Chapter 414: Chapter 189: Brutal
Black Death True Astral ravaged Shi Kaishan’s body, and he struggled to muster his own True Astral to fight back.
Just at this critical moment—
"SWOOSH—!"
An incomparably sharp whistle tore through the din of the battlefield!
A peerlessly sharp, golden Fist Gang shot in from the distance like a meteor streaking across the night sky, blasting with pinpoint accuracy toward the center of Jin Poyue’s back!
Its ferocious momentum and incredible speed were so great that the air itself seemed to rip apart with a sonic BOOM!
"Hmm!?"
The hairs on Jin Poyue’s body stood on end. A sense of fatal danger instantly washed over him, forcing him to abandon his attack on Shi Kaishan and awkwardly dodge to the side.
"BOOM!"
The golden Fist Gang slammed into the spot where he had just stood, blowing a deep crater in the ground and sending rubble and dust flying everywhere!
"He Yuzhou!?
Jin Poyue steadied himself. When he saw who had arrived, his face turned grim as he cried out in shock, "How did you get here so fast!?"
The newcomer was none other than the Sect Leader of the Wutai Sect, He Yuzhou!
His blue robes billowed without a wind, and he emanated an aura as sharp as a newly drawn sword. The immense pressure of the Outer Astral Realm radiated from him, unconcealed, causing the chaotic battle around him to momentarily grind to a halt.
"Sect Leader He!"
When Shi Kaishan saw the reinforcements, a glimmer of hope finally lit up his eyes. The tension holding him up vanished, and he slid down a pillar to the ground. Trembling, he fumbled inside his robes, pulled out a Healing Elixir, and stuffed it into his mouth, desperately trying to suppress the rampaging Black Death True Astral in his body.
He Yuzhou’s gaze swept across the brutal battlefield before finally settling on Jin Poyue. His voice was glacial. "Before coming here, I sent secret letters to Cold Valley Master and Manor Master Zhou."
Hearing this, Shi Kaishan felt a measure of relief, but his injuries were too severe for him to fight anymore.
In the distance, Zuo Feng, who had just teamed up with the Poison Elder to kill one of the Xuanjia Sect’s Astral Force Elders and was busy looting Elixirs and other valuables, saw He Yuzhou appear and felt a sudden jolt of terror.
’This is bad! The Wutai Sect’s reinforcements are here! We have to run!’
Cunning and quick-witted, he knew He Yuzhou’s power was far beyond their ability to handle. With a quick curse, he made a split-second decision and bolted toward the main gate, not even bothering to warn the others as he fled for his life.
The Demon Sect was just a fleet of rickety boats, hastily thrown together.
When disaster struck, the only principle they followed was "every man for himself."
Jin Poyue saw this and knew there was no longer any path of retreat. ’If I let He Yuzhou and Shi Kaishan regroup, we’ll all be dead once the forces from Cold Jade Valley and Qixia Manor arrive!’
He immediately roared at Hu Mei and another Demon Sect Astral Force expert, Han Baiyi, who were nearby.
"Together! Kill He Yuzhou first!"
With a sharp cry, Hu Mei flicked her wrist. Her blood-red silk sash shot out like a viper, coiling toward He Yuzhou’s legs.
The gleam of Han Baiyi’s saber flashed like a bolt of silk, slicing at He Yuzhou’s waist with a piercing shriek. At the same time, Jin Poyue channeled his Demon Skill again, his palms turning black as ink as he launched a frontal assault!
"Ants trying to shake a tree! You’re courting death!"
He Yuzhou snorted. Facing the combined assault of three Astral Force masters from the Demon Sect, he didn’t even try to dodge.
The incredibly pure Geng Metal True Gang within him erupted, shrouding his body in a layer of sharp, golden light.
He brought up his fists, unleashing one of the Wutai Sect’s ultimate techniques—the Vajra Armor-Breaking Fist!
The fist technique was like the wrath of a Vajra—absolute in its hardness and ferocity, capable of destroying anything in its path!
"Break!"
He Yuzhou roared, his left fist smashing straight into Han Baiyi’s gleaming saber!
"CLANG—!"
A deafening clang of metal on metal rang out!
The sharp edge of Han Baiyi’s saber was shattered by He Yuzhou’s fist. The blade let out a mournful hum and trembled violently. Han Baiyi himself stumbled back as if struck by a battering ram, the webbing of his hand splitting open and gushing blood. His eyes were wide with terror!
Simultaneously, He Yuzhou opened his right fist into a claw-like hand and, with pinpoint accuracy, snatched Hu Mei’s incoming blood-red sash from the air!
Infused with Geng Metal True Gang, his palm was sharper than any Divine Weapon!
"RRRIP—!"
He Yuzhou tore the sinister, blood-red sash apart with his bare hands!
Hu Mei cried out in shock as the Geng Metal True Gang invaded her body, a trickle of blood leaking from the corner of her mouth.
He Yuzhou’s movements never paused. The instant he neutralized the threats on his flanks, he twisted his body, deftly evading the main force of Jin Poyue’s Bone-Eroding Palm Wind. He followed through with an unbelievably fast side kick, the leg slicing through the air like an axe as it swept viciously toward Jin Poyue’s midsection!
Jin Poyue scrambled to block with both palms!
"BANG!"
As leg met palms, Jin Poyue felt an unimaginable force slam into him. His qi and blood roiled, and his Protective Demon Astral fluctuated wildly. He was sent sliding back uncontrollably for over a hundred feet, his boots carving two deep gouges in the earth.
He Yuzhou, fighting one against three, had dismantled their coordinated attack in the blink of an eye and beaten back two of his opponents. His overwhelming power was plain to see.
Pressing his advantage, he moved like lightning, instantly chasing after the most heavily injured of the three, Han Baiyi.
Terrified out of his wits, Han Baiyi desperately swung his saber to defend himself.
A cold glint flashed in He Yuzhou’s eyes as he fiercely unleashed the most lethal technique of the Vajra Armor-Breaking Fist—the Mountain-Shattering Technique!
The air itself seemed to detonate wherever his Fist Edge passed!
Han Baiyi’s Saber Astral was pierced as if it were paper, and the Fist Force slammed unimpeded into his chest!
"PUH—!"
Han Baiyi’s chest visibly caved inward as the print of a fist bulged from his back. His eyes nearly popped from their sockets as he sprayed a mouthful of blood and organ fragments, dying instantly.
The Astral Force master of the Demon Sect had been killed in a single instant!
Without a single glance at the corpse, He Yuzhou spun around and charged toward the deathly pale Hu Mei like a tiger pouncing on a lamb.
Scared out of her wits, Hu Mei cried out and executed her life-saving Body Technique, dissolving into several blood-red afterimages that scattered in every direction.
