Chapter 626: Make a Move 4
"Even your Cold Knife Sect, with its strong might dominating the region, dares not provoke them?" Gong Shuyin stood up and stepped closer, asking softly.
"Do you know us, Miss?" The captain grew cautious.
"Of course I know; Cold Knives breaking the snow, Moon Shadows turning to ice - these speak of the unmatched ferocity of the Cold Knife Sect’s attacks and slaughters," Gong Shuyin complimented a few words.
The captain and those around him relaxed slightly.
"Miss has overpraised us; it’s all the support and face given by friends in the martial world." After pausing, the captain earnestly and solemnly said.
"Since we are friends, I kindly advise you: Starting from here, if you encounter those red-eyed Daoists, always step back and do not provoke them. Otherwise, disaster will surely ensue."
"May I ask, brother, just who are they?" Yan Shuang’s face turned serious.
"Those people are Daoists of the Blood Immortal Dao and Human Immortal Temple!" The captain lowered his voice.
"I don’t know who dared to provoke these Daoists; it seems someone will be in trouble again. The top masters of the Celestial Character Institute are moving out; can ordinary people oppose them?"
"Human Immortal Temple, Blood Immortal Dao?" Yan Shuang and Gong Shuyin quickly recalled related information.
As members of the Sensing Sect, they are naturally quite familiar with the name Human Immortal Temple.
The Sensing Sect is now cast aside after being used by the Great Dao Teaching, gradually reverting to its originally loose organizational structure.
Everyone follows Chao Yue as the leader, and their relationship with Yue Dewen has become increasingly strained.
While executing tasks outside, they suddenly hear the name Human Immortal Temple...
Both women felt a thread of curiosity rising in their hearts.
Yan Shuang involuntarily recalled the scenes when she first met Zhang Rongfang.
Hearing in the intelligence that Zhang Rongfang created martial arts himself, her first reaction was disbelief, but later consecutive victories left her utterly confused.
Gong Shuyin similarly had a strange feeling.
She had taught Zhang Rongfang lock crafting for quite some time in her day. Unexpectedly hearing his news again, it was in such a manner...
"Please remember well, in this region across several provinces, encountering Daoists of the Blood Immortal Dao is not to be conflicted with. Otherwise, consequences are unpredictable; deaths and disappearances are common." Seeing the two women are beauties, the captain hastily warned them again.
"Thanks for the warning."
At this moment, Yan Shuang did not listen much; as the daughter of King Yan and one of the top talents of Sensing Sect, seeing the Daoists of Human Immortal Temple did not feel dangerous but rather piqued curiosity.
After all, Zhang Rongfang was just so-so in her presence. Having interacted quite a bit, she couldn’t really fear.
Like her, Gong Shuyin also had a slight idea of wanting to contact and test them.
If the influence of this Human Immortal Temple is truly so extensive, perhaps leveraging the favor of past kindness, capturing that renegade would be much easier.
Immediately, both had thoughts to go investigate.
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On a desolate mountain wilderness trail.
The silver-armored White Ten Knights, sword-and-shield warriors, were gathering from afar for support.
From a distance, they appeared like a thin line of grayish white.
Led by two heavily armored great knights with triangular helmets, they repeatedly lined up to charge and intersperse in attacks against the Human Immortal Temple’s forces.
On the Human Immortal Dao side.
Everyone resembles red flying insects scattering, gathering, each fighting independently.
Their notable speed and rapid self-healing when injured enable them to easily counter the Spirit Guards and Spiritual Veins that worship gods, showing no retreat as they easily drain and repress.
The scale of battle has expanded to hundreds.
Bodies of White Ten Knights and corpses of Human Immortal Temple lay scattered all around.
Moreover, many of the black ashes left by deceased worshipping martial artists piled here and there.
Near this trail’s woods, a group of powerful martial artists transformed it into a clear-cut forest area.
