Chen Ping's Sword

Chapter 378: Chapter 182: Turning the Tide and Seizing the Initiative

After reaching the Innate stage, the ability to sense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is extremely enhanced.

In the midst of the desperate struggle by several masters in the government office, they could still clearly observe the state of the battle within the city.

Just like Han Wushang, Sima Rou, and others, they could sense it clearly and undoubtedly before.

The reason they were at a disadvantage and their spirits were plummeting was because they sensed a massive aura of Yin Sha Qi on the East Gate Main Street, not far from them.

The Yin Nether Aura was roaring back and forth, causing a scene of wailing all around. With each surge, dozens or hundreds of city folk would turn into dry bones, dying tragically.

’Elder Kumu...’

Han Wushang was well-traveled and knew the formidable grandmasters near Xingqing Prefecture, so of course, he recognized him.

At this moment, feeling the pressure and seeing the other’s actions, he immediately recognized the person as a Demon Sect master from the Thousand Bone Forest, who had inexplicably become an elder at the Changhe Gang.

This person was cruel and ruthless, devoid of humanity, yet undeniably powerful, a grandmaster in the Unity Realm.

Since the elder came to Xingqing Prefecture, the Changhe Gang’s surprise attack was certainly with a determined intention.

Elder Kumu’s immensely overwhelming Yin Sha Qi presence alone exerted enormous psychological pressure on people.

It seemed as if the entire sky could collapse at any moment, crushing them, body and soul, into powder.

Even though Han Wushang’s mind was incredibly tenacious and his disposition was mild and unconcerned, he had to admit that this battle was actually unwinnable.

Faced with Lih Yuandong’s Nine-Ring Life-Taking Saber Technique from the Changhe Gang, he hadn’t lost in physique, nor in Sword Technique, but he had lost in spirit.

The opponent’s intent to fight was burning like fire, growing more vigorous, while being drawn by the Qi Mechanism, he felt increasingly constrained, like a mouse trapped in a jar, utterly uncomfortable.

Turning his head to glance at Sima Rou, he saw his wife looking softly at him, with a look of determination in her eyes, knowing that the time to fight desperately had come.

’While the disciples and daughter are out risking their lives in battle, invading cities, the two elders themselves can’t even defend a city, instead, they became burdens, an embarrassment indeed.

Even if losing the battle, losing the city, it cannot be too shameful. At least make the opponent pay something, any defeated enemy counts. Let it be a small contribution for Xingqing Prefecture in sweeping the invaders in the future.’

With this thought, both husband and wife simultaneously surged with a fierce, murderous aura at heart.

The Qi Blood Body Refining Martial Artists are scorned and feared because, at the same level, they are the toughest to deal with, as they can burn Qi and Blood in a short time, consuming their lifespan and Vitality, unleashing power beyond their level.

Fighting desperately might result in immediate death, who knows.

But his opponent is sure to die.

As their opponent, Lih Jiudong naturally felt the change in their aura, becoming more cautious.

A trapped beast will still fight; there’s no need to cling on tightly, just avoid its sharp edge, and wait for death.

Joining the attack, Cui Hao, the elder of the Cui Family, switched his Heaven-Questioning Swordsmanship from offense to defense, setting traps everywhere, evidently planning to slip away.

In this battle, the advantage was entirely on their side; he had no reason to fight desperately.

His opponents were merely Sima Rou and Cheng Wuduan, both Early-Stage Innate.

Even though Sima Rou’s True Qi and Qi Blood Cultivation were sufficient to rival the peak of Mid-Stage Innate, she posed no significant threat to him as an Late-Stage Innate elder of the Cui Family, allowing him to advance and retreat at will.

Just as their mindsets shifted, Han Wushang hadn’t started surging Qi and Blood, burning his foundation when suddenly he heard a long roar.

The roar emanated, initially outside the city gate, reached close by after just two breaths.

The sky’s wind and clouds stirred, astonishing everyone within ten miles of the city.

A vast and mighty Qi Mechanism, like a blazing sun traversing heaven, arrived in a flash in front of the government office.

The Yin Sha Qi aura, which previously seemed as if the sky was collapsing, was swept away with the long roar, akin to wisps of smoke off a candle, blown away, posing no threat anymore.

Han Wushang laughed heartily, his morale greatly boosted, mental clarity achieved, feeling Qi and Blood circulating like pearls, golden flames rising to the sky, every random move endowed with immense power.

Lih Yuandong was continuously driven back.

On the other side, Sima Rou and Cheng Wuduan were also inspired, their eyes sparkling, turning from defense to offense, trapping Elder Cui Hao tightly within the Sword Circle.

Sima Rou giggled lightly: "My disciple returned quickly; your death is imminent, stop struggling, better surrender your sword."

The surrender persuasion was, of course, a joke.

This time, with the Changhe Gang’s surprise attack and the Cui Family’s renewed invasion, the enmity between the parties was irreconcilable; unless one side is thoroughly crushed, grudges will persist indefinitely.

Yet, her excitement overflowed, undeniable.

People’s names, shadows of trees.

Chen Ping arrived, and the overcast clouds dispersed.

Not only in the government office’s battle.

Even the entire city’s soldiers were invigorated, suddenly finding their backbone.

However, Lih Yuandong sneered, the Nine Rings rang together, the Saber Technique grew exquisite, a cold smile on his lips, dark thoughts in his mind: "Be pleased now, the greater your hope, the greater your disappointment will be soon. You haven’t anticipated that our siege and master-hunting weren’t the goal; the goal is actually above your hope."

He glanced sideways, as if expecting to see the grandmaster from the Cui Family teaming up with the elder from the Changhe Gang to crush the rising star, whose fame spread across Jiangnan, into dust.