Chapter 154: Fought And Won
The seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, whose combat power rivals that of seven Five Seas Realm Third Realm martial cultivators, could truly display their value on the battlefield as scythes for large-scale harvesting of ordinary soldiers.
The seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors thought Li Weiyi was very nagging; they were just a bunch of small fries, was there really any need to be so wary?
The seven of them now had a lot of fiery energy in their bodies and were brimming with vigor, wanting nothing more than to vent it all out fully. Without even waiting for Li Weiyi to finish speaking, they turned into seven streaks of flowing light and charged toward the Fire Crow Cavalry flying over the river surface and in mid-air.
Li Weiyi didn’t even have time to deploy tactics and really wanted to tell them that to kill a person, first kill the mount.
“There’s actually an Insect Tamer!”
“Be careful; that Ghost Face Mask person just consecutively slew two Five Seas Realm experts from our army.”
The sounds of running and wind-breaking rapidly approached.
Li Weiyi was targeted by four Five Seas Realm experts among the Fire Crow Cavalry, charging from four different directions on the first layer Ship Tower and second layer Ship Tower. Two Five Seas Realm Third Realm, two Five Seas Realm Second Realm.
They were all top experts in the Fire Crow Army below Yuwen Chao.
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The third layer of the Multi-story Ship received focused attention from Five Seas Realm experts of the Fire Crow Cavalry, with fully ten leaping to the two ends of the Corridor, clamping from front and back.
Xue Niangzi’s identity was indeed extraordinary, guarded by three Five Seas Realm experts, locked in chaotic battle with those ten Five Seas Realm Fire Crow Cavalry. The erupting Magic Energy shattered the railings, wooden walls, and screens entirely, even ripping off the roof section by section.
The main hall in the center.
A window opened with a three-finger-wide gap, Jiang Ning standing behind it, continuously observing the Fire Crow Cavalry in the night sky, worried about other experts hidden in the darkness.
Zhuang Yue listened to the constant sounds of flesh and blood and screams outside, urgently saying: “Miss, it seems it’s not Yuwen Tuozhen and the others pursuing us, but we’ve encountered a group of Night City Barbarian Thieves intending to loot the Merchant Ship. Should we take action or immediately flee?”
“Whether we take action or flee, it will expose our tracks and soon draw strong enemies.”
Jiang Ning, staring intently out the window, suddenly furrowed her delicate brows in surprise, lightly exclaiming from her red lips: “It’s actually those seven little ones; how are they on the ship?”
Zhuang Yue looked out the window.
She saw two of the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors; they flapped their wings in flight, turning into two streaks of flowing light shuttling among the Fire Crow Cavalry. Wherever they passed, blood continuously splashed out, and corpses tumbled off the Fire Crows one after another.
“Plop!”
“Plop!”
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Corpses fell into the water, water splashing nonstop without cease.
Spring Gushing Realm soldiers without Battle Formation buffs, how could they block them?
Zhuang Yue was dumbfounded, then joyfully said: “I knew that Sima Tan guy definitely didn’t die in Thirty-three Mile Mountain; the robbery of the Four Great Sects and Tian Ya Ridge was absolutely his doing.”
Sima Tan had followed the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse team into Thirty-three Mile Mountain but hadn’t returned.
Many cultivators speculated that either he had also died in the mountain or had fled with a massive fortune, making him the biggest mastermind behind the scenes.
“You seem particularly happy?” Jiang Ning remained calm, her beautiful eyes without ripple.
Zhuang Yue laughed: “I’m happy for you, Miss! You went to Zangxian Town seeking Immortal Soil but found none, but that Sima Tan guy definitely has Immortal Soil on him.”
“Bang!”
The door was shattered by a fist.
Fist Energy surged in along with door fragments, walls resounding from impact, windows trembling.
A Five Seas Realm soldier strode in, spotting Jiang Ning and Zhuang Yue by the window, instantly stunned as if seeing heavenly beings. After a brief daze, he shouted in alarm: “There are two Pure Immortal Body women here; everyone come quickly, quickly notify General Yuwen…”
Zhuang Yue’s figure flickered, darting over, pointing out with one finger.
