Chapter 229: Heaven Collapses And Earth Sinks
But Xiahou Bumie just shouted the word “proceed” in vain, without striking the Bottle Seal. It wasn’t that he didn’t know the Bottle Seal, but rather that he was already exhausted…
The Xiahou Clan’s Dragon Elephant Great Hand Seal was unparalleled in power, shaking heaven and earth. The True Essence required for each seal was extremely vast. Moreover, when two seals were stacked, the required True Essence would multiply. Even a Xiahou Clan Earth Rank Grandmaster could at most unleash four seals at once before being drained of True Essence, placing themselves in a dangerous situation.
Yet Xiahou Bumie could unleash eight seals at once, far exceeding his two older brothers, and comparable to Xiahou Ba back in the day!
Despair appeared on Zhou Huang’s face. Just now, they had struck at the cost of injury to break Xiahou Bumie’s Double Wheel Seal. Who would have thought the opponent wasn’t injured at all, and could even unleash this technique that was ten times more powerful!
Huan Daoji was battle-hardened and remained calm in the face of danger. He gave Lu Xin a look not to panic, then flashed forward toward Xiahou Jun and the several Grandmasters he led.
The two had long sparred together in Bai Liu Village and were in perfect sync. Zhou Huang understood Huan Daoji’s intent and immediately charged toward Xiahou En and the several Grandmasters he led.
Xiahou Jun and Xiahou En also understood what Zhou Huan two people meant—they wanted to use them as shields!
“Dream on!” Xiahou Jun let out a strange yell.
“Dragon Elephant Unity!” Xiahou En also roared. The Grandmasters behind them immediately pressed their hands to their backs, frantically pouring their own True Qi into the two. Relying on the Xiahou Clan’s unmatched Combined Attack Technique under heaven, they didn’t believe they couldn’t block these two injured Grandmasters!
They only needed to block for a moment, and Xiahou Bumie could unleash eight seals at once, blasting the two to death on the spot!
Zhou Huang turned into a streak of light, pouncing through the air toward Xiahou En, but a flash of doubt crossed his brow. He knew this strike of his might not gain any advantage under the Dragon Elephant Unity of four Xiahou Clan Grandmasters…
But he trusted Huan Daoji’s judgment more, so he gritted his teeth and charged ahead!
At that moment, a series of earth-shattering rumbling loud noises suddenly erupted from the Tunnel. At the same time, everyone around the Tunnel felt the ground quake and mountains shake, with dust billowing everywhere, nearly unable to stand steady. This was disastrous for the several Xiahou Clan Grandmasters. Dragon Elephant Unity required solid footing, and with the people behind them suddenly swaying violently, the channeled True Qi immediately went into chaos. Not only did it fail to help Xiahou En and Xiahou Jun, it instead caused the two to suffer internal injuries on the spot!
Zhou Huang suddenly realized. So Huan Daoji had already calculated the timing, predicting that Dragon Elephant Unity would collapse on its own! And at this moment, they two were in mid-air, completely unaffected! Zhou Huang’s spirits soared, and with almost no effort, he broke through Xiahou En’s obstruction and flashed behind the several Xiahou Clan Grandmasters.
At the same time, Huan Daoji also flashed behind Xiahou Jun and the others…
All this happened in the blink of an eye— so fast that even those Earth Rank Grandmasters had no time to react…
At this moment, Xiahou Bumie’s feet were an inch off the ground, so he was also completely unaffected by the shaking. He finally completed the eight Great Hand Seals and was about to unleash them all at once when he suddenly noticed in horror that Huan Daoji and Zhou Huang had hidden behind his own eight Grandmasters.
If he unleashed this strike, the eight Imperial Clan members would likely all turn to ash. Even the Xiahou Clan couldn’t bear such a heavy loss—even a martial fanatic wouldn’t dare act so recklessly!
With no time to think, Xiahou Bumie could only roar in frustration. He slightly raised his hands an inch higher, and the eight seals of thundering Dragon Elephant charge brushed over the tops of Xiahou En and the others’ heads before blasting out, futilely dissipating into the night sky…
Huan Daoji knew Xiahou Bumie was now spent and wanted to team up with Zhou Huang for a counter-kill, but he saw Xiahou Bubai leap out of the Tunnel in utter disarray. The two knew it was hopeless, so they used the rising dust to swiftly escape, vanishing without a trace in an instant.
