by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The golden ray merely caused the Blazing Dragon Cauldron to quiver ever so slightly, but it couldn’t change its trajectory. It smashed down.
The ground exploded when the Blazing Dragon Cauldron struck it. But Peng Wansheng had used this attack and strange movement art to avoid this fatal blow.
Although he wasn’t struck directly, he was blown away by the astral winds and coughed up more blood. Just at this moment, Long Chen circulated his flame and lightning energy, not giving Peng Wansheng any opportunity. This time, he was ninety percent confident in being able to kill Peng Wansheng. Without having a chance to heal, Peng Wansheng couldn’t handle the Double Dragon Destruction.
Peng Wansheng’s expression changed once more. He felt himself be locked onto by a terrifying attack. Long Chen was once more using a big move, and in his current state, there was no way Peng Wansheng could receive it.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the void exploded, and countless killer chains shot toward Long Chen.
“It’s the willow!”
Long Chen’s expression changed as he was far too familiar with this aura. These chains were actually willow branches, and their terrifying killing intent made long Chen’s hair stand on end. He immediately gave up on attacking Peng Wansheng and changed his attack to the willow branches.
BOOM! The two dragons flew out, breaking countless willow branches. But as they did, the void crumbled and a huge figure appeared. It was a giant willow tree.
It was many times larger than when Long Chen had first seen it. If he hadn’t recognized its aura, he wouldn’t be able to tell it was the same one.
The giant willow’s branches covered the sky. But most of its branches had now been destroyed by Long Chen’s attack.
He had no time to bother with the willow. Long Chen immediately shot after the pale Peng Wansheng. He had to kill him first before considering anything else.
Long Chen was quick as lightning, and he took out the Blazing Dragon Cauldron again. From the moment he had unleashed the fifth form of Split the Heavens, to when he attacked with the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, to when the strange willow had appeared, had been just a moment. There was no time to wait. He had to attack before his opponent could react.
This was valuable experience gained through battles. On the battlefield, even the slightest opportunity could not be wasted.
Peng Wansheng was just about to use his primal chaos manifestation to heal when the Blazing Dragon Cauldron smashed into him again. Peng Wansheng barely managed to survive it and was sent flying once more, one of his wings broken.
Long Chen was shocked inside. Peng Wansheng was truly powerful. Under the torrent of attacks, despite being on his last breaths, Peng Wansheng was still able to survive.
Just as Long Chen was preparing to attack again, willow leaves rained down like arrows at him. The willow branches, which covered the sky, had countless leaves, and they now began to shine and shoot down at him.
The willow leaves were shockingly able to resist the Heaven Incinerating Flame. It was like there was some kind of divine energy protecting and isolating them from the Heaven Incinerating Flame.
Long Chen did his best to smash the leaves apart with the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, but the leaves came from every angle, and they were incredibly sharp, easily piercing his body.
Not even his dragon scales were able to block these willow leaves. They were life-reaping weapons. Long Chen had never encountered such a terrifying existence.
Long Chen extended his arms, unleashing Lei Long and Huo Long. They sped toward the willow leaves, but the willow leaves didn’t break, despite being attacked by the true bodies of Lei Long and Huo Long.
However, thanks to the two of them, the willow leaves were blown back and unable to harm Long Chen. Using that opening, Long Chen went straight toward the willow’s crown, because standing there was his target.
That figure was the strange willow’s core. Seeing Long Chen coming toward it, it didn’t even move. It simply stared indifferently at him.
Long Chen’s heart thudded. That look was like it didn’t even view him as an enemy. He took a deep breath, and the Blazing Dragon Cauldron in his hand unleashed blinding light as he smashed it at the figure.
Just before the Blazing Dragon Cauldron was about to reach it, the figure simply raised a hand. That hand seemed thin and weak, and yet it flicked the Blazing Dragon Cauldron away easily.
Long Chen’s hand immediately split open and began to bleed. He was actually unable to keep a hold on the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, and he was sent flying.
Long Chen was incomparably shocked. Just what kind of existence was this willow?! It was too terrifying!
