Chapter 234 3v3 (Part 2)
The bone ship was covered in frost, and although the tiger's head was also covered in frost, it was not frozen. The fireballs it spewed still hovered in the air, illuminating the surroundings.
Xing Chun and Wenren Xu were on the ship's side, both of them able to clearly see Mei Liangyu and Qin Chongxue on the ground below, and they both witnessed the two entering the armored formation.
Although Xing Chun was not a disciple of the Military School, he was an outstanding first-class disciple of the Yin-Yang School and knew of the existence of the Military School's rare treasure, the "Washing Weapon Diagram".
The exhibition of military strategists' steles also includes rubbings of fragments of the "Washing Soldiers" painting. Although Xing Chun was far away, he could still clearly see the vivid lines of the painting.
During the academy trials, the situation inside the armored formation can be made public, but most of the time only those who have entered the formation know about it.
The moment Xing Chun recognized the "Washing Soldiers" painting, he knew what kind of military formation Qin Chongxue planned to use against Mei Liangyu. Although worried, he still followed the plan and prioritized rescuing Yan Xiaochuan.
The giant frost python coiled around the mast, gazing down at Wenren Xu, whose ankles were frozen in mid-air. A flash of golden light appeared in its vertical pupils, and the Void Stone Condensed instantly shattered Wenren Xu's protective aura, freezing him completely.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xing Chun used his Wind Control Technique to dash towards the entrance of the ship's cave.
He had just slipped down to the second floor of the ship when he sensed something was wrong. His eyes widened and he saw that Wenren Xu, who should have been frozen in mid-air, was walking alongside him at the same speed using the Wind Riding Technique.
The man's upturned, scarlet eyes revealed a chilling malice, yet his gaze was filled with an ambiguous smile.
Xing Chun noticed the five elements energy around him and recalled the three basic techniques of the Ghost Daoist school: Soul Fixation.
The frozen phantom was not his true form.
Xing Chun reacted quickly, immediately dodging to create distance, while simultaneously unleashing the frost covering the ship's hull to launch another fierce attack.
Each time the frost shot into the sky, it froze only the illusory image.
"The Yin-Yang School's Star Array, with its Void Star Stone, can break through the protective aura of others." Wenren Xu's figure shifted unpredictably in Xing Chun's sight, but his words sounded gentle. "Today, I will have a contest with you to see whether the Yin-Yang School's Void Star General can freeze faster, or whether the Ghost Dao School's Soul-Fixing Spell can freeze faster."
As soon as he finished speaking, he made a hand seal with one hand, and black runes quickly flashed and took shape at his fingertips.
Xing Chun often spent time with Mei Liangyu. He recognized Mei Liangyu as the strongest disciple of the Ghost Dao Clan. He had also seen other Ghost Dao Clan instructors at the thirteenth realm use spells, but this was the first time he had ever seen such a fast spell manifestation speed from a Ghost Dao Clan sorcerer.
He couldn't see the moment when Wenren Xu's five elements of energy materialized, nor was there any incantation formed in one stroke.
The speed at which Wenren Xu cast his spell just now gave him the feeling that he was casting a complete incantation as soon as he made a move.
The incantation of the ghost Taoist is fixed.
Xing Chun's Five Elements Qi in his Wind Control Technique was suddenly removed, and he was sliding down the ship. Because it was too sudden, Xing Chun, who was unprepared, fell down.
When that wisp of black rune flashed in Xing Chun's eyes, all the five elements energy around him was repelled, and even the ever-running five elements light core paused.
The white frost python, coiled on the mast, was frozen in place the moment it lunged at Wenren Xu. Although it retained its physical form, the connection between it and its master was severed.
The Frost Serpent's golden vertical pupils flashed, and a layer of frost covered its eyes. Having lost its master, the Frost Serpent turned and bowed down to Wenren Xu.
Wenren Xu flashed to the top of the Frost Python's head and stood there, looking down at Xing Chun, whose five elements were frozen, as he fell downwards.
Falling from that height might break a leg.
However, sharp spider silk broke through the ship and pulled Xing Chun, who was falling, onto the spider silk, allowing him to land safely.
Wenren Xu looked towards the cave entrance to the side with a smile in his eyes.
Disciple of a farming family.
Geng Hanfu and Cang Shu rushed out of the cave at the same time.
The snow-white spider silk no longer attacked individually, but gathered into large spurs and flew out to deal with Geng Hanfu's fire of spirit words.
Before the flames completely burn away the outer layer of spider silk, use this time to speed up the attack and force Geng Hanfu out of the cave.
The moment Geng Hanfu was forced out of the cave by the spider silk, his hand gestures changed, and the spirit in front of him also changed its form.
