Chapter 306: Chapter 281: Battle of King’s True Body_1
"So, the Fang Family from Jinzhou is here for Sirong as well."
A thought flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.
He had heard about the Fang Family of Jinzhou.
In his capacity as one of King Ming’s personal bodyguards, it was crucial for him to have an understanding of all significant powers in the world.
"What’s Fang Xuansha’s power level?"
Lu Yan asked.
Naturally, people from the Fang family, led by Fang Xuansha, who could make others obedient, must possess a significant strength. He probably was the most potent among those from the Fang family present.
"He’s powerful."
Yan Qi said, a look of apprehension in his eyes. "Our Shengxuan Sect borders Jinzhou, so we often interact with the Fang Family. I’ve seen Fang Xuansha a few times. He is a martial arts prodigy rarely seen in the Fang Family, a born Internal God-man who has achieved the King’s True Body. He has now reached the True Body Sixth Refining level."
"King’s True Body, True Body Sixth Refine."
Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo exchanged glances, both seeing the solemnity in each other’s eyes.
Such a character was terrifyingly powerful in battle.
On equal levels, they were confident enough to suppress him.
However, it becomes difficult if he is two levels higher than them.
But they still possessed some advantages.
The enemy was in the light, and they were in the dark.
Wait!
For now, all they could do was patiently wait for the perfect opportunity.
Time quickly passed by.
Soon, it was the old woman and Zhao Sirong’s turn.
The old woman obediently extended her hand for inspection by a member of the Fang Family.
When the person from the Fang Family reached out, the old woman suddenly attacked, slamming both her palms towards her opponent.
"I was waiting for you."
The person from the Fang Family had been prepared and alert all along, ready to counteract any ambush. Thus, when the old woman suddenly attacked, he wasn’t surprised. Instead, he let out a loud shout, his True Vigor surged, and he counterattacked with one palm while striking the old woman’s head with the other.
The old woman could only defend herself with a sweep of her left hand.
With two loud thuds, the two of them each stepped back.
True Body Seventh Refinement.
The old woman’s heart sank.
"Kill."
The skilled fighter from the Fang family issued a cold command. His hands turned into a green color, emanating a terrible smell, and he lunged towards the old woman.
The other members of the Fang family also surrounded the old woman.
However, Fang Xuansha stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly without the intention to join the fight.
Perhaps he thought a mere old woman was not worth his intervention.
The old woman waved her hand, revealing a long whip about a dozen meters long, whipping it around like a black snake attacking the experts from the Fang family.
"Now is the time."
Lu Yan drew back his bow and arrow with True Vigor continuously pouring into the arrow.
He was gathering strength.
Whoosh!
The next moment, the arrow soared out like lightning directly towards Fang Xuansha’s heart.
Given Lu Yan’s current cultivation level, an all-out attack with the Nine Ring Arrow would be terrifyingly powerful.
However, Fang Xuansha’s spiritual perceptions were extremely keen. Sensing danger, he immediately threw himself forward without any hesitation.
But in the air, the trajectory of the arrow had slightly changed, it lifted a bit to aim at Fang Xuansha again.
Fang Xuansheng’s pupils contracted sharply as his formidable True Vigor erupted instantly, forming a protective layer in front of him.
Next, he clapped his hands together sharply, intending to snatch the arrow.
The moment his hand struck out, a small snake sprung from his wrist like lightning, plunging towards the arrow.
This tiny snake was incredibly sturdy.
Despite its size, its body was like a Divine Weapon, blocking the arrow for a moment before shattering.
However, the arrow’s power was noticeably weakened.
Immediately following, Fang Xuansha’s palms moved to grab the arrow shaft.
Zzzzz!
The arrow and Fang Xuansha’s palm rubbed fiercely against each other, causing sparks to fly. The arrow continued forwards, piercing an inch into Fang Xuansha’s chest before it was caught and stopped by his True Vigor and bones.
Fang Xuansha was inwardly horrified. If it weren’t for the small snake blocking the arrow, he would have been seriously injured.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
After firing the Nine Ring Arrow, Lu Yan drew his bow again and fired six Eight Ring Arrows rapidly.
The six arrows followed different arcs, speeding towards Fang Xuansha.
Fang Xuansha gave a shudder, and the arrow in his chest flew out. A green curved knife had already appeared in his hand, which slashed out six rays of light, blocking all six Eight Ring Arrows.
"This guy’s strength is really strong. He just received a minor injury even after all that."
Lu Yan frowned, took out another arrow, and started gathering his strength again.
The power of the Eight Ring Arrow was limited. The Nine Ring Arrow could truly maximize the potential of the Thunder Nine Sounds martial art.
This time, Lu Yan didn’t aim at Fang Xuansha but aimed at the Fang Family’s expert who was battling the old woman from the Shengxuan Sect instead.
His power was gathered in just three breaths.
The arrow seemed to tear through the night sky. When the sound of the Nine Rings resonated through the village, the arrow was already just a meter away from the expert of the Fang Family.
From a meter away, the Nine Ring Arrow could close the distance in an instant.
The Fang Family’s True Body Seventh Refine expert hastily shifted his body sideways, avoiding his heart. When the arrow struck his left shoulder, there was a loud bang, the expert’s left shoulder and corresponding arm exploded into a mist of blood.
The elderly woman from Shengxuan Sect saw her chance and pounced to attack. Her long whip slithered like a snake, wrapping around her opponent’s neck. With one powerful pull, her opponent’s head was brutally ripped off.
A master with True Body Seventh Refinement was dead.
"Damn it, there’s someone over there, an archer, flush him out!"