More willow branches and leaves shot toward him once more, and Long Chen immediately called out Lei Long and Huo Long to protect him as he retreated.
“Be careful, Long Chen! That’s a legendary Undying Willow from a demon spirit world! Its power is limitless, and it is said to possess an undying body!” called out Chu Yao from the distance.
Chu Yao was trying to rush over to help, but Sha Guangyan was holding her back. Although she had managed to pull away at the start, Sha Guangyan began to go all-out to stop her toward the end, and she couldn’t escape for the moment.
“Long Chen, your death has come!”
Peng Wansheng’s cold shout came just as Long Chen escaped from the Undying Willow’s attack. He had just finished healing with his Heavenly Dao energy and regained some of his power.
Peng Wansheng could tell that the Undying Willow had come to kill Long Chen. He didn’t need to do anything else but stop Long Chen from escaping.
Seeing Long Chen escape the Undying Willow’s attack, Peng Wansheng hastily attacked to prevent him from escaping. But this action was superfluous. How could Long Chen leave all his people behind?
“Scram!”
Long Chen slammed the Blazing Dragon Cauldron at Peng Wansheng. Despite healing, Peng Wansheng’s combat power had sharply dropped, and he couldn’t receive Long Chen’s attacks.
Long Chen had only just sent Peng Wansheng flying when a sea of sharp willow leaves whistled toward him.
He hastily used the Blazing Dragon Cauldron to defend. Fortunately, he had Lei Long and Huo Long protecting him as well. For a moment, he managed to endure.
However, Peng Wansheng was now waiting to launch sneak attacks behind him. Long Chen was flustered.
No one had expected that just as Long Chen was about to turn the tables, this terrifying Undying Willow would appear. Now Long Chen was in great danger.
Chu Yao did her best to escape Sha Guangyan’s entanglement to help, but Sha Guangyan had also realized Long Chen was in desperate straits, so he did everything to block Chu Yao. Although he couldn’t defeat her, holding her back temporarily was simple for him.
Long Chen was now caught between the Undying Willow and Peng Wansheng. He was in immense danger, and Chu Yao was panicked. She was the one who knew best just how terrifying the Undying Willow was.
That was why Chu Yao was doing her best to force back Sha Guangyan.
“Chu Yao, watch out!”
Chu Yao was in the midst of crazily attacking Sha Guangyan’s blockade when she heard Long Chen’s furious roar.
His voice had only just rung out when the space behind Chu Yao rippled like water. A sword silently appeared.
The sharp blade stabbed through Chu Yao’s back all the way to its hilt.
Chapter 1456 Everything Hangs By a Thread
“Chu Yao!”
Long Chen let out a heart-rending roar. He hadn’t expected the Bloodkill Hall’s assassin to be patiently lying in wait here.
Long Chen didn’t know what technique that the assassin was using to have prevented Long Chen from sensing his existence. Now that he attacked, his sword was already through Chu Yao’s back.
Due to the distraction, a golden ray pierced Long Chen in the ribs. Peng Wansheng sneered, “Don’t worry, you’ll quickly be reunited with her.”
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�Die!” Long Chen roared furiously and switched out the Blazing Dragon Cauldron for Dragonbone Evilmoon. An incredibly evil aura of slaughter soared into the sky as he slashed it at Peng Wansheng.
Peng Wansheng’s expression changed, and he hastily retreated. He had already experienced how terrifying Dragonbone Evilmoon was, so he didn’t dare to take it directly.
Forcing away Peng Wansheng, Long Chen unleashed a spinning saber-image at the Undying Willow.
The saber-image blew apart the willow branches that were at least on the Ancestral item level. In front of Dragonbone Evilmoon, they were unable to withstand a single blow.
Just as Long Chen was crazily forcing back Peng Wansheng and the Undying Willow, the Bloodkill Hall’s assassin stabbed Chu Yao through the back. He smiled coldly, but that smile quickly became shock.
The Chu Yao in front of him stiffened and transformed into a wooden statue.
“Not good, it’s a fake!”
The assassin’s expression changed, and he pulled his sword back, preparing to flee.
