"Oil!"
"Damn it, it's a trap! Run!"
"Run for your lives!"
The people at both ends of the ravine could only watch helplessly as countless arrows descended from above. The area that was more than 656 feet long instantly turned into a sea of fire, and waves of it tumbled about the ravine.
Countless players screamed shrilly in despair once fire caught onto them.
The tumbling sea of fire looked like hell.
"Move to the walls!"
Some of the players who were agile were lucky enough to jump into the air. While cries of surprise rang out, they brought out their skills to walk on walls in an attempt to leave the ravine that was now swathed in flames.
But the people on both cliffs did not let them achieve their wish.
Huge logs with solid cores and boulders were thrown down the cliffs. The powerful Great Log Banner members brough large objects that weighed tons and knocked the martial artists back into the sea of fire.
At the same time, a dense volley of arrows fell into the ravine!
Thud!
All sorts of crashing sounds along with the sound of bodies being pierced through traveled into the ears of those outside
A continuous number of people was knocked into the sea of fire, and they instantly went aflame. When they jumped up again, they were on fire and screaming shrilly in pain. There were also people who had dozens of black spots on their bodies which made them look like burnt hedgehogs.
The players outside had to turn away because they could not bear the sight.
When Ancient Wind took in all that was happening in the ravine, he s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath. He felt lucky that he did not rush in, and he said, "Those who made it to the other side sure are lucky."
"That might not be the case."
While watching the ravine that was engulfed by the sea of fire, Happy shook his head slowly.
The sea of fire had sealed off their path, and they could not get through it. The fire could not be extinguished for the time being, so the Five Banner Division members should have intentionally allowed a group of people cross the ravine. It was most likely that those people were already dead.
While Happy thought about that, Mistress Annihilation suddenly led Ding Minjun and her other disciples in front of the ravine.
Mistress Annihilation swept her gaze over the two cliffs with a cold expression. She scowled at them and declared loudly, "The final remnants of Dive Banner Division are gathered here, and it would not be good for us to fight them with brute strength! My friends of the same cause, let us reorganize ourselves over here and not be impatient.
"When our friends from Shaolin Temple, Wudang Sect, Mount Hua Sect, Kongtong Sect, and Kunlun Sect arrive, I will work with the other great fighters to break the lockdown formed by Five Banner Division. Then, we will help you fight your way up the Light Summit in one go!"
When she finished speaking, a large group of people came over from the side. The person in the lead was an eminent monk from Shaolin Temple.
"Amitabha! I was wondering why the Five Banner Division members retreated so quickly. I did not expect that you would have arrived ahead of us, our friends from Emei Sect. How shameful it is for us. I am truly regretful."
Mistress Annihilation did not say anything, but she returned the greeting with one hand. Just when she was about to speak, she sensed something and looked down the mountain. "Our friends from the other sects have also arrived."
Once she said that, people came rushing over while looking travel worn. Their numbers were much smaller compared to those of Emei Sect and Shaolin Temple. They had lost at least nine hundred disciples from the thousand they brought.
The expressions of the five elders of Kongtong Sect were very sour since there were only a measly thirty or so disciples left beside them, and all of them were injured. They looked incredibly dishevelled and miserable.
The players behind them also looked full of shame. There were not many following them, which meant that Kongtong Sect was the one that suffered the greatest number of losses among the six great system-allocated sects.
"Amitabha…"
The abbot of Shaolin Sect had a stern expression.
"Since the people from the six sects have arrived, it is time for us to attack."
Whoosh!
The abbot of Shaolin Temple, Mistress Annihilation of Emei Sect, Song Yuanqiao of Wudang Sect, Xian Yutong of Mount Hua Sect, the five elders from Kongtong Sect, and Teacher He Taichong of Kunlun Sect finally revealed their superior abilities before the players.
With a few powerful jumps that they made look easy, they flipped over the cliffs that were nearly 328 feet tall.
Pained screams and angry shouts were mixed together on them.
"How dare you, six sects! Five Banner Division members, heed my orders! Retreat with haste!"
At that moment, an incredibly powerful and angry cry rose from the horizon. It shocked the players outside the ravine so much that they felt their blood surge. "I, Yang Xiao, will meet up with the teachers of the six sects and see what right they have to destroy Ming Cult!"
"Yang Xiao, you villain, die!"
"Don't you dare hurt our master!"
Those words came from Wei Yixiao and the others!
Soon, a qi force that shocked the people rose from the two cliffs, and it caused the air to tremble before it swiftly moved into the distance. It was clear that the Ming Cult elites and powerful fighters from the six great system-allocated sects had moved their fight to the valley.
"The villains have all been cleared from this place. Disciples of the six sects, heroes from the world, charge forth!"
At that moment, the heroes from each sect spoke, and with astonishing movements, they jumped over the scorching ravine! The players left outside it looked at each other at a loss.
Chapter 416 - Ming Cult Disciples
When the players saw the elites from the six great system-allocated sects jump into the fire like swallows, they wanted to rush into the ravine and chase after them, but they soon noticed just how difficult it was to move inside.
