Chapter 231: Grand Melee
Su Yan just glanced at him like this, immediately making a chill emerge behind his back.
“He’s merely below Dan Qiao Realm, how could he have such overwhelming pressure?!”
Li Zhuifeng gritted his teeth, his face gloomy, the fingertips gripping the long sword turned white from clenching, his aura continuously gathering, and his True Intent Black Flame Poisonous Snake was fully alert.
Feng Lin and the other two watched the sky full of blood bees, their hearts gripped with anxiety at this moment. Even though their True Intent Beast Spirits enveloped them, they still felt no sense of safety.
“What’s wrong, you don’t dare?”
Li Zhuifeng could only go all in, his eyes fixed on Su Yan, his gaze like a venomous snake, trying to make a desperate struggle in this dire situation.
“Let’s see how you fare against my blood bees first.”
Su Yan watched the four like a cat toying with mice, but upon closer inspection, one would surely notice that his eyes held no ripples, instead showing a hint of curiosity.
“Break out, go find Gu Lingfeng!”
The Black Flame Poisonous Snake instantly united, the power of the True Intent Beast Spirit poured into Li Zhuifeng’s body. He gripped the Chase Wind Sword in his hand tightly, twisted his wrist, and slashed out a sword light several zhang long, like a white dragon descending, charging straight into the bee swarm.
The sword light reached the front of the bee swarm, its power spreading out, instantly annihilating over a thousand fiend bees, and then continuing to pierce through the swarm, aiming to completely split the blood-mist-like bee swarm in half.
The fiend bees vibrated their wings, like millions of daggers scraping against glass, emitting a piercing shrill sound. At this moment, all the fiend bees’ forms shifted illusions, malevolent energy overflowing and continuously intertwining, then transforming into malevolent energy waves that directly surged toward the sword light.
The sword light collided with the malevolent energy waves, like a flash of lightning crashing into that monstrously eerie dark cloud. It should have been earth-shattering, but instead, it was like entering a swamp, inch by inch eroding away without any progress.
Feng Lin, Zhao Kai, and Yu Yufei all achieved True Intent Divine Union at this moment, charging forward with large strides. Their weapons swept horizontally, true essence surging to form sharp attacks, killing large numbers of the bee swarm.
With a thought from Su Yan, the bee swarm turned into a blood-colored tornado, like a heaven-shaking giant dragon, carrying surging malevolent energy, surrounding them.
Li Zhuifeng’s veins bulged, his eyes full of gloom, continuously slashing out with his sword, the sword lights forming a silver sword net that kept tearing open the bee swarm.
Including the four, they unleashed sharp techniques to resist the bee swarm’s assault.
The four were extremely coordinated, back-to-back guarding each other, and while simultaneously unleashing techniques, whether sword moves or fist and foot techniques and hand seals, they had a sequence, covering each other’s gaps.
For a moment, although the four’s true essence was greatly consumed and their backs were already soaked with sweat, wanting to heavily injure them with blood bees and fiend bees in a short time seemed a bit unrealistic.
‘Combined assault in formation, with some dual cultivation in hardening—the Monster Suppressing Guard’s methods are indeed unlike those of sect disciples, and this Li Zhuifeng has some skill.’
Su Yan observed the Monster Suppressing Guard’s techniques. This was his first time clashing with them, and sure enough, there were some differences.
Martial World folks were used to acting alone, so their techniques naturally centered on the individual, with cultivation, martial skills, and movement techniques all unfolding along this main line.
But the Monster Suppressing Guard had some military flavor. From the Monster Suppressing Guard to the later Flag Bearer Guard, they had grown from small teams, and coordination had long become habit.
Moreover, positioned on the front lines of slaying demons and exorcising evil, their combat methods were far more ruthless.
Among the four before him, Li Zhuifeng was at Half-step Dan Qiao, with vigorous true essence in his body, though his hardening was a bit lacking.
The remaining three all had Divine Union Realm Great Accomplishment cultivation. When their True Intent Beast Spirits achieved Divine Union, the power they unleashed was enough to split gold and crack stone, truly formidable.
“Game over.”