However, the statue that his sword had pierced now tightened around his sword, making it so he couldn’t pull it out. Just as he was about to use his full power, a sharp wooden stake stabbed through his forehead.
Blood splashed as the wooden stake stabbed through him like a spear. Countless roots sprang from the wooden stake, digging into his body.
The Bloodkill Hall assassin had no opportunity to flee before his body was completely pierced by roots. The roots then lit up and exploded, killing the assassin.
“Be careful Chu Yao! There are still three more!”
Chu Yao thought that she had escaped a calamity by killing this rank nine Celestial from the Bloodkill Hall, but then Long Chen’s voice rang out again. Just now, when that person had attacked, Long Chen had instantly sensed at least three of the Bloodkill Hall’s assassins in the surrounding area.
Originally, they had been planning to attack together. But Sha Guangyan’s sand had ended up blocking three of them. They hadn’t had a chance to attack, but their killing intent was still sensed by Long Chen in that instant.
Chu Yao had only just killed the first assassin when Sha Guangyan took that chance to launch a powerful attack. A sand hand slammed toward her back, and her hasty wooden shield was blown apart.
“Fairy Chu Yao, sorry, but I’ll have to be vicious today.” That was what Sha Guangyan said, but his expression wasn’t the slightest bit apologetic. Sand filled the air and condensed into flying spears that took advantage of this chance to attack Chu Yao.
Chu Yao wiped off some blood from the corner of her mouth. She was in the midst of forming hand seals when her expression changed. A portion of the wooden stakes that were growing out of the ground and in the midst of attacking Sha Guangyan suddenly came back to shield her back.
Three rays of sword-light came from different angles, stabbing into Chu Yao’s shield. Their swords stabbed into the wooden shield, but that canceled out so much of their power that they couldn’t press forward anymore.
The three of them were like phantoms. They were from the Bloodkill Hall, and as soon as they appeared, they vanished. It was impossible to track them in the sky.
BOOM! The shield in front of Chu Yao blew apart as sand spears stabbed through it.
Chu Yao was originally fighting evenly with Sha Guangyan, but now that three assassins from the Bloodkill Hall had been added into the mix, she had no choice but to divert some of her power to handle them. As a result, her power in other areas dropped, and she could now no longer fully block Sha Guangyan’s attacks.
She hastily retreated, and wooden walls grew out of the wall one by one.
The wooden walls were destroyed one after another. The sand spears destroyed seven of them before finally running out of energy.
Just as Chu Yao was hastily blocking Sha Guangyan’s attack, a sword came from a strange angle and stabbed toward her ribs.
Chu Yao was about to block that when another sword appeared above her head. Only the sword was visible, while its master was nowhere to be seen.
Flowers suddenly bloomed in the air around her, spreading in every direction. Very quickly, an invisible figure was revealed by the flower. The three of them were at three different angles and attacking at the same time to seal all her paths of retreat.
The endless flowers suddenly exploded, forcing the three of them away. They might be rank nine Celestials, but in front of Chu Yao, they still weren’t strong enough.
If it weren’t for the great threat that Sha Guangyan posed to her, the three of them would simply be courting death by attacking Chu Yao. But now, they were like distracting houseflies, constantly disturbing her attacks.
Most importantly, they were terrifying assassins. If she really allowed them to approach her, it would be dangerous.
“Fairy Chu Yao, don’t struggle meaninglessly. Today, you’ll all die here!” Sha Guangyan didn’t have the slightest sympathy. Taking advantage of the three assassins, he focused entirely on attacking. Sand condensed into a huge fist that slammed down.
BOOM!
Chu Yao’s hasty defense was destroyed. She was once more sent flying, coughing up blood that dyed the front of her robes.
As she was flying back, a sword silently appeared. Chu Yao did her best to dodge, but it still pierced her ribs. Blood dyed her robes.
“Bloodkill Hall, I swear that if I don’t annihilate you all, I won’t be Long Chen!”
Long Chen’s furious roar shook the heavens. He was fighting while wielding Dragonbone Evilmoon, but the Undying Willow was too terrifying. It seemed to be toying with Long Chen, intentionally stalling him so he couldn’t go help Chu Yao.