Sun Chaoyue, Chang Yuqing, and Ye Bai stood together commanding towards the rear of the battlefield.
Both maintained serious expressions, closely watching the top tier of combat struggling in the middle.
Five excellent masters of the Earth Character Institute fiercely battling the two great knights of the White Ten Sect, locked in stalemate.
After the two great knights burst into their Extreme State, each expanded in form but massively increased in strength and defense.
A mere touch can render the Earth Character Institute’s masters bruised and battered.
The Human Character Institute suffers even worse, with severe injuries from a single hit, displaying tremendous power.
"These people from White Ten Sect keep reinforcing; more are coming!" Chang Yuqing said in a deep voice.
"Just how many did they bring?" Sun Chaoyue’s face turned grim, "Could it be that all their masters came to hunt us down?"
"Impossible. Judging by their armor markings, it should be the Holy Cross Star Knights from within White Ten Sect." Ye Bai spoke somberly, her eyes red, crouching by Lu Luo’s corpse.
"Holy Cross Star is a title, a powerful title only held after surpassing great knight."
Chang Yuqing and Sun Chaoyue were surprised to see her knowing so much.
Suppressing the pain in her heart, Ye Bai continued, "If said that a great knight represents the super grade level in the White Ten Sect, then Holy Cross Star corresponds to our grandmaster, a designated level delineated.
This was established specifically to face the powerful assaults by the Great Spirit Legion’s masters."
"Grandmaster!?" Upon hearing the term, the faces of Chang Yuqing and Sun Chaoyue changed.
However, the battle formation expanded increasingly vast, both sides blinded by the kill frenzy.
The White Ten Sect lost at least two dozen worshipping martial artist experts, thirty elite sect warriors, even an elite-level great knight fell.
Such losses, if not bringing sufficient results back, the elite great knights coming for support will encounter misfortune.
Even if they’re about to breakthrough to the Holy Cross Star level, they still face repercussions.
Thus they were unwilling to retreat.
While at the Human Immortal Temple’s side, the five Earth Character Institute experts, at this moment, gain temporary endurance boost through assimilating the enemy’s blood, engaged in full-force pursuit.
In the same level, their speed astonished, nearly surpassing half a rank over the opponent.
This is still during daylight hours; if it were night, their speed would increase even more.
At this moment, their goal is to delay until nightfall.
But....
Suddenly, in the distance, a silver circular wheel descended from the sky, shooting down, revealing itself in the center of the battle formation.
Boom!!
The ground exploded, the silver wheel viciously pierced into the ground, revealing its true form.
It’s unexpectedly a silver-white gigantic sword, over three meters long and half a meter wide.
The center of the sword’s blade is engraved with a thin line of light blue characters, running from the tip to the hilt, across the entire body.
A low-ranked Bloodline from the Human Character Institute failed to evade in time, merely getting nicked by the giant sword’s edge, losing half of his body along with a small portion of his head. He died on the spot.
"Holy Cross Star!!" Two White Ten Knights were immediately delighted, "It’s Sir France’s weapon sign!!"
"Holy Cross Star?" Chang Yuqing’s expression drastically changed, realizing something was wrong.
These people, surprisingly, have even dispatched a Grandmaster just to track down Sun Chaoyue!
Not only him, but Ye Bai, Sun Chaoyue too, their pretty faces turned pale, realizing the situation is unfavorable now.
This group from the White Ten Sect is extremely odd, deploying so many experts merely to chase some merchants buying goods alongside Sun Chaoyue?
Now a Grandmaster has even joined them!
Do they have that many experts? Don’t they need to deal with the Spirit Court and the Great Alliance’s siege on the other side?
"Should we retreat?" Sun Chaoyue promptly looked towards Chang Yuqing.
Chang Yuqing gritted her silver teeth, she had just promised to find a way to reclaim the medicine and ship, now at the beginning, she encountered such a predicament.
"It’s too late, with Grandmasters on our trail, we can’t escape even if we retreat!" Her expression was fierce, "Request for aid...."
