by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Gu Yang snorted, “Since you fail to appreciate my kindness, don’t blame me for being merciless.”
The runes covering his body once more lit up brightly. A faint gold light appeared over his fists as he punched at her.
The wind blade in her hand hacked down, smashing onto that fist, causing a heaven-shaking explosion.
The ground beneath their feet immediately cracked into pieces. Both parties were sent flying back, but while being blown back, Tang Wan-er also shouted out.
“Wind Pierce!” The wind blades around her body all merged together, forming an arrow that shot at Gu Yang. It reached him in just the blink of an eye.
Gu Yang was startled and instinctively punched out, smashing that huge arrow into pieces.
The arrow did break into pieces. But it didn’t explode; instead, it split into countless smaller wind blades.
Once those wind blades separated, they were immediately like bees attracted to honey, slashing down on Gu Yang. An ordinary person would be directly cut into pieces of meat by those thousands of wind blades.
Gu Yang was also given a great fright, not expecting Tang Wan-er’s attack to be so flexible. Furthermore, Tang Wan-er’s wind blades were incredibly powerful. Even he was unable to let them cut down on him.
“Vajra protecting the body!” Gu Yang roared and raised his fists to block. The light from his body suddenly soared, making him shine like the sun. Those countless wind blades were immediately disintegrated by that light.
Ling Yunzi smiled in the distance. “This Gu Yang really is powerful. For him to have awakened his ancestral mark two years ago, his talent really is not bad.”
Tu Fang nodded, “Gu Yang is definitely powerful, and his talent is exceptional. His body coincidentally meets all the requirements of his ancestral bloodline. However, his talent itself isn’t higher than Tang Wan-er’s. Tang Wan-er is merely suffering because she has just awakened her ancestral mark and still can’t use the ancestral mark properly.”
“Who do you think is stronger?” Ling Yunzi lightly sipped his tea.
“At the present moment, Gu Yang is a bit stronger. But half a year later they might be even, and within one year, Tang Wan-er will definitely surpass him,” Tu Fang confidently predicted.
Ling Yunzi also nodded, “One year from now is also coincidentally the opening of the Jiuli secret realm. This group of children arrived at just the right time to enter it.”
Tu Fang smiled somewhat bitterly. “The Jiuli secret realm is said to have come from ancient times. It opens once every hundred years, and the opportunities within are limitless. But at that time, both the Righteous and Corrupt paths’ disciples will all enter. That’s definitely a desperate struggle. I wonder just how many people will die inside.”
“Danger and opportunity exist together. What expert’s path is easy? Fighting against the Corrupt path is absolutely necessary. For all the commoners trying to live under the heavens, the only option is to massacre them.” Ling Yunzi watched those fighting disciples as he said that. “Ah, it seems a good show is about to start.”
Tang Wan-er and Gu Yang were fighting fiercely, fists and blades constantly colliding, huge gales blowing out. However, Ling Yunzi’s gaze wasn’t on them, but on Long Chen.
Long Chen had only just returned to his faction and saw that they were practically all fighting, with enemies coming from every direction. It was obvious that they would be focused on considering that they had the most flags.
“Turn the triangle formation into a circular formation. Protect the flag inside. Whoever passes through will be beaten to death by me.”
Long Chen let out a loud shout, sending the people in front of him flying with a single kick. Currently, the people around them were like the tide trying to surge over them. They urgently needed his help.
Otherwise, if this formation was broken through, all their flags would be stolen. Then, they would really have fought for nothing.
Long Chen saw that Ye Zhiqiu’s side was also being focused on by two powerful factions. They were already at a disadvantage and couldn’t afford to send any help over.
But what relieved him a bit was that although they were fighting many people, everyone really was protecting Guo Ran very well. They were like an iron shield and for a moment, they still weren’t in danger.
They had all had the advantage of the high grade Tendon Firming Pill. Their combat strength should be quite a bit higher than their opponents. Even if their opponents flooded over them, they would still be able to endure.
After all, this wasn’t a true life and death battle. No one dared to attack with their greatest strength. They could only try to knock down their opponents. That allowed them to endure for even longer.
Seeing that there was only half a foot of the incense stick remaining, he estimated that there was not even a quarter hour before it was finished. As long as they could persevere through that time, they would win.
“Long Chen, die!” Suddenly, a loud roar rang out and a chilling cold wind attacked him.
Long Chen instinctively raised his flame blade, slashing it in the direction of the voice.
A strange sound rang out as Long Chen's flame blade collided with a water blade. Steam filled the air.
“Qi Xin!” Only now did Long Chen clearly see who had come to attack him.
“Long Chen, I said I’d make you regret ever being born in this world. You’ll soon learn what suffering feels like.” A sinister smile appeared on Qi Xin’s face.
Brandishing his flame blade, Long Chen sneered, “You are unable to teach me that.”
“Hehe, you’ll understand soon. When that time comes, don’t kill yourself in regret. That would be too boring.” Qi Xin laughed darkly, the water blade in his hand slashing down on Long Chen. Blocking it once more, steam filled the air.
