Chapter 692: Chapter 691: Success (Updated by ’160812201632277’)
"Zong Wei, you must not act too hastily. Wait for the right opportunity!"
Upon hearing that Zong Yue planned to attack the Right Sect overnight, elders Wang and Chen were in such a fret that they didn’t know what to do. After receiving the news, they rushed to persuade him in the main government hall.
In the hall sat some high-level officials, many of them also showing doubt but dared not voice it.
"The value of troops lies in their speed. The enemy is greatly weakened, which is the best time to launch a full-scale attack! The greater the success you want, the greater the risk you must take. Gentlemen, the destruction of the Right Sect is within reach!"
Shi Xiaole stood up, his enormous stature emitting an imposing aura of iron and blood.
Elder Wang forced himself to calm down.
The Right Sect still has three territories, and with their power dispersed, their Left Sect would indeed have a good chance of victory if they threw everything into the attack. But who knows if they have any spies within, leaking information?
"We will summon our best fighters now, and they won’t have time to pass on any information."
Noticing some peoples’ hesitation, Shi Xiaole said.
"But..."
"There are no buts. I am the highest authority here, you just need to obey my orders. Then, we annihilate the Right Sect! An Hongwei, gather all the top fighters above the ninth level of the Dragon Gate Realm. We leave now!""
"Yes!"
Then turning to the two elders, Shi Xiaole said, "Both of you are indispensable combat forces and must go with us. Remember, my position is above yours and you just need to obey!""
Seeing the situation getting out of control, elders Wang and Chen, sweating coldly with anxiety and anger, could not accept this radical approach. It seemed like a good opportunity, but they preferred more conservative methods.
Elder Chen exclaimed, "What if the River and Sea Gang intervene?""
"Would they dare?"
Impulsive! This was just youthful impulsivity, acting rashly without considering the consequences. Too risky!
"We won’t go."
"Fine, but if due to your absence, the operation fails, you had better be prepared to take responsibility! If you go and the situation becomes unfavorable, we can retreat in time. Choose for yourselves."
"You, you....."
The two elders’ eyes were bloodshot, as if ready to explode. This arrogant egoist was treating peoples’ lives like a joke!
Without knowing why, over four thousand top fighters from the Left Sect were forcibly assembled by Shi Xiaole and set off for the Right Sect overnight. It was only on the way that they learned the purpose of this trip.
Looking at the figure leading in the front, someone sneered cynically in secret.
At midnight under a dark and starless sky.
A terrifying aura suddenly dispersed at the edge of the sky, transforming into a divine light that pierced the darkness, ruthlessly slamming into a distant fortress.
Bang!
The light shield of the Array System had just appeared when it was shattered, and a large amount of earth and stone exploded outward, but there were no signs of people.
Just as everyone was puzzled, a firework exploded in the sky. Immediately afterward, swooshing sounds began to echo from all directions, and a large group of people surrounded Shi Xiaole and the other top fighters of the Left Sect.
"Hahaha..."
Directly across from Shi Xiaole, a man with a purple face laughed wildly, tauntingly saying, "So you are the protector, Zong Yue? What courage, what audacity, but sadly, you’ve fallen into our trap."
Since the sacrifice of their top fighters, the Right Sect had taken countermeasures in advance according to Elder Zhao’s instructions, splitting their forces into three groups and lying in ambush outside those three regions. With the array in place, the Left Sect had no way of knowing whether there was anyone inside.
The firework just now was a signal. They believed it wouldn’t be long before reinforcements from the other two locations would arrive.
Actually, after the plan started, the Purple-faced man was still very worried. What if Zong Yue didn’t take the bait? Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
Thinking of this, the purple-faced man looked admiringly at Elder Zhao beside him. Elder Zhao returned a slight smile, his demeanor exuded calmness and confidence, as though everything was under control.
"So what if we’re trapped? You guys couldn’t stop us."
Shi Xiaole shook his head.
"What about with us?"
Amidst the laughter, another group of people appeared in the darkness, standing outside the Right Sect. The leading person, wearing a white robe with a rosy complexion, was recognizably the leader of the River and Sea Gang, ’Qi Broken River’ Gu Songtao.
"Damn, they’ve joined forces!"
Elder Wang, who had been gathering strength in secret preparing for a sneak attack, saw the arrival of the third party and his heart skipped a beat, his face turned extremely ugly.
Now they were done for. The Right Sect and the River and Sea Gang had clearly joined forces. It was all because of Zong Yue’s arrogance and overbearing manner that made the River and Sea Gang feel uneasy and decide to step in.
The Left Sect had over four thousand people, of which only a few bloodthirsty individuals showed a ferocious demeanor, while the rest all wore grim expressions.
With two parties joining forces against them, they had no chance of winning, and once reinforcements arrived, they wouldn’t even be able to escape. In this life and death situation, many ignored Shi Xiaole and started fighting first, trying to escape.
"You want to leave? No way!"
"Kill these lunatics from the Left Sect!"
With screams and war cries echoing, a self-satisfied calm mood arose among the Right Sect crowd. They wouldn’t fight to the death, they only needed to hold off the Left Sect for a moment. Once their full force arrived, they would not only easily beat the Left Sect but the difficulty would significantly decrease.
Intense Vigorous Air pierced through the darkness and sprayed blood mist. The expressions of a large number of Right Sect elite fighters hadn’t changed yet when they were blown to pieces, making the night seem even more bleak.
Sound pervaded the scene, yet everyone inexplicably felt a profound silence—the kind of peace that follows a profound shock to the senses.
"Gu Songtao, what are you doing?!"
A monstrous roar. The large man with a purple face was at a loss, incredulously questioning.
Elder Zhao was also taken aback.
All members of the Right Sect were stunned.
