Chapter 991

West of Yanwu Lake, once the front line.

Dafeng Hall had four Hai Jing cultivators, each leading a squad, firmly holding the four western islands and easily securing the western front.

Because not a single Dongting disciple had landed from the west!

Deterrence, of course, is also part of strength.

But He Qifeng’s expression was far from pleasant.

She had wanted to contribute her strength in this defense, but the Dongting sect moved with astonishing speed and had resolved to avoid direct confrontation with Dafeng Hall.

This left a grand first-class deity—Wu Seng believer—reduced to a mere spectator in a war.

“Ah!”

“No! Ah. Ah.”

Faint moans kept coming from the left and rear, making He Qifeng increasingly furious.

Her right hand rose high, energy churning in her palm.

In the sky, beneath oil-paper umbrellas and lotus leaves, a colossal golden palm appeared.

Wu Seng Divine Art·Great Jin Tianseng Palm!

“Hu!!”

The giant palm descended from the heavens, smashing into the lake in the southwest.

“Ziz~ ziz~”

Several figures raced across the lake’s surface, lightning coiling around their feet, kicking up sprays of water.

“Such a lowlife! Meddling fools!”

A woman with a ponytail and a strikingly beautiful face cursed loudly.

She gripped her halberd tightly, struggling to change direction—if she kept charging forward at this speed, she’d be slapped straight into the water!

“Blood Moon, ignore those monks.” A man’s voice drew near, brushing past the Blood Moon Hall Master.

The Blood Moon Hall Master whirled around to see a towering figure leading the charge, followed by dozens of Blood Shadow Hall disciples, carving a graceful arc across the lake as they dodged lotuses and water lilies.

The Blood Shadow Hall Master was forcing a landing!

“Brother, wait for me!” Blood Moon called sweetly, her long legs flashing as she raced forward like the wind.

Her voice was seductive, but her eyes were icy and lethal.

Ignore those monks?

No way.

Don’t the Wu Seng sect love meddling?

I’ll make sure these monks see clearly—this is something they can’t handle!

I’ll kill them one by one, right before their eyes!

“Blue Lotus Island, stop them from landing!” A panicked voice rang out from Blue Lotus Island.

The Blue Lotus Island Master screamed while kneeling on one knee, one hand pressed to the ground.

“Hu~”

A delicate lotus bloomed, suspending a phantom sword within its petals.

Jianlian Divine Art·Sword in the Lotus!

The Blue Lotus Island Master leapt up, flying over the lotus, snatching the Sword in the Lotus as she passed.

Though it was merely a phantom blade, in her hands it felt as solid as real steel.

Before she even landed, she swung the Sword in the Lotus hard forward.

“Hu!”

One slash, petals clearing the way!

From the Blue Lotus Island Master as the origin, a hundred-meter-wide path ahead was filled with endless swirling lotus petals.

The momentum was terrifying!

“You’re already dead!” Blood Moon circled the island at high speed, her tone no longer soft or tender as when speaking to a lover.

She had beautiful eyes, but they were filled with cruel malice.

The Blue Lotus Island Master’s face froze rigidly.

The purification divine technique·Ten Thousand Zhang Clear Lotus bloomed on the island’s west and north sides, spreading outward relentlessly.

Yet in an instant, the two Hai Jing Hall Masters—Blood Shadow and Blood Moon—and thirty to forty disciples had shifted to the east and south.

“Ha!!”

War cries exploded across Blue Lotus Island!

Many bodies trembled!

Some had truly been struck; others were merely terrified out of their wits.

Still, even if Blue Lotus Island’s defenders were affected, the Jianlian sect had the purification technique·Precious Lotus Flower.

This softly blooming lotus released pollen with a strange fragrance; any living being within its range would have all spiritual abnormalities purified.

Thus, Dongting’s Thunder Roar could not fully plunge the crowd into dizziness.

“Get off!”

The Five Flower Island Master immediately unfurled her oil-paper umbrella and shoved it forward fiercely.

As the Island Master of the Chēng Huā sect, she got along well with the Blue Lotus Island Master and had come specifically to reinforce this position.

A phantom oil-paper umbrella, like a shield of energy, shot forward at incredible speed.

“Ah!”

“I—” Several Dongting disciples couldn’t dodge in time and were slammed back into the lake.

Jianlian disciples, wielding their phantom Sword in the Lotus, began finishing off the fallen.

Dozens of oil-paper umbrella phantoms together formed a defensive wall, pushing eastward and southward.

For Dongting disciples who couldn’t fly, their escape routes were relentlessly compressed—they were being forced back into the lake again.

“Get out of my way!” Blood Moon barked.

The curved defensive wall still had a gap.

Blood Moon charged forward at full speed, smashing into several disciples who were trying to slip through the gap, sending them flying.

“Ziz~ ziz!”

Lightning coiled around Blood Moon’s feet as she suddenly stabbed her halberd into the ground, sliding sideways across the island to dissipate momentum.

They’ve broken in!

At this moment, the Bihé sect, the Chēng Huā sect, the Jiànlián sect, and even the Tiānluán sect disciples—all of them—were nothing but corpses beneath her feet!

Everyone on the island turned pale!

“Soo~”

Glistening lotus root filaments shot toward them; Bihé disciples tried to use Divine Art·Lotus Root Link to bind enemies’ bodies and control their flesh.

But how could Hai Jing Dongting disciples let a few threads touch them?

Yet how could a disciple of the Haijing Dongting Sect allow a few threads to touch them?

The Blood Moon Hall Master roared as she charged forward.

“Watch out!”

“Form a line! Umbrellas! Push the umbrellas outward—uh—” The frantic cry cut off abruptly.

The Blood Moon Hall Master was like a tiger among sheep.

Just as the sheep scrambled to resist, another figure stormed in.

