NOVEL WEB Ch. 51
Chapter 51: Ice Cone Concealing a Universe Within!
At the same time, outside Green Peak Gorge of Sunset Cloud Blessed Land.
Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong switched the array flags of the Earth and Thunder positions in the Mist Shadow Thousand Kill Formation, then immediately charged toward the Life Gate.
A moment passed.
Just as the two of them dashed out of the Life Gate, Yang Hong had already taken down the Seven Star Technique-Breaking Sword from his back, pointed it at Xu Zhengyang, and said, “Senior Brother Xu.
I’ve been in seclusion, bitterly cultivating for several months. I’ve recently trained in a new ultimate technique. Originally, I planned to come to this Sunset Cloud Blessed Land to once again witness your superior skills. And perhaps compete for that Bodhi Fruit as well. However…”
At this point.
Yang Hong’s tone shifted. He sheathed his sword and said, “If not for Senior Brother Xu’s assistance, with my own strength alone, I wouldn’t have been able to make it into this Green Peak Gorge. I, Yang, have always distinguished clearly between gratitude and resentment. If I were to fight you now, my heart would not be at ease. Go and retrieve the Bodhi Fruit. Once all this is over, let us have another duel and settle our seniority as fellow disciples, how about it?”
“Hahahaha, fellow Daoist, you are truly a man of character!”
Before Yang Hong’s voice had even fallen, Ye Mingyu of the Azure Peak Sword Sect had already followed the guidance of the semi-transparent small sword and laughed heartily as he stepped out of the Mist Shadow Thousand Kill Formation.
Ye Mingyu looked at Yang Hong with admiration on his face. With a slap on the sword case behind him, three flying swords instantly hovered above his head.
He said, “This once-in-a-millennium Bodhi Fruit, I, Ye, shall gladly accept!”
“Heh heh…”
Upon hearing this, Yang Hong chuckled, drew the Seven Star Technique-Breaking Sword once again, pointed it at Ye Mingyu, and said, “Leave this to me. Senior Brother Xu, go and retrieve the fruit! Perfect timing. I’ve long wanted to see what makes the Azure Peak Sword Sect’s flying swords so special…”
Before Yang Hong could finish his sentence—
Suddenly!
Only a loud “boom” was heard!
Violent Spiritual Energy erupted like a raging storm from the location of the Mist Shadow Thousand Kill Formation, sweeping out in all directions!
With such violent disturbance behind them—
Xu Zhengyang, Yang Hong, and Ye Mingyu did not know what was happening and dared not make any rash moves. In unison, they turned around on high alert!
A moment passed.
As the storm subsided, the stunned Zhang siblings and the ferocious-looking Tian Xiyue simultaneously emerged from within the storm!
Tian Xiyue, looking at Xu Zhengyang who was the closest to the Bodhi Tree, spoke with eyes full of resentment, “Hehehe… I didn’t use this Breaking Formation Pearl to destroy an outsider’s formation. Instead, I ended up smashing my own sect’s formation. Junior Brother Xu. You truly have quite the means!”
Upon hearing Tian Xiyue’s words, Ye Mingyu exclaimed in admiration, “To destroy a Tier 2 formation, you must have used at least a Tier 3 Breaking Formation Pearl. Such extravagance, such extravagance!”
With that—
Ye Mingyu, seeing the current situation, had a sudden thought. He turned and said to the Zhang siblings, “Fellow Daoists Zhang. Why don’t the three of us join forces? Once we deal with these three elite disciples of the True Essence Sect, we can then decide the ownership of that Bodhi Fruit, how about it?”
Zhang Yutong had been unable to find a way out of the Mist Shadow Thousand Kill Formation for quite a while, and thought she had no fate with the Bodhi Fruit.
But she never expected—
That madwoman from the True Essence Sect would flip her own table and forcefully shatter her own sect’s formation using a high-grade Breaking Formation Pearl!
Seeing the Bodhi Fruit right before her eyes—
Zhang Yutong agreed to Ye Mingyu’s proposal without hesitation, and then picked the easier target first.
She said, “Alright! You deal with that madwoman from the True Essence Sect, and us siblings will handle those two senior brothers!”
Both being women.
When Zhang Yutong saw Tian Xiyue so hysterical, she immediately understood that this woman was now a volcano on the verge of erupting.
