A person hovered in mid-air, his toes lightly touching a tree branch. His robe fluttered fiercely, making it seem as though he was riding the wind, simultaneously ethereal and substantial.
The other person appeared and disappeared sporadically. The layers of earth beneath cracked open, tracing out an arched line of soil that surged forward madly in a straight line, with a speed that rivaled the figure drifting in the sky.
"One flies in the sky, the other burrows through the earth."
Chen Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing this was going to be a tough battle. Yuwen Ying, likely out of desperation, brought out his two masters as vanguard generals, hoping to seize the Azure Dragon Seal that was almost within his grasp.
Of course, he also wanted to try and strike with thunderous speed, leaving no ti to react.
With Jianghu masters in front and a large army tailing behind, I have truly stirred the hornet’s nest; a fierce battle is inevitable.
There’s absolutely no room to retreat.
Either you die, or I do.
Their intentions are crystal clear.
"Be careful, it’s Esoteric Sect Master Doroghi and Celestial Witchcraft Sect Master Anman, do not let yourself get encircled."
Even before the two arrived, Sima Rou had already sounded a warning.
Doroghi is ranked seventeenth on the Earth List, and his Esoteric Sect techniques are suprely exquisite and profound—against such an opponent, one can never be too cautious.
No one knows what formidable thods he might possess.
And Celestial Witchcraft Sect Master Anman ranks slightly lower, listed twenty-second on the Earth List, but he’s no easy opponent either; he possesses a Spirit Pet.
His most formidable skill is Human-Pet Unity, triggering bloodline powers.
Chen Ping and his group had encountered this rat before.
Master Anman once sent the Demon Rat to the Primordial Martial Arts Hall to assassinate stealthily, only to be driven away by Chen Ping without having deployed Human-Pet Unity. Even then, it was tough to deal with; obviously, it will be even harder to guard against now.
The rolling soil wave was about to reach him, revealing a giant golden-browed white-nosed rat with a body as large as a buffalo. As it appeared on the ground, it let out a skyward screech.
It was a sound that nearly burst the eardrums of all the soldiers, making their bodies sway.
Simultaneously, as a ferocious gale roared in, the Divine Bow Camp was the first to shoot, the bowstrings twanging in unison. A rain of arrows fell like a plague of locusts, blotting out the sky.
Covering the sky densely in front of them...
"Kill!"
The five thousand-strong army roared in unison.
Amidst the whistling arrows,
the bald old monk in a flowing robe, who seed to be gliding through the air, showed neither joy nor anger. The air currents around him boiled as he ford seals with his hands, two fingers pointing skywards, his robes ballooning as his lips gently parted: "Om Banz Satodo Hum..."
As the spell echoed through the heavens and earth, the Spiritual Qi surged around him like a tidal wave, and glowing circles of golden light emanated from his body, rippling towards all directions.
Nurous arrows shattered into powder upon hitting the area in front of him, let alone reaching his robe or the faintly glowing golden flesh underneath.
"The Unmoving Bright King Seal—he’s using True Word Sect techniques from the Esoteric Sect. Break his Seal Technique and spell quickly."
Sima Rou, well-versed in knowledge, recognized it instantly.
If left to his own devices, that old monk would be free to attack others while remaining unhard.
Very likely, using Heaven-Human Sensing and thods of controlling Spiritual Qi, he could gradually tear this military camp apart.
The top twenty on the Earth List possess such capabilities.
Indeed, from over twenty yards away, the old monk’s golden aura was about to descend. However, he changed his hand seal once more.
He chanted swiftly.
"Sarvas Tattva..."
His fingers blossod like flowers, and Spiritual Qi converged to form a lion-headed light shadow amidst the humming, and his hand seal pressed down.
"All beings, obey , when one seal unites."
With the finger seal pressing down, the ferocious and threatening lion head caused every person in the camp to see illusions sprouting before their eyes, feeling as if suspended in mid-air, unable to stand steadily, causing the Military Qi to sway.
