Chapter 434: Today Is Not Auspicious for Breaking Through!

"Shuang, Yan Shuangzi?"

Deng Deng Yuxiang hurried forward, trembling as she extended both hands to receive the emaciated woman from Lu Ran's arms.

Upon touching the woman's icy body, Deng Deng Yuxiang felt as though her heart had been ruthlessly clenched by an invisible hand.

Pain, suffocation.

Deng Deng Yuxiang possessed no night vision; she could only vaguely make out the woman in her arms by the light of the star-filled sky.

Yan Yan Shuangzi was simply too thin.

Her body was ice-cold, resembling nothing so much as a stiff corpse.

From start to finish, Yan Yan Shuangzi showed not the slightest reaction; only her faint breath informed Deng Deng Yuxiang that her friend was still alive.

Still hanging on by a single breath.

"Pop~" Suddenly, a strange sound arrived.

Ink Carp Xie Fa · Life-Returning Carp!

Lu Ran released a small black fish from his hand, which plunged straight into Deng Deng Yuxiang's embrace.

The moment it touched Yan Yan Shuangzi, it shattered into pure energy and merged into Yan Yan Shuangzi's body.

It was not that Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng refused to save people; rather, his Divine Art · Longevity Carp was far too dazzling in this pitch-black night.

"Yan Shuangzi."

Deng Deng Yuxiang murmured, bowing her head to press against the woman's icy forehead, holding the woman in her arms tightly.

Lu Ran said in a deep voice, "Are you ready?"

Xiang Xiang Luoying had already assumed the posture of drawing a bow to shoot an arrow: "Ready! Ten Thousand Dragons Suppressing the Sea Arrow!"

"Good!" Lu Ran immediately summoned an ancient bronze mirror.

His eyes were cold and sinister as he gazed into the distance at the towering Blade Ridge Peak piercing the clouds; the ancient bronze mirror beside his hand instantly transformed into a full-length mirror.

Xiang Xiang Luoying immediately leaned her upper body forward, plunging into the mirror.

At the same time, high in the sky several kilometers west of Blade Ridge Peak.

A full-length mirror stood suspended in midair, and a woman clad in a green straw raincoat and blue bamboo hat emerged from it with her upper body.

The bow drew like a crescent moon, the arrow like a vast azure dragon!

"Twang!"

This was the sound of the bowstring trembling as the woman released her fingers pinching the string.

"Hiss!"

This was the roar of the azure dragon, a sound that shook heaven and earth!

Though what rested on the bowstring was clearly an arrow made of water, the instant it left the bow and flew forth, it transformed into a massive dragon head composed of converging water.

The azure dragon bared its fangs and brandished its claws, its momentum soaring to the heavens!

As it lunged forward, the body behind the dragon head rapidly assembled into form.

The scene was truly magical!

A tiny human had shot a colossal ocean dragon from a small wooden bow!

Sea Grade · Ten Thousand Dragons Suppressing the Sea Arrow!

At this moment, many Lord Bei Feng disciples were searching for enemies in the sky west of Blade Ridge Peak.

Earlier, it was here that Lu Ran had activated the transmission mirror, allowing Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng to release the Dragon Carp Heavenly Vessel.

That brilliant golden great fish had not only illuminated the pitch-black night but also attracted a large contingent of Lord Bei Feng disciples to search for the enemy forces.

The Lord Bei Feng disciples searched sky and earth, determined to dig out the enemy.

The Elder had said: Alive, we must see the person; dead, we must see the corpse!

Indeed, corpses were about to be seen.

Corpses of comrades, corpses of themselves!

"Hiss—"

The dragon's cry sliced through the night sky, shaking the firmament.

"Th-that is?" A Lord Bei Feng disciple, face pale as death, turned to look further west.

Overwhelming pressure surged forth from the pitch-black night curtain.

"Gulp." Another female Lord Bei Feng disciple swallowed hard.

The majestic dragon's cry filled her with terror; an extremely dangerous aura permeated heaven and earth.

"Oh no! Divine Divine Asha believers! Run!"

"A dragon, a dragon arrow..."

"Retreat quickly! This is a Sea Grade technique, retreat! Hurry and retreat!"

"Damn it all, unleash the Lord Bei Feng Howl and stop it for me!"

Chaos reigned in the sky.

Atop Blade Ridge Peak, Elder Xing, who was guarding the main peak, was both shocked and furious!

He raised his aged palm once more, his roar echoing through the night sky: "Scatter! Wind!"

As he issued his command, a terrifying tornado swept across the western sky.

The Lord Bei Feng disciples scattered in all directions to save their lives, while simultaneously obeying the Elder's order to cast spells toward the direction of the azure dragon's approach.

Long Juanfeng after tornado appeared out of thin air, attempting to intercept the azure dragon.

