Free Web NovelChapter 470: Chapter 399: Sweeping Through
The refined corpses didn’t pay attention to the fleeing beasts. In their eyes, the flesh and blood of cultivators was the most delicious.
This was within Ji An’s expectations; otherwise, he would have commanded the beasts to converge on him. Doing so would have delayed his precious time, and the refined corpses would surely follow and kill him.
Ji An quickly assessed the situation and transmitted a voice message:
"Senior Sister, there are four enemies in the sky. We haven’t discovered any more enemies for now.
The enemies came prepared, so be ready to use the Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman at any moment."
Han Yan nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.
At this moment, her heart was sinking. The enemies were cultivators from a Nascent Soul Sect, and there were four black refined corpses. Their situation was very dangerous.
Although she understood that her junior brother was very strong, she didn’t think he could gain the upper hand against multiple major sect cultivators.
Now they could only pin their hopes on the Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman, hoping to kill multiple enemies simultaneously to overcome the crisis.
However, this was very difficult. The Divine Thunder’s attack range was only dozens of feet, and the enemies needed to be gathered together for it to work, which was a stringent condition.
The Earth-Departing Flame Banner and Wuji Xinghuang Banner flew out from Ji An’s dantian. The former turned into a fire cloud, swirling above his head, while the latter unfurled into a myriad of golden flowers, protecting him and Han Yan.
With a change of Dharma Seal in his hand, spiritual power circulated rapidly within his immortal veins, and the glow of the Muddy Gold Profound Armor Spell illuminated, with ancient patterns appearing and disappearing on his skin’s surface.
The cultivators from the Earth Evil Sect, hiding in the dark clouds, saw that the ambush couldn’t achieve its purpose and ordered their refined corpses to launch an attack.
Sangji’s eyes shot out beams of light. He could feel that the two targets had three top-grade spiritual artifacts.
’Fortune has smiled on me!’
He was thrilled, knowing that this was sure to be an unprecedentedly rich harvest.
The four refined corpses roared and charged at Ji An and Han Yan. Each one had fangs over three inches long protruding from their mouths, and red, monstrous spirit lights shot out from their eye sockets.
"Stay close to me!"
Ji An shouted sternly and rode his cloud, charging in Sangji’s direction.
In truth, he wasn’t afraid of the four black refined corpses. The Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword and the top-grade Metal Dao Seed at the Great Perfection level gave him enough confidence.
His target was the cultivators, not the refined corpses. While strong, the refined corpses couldn’t perform flying escape, so avoiding them was enough.
These enemies came to ambush them, so they should be prepared to be killed.
To avoid revealing that he could see through the dark clouds, Ji An didn’t charge directly at the enemies but instead flew towards their lower left.
Han Yan also understood that the refined corpses couldn’t perform flying escape and immediately followed on her cloud.
As long as they could break out of the encirclement, the enemies they would actually need to face were only those Earth Evil Sect cultivators.
Once in that position, whether to fight or flee, they would have a certain degree of initiative.
Sangji also understood this reasoning. He knew that as long as he could delay the targets for just a couple of seconds, his comrades would be able to surround them.
’Fools, choosing to break through the area guarded by the strongest cultivator, your fate is sealed!’
Confidently, he summoned the White Bone Giant Shield, a blood-red skull mark imprinted on its surface.
The giant shield was a top-grade spiritual artifact, a heritage of his sect.
It was made of 3,600 bone pieces, all from the hardest skulls refined through sacrificial rites.
The bone pieces could split into smaller shields or form a set of white bone armor to wear.
The sect was searching for ways to elevate this top-grade spiritual artifact to the level of a magical treasure.
After summoning the bone shield, Sangji controlled it to move twenty meters to the right, flying out of the black mist.
Though arrogant, he wasn’t foolish and knew he couldn’t let the enemy discern his position, so he released false information.
This would lead the enemy to believe he was hiding in the area where the bone shield flew out.
Then, he summoned the top-grade spiritual artifact White Bone Spear that he had subjected to a blood sacrifice, hoping to find an opportunity to ambush and attack the enemy.
The White Bone Spear was only two feet long, with sharp points at both ends and a white beast head relief in the middle.
When attacking, a sharp wail would sound from the beast head, causing a deterrent effect to the spirit soul.
After the bone shield flew out, it split into two smaller bone shields, charging separately at Ji An and Han Yan.
The bone shield was a defensive spiritual artifact, but who said that defensive spiritual artifacts couldn’t be used for attack?
Calculating the distance, Ji An found himself only over seventy feet from the target. He feigned avoiding the incoming bone shield and moved laterally, closing the gap by twenty more feet.
Within the dark fog, Sangji frowned slightly. The cultivator’s physical body, though stronger than a regular Chao Origin Stage Cultivator, couldn’t compete with a Body Cultivator.
The enemy closing the distance with him instinctively made him feel some danger.
He was just about to fly escape farther away when he suddenly saw a bright patch of light in his eyes, as if staring at the endless starry sky, though he was clearly looking down.
The light spots grew larger in his vision, and finally, he realized what they were—two-inch-long silver flying swords!
His hair stood on end, terror gripped him before the chilling sensation spread through his body, and the flying swords silently pierced his body.
As pain began to be registered, his consciousness started to fade.
’I haven’t even used the Wu Earth God Thunder Talisman yet!’