A bloody hole instantly appeared at that Five Seas Realm soldier’s brow, his body flying backwards out the door, crashing through the railing and plummeting toward the water surface over ten meters below.
Zhuang Yue drew her Magic Tool War Sword and charged toward the Corridor outside.
Not long after being pursued by Shi Shishi in Zangxian Town, she had swallowed Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine, opening her fourth Sea of Qi and breaking through to Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm. None of the Five Seas Realm soldiers outside could receive a second sword from her.
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Li Weiyi saw the four Five Seas Realm experts coming from all sides, but his heart was utterly unperturbed. He first threw out the mid-grade Magic Tool Iron Book, which turned into a rain of flying pages striking toward the Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldier coming from the left side of the first layer Ship Tower.
The mid-grade Magic Tool Jade Bracelet then spun flying toward the Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldier charging from the right side of the first layer Ship Tower.
“Swish!”
After restraining the two, Li Weiyi’s figure leaped up, fully striking with one sword toward a Five Seas Realm Second Realm soldier leaping down from the second layer Ship Tower.
Sword Qi blazed brightly, Sword Light turning into over ten illusory shadows.
That Five Seas Realm Second Realm soldier only felt his vision filled with Sword Shadows; in great alarm, he hurriedly mobilized Magic Energy to activate the armor on his body for protection.
“Pfft,” the Yellow Dragon Sword slashed diagonally downward, cleaving him along with his armor in two, splitting the man entirely.
The other Five Seas Realm Second Realm soldier’s spear in hand had already thrust to Li Weiyi’s face.
Li Weiyi executed Spirit Treasure Seizing, raising his hand to grab it.
His wrist exerted force with a twist.
Powerful Power transmitted along the spear, causing that Five Seas Realm Second Realm soldier’s body to spin uncontrollably, allowing Li Weiyi to swing his sword and sever him at the waist into two sections.
In just one clash, the two Five Seas Realm experts were slain without any power to retaliate.
To any onlooker, Li Weiyi displayed the demeanor of a true master, mentality calm, strikes flowing like clouds and water.
Those two Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldiers blasted away the Iron Book and Jade Bracelet, then without hesitation released ten-zhang-tall humanoid Battle Intent, their Battle Might surging, like two peerless war gods.
They coordinated seamlessly, fighting in tandem, fully capable of facing a Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm expert.
One wielded a spear in heavy swinging shadows, not giving Li Weiyi a chance to land.
The other struck like lightning, the spear tip releasing flaming radiance, exploding with air-tearing bursts.
Li Weiyi wanted a quick battle but didn’t dare underestimate the opponents. A dragon-pattern light shadow appeared underfoot, his body impossibly leaping several zhang high in this bizarre manner, evading the attacks from below.
He then fell head-down feet-up, executing Ruyi Qiankun Sword.
The Yellow Dragon Sword clashed “clang clang” with the two spears, releasing rings of powerful energy ripples from the impacts.
The instant he landed, Li Weiyi horizontally slashed his sword at one of them.
That Five Seas Realm Third Realm martial cultivator immediately retreated a step, planting his spear as a pillar to block.
“Bang!”
The Yellow Dragon Sword was unstoppable, severing the spear. The sword tip scraped across his abdominal armor, neatly slicing it open, blood immediately flowing nonstop from the armor gaps.
“What rank is this War Sword?”
That Five Seas Realm Third Realm martial cultivator had never seen such a sharp, such a powerful War Weapon; his battle intent vanished instantly. He hurriedly stepped on Magic Energy, rushing toward the Sui River below.
“You won’t escape!”
Li Weiyi swung his sword through the air, striking out Grand Unity Opens the Sea, as if to sever even the Sui River.
A sword qi in the form of a Yellow Dragon flew over ten zhang, striking the back of his neck. Bone-cracking sounded; the instant his feet touched the water surface, his head drooped, and his entire body sank into the water, never resurfacing.