The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust suddenly appeared behind him, like a blood-colored canopy, flying into the fiend bee swarm. Its elytra like knives gleaming with sharpness, hook claws sharp and emitting cold light, its ferocious appearance sending chills down spines.
Seeing this, Li Zhuifeng and the others’ hearts sank sharply, their Adam’s apples bobbing as they swallowed hard, fear spreading in their hearts, bitterness appearing on their faces.
“This is his contracted beast!”
At this point, how could they not understand? The so-called sky full of blood bees were merely the means of this one feral beast.
Yet even just these minor means had already left them struggling to cope, let alone the main body.
“Kill!”
Li Zhuifeng’s eyes changed, immediately casting aside all hesitation, viewing death as a return home.
They had already reached this point, so no more clinging to the idea of escaping.
The four moved in unison at this moment, almost like a combined assault, charging straight at the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust with attacks.
Sword, whip, saber, fist—four styles of attacks converged, like Black Flame Poisonous Snake, Iron Armored Tiger, Spine Blade Beast, Green Armored Bear—four feral beasts charging out, the momentum like heaven-shaking waves, overwhelming as they surged forward.
The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust emitted a shrill screech, its sound syncing with the wing vibrations of all fiend bees and blood bees, millions of bees becoming as one with it.
Its double wings vibrated, controlling the rolling malevolent energy.
The knife-like appendage scythes before it crossed left and right, like saber light flashing, malevolent energy turning into blades, blood-red and ice-cold as frost, instantly severing the four True Intents at the waist.
The malevolent energy slash headed straight for Li Zhuifeng and the others, arriving before them in an instant.
Buzz
Just as it was about to sever them at the waist, the Jing Tian Token emitted a brilliant light, forming a barrier that blocked the attack.
Li Zhuifeng and the others finally recovered from their shock, showing regretful expressions, and deeply glanced at the calm and composed Su Yan, clasping fists from afar.
Who could have thought that after entering the secret realm, they hadn’t killed even one evil beast before being eliminated? They were probably the unluckiest group.
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“Where is Yuan Yi?”
Xing Xi Yang’s long hair flew wildly, his body like ignited flames, the shadow of a Profound Fire Snake ferocious behind him, the emitted heat waves burning the secret realm’s raindrops into faint mist.
His fire snake sword pointed at a disciple before him, who was drenched by rainwater, fallen in the muddy water, with wounds on his body, coughing lightly nonstop.
“Xing Xi Yang, you merely defeated me, what are you seeking Senior Brother Yuan Yi for? If you have the skill, go find Senior Brother Su—you can’t compare to even a hair of his.”
Wang Kun sneered disdainfully, immediately activating the Jing Tian Token, enveloped in red light, and teleported out of the secret realm in an instant.
Xing Xi Yang’s face showed anger. In the Nine Peaks Sect, what he said went, but here, even a Beast King Sect disciple dared to look down on him like this.
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, like an ice-cold venomous snake, and he said sternly: “Su Yan and Yuan Yi, huh? Once my Profound Fire Snake transforms into a flood dragon, I’ll make you taste the pain of being burned alive.”
Xing Xi Yang’s figure moved quickly, the flames around him intensifying by three degrees. The secret realm’s rain curtain had no effect on him whatsoever.
……
“Where is Qin Mu?”
In a mountain hollow forest, there were now nine people dressed in black martial uniforms, each with powerful auras, untouched by rain, standing under the trees.
The leader was none other than the head of the Flag Bearer Guard, Gu Lingfeng. His face was stern, eyes slightly lowered, asking indifferently.
Xia Xier stood under a tree a zhang away, her gaze sweeping over the pattering rain curtain: “Not in this vicinity, or perhaps gone to seek General Qin’s inheritance.”
Qin Mu was Qin Jingtian’s descendant. Though separated by generations, he still had advantages others lacked in this Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm.
Like General Qin’s inheritance.
For others to make the Jing Tian Tower manifest, they had to kill many blood flood dragon evil beasts, but the Qin family was different. Their bloodline could sense the Jing Tian Tower’s location, allowing them to enter first—that was their advantage.
“Mm.”
