Chapter 39: Enemy Attack

"Lu Yuanchun! You scoundrel!"

Seeing a gap torn in the formation protecting the market district, Fairy Feixia's eyes nearly burst with rage; immediately, however, she made an action completely opposite to Lu Yuanchun's.

"Junior brother, we join hands!"

A flash of escape light appeared as Fairy Feixia plunged directly into the market district, then turned to guard the gap in the formation fiercely: "Under no circumstances must the Divine Martial Gate be allowed to charge into the market district."

Hearing this, Lu Yang glanced at Fairy Feixia and found his opinion of her improved considerably; after all, seeing her appearance, her Zhu Chun stained with blood and her qi mechanism flagging, she had clearly suffered considerable injury; if she had fled alongside Lu Yuanchun, there might have been hope of escaping with her life, yet she chose to remain within the market district.

Could she be an insider?

Upholding the belief that the Holy Sect contains no good people, Lu Yang immediately suspected Fairy Feixia, and the latter noticed his wary gaze.

"There is no escape!"

Fairy Feixia sighed helplessly, having actually guessed Lu Yang's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "The Divine Martial Gate has plotted for a long time; to flee would only lead to a dead end."

"Remaining to hold the line and await reinforcements is the only sliver of hope for survival!"

Hearing this, Lu Yang remained doubtful: "This logic is clear to you, Senior Sister; how could that 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 immediately became furious and said: "The Divine Martial Gate used that piece of Xuanming Taiyin Precious Jade as bait to set an ambush; yet Lu Yuanchun, greedy for the jade, forcibly seized the treasure, not only dragging us all into the trap but also disregarding Senior Chen Xinan's life, abandoning us to flee alone!"

"So, he is fleeing in fear of punishment?"

Lu Yang suddenly understood; clearly Lu Yuanchun also knew his actions were improper; if he had truly remained in the market district, sooner or later Fairy Feixia would settle the score with him later.

This was why he chose such an extreme measure.

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

"Demons, today is your day of death!"

Majestic blood qi illuminated the sky, as if clusters of burning clouds rolled down from the heavens, finally revealing a burly man clad in armor and wielding weapons, the leader bearing a fierce and cruel expression.

"It is 'Divine Fist' Wu Zhichong!"

Fairy Feixia's beautiful face grew serious as she said in a low voice: "This person has already reached the ninth layer of the Qi Refining realm, just one step away from the great perfection; Junior Brother, be extremely careful."

"Senior Chen Xinan was killed because he took one of his punches, causing his dharma body to shatter."

Before Fairy Feixia's words had even finished, that burly man named Wu Zhichong had already flown toward them on escape light, his arm raised high above his head, pulling back as if drawing a bow.

"Die!"

The next second, a fist was thrown!

A piercing explosion instantly resounded in all directions; the square fist print struck straight at the heart; in an instant, Lu Yang felt as if a mountain were pressing down upon him!

Boom!

At the critical moment, Fairy Feixia stepped forward; her cloud sleeves fluttered, and clouds of light wreathed in pure qi spewed forth, intercepting Wu Zhichong's punch.

In an instant, colorful mist and clouds exploded outward in clusters, finally blocking Wu Zhichong outside the market district, yet the colorful mist thus lost most of its precious radiance.

Seeing this, a trace of pain and regret flashed through Fairy Feixia's eyes.

This colorful mist cloud was one of her magical treasures, named "Perching Mist Cloud Cover," forged through years of painstaking cultivation; this time, however, it had suffered damage repeatedly.

At the same time, another escape light descended from the sky.

After revealing his form, it was none other than Lu Yuanchun, who had just fled; his expression at this moment was extremely grim, and behind him followed yet another cultivator.

"'Mountain-Moving Daoist' Duanmu Yuan."

Fairy Feixia frowned tightly, recognizing the person blocking Lu Yuanchun as another late-stage Qi Refining cultivator of the Divine Martial Gate, whose strength was in no way inferior to hers.

"Lu Yuanchun, if you wish to live, return; we join hands!"

Fairy Feixia said in a deep voice; although the Divine Martial Gate advanced with fierce momentum, in her view, her side still had three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, so victory was not impossible.

Even if Lu Yang was from the ordinary disciples and possessed no special techniques, dealing with early and mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators should be no problem; as long as she and Lu Yuanchun could hold off Wu Zhichong and the Mountain-Moving Daoist, allowing Lu Yang to free his hands to deal with other disciples of the Divine Martial Gate, there might still be a chance to defend the market district!

