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Chapter 39: Enemy Assault
Chapter 39: Enemy Assault
“Lu Yuanchun! You bastard!”
Seeing the defensive formation guarding the market shattered with a gaping hole, Fairy Feixia’s eyes burned with fury. Without hesitation, she did the exact opposite of Lu Yuanchun’s actions.
“Junior Brother, let’s join forces!”
A streak of light flashed as Fairy Feixia dove directly into the market, then turned to fiercely guard the breach in the formation. “We absolutely cannot let the Divine Martial Gate storm the market!”
Lv Yang glanced at Fairy Feixia upon hearing this. He couldn’t help but reassess her. Despite her bloodied lips, weakened aura, and obvious injuries, she had chosen to stay and fight rather than flee with Lu Yuanchun—a decision that might have offered a sliver of hope for survival.
Could she be a traitor?
Guided by his deep-seated distrust of the Holy Sect, Lv Yang immediately suspected her. Fairy Feixia, noticing his wary gaze, sighed helplessly. “Escaping is impossible. The Divine Martial Gate has been plotting this for a long time. Flight would only lead to death.”
“Staying to defend and await reinforcements is our only chance.”
Lv Yang remained skeptical. “I understand this logic, Senior Sister, but surely that Lu Senior Brother does too. If so, why did he run?”
“Because the Primordial Yin Jade is in his possession!” Fairy Feixia snapped, her voice trembling with rage. “The Divine Martial Gate used the jade as bait, setting an ambush. Lu Yuanchun, greedy for the treasure, seized it recklessly. He dragged us all into this trap, then abandoned Senior Chen and fled for his life!”
“So you’re saying he fled out of guilt?”
Lv Yang’s eyes widened in realization. It made sense—Lu Yuanchun likely knew his actions would earn him Fairy Feixia’s wrath. Staying in the market would mean facing her retribution later.
This explained why Fairy Feixia hadn’t followed him. Had she fled, she might have been silenced permanently.
“Demons! Today is your doom!”
Blazing battle-qi illuminated the sky like rolling crimson clouds, revealing a group of armored warriors led by a fierce, hulking figure.
“It’s ‘Divine Fist’ Wu Zhichong!” Fairy Feixia’s face tightened. “He’s already at the ninth layer of the Refining Qi realm, just a step from ultimate perfection. Be extremely cautious, Junior Brother.”
“Senior Chen died from his fist shattering his cultivation base.”
Before her words faded, Wu Zhichong had already charged forward, his arm arched like a bowstring.
“Die!”
The next second, a punch erupted!
A piercing boom shattered the air. A square-shaped fist-aura smashed downward like a meteor. In an instant, Lv Yang felt an entire mountain crashing toward him.
Boom!
At the critical moment, Fairy Feixia surged forward. Her sleeves billowed as radiant clouds of clear qi spewed forth, intercepting Wu Zhichong’s strike.
In a flash, colorful mists exploded outward, halting Wu Zhichong at the market’s edge—but the vibrant clouds lost half their luster.
Fairy Feixia’s eyes flickered with pain.
This “Crimson Cloud Mist Net” was her treasured artifact, painstakingly refined over years. Now, it had sustained severe damage.
At that moment, another streak of light descended from the sky.
It was Lu Yuanchun, who had just fled. His face was pale, and trailing behind him was another cultivator.
“‘Mountain-Shifting Taoist’ Duanmu Yuan!”
Fairy Feixia’s brows furrowed. She recognized the pursuer as another late-stage Refining Qi expert from the Divine Martial Gate—equal in strength to herself.
“Lu Yuanchun, if you want to live, return and fight together!” she commanded.
Though the enemy’s assault was fierce, Fairy Feixia believed their side still had three late-stage Refining Qi experts. Even if Lv Yang was an ordinary disciple, he could handle early and mid-stage opponents. If she and Lu Yuanchun could block Wu Zhichong and Duanmu Yuan, Lv Yang might hold the line against the rest of the Divine Martial Gate’s forces.
“Fine! Then let’s stake our lives to buy time!”
Lu Yuanchun inhaled sharply, then suddenly ignited his lifeblood. Crimson light erupted from his crown, his aura surging exponentially.