"Crack!!"

The colossal ocean dragon shattered explosively, countless small azure dragons scattering outward.

Vast and mighty, they surged about wildly!

They pierced through layer after layer of tornadoes, diving straight at the enemy.

"Help, hel—"

"Aaaah!"

"Quick, faster—"

Elder Xing's face was iron-green; grinding his back molars, he continuously cast spells.

The storms he flung were large enough in scale and fast enough in wind speed to indeed halt the charging momentum of the Little Cang Dragons.

But the tornadoes unleashed by disciples from the other River Realms and the Jiang Jing lacked sufficient power, fundamentally unable to stop the Little Cang Dragons.

"Whoosh!!"

Suddenly, a heaven-shocking surge of energy erupted atop the West Peak of Knife Ridge Peak.

A middle-aged woman stood tall at the summit, her eyes icy cold; her long black hair had grown so excessive it actually reached her ankles!

Facing west with an expressionless countenance, she slowly raised her palm.

"Swoosh~ swoosh~ swoosh!"

"Swoosh~ swoosh~ swoosh!"

In an instant, endless wind blades surged forth before the woman, flying and stabbing toward the west.

Covering the sky and earth, dense and packed!

Lord Bei Feng Sect Sea Realm Ultimate Move · Ten Thousand Lord Bei Feng Blades!

As noble Second-Rank God Disciples, they naturally all possessed Sea Realm ultimate moves.

Elder Xing did not use his because he guarded the Main Peak; once he activated this technique, everything along the path would be destroyed.

But the female elder of the West Peak, positioned at the very front lines of the battlefield, decisively activated this technique.

Thousands of Cang Dragons versus ten thousand wind blades!

A true immortal duel!

With Ran Sect's current strength, attempting to annihilate Knife Ridge Peak was clearly not yet qualified.

Within Knife Ridge Peak alone, there were fully seventeen Sea Realm great experts!

Any single one appearing at random could intercept Ran Sect's great killing move.

However—

Those Lord Bei Feng disciples who had failed to escape the battlefield's scope in time now had no path to life, deeply trapped in a deadly situation!

Dragons ahead, blades behind!

Added to which were tornadoes blooming intermittently, churning the sky into chaos.

What means did they have to survive?

Relying on the skill of locating positions by sound?

Where would there be any need to locate positions by sound? Sound was everywhere, killing moves were everywhere!

"Ah! Ah—"

"Hiss—help, help!"

"Wu—I don't want to die, I still don't—urk!"

Shouts, screams, and sounds of breakdown and weeping filled the air incessantly.

Lord Bei Feng disciples were torn apart by Cang Dragons and pierced through by wind blades, while that West Peak female elder with hair reaching her feet remained expressionless and unmoved.

She was indeed guarding Knife Ridge Peak, yet it was more as if she were guarding a concept, protecting her own "sect."

As for the specific individuals within the sect—

She did not care.

The problem was, in essence, wasn't Knife Ridge Peak composed of individual Lord Bei Feng disciples?

At the same time, atop a snow mountain dozens of kilometers away.

Beneath the gloomy night curtain, everyone in Ran Sect was "blind"; only Lu Ran could observe a little.

Everyone also clearly perceived that Lu Ran's killing intent was growing increasingly thick.

"Can you still manage?" Lu Ran asked in a deep voice.

"I can unleash the Cang Dragon Divine Arrow again," Xiang Xiang Luoying responded immediately.

The Ashayi Sect's Sea Realm ultimate move and the Lord Bei Feng Sect's Sea Realm ultimate move · Ten Thousand Lord Bei Feng Blades were both essentially "one-shot deals."

Unlike Liangye Jian Yi's sect's Sea Realm Divine Art · Frosty Sky Sword Waterfall, which, once activated, could not be stopped.

However, the divine power consumption of this single arrow shot by Xiang Xiang Luoying was astonishingly huge!

Even though she was nobly a Sea Realm · Stage Four expert, she could not fire a second Ten Thousand Dragons Suppressing the Sea Arrow within a short time.

"Good! We will blast straight through Knife Ridge Peak!" Lu Ran summoned an ancient bronze mirror.

I heard your Knife Ridge Peak's peak master is currently in secluded cultivation?

Since it is secluded cultivation, that implies a desire to break through and advance in rank.

How! Could! That! Be! Allowed?!

How could Lu Ran allow the enemy to raise themselves another tier?

Would that not increase the difficulty for Ran Sect to exact revenge?

Holy Spirit Mountain had indeed taught Lu Ran much.

Just as Senior Dongfang Ning of Liangye Jian Yi's sect had treated Ran Sect back then, so Lu Ran intended to treat Knife Ridge Peak now.

The only difference was:

When Senior Dongfang Ning made her move, she bore no grievance nor hatred toward Ran Sect; both sides had originally been completely unrelated.