And it didn’t end there; as the old monk changed his hand seal again, it seed as if great fear and dread surged into the mind’s defenses, like having one’s heart grasped, ready to be crushed the next mont.
"Boom..."
A muffled sound.
Chen Ping’s golden aura rippled around him, blood fla roared, his right foot stomped heavily, and the ground sank with a boom. Soil splattered as his form shot into the sky like an arrow.
Earlier, he had just paused for a mont before a palm struck his back, setting off a burst of golden light and starry eyes.
Luckily, his physique was incredibly strong and resilient. The violent shock force had dissolved by eighty percent when it touched the golden aura, sparing his internal organs from harm.
"Take my sword."
By now, he realized that Sima Rou was not mistaken.
This old monk’s thods were oddly mysterious.
Attacking both mind and body simultaneously, he rely moved his lips and changed seals, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi transford into his limbs.
Though seemingly far away, he was effectively striking at close range.
Without counterasures, his fierce and wild attacks would pin down right here and tear this military array to shreds.
"You’ll never get through, ha ha..."
The massive, bull-like rat, charging madly like lightning, blazed with golden light, raising layers of soil waves, roaring and screeching like a giant mountain as it leapt toward Chen Ping’s ascending form.
Indeed, the giant rat attacked first, blocking the old monk’s way, a perfect coordination where one attacked from afar, and the other defended keenly at close range, aiming to corner and slay Chen Ping here.
These two savagely seasoned, had no habit of trash-talking before battles. As soon as the arrows reached them, they’d set their battle strategy, swiftly encircling Chen Ping in a flash.
"Open..."
With a cold laugh, Chen Ping swung the Black Sword in the air, drawing a perfect arc, ostensibly aiming at the old monk, but sohow the sword shadow flickered, already slashing towards the golden-tailed giant rat’s head.
"I’ve been waiting for you."
As the sword light fell, the air exploded with a thunderous roar, layers of Qi waves crashing down, forcing the giant rat down into the ground almost instinctively.
Its stick-like fur and resilient skull already seed to split apart.
This rat was indeed formidable.
With a roar, it spun its body.
Launched itself sharply forward.
A streak of yellow light flashed, and its two fierce tusks bit down onto the sword.
"That move again?"
A cold glint in Chen Ping’s eyes, his wrist trembled, and the sword’s front flashed with golden light. A colossal force of forty-five thousand catties burst forth suddenly.
Clang...
Like a giant bell tolling.
In the resonating cry.
The Qi waves struck out in all directions, reducing the surrounding soil waves to dust.
The giant rat’s two large incisors turned into white light, shooting backward.
Amidst the painful screech, the gold-furred rat was struck as if by lightning, its form recoiling and flying backward, blood spraying.
Previously, when Chen Ping swung his sword, the weapon had been directly bitten off by the rat’s incisors.
This ti, with head-on collision, crossing fang and blade, Chen Ping had an overwhelming advantage.
Not only did he shatter its large teeth, but under the strike’s imnse force, it found itself dizzy, blood gushing all over, its body uncontrollable.
The ti to pursue, press the advantage.
With his back arched from force, Chen Ping only felt slight numbness in his arm, yet his feet unstopped, leaving multiple illusions behind, his whole being shadow-like as he spun his sword once more, slicing down.
Directly at the rat’s neck.
Even the sky seed to be split with a black line.
With starlight faintly visible.
"Impudent!"
The old monk who had been drifting down from the air furrowed his long brows suddenly, altering hand seals.
With a soft shout, his form ascended above Chen Ping.
The unparalleled Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi converged in his palm, and he pressed it down.
[Wisdom Fist Seal, Great Sun Buddha Mantra, Transcendence.]
This palm descended with a force that could cover the sky, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi compressed together, creaking under the strain.
As the Hand Seal lowered, the ground sank a few feet deeper before an etched palm mark revealed itself, poised to smash Chen Ping into pulp.
...
The battle today isn’t over, and will continue tomorrow.
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