Chapter 1218: Chapter 1209: Certain Death
Zhang Po on the platform also saw all this. He drew his sword and dodged the axe man’s attack, taking a mont to shout back to Xiao Yifei, who was catching up: “Retreat first, otherwise we’ll be dood.”
Xiao Yifei nodded, hastily ran down the stone platform, and pulled Ci Xin to leave. Zhang Po also intended to withdraw, but the axe man wouldn’t give him the chance. With a single stride, covering more than three ters, he caught up with Zhang Po in two steps, raising his giant axe to cleave at Zhang Po.
Zhang Po turned his head and blocked, catching the chop. He was imdiately overwheld by the imnse montum, unable to escape, and while launching an offensive, he shouted to Xiao Yifei and the others: “You two go first, don’t worry about . If one survives, it’s better than none. I can hold them off for a while.”
Xiao Yifei made a quick decision: “We’ll wait for you at the stone plaza on the shore.” He then grabbed Ci Xin and dashed into the tunnel leading to the secret cave. Xiao Yifei knew well that if he hesitated any longer, it would only add to Zhang Po’s troubles. Besides, the two of them were already at their limit, and with Ci Xin’s restricted power, dealing with the axe man and his hundreds of underlings was simply a fantasy.
Now they could only pray that Zhang Po could escape unhard.
Xiao Yifei led Ci Xin running into the cave, and the axe man imdiately ordered his tribesn to pursue. In an instant, a hundred tribesn shouted angrily as they chased in the direction the two were fleeing. anwhile, the axe man remained on the plaza, entangled with Zhang Po.
Zhang Po noticed this, he used the Cultivation Technique of the Zhang clan and radiated a golden glow. A visible energy barrier ford within three ters around him, softening and neutralizing the axe man’s attacks.
Then, with a swift step, he leaped to the cave entrance standing alone, speaking coldly in his people’s language: “No one can stop who Zhang Po wants to rescue. If you really want to give chase, you must first see if I allow it.”
Zhang Po’s sword-like brows rose slightly, his eyes full of disdain. The usually expressionless face now revealed a defiant aura as he shouted, “Today, no one will pass!”
With a Great Sword in hand and using his feet as the axis, he spun around like a top. The Sword Dance was impenetrable, nearly tearing the surrounding air asunder.
Shura’s Tornado, one of the Zhang clan’s Cultivation Techniques with imnse destructive power, channels his Qi into the sword. Using rapid spins, it creates a Sword Shadow storm that shreds any enemy in its path.
The move is known for high group damage, ideal for the current situation. So, Zhang Po impromptu used this technique, Shura’s Tornado.
Seeing this, the tribesn dared not approach. The human top before them was not to be underestimated. If caught in it, even the strongest of them would lose limbs. For a mont, hundreds of them hesitated at the cave entrance, unsure of what to do.
Zhang Po noticed they were reluctant to challenge his technique. Spinning for a long ti was indeed awkward, so he advanced proactively. Shifting his weight forward, he charged into the crowd, a at grinder with sword shadows all around.
In an instant, blood and flesh splattered everywhere. No tribesman caught in the storm escaped unscathed, their wails echoing across the plaza.
The scalding blood splattered onto Zhang Po’s face, further fueling his killing intent. The hatred for killing his clan people, the enmity for consuming them, was all to be avenged today.
Zhang Po rampaged through the crowd unstoppably. Everywhere he went, severed limbs flew, and the tribesn across the plaza quickly scattered to the sides. Zhang Po had to stop due to exhaustion.
The axe man had watched Zhang Po’s destructive maneuver. Such a powerful move even he couldn’t match. Seeing Zhang Po stop, he approached and said in the local tribal language, “You’re strong, but your companions don’t seem to value you. Sacrificed after being abandoned by them, you’ll die with regrets.”
Zhang Po, being a local tribal resident, naturally understood what the axe man said. Seeing no intent to attack, he stood with his sword, recovering spent Qi, and responded: “Many believe teamwork ans helping and protecting each other, but I think that’s nonsense! Each one should have a do-or-die determination for their task! ‘I’ve done my part, now it’s your turn, if you ss up, I’ll beat you up’ — that’s the basic team spirit! From this standpoint, it’s okay if teammates are all unique individuals. Plus…”
Pausing here, Zhang Po sneered defiantly at the axe man, “Who told you I’d die here?”
At the sa ti, Xiao Yifei and Ci Xin had escaped through the tunnel, reaching the cave where Xiao Yifei previously fell. Seeing no pursuers, it seed Zhang Po successfully held them off.
The two stopped in the cave center, Xiao Yifei catching his breath said to Ci Xin, “It should be safe for now. This cave is where I accidentally fell from the passage above. There are many small tunnels around leading to a large plaza inside the mountain. I ca back to you through one of them. By the way, Zhang Po said sothing’s wrong with your body, what’s that about?”
Also panting heavily, without Qi to use, such a long run was exhausting for Ci Xin. After catching his breath, he explained to Xiao Yifei what happened after pretending to be bait and getting captured.
Originally, the plan was for Ci Xin to act as bait, pretending to be a bride from the Zhang tribe at the eting day, exploiting the contact man’s greed to infiltrate from within. Xiao Yifei and Zhang Po would follow, coordinating a takedown of the harmful tribe from inside and outside.
However, when Xiao Yifei was captured back to shore, he abruptly felt intense discomfort. It was as if his ridians were blocked, no matter how he tried, he couldn’t gather Qi. His limbs were weak and powerless.
Ci Xin intended to deal with the contact when no one was on shore, then hide to gather intel on the enemy, and join Zhang Po and Xiao Yifei for an attack.
But the sudden weakness rendered Ci Xin even struggling to resist, at the rcy of others. Luckily, after Xiao Yifei was brought back, the contact didn’t harm him, or Ci Xin would suffer greatly.
Upon the shore, Ci Xin t the axe man and his subordinates, who showed little curiosity, imdiately tying Ci Xin up like a package intending to carry him into the cave.
Just then, Zhang Po arrived, seeing Ci Xin in distress, he abandoned any plan, showing mightier than Xiao Yifei’s Golden Elixir Stage strength, swiftly eliminating several of the axe man’s subordinates upon shore. The axe man then threatened with Ci Xin’s life, forcing Zhang Po to surrender, and they were both bound and taken into the cave.
“But when I got on the stone plaza, I didn’t see signs of a fight,” Xiao Yifei wondered.
“Are you dense? After subduing the intruders, they wouldn’t clean up the area?” Ci Xin head-butted Xiao Yifei laughingly.
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