Chapter 308: Six People Working Together

Yuan Yao's body shuddered, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood; her ears and nostrils also gushed more blood.

She gritted her teeth, hurling the spiritual power Huyan Cheng had shaken loose back at him again!

At the same time, Song Yan and the others saw Yuan Yao rushing back, their faces showing disbelief, but they quickly reacted, charging toward Huyan Cheng to try to distract him.

And the illusory apparition of Thousandjade Mountain had already dissipated.

The manifestation of the Life-saving Talisman lasts only a brief moment, and this talisman is formed from a wisp of essence blood of the true body, its power at most fifty percent of the true body's actual strength.

Because Huyan Cheng's strength surged thanks to the Blood Sacrifice Forbidden Technique, this manifestation of the Life-saving Talisman failed to kill him.

Boom—

Song Yan, Xiao Lingwei, Cang Li, Xue Jin, and Ying Wuji successively unleashed their trump card techniques, holding Huyan Cheng at bay.

At this moment, Yuan Yao half-kneeled on the ground, blood flowing from her seven apertures, her lips deathly pale, she gripped the Phantom Spirit Sword to support her body.

Her whole body ached terribly, especially her sea of consciousness, as if countless ants were gnawing at it, and her nosebleed dripped drop by drop.

She lifted her head, frantically counterattacking Huyan Cheng with her spiritual power.

Hum—

Suddenly, Huyan Cheng also had a nosebleed.

Huyan Cheng sensed Yuan Yao's spiritual power entering his sea of consciousness, and her spiritual power, like a vast ocean, instantly covered his mental space.

Huyan Cheng realized she was trying to drag him into a nightmare; his face instantly turned grim and vicious, and he raised a hand, blasting Song Yan and the others to the ground with a single palm.

Song Yan and the others all suffered severe injuries.

They had never faced such a powerful opponent; just as they tried to rise, a boom rang out, and the mighty pressure of the early Body Integration Realm crushed them all to the ground.

It also shattered their protective barrier!

It struck straight at their bodies!

In an instant, intense pain surged.

Their five viscera and six bowels, as well as their spiritual sense, were all damaged!

Ying Wuji's face darkened; he forcibly burned his own essence blood to boost his cultivation, instantly breaking through the pressure, twisting his wrist, and swinging the Heaven's Mandate Sword.

He shattered the pressure's domain!

He saw Huyan Cheng dart toward Yuan Yao, his pupils constricting, and he swiftly gave chase.

Huyan Cheng slammed a palm toward the crown of Yuan Yao's head.

"Yao Yao—"

And at that very moment, the fifth Life-saving Talisman was completely triggered.

Clang!

Only the sound of a sword's ring was heard.

Huyan Cheng's pupils contracted; he tried to dodge quickly, but it was already too late—half of his shoulder was cleanly severed!

Blood spurted!

"Ah……" Huyan Cheng let out a miserable, shrill scream.

And in the next instant, that terrifying blade struck again!

Huyan Cheng endured the excruciating pain, blocking with all his might using his sole remaining hand.

Boom!

Their forces locked in a stalemate!

Yuan Yao seized the opportunity to swiftly invade his mental space!

She dragged him, whose strength had greatly diminished, into the nightmare.

Huyan Cheng was still resisting.

But shortly after, Ying Wuji and the others rushed forward, attacking Huyan Cheng.

For a moment, Huyan Cheng was outnumbered, and with the Life-saving Talisman manifestation left behind by Thousandjade Mountain frenziedly assaulting him, he suffered grave injuries.

At that very moment, his whole body stiffened for an instant.

His consciousness seemed to be dragged by an invisible giant hand deep into the abyss of the nightmare.

In the nightmare, sunlight poured down like scattered gold, illuminating the day he joined the sect. The crowd surged around him, and the clamor never ceased.

"Yuhanxiang and Yuqingxue have been punished again today!" Passing senior fellow disciples whispered to each other, buzzing with discussion.

"They actually ruined the mustard-seed space of our ancestors—no wonder they got punished!"

"Those two are nothing short of destruction kings!"

Yuhanxiang and Yuqingxue are a pair of siblings.

Suddenly, a senior sister gazed at him with a smile blooming like a flower, like a peach blossom in spring: "Junior brother, are you new here?"

Huyan Cheng's expression was dazed; he faintly felt something odd, yet when he heard the sounds around him, he seemed instead to be immersed in a warm embrace, feeling utterly reluctant to leave.

"... Yes." Huyan Cheng instinctively reached out, gently stroking his own cheek.

Unharmed.

Time flew like a white colt passing through a gap; his days in the sect were poetic and picturesque, and he often heard news of the sect's notable figures—such as Thousandjade Mountain, Yuqingxue, and Yuhanxiang.

He cultivated as if starving and thirsty, as if chasing an unattainable ray of light, hoping to catch up to their steps, even to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

His talent was also outstanding; after five years in the sect, he had already begun to stand out in the world of cultivation, becoming a somewhat renowned genius.

Because of a mission, he happened to meet Yuqingxue and Yuhanxiang by chance, and the location of that mission was precisely—the Cloudwater Realm of the Ninth Province.

He felt affection toward Yuhanxiang, the senior sister.

The senior sister Yuhanxiang was frank and straightforward, her personality open and unrestrained, she cared little for trivialities and knew nothing of love.

She said she wanted to become an immortal.

Huyan Cheng secretly resolved in his heart to follow her steps until she opened her apertures.

He felt that the happiest days of his life were spent in Yunshui Realm.

In Yunshui Realm, he would enjoy osmanthus wine with them and hunt demons together.

In the nightmare, time and scene remained in Yunshui Realm.

Hu Yan Cheng gazed foolishly at Yu Hanxiang's silhouette.

"I wish so much that this wasn't a dream."

The nightmare shattered like a mirror.

In reality, Hu Yan Cheng was pierced through the heart by a sword; the fresh blood welling from his mouth bloomed like a blood flower on his chest. He laughed maniacally, his laughter mixed with despair and unwillingness, laughing until tears streamed down, his eyes blood-red like burning flames.

"Heaven envies talent; why must my fate be so miserable, Hu Yan Cheng?"

"This world is unfair!"

Yuan Yao reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, speaking in a deep voice: "You have fallen to this state entirely because of your choices! You are obstinate, arrogant, and you practice forbidden arts for your own selfish desires, disregarding others' lives!"

"How many innocent people have died by your hand?"

"Hu Yan Cheng, if Master Hanxiang knew what you've done, she would surely find you utterly repulsive!"

Upon hearing those words, Hu Yan Cheng's smile vanished instantly: "Everything I've done is to revive her! Only that forbidden technique can possibly bring her back from death! As long as I gather seven pure-yin bodies' blood slaves, I can let her be reborn!"

Having said that, Hu Yan Cheng felt he couldn't just die so easily; he summoned all his strength and violently pulled out the long sword embedded in his chest.

He used that evil art to forcibly sustain his life.

Immediately after, he slammed a palm fiercely at them.

"Be careful!" Cang Li shouted.

The six were shaken back several steps.

And Hu Yan Cheng sought to escape!

"Don't let him run, or he'll continue to harm innocents!" Xiao Lingwei declared decisively.

Xue Jin's eyes turned fierce: "To cut the grass, we must remove the roots!"

Song Yan said in a deep voice: "Use the Thousand Mountain Sword Formation!"

The six exchanged a glance, gritted through their wounds, and swiftly darted away.