Chapter 00237: A Difficult Battle
# A Difficult Battle
Chapter 237
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 237: A Difficult Battle
Kong Zhengxing didn’t even think twice.
He immediately followed Lan Xiaobu’s instructions, taking seven steps back and four steps to the side.
In the next moment, he saw Lü Xin’s massive banner fiercely slam into the entrapment and killing array.
With just a glance, Kong Zhengxing realized that Lü Xin was surrounded by a separate entrapment and killing array, likely set up by Lan Xiaobu.
Every time Lü Xin managed to create some cracks in the array, they were instantly repaired.
It was laughable how he had initially thought that a fourth-grade entrapment and killing array could hold off a Celestial King.
“What do we do?” Kong Zhengxing blurted out anxiously.
Lan Xiaobu was even more anxious than Kong Zhengxing.
Although his chain entrapment and killing array had locked down every cultivator from the Great Yin Immortal Sect, the disciples of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect were simply too weak.
Even with the entrapment array and often seven or eight of them ganging up on one enemy, disciples of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect were still being slaughtered one after another.
If it weren’t for the lethality of his killing array and the Spirit Locking and Essence Suppressing Strangling Array, which suppressed the enemy’s strength, the Great Desolate Immortal Sect would have been wiped out in no time.
But he couldn’t leave.
His chain entrapment and killing array posed a deadly threat even to Great Luo Golden Immortals, but against Lü Xin, a Celestial King, the threat could be neutralized at any moment.
If Lü Xin managed to break the array, the Great Desolate Immortal Sect would be utterly defeated.
Lan Xiaobu couldn’t leave; he had to constantly repair the array.
No matter the cost, he had to kill Lü Xin first.
“Attack directly,” Lan Xiaobu said, tossing out another handful of array flags.
He needed Kong Zhengxing, a powerful ally, to keep Lü Xin occupied.
If Lan Xiaobu faced Lü Xin alone, even with the entrapment and killing array, if Lü Xin risked severe injury to kill him, Lan Xiaobu might not even be able to summon his treasures under the pressure of a Celestial King’s aura.
Kong Zhengxing didn’t fully understand the situation, but the constant bursts of blood mist within the entrapment and killing array of Mu Bei Great Immortal City told him that the Great Desolate Immortal Sect was not faring well.
The Great Yin Immortal Sect had brought nearly two hundred people.
If all the casualties were from their side, the battle would have ended long ago.
But the fight was far from over; in fact, it was growing more intense.
Lan Xiaobu’s plan to kill Lü Xin first was correct.
Once Lü Xin was dead, both Lan Xiaobu and Kong Zhengxing would be free to act, and only then would the Great Yin Immortal Sect no longer pose a threat.
Kong Zhengxing’s long staff, carrying the weight of ten thousand jun, smashed toward Lü Xin.
He couldn’t help but admire Lan Xiaobu for actually managing to lock down the powerful cultivators of the Great Yin Immortal Sect.
The outcome of the battle was still uncertain.
“You’re asking for death!” Lü Xin’s eyes turned red.
Lan Xiaobu knew the reason, and so did Lü Xin.
He wanted to kill Lan Xiaobu, but Lan Xiaobu was too cunning, never showing himself.
Lü Xin couldn’t find Lan Xiaobu within the chain entrapment and killing array, but Lan Xiaobu always knew his location.
If Lü Xin was killed, the Great Yin Immortal Sect would be finished.
As long as he survived, they still had a chance to turn the tide.
At this moment, Lü Xin even felt some regret—not for attacking Mu Bei Great Immortal City, but for sneaking into the city instead of launching a direct assault.
From the earlier battle, it was clear that Mu Bei Great Immortal City and the Great Desolate Immortal Sect had no strong cultivators.
At most, there were only two or three at the Great Immortal level, and no Celestial Kings.
With such a weak force, he should have just attacked the city directly.
Now, he was trapped in an array, and from the constant repairs to the entrapment and killing array, Lü Xin knew that the enemy had a top-tier array master.
He had used his weakness to attack the enemy’s strength.
A far stronger attack than before enveloped him, and the surrounding space became viscous due to the force of the staff.
Lü Xin knew that this was the first powerful cultivator he had encountered since being trapped, likely the only strong cultivator in the Great Desolate Immortal Sect.
If he could kill this person, he still had a chance to win.
With this thought, Lü Xin went berserk, his celestial energy surging wildly.
Under the guidance of his divine sense, the massive banner transformed into a chasm, sweeping toward Kong Zhengxing.
At the same time, he activated a messenger flying sword.
A sense of impending death washed over Kong Zhengxing, chilling him to the bone.
Only now did he realize how lucky he had been to escape Lü Xin’s grasp multiple times before.
Even as a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal, he was completely suppressed by an early-stage Celestial King.
Escape? If he fled now, he still had a slim chance of survival.
He knew the way out.
But Kong Zhengxing also knew that if he ran now, Lan Xiaobu would surely lose.
Thinking of the countless brothers and friends who had been killed, even his closest comrades slain by the Great Yin Immortal Sect, how could he abandon this one chance for revenge? Gritting his teeth, Kong Zhengxing burned his essence blood without hesitation.
His staff seemed to stir the very fabric of space as it smashed forward.
Lan Xiaobu knew this was his only chance.
As he charged out, dozens of soul thorns shot toward Lü Xin, and his Seven Sounds Halberd unleashed a torrent of golden clashing sounds, its blade light stretching thousands of feet as it slashed toward Lü Xin.
Feeling Kong Zhengxing’s resolve to fight to the death, Lan Xiaobu’s blood boiled, his killing intent almost materializing.
