Chapter 125: Reinforcements
Unfortunately, members of the Death Flower Ascension Front were not herbivores. Most of them blocked the raindrops, and only two were injured.
Even then, the injuries were not serious and could be healed with a low-grade rejuvenation pill.
However, this was okay for Yu Nianzhen.
His attack wasn’t meant to kill the opponents. He just wanted to scatter them to make it easier for the attackers.
"Let’s do it together." Jiang Yue called and released his pipa.
Since he hadn’t learned any attack illusion arts and didn’t want to use his whip, he could only cooperate with Yu Nianzhen to fight the enemy.
"Good." Yu Nianzhen didn’t argue and immediately agreed.
Without delay, Jiang Yue began to play.
Unlike before, the music didn’t reverberate around the area.
Instead, the waves were all focused on a single person.
This not only reduced the time needed for lullaby to take effect but also strengthened the effect of the illusion.
On cue, Yu Nianzhen approached the cultivator targeted by Jiang Yue.
The person wore a pleasant smile and didn’t react to Yu Nianzhen’s approach, which showed he had already fallen to lullaby.
This made it easier for Yu Nianzhen, and he swung his sword to behead the person.
After that, he moved to the next target, who was already under the effect of lullaby.
"How is your qi consumption?" Yu Nianzhen asked after dealing with the second person.
"It’s a little more than expected." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
He previously thought that limiting the range of lullaby would reduce his qi consumption.
However, the opposite had happened.
He didn’t know why this was the case, but he was satisfied with most of the changes to lullaby.
Now, not only did lullaby activate faster than before, but it could also last for seven breaths against an enemy of the same realm.
This effect was four breaths longer than before.
"How much time do you need to get rid of one?" He asked.
"One breath." Yu Nianzhen answered.
"Alright."
In the next round of attacks, Jiang Yue focused lullaby on three cultivators at a time.
Although this reduced the effect time, the remaining time was enough for Yu Nianzhen to act.
When the opponent fell to lullaby, Jiang Yue moved on to another group of three while Yu Nianzhen killed the previous.
"Stop them." A harsh voice sounded, and five people flew toward Jiang Yue.
"I didn’t expect we would be found so soon." He muttered under his breath.
They had only managed to kill seven enemies before someone discovered their operation and came forward to stop them.
"I still need to use the whip."
He retrieved the pipa, and a whip appeared in his right hand.
"Be careful." He called to Yu Nianzhen.
"You too."
At the same time, Xuan Ke wielded his staff to fight the enemy.
His staff was specially forged to conduct lightning, but he was still in the origin forging realm.
The most he could do now was coat it with qi and use the mid-grade silver rank staff art he learned at the temple.
"Eighteen forms staff art, first form." He shouted and wielded his silver staff to stab the enemy in front of him.
The stab was extremely fast, and it caught the enemy by surprise.
Although the enemy tried to jump backwards, the silver staff produced a shadow that pursued him closely.
A moment later, the shadow stabbed the enemy’s abdomen, and the staff penetrated a bloody hole before emerging at the enemy’s back.
The person spat blood and tried to extricate himself from the staff, but Xuan Ke was not having it.
He rotated the staff, and the hole in the enemy’s stomach began to expand.
Soon after, the hole expanded to the outer edges, and the lower body separated from the upper.
"As expected, this staff art is quite good." He swung the staff to shake out the enemy’s blood and then moved on to the next opponent.
Wang Xue’er and Li Futian were also not idle.
Although her sword art could not be compared to Yu Nianzhen’s, Wang Xue’er had a good foundation.
With every swing of her sword, bloody rips would appear on the enemy’s body. After a few swings, the enemy would fall dead.
However, Li Futian was still the most impressive.
He held a judgement pen in his right hand, which he threw in the general direction of his opponents.
Although the throws looked random, the judgement pen always appeared in front of the enemy, causing them to impale their hearts before they could react.
’Is he predicting the enemy’s movements?’ Jiang Yue wondered when he saw this.
