Chapter 496: A Stunning Arrow

Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Clan Ice Saint, Main Text Volume, Chapter 495: A Stunning Arrow. While Langya City was in the midst of a heated battle, on the outskirts of the Huan Continent, four figures gathered "stealthily" and exchanged smiles.

"Oh? Is the Sword Lord also planning to take this path?"

A disheveled old man reeking of alcohol greeted them with a chuckle.

"Aren't you all doing the same?"

The elder addressed as the Sword Lord said casually, then changed the subject and looked around.

"I honestly didn't expect you old fellows to be so proactive."

The people who had arrived were none other than the Flame King and the others who had taken the initiative to stand out and block the Blood Heavenly Demon Emperor during the Great Assembly Battle.

"After all, this path is the shortest, isn't it? One cannot miss out on battle merits delivered to one's doorstep. I was just worrying that the Great Thousand Wine, a specialty of the Great Thousand Pavilion, wasn't enough to drink, and look, I've just happened to catch an opportunity."

"I originally thought that kid was too cautious, but it turns out our perspective was the one that was small."

The Flame King said in a relaxed tone.

"The Flame King is absolutely right." Ancestor Xingye agreed with a smile, his heart filled with admiration for Xiao Han's foresight.

He was also astonished; back at the Great Thousand Pavilion, before everyone parted ways, Xiao Han had found them and expressed his willingness to gift them the secret technique capable of amplifying strength for free, in exchange for them taking action once without compromising their own safety.

The four of them meeting up a few days ago was quite unexpected for each other. Four instances of help from peak Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign combat power—in the eyes of any faction, this would be considered a foundation that needed to be used sparingly, yet these trump cards were thrown out all at once.

They had thought it was a waste of talent, but only when two bursts of monstrous demonic might erupted—which could be easily felt even at the edge of the Huan Continent—did they realize the other's far-sighted wisdom.

Two Mysterious Demon Emperors; if there were fewer people, it might really have been possible for the opponents to seize an opportunity and escape.

"Hehe!"

Hanging his wine gourd on his waist, the Flame King's eyes surged with cold light, his tone indifferent.

"Losing two Mysterious Demon Emperors at once is enough to make the Outer Realm Evil Clan ache for quite a while."

"Senior Flame King, stop talking; my fists can no longer hold back."

The Huang Realm, who had not found an opportunity to interject, said excitedly.

"Everyone, you had better restrain your auras; it wouldn't be good to scare them away."

Ancestor Xingye coughed.

"That is true."

"Haha, since we are going to surround them, why not act together?"

Following a few suppressed low laughs, the four figures merged into the space.

…………

Langya City battlefield.

A pitch-black blade light slashed over. With no way to dodge, the Ice Emperor pinched a seal, and the long whip that had left their hand spun rapidly in the air, condensing into an extremely solid round shield.

"Boom!"

The blade light dissipated, and the Ice Emperor, along with the round shield, was knocked flying a thousand feet away. Just as their footing stabilized, they stomped down fiercely again, charging toward their opponent at an even faster speed, and the intense confrontation erupted once more.

"Cling!"

"Bang!"

"Clang!"

As the exchange continued, Ye Sha's brows furrowed tighter and tighter; it was not because he was at a disadvantage.

Although the opponent's strength was comparable to a newly broken-through Mysterious Demon Emperor, it still paled in comparison to his own. If this state continued, he would be able to kill them on the spot within an hour.

However, he did not know if it was his imagination, but although he had been in the upper hand, the opponent was not impatient, just fighting in a methodical manner and blocking him from getting close to the battlefield where Ji Ying was.

It seemed... it seemed they intended to stall him?

But what was the point of this?

He suspected there was some conspiracy, but in his perception, Ji Ying was also suppressing the people on the other side, and it would not take long to dismantle that Immortal Grade Spirit Array.

"Truly strange."

Ye Sha muttered to himself in his heart.

The battlefield on the Ice Emperor's side could still be called evenly matched, while Yang Ling and the others could be said to be unilaterally beaten.

Under the control of the few, the Vault Covering Sun Array was becoming precarious, rippling more and more under Ji Ying's bombardment.

"You must hold on!"

Yang Ling kept cheering the others on, but the difficult expression with cold sweat seeping out was truly hard to accept.

