Chapter 1024: Chapter 1023: Sweeping Through Enemies from All Directions (Part 5) (14/20 update for poonlo)_1
"The Destruction Spear Emperor is dead?"
Whether it was the Blood Spider Martial Emperor, Wangyou Old Ancestor, or the Heavenly Axe Martial Emperor, they all felt a heart-thumping sensation at this moment.
In terms of strength, the Destruction Spear Emperor was certainly not inferior to them, yet such an expert was easily dealt with by the Kirin, and the last move even circumvented the three of them.
The three of them couldn’t figure out why, despite Shi Xiaole’s attack power not reaching the Heavenly Realm level, his combat strength was so formidable.
"If we are to do this, let’s be thorough. Since it has come to this, we cannot afford any more accidents. Everyone, attack together and take down this brat!"
The Blood Spider Martial Emperor shouted fiercely.
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the remaining five Martial Emperors from the Blood Emperor’s Cave, including the Dark Lance Emperor, all made their moves at once, closing in on Shi Xiaole from all directions.
Without needing the Blood Spider Martial Emperor to say more, they already felt uneasy.
"Gentlemen, attack!"
"What are you standing around for!"
Wangyou Old Ancestor and the Heavenly Axe Martial Emperor also cast aside their dignity.
The potential and strength displayed by Shi Xiaole had shocked them to the core, so in order to leave no stone unturned, they were compelled to mobilize everyone present, not believing that even this would not be enough to kill Shi Xiaole.
The Oblivion Assembly had five Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors, the Ancient Divine Sect had six, and along with the six from the Blood Emperor’s Cave, a total of seventeen Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors swiftly attacked Shi Xiaole. Among them were three top Earthly Realm Martial Emperors, three first-rate Earthly Realm Martial Emperors, six second-rate Earthly Realm Martial Emperors, and the rest were Human Realm Martial Emperors.
Gleaming blades and sword shadows, the gust of fists and kick’s power, along with various palm imprints, halberd gleams, long whips, and more, each one possessing the force to shake the heavens and the earth, intertwined and surged like a long river falling from the nine heavens, rumbling as if to crush everything in the world, leaving nothing that could exist.
Such an attack, even the weakest Martial Emperor of the Heavenly Realm, if trapped within this siege, would find it nearly impossible to resist, they would be severely injured if not killed.
Boom!!
The collision of Vigorous Air caused spatial rifts to form like irregular patterns, wildly distorting and expanding in the night sky, and the force of destruction that leaked out covered the surface of the Nine Profound Great Array.
Unfortunately, Shi Xiaole had already escaped. Before everyone else made their move, he had utilized the Wind Sword Way and Illusory Martial Way to position himself behind a Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor.
This man was the Heart Transformation Martial Emperor from the Oblivion Assembly.
When the Golden Abyss alliance had just disappeared, this elder had led the charge against the Nine Heavens Mountain. This enmity, Shi Xiaole had never forgotten.
"Heavenly Palace Illusion."
His spiritual power shot forth, piercing into the Heart Transformation Martial Emperor’s heart like an arrow. The innate alertness to danger allowed the Heart Transformation Martial Emperor to sense something amiss, and he became so startled that his soul nearly flew out of his body as he frantically employed a spiritual defense technique.
But to say nothing of the gap between his and Shi Xiaole’s spiritual power, the fact that the spiritual defense technique he cultivated was a whole level inferior to the Sacred Heart Technique meant he barely had any resistance, plunging the Heart Transformation Martial Emperor into an illusion.
His head was severed by Sword Qi.
"That’s thirty-eight left,"
Shi Xiaole said indifferently.
People didn’t understand his meaning, but there were also some sharp individuals whose gaze swept over the many Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors, and they suddenly felt their skin crawl. A chill raced into their bodies, penetrated their bones, and grew cold to the core.
Counting carefully, there were forty-three Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors surrounding Nine Heavens Mountain. Excluding the five killed by Shi Xiaole, didn’t that leave thirty-eight?