The name of the spirit is still "fire", but it is a different form of the character for fire.
It has evolved from complex elegance to a simpler, more visually appealing style.
Geng Hanfu paused, then dodged back to Cang Shu's side. The flames in the world erupted even more fiercely, making the spider patterns on the young man's face even more magnificent.
The raging fire, like threads, spread across the sky and burned along with the five elements of Cang Shu, burning the materialized red spider just before the spider silk wrapped itself into a white cocoon.
Cang Shu reacted extremely quickly. Before his own Five Elements Qi was burned away, he had the Red Spider throw Yan Xiaochuan off the Beast Bone Ship, while simultaneously wrapping himself in spider silk to block the opponent's Word Spirit Fire.
The moment the fire of the spirit burned the spider silk, Geng Hanfu saw a large black shadow flash by, concealing Cang Shu and taking him away.
Yin Yang School's Heavenly Secret Technique: Shadow Swallowing.
Xing Chun and Cang Shu worked together seamlessly, their timing was perfect. The black shadow moved to the ground, and Yan Xiaochuan, who was wrapped in spider silk, also merged into the Shadow Devouring Formation.
Geng Hanfu stopped at the cave entrance and looked up at Wenren Xu: "When did your control over the five elements become so short?"
That Yin-Yang School disciple actually had a chance to make a move.
Wenren Xu sighed lightly, "Why go to such lengths when competing against a group of students?"
Geng Hanfu said irritably, "Now that they're trying to run away, what are you going to say?"
Wenren Xu laughed and said, "Just bring him back."
Geng Hanfu crossed his arms and looked at him. Wenren Xu stood on the head of the Frost Serpent he controlled and said again, "Aren't you going to tell me the location of the Shadow Devourer?"
Geng Hanfu: "I thought you could find it."
Wenren Xu: "Finding people is a specialty of your Ming family."
Geng Hanfu reached out and stroked his beard. When he reached the end, he raised his hand and drew Xing Chun's name in the air.
The golden rune, shaped like a bird, flew towards a distant direction. Even when it merged into the darkness of the swallowed shadows, it could accurately pinpoint the location of the name's owner based on the residual five elements energy.
The Frost Serpent followed the Spirit Bird's movements, then swept its long tail in front of the bird, covering the ground with frost and freezing a large area of fireflies that were nearby.
Xing Chun, who was in the shadow of the Devouring Shadow, couldn't help but mutter, "How come my Void Star General is even more powerful in his hands?"
“The difference in realms,” Cang Shu said.
Xing Chun, whose path was blocked, turned around and said, "You take your men and leave first. I saw the 'Washing Soldiers Picture'. Mei Mei is still in the formation of soldiers."
Cang Shu calmly said, "Delay it a little longer."
Xing Chun met the frost-covered eyes of the Frost Serpent in the darkness and said warily, "We've been discovered."
The snow-white snake head opened its blood-red maw towards Xing Chun, letting out a soul-shaking roar that blew away all the other debris around it.
The spirit bird stood above Xing Chun, its light blazing, locking onto his location. Combined with Wenren Xu's incantation, it instantly shattered the Shadow Devouring Technique, leaving the person hiding in the darkness with nowhere to hide.
The Frost Serpent seized the opportunity to advance, moving with lightning speed in a serpentine form. Xing Chun, unable to use his Five Elements Qi once again due to its freezing, immediately switched positions with Cang Shu, flashing behind him to help keep an eye on Yan Xiaochuan.
Cang Shu looked up and met the gaze of the frost python that was almost in front of him. Completely unafraid of the Void Stone Condensation, he slowly raised his hands to meet the attack head-on.
The birdsong that rang out at that moment was as clear and melodious as the sound of jade being struck.
The farmer's secret art of summoning the phoenix's call.
Although it is in the form of sound, it is also a technique that uses qi to embody things. Therefore, ordinary people may not be able to hear it, but the Void Star Generals certainly can.
All beasts in the world that take form from air can be domesticated by farmers.
Even the Void Star General of the Yin-Yang School.
The birdsong became sharp and piercing, affecting the Frost Serpent once again. It hovered above Cang Shu's head with its massive jaws agape, its pupils flashing, unable to launch another attack.
Upon seeing this, Wenren Xu, who was standing on the top of the giant python, said "Oh" and laughed, "He is very confident that he can use the Phoenix Sound Summoning of the Farmer's School to tame beasts that take form from qi, using the Yin-Yang School's Xu Su Xing.
The two forces clashed, but Cang Shu did not hesitate or retreat.