’This method is not what he previously used.’
When they first fought together, there were no wounds on the enemies killed by Li Futian.
At that time, Jiang Yue wondered how he did that, but had yet to find the truth.
’It doesn’t matter.’
With that, he turned back to his opponents but kept a keen eye on the surroundings.
"It’s not good." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
Jiang Yue looked at him and then further around.
While their group was doing well, most others were not doing well.
Some had already fallen, and others were tightly surrounded.
If nothing was done, they would surely fall in less than a cup of tea.
"Let’s help them."
"En."
This decision wasn’t because they particularly cared for human life. It was because there was strength in numbers.
In the end, it was best for as many people as possible to survive.
In this way, they could deal with whatever plans Jin Xuan and his people were concocting.
"Let’s be quick about this." Jiang Yue said.
He injected more qi into his whip and swung it toward his opponent.
The opponent did not expect Jiang Yue to suddenly turn serious, and he could only resist for a moment before the whip landed on his body.
A moment later, the body was flung twenty metres away, and Jiang Yue didn’t bother to check whether the person was dead or alive.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen dealt with his enemy and collected storage bags from those he and Jiang Yue killed.
They were just about to help a cultivator who was struggling against two opponents when Li Futian stopped them.
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yue asked.
Li Futian didn’t answer and instead pointed to the medicine field behind them.
At this time, Jiang Yue noticed more black-robed cultivators were running toward them.
"Reinforcements?" He muttered.
"Looks like it."
At first, they had thirty people while the Death Flower Ascension Front had more than forty but less than fifty.
With the reinforcements, the enemy’s number had more than doubled.
Although they had killed a few enemies, people from their side had also fallen.
"Jin Xuan and his people are still hiding." Wang Xue’er said and frowned.
Since the fight began, Jin Xuan had not appeared, and everyone had noticed this.
"Nianzhen, what do you think?" Jiang Yue asked.
The numbers had increased, but they still had a chance.
The only difference between now and before was that they would need to work harder.
In the end, there wouldn’t be many survivors on their side, but Jiang Yue was convinced that he and Yu Nianzhen could still make it.
"I want to fight." Yu Nianzhen answered.
His hand tightened around his sword, and his heart pounded.
The more he fought, the more he realised the way of the sword.
Although he didn’t practice the sword of slaughter, he had come to realise that the way of the sword was filled with slaughter.
The more his sword was baptised with blood, the sharper it became.
"Good." Jiang Yue said.
He had expected this answer and also wanted to practice his hand.
His only regret was that he hadn’t learned an illusion attack art that could be practised in such a hard-to-come-by situation.
"What are you planning?" He looked at the other three and asked.
"Brother Ke will accompany you." The monk was carefree and looked ready to take on the world.
"I also want to fight." Wang Xue’er said.
Although her sword understanding was different from Yu Nianzhen’s, she also knew that fighting against odds would sharpen her instincts.
"I am in."
This time, Li Futian released nine judgement pens.
Their silver bodies shone in the sun, making them look as sharp as a sword.
"Everyone should be careful." Jiang Yue concluded.
He looked at Yu Nianzhen, and they walked toward the nearest three opponents.
"Two against three, are you underestimating us?" One of the three asked.
Although his face could not be seen, his voice portrayed his displeasure and arrogance.
Compared to those they fought before, this person’s qi presence was stronger.
His companions were also not weak, but the two didn’t panic.
This was the kind of challenge they wanted.
"Less talking, let’s fight." Yu Nianzhen said.
The person chuckled and wielded a ruler.
The ruler’s blade was almost two metres long and had a wider range than Yu Nianzhen’s sword.
Without another word, the person swung the ruler, and Yu Nianzhen answered with the heavy mountain strike.
The two weapons collided, and Yu Nianzhen’s sword trembled under the weight of the ruler.
Vibrations travelled from the point of impact and transferred along the sword blade, making his hand numb.
