Chapter 1317: Luck

Lianyin sat cross-legged in the void, an ancient zither floating before her.

Ten slender fingers plucked continuously at the strings.

Accompanied by bursts of clear, resonant zither music, waves of sound spread outward.

The sound waves were formless and intangible, yet as sharp as blades.

Each one possessed enough power to severely injure a Cultivator at Integration Stage Perfection, and coupled with their formless and intangible nature, they were terrifying.

But the combat power of the Octopus Ancestor Phantom was too strong.

Even one as powerful as Lianyin had fallen into a disadvantageous position in the battle against the Octopus Ancestor Phantom.

However, unlike Mingchen.

Although she had fallen into a disadvantageous position, she could still barely hold on, avoiding being severely injured in the short term.

Within the Spirit Summoning Array.

Seeing that the Ancestor Phantom summoned by himself and his many clansmen had actually been blocked by the Mermaid Princess, Anyou could not help but reveal a look of astonishment.

Anyou could not help but reveal a look of astonishment.

This Mermaid Princess, her strength was actually this terrifying!

Although he had known before that the other party had once wounded the Thirteenth Ancestor.

But the reason the Thirteenth Ancestor was injured was because the Mermaid Princess had the help of three powerful dragon-horses, and the Thirteenth Ancestor had encountered an incident before meeting the Mermaid Princess, was already injured, and was also careless in his heart, which was why he was wounded.

This was what the Thirteenth Ancestor said himself, so it could not be false.

However, for an Integration Stage Cultivator, no matter what means they used, being able to wound the Thirteenth Ancestor—even if the Thirteenth Ancestor was injured and not at his peak—was enough to be called astonishing.

Therefore, he had never looked down on the other party from the very beginning.

But he had never imagined that the combat power of this Mermaid Princess could be strong to such a degree.

One must know.

At this moment, the essence of the Ancestor Phantom's power was still at the Integration Stage.

But the depth of the power it possessed had long since surpassed the limits of the Integration Stage.

Its strength was already enough to rival an Integration Mid-Stage Cultivator.

Such strength was actually blocked by the Mermaid Princess.

It was simply shocking!

At the same time.

On the other side.

After losing Lianyin's protection, Wang Jianqiang did not unleash his full strength.

Instead, he displayed the power expected of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, continuously and frantically dodging those "terrifying" battle shockwaves.

Although he tried his best, he still could not completely avoid those waves of sweeping power.

Not long after, he was already heavily injured and in a sorry state.

Noticing this scene, the surrounding enemies revealed looks of contempt and mockery one after another, disdaining to pay him any mind.

This was exactly the result Wang Jianqiang wanted.

If the enemies looked down on him, they would not kill him personally.

Then he could continue his Disguise.

Although Lianyin had said she could back him up and it would be fine even if he were exposed.

But his rich experience as an undercover agent made him clearly understand that any fake identity was extremely precious, and unless necessary, it must never be easily abandoned.

Moreover, the enemies encountered this time were not simple characters either.

Whether they were from the Octopus Clan or the Sea Giant race, they were all elites within their respective clans at the Integration Stage.

Their cultivation levels were almost all above Integration Mid-Stage, and there were even quite a few at the Integration Stage Perfection level.

If he went all out, he might be able to kill an Integration Late Stage, and could also maneuver against a Hetie Consummation.

But if he did so, he would receive focused attention from the enemies.

Thereby being attacked by the strong among the enemies.

It was too dangerous and too unwise.

For the sake of safety.

It was better to keep a low profile.

However, although his thinking was good, he ignored one problem.

That was that he had been by Lianyin's side when she beheaded Liehai.

This caused the Sea Giant race Cultivators to hate him along with their hatred for Lianyin.

If he had died in the battle shockwaves after some dodging and shifting, that would have been that.

But seeing that although he was coughing up blood from the impact of the battle shockwaves, he simply would not perish.

A Sea Giant race Cultivator nearby finally could not hold back.

This was an Integration Mid-Stage Cultivator.

He struck a Mermaid Clan Cultivator back with one blow, leaving the other clansman beside him to continue attacking the Mermaid Clan Cultivator who was coughing blood and flying backward.

He himself flashed his figure and disengaged from the battle.

He pointed from afar at Wang Jianqiang.

In an instant.

A finger-force tore through the void and flew straight toward Wang Jianqiang.

The speed and power of this finger-force were pitifully weak to Wang Jianqiang.

But it was far beyond what any Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator could block or dodge.

Wang Jianqiang frowned.

Just as he was pondering whether to reveal some of his strength.

Boom~

From another direction, a roaring sound suddenly came.

A wave of battle aftermath swept over.

Wang Jianqiang's eyes lit up.

He hurriedly increased his speed and rushed past the range affected by the battle aftermath.

Just as Wang Jianqiang crossed the range affected by the battle aftermath, the finger energy from that Integration Mid-Stage Cultivator happened to fly over from behind, flying into the aftermath that had not yet dissipated.

Under the collision of the two forces, the speed of the finger energy instantly decreased significantly.

Hearing the strange noise coming from behind.

Wang Jianqiang seemed to have only just noticed the attack of the finger energy and hurriedly dodged.

The finger energy, having had most of its speed reduced by the battle aftermath, ultimately failed to hit Wang Jianqiang, grazing past his body.

"Hmph, your luck is quite good."

Seeing this scene, that Sea Giant Cultivator who had released the finger energy showed a look of surprise, then sneered.

"The Mermaid Princess killed a genius of my Sea Giant race; since you are close to her, you shall pay back some of her debts."

"Let me see if you can still have such good luck next."

After speaking, the killing intent on his body surged violently.

He flicked his finger, once again shooting a strand of finger energy toward Wang Jianqiang.

Hearing the sneer of this Sea Giant Cultivator, Wang Jianqiang seemed to have only just discovered the enemy attacking him.

He was shocked.

And then he fled in a panic.

Immediately.

An outrageous scene occurred.

Just at the moment when the Sea Giant Cultivator's finger energy was about to hit Wang Jianqiang, Wang Jianqiang was suddenly pushed away by a wave of battle aftermath attacking from nearby.

The finger energy once again grazed past his body; not only did it fail to hit him, but it instead struck a Sea Giant Cultivator who was in the middle of a fierce battle with a Mermaid Clan Cultivator.

That unlucky Sea Giant Cultivator was caught off guard by the finger energy and was directly severely wounded.

He was then seized by the Mermaid Clan Cultivator fighting him and killed.

Seeing this scene.

The Sea Giant Cultivator who had released the finger energy couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Then, his gaze toward Wang Jianqiang instantly became angry, "Damned ant, you actually caused the death of my clansman!"

"You deserve to die!"

Amidst an angry roar, he slammed his palm forward.

A violent force surged toward Wang Jianqiang.

This time, he did not use an individual attack method again, but directly unleashed an area-of-effect attack.

He did not believe this ant could still dodge it.

However.

Perhaps because he was too angry, he ignored one problem.

That was...

At this moment, both he and Wang Jianqiang were in the middle of a chaotic battlefield.

There were great battles everywhere around them.

Before his attack could land on Wang Jianqiang, a figure suddenly flew backward, appearing between the Sea Giant Cultivator's attack and Wang Jianqiang.