Fang Xuansha bellowed, kicking off the ground with a gust of speed, heading towards the tree where Lu Yan was hiding.
At the same time, he tossed two handfuls of green powder into the air, which clouded his vision significantly.
It was poison powder. Though it would not reach Lu Yan from this distance, it could obscure his physical form and prevent him from being targeted.
Lu Yan’s Nine Ring Arrow, it was something he dreaded.
Besides Fang Xuansha, two others followed him and began to chase Lu Yan.
Lu Yan burst from the tree and quickly began to run in the opposite direction, all while nocking an arrow onto the Starfall Bow, readying his shot.
Three breaths later.
Whoosh!
A Nine Ring Arrow flew through the air.
His target this time was a man suspended in the air.
That man, whose cultivation level was only True Body Fifth Refinement, was unable to dodge Lu Yan’s full-strength arrow.
His body exploded mid-air like a watermelon pierced by an arrow.
Out of a group of seven from the Fang Family, only five remained now.
Fang Xuansha’s eyes reddened as he charged at Lu Yan in a fit of madness.
If he could get close enough, he could limit the effectiveness of an archer.
But Lu Yan was incredibly fast, darting through the forest, circling the village.
Then, he readied another arrow, aiming at another person in the sky.
The man was horrified, he wouldn’t dare to remain in the sky as a target. As he tried to plummet down, Lu Yan’s arrow exploded him before he could reach the ground.
Three down.
Only four were left.
At that moment, one of them was intertwined in a fight with the elderly woman from the Shengxuan Sect. He was a figure at the level of True Body Seventh Refinement.
Fang Xuansha had brought the elite of the elite on this expedition.
Among all, three were of True Body Seventh Refinement.
Two of True Body Fifth Refinement, and he himself and one other were of True Body Sixth Refinement.
Now, the two people chasing Lu Yan with Fang Xuansha were respectively a True Body Seventh Refiner and a True Body Sixth Refiner.
Moreover, none of them were Inferior True Bodies, all were Middle-Grade True Bodies.
As one of them passed the tree Lu Yan was previously using to hide, Shen Yinuo suddenly sprang out. Her palm had turned blood red, looking like a bloody blade, and she pierced towards that person.
This man was a True Body Sixth Refiner, of a Middle-Grade True Body, his combat power was exceptionally strong.
Yet against a powerfully built-up Shen Yinuo, it wasn’t enough.
With one move, this man’s arm was shattered to pieces. Next, the Asura Hand plunged straight into him, piercing his heart. The man was sent flying, dying on the spot.
Only three were left now.
"You wicked person..."
Fang Xuansha’s eyes were blood red.
The experts he had brought this time were all elite fighters from his faction. The losses were horrendous in this battle.
Developing a master of True Body Fifth Refinement or beyond was an incredibly resource-intensive process, not to mention the masters with True Body Sixth or Seventh Refinement.
The True Body Seventh Refining master who had been chasing Lu Yan with Fang Xuansha now rapidly altered his course and charged towards Shen Yinuo, dissipating venomous water as he struck with his palm towards her.
But Shen Yinuo pushed back with her hands, made the Great Sun Melting Furnace appear, blocking the poisonous water, and continued to charge at him.
The intense heat distorted the air around them. The True Body Seventh Refinement expert didn’t dare to be careless, his palms turning dark green and continuously attacking to fend off the Great Sun Melting Furnace.
Shen Yinuo darted to his side and charged at him, both her fists glowing with incandescent light, like two miniature suns, bombarding the True Body Seventh Refinement expert.
Clang, clang...
After a few consecutive moves, the True Body Seventh Refinement master from the Fang family was sent stumbling backward. He couldn’t compete with Shen Yinuo.
The man from the Fang family bellowed and his body started to emit a luminescent green light. As he moved, a green powder was released.
This was a highly poisonous substance. Usual martial cultivators of his rank would dare not make contact with it, as it had the terrifying ability to corrode the True Body.
But he had met his nemesis.
Shen Yinuo’s attack, with its terrifying high heat, would incinerate any poison as soon as it came close.
For a moment, this Seventh Level True Body individual from the Fang family was on the back foot, barely hanging on, grumbling in distress and hoping that Fang Xuansha would defeat his opponent soon and come to his aid.
"Think you can escape..."
At this moment, Fang Xuansha let out a low growl, and Lu Yan could hear the buzzing from the surrounding bushes. Swarms of poisonous insects emerged and rushed towards him.
"Damn, this guy has been silently releasing a large number of poisonous insects into the bushes while he was chasing me."
Inwardly alarmed, Lu Yan one hand was holding his bow and arrow, the other swung out the Cold Magic Palm.
Frosty palm force swooshed out, freezing the poisonous insects and causing them to drop to the ground.
However, there were too many poisonous insects. They were endless, and no matter how many he killed, more would attack him.
Lu Yan’s movements were hindered; he couldn’t even think about shooting his arrow, and his speed was greatly reduced.
Fang Xuansha seized the opportunity to charge in, he swung out the curved saber in his hand in the air and it began to rapidly spin and slash towards Lu Yan.
Lu Yan swiftly put away his bow and arrow, steeled a Cold Magic Palm which led to a surge of icy cold character, freezing a large number of poisonous insects. Then he slapped the side of the spinning saber, which altered its path and flew towards the distance.
"Die."
Fang Xuansha finally caught up. His palms turned dark green, exuding a strong stench and he slapped them down towards Lu Yan.
Just the smell was enough to make Lu Yan feel faint.
It was highly poisonous.
Luckily, Lu Yan’s True Body was particularly robust. Although he was initially dizzy, he quickly adapted and expelled the poison from his body through his True Vigor.
