Chapter 378: Chapter 378: The Final Wave of Attack
After Flame Wolf spoke, the eyes of the hundred-plus Small Spirit Realm cultivators present, including Qian Wuyang, lit up.
The Hall Master was a supreme expert of the Earth King Realm.
If they could truly win the Hall Master’s favor, their futures would be set. They could even become like Mu, whom not even Celestial Spirit Realm experts dared to bully.
Spurred on by this incentive, the hundred-plus Small Spirit Realm cultivators were instantly filled with zeal, scrambling over each other as they rushed toward the distant County City.
After all the Small Spirit Realm cultivators had been dispatched, a fourth-level Martial Spirit in a black, hooded robe looked at Flame Wolf, confused.
"Yan," Qingwa asked, "why are we doing this? If they complete the Hall Master’s mission, what’s left for us?"
Flame Wolf glanced at him, a flicker of contempt in his eyes.
"Qingwa, don’t worry. They’re just a bunch of Small Spirit Realm grunts following orders. Once they’ve carried out the Hall Master’s task, they wouldn’t dare try to steal the credit from their superiors. Wouldn’t you all agree?"
As Flame Wolf spoke, he narrowed his eyes and swept his gaze over the other four Earth Spirit Realm experts.
Among the five Earth Spirit Realm cultivators, Flame Wolf was the strongest, having reached the level of a sixth-level Martial Spirit.
His meaning was clear. While his words were meant to reassure the other four, they also served as a warning: he, Flame Wolf, intended to take the lion’s share of the credit.
Qingwa and the other three Earth Spirit Realm cultivators gave a few hollow laughs, not daring to say anything more.
The power gap was too great; they didn’t dare to cross Flame Wolf.
The walls of Lianshan County City couldn’t even stop the weakest first-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall, let alone these true Small Spirit Realm cultivators.
「Outside the South Wall.」
Under Qian Wuyang’s command, over a hundred Small Spirit Realm cultivators formed a line, leaping up and easily landing on the city wall.
Thanks to the earlier charge of over a thousand first-level Martial Spirits, the top of the wall was now empty. All the fighting had been pushed deeper into the County City.
After the fierce battle, neither side had many combatants left, and the main engagement was now focused in the central area of this front.
The hundred-plus Small Spirit Realm cultivators who landed on the wall scanned the area, and almost simultaneously, their eyes locked onto Chu Qingyun in the midst of the fray.
It was no wonder. The ten vines on his back were just too distinctive.
"Die, Chu Qingyun!"
At almost the exact same moment, the hundred-plus Small Spirit Realm cultivators roared and leaped from the wall, charging straight for Chu Qingyun!
The combined roar of so many Small Spirit Realm cultivators was truly staggering.
Even Chu Qingyun paused for a fraction of a second. When he turned to look, his pupils constricted and his expression changed.
Over a hundred Small Spirit Realm cultivators!
And every single one of them had a condensed aura—they were all true Small Spirit Realm cultivators!
These Small Spirit Realm cultivators were clearly on a completely different level from the cannon fodder first-level Martial Spirits they had faced earlier.
Chu Qingyun’s mind raced as he quickly pieced it together. ’Those earlier troops were just cannon fodder, sent to wear down the strength of our Great Xia Dragon Guard.’
’And this is likely the Martial Soul Hall’s final, most ferocious assault.’
"Die, Chu Qingyun!"
"Earth-Splitting Mad Saber!"
At the head of the hundred-man charge, Qian Wuyang unleashed his Soul Technique, slashing his saber toward Chu Qingyun, his eyes burning with an unconcealable fervor.
’If I can just kill Chu Qingyun, I’ll get the primary credit for this whole operation!’
"A mere third-level Martial Spirit dares to talk so big."
"Thunder Light Sword Qi!"
Chu Qingyun snorted coldly. He flipped his Strange Sword, unleashing a beam of Thunder Light Sword Qi over half a meter long to intercept Qian Wuyang.
POP!
Qian Wuyang’s Earth-Splitting Mad Saber snapped in two. His body was silently cleaved apart by the same strike before exploding into a cloud of Martial Soul Power.
A third-level Martial Spirit from the Martial Soul Hall had been utterly powerless to resist Chu Qingyun!
However, seeing Qian Wuyang instantly killed in a single exchange didn’t frighten the other Small Spirit Realm cultivators from the Martial Soul Hall.
Their faces remained feverish with fanaticism. The very instant Chu Qingyun and Qian Wuyang clashed, they swarmed and surrounded him. Without a moment’s hesitation, they launched a furious barrage.
All kinds of Primordial Power and Soul Techniques bombarded Chu Qingyun relentlessly. Some even charged in for close-quarters attacks, heedless of the risk of being caught in the friendly fire!
Faced with such an onslaught, Chu Qingyun’s expression turned grim.
He didn’t dare to be the least bit careless, pushing the Fourth Layer of his Profound Celestial Divine Pattern to its absolute limit. The ten vines of his Iron Thread Ten-Star Vine and his Strange Sword moved to defend with all their might.
Even so, a relentless stream of attacks still slammed into him, causing the hazy, ochre-colored light covering his body to shudder violently.
Back when he was a first-level Martial Spirit, Chu Qingyun had also faced a massive number of Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall.
But the vast majority of those had been low-quality, first-level Martial Spirits with weak and unfocused Qi and Primordial Power. They were nothing compared to this current group!
Chu Qingyun was instantly swamped by the coordinated assault of over a hundred true Small Spirit Realm cultivators. Not only were the surviving Great Xia Dragon Guard members nearby stunned, but even the remaining low-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall were rooted to the spot in shock.
However, it didn’t take long for someone to snap out of it.
"Damn it, we have to save the Captain!"
Xiao Feng roared, sending three of the low-level Martial Spirits flying with a swing of his club. Without hesitation, he pulled out a jade box, crushed it in his hand, and swallowed the Elixir inside.
As the Violent Yuan Pill went down, Xiao Feng felt the Primordial Power throughout his body begin to boil. The energy surged through his meridians, its flow rate instantly accelerating several times over.
A sensation of immense power washed over him, and he couldn’t help but let out a heavenward roar.
He stomped hard, shattering the ground beneath his feet, and launched himself forward like a cannonball. He sent several low-level Martial Spirits flying as he barreled straight toward the Small Spirit Realm cultivators surrounding Chu Qingyun.
"Bursting Strike!"
A blinding light flared from his giant Wolf Fang Club.
As Xiao Feng brought his club crashing down, he instantly obliterated three Small Spirit Realm cultivators on the edge of the encirclement—one of whom was even a second-level Martial Spirit!
Xiao Feng was one of the most talented members of the Great Xia Dragon Guard to begin with. Though only a first-level Martial Spirit, after consuming the Violent Yuan Pill, even a second-level Martial Spirit from the Martial Soul Hall couldn’t withstand a single, unprepared-for strike from him!
Right behind Xiao Feng, Xia He, Chen Yu, Huang Yinghao, and the other surviving third-level Martial Spirits also consumed their Elixirs. They charged toward the group surrounding Chu Qingyun, and a fierce battle erupted.
Everyone could see that this was most likely the Martial Soul Hall’s final assault. If they could just hold off this wave, they would win!
Of course, that was assuming the Martial Soul Hall had no Earth Spirit Realm cultivators on their side...
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