The Blood Shadow Hall Master crashed through the battlefield, cutting a straight path!

In a single thrust, her halberd impaled three island defenders at once!

The vast sea had turned men into skewers.

The water-armored Jiang Jing disciples’ armor was as fragile as paper.

Not even Jiang Jing disciples—let alone Hai Jing experts—could survive such a charge from the Blood Shadow Hall Master.

The Dongting sect possessed the Divine Art: Thunderclap Halberd; its phantom halberd shadow could attach to weapons or be held directly by the user, automatically penetrating armor!

Dongting disciples also had Divine Art·Thunderclap Form.

After summoning lightning to strike their bodies, their physical attributes surged dramatically across the board.

After drawing lightning to strike their body, the Dongting disciple’s body would be massively activated, with all attributes surging!

The Dongting sect was absolute royalty.

“Fly up! Don’t stand and fight!”

“Hurry!!” Dozens of island defenders immediately changed tactics—from blocking enemy landings to flying for survival.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to stay airborne.

But certain techniques of the Jianlian and Bihé sects required standing on the ground to activate.

For instance, Lotus Flight Sword, Sword in the Lotus, and Ten Thousand Zhang Clear Lotus all required devotees to channel energy into the earth, causing flowers to bloom on land and water.

Now, they couldn’t even stand their ground!

Everyone unfurled umbrellas, stepped on lotuses, leapt on leaves, and shot skyward at top speed.

The crowd all opened umbrellas, stepped on flowers, trod on leaves, and shot swiftly into the sky.

The Blood Moon Hall Master charged into the crowd and stomped hard on the ground.

The Blood Moon Hall Master charged into the crowd, slamming his foot hard onto the ground.

Eastern Thunder Divine Law: Thunder Burst Purple Light!

“Ziz~ ziz!”

Dense streams of electricity shot outward in all directions from beneath Blood Moon’s feet.

And much of this current did not spread along the ground—it also angled sharply toward the sky.

Instantly, several men were struck!

“Die!!”

Blood Moon’s eyes turned cruel; she leapt forward and charged at a Jianlian disciple suspended midair, his body crawling with electricity.

She did not stab with her halberd—instead, she kicked him hard.

“Ziz~ ziz!”

Eastern Thunder Divine Law: Thunder Burst Purple Light!

The poor Jiang Jing, Jianlian disciple, had his skull shattered by Blood Moon’s kick.

Vast currents exploded midair, wildly crawling toward the terrified islanders who were flying upward.

“Good, ha!” Blood Shadow’s master chuckled loudly as he watched his beloved wife’s prowess.

The Jianlian Divine Law: Precious Lotus Flower can dispel abnormal mental states, but cannot remove physical paralysis.

Instantly, several islanders tumbled down like dumplings dropped into boiling water.

“Watch out!”

Islanders far from the lightning zone immediately summoned petals and lotus leaves to catch their comrades.

Most were saved.

On one hand, their teammates acted swiftly; on the other, Blood Shadow and Blood Moon had both set their sights on the Blue Lotus Island Master!

“Blood Moon!” Blood Shadow’s feet wrapped in lightning, he charged straight toward his wife.

The couple displayed tremendous synergy: Blood Moon held her halberd horizontally before her, and Blood Shadow leapt up, planting both feet upon the halberd shaft.

Up!!

Blood Moon turned slightly, gripped the halberd shaft with both hands, and shoved it hard upward at an angle.

“Hah!”

Blood Shadow shot diagonally into the sky and roared a battle cry at the clustered islanders to his upper left.

Precious Lotus Flower is a purification technique, not a mental defense technique!

Mental defense techniques do not absorb abnormal states.

Purification techniques first absorb abnormal states, then eliminate their effects!

In the brief instant when the Jianlian disciples were stunned, Blood Moon had already darted past several clustered islanders and thrust her halberd deep into the Blue Lotus Island Master’s body.

“Crack! Crack!”

Cracks spread across the Blue Lotus Island Master’s water armor!

“Stop!”

The Five Flower Island Master, though a Sea Realm expert, was utterly unable to keep pace with the combat rhythm of a Sea Realm Eastern Thunder disciple.

Everything that happened in those few seconds was too fast to comprehend or react to.

“Ah! Aaaah!”

Electricity still crackled over the Blue Lotus Island Master’s body as she desperately tried to reform her water armor, trembling hands reaching to raise a lotus shield.

“Snap!”

Blood Shadow suddenly spun and swung—his halberd struck the Blue Lotus Island Master and sent her crashing into the sea.

“Ziz~ ziz~”

Blood Moon stretched her long legs and instantly descended from the island, racing across the lake’s surface.

The two Eastern Thunder, Yāngyāng zhī Hǎi experts moved as if through an empty land!

On the island, no one could stop them.

Off the island, no one could block them!

In an instant, Blood Moon reached the landing point of the Blue Lotus Island Master.

The phantom of her halberd swelled—Jingting Halberd, with its armor-shattering effect, was ready.

Her body was violently activated by lightning, her arms flooded with terrifying power.

With the momentum of her wild sprint, Blood Moon thrust her halberd with all her might!

“Crack!!”

The water armor of the Sea Realm expert, the Blue Lotus Island Master, shattered violently—the halberd tip pierced straight through her skull.

Everyone: !!!

Blood Moon and Blood Shadow were already a hundred meters from the island; all could only watch helplessly as it happened.

The helplessness filled hearts with despair.

“Huh~”

A golden giant palm suddenly appeared high in the sky.

Far away, He Qi gripped the Wind Barrier Pearl in one hand, using the artifact to aid his flight, while raising the other high to summon the Great Golden Heavenly Monk Palm.

Blood Moon’s heart jolted: “Brother!”

(End of Chapter)