"I don’t wish to do this either, but tonight one side must be vanquished."
Gu Songtao drew his waist knife.
If possible, he would rather observe the fight between the two sects from the sidelines, and then clean up both sides when they had thoroughly exhausted each other. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option. Without his intervention, neither sect would truly decide to fight to the death, both sparing and benefiting themselves.
Besides, Zong Yue was an unpredictable factor. If he were to escape, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Right Sect, turns out you fell into the trap. Everyone listen, kill them all, no survivors!"
With his long arm raised high and dropping in a sweeping gesture, all the Left Sect masters, including Elder Wang and Elder Chen, felt a poignant stirring within their souls at this moment.
They finally understood. Their adversaries weren’t reckless or arrogant, but had meticulously calculated their entire strategy. Mystifyingly, all aspects of their two-pronged approach were seamlessly coordinated, resulting in a series of audacious and elaborate deductions.
"Kill!"
Out of instinct, all the top fighters of the Left Sect bellowed. Especially when they saw that towering figure rushing forward willingly into the enemy’s ranks, their battle spirits ignited, fearlessly braving any danger.
"Even if we fall into your trap, I swear I will not let you escape alive."
The large man with the purple face glared hatefully at Shi Xiaole. With a few flickers, he was already in front of him, wielding his iron sword. The radiance of his swinging sword cleaved the nearby thousand-meter forest neatly into two halves.
This was a practitioner at the third tier of the Divine Barrier Realm, clearly more powerful than the two Right Sect masters that Shi Xiaole had killed earlier.
"Phantom Fist!"
Avoiding the sword’s radiance, Shi Xiaole’s fists blurred and produced countless phantoms, engulfing the tall purple-faced man. Amid the phantoms, a series of explosive sounds echoed.
The sword’s radiance was gone as quickly as it had appeared. All the phantoms were wiped away like bubbles on a mirror surface, and the purple-faced man appeared behind Shi Xiaole, mercilessly bringing down his vigorous air charged with tearing energy.
Although he was only at the third tier of the Divine Barrier Realm, the large man with the purple face was an unquestionable top-tier Earth Immortal, second only to the highest tier. Before his violent sword Qi even came crashing down, all the nearby people were so terrified that they hastily kept their distance. An increasingly deep sword mark was left on the ground.
"Careful!"
Elders Wang and Chen shouted in alarm.
The man with the purple face was the most formidable warrior of the Purple Beauty Hill, especially when it came to his attacking power. No one could stand in his way. Zong Yue was even less likely to be able to.
Shi Xiaole sighed quietly. Suppressing his real strength undoubtedly did constrain him, but revealing his second tier Divine Barrier Realm cultivation allowed him to finally unleash his full potential more than ever before.
His power suddenly increased to seventy percent, and Shi Xiaole’s momentum soared. One punch sent out wave after wave of phantoms resembling the surges of a vast river. The phantoms were shattered by the sword’s radiance one moment and regenerated even more prominently in the next, reproducing infinitely until the sword Qi was finally neutralized.
"What? He repelled it?"
Everyone around was astounded.
Not to mention the Right Sect and the River and Sea Gang, even the members of the Left Sect had their eyes wide open. Turned out he had been hiding his strength all along?!
"Today, the demise of the Right Sect starts with you."
Without giving anyone any time to process this, Shi Xiaole jumped high into the sky. Under the dual stimulation of the Dragon Gate Divine Skill and the Illusion Martial Way, the person became a phantom, and the phantom became the person.
Within a radius of a thousand meters, the members of the Right Sect with comparatively weaker willpower all felt dizzy and fell into a world of illusions. They were slaughtered by the Left Sect masters and the members of the Martial World alliance who seized this opportunity. Bodies dropped down in scattered groups.
The purple-faced man, who had borne the brunt of the illusion Qi, never expected Shi Xiaole’s illusion technique to be so horrifying. He was greatly impaired and ended up losing the upper hand.
Besides Shi Xiaole and the purple-faced man, there were still eight Earth Immortals at the scene, among which the Right Sect only had one, Elder Zhao. He was in a miserable state under the coordinated attack of the other seven Earth Immortals.
"Gu Songtao, your alliance with the tiger will surely come back and bite you!"
Elder Zhao, having taken hits to his back and stomach, spat out fresh blood. In the next moment, a palm force struck, crushing his head into his body, killing him instantly.
Elder Wang, with his hand retracted, hummed, "What the Left Sect advocates is peaceful coexistence."
They could not afford to delay. The seven Earth Immortals rushed into other battle formations. Facing masters of Dragon Gate Realm, they were like a tiger in a flock of sheep, causing mass destruction effortlessly.
As for Shi Xiaole, everyone tacitly did not rush forward to help.
At such times, helping him may shatter his chance to establish his prestige and turn a good deed into a bad one. Of course, if Shi Xiaole showed signs of exhaustion, that would be a different matter.
The sound of combat came from a distance. The other two high-level fighters of the Right Sect finally arrived. Their progress, however, was significantly slower than planned due to obstruction by the alliance of the Martial World.
When they finally saw the situation on the battlefield, although they had anticipated it, the remaining four Earth Immortals of the Right Sect turned pale. They immediately took flight without a second thought.
"You punk, just you wait... Heavy Sword Open Sun!"
The purple-faced man had been itching to run for a while now. He fought while moving away and finally found an opportunity to escape. After swinging his blade with all his strength, he disappeared into the night. He swore that from then on, no matter the cost, he would kill Shi Xiaole.
"Think you can escape?"
A beam of mental force that only the purple-faced man could sense fiercely intruded into his mind. The next moment, the Phantom Fist’s phantom Qi turned him into a mist of blood.
To outsiders, this appeared as if he had been affected by the illusion technique and had slowed down.
