Chapter 2169: Chapter 2169: Pan Muxiang?
In an instant, he ended the life of a Six-Winged Angel, and Ye Haochuan’s hands didn’t pause as he thrust his halberd toward Cass again.
Cass grew anxious, his six wings beating wildly as he narrowly dodged the fatal strike, yet he was still wounded by Ye Haochuan.
Ye Haochuan abandoned him immediately, Gale Immortal Canon surging under his feet as he stamped forward and charged toward the Director’s position.
But before he could make it there, the Director was the first to falter; a single mistake, and he was struck by an Eight-Winged Angel, grievously injured and knocked unconscious.
The two Eight-Winged Angels saw him rushing over and a trace of disdain flashed in their eyes. Wearing playful smiles, they charged at him together.
Seeing this, Ye Haochuan’s brows furrowed into the shape of the character "川".
In his current state, facing even one fused-origin Eight-Winged Angel meant only a dead end, let alone two of them.
Ye Haochuan instinctively wanted to flee, but his speed was ultimately no match for the Eight-Winged Angels; he had no chance of running.
If this were inside some Heavenly Emissary Sanctuary, he could still use the spatial floating particles in the statues to escape the Holy See. Unfortunately, Xierui had clearly anticipated that and set the encirclement outside the Holy Temple.
After crossing blows with the Eight-Winged Angels twice, Ye Haochuan was already in extreme peril, internal injuries piling up.
One of the Eight-Winged Angels seemed to lose interest in toying with Ye Haochuan; a Longsword shot straight for Ye Haochuan’s face.
Ye Haochuan had just taken the full force of the other Eight-Winged Angel’s strike, right at his most exhausted moment, and that Longsword was both fast and vicious—he simply had no time to block.
Just as he was about to recklessly unleash the Heaven-Penetrating Barrier, eight Thunderbolt Chains suddenly shot out, instantly knocking the Eight-Winged Angel’s Longsword flying.
The Eight-Winged Angel was clearly startled. He didn’t even have time to defend as the eight chains pierced through his body.
Ye Haochuan hurriedly turned his head and indeed saw Xu Linglan, pale-faced, shouldering that gigantic gourd, with the eight Thunderbolt Chains flying out from within it.
"Why are you being stupid? Using such a high-consumption move right now—you’re looking for death!" Ye Haochuan shouted anxiously.
"It’s a sure-death situation anyway. I just don’t want you dying before me, that’s all!"
Xu Linglan gave a bleak smile. The eight chains turned once more, and this time their target was Xierui.
Xierui’s willow brows knit slightly as she retreated quickly, simultaneously summoning a Defensive Shield.
Bang~
The eight chains, carrying Thunderbolt might, slammed into the Protective Shield. Cracks instantly spread densely across its surface, as if it would shatter the next second.
Xierui’s face immediately turned an unhealthy white, but she clenched her silver teeth and grasped forward with both hands; the Protective Shield actually began to rapidly recover.
Thunderbolt Chains and Protective Shield, offense and defense, wrestled against each other for quite a while before Xu Linglan finally couldn’t hold on. She spewed a mouthful of blood, and in that instant, the Thunderbolt Chains shattered.
The Thunderbolt Chains were indeed ferocious in power, but the consumption was even greater. She had already spent a lot of Flower Energy to kill an Eight-Winged Angel earlier, and after clashing with Xierui for so long, there was no way she could still endure.
Ye Haochuan hurried over and fed the last Nine Revolutions Jade Restoration Pill into Xu Linglan’s mouth.
On the other side, Xierui was clearly not well either. That Protective Shield was a special Cultivation Technique that could continuously repair itself, but the drain on her was enormous.
Right now she too was drenched in cold sweat, and for a short while had no strength left to make another move.
"Kill them," Xierui said weakly.
The other two Eight-Winged Angels seized the opening. This was the moment when Xu Linglan was at her weakest; killing her would be as easy as lifting a hand.
The two of them rushed up, a vicious glint in their eyes, striking without mercy.
Ye Haochuan knew full well he couldn’t resist, but he still gritted his teeth and summoned the Heaven-Penetrating Barrier.
Using the Heaven-Penetrating Barrier to withstand such a terrifying attack would definitely drain his Vitality dry in an instant, but he couldn’t afford to care.
Behind him, shielded by Ye Haochuan, Xu Linglan’s eyes were filled with rage and unwillingness.
The Nine Revolutions Jade Restoration Pill was powerful, but it obviously couldn’t restore her instantly, and the enemy clearly wasn’t going to give her that chance.
At the most critical instant, a colossal shadow that blotted out the sky suddenly swept over, ignoring all obstructions as it rammed straight toward the two Eight-Winged Angels.
The two Eight-Winged Angels sensed the danger and no longer dared continue their strike at Ye Haochuan and Xu Linglan. They hurriedly pulled back to evade.
"That’s... the Skysea Green Bird? Why would it appear here at a time like this?" Xierui clearly saw the incoming figure and was utterly shocked.
Looking closer, the Skysea Green Bird was clearly different from before. This giant fish that once could only survive in the sea had actually grown two enormous wings.
Previously, only the ocean was the Skysea Green Bird’s home turf. Once it left the sea, its strength would instantly drop by several levels. But now, even in the air, it possessed formidable combat power—its strength had soared.
"Join forces and kill it!" Xierui snapped out of her brief astonishment, her eyes brimming with killing intent.
Last time, it was this Skysea Green Bird’s sudden appearance that caused her to fail and be captured by Ye Haochuan, suffering utter humiliation. Now that it had appeared again, there was no way she’d let it go.
The Skysea Green Bird’s strength was impressive, but in front of fused-origin Eight-Winged Angels, it was still somewhat lacking. Its charge looked for all the world like a suicide run, which was baffling.
But in the next second, this oddity was explained.
A cloaked figure suddenly rose swiftly from the back of the Skysea Green Bird.
"Get on, quickly!" the figure called urgently to Ye Haochuan and Xu Linglan.
"Pan Muxiang?" Ye Haochuan was overjoyed. He hurriedly picked up Xu Linglan and leapt onto the Skysea Green Bird’s back.
On the other side, the attacks of the two Eight-Winged Angels were also unleashed at that very moment.
But in the next instant, the Skysea Green Bird’s enormous wings gave a fierce flap. A gale that seemed capable of lifting everything tore forth, and the bird’s plump body shot out in that same instant, causing the two powerful attacks to miss.
By the time the two Eight-Winged Angels came back to their senses, the Skysea Green Bird had already flown dozens of li away.
"How is it this fast?" Everyone present looked as if they’d seen a ghost.
The Skysea Green Bird’s body was as huge as an island. Just what kind of wings could make such a massive form take off in an instant and move at such speed?
After a brief daze, the two Eight-Winged Angels rapidly beat their eight wings and shot out in pursuit.
This ambush had been their best chance to eliminate Xu Linglan. They had seen her strength for themselves; if she wasn’t killed, she would be a disaster waiting to happen.
The Skysea Green Bird’s speed was astonishing, but the fused-origin Eight-Winged Angels weren’t slow either. Chasing from behind, they weren’t falling behind at all.
Xierui, having expended too much, regained a bit of strength after a short rest and also flew out after them.