The willow branches completely covered the sky. Every time he destroyed them, new ones grew. These were the branches of the Undying Willow, and it seemed that there was an inexhaustible supply. As for Peng Wansheng, he was launching ranged attacks so Long Chen couldn’t possibly help Chu Yao. Seeing her injured, Long Chen almost went crazy.
Long Chen wasn’t afraid of bleeding, he wasn’t afraid of being injured, and he wasn’t afraid of dying. But he was afraid of seeing the people by his side bleeding. Seeing his own woman injured, he felt like his heart was being stabbed.
“You’re too weak. You should let me take over. I guarantee I’ll instantly slaughter all of them. As long as you relax your mind and let me work with you, no one will be a match for us.” Evilmoon’s enticing voice rang out at this critical time.
“Shut up!”
Long Chen roared furiously. At this time, Evilmoon was trying to seduce Long Chen to make him release its seal. Then it would take over his soul and make him its slave.
If he really did that, he would completely lose himself and be under Evilmoon’s control. Considering Evilmoon’s brutality, it would definitely annihilate all lifeforms here without discriminating against friend or foe. It existed only to kill.
If he agreed, he wouldn’t end up saving Chu Yao. He would end up killing everyone here. Unfortunately for Evilmoon, Long Chen’s will was extremely powerful, and he wasn’t affected.
He could see Chu Yao in danger as Sha Guangyan crazily attacked and the three assassins constantly launched sneak attacks. There were several times where she almost lost her life to the assassins. Their attacks were very difficult to handle, and they were too shameless, too despicable.
“Long Chen, you can only blame yourself for this. This is the karma for destroying one of the Bloodkill Hall’s strongholds in the Eastern Wasteland and blaspheming the statue of the Killing God. Your death and the deaths of all the people around you, are all because of the seed you planted. Don’t blame anyone else. Death is your only ending, and only death will cleanse you of your sins. The will of the Killing God cannot be overturned,” sneered one of the assassins as his sword almost stabbed through Chu Yao’s back.
“Fuck your mother! Starting today, I will hunt down your Bloodkill Hall to the last man!” roared Long Chen. He repeatedly slashed his sab
er, unleashing huge saber-images that broke through the obstacles in front of him, allowing him to slowly get closer to Chu Yao.
However, the Undying Willow was too difficult to deal with. It truly had an undying body, and its life energy was almost limitless. Long Chen didn’t even know how many of its branches he had destroyed, but they still continued growing without any sign of stopping.
In the distant battlefield, the Dragonblood Legion also saw Chu Yao’s situation.
“Brothers, kill! We have to save boss and sister Chu Yao!”
The Dragonblood warriors’ eyes were scarlet. This time, it was Long Chen and Chu Yao who had fallen into unprecedented danger. They had to help the two of them; hence, the Dragonblood Legion no longer fought defensively. They focused entirely on attacking, going crazy as they forced their way forward in a suicidal manner.
The Dragonblood Legion had gone insane. Their everything had been bestowed by Long Chen. Without Long Chen, they would have never reached their current heights.
“Kill! The Dragonblood Legion can lose us, but it can’t lose our boss!” One of the squad leaders launched a direct attack at the rank nine Celestial, pulling open the curtains to a crazy, bloody battle.
The Dragonblood Legion was charging forward without regard for death. The Forest of Life’s army almost pressed forward with the Dragonblood Legion, doing their best to protect them.
However, they were too far now, and in their suicidal push, they were cut down one after another by the opposing experts.
The Dragonblood Legion was fighting crazily. They used their bodies to take their opponents’ attacks while their own blades attacked the enemies.
“They’ve gone insane!”
The opposing experts were horrified. The current Dragonblood Legion seemed like a group of bloodthirsty fiends, and they didn’t care about their own lives. Even the fierce Corrupt experts felt a chill.
They pushed forward, gradually getting closer to Chu Yao. But they couldn’t get there in time. Chu Yao was covered in injuries and tottering on the verge of collapse.