Chapter 828: Chapter 827 How Two is Enough_1
Because their spirit power was suppressed, the warriors’ sensitivity greatly decreased, making it hard to anticipate opponents in advance within this space.
The sudden sounds of explosions and shouts significantly heightened Shi Xiaole’s alertness.
"Commander, should we send someone to check it out?"
Li Xinghe asked.
"No, it’s not appropriate. Order everyone to split up; I’ll go ahead and take a look myself."
The scale of the explosions wasn’t something that Dragon Gate Realm warriors could cause, not even low-ranking Earth Immortals, meaning there was danger for anyone else but himself.
Yu Yourong wanted to act together, but was refused by Shi Xiaole. She didn’t want to openly defy him, so she could only curse inwardly.
Moving carefully through the jungle, Shi Xiaole quickly saw the center of the depression, which turned out to be a stone forest.
Stones of various sizes and shapes stood in the area, with the taller ones reaching tens of meters and the shorter ones a few meters, intersecting and entangling, blocking the line of sight from outsiders.
Bang bang bang...
The explosions sounded again, with vigorous energy shooting into the sky, turning stone into dust. These were the handiworks of high-ranking Earth Immortals, and not ordinary ones at that!
"The grand Commander Zhang, who swallows up all directions with his might, to think he would need a woman’s protection—what a laughable matter that would cause others to lose their teeth."
"Surname Zhang, if you’re brave, come out and fight, and don’t be a coward hiding your head."
"Today, you can’t escape death. If you come out willingly, we might spare the woman. Otherwise, even if it’s just a corpse, we won’t let it go, hehehe..."
In a part of the stone forest, a half-spherical light shield enveloped around ten meters, with a young man and woman sitting cross-legged at the very center.
The man, dressed in white, had an extraordinary handsome appearance but seemed to have been injured, as his lips were bloodlessly pale, and his aura fluctuated violently, extremely unstable.
Surrounded by strong enemies and subjected to their intense humiliation, the man’s expression didn’t change at all, but there was a subtle hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
In contrast, the beautiful woman was in a better condition, but only temporarily. She was sending Vigorous Air into the Array System in front of her, struggling to maintain the half-spherical light shield.
Every impact on the light shield caused her delicate body to shudder. After several times, blood had already seeped from the corners of her mouth, but she stubbornly remained silent, only looking at her lover beside her with worried eyes.
"Damned human Array System!"
Outside the light shield, five men’s faces darkened terrifyingly, their attacks converging into a beam that hit the shield. Apart from a small part that scattered, causing a lot of stone spires to shatter, the rest was absorbed.
The human Array System was a unique formation that could absorb human Vigorous Air to convert into energy. The higher the level of the human Array System, the greater the conversion efficiency.
This woman was only a third-level practitioner in the Divine Barrier Realm, but after the Array System’s catalysis, the defense she set up was so strong that even the five high experts of the ninth level in the Divine Barrier Realm couldn’t break through.
Clearly, this was a human Array System of peak Divine Barrier Realm level.
Since Commander Zhang was defeated by the patriarch of the Teng Serpent clan, nearly everyone had been searching for his whereabouts.
It must have been the grace of the heavens, as three days ago, the Eternal Night Tribe accidentally discovered the whereabouts of Commander Zhang and immediately went all out to launch a search and capture operation.
Still, these five experts were the quickest to act. After a relentless pursuit, they had almost exhausted all their tricks, finally causing Commander Zhang’s injuries to worsen, but unexpectedly, they had a human Array System.
However, the more it was so, the more it proved that they were at the end of their resources.
Just break the Array System, and, hmph!
"Attack! Capture these two alive before Elder Clan Leader from the Teng Serpents arrives, and then we can properly discuss rewards!"
The chieftain of the Eternal Night Tribe deliberately spoke loudly, trying to disturb Commander Zhang’s resolve.
The other four also hurled insults while attacking, not forgetting to comment on the woman, but to their dismay, the woman was just as calm as Commander Zhang, showing no signs of agitation.