“It’s a bit troublesome…” Long Chen’s expression changed slightly. Water subdued fire. Long Chen’s flame blade was oppressed by his water blade and was unable to release its full strength.
That didn’t mean that his flame blade wasn’t strong, but simply that his cultivation base wasn’t high enough and he was unable to fully release the might of the blue flame.
If he also advanced to the Tendon Transformation realm, although he wouldn’t dare look down on Qi Xin’s water blade, he definitely wouldn’t be hindered so greatly.
“Hmph, let me see how long you can last.”
Spiritual qi flowed from his hand into his water blade, causing it to become much larger, at least thirty meters long. He slashed it down on Long Chen.
He wants to fight me with spiritual qi, sneered Long Chen. With the support of his divine ring, he had no need to fear that. Increasing his spiritual qi as well, he began to crazily fight with Qi Xin.
As water and fire continuously collided, steam filled the entire air. Qi waves surged out as both parties began a fight of attrition.
“Qi Xin, you still haven’t handled that trash? Then let me give you hand.” Lei Qianshang suddenly also appeared, a huge thunderforce blade appearing in his hands.
Long Chen was alarmed, quickly taking a step back. Looking around, his expression changed. Three armies were crazily attacking his faction, attempting to break through.
With those three armies’ attacks, their iron-like defense was also starting to fail. Occasionally, one of their members would be knocked unconscious, unable to fight any further.
“Everyone stand firm! Time is almost up!” shouted Long Chen. That was because he saw the incense stick was only a couple of inches tall now. The Faction Competition was about to end. At this moment, they had to continue persevering.
“Maybe you should focus on yourself!” Lei Qianshang sneered and attacked him. Qi Xin also wasn’t slower, his water blade slashing down on Long Chen.
Two Tendon Transformation core disciples had joined hands to defeat Long Chen. That slightly surprised Ling Yunzi.
“This isn’t exactly fair. Joining hands to attack others is a bit contrary to
our original intentions,” frowned Tu Fang.
Ling Yunzi smiled slightly. “It doesn’t matter whether it is fair or not. Experts will never let such a word leave their mouths.
“Crying for fairness is always the helpless chant of weaklings. Experts can make everything unfair. If they wanted to, they could trample over weaklings with the most barbaric and rough methods.
“Let us see just how Long Chen will handle this unfairness. If my guess isn’t wrong, he still has something to fall back on.”
Tu Fang looked silently at Long Chen. How could a rookie at the seventh Heavenstage of Blood Condensation contend against two Tendon Transformation core disciples?
So what if he was a Divergent? In the face of strength, he could only lower his head. Tu Fang sighed helplessly.
Just at this moment, Long Chen’s eyes closed. All of heaven and earth seemed to have faded away from him, entering a state of complete silence.
“FengFu Battle Armor!”
When he once more opened his eyes, a star floated around in them.
Chapter 196 Traitors
“FengFu Battle Armor!” Long Chen let out a shout inside his mind.
When he once more opened his eyes, a star floated around in them.
BUZZZ! Space trembled and qi waves soared into the sky. A terrifying pressure shot out in all directions. The current Long Chen was like an awakened ancient beast, his ferociousness shaking the land.
The flame blade in his hand that was only a couple of meters long immediately grew to the size of one hundred and fifty meters. It was like a heavenly blade as it slashed down on the two of them.
BOOM!!
Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang were immediately like two weeds that were miserably struck back. They only managed to stabilize once they had been knocked back hundreds of meters.
The surrounding people were all given an absolute fright when they saw Long Chen’s attack. They were completely stupefied as they saw both Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang miserably sent flying.
Standing at the top of the mountainside was Elder Sun. He involuntarily stood up, his eyes shining as he stared at Long Chen.
Ling Yunzi was also moved. “What a powerful Battle Skill! It allowed him to instantly release a strength tens of times greater than usual. His current aura is almost comparable to the Tendon Transformation realm.”
Tu Fang was given a shock. That explosive power was at least dozens of times stronger than it had been before. How could this world really contain such a terrifying Battle Skill?
After sending them flying, Long Chen knew that he had to finish this as quickly as possible.
Stepping forward, he charged back at the two of them, slashing down ferociously with his flame blade.
Both Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin were absolutely shocked. At the same time, their fury also exploded. The two of them were Tendon Transformation experts, and core disciples as well! But they were miserably forced back.
Previously they had been careless, just playing with Long Chen as a kind of humiliation. They had never thought that Long Chen would release such powerful strength. They no longer dared be overconfident.
Both of their auras completely exploded out. Their huge blades explosively grew as they charged at Long Chen.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The frantic collisions of those huge blades caused the land to split and stones to fly, shocking everyone around them so much that they had to quickly retreat.
The current Long Chen really was like a god of war. He actually blocked all of Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang’s attacks head-on.
But that still wasn’t enough for him.
Long Chen could sense his FengFu Battle Armor’s spiritual qi rapidly running out. In just a couple of breaths, he would be running on empty.
“Time to risk it all.” Long Chen clenched his teeth and raised his flame blade high into the air. All the energy within his FengFu Star surged into his flame blade.
His flame blade immediately began to crazily grow. The runes on top of it became increasingly clear.