Gu Lingfeng’s expression unchanged, his gaze swept over those present, then said: “Nine is enough. You’ve heard of the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm before—several node danger zones where feral beasts spawn the most, with powerhouses at Second-order Perfected. Killing one yields over a thousand spirits. Our target is those feral beasts.”
“What about Beast King Sect, Nine Peaks Sect, and Sword One Sect?”
Du Yuan showed some concern. Though they had more numbers now, if the three sects and other small sects caused trouble, it wouldn’t be easy.
“Send them out when we see them.”
Gu Lingfeng showed a hint of disdain. No matter if innate martial body or some noble status, he had a sword to cut them down.
“Roar”
A beast roar came, and a seven-to-eight-zhang giant snake in the forest suddenly pounced.
Its massive body crashed through tree trunks, with continuous snapping sounds of breaking branches.
A white glow pierced countless raindrops, instantly landing on the blood-colored giant snake, killing it on the spot. Its huge body turned into blood mist, then condensed into blood flood dragon essence blood.
“Go.”
The group stepped into the rain curtain, heading straight for the target. Their figures leaped like eagles and falcons, quickly vanishing into the rain curtain.
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In the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm, the battles intensified. After opening, the entire Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm operated frantically, with the number of blood flood dragon evil beasts continuously increasing.
Disciples from Nine Peaks Sect, Sword One Sect, Beast King Sect, and others used their various means to kill blood flood dragon evil beasts, absorbing their essence blood and spirits.
Disciples from Nine Peaks Sect and Sword One Sect clearly intended to suppress the other two sects, directly attacking disciples from other sects when encountered.
One-on-one encounters were still fine. If strengths were close, after exchanging moves to preserve their own strength, they wouldn’t fight to the death.
But if one-against-many or vast strength gaps, they would mercilessly crush the opponent.
Xing Xi Yang from Nine Peaks Sect already had a grudge with Yuan Yi, so he showed no mercy against Beast King Sect members. In half a day, he had already defeated four.
Gu Nian from Sword One Sect was burly yet shy, but in combat, he was exceptionally savage, forcing out nine disciples from Monster Suppressing Guard, Nine Peaks Sect, and Beast King Sect in half a day.
The two’s fierce reputations rose, and everyone knew their strength was not weak, avoiding them from afar upon detection.
Only Su Yan had absolutely no news coming out.
Bee buzzing sounds overwhelmed the heavy raindrop noises, blood-colored mist encircling the Nine Peaks Sect and Sword One Sect crowds in a forest.
Trees swayed in the rain curtain, rustling sounds incessant. Under these swaying trees, seven people looked panicked.
“Su Yan! The three sects’ great enemy is the Monster Suppressing Guard. By forcing us like this, what benefits do you gain?”
The blue-clothed woman had black hair hanging naturally, completely soaked by rain, clinging to her fair skin, her long robes tight against her linglong figure.
Her eyes vigilantly scanned the surrounding trees, trying to find Su Yan’s traces, but unfortunately, she saw nothing.
Lan Miaotong’s heart sank. She had never imagined that Beast King Sect’s Su Yan would be this powerful. Clearly, she had gathered three sect mates to take advantage of Sword One Sect’s entanglement with Su Yan and strike them down in one go.
Instead, they were trapped in the forest.
“Lan Miaotong, join forces to break out. We’ll use sword momentum to break through—you four protect our perimeter.”
Zhao Zhihu, third on Sword One Sect’s True Intent List, had eyes flashing coldly, resolute. The rain curtain concealed the bees even more, their attack methods malevolent energy oppressive. Dragging on like this, they would likely be worn down to death.
He gripped a sword talisman in his hand, which sealed a strike from a sword halberd beast comparable to a Dan Qiao True Person.
This was his trump card, the final means to escape.
Lan Miaotong was unwilling too. Breaking out like this, Su Yan surely had ways to leave some behind.
She naturally had treasures too; the spirit ring on her wrist was her spirit tool.
“Good.”
Her eyes turned, immediately agreeing.
Immediately, Zhao Zhihu’s figure shot out fiercely, his long sword uniting with his True Intent behind him, transforming into a ten-zhang sword light sweeping horizontally.
His sect mates beside him all slashed out with a sword, the sword lights converging to sever large numbers of trees at the waist.