Since she had already used a Tier 3 Breaking Formation Pearl to shatter her own sect’s formation, who could say what other frightening things she might pull out to use against her enemies?
Ye Mingyu seemed unaware of Zhang Yutong’s hidden concerns.
Or perhaps Ye Mingyu had noticed, but simply didn’t care.
“Since that’s the case, then I shall await your brilliant techniques!”
As Ye Mingyu spoke, the three flying swords hovering above his head shot out, their sword momentum instantly enveloping Tian Xiyue!
……
Seeing the battle erupt over there—
Zhang Yueyang looked excited, his arms suddenly ignited with blazing flames, and then a fire bull and a fire eagle leaped from his arms, standing in front of him!
“This should’ve happened long ago!”
As Zhang Yueyang spoke, he pushed his hands forward.
The fire bull and fire eagle simultaneously pounced toward Xu Zhengyang, laughing loudly, “Take this!”
Although Zhang Yutong appeared still on the surface, a wave of cold air had already seeped underground, spreading toward Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong.
……
In this kind of situation now—
Anyone who dared to approach the Bodhi Tree would inevitably be besieged by everyone else!
Seeing the situation clearly—
Xu Zhengyang shook off the thought of trying to take advantage and placed both palms directly on the ground, simultaneously casting Draw the Ground as a Prison on Zhang Yutong and Zhang Yueyang!
Draw the Ground as a Prison was indeed practical.
But Xu Zhengyang had already exposed this move last time when fighting the disciple of Heavenly Profound Sect’s guest elder Du Yifeng.
Precisely because of that—
These two direct disciples of Heavenly Profound Sect had long been prepared for Xu Zhengyang’s technique. Just as Xu Zhengyang placed his hands on the ground—
Zhang Yutong immediately summoned her flying magical artifact, lifting both herself and Zhang Yueyang into the air!
“Hahahaha!”
Seeing this, Zhang Yueyang laughed proudly at Xu Zhengyang and said, “Don’t you have those talismans that get triggered when stepped on? Why didn’t you use one today?”
As he spoke—
The fire bull and fire eagle had already lunged at Xu Zhengyang!
Blackthorn Formation!
Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang immediately switched techniques, deploying the Blackthorn Formation to block Zhang Yueyang’s two fire beasts.
“Puff—”
When the fire beasts collided with the Blackthorn Formation, there was no explosion as Xu Zhengyang had anticipated.
Instead, they formed a ring of fire that surrounded him!
Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang quickly enveloped the outside of the Blackthorn Formation with a layer of water wall to cool it down.
At the same time, he waved his hand—
Three cone-shaped ice spikes, reinforced with Light Body Technique and resembling bullets, were launched by Xu Zhengyang through a simulated barrel formed with martial qi, blasting toward the Zhang siblings in a triangular pattern!
With Light Body Technique applied—
The ice spikes now weighed only one-tenth of their original weight!
Moreover, since Xu Zhengyang had just used martial qi to simulate a barrel that gave the bullet-shaped ice spikes a spiral, the spikes were so fast they didn’t even leave a trace!
“Petty trick.”
Zhang Yutong shook her head disdainfully when she saw it.
Thanks to awakening the ice-element divine power from the Heavenly Profound Canon, Zhang Yutong was especially sensitive to ice-type spells.
Although Xu Zhengyang’s idea of reinforcing the ice spikes with Light Body Technique was momentarily eye-catching—
Ice spikes were still just ice spikes.
So with a graceful wave of her hand, Zhang Yutong summoned an egg-shell-shaped ice wall outside her flying magical artifact, intending to block Xu Zhengyang’s ice spikes.
“Ding!”
“Ding!”
“Ding!”
But Zhang Yutong never expected—
Clearly they were just ordinary ice spikes—
But because the shape was a bit strange, and the launching method a bit unique, this otherwise mundane Tier 1 spell, Ice Spike Technique, miraculously transformed into something formidable.
They pierced right through her ice shield and were about to strike her!
“Watch out!”
Zhang Yueyang cried out in alarm!
Fortunately, after piercing Zhang Yutong’s ice shield, the ice spikes had slowed slightly, giving Zhang Yueyang just enough time to react.
He immediately breathed out a stream of flame from his mouth, enveloping the ice spikes and melting them!
After Zhang Yueyang melted the ice spikes, three cylindrical porcelain jars were suddenly revealed from within them, still flying forward on sheer momentum.