Could it be that the Kirin actually intended to take out all the people present in one fell swoop?
How could this be achieved!
"You insolent brat!"
"Hahaha, what a joke, a sheer joke. Who do you think you are, and what do you take us for?"
"There’s no reasoning with Outer Heaven Demons. I say, let’s all attack together!"
The multitude of Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors were beside themselves with rage. They had roamed the world for many years, always high above, their words deciding life and death. When had they ever been looked down upon like this?
Beyond their anger, there was also a panic they were reluctant to admit. The Kirin’s words were too decisive, too cold. That boundless self-confidence, which left no room for doubt, made people believe he could achieve everything he said he would.
"You can’t be unruly here, go to hell, Blood Spider Soul Devourer!"
A blood-colored spider with eight legs suddenly covered half of the sky, its body spurting out strands of red thread that entangled towards Shi Xiaole. Even tens of thousands of miles away, with the Tianluo Array separating them, people could still smell an unbearable blood scent.
Thump thump thump.
Countless illusions shattered.
Shi Xiaole paid no heed to the Blood Spider Martial Emperor. He accelerated using the Wind Sword Way with the Ascending Immortal Step, accompanied by boundless illusionary Qi. In just a few flashes, he had moved past several powerful Vigorous Air attacks and came close to the Dark Lance Emperor.
"Die."
Shi Xiaole uttered softly, and the long-accumulated Invisible Sword Qi, like rivers and lakes, surged forward with an overwhelming momentum.
"No..."
With his spirit controlled, the Dark Lance Emperor reacted a bit too slowly, only able to watch as he was engulfed by the Sword Qi. After a moment of intense pain, he plunged into endless darkness.
"That leaves thirty-seven."
His body didn’t pause; Shi Xiaole shifted sideways and appeared in front of another Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor, simultaneously unleashing the Heavenly Palace Illusion and the Body-Breaking Invisible Sword Qi.
Thump!
A spray of blood blossomed, and that Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor didn’t even have time to scream from beginning to end.
After doing all this, Shi Xiaole leaped up thirty thousand li. Only then did the terrifying sounds of explosions start to echo below, caused by the combined attacks of the surrounding Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors.
In fact, their speed and reactions were fast, nearing the human limit, but compared to Shi Xiaole, who had broken through the limit, they were still a step behind and thus were continuously restrained.
That alone would have been enough, but Shi Xiaole’s strength on the Spiritual Path was not the least bit inferior to his martial prowess. In some ways, the Spiritual Path was much more mysterious and difficult to defend against than the martial way, essentially killing without a sound.
When Shi Xiaole spared no method, seeking victory at all costs, everyone realized belatedly—could this possibly be the real strength of the Kirin? Was it a side he had never exposed before, cruel, resolute, and unstoppable?
Like wind and mist, Shi Xiaole’s figure stretched out in the air, luring many Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors below to attack frantically, only to realize they were chasing after an illusion.
Spurt!
At the same time, on the eastern side, a head soared into the sky, with a flicker of Sword Qi flashing by. Another Human Realm Martial Emperor was slain.
A feeling named fear gradually rose in the hearts of many Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors, spreading rapidly.
No one wanted to die in vain, but in the face of the elusive and infinitely resourceful Shi Xiaole, they had no other outcome but a futile death.
Fight, but fail to land a hit; defend, but unable to hold, what could they do? It is said that Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors fear being ganged up on, but when applied to the Kirin, that was all bullshit. It wasn’t them hunting down the Kirin, it was clearly the Kirin hunting them.
"Bastard, face me in a head-on battle if you dare; what kind of skill is ambushing!"
The Heavenly Axe Martial Emperor, red-eyed with fury, swung his giant axe repeatedly, shattering masses of clouds, but couldn’t even graze Shi Xiaole’s sleeve, nearly injuring his own allies several times.
"Gentlemen, do you still intend to stand by and watch?"