"Very well! Then we will fight to the death; buy me time!"

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

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

'After all, this person is a disciple of the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, a Foundation Establishment disciple; perhaps he still possesses some formidable technique; with my assistance, we should be able to defend the market district...'

Thinking thus, Fairy Feixia withheld nothing and once again summoned the "Perching Mist Cloud Cover," attempting to buy time.

"Stop him!"

Although Wu Zhichong did not know Lu Yuanchun's techniques, he could not allow him to unleash them; immediately, he rose on a beam of escape light and charged toward Lu Yuanchun's direction.

Seeing this, Fairy Feixia forced her true qi upward, exerting every effort to block the other late-stage Qi Refining cultivator of the Divine Martial Gate, the Mountain-Moving Daoist Duanmu Yuan, while shouting to Lu Yang beside her: "Junior Brother Lu, act quickly! As long as we stop Wu Zhichong, we still have a chance to turn the tables this time..."

"Lu Yang? An ordinary disciple... what use is it even if he breaks through to the late stage?"

Lu Yuanchun glanced at Lu Yang and sneered inwardly.

In his eyes, Lu Yang was merely an unknown nobody, a small figure who had stumbled upon great luck to break through to the late stage, incomparable to someone like him, a Foundation Establishment disciple.

Thinking thus, he became even more firm in his resolve.

Fairy Feixia believed there was still a chance of victory, but Lu Yuanchun did not think so, because in his view, Fairy Feixia had obviously overlooked one decisive factor.

That was the corpse tide!

Even if they truly could hold off the people of the Divine Martial Gate, as long as the gap in the formation remained, once the corpse tide arrived, the result would still be total annihilation!

Therefore, the next second, Lu Yuanchun acted.

"Witness my divine might!"

As the words fell, Fairy Feixia's spirits instantly lifted; watching as the blood light around Lu Yuanchun coalesced, manifesting a magnificent demonic shadow of a ferocious and evil deity.

She did not expect Lu Yuanchun to directly slay Wu Zhichong; as long as he severely injured him, there was hope...

"Blood Shadow Sky-Soaring Great Technique!"

The demonic shadow flashed, and Lu Yuanchun's figure instantly vanished, transforming into a beam of blood light that appeared hundreds of meters away, rushing swiftly toward the outskirts of Skeleton Mountain.

For a moment, Fairy Feixia was left dumbfounded.

She had obviously underestimated Lu Yuanchun's shamelessness, never expecting that Lu Yuanchun, while feigning cooperation with her, was actually using her as a shield.

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

"Want to leave? Or stay!"

With a cold sneer, the blood-colored escape light formed by Lu Yuanchun was struck in half at the waist, forcing him to return to Skeleton Mountain, from which Lu Yuanchun's terrified cry emerged:

"Qi Refining Great Perfection!?"

The Blood Escape he had cast by burning most of his vital blood could absolutely not be stopped by anyone in the Late Qi Refining stage; only someone at the Qi Refining Great Perfection could stop it!

"Heaven seeks my destruction..."

Lu Yuanchun's heart was filled with unwillingness; he had fought so hard to seize the Profound Yin Jade of the Primordial Yin, and if he could escape alive, he would surely gain the favor of the Peak Master of the Heaven-Mending Peak.

Especially now, when Zhao Xuhe had been abandoned by the Peak Master of the Heaven-Mending Peak, it was his opportunity!

Yet now, everything had come to nothing.

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

"At this point, what use is that?"

Lu Yuanchun was utterly despairing, having no interest even in responding to Lu Yang; after all, in his view, at this moment, Lu Yang and he were merely distinguished by the difference between dying early or dying late...

The next second, however, Lu Yang, who had been silent until now, suddenly stepped forward, his wide sleeves fluttering as his ten fingers snapped in succession; in an instant, dozens of array patterns were cast, falling around the market district, breaking the miniature array that sealed the gap in the fixed great array of the Divine Martial Gate, and immediately afterward, he manipulated the array to suddenly close it.

Boom!

In an instant, dense array patterns floated into view, forming a light curtain that covered both inside and outside the market district; the great array had actually been resealed like this, restored to its completeness!

"... Ah?"

Seeing this, Lu Yuanchun's eyes instantly widened; then, shivering with a sudden jolt, he hastily controlled his blood light to fly back, shouting loudly: "Brother Lu, save me!!!"

(End of this chapter)