Before her voice had fallen, a burly figure leaped from the direction of the White Ten Sect, crossing nearly a hundred meters in an instant, drawing the giant sword and fiercely slashing towards one of the Bloodlines from the Human Character Institute.
This slash came extremely fast, even if the blade hadn’t fallen yet, a fierce gale blew down, dispersing dust and debris around.
Boom!!
That Bloodline from the Human Character Institute tried to block, yet was still slashed across the body, split in two, with a deranged expression lying on the ground.
"Princess Qianye? Core member Chang Yuqing from the Human Immortal Temple? Seems my luck isn’t bad." The newcomer pulled out the giant sword, carried it on his shoulder, revealing a bright, cheerful smile.
Originally, he was assigned here to hunt down the Human Immortal Temple, feeling a bit dissatisfied.
He enjoyed close combat with strong opponents, rather than easily crushing weaklings.
After all, compared to other directions, the mere Human Immortal Temple is just a negligible minor force.
No matter if the Human Immortal Temple master claims to possess Spirit General prowess, this Great Spirit, they came to sweep everything away!! The divine glory of the Cross is destined to cover this land sooner or later!
Never mind the Human Immortal Temple, even the Black Ten Sect, Celestial Lock Teaching, and the Great Dao Teaching will all kneel before the awe of the White Cross one by one!
So initially, he had no interest, but now seeing Sun Chaoyue, Chang Yuqing, and Ye Bai, three styles of beauty, all catching his eye.
"Seems tonight will be delightful!" The man laughed heartily, said aloud.
"You seek death!!!"
Before the man could stand steady, two blood-colored figures shot out from behind Chang Yuqing, bodies violently swelling in mid-air, emitting strange howling, fiercely pouncing towards the man.
Experts from the Celestial Character Institute have arrived!
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Inside the Human Immortal Cave.
Zhang Rongfang suddenly frowned, awakening from meditation.
He sensed one of the blood tracking lines of the first-generation Bloodline snapping.
First-generation Bloodlines, nowadays, are mostly top experts from the Human Character Institute or the Celestial Character Institute, since the formation of the tri-institutes, this was the first time such a situation occurred.
’It’s in Qing’Er’s direction....first the medicine ship, now even a Human Character Institute expert has fallen....’
Super Grade experts are precious reserves, Bloodlines differ from deity worship, Bloodlines can continuously improve.
The Human Immortal Temple doesn’t have many Super Grade experts, losing even one displeases Zhang Rongfang.
Exhaling, he slowly stood up.
’Are you planning to go out?’ Bai Lin asked.
’Yes, having stayed in for a year, it’s time to move. Someone has dared to oppress me.’ Zhang Rongfang responded. ’Moreover, up to now, the Spirit Court Great Alliance surprisingly hasn’t sent any experts to initiate a siege? It’s somewhat odd.’
’Indeed, something feels amiss.’ Bai Lin agreed.
Zhang Rongfang could see with closed eyes, several blood tracking lines trembling violently, their colors slowly fading, indicating injuries.
Having sent two waves of reinforcements, yet unable to suppress the situation, is quite odd.
’I’ll first head to Citong to deal with the troublesome intruders there. The Great Alliance can be investigated afterward.’
Zhang Rongfang answered gravely.
He walked out of the cave, looking at the sky.
"I should make it back in time for tea."
’Wait!!’ Suddenly Bai Lin hastily voiced. ’A master is approaching!!’
Zhang Rongfang frowned, raised his head, gazing toward the distance in the sky beyond Wish Girl Gorge.
There, a slender figure holding a gigantic crescent battle halberd was staring down, the whole body in silver armor, descending and flying toward him.
"Zhang Rongfang!! This time, no one can save you anymore!!!"
The figure laughed wildly in mid-air, pulled down his faceplate, revealing a familiar sharp icy face.
It’s the previously encountered Divine General Auduna!!
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