by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
In the distance, Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan were staring closely at the battlefield. They didn’t have the slightest idea that the troops they had sent had long since been annihilated. They were still waiting for the sneak attack from the back before launching an all-out attack from the front.
Instead, all they were witness to was Long Chen repeatedly unleashing flames. There wasn’t the slightest bit of disorder in the Dragonblood Legion’s fighting.
“Why haven’t they attacked yet? It should be about time,” said Peng Wansheng impatiently.
“Just wait. I did tell them to go around very far so that they wouldn’t be noticed. It’ll take them a bit of time,” said Sha Guangyan.
The two of them continued watching closely. This was a world-shaking battle. Not only were the Dragonblood warriors powerful, but the millions of Spirit race warriors were also quite strong.
The Spirit race army would be left to the Dark Forest’s Magical Beasts in a bit, so the two of them only need to keep watch on Long Chen. As soon as he was thrown off balance by their sneak attack, they would kill him.
Just as they were staring intently at the battlefield, a snaking wooden stake passed underground from beneath the battlefield to beneath them.
The wooden stake was like a serpent. The slightest crack appeared on the earth as its head reached the surface. Two small holes appeared on the wooden stake, seeming to be eyes. It looked around.
It saw the ancient race, Corrupt path, and ancient family alliance’s experts floating in the air, staring at the battlefield. They didn’t notice what was happening beneath them.
After observing the situation, the wooden stakes slowly retreated underground. It was originally an inch thick, but now it began to thicken.
Because everyone’s attention was on the battlefield, they didn’t notice a small piece of earth beneath them starting to bulge slightly.
As the wooden stake thickened, the bulge of earth grew. But this small bulge wasn’t particularly rare in this terrain.
Once the wooden stake had become three meters thick, it stopped growing. Instead, it became hollow, creating a wooden passageway.
Long Chen, Meng Qi, and Chu Yao silently slipped through the wooden channel.
When they reached the end, Long Chen nodded to Meng Qi. Meng Qi took a deep breath and slowly formed many complicated hand seals. Her Spirit Strength began to circulate. The Three-head Nine-eye Illusion Spirit Beast in her spiritual space suddenly quivered.
Chapter 1450 Group Killing Art
Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan, as well as the other experts of the ancient races, ancient family alliance, and Corrupt path, were currently staring at the battlefield intently.
Peng Wansheng suddenly yawned. After watching for so long, he felt bored, and his eyelids felt a bit heavy.
The others were also weary. Some people were starting to nod off.
“Watch out! We’ve fallen for a soul bewitching art!”
Sha Guangyan suddenly cried out, his voice stabbing into their ears like needles.
Everyone was instantly startled awake. Their expressions completely changed. In the instant that they awoke, countless black and white spears were shooting at them.
These spears were dozens of meters long and thinner at the front than they were at the back. They whistled through the air at them.
These spears weren’t actually spears. They were the mouthparts of the Spotted Ghost Mosquitoes. They were extremely hard and sharp.
“Dodge!”
It was too late. The Spotted Ghost Mosquitoes’ mouthparts became the spears that reaped their lives. Tens of thousands of the mouthparts pierced through these experts’ bodies.
The mouthparts immediately unleashed their poison when piercing a person’s body. This poison was not inferior to the Golden Tail Underground Centipedes’ at all. It instantly paralyzed people.
Like shooting stars, the mouthparts pierced through the entire army, slaying many of them. The mouthparts seemed to be alive, flying through the bodies of one expert after another.
Anyone who was struck would stiffen and then collapse to the ground, their souls dissipating.
They weren’t killed from the poison, but from the Spiritual Strength attached to the mouthparts. The main thing was that Meng Qi was too kind. Even when facing enemies, she preferred that they died painless deaths. If the poison slowly killed them, it would be much more painful.
“Kill that woman!”
Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan were the first to react. They roared and charged at Meng Qi.
Meng Qi was like a specter that had appeared in the air. Under her control, the mouthparts were deadly weapons.