Even Wangyou Old Ancestor’s expression changed as he shouted urgently towards the Jixia Martial Academy, the Martial Alliance, and the Demon Blade Association.
"Charge!"
The leader of the Jixia Martial Academy was the Dark Light Sword Emperor, who with a wave of his hand, arranged eight people into two rows, above and below, their Qi magically uniting to become exceptionally powerful.
Previously observing from the sidelines, it wasn’t that the Dark Light Sword Emperor was foolish, but he and the other seven people were discreetly activating the "Eight Star Mysterious Great Array."
Given Shi Xiaole’s combat strength, unless it was an overwhelming numerical advantage, going up was tantamount to suicide; the battle formation was the best way to deal with the lad.
Even the Dark Light Sword Emperor had to admit that the Kirin was a person he had only once in his life encountered, and if not eliminated today, he would be a constant worry.
The six members of the Martial Alliance also activated a battle formation, called the "Six Fallen Heaven Punishment Great Array," circling around its very center, a fierce and ominous energy spreading out.
Compared to them, the Demon Blade Association didn’t have such depth, and so the five Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors closely followed the two battle formations, waving their long blades, ready to switch between offense and defense at a moment’s notice.
"Mysterious Yellow, be mine!"
Following the Dark Light Sword Emperor’s shout, the eight people unleashed their ultimate skills, and under the array’s guidance, their Vigorous Air perfectly merged together into a dazzlingly brilliant column of light that burst forth, causing the space it passed through to collapse in cross-sectional collapse.
Shi Xiaole realized that his speed of evasion was not as fast as the column of light, mainly because the affected area was too vast.
At the same time, accompanied by another fierce shout, a dense murderous aura spiraled down from the sky. While perhaps not as powerful as the column of light, if one’s resolve was slightly weaker, they would immediately be intimidated by this killing aura, being unable to wield even half their strength.
Faced with the power of the two battle formations, Shi Xiaole remained fearless. He pushed his power to the limit, rapidly retreating tens of thousands of meters and avoiding the strongest areas of the column and the ominous aura.
At that moment, Shi Xiaole’s mid-grade Spirit Armor emitted light and also unleashed the Body-Breaking Invisible Sword Qi.
Boom!
In an instant, the shield of Sword Qi proclaimed its shattering. Right after that, the defense of the mid-grade Spirit Armor was breached, even damaging the armor itself, which showed numerous cracks on its surface.
And the power of the light column and ominous aura had only used up sixty percent of their strength, with the remaining forty percent landing undiluted on Shi Xiaole’s body.
"Spurt!"
Shi Xiaole spat blood from his mouth and nose, dozens of bones in his chest shattered, and it was only because he had managed to dodge to the weakest point of the attack that he wasn’t undoubtedly doomed.
As for the injuries he sustained, his life-and-death martial technique operated, and in the blink of an eye, the shattered bones were as good as new, with even the wounds healing eighty percent, posing no hindrance to the battle.
The secrets of the life-and-death martial way at eighty percent proficiency couldn’t be fully explained in a few words.
Of course, most importantly, both the light column and the ominous aura were merely combinations of Vigorous Air, not amalgamations of martial power; otherwise, if countless martial forces were involved, even the life-and-death martial way wouldn’t be able to dispel them in a short time.
As the power of the battle formation passed, whether it was the Dark Light Sword Emperor and the others or the experts of the Martial Alliance, they couldn’t help but relax a little. They didn’t believe that such an attack wouldn’t injure Shi Xiaole.
And the remaining Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors seemed unwilling to give Shi Xiaole any chance, furiously bombarding with all their might.
"What the—that is..."
The Dark Light Sword Emperor suddenly exclaimed and parried with his sword.
Clang!
Right before his eyes, a master from the Jixia Martial Academy was cut in two, and the "Eight Star Mysterious Great Array" was instantly broken. He saw that azure shadow stretch on infinitely, and at its end, a master from the Martial Alliance was mercilessly slain.