The other Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldier seized the chance, leaping onto a passing Fire Crow and shouting loudly: “There’s a Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm powerhouse at the Bow; all Five Seas Realm experts of the Fire Crow Cavalry assemble, follow me to surround and hunt him.”
“Bang!”
A Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor launched a sneak attack, flying from behind him.
He sensed the danger and had just turned, not yet able to block, when his body was struck flying off the Fire Crow, plummeting toward the Multi-story Ship.
Li Weiyi wore Wind Riding Boots, his feet as if treading flowing wind, shuttling between the Multi-story Ship’s railings. He casually grabbed a spear embedded in the wall and thrust it toward that Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldier knocked flying by the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor.
That soldier knew Li Weiyi’s prowess and hurriedly slapped a palm toward the Ship Hull, his body spinning to evade.
The spear thrust past below him, piercing through the floor of the Ship’s second layer and embedding inside.
Li Weiyi swung his right hand, the Yellow Dragon Sword drawing a bright sword circle that enveloped him.
After several exchanges, that Five Seas Realm Third Realm soldier struggled wretchedly, ultimately pierced through the heart by one sword, plopping into the Sui River.
Li Weiyi stood suspended in mid-air with his foot on the spear horizontally embedded in the ship, observing the battlefield. He discovered the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors’ combat power was ferocious, charging through the Fire Crow Cavalry as if entering a place without people.
In a short time, the Fire Crow Cavalry on the river surface and in mid-air had nearly half dead or wounded, extremely tragic.
Under the Seven Little Ones’ supersonic charges, Li Weiyi’s worries were purely superfluous. Those Fire Crow Cavalry couldn’t even form a Battle Formation; if not waiting for Yuwen Chao’s retreat order, they would have already scattered like birds and beasts.
On the third layer Ship Tower, Fire Crow Cavalry experts continuously screamed and fell. They had encountered a strong practitioner; even their armor was shattered.
“There’s a Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm Pure Immortal Body expert on the third layer Ship Tower; quickly form the Military Formation.”
A Five Seas Realm soldier issued an urgent, piercing whistle from his mouth, summoning dozens of Fire Crows circling in mid-air to gather manpower and form a Battle Formation to kill the enemy.
Li Weiyi kicked off the spear, his body shooting out and colliding onto that Five Seas Realm soldier.
The two tumbled together, crashing through the wall and into the room.
“Bang!”
Li Weiyi had continuously used Golden Spring for Bone Tempering, his physical body extremely robust. One fist smashed into his face, instantly collapsing the facial bones, deforming the entire head.
Standing up, he added another sword before walking out.
The Fire Crow Cavalry on the ship had already sensed something wrong. Soldiers on Fire Crow backs in mid-air were suffering heavy casualties from Fierce Insect assaults, and the Five Seas Realm leaders on the ship were dying one after another.
Something was wrong with this ship; the number of top experts exceeded their expectations.
Some soldiers began fleeing, jumping onto Fire Crows, triggering a chain reaction.
Li Weiyi’s figure rapidly leaped, after several shifts landing on the third layer Ship Tower, spotting Zhuang Yue wearing a veil. No surprise; he had sensed her Power Aura from below.
Zhuang Yue’s robes were soaked in blood; she pierced the last Five Seas Realm soldier with one sword, turning to look at Li Weiyi wearing the Ghost Face Mask. She, who always looked unfavorably on any man, had a smile float in her big eyes.
But soon, the smile froze.
Because Li Weiyi turned and went downstairs, charging toward Li Ling’s position.
“Boom!”
The entire Bow was nearly smashed apart, leaving only the internal steel skeletal structure.
Yuwen Chao, Yin Shisan, and Wu Zhaonan, who had been clashing in the cabin below the Deck, successively burst out, standing in three different positions.
Wu Zhaonan was severely injured, blood surging from mouth and nose, his armor battered and torn.
Yin Shisan’s face was slightly pale, his robes like rags exposing his pale belly, quite disheveled.
On Yuwen Chao’s massive tiger head was a bloody Claw Seal, revealing the skull below, wounded by Yin Shisan’s claw force.