"You had better worry about yourself." Qian Sha fully exerted the function of a mortal enemy and retorted immediately.

"This guy on the other side is not ordinary."

The taciturn You Ye said during a moment of respite.

The other three were silent.

Nonsense!

Who didn't know the person on the other side was not simple.

They had thought a quarter of an hour would be easy, but now they felt that a short quarter of an hour was like a long lifetime.

At this point, they could be absolutely certain that the opponent was definitely not an ordinary Mysterious Demon Emperor, at least not just any Mysterious Demon Emperor could accurately strike the weak points of a Spirit Array.

How could they be so capable!

They had never imagined they would run into one of the rare powerhouses of the Outer Realm Evil Clan who understood Spirit Arrays.

"Change the array!"

At this point, blindly defending was definitely a dead end; they could only use the great array to cause some trouble for the opponent.

The few communicated rapidly, and with their cooperation, the great array transformed its form again. A sharp long sword slowly took shape in mid-air, its dazzling golden light like the brilliant sun hanging high in the firmament.

"Oh? Finally stopped cowering?"

Seeing the change in the great array, Ji Ying also revealed a look of curiosity.

The opponent's grand array was simply a thick turtle shell; although he could roughly discern the flaws in the Spirit Array, the tactile feedback from his strikes remained far from satisfactory.

Squinting at the ten-thousand-foot giant sword above his head, Ji Ying's expression tightened slightly; with a shift of his mind, a pitch-black demon statue emerged from behind him.

Differing slightly from ordinary demon statues, the one behind Ji Ying had its eyes tightly shut, and its entire body was wrapped in chains covered in spikes.

"Forbidden!"

Hum!

Slowly, the demon statue's eyes opened; the hollow sockets were devoid of eyeballs, and the eerie expression made one's hair stand on end.

Having successfully merged into the body of the demon statue, Ji Ying manipulated the former to clasp its hands together.

The flow of air gradually began to change; suddenly, the atmosphere of the battlefield shifted instantly, and one could see the chains around the demon statue, as if sensing some kind of summons, instantly condense together, forming a sky-piercing pillar made of chains that shot explosively toward the giant sword above.

"Bang!"

"Clang!" "Clatter!"

The expressions of the people from Langya Heavenly Palace changed drastically; at the moment of impact, the giant pillar suddenly disintegrated, re-forming into several python-like iron cables that tightly wrapped around and bound the ten-thousand-foot long sword.

"Transform!"

Yang Ling and the others changed their hand seals at high speed; the long sword trembled slightly, transforming into countless soft ropes that shot toward the demon statue entrenched in the Xuwu Space.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Ji Ying was not angry but happy; he sneered and immediately manipulated the chains to shoot toward the weak points of the Spirit Array.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Unlike before, this time the chains pierced directly through the protective barrier formed by the grand array, clearing out rows of pavilions without showing any signs of waning; some unlucky Elders and Disciples were even sent flying by the shockwaves, their lives unknown, while the more severely affected died on the spot.

It's over!

Yang Ling and the others looked ashen, not even having time to wipe the blood from the corners of their mouths.

"Hmm?"

The turn of events on the battlefield could not escape the notice of the Ice Imperial, who was frowning deeply while entangled with Ye Sha.

"This shouldn't be!"

According to his understanding, an Immortal Grade Array should not be this fragile; furthermore, when Xiao Han left, he had mentioned that the Vault Covering Sun Array had a crucial variant formation, and it was precisely this variant that pushed the former to the pinnacle of Immortal Grade Arrays.

"Hahaha!"

The Ice Imperial, lost in thought, was caught in a flaw by the sharp-eyed Ye Sha; caught in a precarious situation during the sudden surprise attack, the latter could not help but laugh wildly.

"I want to see how your Langya Heavenly Palace will resist the divine might of my race now!"

"Then come and try!"

Calculating in his heart that the time was about right, the Ice Imperial revealed a cold expression, and his fighting style suddenly became aggressive, leaving Ye Sha stunned for a moment.

"Hum!"

Just as everyone in the city was in despair, the broken grand array underwent a strange change; everyone clearly saw one of the scorching suns hanging high in the firmament suddenly erupt with blinding radiance.

