Chapter 39: Enemy Assault

"Lu Yuanchun! You scoundrel!"

Seeing a breach torn open in the market's great formation, Fairy Feixia's eyes nearly split from fury, yet immediately she performed an action diametrically opposite to Lu Yuanchun's.

"Junior Brother, let us join forces!"

With a flash of escaping light, Fairy Feixia plunged directly into the market, then turned to死死 defend the breach in the formation: "We absolutely cannot let the Shenwu Sect charge into the market."

Hearing this, Lu Yang glanced at Fairy Feixia and found his view of her considerably altered; after all, judging by her appearance—crimson-stained lips and withered qi mechanism—she had clearly suffered heavy injuries, and had she fled alongside Lu Yuanchun, she might still have hoped to escape with her life, yet she chose to remain within the market.

Could she be an inside traitor?

Guided by the notion that the Holy Sect harbors no good people, Lu Yang immediately suspected Fairy Feixia, who likewise noticed his vigilant gaze.

"There is no escape!"

Fairy Feixia sighed helplessly; having actually guessed Lu Yang's thoughts, she whispered, "The Shenwu Sect has been plotting this for a long time; fleeing only leads to a dead end."

"Only by staying to hold firm and await reinforcements is there a sliver of hope for survival!"

Hearing this, Lu Yang remained doubtful: "Senior Sister understands this logic, so how could Senior Brother Lu not know it? If so, why did he choose to flee?"

"Because the precious jade is in his possession!"

Speaking thus, Fairy Feixia flew into a rage: "The Shenwu Sect used that Xuanyin Taiyin Precious Jade as bait to set an ambush, yet Lu Yuanchun, greedy for the treasure, forcibly seized it, not only dragging us all into the trap but also disregarding Senior Brother Chen's life and death, abandoning us to flee alone!"

"So, he is fleeing to evade punishment?"

Lu Yang suddenly realized the truth; clearly, Lu Yuanchun also knew his actions were unconscionable, and if he truly remained in the market, sooner or later Fairy Feixia would settle accounts with him.

Thus, he chose such an extreme measure.

In light of this, it was only logical that Fairy Feixia did not flee with Lu Yuanchun; had she done so, there was no guarantee he would not kill her to silence her.

"Demons, today marks your day of death!"

Resplendent blood qi illuminated the sky, resembling rolling clouds of fire sweeping across the heavens, finally revealing a burly man clad in armor and wielding weapons, his expression fierce and brutal.

"It is 'Divine Fist' Wu Zhichong!"

Fairy Feixia's delicate face turned serious as she whispered, "This man has already reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation, merely one step from Great Perfection; Junior Brother, you must be extremely cautious."

"Senior Brother Chen was struck by a single punch from him, causing his dharma body to collapse and die."

Before Fairy Feixia could finish speaking, the burly man named Wu Zhichong had already ridden his escaping light speeding toward them, raising his arm above his head and drawing it back like drawing a bow.

"Die!"

The next second, a punch was launched!

A piercing explosion instantly echoed in all directions; a square-shaped fist mark pierced straight to the heart, and in an instant, Lu Yang felt as though a mountain was crashing down upon his face!

Boom!

At the critical moment, Fairy Feixia stepped forward, her cloud-patterned sleeves fluttering as clusters of clear qi-entwined luminous clouds erupted forth, intercepting Wu Zhichong's punch.

In that instant, colorful rosy clouds exploded in clusters, successfully halting Wu Zhichong outside the market, yet the rosy clouds thereby lost most of their treasured luster.

Witnessing this scene, a flash of regret instantly passed through Fairy Feixia's eyes.

These rosy cloud mists were one of her magic treasures, named the "Rosy Cloud Mist Canopy," which she had painstakingly refined over many years, yet now it had suffered repeated damage.

Simultaneously, another streak of escaping light descended from the sky.

Upon revealing his form, it was none other than Lu Yuanchun, who had just fled; his complexion was now extremely ugly, and moreover, a cultivator was following closely behind him.

"'Mountain-Moving Daoist' Duanmu Yuan."

Fairy Feixia frowned tightly, recognizing the person blocking Lu Yuanchun as another Late Stage Qi Condensation expert from the Shenwu Sect, whose strength was in no way inferior to her own.

"Lu Yuanchun, if you wish to live, return and join forces with us!"

Fairy Feixia stated gravely; although the Shenwu Sect approached with overwhelming force, in her view, their side still possessed three Late Stage Qi Condensation experts, so victory was not entirely impossible.

Even if Lu Yang was merely an ordinary disciple with no remarkable divine abilities, dealing with Early and Mid Stage Qi Condensation opponents would pose no problem; as long as she and Lu Yuanchun could hold off Wu Zhichong and the Mountain-Moving Daoist, allowing Lu Yang to handle the other Shenwu Sect disciples, there might still be a chance to defend the market!

