Chapter 39
Chapter 39
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: Enemy Attack
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“Lu Yuanchun! You bastard!”
Seeing the market's grand array breached, Fairy Feixia's eyes nearly split with rage. In the next moment, however, she did the exact opposite of Lu Yuanchun.
“Junior Brother, let's join forces!”
With a flash of escaping light, Fairy Feixia landed directly in the market. She then turned to defend the breach to the death.
“We absolutely cannot let the Divine Martial Sect break into the market.”
Lu Yang glanced at Fairy Feixia upon hearing this, his opinion of her changing slightly. After all, judging by her appearance—her red lips stained with blood, her aura weak—she was clearly quite injured. If she had fled with Lu Yuanchun, she might have had a chance to escape with her life, yet she chose to stay in the market.
Could she be a spy?
Adhering to the belief that there were no good people in the Primal Saint Sect, Lu Yang's first instinct was to suspect Fairy Feixia. She, in turn, noticed his wary gaze.
“There's no escape!”
Fairy Feixia sighed helplessly, having somehow guessed Lu Yang's thoughts. She said in a low voice, “The Divine Martial Sect has been planning this for a long time. Fleeing is a dead end.”
“Our only chance of survival is to stay, defend our position, and wait for reinforcements!”
Lu Yang still had his doubts.
“Senior Sister, you understand this, so how could that Senior Brother Lu not know? If that's the case, why did he run?”
“Because he has the treasure jade!”
At this, Fairy Feixia became exasperated.
“The Divine Martial Sect used that Profound Feminine Grand Yin Treasure Jade as bait to set an ambush. But Lu Yuanchun coveted the jade and forcefully seized it, not only dragging us into the trap with him but also disregarding Senior Brother Chen's life and abandoning us to escape on his own!”
“So, he's fleeing to escape punishment?”
Lu Yang came to a sudden realization. Lu Yuanchun clearly knew his actions were despicable. If he really stayed in the market, it would only be a matter of time before Fairy Feixia called him to account.
That was why he chose such an extreme measure.
In that case, it was understandable that Fairy Feixia didn't flee with Lu Yuanchun. If she had, there was no guarantee he wouldn't kill her to silence her.
“Demons, today is the day you die!”
A brilliant aura of blood and qi illuminated the sky, like fiery clouds rolling in. Finally, a burly man in full armor, wielding a sharp weapon, appeared. The leader's expression was savage.
“It's ‘Divine Fist’ Wu Zhichong!”
Fairy Feixia's pretty face turned grim as she whispered, “He's already at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm, just one step away from Great Perfection. Junior Brother, you must be careful.”
“Senior Brother Chen was struck by one of his punches, and his physical body disintegrated, killing him…”
Before Fairy Feixia could finish, the burly man named Wu Zhichong had already shot forward on a beam of escaping light. He raised his arm high above his head, pulling it back like a drawn bow.
“Die!”
The next second, he threw the punch!
A piercing sonic boom instantly echoed in all directions. A square fist imprint shot forward like an unstoppable force. For a moment, Lu Yang felt as if a mountain was crashing down on him!
Boom!
At the critical moment, Fairy Feixia stepped forward. Her cloud-like sleeves fluttered, and clusters of glowing clouds wreathed in pure qi spewed forth, catching Wu Zhichong's punch.
In an instant, the rosy smoke and clouds burst apart, but they managed to block Wu Zhichong outside the market. However, the rosy clouds lost most of their treasured light in the process.
Seeing this, a flash of pain crossed Fairy Feixia's eyes.
These rosy smoke and clouds were a magic treasure of hers called the "Rosy Cloud Perching Smoke Gauze Cover," which she had painstakingly refined for many years. Now, it had been damaged repeatedly.
At the same time, another beam of escaping light descended from the sky.
When the figure was revealed, it was none other than Lu Yuanchun, who had just fled. His expression was extremely ugly, and he was being pursued by another cultivator.
“‘Mountain-Moving Daoist’ Duanmu Yuan…”
Fairy Feixia's brows furrowed tightly. She recognized the person cornering Lu Yuanchun as another late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Divine Martial Sect, whose strength was in no way inferior to her own.
“Lu Yuanchun, if you still want to live, come back! We'll join forces!”
Fairy Feixia said in a grave tone. Although the Divine Martial Sect's assault was ferocious, she believed that with three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators on their side, they weren't without a chance of winning.
Even if Lu Yang came from an ordinary disciple background and lacked divine abilities, he should have no problem dealing with early and mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators. As long as she and Lu Yuanchun could hold off Wu Zhichong and the Mountain-Moving Daoist, allowing Lu Yang to free his hands to deal with the other Divine Martial Sect disciples, they might still have a chance to defend the market!