Listening to Long Chen’s suggestion, she had gathered all the Spotted Ghost Centipedes’ mouthparts and placed her spiritual mark on them. Although they weren’t true soul items, nor had they been nourished by her soul, having them shoot out in a straight line was very simple for her. For this many of the mouthparts to shoot at wherever there were the most enemies, many of them were slain.
Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan were infuriated. They couldn’t figure out how Meng Qi had appeared here. She had clearly been on the other side of the battlefield just now. How had she appeared here?
However, there was no time to consider this question. Just now, Meng Qi had used a soul art to make them feel tired, causing their sense of alarm to sharply drop before attacking.
All three powers on their side had suffered huge losses in an instant. The two of them didn’t hesitate to attack her.
Peng Wansheng was halfway there when a figure appeared before him. That figure came without any warning and without any killing intent. The figure raised a hand.
“Long-”
Pow!
Long Chen’s hand viciously slapped across Peng Wansheng’s face. He shot back like a shooting star.
Long Chen’s arrival caused everyone to feel even more shocked. They looked back at the battlefield to see that Long Chen was still over there, wrapped in flames and fighting intensely. How had another Long Chen appeared here?
Sha Guangyan was about to attack him when Long Chen summoned lightning wings and chased after Peng Wansheng.
“Endless Falling Wood.” Just as everyone was shocked by Long Chen’s arrival, the ground burst apart, and wooden stakes flew into the air like dragons, attacking Peng Wansheng.
“Chu Yao!” Sha Guangyan was startled again. Long Chen, Meng Qi, and Chu Yao had all come to launch a sneak attack on them. They were caught completely off guard.
The slightest hesitation from his shock allowed Chu Yao’s wooden stakes to wind together and form a spherical cage around the two of them.
The cage then shot into the distance, leaving the battlefield.
“They’ve dragged away our leaders! Let’s get them!” shouted an ancient race rank nine Celestial.
“Don’t panic. We first have to kill that woman. She’s just a rank nine Celestial!” cried another.
There were eleven rank nine Celestials here, while Meng Qi was not an Empyrean. Now that she was left here all alone, she was definitely dead.
“Kill!”
Everyone charged toward Meng Qi. Meng Qi formed a new hand seal, and all the Spotted Ghost Mosquitoes’ mouthparts flew back to her, forming a huge barrier that blocked them.
BOOM!
The barrier was immediately attacked by all the experts. Unable to bear such an impact, it instantly blew apart.
“Where is she?”
The mouthparts were smashed apart, but Meng Qi had vanished, stunning them.
“She’s already over there!”
Meng Qi’s figure once again appeared on the other side of the battlefield. They had no idea how Meng Qi had escaped from right under their noses.
Meng Qi had naturally slipped away thanks to the channel created by Chu Yao. This was the plan Long Chen had come up with.
Although Meng Qi’s offensive power was shocking, her defensive power was too low. She couldn’t
handle the attacks of so many people.
After she had unleashed her killing move, Meng Qi had immediately jumped back into the wooden channel, and Chu Yao sent her back to the original battlefield.
After sending Meng Qi back, Chu Yao closed the channel. No one else could go through it now.
“What do we do now?”
Long Chen had taken away Peng Wansheng, and Chu Yao had taken away Sha Guangyan. They had clearly decided to bring their fights somewhere far away to avoid affecting anyone here.
Now that two of their leaders were brought away, the rest of them were an army without a leader.
“Whatever. Generals against generals, and soldiers against soldiers. We’ll kill the Dragonblood Legion,” said an ancient family expert, taking the lead in charging to the battlefield. However, his expression wasn’t one of hatred or anger, but greed.
They had all begun to long for the Dragonblood Legion’s weapons. Now they could openly kill them for their treasures.
With one person taking the lead, the others all roared and charged at the Dragonblood Legion. Their eyes were all filled with greed as they stared at the Dragonblood Legion’s weapons.
The majority of them had second-rate King items, and only a few amongst them were in possession of top grade King items.
