, which idiot reported this to the Second Elder and caused us to lose our lives here?” a disciple pounded the ground in frustration, venting his heart’s discontent.

The other disciples also could not hide their loss. One by one, they hung their heads in discouragement, having already cursed the person who reported the news hundreds of times in their minds.

A serious expression also appeared on Gu Ming’s face. He had not expected the Second Elder to use an ultimate move the moment he arrived, and it seemed to be a large-scale area attack. Now, he would be forced to reveal his strength.

Just as he was about to circulate his Demonic Cultivator techniques, a sudden snap of fingers echoed in everyone’s minds.

The moment that snap occurred, the rolling black clouds and the massive face formed from them instantly dissipated. The sky actually returned to its usual clarity.

Such a massive change caused the Second Elder to be greatly shocked.

The crowd was also surprised and delighted.

At that moment, a beautiful voice slowly drifted out:

“Second Elder, he is my man. I will not allow you to lay a finger on him.”