Chapter 209
Chapter 209
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Translator: Ace
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Chapter Title: Pushed Over the Cliff
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"I'm not! I didn't!"
At this moment, Many Treasures Child felt utterly wronged. He quickly turned to Dragon-Fishing Old Man beside him.
"Dragon-Fishing Friend, you know me. You can vouch for me!"
"This..."
Dragon-Fishing Old Man opened his mouth upon hearing this, then lowered his voice.
"Five Elements Friend, no matter what, I think Many Treasures Child wouldn't betray you at a time like this."
As soon as these words were spoken, Perfected Being Five Elements, who had been furious moments before, instantly came to his senses.
Regardless of Many Treasures Child's past grudge against the Primal Saint Sect True Person—robbed on the road, a blood debt that couldn't be faked—he was unlikely to betray them. Even if he really had, they couldn't voice it now and shake morale.
"...It was my slip of the tongue."
Perfected Being Five Elements let out a long breath and quickly regained his composure.
"This must be the Primal Saint Sect's cunning trap, deliberately luring us in so we'd fall into it."
"I miscalculated for a moment, putting everyone in danger."
"But rest assured, my mistake is mine to fix. When we break out later, I'll cover the rear and ensure you all return safely!"
Perfected Being Five Elements' words quickly steadied the group.
His gaze then swept over them, seizing the key point.
"The Demon Sect True Person surrounded by us must be the leader of this Demon Sect group."
"He used himself as bait to hook us."
"But in doing so, he's trapped in our encirclement."
"Our only option now is to strike him first, using overwhelming force like Mount Tai crushing an egg, forcing the other Demon Sect True Persons to rescue him. That'll create our chance to break out!"
In this regard, Perfected Being Five Elements' insight was sharp enough.
And indeed, as he thought, though Lu Yang had used himself as bait this time, Perfected Being Yin Shan could never sacrifice him for victory.
If Lu Yang truly faced a life-or-death crisis, he would abandon the encirclement to save him first.
The only thing Perfected Being Five Elements misjudged was one detail.
—Lu Yang's strength.
Boom!
In an instant, the clash of magical power from over a dozen Foundation Establishment True Persons, even high in the sky, sent shockwaves cracking the earth below, like an earth dragon thrashing.
Nearly all the Foundation Establishment True Persons felt darkness before their eyes. Their extended divine senses were shattered by the collision, time itself seeming to freeze—no sounds, no sights—until much later when sensation slowly returned. They fixed their gazes on the scene at the center.
Yet, surprisingly, both sides emerged unscathed.
On Perfected Being Five Elements' side, a massive umbrella hovered in midair, its canopy swirling with five-colored lights in endless rotation, firmly shielding those beneath it.
"What a fine superior-grade spirit treasure!"
Even Perfected Being Yin Shan, with his discerning eye, showed a trace of surprise.
"A minor sect, but not entirely without merits."
However, on the other side, Perfected Being Five Elements inwardly groaned.
"Almost didn't hold..."
His [Primordial Five Elements Umbrella] was the Five Elements Sect's generational heirloom—not just a superior-grade spirit treasure, but one with two profound abilities.
Standing beneath it was said to conquer all five elements, impervious to myriad arts.
Yet after just one clash, cracks appeared on the treasure umbrella. The once-vital, ceaselessly cycling five elements radiance now bore significant flaws.
A few more like that, and it would shatter, dooming them all!
With this in mind, Perfected Being Five Elements looked hopefully toward Lu Yang.
Having taken their full-force strike, he must be gravely injured, right?
Then he witnessed the scene that made his eyes nearly burst from their sockets.
As the dust cleared, Lu Yang stood calmly in his black cloak, a faint smile on his face.
"Is that all you've got? Didn't you eat before coming out?"
"Impossible!"
Perfected Being Five Elements' pupils contracted sharply on the spot. The others gaped, scarcely believing their eyes.
They knew that, aside from Perfected Being Five Elements blocking the others' attacks, the remaining six had gone all-out without holding back.
Not to mention Dragon-Fishing Old Man and Many Treasures Child, both mid-Foundation Establishment. With this lineup, their combined strike—how could anyone withstand it? Even another mid-Foundation Establishment should have their dharma body shattered. Yet Lu Yang looked utterly unharmed!
Meanwhile, Lu Yang brushed off his black cloak.
[Hundred Wards Subduing Peril Profound Cloak]!
It was another spirit treasure Ye Xingfeng had given him before dying overseas. Its profound ability [Hundred Wards] could block any attack a hundred times!
This was the benefit of heavenly secrets being veiled.
The strengths and weaknesses of this [Hundred Wards Subduing Peril Profound Cloak] were obvious: its strength lay in blocking even the mightiest attacks a hundred times.
Its weakness was that even the feeblest attack consumed one block.
In other words, the best way to break it wasn't a single full-power strike, but unleashing thousands upon thousands of attacks in short order.
But with heavenly secrets veiled, no Foundation Establishment True Person could divine cause and effect. None could calculate the cloak's flaw. At most, they might suspect something amiss and probe slowly over time—but Lu Yang wouldn't give them that chance.
The next second, Lu Yang spoke gravely.
"Scattered cultivator Dragon-Fishing Old Man, colluding with Jiangdong Court, plotting against Primal Saint Sect True Persons."
"He's no ordinary scattered cultivator anymore—he's a lawless fiend! For such fiends, our Primal Saint Sect must strike with an iron fist!"
At these words, Dragon-Fishing Old Man nearly spat up blood.
Heavens! A Primal Saint Sect True Person calling me a fiend!?
And what does this have to do with me? Many Treasures Child is the one chasing you!
In that instant, the group subtly glanced at Many Treasures Child.
Same traitor, so why call out Dragon-Fishing Old Man and not you?
Many Treasures Child's face flushed crimson.
"This is the Demon Sect's scheme to sow discord!"
"I'm not a traitor!"
The crowd swiftly averted their eyes.
Right, everyone understood the logic—but who knew if this was playing into their hands? Lives were at stake. What if it was true? Wouldn't they be doomed?
With this thought, even Dragon-Fishing Old Man, closest to Many Treasures Child, silently put distance between them, refusing to let him near.
Seeing this, Perfected Being Five Elements couldn't help looking at Lu Yang and sighed.
"The Demon Sect... lives up to its name!"
An open yang conspiracy! Even seen through and understood, there was no escaping it. He himself couldn't suppress the doubt rising in his heart.
As for Many Treasures Child on the other side, his rage reached its peak.
In a daze, he recalled the humiliation of youth—robbed mid-road by a Primal Saint Sect True Person, stripped bare. For a moment, he lost all reason.
"You beast!"
With a furious curse, Many Treasures Child could no longer hold back. He burst from the group, [Ten Thousand Treasures River] surging toward Lu Yang.
Almost simultaneously, Perfected Being Five Elements' expression changed drastically.
"Careful! Come back!"
In truth, before the shout, Many Treasures Child had already snapped awake, his heart turning ice-cold as his eyes met Lu Yang's smiling gaze.
'A divine ability—he just used a divine ability to bait me!?'
[Resolving Suspicion]!
For those on the cliff's edge, sometimes a gentle push was all it took to send them plummeting into the abyss, beyond self-rescue.
In this moment, everyone clearly sensed the killing intent suffusing heaven and earth.
Many Treasures Child sensed it most acutely.
'He wants to kill me!?'