As for Ancestral items, only a few rank nine Celestials were qualified to possess one. But every member of the Dragonblood Legion was carrying a weapon beyond the level of King item. Thus, these experts were naturally greedy for them.
The Corrupt path, ancient race, and ancient family alliance’s experts all rushed toward the Dragonblood Legion. They quickly encountered each other.
“Idiot, I’ve been waiting for a long time. Come and face your deaths!”
Guo Ran went to greet them first. Armed to his teeth, Guo Ran was like a metal monster, slashing his blade at the head of a rank nine Celestial.
“A turtle only knows how to hide in its shell. Die!” The rank nine Celestial sneered and slashed a blood-colored sword at Guo Ran.
BOOM!
The power of Guo Ran’s slash was shocking. The rank nine Celestial was actually blown away.
The rank nine Celestial had just stabilized himself when his expression changed. A wind blade had silently appeared at the back of his head.
“Not good!” He hastily dodged. But just as he did so, Guo Ran’s saber slashed toward his waist.
Guo Ran’s attack was timed perfectly with the wind blade, and the rank nine Celestial could only dodge one. There was no third option.
The rank nine Celestial was infuriated. He hated himself for being too fast and abandoning the others behind him. Now he didn’t have a single helper beside him.
This rank nine Celestial was a powerful figure in his own right, and he didn’t panic even in this situation. Not saying a word, he dodged the wind blade while ignoring Guo Ran’s saber. Instead, his own sword slashed toward Guo Ran’s neck.
That was the weakest spot on Guo Ran’s armor. A person’s head had to be able to turn, and it was the same as the wrist, elbow, knee, and crotch areas of the armor. Allowing those parts to remain agile meant that they were the weakest defensively.
The rank nine Celestial concentrated all his power on his Ancestral item sword. This attack would definitely cut off Guo Ran’s head if it landed.
This was a suicidal attack of exchanging his life for his opponent’s. But it was his only way out of his current predicament.
Theoretically, if Guo Ran’s head was normal, he would give up his attack and dodge or block. But Guo Ran didn’t retreat, nor did his attack change.
Having dodged the wind blade that would have struck his head and thus killed him, the rank nine Celestial was instead cut in two by Guo Ran’s saber.
A cracking sound also came from Guo Ran’s neck. That was the sound of bones breaking. Guo Ran was sent flying back.
“Guo Ran!” Gu Yang cried out. He had been a bit too slow, and now he didn’t even know if Guo Ran was still alive. He immediately smashed his spear at that rank nine Celestial.
Having been cut in two, the rank nine Celestial was still shocked that Guo Ran had chosen to exchange lives with him. While still stunned, he was blown apart by Gu Yang’s attack.
A faint figure appeared amongst the blood mist. It was the rank nine Celestial’s soul. He tried to flee, but a spiritual arrow pierced him, causing his soul to dissipate.
“Guo Ran!”
Gu Yang pulled Guo Ran up, crying out crazily. His eyes were completely red.
“Stop shaking me. I just reattached my neck, and you’re going to shake it off again.” Guo Ran’s familiar voice rang out from inside the armor.
Chapter 1451 Fury and Killing Intent
Gu Yang was delighted to hear Guo Ran’s voice. As long as he was alive, it was fine. After all, that had been the full-strength attack of a rank nine Celestial.
However, it couldn’t be said that Guo Ran was fine. The bones in his neck had been crushed, and his skull had cracked. That attack had truly been vicious.
Guo Ran’s armor had eight coils of soft metal around it that were extremely tough yet allowed him to retain his agility. This kind of soft metal was present around all his joints, even his knuckles. That was why Guo Ran was able to keep his body nimble even in his armor. But now, a large hole had been cut into the armor over his neck, and two of the soft metal coils had been severed.
However, high risk signified high reward. If Guo Ran hadn’t done this, then that rank nine Celestial wouldn’t have been slain by Gu Yang and Meng Qi’s follow up.