Flames could be seen tumbling everywhere inside the ravine. There was also a thick, pungent smell that suffocated the people so much that they felt dizzy. It made it difficult to move about inside. If the player was the slightest bit careless, they would suck in poisonous gas and become unable to use their qi.
Some people instantly fell into the sea of fire once that happened.
There were also some people who did not see where they should land clearly. They made a wrong judgment and landed slightly off where they should be, which resulted in accidents .
When other players saw how the ones who had rushed in first fell into the flames, they instantly squashed the urge to go forward in their hearts. No one wanted to die in fire because of some baffling reason.
"Damn it."
"Why isn't the fire going out yet?"
The players outside the ravine were restless. The sea of fire was at least 656 feet long, and there were plenty of people inside it. The ravine was also surrounded by a black fog.
Soon, more than three thousand disciples from the six great system-allocated sects left.
"What should we do now?" Momo asked with a frown.
Ancient Wind, too, looked undecided.
Most people could already tell that they could only pass through this fire if they wanted to reach the valley and witness the grandest battle at Light Summit—Zhang Wuji going up against the elites from the six great system-allocated sects.
But the fire locked most people out of the battlefield!
Happy's thoughts were not on the fire. The higher one's qi realm was, the greater their field of vision. As long as they activated their qi realm when they moved forward, pushed the black smoke away from themselves, moved along the wall of the mountain carefully, and chose their landing spots accurately, it was not a problem to get through the ravine. To people with supreme-grade lightness skills like Phantasm
Body Movement Skill, there was no problem with getting through the ravine.
Happy's goal, however, was Dream Clouds and Blood Robes, who were among the people from Mount Hua Sect.
Right then, there was no longer anyone from the six great system-allocated sects before the ravine, and he could not help but want to kill his two enemies inside the fire.
But those two seemed to have already noticed this as well. They stood in the crowd very calmly and watched hihs group. They did not show any intention to go inside first.
Happy leaned over and whispered into Momo and Ancient Wind's ears, "Let's forget this. We'll go in."
Under countless players' gazes, the trio then dashed into the fire.
"Look!"
"It's Happy, they went in."
"Damn, how are they fine?"
Dream Clouds and Blood Robes' expressions changed while they were in the crowd. They stared at the ravine after the trio entered it until they were swallowed by thick, tumbling smoke.
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Waves of heat came crashing into their faces.
Boom!
Happy swallowed a Dew Pill, and the moment he increased his qi realm, he began madly releasing true qi through his pores. He formed a crude qi circulation system around him to block the black smoke from invading his body.
With a few lightness skills, he landed in the middle.
Momo's lightness skills were above Happy's, and she had an easy time inside. As for Ancient Wind, he seemed to be a little nervous after he entered, and he nearly made a few mistakes during several jumps. He staggered, and once he s.u.c.k.e.d in a breath of poison gas, he was nearly unable to preserve his breath. In the end though, he relied on a wheeled shuttle to drag himself out of the fire zone.
His first wheeled shuttle was gone just like that.
At that moment, the trio was just halfway through the ravine.
Happy quickly noticed that Ancient Wind was in a dangerous situation. He frowned and calmly brought out two Soaring Eagle Swords from his Universe Bag. After a thought, he flicked his wrist and threw out the knives!
Thud! Thud!
The Soaring Eagle Swords shot into the spots that were rather close to Ancient Wind.
Ancient Wind followed closely behind Happy. He relied on his abilities to listen to the wind to tell the location of certain items. He understood the meaning behind the sounds, and he felt as if two spots had appeared within the dark vision before him.
He understood the meaning behind Happy's actions. His body became light, and he landed on one of the spots without hesitation. Then, he exerted force in his legs and jumped to the other spot in front of him.
Even though they were competitors, Happy thought about helping as much as he could. Once he threw seven Soaring Eagle Swords outward, he saw the exit of the tunnel.
There were already more than three thousand people inside the big valley. The disciples from the six great system-allocated sects surrounded hundreds of Five Banner Division members, Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, the Five Wanderers, and other Ming Cult members. Their expressions were stern, and they were filled with great killing intent!
The six elites of the Ming Cult were injured, and under the protection from hundreds of Five Banner Division disciples, they sat on the ground with chaotic qi. It was clear that they lost during the battle just then.
The Ming Cult members had miserable looks on their faces, and they looked as if they had accepted death.
As for the elites from the six great system-allocated sects, they were filled with high spirits, and they looked very energetic!
If it were not for the appearance of Heavenly Eagle Cult's master, White-browed Eagle King, the six elites from Ming Cult would have already become relics of history.
Happy, Momo, and Ancient Wind squeezed into Emei Sect's lineup from behind the crowd. They did not attract anyone's attention, except for Emei Sect disciples of course. The trio had already formed quite a good reputation along the way and gained a lot of favor.
Even Zhou Zhiruo, Ding Minjun, Bei Jinyi, and the others nodded at them and smiled.