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Xiahou Bumie hadn’t expected that a sure-kill situation had almost turned into his own near-death!
Battles between Heavenly Rank Grandmasters were truly extremely perilous, changing in an instant!
But at this point, he had no time to pursue. Looking at the gasping, dirt-covered Xiahou Bubai climbing out of the Tunnel, Xiahou Bumie asked in a deep voice: “Second Brother, are you alright?!”
“N-No… I’m fine…” On Xiahou Bubai’s usually supremely arrogant face, an extremely rare look of lingering shock appeared…
For Xiahou Bubai to escape alive was practically thanks to the heavens. After shouting that call, he used all his Cultivation to frantically run toward the Cave Entrance. But the Tomb’s Tunnels were not only extremely long, but also twisted and turning like a maze, full of forks. Xiahou Bubai had to repeatedly slow down to identify the correct Passage, and by the time his forty breaths were up, he had only just seen the light of the exit!
Suddenly, Xiahou Bubai felt heaven and earth shake. In the Passage, countless wooden supports upholding the ceiling toppled one after another, with boulders and earth cascading down from above his head—a terrifying collapse occurred…
Terrified, Xiahou Bubai mustered all his strength to frantically run toward the Cave Entrance. Countless stones and earth fell onto him, but he had no time to use True Qi to deflect them, as he poured all his True Essence into running.
With a boom, a water vat-sized boulder smashed heavily toward his head. Xiahou Bubai hurriedly struck out with a Great Hand Seal, knocking the boulder askew. His body borrowed the momentum to surge forward, dodging several more boulders like a swimming fish. But then he saw a massive boulder wide enough to fill the Passage crashing down.
This was the killing move Zhu Xiuyi had prepared, and it let Xiahou Bubai have a taste,
Xiahou Bubai’s soul nearly fled in terror. He unleashed his lifelong Cultivation, frantically charging under the boulder. His speed was so fast that it whistled against the air, allowing him to barely scrape past along the Ground just as the boulder landed. Who knew that ahead, another identical massive boulder came falling down!
Xiahou Bubai had no choice but to exert himself again, once more slipping under the boulder ahead at the last possible moment. After slipping through, Xiahou Bubai didn’t dare relax for a moment, because a third boulder came falling down…
Amid the rumbling crashes of boulders landing, Xiahou Bubai consecutively slipped under seven or eight boulders. When the final boulder fell, he no longer had time to slip out and was about to be crushed into a meat patty!
On the edge of death, Xiahou Bubai erupted with astonishing Power. His eyes bulged wide, his hands turned into Phantoms, forming a Bottle-shaped hand seal. With a fierce shout: “Proceed!”
It was precisely the ninth seal of the Dragon Elephant Great Hand Seal—the Bottle Seal—blasting out, striking right at the bottom of that massive boulder. With a deafening boom, the boulder was actually jolted upward by Xiahou Bubai! Seizing this gap, Xiahou Bubai hurriedly rolled and crawled out…
With a rumble, the boulder fell. Xiahou Bubai’s body suddenly halted, scaring him stiff—he thought he was still pinned. But then with a ripping sound, he regained free movement. Xiahou Bubai then realized it was a false alarm; he had merely been pinned by his clothes.
Glancing at the Passage behind him completely sealed by the boulder, the still-shocked Xiahou Bubai didn’t dare linger and quickly leaped out of the Tunnel.
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At this time, the quaking finally stopped, and the rising dust gradually settled. The Various Clan Grandmasters sensed something was gravely wrong and hurriedly jumped down into the Tunnel to check—only to see the Tunnel completely blocked full of boulders, not even water could splash through.
The Grandmasters were stunned, frantically pounding the boulders and shouting the names of their own Grandmasters inside, but not a single response could be heard?
Lu Xin was among them, staring woodenly at the scene before him, his vision going black as he sat heavily on the ground.
“What are we to do now!!” Amid the Grandmasters’ wailing cries like those mourning their own parents, Lu Xin’s tears flowed unceasingly…