The blood bees hidden within couldn’t block for a moment, instantly turning into a mass of blood mist.
The fiend bees’ bodies were shattered on the spot, turning into rolling malevolent energy.
“Attack, scatter the malevolent energy and we’ll break out.”
Lan Miaotong seized the chance, acting together with her three junior brothers. Her left hand’s long whip swept, true essence attacks several zhang long like an ice crystal giant python, fiercely smashing apart the knotted malevolent energy before her.
The seven shot out like startled gray rabbits, figures leaping, rapidly charging out of the forest. Behind them, large swarms of blood bees and fiend bees took to the air, their wing vibrations like pursuing souls.
How could they dare linger? Only by joining forces had they seized this slim chance of survival; their hearts held no thought of entanglement.
Just after bursting out of the small forest, a red shadow assaulted ferociously, its tail hook sweeping like a whip, extreme shadow swift as red lightning.
With one strike, it instantly sent two Nine Peaks Sect disciples flying, malevolent energy erupting and fiercely eroding their bodies.
In an instant, the Jing Tian Token detected life-threatening crisis, red light immediately enveloping the two, then space teleport sending them out of the secret realm.
Lan Miaotong watched in shock, even Zhao Zhihu feeling a chill behind his back, a bone-piercing coldness rising.
Such a ferocious feral beast!
They had already seen the full form of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, rolling malevolent energy condensed on its body. It didn’t seem like any human world feral beast, more like an evil ghost crawled out of hell.
“Kill!”
Zhao Zhihu and Lan Miaotong moved in unison, long whip sweeping horizontally, sharp sword thrusting, erupting with twelve parts strength.
Both at Half-step Dan Qiao, with deep accumulation in this realm, this strike carried a bit of earth-shattering momentum.
The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust’s tibial scythe slashed, drawing malevolent energy blades, clanging loudly, breaking their combined assault right before their eyes.
Divine Union!
The remaining one from Nine Peaks Sect and two from Sword One Sect immediately achieved Divine Union, summoning Beast Spirit True Intent, charging forward to clash with it.
Lan Miaotong and Zhao Zhihu activated their True Intents to the extreme, instantly transforming into a giant ice snake and a sword-tooth tiger beast, then entangled in combat with the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust.
The few fought perilously, using all means, actually matching the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust evenly.
Sword light split the rain curtain, malevolent energy eroded the earth.
Under surging true essence, even raindrops were beaten into a thin layer of mist.
The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust’s ferocity far exceeded the two’s imagination. When fiend bees surged, the rolling malevolent energy like endless waves—they were but a lone boat in the tide, dodging in extreme peril.
The two gritted their teeth and resisted fiercely, wounds soon appearing on their bodies.
Suddenly, the Sword One Sect disciple holding a short sword glared wide-eyed, his sword horn spirit deer True Intent uniting with him, turning into a stream of light charging fiercely toward the east side.
“He’s here!”
He almost abandoned defense, just to slash one sword. This sword tore through the darkness like lightning, earth-shatteringly heading straight toward Su Yan’s figure in the forest.
Clang
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s body blocked, the sword light shattering instantly. The disciple was struck too, sent flying into the ground, crashing into a big pit, muddy water surging, utterly wretched.
“Kill!”
At this moment, Zhao Zhihu and Lan Miaotong’s eyes flashed with ferocity, like sharp blades fully drawn, locked on Su Yan’s body.
The sword talisman activated!
Heaven-shaking sword light a hundred zhang long, like a gigantic sword halberd beast charging at Su Yan, splitting the rain curtain in two.
Lan Miaotong sacrificed her spirit tool, turning it into a dozens-of-zhang spirit ring, its light repelling endless rainwater, immediately enveloping Su Yan.
The two attacks cooperated, their power already reaching a Dan Qiao Realm strike.
Boom
A massive roar came, the ground torn open with a huge gash.
The two relaxed, but the next moment, three python beasts rose to the sky, golden light emerging, a huge True Intent shadow appearing before them.
Ming King Treasure Form, majestic and unparalleled.
Su Yan’s true body unscathed, a sense of despair enveloping the two’s hearts—what kind of monster was this?