Whereas Lu Ran making his move against Knife Ridge Peak was purely retaliatory strike!

He turned his head, gazing at the woman in Deng Deng Yuxiang's arms, her arm severed and both eyes gouged out.

The fury burning within Lu Ran's heart surged upward!

The grudge between the Ran Sect and Blade Ridge Peak was now thoroughly settled.

Yes, my Ran Sect currently lacks the strength to do anything against you group of Sea Realm experts.

But don't think your Blade Ridge Peak Master will be able to break through!

And as for your headquarters, this mountain of yours—

You damn well won't get to keep it either!

"Whoosh~"

Lu Ran activated the ancient bronze mirror, transforming it into a full-length mirror: "Tilt the shooting angle slightly downward."

Meanwhile, the location where the other transmission mirror appeared was quite concealed!

It was actually inside the cave where Yan Yan Shuangzi had previously been imprisoned!

"Yes!" Xiang Xiang Luoying, already poised and ready, drew her bow and nocked an arrow, leaning her upper body into the mirror.

"Twang!"

The bowstring vibrated!

"Rumble!!"

The mountain wall shattered, and the mountain body shook with a thunderous roar.

Lu Ran had opened his full-length mirror too close to the target, even directly inside the peak itself!

As a result, the Azure Dragon Divine Arrow shot by Xiang Xiang Luoying had no distance for flight or buildup.

But it didn't matter!

The two Azure Dragons coiling around the magnificent giant arrow would automatically add momentum to the projectile.

"Rumble!!"

How could ordinary mountain rock withstand the devastation of the giant arrow?

The Azure Dragon Divine Arrow swept through everything like a splitting bamboo, starting from the East Peak and piercing straight into the middle of the main peak's body.

Striking straight for the heart!

My lord Peak Master, with the moon dark and wind high tonight, it is not suitable for cultivation and breakthrough!

Stop your secluded meditation.

The arrow has arrived!

"Damn it!" Elder Xing, stationed atop the main peak, couldn't help but curse loudly.

The western battlefield was still in chaos, and now something strange was happening in the east!

Elder Xing turned toward the east, hearing the faint sound of dragon roars.

He also felt the entire mountain body shaking!

Elder Xing's face turned green then purple; he raised his palm high and swiftly summoned the Magnificent Wind Blade.

Relying on his skill of locating positions by sound, he searched for the giant arrow piercing through the mountain body.

But how fast was the Divine Art · Azure Dragon Divine Arrow?

Moreover, with two Azure Dragons coiling around the arrow shaft, the giant arrow grew faster and faster!

If it were the Dragon Carp Divine Art · Long Litianzhou, Elder Xing might have been able to split the East Peak, strike the Dragon Carp directly, and stop the losses in time.

Elder Xing knew that, matters being as they were, preventing the stone chamber where my lord Peak Master resided from collapsing would count as success!

When facing punishment later, he would at least have something to say for himself.

Given his years of loyal service, my lord Peak Master would not go so far as to impose the ultimate penalty.

But faced with the Azure Dragon Divine Arrow that appeared suddenly and was rushing forward at high speed, what did Elder Xing have to block it with?

In an instant, the giant arrow had already pierced through the interior of the main peak's mountain body!

"It's over."

Elder Xing's hand was still raised, but the wind blades in the high air quickly scattered because the caster's mind was unsettled and his focus insufficient.

The Azure Dragon Divine Arrow, angled slightly downward, pierced through the mountain body.

The towering mountain rumbled continuously, collapsing endlessly.

A moment later, Elder Xing came to his senses, his furious roar echoing through the night sky:

"Search! Everyone get out there and search! In all directions, heaven and earth! Everyone! You must find the enemy for me, go find them all!!"

"You bunch of undying Sea Realm experts, come out! Don't pretend to be dead, damn it!"

"Our home has been destroyed by others!"

"Blade Ridge Peak has been bombed into collapse by others, and you still won't come out—"

Elder Xing's body suddenly trembled, his expression becoming incredibly stiff.

A terrifying aura emanated from within the collapsed mountain body, enveloping his tall and thin frame.

If it were a colleague from the Sea Realm, they could not exert this level of pressure upon him.

Thick fear surfaced in Elder Xing's cloudy eyes.

The Peak Master had been disturbed.

The Peak Master has exited seclusion!

At the same time, atop a snow mountain dozens of kilometers away.

"Hmph." Lu Ran snorted coldly, gazing from afar at the collapsing towering mountain.

The peak toppled, huge chunks of mountain rock shattered and rolled down, and thick dust billowed into the air.

Lu Ran waved his hand to summon the ancient bronze mirror, his wide straw raincoat fluttering in the wind, as he said in a deep voice:

"Ran Sect, move out!"

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