Chapter 2583: Chapter 2583: Harm the Enemy Eight Hundred, Damage Yourself One Thousand
When Fang Bai made his move against Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the other high-level members of the Wuying Sect, he had already anticipated that once they showed signs of defeat, they would immediately give rise to the intent to flee.
Therefore, when he summoned the two Puppet Corpses, Fang Bai used his mind to control them, locking their killing intent onto Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the other high-level members of the Wuying Sect.
In this way, Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the other Wuying Sect high-levels would only be able to escape from the current battle if they destroyed the two Puppet Corpses; otherwise, they would be entangled to death, with no chance to flee at all.
Wuyin Immortal Emperor went all out to counterattack, wanting to force Wuheng Immortal Emperor back so he could seize the chance to break away, but Wuheng Immortal Emperor’s attacks were like a violent storm, continuous and unending; he had no choice but to focus all his attention on responding, with no opportunity to split his mind to attempt escape.
"Wuheng, look carefully... you damned bastard... I am Wuyin Immortal Emperor... you... bastard..."
Driven half-mad with rage and panic, Wuyin Immortal Emperor cursed nonstop while dealing with Wuheng Immortal Emperor’s attacks, yet was utterly helpless.
The Wuheng Immortal Emperor before his eyes had shared thousands of years of friendship with him, counted as an intimate old friend, yet now he was a Puppet Corpse without consciousness, without emotion, without life. He understood that no matter what he said to Wuheng Immortal Emperor now, it was like playing the zither to a cow—completely useless.
And when Immortals of the same realm face off, if one becomes agitated and impatient, it will inevitably affect their combat strength.
Wuyin Immortal Emperor’s strength was originally almost on par with Wuheng Immortal Emperor’s, but at this moment, shocked and enraged, his mind inevitably scattered. For a time he was thoroughly suppressed by Wuheng Immortal Emperor; under Wuheng Immortal Emperor’s tireless, frenzied assault, he could only flail left and block right, incomparably wretched.
Suddenly, a miserable scream came from the distance. Several Stewards of Wuying Sect who were fighting Traceless Immortal Emperor were smashed by the Immortal Artifact in Traceless Immortal Emperor’s hand; their bodies exploded and fell from midair to the ground, life completely extinguished.
The fall of that Steward made the hearts and gallbladders of Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the other Wuying Sect high-levels go ice-cold. Though they roared repeatedly to bolster their own momentum, they simply could not reverse the disadvantage.
"Tch!"
With a sharp whistle that tore through the air, scorching heat waves spread overhead, surging like a tide. From the bowstring of the Houyi Bow in Fang Bai’s hand, an arrow shot out, piercing through the head of a Steward of Wuying Sect and taking his life away.
The fall of this second Steward dealt yet another heavy blow to Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the other Wuying Sect high-levels, casting a thick shadow over their hearts.
Wuyin Immortal Emperor and the Stewards of Wuying Sect gritted their teeth and held on under the attacks of the two Puppet Corpses summoned by Fang Bai, only hoping to delay as long as possible until Sect Master Shadowless Immortal Emperor returned.
But how could Fang Bai possibly give them that time?
Those few Wuying Sect Stewards, riddled with openings under the assault of the Puppet Corpse Traceless Immortal Emperor, were caught by Fang Bai, who used the Houyi Bow once more to shoot another Steward dead.
By this point, of the eight Stewards of Wuying Sect, aside from the four who had followed Sect Master Shadowless Immortal Emperor to crusade against Blood Fiend Sect, only one remained on the field.
That Steward, witnessing his companions fall one after another, had utterly lost the will to fight. He wanted to retreat into the Sect Protection Array for shelter, but he could not break free from Traceless Immortal Emperor’s locked aura. In despair, he prepared for Self-Detonation, intending to perish together with Traceless Immortal Emperor.
"No!"
Wuyin Immortal Emperor noticed the abnormal fluctuations in that Steward’s aura and immediately roared to stop him.