The golden light and frost color in the eyes of the Frost Serpent flashed rapidly, and it was frozen in mid-air, unable to move.
Wenren Xu looked at Cang Shu with an approving look in his eyes, but did not give in.
As the two sides remained locked in a stalemate, the young man's indifferent brows furrowed slightly. A bird's cry pierced the sky, the frost in the eyes of the giant frost python faded, and a dazzling golden light returned. It twisted its body wildly, throwing Wenren Xu off its body, and turned to bite him.
Xing Chun, who had retreated to a safe distance with the white cocoon in his arms, couldn't help but twitch his eye when he saw this scene. His Void Star General had already changed hands three times.
From traitor to turning over a new leaf, it only takes the blink of an eye.
Under Cang Shu's control, the Frost Serpent was in a berserk state. Its huge body swung wildly, and it chased after Wenren Xu's figure with great speed. Several times, it froze his illusory image of being frozen.
Although Wenren Xu was trapped within the range of the Frost Serpent's long tail, he was able to maneuver with ease. Relying on his Soul-Fixing Illusion and Wind Control Technique, he made the Frost Serpent wrap itself around him as if he were playing with his pet.
As the giant frost pythons roared and entangled together, Wenren Xu made a hand seal with one hand, and a black light flashed from the incantation, shattering the giant pythons that were suspended in the air.
Wenren Xu looked ahead but could not see the figures of Cang Shu and the other two.
After the time-limited period expired, Xing Chun used the Shadow Swallowing Technique again to hide people at their new location.
They took refuge inside another dilapidated giant ship. Xing Chun turned to look at the spider silk cocoon: "When will he be able to recover?"
The two also knew that Yan Xiaochuan's Five Elements power had been sealed.
"It'll be soon," Cang Shu said. "The spider silk will automatically break after it clears away the power of his seal."
Xing Chun pressed himself against the wall, cautiously peering outside: "The two outside are not easy to deal with. The exchange just now was just a test; they didn't use their full strength."
Wenren Xu and Geng Hanfu seemed to be playing around with them, but Xing Chun and Cang Shu were already on high alert, taking it very seriously.
Although both reacted quickly and cooperated well, they still felt an indescribable sense of pressure from their opponent.
Cang Shu has already reached the tenth realm and advanced to the Divine Soul Light Core, but there is still a big gap between him and the thirteenth realm sorcerers outside the ancient ship.
In addition, the School of Names and the School of Ghosts are both formidable opponents for him.
If they didn't wait for Mei Liangyu, the two of them could still leave with Yan Xiaochuan.
Neither of them mentioned leaving.
While Xing Chun and Cang Shu were discussing how to break through the enemy's armor formation from the outside, the vines and green plants inside the cabin suddenly twisted their branches, and the falling leaves quickly connected to form runes that encircled them.
Xing Chun and Cang Shu turned around at the same time, only to see a large expanse of green rushing towards them.
There was a glittering spirit on the back of the green leaf.
An earthquake occurred.
The earthquake trembled violently, widening the already cracked ground. The giant ship moored there plummeted into the abyss below!
With its mast hanging upside down, the ancient ship was instantly overturned by the force, plummeting dozens of meters into the abyss below. The already weathered parts of the ship were smashed to pieces, sending up clouds of smoke.
Wenren Xu stood at the edge of the crevice, his eyes smiling as he looked at the ship stuck in the abyss.
Geng Hanfu stood beside him and heard the servant say, "You're really ruthless. We didn't intend to kill these three people."
“I don’t think Lao Qin came here to kill people,” Geng Hanfu said with a smile. “Otherwise, he wouldn’t have locked the person up alone in the armored formation.”
Wenren Xu: "Oh?"
Geng Han replied: "The orchid is in Lao Qin's hands."
Wenren Xu raised an eyebrow slightly: "I see."
Geng Hanfu said, "Although the people from the Mechanical Family said that the Saint Changgen has been unable to be summoned recently, we can't believe it all. Who knows if the Saint Changgen might have put something on his only disciple?"
“He’s not the only disciple.” Wenren Xu turned back to look in the direction where Qin Chongxue and Mei Liangyu had last disappeared. “Didn’t you take on another disciple this year? The little princess of the Nangong Prince’s Mansion.”
Geng Hanfu stroked his beard and laughed: "I have a bad memory, I always forget about this."
Wenren Xu turned to the side, looking in the direction of the armored formation, and said, "The Washing Weapon Scroll, within this armored formation, Old Qin should be able to get his hands on it soon."
Geng Hanfu nodded and said, "He hasn't come out yet. He probably wants to take something from Mei Liangyu back as a surprise for Miss."
For example, a finger, an eye.