"Xiangfeng, I can’t hold on much longer."
Zhong Lingsui inwardly said in her heart with a gaze that carried reluctance and resolution.
From the moment he had disregarded safety and had taken her away from Heavenly Snow Mountain, she had given herself to him. So no matter what Zhang Xiangfeng did, Zhong Lingsui had no complaints.
This time was no different.
He was trying to find life after setting it aside for death, using the pressure of the elder patriarch of the Teng Serpents to breakthrough into the Void Origin Realm. Zhong Lingsui knew it was dangerous, but still, she smiled reassuringly.
Because she knew once he had spoken, it meant he had made up his mind. She was the only person in the world who could change Zhang Xiangfeng’s mind, but she absolutely refused to interfere and break his aspiration to surpass the Martial Emperor.
To live, she would live with him.
To die, she would die with him.
That was all there was to it.
The fluctuations of aura around Zhang Xiangfeng grew more violent, one moment strong enough to cause the void to thunder, the next so weak it couldn’t be sensed. All this foretold that Tianlong Nine Changes had reached the last and most critical change.
"This kid has some tricks up his sleeve, don’t hold back anymore!"
Originally they had wanted to slowly grind their opponent to death, to save their power and avoid jeopardy. But seeing the abnormality in Zhang Xiangfeng, the chieftain of the Eternal Night Tribe immediately changed his mind.
This Commander Zhang couldn’t be measured by ordinary standards.
All five of them started to exert their power to the limit, viciously bombarding the shield.
Clang!
The half-spherical shield caved in, sinking to a depth of thirty meters before dangerously bouncing back. The aftermath caused an earthquake spanning thousands of kilometers, countless stone spires shattered and turned instantly into dust.
"Ugh..."
Zhong Lingsui grit her teeth; her throat moved a few times, and then a mouthful of blood mixed with liver fragments furiously spewed out. At the same time, blood seeped from the pores all over her body, turning the once stunning beauty into a tragic blood-soaked figure in the blink of an eye.
But she endured the dizziness, bit her tongue, disregarded the excruciating pain coming from her dantian, and madly infused Vigorous Air into the Array System.
Bang!
Thump!
Thump!
The five experts attacked with unrivaled ferocity, each strike stronger than the last.
As the battle progressed, Zhong Lingsui could no longer control the swaying of her body, and her power felt as depleted as a dried-up marsh, leaving her with no ground to dig from, even if she burrowed three feet under.
The defense of the semi-circular light shield immediately weakened by nearly half, teetering on the brink of shattering under the mad bombardment of the five assailants.
"I shall go ahead first."
Zhong Lingsui smiled tragically.
Though the Eternal Night Tribe was not a top second-tier tribe, it was still a first-rate existence. Among the five outsiders, two had the strength of top Eighth Tier warriors, and three were high-level Eighth Tier warriors, not something she could contend with.
Watching as Zhang Xiangfeng’s aura became increasingly violent and rapidly changing, like heaven and earth, Zhong Lingsui struggled to her feet and activated the Mind Method she thought she would never have to use.
An unparalled cold aura spread out, instantly covering the ground in frost, while countless ice crystals fell from the air, blanketing everything in a haze of white, except for the three-inch radius around Zhang Xiangfeng, which remained unaffected by the cold.
Bloodstains on her body froze into frost and flaked off. At that moment, Zhong Lingsui’s skin was as luminous as jade, resembling a lotus from the Sky Mountain, and she regained the elegance of the Saintess of Heavenly Snow Mountain.
This was the Ice Heaven Saint Body Technique, a secret passed down through generations of saintesses from Heavenly Snow Mountain. Once fully enveloped by ice power, one could become an ice sculpture, unleashing the strength to freeze the heavenly rivers.
With Zhong Lingsui’s power, of course, she was not enough to repel the five leaders of the Eternal Night Tribe, but if she could delay them for a moment, that would suffice.
Xiangfeng, this is the last thing I can do for you.
Don’t forget me!
"Miss, hold on!"