The Steward who intended to Self-Detonate was at mid-level Immortal Emperor Realm. Once he successfully Self-Detonated, the destructive shockwave produced would spread over several hundred Baili. By then, apart from Immortals whose Cultivation Level was comparable to his, the others would all suffer heavy injuries or even fall.
And among those, the ones who would suffer the greatest losses would undoubtedly be the nearly twenty thousand Disciples of Wuying Sect, since the vast majority of their Cultivation Level was only at Immortal King Realm.
As for Fang Bai and the two Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, Wuheng and Wuji, their strength and combat power were a full minor realm higher than that Steward preparing for Self-Detonation, and with Immortal Artifacts protecting them, they would at most suffer some light injuries in the Self-Detonation shockwave, slightly affecting their combat strength.
Therefore, this kind of foolish Self-Detonation behavior of "wounding the enemy by eight hundred while harming oneself by a thousand," was something Wuyin Immortal Emperor absolutely did not want to see.
But his shout was ultimately a step too late; that Steward had already entered the Self-Detonation state and could not forcibly stop.
"Wuying Sect Disciples, flee at once!"
Shocked out of his wits, Wuyin Immortal Emperor immediately roared, warning the Wuying Sect Disciples in all directions.
He was confident he could withstand the intense shockwave from that Steward’s Self-Detonation, but the nearly twenty thousand nearby Wuying Sect Disciples could not. At least half of them would be heavily injured or even fall. For Wuying Sect, which had not long ago lost two Elders and thirty of its most outstanding young Disciples, this would be yet another enormous blow.
Such a blow was something Wuying Sect could no longer endure.
The Wuying Sect Disciples locked in a great battle with several thousand Immortal Birds and Immortal Beasts looked over in this direction upon hearing Wuyin Immortal Emperor’s roar.
When they sensed the soaring aura of that Steward, they knew this was the omen before Self-Detonation. One by one, their faces turned ashen, their scalps went numb, and they immediately abandoned their opponents, fleeing at full speed in all directions.
"Buzz!"
With a dull booming sound, heaven and earth trembled. That Steward’s body exploded like a Nebula, and the violent shockwave it set off blasted out through the surrounding void in all directions.
The shockwave instantly spread several hundred Baili. The Wuying Sect Disciples who fled quickly enough and were strong enough were less affected and only lightly injured.
Those Wuying Sect Disciples who fled slower and were weaker in strength suffered great misfortune; their bodies were like small boats in a stormy sea, rising and tumbling before being mercilessly smashed to pieces.
As for those several thousand Immortal Birds and Immortal Beasts, they too did not escape unscathed under this Self-Detonation shockwave.
However, Immortal Birds and Immortal Beasts had thick skin and tough flesh; their resistance to impact was far stronger than Immortals of the same strength. Many were injured, but not many fell.
After the shockwave passed, incomplete corpses appeared all over the ground, and blood mist spread through the void.
The Wuying Sect Disciples who had escaped far enough in time and avoided this life-and-death calamity looked, still shaken, toward their own Elder, Wuyin Immortal Emperor.
They wanted to determine which side had taken the heavier damage in this Self-Detonation.
If their own Elder, Wuyin Immortal Emperor, was more heavily injured, they would not hesitate to continue fleeing, because the farther they ran, the safer they would be.
On the other hand, if those "invaders" were more heavily injured, then, following the principle of "take his life while he’s sick," they would swarm forward and join forces to kill the enemy.
After just a single glance, the surviving Wuying Sect Disciples decided to keep fleeing.
The Puppet Corpses Wuheng Immortal Emperor and Traceless Immortal Emperor, controlled by Fang Bai, had vanished without a trace at this moment, but that fake "Haoyue Immortal King" was completely unscathed, not injured in the slightest.
Meanwhile, Wuyin Immortal Emperor, in the void a thousand zhang opposite him, was covered in wounds, with white bone faintly visible in some places. Blood continuously seeped from the many cracks splitting open on his body.
Fresh blood dyed his robes red, making him look like a man of blood. His aura had also grown much weaker.
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