NOVEL WEB Chapter 97: Backstab
Xie Xuanyi and the two Venerables, Black and White, were entangled in battle, calmly observing the changes.
This slaughter was drawing to a close.
Ren Zhong's Ten Thousand Souls Formation was indeed formidable, the residual thought of the Yin God Peak of Great True Master Chongkan had been consumed by the Soul Sea mostly within moments... Soon, Yin Mountain and Jiangning Prince Mansion would decide the winner.
At this moment, a transmission sounded deep in the Heart Lake.
"Comrade!"
Ren Zhong transmitted a message: "Come help me quickly!"
"Alright."
Xie Xuanyi replied nonchalantly, "I'll come after I've killed these two!"
"..."
Ren Zhong stood in the Ten Thousand Souls Formation, watching Xie Zhen surrounded by black and white streams of light, anger twisting his lips. Earlier, when he attacked the Bingyou Treasure Ship with his sword, that Sword Qi was fierce... How come now it's so difficult to deal with two at the Initial Stage of Yin God? Is he deliberately stalling for time?
"Prince Jiangning's target is you."
Ren Zhong said calmly, "He just transmitted a message to let me abandon you and avoid the battle."
"...?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow.
This indeed sounds like something Xie Zhisu would do.
Xie Xuanyi remained outwardly calm and asked flatly, "Surely you didn't agree?"
"How could I? We're allies!"
Ren Zhong said righteously, "At this moment, how could I abandon you? There's no reason to retreat in today's battle... I have a secret move, if I can use it, we'll surely win!"
"Oh?" Xie Xuanyi smiled.
"In the Yin Mountain Secret Scroll, there's an extremely powerful combined attack technique, which needs someone to cooperate, and it's... Zhong Sha."
The topic shifted.
Ren Zhong said tactfully, "Unfortunately, my junior brother was heavily wounded by Chongkan's residual thought, now barely breathing, but it's still not too late. If we can bring him back into the formation, the 'Vajra Fruit' obtained in the Secret Hall can save his life."
"So good, aren't you going to save him?" Xie Xuanyi spoke leisurely.
He glanced over.
Zhong Sha was lying outside the main hall at this moment.
Although the Soul Sea spread over a radius of hundreds of feet, the safest area of the Ten Thousand Souls Formation was within the range of this Secret Hall.
The confrontation of Dao Domains between Ren Zhong and Xie Zhisu had reached the most perilous stage of the Qi struggle.
Prince Jiangning wouldn't easily step into the Soul Sea.
Similarly.
Ren Zhong wouldn't easily leave the Ten Thousand Souls Formation.
"I can't break free..."
Ren Zhong sighed helplessly, "The Ten Thousand Souls Formation needs someone to hold the banner, and this job must trouble you, if you could help manage the big banner, I could leave the hall to save him."
"..."
Xie Xuanyi fell into silence.
Seeing no response, Ren Zhong hurriedly said again, "My Divine Thought is nearly exhausted. If I can't save Zhong Sha, I'll have to flee with regret..."
"Are you threatening me?"
Xie Xuanyi sneered.
"Nothing like that."
Ren Zhong sighed, "The world is vast, but survival comes first."
"Give me the Vajra Fruit."
Xie Xuanyi said mildly, "...I'll go rescue Zhong Sha for you."
"..."
Now it was Ren Zhong's turn to be silent.
He watched Black Clothes deftly dodging the attacks of the two Venerables in Jiangning Prince Mansion.
"Time is tight."
Xie Xuanyi spoke carelessly, "...whether to fight or withdraw, it all depends on you."
As the words fell.
The red-haired Daoist Bai He had already made his choice.
"Alright... I'll throw it to you!"
Ren Zhong retrieved a dazzling golden fruit from his Lifebound Cave Heaven, filled with rich life force. It was said that in the main temple of Fan Yin Temple, there was a "Buddha Tree" and Vajra Fruits grew on it, maturing once every century. This fruit can not only help cultivators refine their Golden Body and forge Divine Embryos but also heal injuries and reverse Qi flow.
To Xie Xuanyi now, the healing function of the Vajra Fruit was not that precious.
He possessed the Undying Spring.
The water of the Undying Spring was the Divine Artifact with the most abundant life force in this world.
However...
The Vajra Fruit's true function for Xie Xuanyi lay elsewhere; if consumed, the life force within could help further the Life Dao Realm of the Yin God Realm.
"Catch it!"
Ren Zhong shouted, throwing the Vajra Fruit.
Xie Xuanyi moved like lightning, instantly breaking away from the attacks of the Black and White Venerables. His foot struck the ground fiercely as he sped away, like a long rainbow, towards the gleaming stream of golden light. He certainly wouldn't use the Vajra Fruit to save Zhong Sha... The battle had reached a stage where the net could be closed.
Xie Xuanyi was preparing to lift his sword and sever ties once he had the Vajra Fruit.
However—
Ren Zhong was not an easy opponent.
At the moment of throwing the Vajra Fruit, Ren Zhong turned his palm into a knife and slashed at Xie Xuanyi's back from a distance.
"Swoosh!"
The palm wind tore the air, and dense killing intent filled the realm.
"Discovered?"
Xie Xuanyi furrowed his brow.
Simultaneously, his Heart Lake suddenly warned of impending danger.
Xie Xuanyi realized he must have been exposed.
This unprecedented, overwhelming palm wind descended suddenly, like a cage, filling the previously safe ten feet space in front of the Secret Hall. Countless ghost souls and fierce spirits in the Ten Thousand Souls Formation roared and surged, turning the seemingly beneficial "Vajra Fruit" into a deadly trap instantly.
If Xie Xuanyi had harbored greed, he would now be entangled by the Ten Thousand Souls Formation...
This formation was extremely formidable; even Chongkan's residual thought, at Yin God Perfection, would lose a layer of flesh when caught!
Yet.
Xie Xuanyi's top-tier Heart Lake Sensing helped him escape.
The silent black shirt, running close to the ground of the Secret Hall, seemed as dynamic as a cunning rabbit, and then instantly stopped. Xie Xuanyi almost crushed the stone under his feet in the Secret Hall. He reversed his body and retreated; the Soul Sea's killing intent that descended with the cage of palm wind ignited a beat slower, spreading the majestic wind, raising a roar that brushed past Xie Xuanyi's cheek.