“Split the Heavens!”
Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin’s expressions changed. They recognized this move as the one Long Chen had used to defeat Gui Sha.
Now Long Chen was using it again, and it was even more powerful than before. They both turned numb inside, quickly exploding out with all their strength without leaving the slightest bit in reserve.
“Water Arrow World!”
“Thunderblade Destroying Space!”
Both of them brought out their strongest moves. Three lights collided in the air. Terrifying energy exploded out, sending the surrounding people flying. Those who were too close directly fainted.
When that backlash qi wave struck him, Long Chen was already powerless to resist and sent flying. As for Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin, they were also no better off than him and buried under the ground.
Long Chen panted for breath. His flame blade completely disappeared along with his divine ring. His spiritual qi was almost exhausted.
Raising his head to look at the incense stick, he saw that it was about to reach the end.
“Protect the flagbearer!” Long Chen suddenly let out a loud shout as he saw there were people charging at Guo Ran. Right now, there were only twenty-something people still standing beside Guo Ran.
Hearing his shout, they hastily surrounded Guo Ran, frantically fighting off against those people.
“Die!”
Long Chen was suddenly struck in the back and sent flying by Lei Qianshang.
He directly coughed out blood in midair. Without spiritual qi to protect his body, his organs were all heavily injured, beginning to break down.
Falling on the ground, Long Chen coughed up even more blood. But he didn’t even care about his injuries, still looking at Guo Ran.
He hoped that those people would be able to endure just a few more breaths. Victory was within reach. Long Chen’s heart was about to pound out of his chest. This matter concerned all their futures.
Qi Xin icily looked at him and sneered, “Long Chen, do you remember? I said that I’d make you regret ever being born in this world. It’s time for my revenge.
“Now!”
Hearing Qi Xin suddenly shouts, Long Chen’s expression suddenly changed and he roared, “Careful, Guo Ran!”
Guo Ran had only just heard his warning when he felt a sharp pain from his back, causing him to vomit out blood.
Guo Ran saw that this attacker was actually someone who had been protecting him this entire time. “You…”
But before he could even say anything, his right rib was struck by someone else, the sounds of bone breaking causing people to wince.
Suddenly, he felt his back lighten as his flag case was snatched away. Guo Ran actually ignored his pain frantically and grabbed onto the flag case, wanting to grab it back. That was something that would determine everyone’s fates.
Furthermore, he had promised Long Chen that he would protect the flag case even if he died. He tightly held on to it.
“Bastard, let go!”
That person tried pulling several times but was unable to get him to release it. The two people, who had attacked him first, now came up and stamped on his arm ruthlessly.
The sound of his bones cracking rang out. Both his arms were now broken, but Guo Ran still didn’t let go.
BANG!
That person kicked Guo Ran in the stomach, causing him to vomit out more blood and he was sent flying.
Those people who surrounded him had been fighting off outer attacks this entire time. They hadn’t even realized that something was happening behind them. By the time they turned to look, that person had already taken the flag case and thrown it into the distance.
Someone from Gu Yang’s faction had already long since been ready and caught it, putting all the flags into their faction’s case.
DONG!
The incense stick finally burned away, and the loud bell signified the end of the competition.
All the figh
ting stopped. Tang Wan-er turned to look at Guo Ran and saw those three traitors’ icy smiles. To her, it felt as if all of heaven and earth had changed color.
“Long Chen, I’ve already said I’d make you live a life worse than death. Now you believe me right, hahaha!” Qi Xin’s unbridled laughter echoed throughout.
A similar tragedy had also struck Ye Zhiqiu’s side. Two of their disciples had turned traitor, sending their flags to their enemies.
Long Chen slowly walked over to Tang Wan-er. Seeing her inconsolable expression, his heart ached.
“Long Chen…” Tang Wan-er hugged onto Long Chen and sobbed with grief. “Why is this? Why is this?!”
She had always been devoted to her people. She had never imagined that there would be people to betray her. That caused her to feel even more grief than just losing. It was as if someone was twisting a knife in her heart.
“Tang Wan-er, how is it? Now I’ll give you another chance to join hands with me.” Seeing Tang Wan-er go to Long Chen to cry, Gu Yang was actually furious.
Long Chen icily glanced at Gu Yang. “I will make you repay this one hundred times.”
Gently patting Tang Wan-er, Long Chen walked over to those three traitors. Those three had all joined the Heaven Earth Faction later when Tang Wan-er and Guo Ran had gone to find some fresh talent.
Tang Wan-er was filled with remorse. She hated herself for being so blind. She actually didn’t know how to judge people. If it was Long Chen, he definitely wouldn’t have let such people join them. The more she thought about that, the more grief she felt.
“Sorry Long Chen, we’re just working for our master. Who asked you guys to not know how to appreciate kindness?”
One of them apologized, but everyone could see he wasn’t the slightest bit apologetic.
Tu Fang angrily stood up. “This is too much! I really have been blind to allow such people to join the Xuantian Monastery!”
Tu Fang wasn’t just speaking of those three, but also those people who had used them.
An honorable and open competition had been turned into a game of traitors by them. That was completely contrary to the competition’s intentions.