This was his last thought as his body plummeted from the sky.
The wind roared past his ears, but he could no longer hear it. The dense black clouds dispersed, and the bright moonlight shone on this area once again.
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Han Yan dodged the incoming Bone Escape while putting all her effort into activating the Sun-Swallowing Bead, which shone like a golden sun, purifying the entire universe.
Flames condensed into a crimson dragon, charging at the bone shield, instantly blasting it apart.
The fire dragon exploded, sending the bone shield flying dozens of feet away, with bone fragments scattering like snowflakes.
She remained fully alert, only to discover that the enemy had no tricks left. As she pondered in confusion, she noticed the enemy falling from the sky, and the black clouds above had already dispersed without her realizing.
The clear moonlight reflected on her face, white as jade.
Ji An turned and charged toward the nearest enemy, the red clouds at his feet rolling like a splendid dawn, as vibrant as a red flower blooming at daybreak.
This time, he no longer disguised himself, charging directly at the enemy’s true form within the black clouds.
He activated the Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword, the silver light dazzling, once again illuminating the night sky.
This Earth Evil Sect cultivator met the same fate as Sangji, the flying sword condensed from the Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword was too fast.
By the time he reacted, the flying sword was already upon him.
One flying sword pierced through the center of his forehead, black traces immediately spreading out from the puncture, yet no blood flowed.
This was the erosion of the All Things Withering Intent of the Path of Gold.
The bright moon above was silent, quietly watching the swift moment of life and death.
"Thud!" This was the sound of Sangji falling onto the ground, crisp and clean.
Ji An turned again, the enemy behind him plunged downward.
These people lacked the means to hide within the Blood River like the Demon Cultivators, found by him, they could only apologize with death.
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When launching the attack, Sang You deliberately moved a beat slower, thinking his cousin may suffer some injury from the attack by two cultivators.
Instead, he witnessed the continuous fall of his fellow members, within a few breaths, the four people who came were reduced to just him.
’Escape?’
This thought emerged, but could he escape?
Sang You was uncertain; Earth Evil Sect cultivators were not skilled in flying escape.
And there was an unpleasant point: surviving while several companions were dead meant returning to the sect would surely lead to punishment for abandoning his comrades.
Clenching his teeth, he suddenly plunged toward the ground.
Below, there were still four Chao Origin Stage level refined corpses, he could use these corpses as meat shields and then use his attack spiritual artifact to deal with the enemy in combat.
The black corpses were bestowed by the sect. Although Sang You wasn’t the direct controller of the other refined corpses, he could perform simple control.
What he needed to do was find Sangji’s corpse; it had a Wu Earth God Thunder Talisman, the only thing capable of confronting the assassin across from him.
As for escaping, that was the last resort.
Right now, Sang You cursed in his heart, his cousin confidently claimed the target was a Western Continent cultivator, not worth worrying about,
In his view, the target’s performance was even more dazzling than the strongest Chao Origin Stage fellow in the sect.
He successfully landed on the ground, returning to stand among the four black corpses, his sense of security rose markedly.
’The feeling of having solid ground beneath is truly great!’
Earth Evil Sect cultivators preferred not to fly in the sky; the earth was their true love, and the dark underground allowed them to thrive.
Sang You observed the foe riding the clouds in the sky, contemplating if he couldn’t defeat the opponent, he’d deploy the Earth Escape Technique to flee.
At that point, he couldn’t return to the sect, only wander endlessly in the Southern Continent.
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Han Yan struggled to swallow, incredulously gazing at the not-so-tall silhouette before her.
Killing Nascent Soul Sect cultivators like chickens; was this the grace of the strongest Spirit Farmer in the Western Continent?
But was this something a Spirit Farmer could achieve? Even Junior Brother Li Haoran might struggle to do so!
She rode the clouds and slowly approached, standing side by side with her junior brother.
Having such a powerful ally truly felt wonderful.
Ji An watched the enemy land on the ground, a trace of gloom appeared in his eyes.
The enemy’s current position had already left the original scope of the Earth-to-Steel Technique.
Should the enemy choose Earth Escape to flee, he hesitated to chase. Who knew what means the Earth Evil Sect cultivators might employ underground?
But he had to eradicate the threat completely; if the enemy escaped, he’d face endless pursuit.
Additionally, he worried these cultivators might connect with Nascent Soul cultivators from Earth Evil Sect, recalling the terror governed by the Blood Transformation Soul-Chasing Curse of the Golden Core Demon King.
Ji An tilted his head slightly and transmitted:
"Senior Sister, you prepare to receive in the sky, I’ll go down and meet him."
"Facing four black corpses isn’t trivial, Junior Brother, wouldn’t attacking from the air be better?"
Ji An smiled wryly, explaining:
"If the enemy releases the Earth Escape Technique, we might not have a foothold in the Southern Continent."
Despite being ambushed first, as long as
Han Yan remained silent, she hadn’t considered this problem earlier.
Ji An landed, immediately faced two black corpses charging at him, while the target hid behind the other two black corpses.
A plan suddenly formed, he rushed fiercely toward the black corpses, simultaneously activating the Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword again.
This time, only one flying sword was condensed, half a foot long.
The enemy’s view would be limited hiding behind the black corpses; his task was to exploit the blind spot in their vision.
