Chapter 1265: Chapter 1263: Chaos Sky Four Extremes
"Do you dare to break the rules?"
Che Renzhong’s opponent was a staff-wielding Outer Heaven Giant, whose strike, heavy like a falling star, caused vast expanses of the ground to crack rapidly.
"The rule only forbids attacking ordinary people, who said we can’t attack each other?"
A smile crept up on the corner of the mouth of the staff-wielding Outer Heaven Giant.
His clash with Che Renzhong was brief, and even so, the battle over there should have ended by now. After all, eleven against one, there couldn’t possibly be any mishap.
Che Renzhong’s eyes were grim as he threw punches and strikes with reckless abandon. After thousands of exchanges, the staff-wielding Outer Heaven Giant’s palms were bleeding and he finally began to falter.
This time, in order to ensure the success of their operation, apart from Blood Sea Blade Emperor who took the Divine Blade to block the Great Battles Emperor, the remaining strongest four all participated in the attempt to kill Shi Xiaole, so the others, inevitably, were not as powerful as the East Victory Giants.
After all, their main task was to contain the enemy and they didn’t need to hold out for long, so naturally, there were no problems.
"Your East Victory is finished. One day, my staff will smash your skull, it definitely will!"
Seeing that the time was about right, the staff-wielding Outer Heaven Giant let out a long laugh and withdrew back to the Overlapping Land.
With no time to chase the enemy, Che Renzhong hurried toward the area Shi Xiaole was responsible for. Alas, by the time he arrived, where was Shi Xiaole still to be seen?
"The Sect Leader clashed with the Outer Heaven Demons, then there was no more movement."
Some of the Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors looked troubled.
They could not get close to a battle between Giants, so naturally they didn’t know the final situation.
Che Renzhong, as if driven mad, frantically searched the stratosphere, but no matter what methods he used, he could not find any clues. Soon after, the Great Battles Emperor and others also arrived one after another.
The five Giants strained to find any clues left by Shi Xiaole, their faces so dark they seemed as if water could drip from them, and the entire sky felt as if it was charged with lightning and thunder, oppressing the hearts of countless warriors below.
No one could deny that up to this day, Shi Xiaole had become one of the most important forces in the East Victory world against the Outer Heaven Giants, not inferior to the Great Battles Emperor.
The latter had divine artifacts to boost him, whereas Shi Xiaole, solely with his own strength, had contained two to three Outer Heaven Giants. His loss would cause a fatal flaw in the entire defense line of East Victory.
Not to mention, Shi Xiaole’s presence had saved countless lives of Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors in dire straits. His legendary status, his potential, and his ability to create miracles along the way were all invisibly inspiring the morale of East Victory warriors.
The Great Battles Emperor and the others could hardly imagine the upheaval that would ensue once word got out that Shi Xiaole was in trouble. How many more of East Victory’s top fighters would die the next time they clashed?
"Despicable Outer Heaven Demons, using such underhanded tactics, let’s go kill them!"
The Sect Leader of the Demon Exorcism Sect roared furiously, but was stopped by the Great Battles Emperor, "Calm down, they must have made thorough preparations. Going there now will be useless. Moreover, don’t you think something is very strange?"
The Wind Wave Ancestor’s eyes flashed, "Are you suggesting that..."
The Great Battles Emperor said, "Aside from the five including Blood Sea Blade Emperor, the other four Giants working together might be able to defeat the Sect Leader, but killing him would be difficult, let alone in such a short amount of time! With the Sect Leader’s formidable fighting power, holding out until our rescue wouldn’t be difficult."
All present agreed with this point. In terms of fighting strength, there was no one in the entire East Victory world who could be compared with Shi Xiaole.
Yet if Shi Xiaole had successfully escaped, he wouldn’t be hiding.
Therefore.
"The ones who ambushed the Junior Brother were definitely more than four."
With a flash, Che Renzhong appeared in front of the others, his face as resolute as ever, calm as if nothing had happened. But the more it was like this, the more it made the others uneasy.
Even the Great Battles Emperor felt a shiver while looking into Che Renzhong’s eyes, as if facing a dormant super volcano that could erupt at any moment.
"Could it be that more Outer Heaven Giants have crossed over?"
The Spirit Ink Emperor exclaimed in shock.
This was terrible news; they were already stretched thin, barely coping. Now, with Shi Xiaole’s life and death uncertain, if several more Giants joined the Outer Heaven camp, then what was left to fight?
The East Victory world would face a total defeat!
For a moment, the atmosphere turned unprecedentedly heavy, and the Giants found it somewhat difficult to breathe.
"No, that’s not right."
The Great Battles Emperor shook his head, "If it were Outer Heaven Giants crossing over, why resort to a surprise attack? Charging in directly would be simpler."
The Wind Wave Ancestor said, "Maybe they are afraid that the Sect Leader will escape."
If he were the opponent, he wouldn’t allow Shi Xiaole to live either; he would have to eliminate such a huge threat.
This explanation appeared logical and reasonable, yet Che Renzhong said, "Just now, I detected a wisp of an extremely mysterious Array System aura, which has a concealing effect; what are they hiding?"
In terms of mental fortitude, Che Renzhong was far above the other four, and had discovered much more.
The several of them exchanged glances, completely unable to guess the purpose of the Outer Heaven Demons. The Great Battles Emperor seemed to have caught onto something, but the idea was very vague.
"Regardless, with the Sect Leader’s whereabouts unknown, our battles ahead will become ten times more difficult! Perhaps, perhaps the next time we will be breached by the people from Outer Heaven. My friends, we need to make a decision."