All three were stunned by the battle situation on the ship, completely different from what they had anticipated.
Though Wu Zhaonan was extremely injured, he laughed wildly, in excellent mood: “Good! Today, I, Wu, am utterly convinced by Clerk Chen. So you were prepared all along; no wonder you weren’t afraid of this Yuwen Chao.”
Yin Shisan hadn’t expected such a situation either; Li Weiyi had truly fought and won! Feeling a great sense of accomplishment, he modestly smiled: “One can only say, Barbarian Thieves are always Barbarian Thieves, never amounting to anything grand.”
Li Weiyi didn’t go to the Bow to join the fun; anyway, with Zhuang Yue there, Jiang Ning was definitely also there. It wasn’t his turn as a Five Seas Realm First Realm martial cultivator to fight a Five Seas Realm Fifth Realm strong practitioner.
He just felt very depressed in his heart; he always ran into her, their fate too strong.
He rendezvoused with Li Ling: “No need to pursue those fleeing Fire Crow Cavalry; quickly draw Beast Script to control a batch of Fire Crow mounts.”
Both were Great Mind Masters; drawing Beast Taming script was effortless. They continuously struck out Spiritual Light script onto the Fire Crows circling around the Multi-story Ship.
Yuwen Chao hadn’t expected to suffer such a big setback today. He glared furiously at the two opposite, roaring: “Withdraw! We’ll meet again; this matter isn’t over.”
Yuwen Chao summoned his three-headed Fire Crow, about to leap onto its back.
“Swish!”
A bright sword qi fell from above, cleaving the massive three-headed Fire Crow in half.
Crow fire sprinkled all over Yuwen Chao.
Zhuang Yue stood on the third layer Ship Tower, her skin even more snow-white and translucent under the Magic Energy glow, her War Sword remotely pointing at Yuwen Chao below.
“It’s you.”
Yuwen Chao had seen portraits of Zhuang Yue and Jiang Ning and recognized her from her features: precisely the Person from Luan Tai that the Young City Lord had ordered searched for everywhere.
Perfect!
As long as he brought this news back, he could make up for today’s failure.
Yuwen Chao stepped on Magic Energy, leaping off the Multi-story Ship to tread the river and flee ashore.
“Swish!”
Zhuang Yue leaped down from the third layer Ship Tower, her figure pausing and accelerating several times in the Void, appearing on the river surface like a Saintess descending from heaven, one sword stabbing aerially toward Yuwen Chao’s back heart.
How could Yuwen Chao dare hard-block this sword? His figure flickered to evade the vital point, fingers clawing toward Zhuang Yue’s wrist.
“Swish!”
“Splash!”
Their figures constantly shifted; after over ten moves, they suddenly clashed fiercely, the water surface exploding as Magic Energy blasted outward.
Zhuang Yue retreated over ten zhang.
A blood mark was slashed across Yuwen Chao’s cheek, also retreating ten zhang.
Yin Shisan and Wu Zhaonan exchanged a glance, their figures flickering as they charged up to help Zhuang Yue take down Yuwen Chao together.
“Swish swish!”
Piercing wind-breaking sounds rose; from the main hall above the third layer Ship Tower, dozens of pure white Magic Energy feathers flew out, fast as river lightning, striking Yuwen Chao in a winding manner.
Yuwen Chao instantly raised his Battle Intent, fiercely punching out.
“Crack crack…”
His fist, along with the armor on his arm, was all shattered by the white Magic Energy feathers, the entire arm left bloody with only the arm bone remaining. More feathers directly pierced his chest armor, going through back.
Yuwen Chao plummeted into the water, rapidly sinking to the bottom.
Zhuang Yue wanted to follow up with a sword but was one step late.
Yin Shisan and Wu Zhaonan were both shocked; who would have thought the ship hid such a divine figure. They two had fought half a day without breaking Yuwen Chao’s armor, yet another pierced it remotely with a single Magic Energy-formed feather.
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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! Finally recovered from the flu; the word count today is pretty good, right…
