Chapter 215: Chapter 128: Ruyi (3)
"We can’t delay any longer, I’ll try to lure the Roc away first, treating a dead horse as though it’s alive!" Gu Haitang immediately prepared to control her sword and rush forward desperately.
Chu Xuan stopped her, calmly saying, "Here’s my plan..."
Haitang listened, somewhat skeptical yet worried, "Then won’t you be in great danger?"
"Don’t worry, I have a plan. This strategy, I don’t know if it’ll succeed, but it should at least divert the Roc’s attention for a moment."
"Ask Real Master Li to rush to assist Real Master Pei, then all of you run without looking back. I’ll catch up with you later."
Gu Haitang felt a mix of gratitude and worry upon hearing this. Before she could say more, she watched as Chu Xuan controlled his sword and departed, heading toward the green-colored roost.
Immediately, Haitang shook off her negative emotions, secretly coordinating with her peers again to relay Chu Xuan’s plan via sound transmission to Real Master Li, ensuring both sides could act in coordination.
Elsewhere, Chu Xuan was not foolish enough to fly to the treetops. He deliberately maintained a distance from the battlefield, and only when everyone in sight turned into tiny specks did he halt in midair.
Then, Chu Xuan conjured his life-bound magical artifact, the Six Souls Banner. He couldn’t deny, the artifact was genuinely useful. Reflecting on his past grievances when it came to him, he found it amusing.
Chu Xuan first transformed the Six Souls Banner into a style resembling a mountain-opening axe, floating in front of himself.
Then he appeared excited, exclaiming, "Bigger, bigger, longer, longer!"
With his words, the mountain-opening axe grew, initially the size of a millstone, expanding like a towering ancient tree, then as imposing as a city gate, soaring like a giant whale in the sky, eventually enlarging to the size of a giant peak, rising majestically to pierce the heavens, looming grandly among the clouds, reaching the stars!
This scene naturally astonished everyone on the battlefield. Even the golden-winged Roc couldn’t help but turn its head in shock, looking at the terrifyingly gigantic mountain-opening divine axe rising high.
The people from Purple Heaven Jade Mansion, informed in advance by Gu Haitang, were still dumbfounded by the situation. Was Chu Xuan’s illusion technique truly so formidable?
Haitang herself was speechless with astonishment, but meanwhile, her confidence in Chu Xuan’s plan increased.
The demon cultivators were mostly panicked, fearing this to be a reinforcement called by the message fireworks.
"No, something’s wrong." The black-robed man shouted, "Stay firm, my divine sense scan reveals nothing, it might be a deception."
Before his words were even finished, the mountain-opening axe slashed down, but its direction wasn’t towards the battlefield. Astonishingly, it aimed at the sky-piercing green roost!
The golden-winged Roc let out a strange cry, emitting a piercing screech. Nearby disciples of Purple Heaven bled from their seven orifices, almost fainting.
Fortunately, the Roc flapped its wings suddenly, transforming into a rapid afterimage, swiftly heading back to the green roost, unwilling to withstand the divine axe’s might, only wanting to rescue its offspring swiftly.
However, halfway through its flight, the Roc was utterly baffled as the descending mountain-opening axe vanished into thin air?!
It continued flying forward due to momentum, momentarily unresponsive.
Elsewhere, Purple Heaven Jade Mansion’s people, though shocked, already prepared, saw Li Yucheng blend with his sword and dash out, aiming at the black-robed devil head, nearly piercing him through the heart with a sword.
Other juniors turned to flee, Gu Haitang flew forward to join them, not daring to interfere in the battle among the four Sixth Stage cultivators.
Pei Shurou, who originally gritted her teeth against two assaults, could finally breathe, focusing on battling the blood-dyed elder transformed into a sea of blood.
The remaining demon cultivators were momentarily stunned, chased Purple Heaven’s people when scolded by the black-robed man.
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On Chu Xuan’s end, he’d already retrieved the Six Souls Banner, wrapped it around himself, and plummeted to the ground, using Earth Escape to flee far away.
As mentioned before, the Six Souls Banner could not only change form, but also grow in size, wielded with formidable power. Truly delivering a mountain-opening axe would be feasible.
However, the issue was, achieving such an outcome required an incredibly terrifying amount of magical power, which Chu Xuan, a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator, couldn’t possibly bear.
So he adopted a different approach: not pursuing quality, even hollow inside was fine, he aimed for a mighty and imposing shape, the larger the better, the thinner the better, the more visually exaggerated the better.
Even so, due to it being real change rather than illusion, it drained all of Chu Xuan’s magical power completely.
If not for him frantically consuming elixirs earlier, gulping down entire bottles with his mouth, relying on his strong physique to withstand the overwhelming rush of pill power, the axe might have vanished before it could slash down.
Seeing the golden-winged Roc move, Chu Xuan hastily retrieved the Six Souls Banner and escaped swiftly.
The Roc’s speed was truly too fast; even after being confounded momentarily, it approached the roost.
Seeing the peculiar little creature running farther away until disappearing, though its lair was nearby, it remained concerned for its offspring’s safety and returned to its nest.
Chu Xuan silently restored his magical power underground, relieved to see the Roc not return for another attack.
He simply remained underground to avoid exposing himself, using Earth Escape to head back toward the battlefield.
Upon reaching the battlefield vicinity, Chu Xuan realized he had been overly optimistic before.
If both sides were in perfect condition, the two Real Masters from Purple Heaven Jade Mansion naturally wouldn’t fear the Mo Luo Palace cultivators.
However, the issue was Li and Pei had been besieged for a long time, already somewhat exhausted, having consumed a considerable amount of elixirs.
Even with one major enemy gone, facing two vigorous devils, they were still at a disadvantage, especially Pei Shurou. Previously under dual assault, her injuries were serious; now her face was frighteningly pale.
