Chapter 87: Head-to-Head Confrontation

As Wang Bo led the others behind him to the front of the pavilion, a voice thick with mockery drifted out from within.

Who else could it be but the old monster?

Hearing that sneering tone, Wang Bo could not help but frown. His fists clenched, and a faint current of spiritual power slowly seeped from his body.

“What’s this? You want to make a move? Do you even have the right?”

Sensing the change in Wang Bo’s aura, Li Ge’s gaze instantly turned cold. He had never held much fondness for cultivators.

“All right. Say less, all of you.” Xiao Yu smiled softly and spoke to Tai Sui and the others.

Only then did he turn his eyes to Wang Bo and ask in an unhurried tone, “May I ask what business members of the Law Enforcement Hall have with me? If you have something to say, then say it. We’re busy.”

At Xiao Yu’s words, Wang Bo also fixed his gaze on him, and his entire body began to tremble violently. Even the spiritual power radiating from him grew far stronger than before.

Meng Tong at his side immediately stepped forward, patted Wang Bo on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear, “This is not the time to lose your temper. Our task is to bring him back to the Law Enforcement Hall. Once we get there, whatever you want to do, no one will stop you.”

Hearing this, Wang Bo drew a deep breath and forced down the fury in his heart. His aura also returned to its ordinary state.

“I have been rude.” Having calmed himself, Wang Bo cupped his hands toward Xiao Yu, though the look on his face remained indescribably dark.

As for Wang Bo’s little schemes, how could they escape the notice of Xiao Yu and the others? Xiao Yu did not expose him, and instead continued, “Go on. The Law Enforcement Hall has sent such a grand force to find me. I suppose it was not merely to greet me.”

With that, Xiao Yu lifted the teacup from the stone table and took a slow, measured sip, as though he did not place Wang Bo and the others before him in the least.

“The matter of Wolong Mountain, I trust Mister Xiao is aware of it,” Meng Tong said, rising with a smile before Wang Bo could speak. “We are here precisely for that. The Law Enforcement Hall and the Martial Dao Alliance have long set a rule: no cultivator may openly fight in the mortal world. Mister Xiao seems to have violated that rule.”

“Wolong Mountain? Has something happened there?” Xiao Yu’s expression did not change in the slightest. “To think even members of the Law Enforcement Hall were sent out for it.”

“Xiao Yu! There’s no need to feign ignorance. I clearly sensed your lingering aura at the scene. Are you saying this has nothing to do with you?” Wang Bo said with a cold laugh.

“And if it does? And if it doesn’t? Even the four hall masters of your Law Enforcement Hall cannot speak to me like that. Who gave you the courage to talk to me in such a tone?”

At Xiao Yu’s words, his gaze turned icy.

“Mister Xiao, please calm yourself. We will investigate thoroughly whether this matter has any connection to you. As for why we have come, we are acting under the orders of the four deputy hall masters to formally invite Mister Xiao back to the Law Enforcement Hall,” Meng Tong said.

“Bold! Stop bringing up the Law Enforcement Hall every other word. Do you really think the Law Enforcement Hall rules all of Flame Summer?”

At those words, the hot-tempered Tai Sui immediately barked an angry rebuke. These people from the Law Enforcement Hall had come only to take Xiao Yu away, and how could Tai Sui and the others ever allow that?

As Tai Sui and the others’ auras continued to rise, the people from the Law Enforcement Hall also released their own pressure. In an instant, the entire pavilion was filled with the scent of gunpowder. It was clear that if either side said the wrong thing, a fight would break out.

“Mister Xiao, may I understand your people to be obstructing the Law Enforcement Hall in the performance of its duty?” Meng Tong looked at the burning fighting spirit in Tai Sui and the others, then frowned and asked Xiao Yu.

Tai Sui and the others stared coldly at those cultivators across from them. To the Twelve Heavenly Descents, Xiao Yu’s existence was their faith. Whether Xiao Yu was willing or unwilling, today they would never let the people of the Law Enforcement Hall take him away.

“Damn it! I don’t care what Law Enforcement Hall you belong to, and I don’t care what task you’re carrying out. If you dare to strike here today, then we won’t mind killing a few cultivators from the Law Enforcement Hall!”

A chill flashed through Tai Sui’s eyes. Not only Tai Sui, but Li Ge, Bai Hu, and Liu He also looked at the others with icy expressions.

At this, Meng Tong’s face darkened.

Faced with these four men, each radiating immense primordial energy, he did not want to push matters to the point where they could no longer be settled. After all, before they left, the four deputy hall masters had instructed them to invite Xiao Yu back to the Law Enforcement Hall with due respect. In the past, the deputy hall masters would never have been so courteous. The only explanation was that the identities of these people before him were not simple.

“Can it be that you do not understand what I am saying? If you know what is good for you, get lost at once! Otherwise, do not blame us for showing no mercy!”

Seeing that the others had no intention of leaving, Tai Sui roared in fury.

As he spoke, four overwhelming auras burst forth from the pavilion and bore down on Wang Bo and the others. Wang Bo refused to yield and stepped forward at once, a vast tide of spiritual power erupting from his body. The remaining members of the Law Enforcement Hall behind him also stepped out in unison. In that instant, wave after wave of fierce pressure filled the mountainside of Yunding.

As for Xiao Yu, who had remained seated in the pavilion all along, he watched the scene before him as if it had nothing to do with him at all. Seeing that the two sides were on the brink of immediate conflict, Meng Tong’s expression also became somewhat unsightly. He had originally thought Xiao Yu would at least remind his people to hold back, but it seemed he had overestimated that possibility.

With no other choice, Meng Tong reached into his robes, drew out a small golden token, then came before Wang Bo and the others and raised it high.

“Mister Xiao, the Law Enforcement Token is here. From this moment on, we represent the entire Law Enforcement Hall, as well as the four hall masters. To offend the Law Enforcement Hall means not only that you yourselves will be punished, but also that your relatives and loved ones will be implicated. Mister Xiao, do you truly intend to oppose the Law Enforcement Hall with no regard for the consequences?”

The Law Enforcement Token symbolized the authority of the Law Enforcement Hall. It was said that the entire Law Enforcement Hall possessed only six such tokens. Whoever held one represented the authority of the Law Enforcement Hall. There were even rumors that these tokens were forged jointly by the four hall masters, all of whom were at the late stage of the Mahayana realm, and that each token was equivalent to a magical artifact.

What Xiao Yu had not expected was that the Law Enforcement Hall would actually be willing to send people to find him carrying the Law Enforcement Token. Anyone else, upon seeing it, would likely already be trembling in fear.

But was Xiao Yu an ordinary man?