The halberd’s thunderous sound grew more urgent, as if tearing through the very fabric of space, drawing all killing intent toward it.
A sense of crisis flooded Lü Xin’s sea of consciousness.
His divine sense surged, blocking over a dozen soul thorns.
But as a result, the killing intent of his banner weakened significantly.
With the banner’s power diminished, the chain entrapment and killing array’s lethality increased, and the Celestial King’s aura weakened instantly.
Spatial blades tore through Lü Xin’s body, and the space around him became increasingly viscous and difficult to navigate.
Feeling the killing intent lock onto him, Kong Zhengxing’s heart surged with joy.
He knew Lan Xiaobu had made his move.
With his resolve to die already firm, Kong Zhengxing held nothing back.
The sound of the Seven Sounds Halberd reached its peak, the killing intent growing more and more violent, its ferocity breaking through the chain entrapment and killing array.
Feeling the halberd’s killing intent rise to new heights, Lü Xin felt a chill run down his spine.
The fifth-grade chain entrapment and killing array was aiding Lan Xiaobu without limit.
Otherwise, Lü Xin could have crushed Lan Xiaobu with his Celestial King aura alone.
He knew he couldn’t retreat.
At this moment, not only Lan Xiaobu and Kong Zhengxing, but Lü Xin himself knew that the outcome of the battle rested on him.
Burning his essence blood furiously, the weakened banner once again unleashed a storm of killing intent.
This storm split into two, the larger portion locking onto Kong Zhengxing, while the smaller portion blasted toward Lan Xiaobu.
Boom! The banner sent Kong Zhengxing’s staff flying, its edge slicing off a portion of Kong Zhengxing’s body.
The smaller portion of the banner’s killing intent aimed at Lan Xiaobu was deflected by the protective array, losing its momentum.
Even so, the residual force still cut into Lan Xiaobu’s flesh.
However, Lan Xiaobu’s body was incredibly resilient, and the wound healed almost instantly.
Ignoring his injuries, Lan Xiaobu locked onto his target with the Seven Sounds Halberd’s killing intent.
The halberd, resonating with the Dao, descended with a thunderous roar: “One sound, the sorrow of parting, the palace music rises, the halberd slashes across ninety thousand miles!”
It was as if the halberd had torn through a realm, its Dao-infused blade cleaving down onto Lü Xin’s head!
Thud! Another burst of blood mist erupted as Lü Xin’s body was split in two by the Seven Sounds Halberd.
Lü Xin’s primordial spirit tried to escape, but it was instantly obliterated by the entrapment and killing array.
Lan Xiaobu’s face was pale.
He swallowed a few pills and rushed to Kong Zhengxing’s side, pouring a mixture of Five-Colored Immortal Mushroom and Five Mushroom Liquid into Kong Zhengxing’s mouth.
In just a few breaths, Kong Zhengxing’s split body began to heal.
“You recover first. I’ll handle the rest,” Lan Xiaobu said, taking Lü Xin’s spatial ring and charging back into the entrapment and killing array.
The Great Desolate Immortal Sect’s strength was too low, and disciples were being killed every moment.
Lan Xiaobu had to turn the tide as quickly as possible.
Kong Zhengxing stared in shock at Lü Xin’s corpse, his face pale.
He should have been the one to die, but instead, it was Lü Xin.
Because this was Lan Xiaobu’s entrapment and killing array, Kong Zhengxing’s primordial spirit hadn’t escaped.
But as soon as Lü Xin’s primordial spirit emerged, it was obliterated.
At this moment, Kong Zhengxing realized that Lan Xiaobu was destined for greatness.
He was certain that Lan Xiaobu hadn’t even reached the Great Yi Immortal stage, let alone the Mystic Immortal realm.
Yet, with his help and the fifth-grade chain entrapment and killing array, Lan Xiaobu had killed Lü Xin.
It was almost unbelievable.
And that final halberd technique—if Kong Zhengxing had faced it, he would have been doomed.
Of course, without the entrapment and killing array, that technique couldn’t have been unleashed.
Just as Kong Zhengxing was thinking this, he felt his injuries healing rapidly.
He immediately understood—Lan Xiaobu had given him Five-Colored Immortal Mushroom.
Since the Great Desolate Universe split from Yuan Continent, Five-Colored Immortal Mushroom had vanished.
Yet, he had just consumed some.
His injuries were only partially healed, but Kong Zhengxing grabbed his staff and joined the battle without hesitation.
He realized that the Great Desolate Immortal Sect had too few powerful cultivators—not even a single Great Luo Golden Immortal like himself.
Fu Qianhen spat out a mouthful of blood, his body sent flying by a powerful backlash.
He swallowed a pill and tried to retreat into the protective array, but his injuries were too severe, and he couldn’t make it in time.
In the next moment, a long blade swept down.
Fu Qianhen closed his eyes in despair.
His cultivation was simply too low.
If it weren’t for the fifth-grade chain entrapment and killing array, he would have died long ago.
Even with the array’s suppression, he hadn’t managed to kill a single Great Luo Golden Immortal.
On the contrary, several of his Mystic Immortal junior brothers had already fallen.
If it weren’t for the chain entrapment and killing array and the protective array, he wouldn’t even have the chance to summon his treasures against a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
The Great Desolate Immortal Sect was likely doomed, just as they had feared.
He had heard that the Great Yin Immortal Sect still had a Celestial King.
If Great Luo Golden Immortals were this powerful, how terrifying would a Celestial King be?
Boom! A loud crash echoed.
Fu Qianhen opened his eyes to see a massive seal blocking the long blade, followed by a halberd tearing through space and striking toward him.
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