“...Fine! Then let's fight to the death! Buy me some time!”
As his voice fell, Lu Yuanchun took a deep breath and directly burned his blood essence. Bursts of bloody light erupted from the top of his head, and his aura instantly surged several times over.
Seeing this, Fairy Feixia finally breathed a sigh of relief.
‘He is, after all, a disciple of the Heaven Mending Peak Master, from a Foundation Establishment lineage. He might have some powerful techniques up his sleeve. With my help, we should be able to defend the market.’
Thinking this, Fairy Feixia held nothing back and once again activated the "Rosy Cloud Perching Smoke Gauze Cover," trying to buy time.
“Stop him!”
Although Wu Zhichong didn't know what divine ability Lu Yuanchun was using, he couldn't possibly let him unleash it. He immediately shot off on a beam of escaping light, charging toward Lu Yuanchun.
Seeing this, Fairy Feixia forced her true qi, using all her might to block the other late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Divine Martial Sect, the Mountain-Moving Daoist Duanmu Yuan, while shouting to Lu Yang beside her, “Junior Brother Lu, act now! As long as we stop Wu Zhichong, we still have a chance to turn the tables!”
“Lu Yang? An ordinary disciple... so what if he broke through to the late-stage Qi Refining? What use is that?”
Lu Yuanchun glanced at Lu Yang, sneering inwardly.
In his eyes, Lu Yang was just a nobody, a minor figure who got lucky and broke through to the late stage. He was incomparable to a Foundation Establishment disciple like himself.
Thinking of this, he became even more resolute in his decision.
Fairy Feixia thought they still had a chance, but Lu Yuanchun disagreed. In his view, Fairy Feixia had clearly overlooked a decisive factor.
The corpse tide!
Even if they could really hold off the people from the Divine Martial Sect, as long as the breach in the array remained, they would still be completely wiped out when the corpse tide arrived!
Therefore, in the next second, Lu Yuanchun made his move.
“Witness my divine might!”
As his voice fell, Fairy Feixia's spirits lifted. She watched as the bloody light around Lu Yuanchun condensed, manifesting a magnificent, fiendish demonic shadow.
She didn't expect Lu Yuanchun to kill Wu Zhichong outright. As long as he could heavily wound him, there was hope...
“Blood Shadow Heaven-Escaping Grand Art!”
With a flash of the demonic shadow, Lu Yuanchun's figure vanished instantly, transforming into a streak of bloody light that appeared several hundred meters away, speeding away from Skull Mountain.
For a moment, Fairy Feixia was completely dumbfounded.
She had clearly underestimated Lu Yuanchun's shamelessness, never imagining that he was only pretending to cooperate with her, while actually using her as a shield.
But just then, the sky outside Skull Mountain suddenly darkened.
“Trying to leave? You'd better stay!”
With a cold laugh, the bloody escaping light that Lu Yuanchun had transformed into was cut in half, forcing him back toward Skull Mountain. Lu Yuanchun's terrified cry came from within:
“A Perfected Qi Refining cultivator?!”
The blood escape technique he had used by burning more than half his blood essence was something no late-stage Qi Refining cultivator could possibly stop. The only one who could was a Perfected Qi Refining cultivator!
“The heavens want me dead…”
Lu Yuanchun's heart was filled with unwillingness. He had gone through so much trouble to snatch the Profound Feminine Grand Yin Treasure Jade. As long as he escaped, he was sure to win the favor of the Heaven Mending Peak Master.
Especially now that Zhao Xuhe had been abandoned by the Peak Master, this was his chance!
But now, it was all for naught.
Just then, Lu Yang's voice suddenly sounded in Lu Yuanchun's ear.
“Senior Brother Lu, come back to the market first…”
“What's the use at this point?”
Lu Yuanchun was utterly dejected, not even interested in replying to Lu Yang. After all, in his eyes, the only difference between Lu Yang and himself now was who would die first.
The next second, Lu Yang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly took a step forward. His great sleeves billowed as his ten fingers flicked continuously, and in an instant, dozens of array patterns scattered around the market, breaking the miniature array the Divine Martial Sect had used to keep the breach open. Then, with a command, the grand array suddenly closed.
Boom!
In an instant, dense array patterns emerged, forming a curtain of light that enveloped the market inside and out. The grand array had actually been resealed, completely restored!
“…Huh?”
Lu Yuanchun's eyes widened in an instant. Then, with a jolt, he hurriedly controlled his bloody light to fly back, shouting at the top of his lungs, “Brother Lu, save me!!!”