The bright white was difficult to look at directly; immediately after, circles of golden light radiated from the scorching sun, shrouding down into the city and spreading toward the surroundings.

"Hmm?"

Ji Ying's ominous premonition grew stronger; when he instinctively tried to retract the chains, he was astonished to find that the light barrier had somehow been restored to its original state, firmly sealing the chains inside, unable to move.

As if it weren't bad enough, the blinding light shed by the scorching sun outlined a human silhouette in the air; the first impression was that heavy divinity, majestic and inviolable.

Its face seemed to be covered in a layer of mist, impossible to peek at, and one could only vaguely see it holding a large bow in its left hand.

Without any extra movements, the moment the Dharma Body appeared, it assumed a posture of drawing the bow and nocking an arrow; a golden arrow took shape, pointing directly at Ji Ying.

At this moment, alarm bells rang loudly in Ji Ying's heart; he manipulated the Dharma Body like a madman, but to his despair, the latter remained motionless.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow streaked across space, time seemed to be frozen, and it traversed the tens of thousands of feet between the two without a trace, arriving instantly before the demon statue; the soft light on the arrow's tip made Ji Ying feel the agony of ten thousand arrows piercing his body.

"Move for this Imperial!"

Ji Ying roared.

"Boom!"

……

At the moment the figure appeared, Xiao Han, who was rushing back toward the Great Thousand World in the Xuwu Space, also sensed something.

"The Arrow God was actually summoned?"

After Xiao Han thoroughly comprehended the Vault Covering Sun Array, its hidden core variant was also exposed; when the grand array was broken, the energy storage core of the Vault Covering Sun Array would, according to the intent of the one who set the array, condense a Dharma Body containing all the Spirit Power of the grand array, erupting with supreme power!

The key was that when the Dharma Body appeared, it also meant that Langya Heavenly Palace was suffering a great crisis; the current array had been set up for too short a time, and the accumulated energy could not last long; he could only pray that his original arrangements would come in handy in time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han's expression tightened slightly, and Liu Qingyang beside him noticed the change in the former's face.

"Senior? Has something happened?"

Xiao Han nodded.

"Perhaps we need to be a little faster."

Without giving Liu Qingyang time to reply, he covered the latter's entire body with Spirit Power and immediately traveled through the Xuwu Space at full speed.

Not to mention Xiao Han's mood, at Langya Heavenly Palace, the suddenly appearing Dharma Body Arrow God also shocked the two Demon Emperors, the people of Langya Heavenly Palace, and the Flame King and others who had come to support.

"My goodness, Langya Heavenly Palace is really going to defy the heavens!"

The Flame King could not help but exclaim.

"We truly underestimated the Spirit Array talent of little friend Xiao Han!"

"This Spirit Array is likely considered top-tier even among the Immortal Grade."

Ancestor Xingye also said in agreement, and the expressions of the others were no different.

Afterward, they looked with pity at the demon statue in the distance that was missing an arm; even though they were just bystanders, these peak Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign experts could not help but feel fear in their hearts toward that arrow.

The former endured that strike head-on, and it was not as simple as merely losing an arm.

"Old brothers, it is time for us to make our entrance."

Glancing at the slowly dissipating light and shadow, the Flame King took a swig of strong liquor and reminded them.

"Mm." The others all agreed.

At this moment, Ji Ying's mind was filled with terror and fury; terror that he had just walked before the gates of hell, for if he had not dodged the vital spot in time against that arrow just now, it would not have been as simple as a serious injury and a severed arm, and there was even the possibility of dying on the spot.

But then came a wave of fury; he had prided himself on being cautious, yet he had capsized when victory was already in his grasp—it was simply a supreme humiliation!

"Today, all of you must die!"

Ji Ying noticed that the figure who had brought him the crisis of death had disappeared, and he gritted his teeth and growled.

"This seat would like to see how many trump cards you mere upstart forces have left?"

As soon as the voice fell, a leisurely greeting came from not far away.

"Yo, isn't this our Lord Mysterious Demon Emperor of the Outer Realm Evil Clan?"

"What? Haven't seen you in a long time, how did you become so pathetic?"

The moment the four figures appeared, Ji Ying and Ye Sha, who was fighting the Ice Emperor, felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

It's over!