East Wind Sea, Mountain Road.
A figure draped in a black cloak walked along a quiet, deserted mountain path. From this distance, one could already see fireflies that came out to roam at night, and ancient ships that lay silently on the cracked ground.
The red light danced like sparks, and the road was lined with tall, dense redwood trees that were difficult to distinguish in the darkness.
Xue Mushi, wearing the Fusang Beads in his ears, heard Yu Sui's voice hidden in the shadows: "Two on the tree to the left, two under the tree to the right, and two more closer to the boat."
Having these people lie in ambush at Dongfeng Sea serves two purposes: first, to mislead Ou Rushuang, and second, to prevent Mei Liangyu from escaping before Qin Chongxue achieves his goal.
"Do you know who they are?" Xue Mushi asked in a low voice.
There's a reason why the black windbreaker is so expensive.
It can not only cover your body shape and appearance, but also your movements and voices under the clothes.
"Just in case, they dare not let Xuan Kui's people come, so those guarding here are all from the outer city gangs." Yu Sui observed the ambushing personnel through the Five Elements Light Core and told Xue Mushi the information he had obtained from Tingfeng Chi and Blackbeard. "Senior Brother already has many enemies in the outer city. If they spread the news that they want to kill Senior Brother, there will be no fewer people coming."
Blackbeard had been in the outer city for decades and was very familiar with the power dynamics there. Based on the few physical characteristics Yu Sui described, he quickly identified all those people.
Yu Sui thought for a moment and added, "But all these people have done business with Xuan Kui, either helping to produce orchid poison or acting as intermediaries for its sale."
After hearing this, Xue Mushi became even more determined and asked, "What is the highest level of cultivation among the people here?"
Yu Sui sat cross-legged on a huge rock, surrounded by weeds taller than a person. After she sat down, the weeds also covered her.
“The highest realm is the tenth level.” Yu Sui rolled his eyes, sizing up the person lying in ambush in the tree. “He’s on the left side near the ship. His name is Liu Yi, a farmer-style sorcerer.”
Farmer-turned-sorcerer.
Xue Mushi silently repeated it in his mind.
"Next are the right side of the ship, where the military disciples are at the eighth level, Chen Yongfu, and the rest are at the sixth or seventh level."
"They are all independent people who are on good terms with the Tianhe Gang. They have suffered and endured hardship at the hands of their senior brothers because of the Tianhe Gang."
Or perhaps they had relatives or friends who died at Mei Liangyu's hands, and they sought revenge.
The Tianhe Gang was wiped out by the Saints for its involvement in the Lan Poison incident, and there are no more members left.
Xue Mushi has been diligently cultivating in Taoism for several months and is now a Taoist master of the sixth realm.
Yu Sui once suspected that the strange fire would bring different changes to the destroyer, which would have both advantages and disadvantages for cultivation. If he was not wrong, even if Xue Mushi was not a genius, his cultivation speed would not be slow.
Although Xue Mushi tried to restrain himself, there were times when he couldn't hide it.
Yu Sui recalled the first time he saw Xue Mushi on the Cloud Chariot Flying Dragon. He took out the stone scorpion that Wei Ren had placed on Xue Jiayue, but Xue Jiayue herself was completely unaware.
Although Xue Mushi said he was afraid of insects in farmhouses, he was actually very sensitive to these things.
Wei Ren once mentioned to Yu Sui that he had accidentally discovered that Xue Mushi was sometimes very popular with the farm animals, and sometimes they disliked him.
People who are afraid of farm insects are actually very popular with farm insects and animals.
Xue Mushi asked, "There are six people in total, and it's just the two of us. Are you confident?"
Yu Sui gathered her thoughts and asked, "Are you scared?"
Xue Mushi said tactfully, "I think... with a tenth-level agricultural sorcerer and an eighth-level military sorcerer already here, you would have a better chance of winning if you brought two thirteenth-level Nangong family sorcerers."
Yu Sui calmly said, "If we can't beat them, we'll use our strange fire to burn them all down."
Xue Mushi: "..."
You can't burn these.
Burning the entire world just for these two oddballs, I wonder what the other people on the Xuan Gu Continent will think.
“It’s not really necessary…” Before Xue Mushi could finish speaking, Yu Sui continued, “According to the information recorded by the Destroyer, the Strange Fire used to be controllable. Although it has become uncontrollable now, there are still one or two opportunities to control it.”
“But just one mistake could mean death,” Xue Mushi said softly. “Are you willing to gamble on this one mistake?”
A mistake can burn not only yourself, but millions of others.
Yu Sui played with the wind-listening ruler in his hand.