Just as the cold was about to sweep over her head, a voice called out in time. Zhong Lingsui looked toward its source and saw a youth in green clothes swiftly approaching, landing steadily before her.
He was tall and slender, with features as fine as a sculpture’s. A strand of white hair was visible at each temple, and his whole presence was like the sword hanging at his waist—extremely contained yet razor sharp. These two drastically different traits integrated perfectly within him.
A flash of realization crossed Zhong Lingsui’s mind.
"You all should leave," Shi Xiaole said, looking at the five chieftains of the Eternal Night Tribe.
From Zhong Lingsui’s aura, to the seated man’s aura, as well as the earlier shouting, he could roughly guess the identities of the couple and felt he had to intervene.
"Who do you think you are, daring to interfere with us? Go to hell first!"
One of the five, a burly man, narrowed his eyes and threw a punch toward Shi Xiaole, warping the space like squeezed tofu in the shadow of his fist.
"Get out of the way!"
Zhong Lingsui yelled, suspecting that if she was not mistaken about his identity, he would certainly not be able to withstand this move.
Shi Xiaole did not dodge; instead, he drew his Tiger Abyss Sword and stabbed precisely at the shadow of the fist.
Crack.
The fist shadow shattered, instantly dissipating into nothingness.
A thread of Sword Qi pierced through the void, and in the screaming of the burly man, slashed a long and deep cut into his left arm. The Sword Qi burrowed into the wound, forcing the man to quickly circulate his power to suppress it.
Looking up, the man’s expression turned ferocious.
That punch, although only at seventy percent of his full strength, was of an initial Eighth Tier level and had unexpectedly been countered and caused injury by his opponent.
"Hmm?"
The other four from the Eternal Night Tribe were equally taken aback.
With such age and strength, this green-clad youth was not ordinary.
Zhong Lingsui’s expression remained unchanged, but her pupils were rapidly constricting.
Could she have been wrong, and he was not the Kirin, just resembling the image?
It should be noted that even with the Kirin’s high talent, if she remembered rightly, he should only be thirty-one or thirty-two years old by now. Moreover, before she and Zhang Xiangfeng went out to sea, it had not been long since the Kirin had broken through the Divine Barrier Realm.
In just a few years, it was impossible for him to have become an Eighth Tier Earth Immortal.
"Sir, thank you for your assistance. If it endangers your life, please leave immediately. My husband and I will be eternally grateful," Zhong Lingsui said, barely controlling the Ice Heaven Saint Body Technique, her voice tinged with gratitude.
She did not believe Shi Xiaole could withstand the combined attacks of the five men, but if he could hold on for a while, it might help Zhang Xiangfeng overcome the difficulty. Looking down at Zhang Xiangfeng beside her, Zhong Lingsui clenched her fists tightly, silently praying for time to move faster.
"Annoying brats, Ye Xiao, Ye Mo, the two of you deal with him," the chief of the Eternal Night Tribe sneered disdainfully.
Ye Xiao was the burly man who had just attacked, and Ye Mo was a long-faced middle-aged man. Both were high-level Eighth Tier Earth Immortals, and they didn’t believe that combined they couldn’t handle Shi Xiaole.
Thump! Thump!
The two did not waste any words and charged at Shi Xiaole from the left and the right. The mere aftermath of their aura made the ground beneath them rip open with gorges dozens of feet deep.
Such attack power was far beyond Shi Xiaole’s limits.
"How can two of you be enough? All five of you come at once," Shi Xiaole moved first to avoid the onslaught, and more than that, he initiated, swinging his sword thrice, aiming at the remaining three of the Eternal Night Tribe’s chiefs.
The light of the Array System was on the verge of collapse, and he certainly could not allow the three to continue their attacks; he had to pull all five into the fray.
On the other side, Zhong Lingsui reacted swiftly, using the power of the Ice Heaven Saint Body Technique to drag Zhang Xiangfeng and the array plate toward a distant place, while also pouring energy into the array plate to strengthen its defenses.