The words of the Great Battles Emperor were filled with resolute flavor.
Everyone understood what his decisive comment meant. Despite having little hope for repelling the Outer Heaven Demons, they never expected this day to come so swiftly!
The news of Shi Xiaole’s disappearance eventually leaked out, as it was impossible to conceal. Instantly, the area he was responsible for erupted into chaos.
Countless warriors from East Victory cursed the Outer Heaven Demons, some cried out in despair, others roared in rage, but even more were silent. If even the great estate owner had met with disaster, what were they to do? Could they win again next time?
And as for the warriors from the other five areas of East Victory, upon hearing the news, they felt as though the sky had collapsed, and their once booming momentum plummeted to rock bottom within a few days.
The Great Battles Emperor and others had still underestimated the impact Shi Xiaole had on the world of East Victory.
In the hearts of all warriors from East Victory, Shi Xiaole was no longer just a young man, or even a specific person, but a spiritual pillar, even a form of faith.
He was always invincible, always turning decay into magic. Throughout his journey, he never failed to convey to the world that there was nothing he could not achieve.
Even the Great Battles Emperor and others occasionally couldn’t help but fantasize that in this grand decisive battle, this young man might once again astonish everyone, offering an unimaginable surprise to the onlookers.
Under the heavens, anyone could fall, except for you, Shi Xiaole, how can you afford to?!
But now, this spiritual pillar that supported the countless warriors of East Victory also seemed to have faltered. How long until the next battle, would Shi Xiaole return?
...
Dragging along half a broken body, Shi Xiaole skimmed through the stratosphere. His spiritual power was draining every moment at a tremendous rate, pushing him to the pinnacle of speed he had ever achieved in his life.
Soon, Shi Xiaole’s spiritual energy was nearly depleted. Thankfully, by then, the Reincarnation Pill began to take effect, restoring two-tenths of Shi Xiaole’s power.
He continued flying forward, although his speed had slowed down by more than tenfold compared to before.
Half a 2-hour period later.
Sounds of vigorous air bursts echoed from behind, and a sharp, icy Sword Qi locked onto Shi Xiaole from afar. The Locking Formation was not only capable of trapping an adversary but could also sense their location within a certain period.
"Bold of you to escape into the Overlapping Land," said the Ice Polar Sword Emperor, astonished at Shi Xiaole’s audacity. Instead of fleeing towards the main base of East Victory, he was actually heading towards the stronghold of their Outer Heaven foes.
But the Sword Emperor quickly understood that surely, the young man feared indiscriminate slaughter. Laughable mercy, of what use was it other than causing one’s own death!
Shi Xiaole crossed deserts, traversed mountains, and passed countless landscapes.
The Overlapping Land was unexpectedly vast; originally a reserve battlefield for the Outer Heaven people, it inadvertently connected with the Ten Great Dangerous Places, likely leaving no one aware of its true boundaries.
Half a day later, only thirty thousand meters separated Shi Xiaole and the Ice Polar Sword Emperor.
"Melt Snow!"
An icy sword light struck, and amidst the cracking sounds, Shi Xiaole’s half-healed body shattered again, leaving behind only a head and neck. The Sword Qi furiously burrowed into his body, intent on extinguishing his vitality.
Before Shi Xiaole could expel it, the Sword Emperor’s second and third strikes arrived without giving him any chance to catch his breath and recover.
Hence, Shi Xiaole swallowed the precious pills he had obtained from the East Victory countryside. Each of these pills was rare and unmatched, and now he was pouring them into his body without a second thought for how wasteful it could be.
Boom!
The surging medicinal power forcibly pieced together Shi Xiaole’s nearly splitting head.
But time was too short for Shi Xiaole, not nearly enough for significant power recovery, and the drug’s effects couldn’t invigorate the nearly destroyed life and death martial path.
Under the Ice Polar Sword Emperor’s relentless assassination attempts, Shi Xiaole’s head was about to explode; all four martial paths ceased operation because he had no surplus of Vigorous Air to drive them.
As for the grey breath, short-distance sneaking was feasible, but long-distance was utterly useless. In Shi Xiaole’s current state, he could no longer endure a single strike from the Ice Polar Sword Emperor.
"Shi Xiaole, as an adversary, I have to admire you. To kill you, we actually mobilized sixteen giants, and you almost managed to escape. You’re the toughest person I’ve ever encountered, but it’s over, die!" proclaimed the Ice Polar Sword Emperor, thrusting his sword with murderous intent.
"I won’t die, absolutely not," Shi Xiaole proclaimed in a moment of life-or-death calm.
A power that fused wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, resembling destruction itself, suddenly burst from his body, filling the entire sky. Wherever the eye could see, nothing was unscathed.
Chaos Sky Four Extremes!
It was precisely the lethal technique that Shi Xiaole had purchased for himself, the supreme secret from Xiao Sanxiao, "Chaos Sky Four Extremes."
This technique utilized the balance of the four energies from heaven and earth erupting simultaneously, possessing an unstoppable force capable of shattering everything. When it collided with the Sword Qi, a thunderous noise that shook the heavens and earth ensued.
Using the force of the backlash, Shi Xiaole burst forth like an aurora into a secret realm.
This place was deep within Soul Losing Hill, one of the Ten Great Dangerous Places that he and the women from Illusion Orchid Tower had once passed from afar, now his destination for escape.
His calculations were just perfect.