The trio did not notice this detail, but instead looked around anxiously at the area up ahead to observe the situation. They wanted to make sure that the quest had not progressed too far.
White-browed Eagle King Yin Tianzheng was fighting against six of the seven heroes from Wudang Sect in the valley. He was merciless and won Song Yuanqiao and the other six heroes' favor. The six heroes took the initiative to admit defeat.
However, Eagle King was injured all over. He was already heavily wounded.
Song Yuanqiao took the place of the six heroes and asked to fight against the injured Eagle King.
The trio's expressions changed!
Zhang Wuji should appear right then…
When they thought about how they were about to meet the teenager who would use his Nine Yang Divine Skill, Heaven and Earth Great Shift, and his kind, merciful heart to win over the six great system-allocated sects' favor in the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, the trio could not help but look over with eagerness. They swiftly examined the people of the six great system-allocated sects.
Zhang Wuji would appear together with Xiao Zhao, so it was not difficult to find a beautiful girl and boy in the crowd.
When the trio noticed their target, they did not expect that someone from Ming Cult would snatch Zhang Wuji's words from him.
"Great Swordsman Song!" Judging by the voice, the speaker was a woman. "Wudang Sect fighting against an injured old man via continuous battles will just hurt Wudang Sect's reputation!"
Zhang Wuji was about to say something, but after hearing the woman's words, he instantly brought a halt to his plan.
When the crowd looked over, they saw someone stand up from among Ming Cult's members and walk out slowly.
Whoosh…
A fierce wind blew up the dust beneath the woman's feet. Everyone first noticed her curvaceous and exquisite body before their eyes traveled up to her face.
Happy, Mono, and Ancient Wind felt their hearts tremble in shock.
Ancient Wind had a disbelieving look on his face before it turned into mockery.
"That woman should be a player. She's quite bold to actually dare to pick a quarrel with Song Yuanqiao. Doesn't she know the definition of death?"
Song Yuanqiao was the head of the seven heroes of Wudang Sect. He was the strongest after Zhang Sanfeng, and there was a high possibility that he would inherit the title of the next teacher of the sect. Yet a Life and Death Realm player had come to steal Zhang Wuji's spotlight? She had to be quite stupid.
However, when Happy saw the female player's face once she walked out slowly from behind White-browed Eagle King, for the first time since the event's start, a grave expression appeared on his face.
"That might not necessarily be the case!"
Chapter 417 - Shadow Empress, Queen of flexible weapons
When the six great system-allocated sects and Ming Cult were ready to jump at each other's throats, a lady who dressed in the uniform of Ming Cult members calmly arrived next to Yin Tianzheng.
"This humble junior is Phantasmal Shadow. Greetings, Senior Eagle King. I am willing to fight in your place for this battle."
The woman's voice was neither arrogant nor humble, and it was clear as well as powerful.
The expressions of Happy, Momo, and Ancient Wind changed again.
Ancient Wind, who had mocked her from the bottom of his heart just then, did not think the same anymore. When he heard her announce her name, he was full of shock. 'It's her. The second ranked player on the Phoenix Rank, Phantasmal Shadow.'
"You are?"
White-browed Eagle King had been cut at the c.h.e.s.t, but he did not want to deal with his wound. With an awe-inspiring gaze, he stared at the petite and young Phantasmal Shadow with hesitation.
"This will not be appropriate. Great Swordsman Song is the leader of Wudang Sect's Seven Heroes. He is a kind and moral person. You are a junior, and you are
still not fit for him to attack you. You should leave."
Phantasmal Shadow reacted very quickly. She turned around and issued a challenge in Wudang Sect's direction. "It is just as you said. Great Swordsman Song's name travels to all corners of the earth, so it is known that he will not oppress the weak, much less attack an injured old man. That's why, Wudang Sect, please choose another person to fight me."
Song Yuanqiao frowned slightly. Right when he was about to speak, he heard a familiar voice suddenly reach his ears.
"Alright, I'll answer your challenge, and I will make you cultists admit your defeat!"
Under the gazes of the people from the six great system-allocated sects, Song Qingshu shot out from the crowd with a clear shout.
He pulled out his longsword in the air and landed behind Song Yuanqiao elegantly. "Dad, I'll take your place for this fight."
While speaking, he cast a glance in the direction of Emei Sect.
Ding Minjun took a look at Zhou Zhiruo and mocked her by saying, "After this fight, Wudang Sect's Song Qingshu name is going to spread through the world of martial artists."
Zhou Zhiruo calmly shifted her focus elsewhere.
Since Song Qingshu had already come, Song Yuanqiao, who knew his child's temper, understood that the boy wanted to stand out. It would not be good for him to scold his child on the spot, which was why he cast a deep glance at Phantasmal Shadow and Eagle King before he nodded in silent agreement to their duel.
"Please grant me your instruction."
When Phantasmal Shadow realized that she was going up against the younger generation of Wudang Sect, she seemed to have released a breath of relief. A purplish-red whip shadow tore through the air and left behind an afterimage. It let out a clear crack and drew the curtains to their duel open.
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