She had used it once by accident when she was young and naive, which saved her and Zhongli Que.
When Yu Sui encountered Lu Haiye in the outer city and thought he was going to die, he unconsciously used the power of the strange fire. Yu Sui still doesn't understand how he strengthened the Nine-Style Technique with the strange fire that time.
Although both times ended without serious harm, the more I learned, the less I dared to gamble.
Because she lacked confidence that she could control herself.
“Then there’s nothing we can do. Anyway, if we can’t beat those two level 10 and level 8 cultivators, we’ll die. It’s either them or us. Let’s make it clear first,” Yu Sui drawled, “I don’t have any powerful divine techniques. You’d better have some.”
Xue Mushi: "I don't have any either."
Yu Sui pretended to be angry and said, "You know I can control the Wind Listening Ruler and can control the dying to contact other world destroyers. There's no point in pretending anymore."
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Xue Mushi became anxious: "Really, there isn't!"
"You don't have the Divine Strategist Technique, and you refuse to use the Strange Fire, so how do you have the confidence to come with me to kill people?" Yu Sui was even angrier. "You risk your life just to kill a few Orchid Corpses? Is your sense of justice really that strong?"
Xue Mushi stammered after being scolded by her: "I...I'm because..."
Yu Sui suddenly reminded him: "The left side."
Xue Mushi had already entered the ambush range of the attackers, and the first to make a move was Zhuang Zhiquan, a seventh-level Legalist sorcerer.
Legalist judgment techniques include thunder punishment.
Five bolts of lightning flashed, their light bursting brightly on the mountain path, and they moved forward in a rapid, serpentine pattern, pushing Xue Mushi back a great distance.
The moment Xue Mushi heard Yu Sui's reminder, he activated his protective aura. Although the lightning bolts reached him, they were not harmed by his protective aura; they were merely repelled.
Zhuang Zhiquan landed from the tree, also dressed in a black cloak. He took off the hood covering his face, revealing a chubby white face, but his expression was arrogant: "Who are you? State your name. Tonight, Dongfeng Sea has been occupied by us. If you want to go in, it's up to us to decide."
A man emerged from the darkness on the right, his voice sinister as he asked, "Could he be one of Mei Liangyu's accomplices?"
The person still hanging in the tree said, "I knew that kid wouldn't dare come alone; he must have called someone!"
Yu Sui arrived at Dongfenghai a little earlier than Mei Liangyu because he was delayed by going to buy the black wind robe with Xue Mushi.
The moment the beast-bone ship in the deepest part of the East Wind Sea lit up with fire was also the moment Zhuang Zhiquan attacked Xue Mushi.
At this moment, the four ambushers who had been waiting on both sides of the mountain road appeared, each wearing a black cloak.
Although they were all dressed in black, they were not as extravagant as Yu Sui and Xue Mushi. Zhuang Zhiquan and the others wore ordinary black cloaks, unlike black wind robes which could conceal their figures and voices.
Xue Mushi glanced at the four menacing-looking men on the road ahead, then turned to look at his empty back, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you?"
Yu Sui replied, "Don't worry, I'm here."
Xue Mushi was still uneasy: "Where are you?"
He looked around but didn't see Yu Sui.
"The one with the highest cultivation level among these people is Zhuang Zhiquan, a seventh-level Legalist sorcerer," Yu Sui said. "He's the one who was the first to attack you."
Xue Mushi looked towards Zhuang Zhiquan.
Zhuang Zhiquan pointed at him impatiently: "You bastard, say something."
The person in the tree said coldly, "Who cares who he is? If he doesn't speak, treat him as an accomplice of Mei Liangyu."
"Just what I wanted!" Zhuang Zhiquan's fighting spirit soared, and with a wave of his hand, five thunderbolts once again launched a fierce attack on Xue Mushi.
The five bolts of lightning intertwined, dazzling and difficult to distinguish. If one was even a fraction too slow to dodge, one would be struck by the lightning, either dead or crippled.
Xue Mushi used the Wind Control Technique to dodge, retreating from the mountain path and turning into the forest, trying to hide under the dense redwood trees. However, someone cooperated with Zhuang Zhiquan to swing their sword energy, cutting down all the redwood trees near the mountain path.
The thick redwoods fell one after another, startling countless birds into flight and cutting off Xue Mushi's retreat route, forcing him to leap into the air.
While Zhuang Zhiquan and the other three were focusing their attacks on Xue Mushi, Yu Sui calmly manipulated four Five Elements Light Cores, silently attaching them to the chests of the four men.
Yu Sui said to Xue Mushi, "As long as you can break their protective aura, these four people will surely die."
[Author's Note]
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