Seeing this, Fairy Feixia finally relaxed slightly.
“He’s a disciple of the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, a Foundation Establishment sect member. He must have some powerful techniques. With my help, we can hold this market.”
With that thought, she unleashed her “Crimson Cloud Mist Net” again, buying time.
“Stop him!”
Though Wu Zhichong didn’t know Lu Yuanchun’s exact abilities, he wouldn’t allow him to act freely. A streak of light shot toward Lu Yuanchun.
Fairy Feixia forcefully channeled her true qi, blocking Duanmu Yuan while shouting to Lv Yang, “Quickly, Junior Brother Lv! If you can stop Wu Zhichong, we still have a chance to turn the tide!”
“Lv Yang? An ordinary disciple? Even if he’s reached late-stage Refining Qi, what use is he?”
Lu Yuanchun glanced at Lv Yang, inwardly scoffing. In his eyes, Lv Yang was a nobody who’d lucked into a breakthrough—a speck of dust compared to a true Foundation Establishment disciple like himself.
Fairy Feixia might still believe victory was possible, but Lu Yuanchun did not. He knew she’d overlooked a decisive factor—the undead horde. Even if they repelled the Divine Martial Gate, the breach in the formation would allow the corpses to flood in, leading to their annihilation.
Thus, in the next moment, Lu Yuanchun acted.
“Witness my might!”
At his roar, Fairy Feixia’s spirits lifted as she saw his bloodlight condense into a terrifying, godlike shadow.
She didn’t expect him to kill Wu Zhichong outright—just to wound him severely.
“Skybreaking Blood Shadow Art!”
The shadow flashed. Lu Yuanchun vanished, becoming a streak of bloodlight that reappeared hundreds of meters away, fleeing toward Skull Mountain.
Fairy Feixia stared, stunned.
She’d underestimated his treachery. She’d thought he was cooperating—but he’d used her as a shield.
Suddenly, the sky darkened outside Skull Mountain.
“Trying to escape? Stay here!”
"What's the point of returning to the market?" Lu Yuanchun's soul felt hollow, unable to muster even a response. In his eyes, Lv Yang's fate was sealed, a matter of dying sooner or later.
But in that moment, Lv Yang, who had been silent until then, stepped forward. His sleeves flared as his fingers flicked rapidly, unleashing dozens of formation runes around the market. With a boom, he shattered the Divine Martial Gate's small array anchoring the formation's breach and manipulated the array art to seal the gap.
Instantly, countless runes blazed to life, forming a radiant barrier that enveloped the market. The formation had sealed itself shut once more!
Lu Yuanchun's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in surprise. Snapping back to reality, he hastily redirected his bloodlight back toward the market, screaming, "Senior Brother Lv, save me!!!"
“Late-stage Refining Qi? No—this is Refining Qi ultimate perfection!?”
His blood escape technique, powered by half his lifeblood, should have been invincible against any late-stage Refining Qi cultivator. Only a Refining Qi master at the pinnacle of the realm could have intercepted it.
“Heaven wants me dead…”
Lu Yuanchun’s heart burned with injustice. He’d finally seized the Primordial Yin Jade. Escaping would earn him the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s favor—especially now that Zhao Xuhe had been abandoned. This was his chance!
Now, it was all for nothing.
Suddenly, Lv Yang’s voice reached his ears: “Senior Brother Lu, return to the market first!”
“What’s the point now?” Lu Yuanchun’s soul felt hollow. He couldn’t even muster the energy to respond. To him, Lv Yang’s fate was no different—just a matter of dying sooner or later.
The next second, however, the previously silent Lv Yang stepped forward. His sleeves flared as his fingers flicked rapidly, unleashing dozens of formation runes around the market. He shattered the Divine Martial Gate’s small array anchoring the formation’s breach, then manipulated the array art to seal the gap.
Boom!
In an instant, countless runes blazed to life, forming a radiant barrier that enveloped the market. The formation had sealed itself shut again!
“Huh?!”
Lu Yuanchun’s eyes nearly popped out. Snapping back to reality, he hastily redirected his bloodlight back toward the market, screaming, “Senior Brother Lv, save me!!!”
(End of Chapter)
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