"... ery well! Then let us stake our lives on one final gamble; buy me time!"

As these words fell, Lu Yuanchun took a deep breath and directly burned his vital blood; clusters of bloody light erupted from the crown of his head, and his qi mechanism instantly surged several times over.

Seeing this scene, Fairy Feixia finally breathed a sigh of relief.

'After all, this man is a disciple of Patriarch Senior Butian, a Foundation Establishment subordinate; perhaps he possesses some powerful means, and with my assistance, we should be able to defend the market...'

Thinking thus, Fairy Feixia concealed nothing further and once again activated the "Rosy Cloud Mist Canopy," attempting to buy time.

"Interrupt him!"

Although Wu Zhichong did not know Lu Yuanchun's divine abilities, he would certainly not allow him to unleash them freely; immediately, he rode a streak of escaping light and killed toward Lu Yuanchun's position.

Seeing this, Fairy Feixia forcibly boosted her true qi, employing every trick at her disposal to block the other Late Stage Qi Condensation expert from the Shenwu Sect, the Mountain-Moving Daoist Duanmu Yuan, while shouting loudly to Lu Yang beside her: "Junior Brother Lu Yang, act quickly! As long as we can block Wu Zhichong, we still have a chance to turn the tide..."

"Lu Yang? A mere ordinary disciple... what use is it even if he broke through to Late Stage Qi Condensation?"

Lu Yuanchun glanced at Lu Yang, sneering inwardly.

In his eyes, Lu Yang was nothing more than a nobody, a minor figure who had broken through to the late stage merely by sheer luck, incomparable to a Foundation Establishment disciple like himself.

Thinking thus, he became even more resolute in his conviction.

Fairy Feixia believed there was still a chance of victory, but Lu Yuanchun did not share this view, because in his opinion, Fairy Feixia had clearly overlooked a decisive factor.

That factor was the corpse tide!

Even if they could truly hold off the Shenwu Sect crowd, as long as the breach in the formation remained, once the corpse tide arrived, the outcome would still be total annihilation!

Therefore, the next second, Lu Yuanchun made his move.

"Witness my divine might!"

As these words fell, Fairy Feixia instantly perked up, watching as the bloody light surrounding Lu Yuanchun coalesced, manifesting a magnificent demonic shadow that looked vicious and ferocious.

She did not expect Lu Yuanchun to directly slay Wu Zhichong; as long as he could inflict heavy injuries upon him, there would be hope...

"Blood Shadow Sky-Escaping Great Art!"

The demonic shadow flashed, and Lu Yuanchun's figure instantly vanished, transforming into a streak of bloody light that appeared hundreds of meters away, speeding rapidly toward the exterior of Skeleton Mountain.

For a moment, Fairy Feixia was stunned into silence.

She had clearly underestimated Lu Yuanchun's shamelessness, never expecting that while he pretended to cooperate with her, he was actually using her as a shield.

However, just at that moment, the sky outside Skeleton Mountain suddenly darkened.

"Thinking of leaving? Stay behind!"

With a cold laugh, the bloody escaping light transformed from Lu Yuanchun was severed cleanly at the waist, forcing him back into Skeleton Mountain, from within which came Lu Yuanchun's terrified screams:

"Great Perfection of Qi Condensation!?"

The blood escape he had unleashed by burning most of his vital blood could absolutely not be blocked by anyone at Late Stage Qi Condensation; only someone at Great Perfection of Qi Condensation could stop it!

"Heaven intends to destroy me..."

Lu Yuanchun's heart was filled with unwillingness; he had struggled so hard to seize the Xuanyin Taiyin Precious Jade, and had he escaped with his life, he would surely gain the high regard of Patriarch Senior Butian.

Especially now that Zhao Xuhe had been abandoned by Patriarch Senior Butian, this was his opportunity!

Yet now, everything had come to naught.

Just then, Lu Yang's voice suddenly reached Lu Yuanchun's ears: "Senior Brother Lu, return to the market first..."

"At this point, what use is there?"

Lu Yuanchun was utterly despondent, lacking even the interest to respond to Lu Yang, for in his view, at this moment, the difference between him and Lu Yang was merely whether they died sooner or later...

The next second, however, Lu Yang, who had remained silent until now, suddenly stepped forward; his large sleeves fluttered wildly as his ten fingers continuously flicked, and in the blink of an eye, he scattered dozens of formation lines around the market, shattering the miniature arrays the Shenwu Sect had used to fix the breach in the great formation, immediately manipulating the great formation to suddenly close together.

Boom!

In an instant, dense clusters of formation lines emerged, transforming into a curtain of light that enveloped the interior and exterior of the market; the great formation had thus resealed itself, restored to completeness!

"... uh?"

Seeing this, Lu Yuanchun instantly widened his eyes, then shivered violently as he hastily manipulated his bloody light to fly back, shouting loudly: "Brother Lu, save me!!!"

(End of Chapter)