There was no need for Guo Ran to circulate his Heavenly Dao energy to heal. In just a breath, his bones had healed. Endless life energy flowed through his body, healing his injury.
“I’m fine. Brother, this is a fierce battle that will require our full power. Kill our strongest enemies, or our brothers will be in danger,” said Guo Ran, twisting his neck and feeling that it was good enough to keep fighting.
“Alright, let’s continue killing!” Gu Yang nodded. He knew that this battle was the most dangerous one so far. The fierce Magical Beasts weren’t the problem. The biggest threat came from the army of ancient races, Corrupt path, and ancient family alliance.
Long Chen and Chu Yao had separated Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan from the battlefield for fear of them attacking the Dragonblood warriors. That would cause huge casualties in the Dragonblood Legion.
“First, kill that soul cultivator! She’s our greatest threat!” shouted a rank nine Celestial from the Corrupt path.
He and two other rank nine Celestials immediately went to attack Meng Qi. This time, they were smarter and didn’t dare to charge out on their own. If that first rank nine Celestial hadn’t been so greedy and charged out alone, he wouldn’t have been killed.
The three of them had just approached Meng Qi when a bird cry resounded through the air. A huge figure descended from the sky, a dazzling rainbow light shining from its body.
“It’s the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow!”
BOOM!
Cloud’s wings slammed down, and the three of them hastily brandished their weapons. However, they were still blown away.
“Flower of the underworld, reaper of souls. Sea of flowers, blooming limitlessly!” Meng Qi formed hand seals, a soft chant coming from her lips. She looked like a celestial fairy.
A huge flower bud appeared over her head. The flower’s entire body was pitch-black, and it slowly bloomed.
As it bloomed, the world became chaotic. The bloody ground vanished. The corpses vanished. The roaring of the Magical Beasts vanished. It felt like the world had entered a static space. Here, time was forever still. The only thing present here was death, patiently waiting for them.
The flower reached full bloom and then slowly wilted. Meng Qi’s face was pale, and tears of blood could be seen flowing from her eyes. It was a ghastly sight as it dripped down her jade-like face.
When the black flower finally fully wilted,
the world regained its original clamor. It was like what had happened just now was an illusion that had passed in the blink of an eye.
When the illusion faded, a huge mass of Corrupt experts had fallen to the ground. Their expressions were still shocked. As their minds faded into eternal oblivion, the sight of the blood pouring down a fairy’s face was the only thing they could recall.
The experts from the ancient races, Corrupt path, and ancient family alliance were all affected. Anyone without strong enough Spiritual Strength fell silently to the ground, their souls extinguished.
Their lives had wilted along with the flower. They vanished from this world.
This was an absolutely terrifying attack that covered the entire battlefield. Less than two hundred thousand of the experts were left standing on the battlefield. Their figures now appeared isolated standing so far apart.
Even a huge mass of Magical Beasts fell to the ground. Corpses covered ten thousand miles of the battlefield.
“Sister Meng Qi!” Tang Wan-er let out a startled cry and rushed over to Meng Qi’s side. Tears of blood were still flowing from Meng Qi’s eyes, which had lost their luster. “Are your eyes alright?”
Tang Wan-er felt incomparable grief. She had no idea what kind of terrifying technique Meng Qi had used to instantly kill so many of their enemies. But it seemed that she had also suffered a terrifying backlash. Her eyes were blind.
“Wan-er, don’t worry. I can use my Spiritual Strength as my eyes. Focus on killing our enemies, or the Dragonblood Legion will be in danger,” said Meng Qi as she flew into the air. Cloud let out a furious bird cry and appeared beneath her, carrying her on its back. It spread its wings and attacked the three rank nine Celestials.
Tang Wan-er didn’t tarry and attacked one of the ancient races’ rank nine Celestials. Gu Yang, Li Qi, Song Mingyuan, and the recently recovered Guo Ran each picked out a rank nine Celestial to fight.
Meng Qi’s terrifying attack had emptied the battlefield. However, there was still an endless stream of Magical Beasts from the Dark Forest that was charging in without regard.