Chapter 466: with translation of chapter title

Two days passed.

Yan Buji was once again sent to the front lines, with the Sun and Moon Palace's enforcement squad supervising the battle nearby—really irritating.

Nevertheless, precisely because of that, Fire Wing Island had not been breached all along; on the contrary, it grew ever more steadfast.

"Moon Advance Daoist..." the cultivator beside him clutched his wound, after repelling the demon beasts he plopped down, panting heavily.

Yan Buji chuckled, took a pill to restore his mana, and asked, "All right?"

"It's fine, this wound isn't deep. Although the demon beasts' demonic arts are extremely lethal, with the formation's protection we were merely caught in the spillover.... But Daoist, your reactions are quick—you haven't sustained many injuries over these days."

Yan Buji laughed: "Just experience."

"Sigh, who knows when the Sun and Moon Palace's reinforcements will arrive? It's been half a month already; even without a teleportation formation, we should have heard some news by now, right?"

"Yeah, just coming by boat—are the ships from Sun and Moon Island really that slow?" Yan Buji shook his head.

The cultivator beside them snorted coldly: "Maybe they never intended to come reinforce us at all."

"Impossible? Even True Lord Feng Hua personally spoke up; he wouldn't deliberately lie to us."

"Yeah."

"What do you know?" the cultivator sat to the side, took a sip of wine, and gritted his teeth: "I heard something big happened over at the Sun and Moon Palace—seems the Liu clan or some other family started recruiting people everywhere to seize power and profit, and they simply don't care about the beast tide!"

"This...."

Those around were shocked and dismayed; although there had been some rumors in the streets, surely they wouldn't turn on each other in the midst of the beast tide, would they?

Yan Buji sensed something; since this news had reached Fire Wing Island, it indicated that what had previously occurred matched his speculation—Seven Star Island might even have become a tool for the Liu clan's power struggle—and he just didn't know what terms the Liu clan had offered.

Sigh.

Boom—

"What!"

"An explosion? Who dares cause trouble here?!"

"Surely there aren't any demonic cultivators sneaking in to cause chaos, are there?"

"Uh-oh, it's the beast tide—the beast tide is coming again!!!"

In that instant, Yan Buji sensed that an opportunity had arrived.

The enforcement squad also realized something was wrong, hurriedly looking ahead and shouting, "Don't retreat—anyone who retreats will be executed on the spot!"

As the explosions began inside Fire Wing Island, the demon beasts launched a second assault; this time the attacking beasts were countless, and even more than twenty demon kings charged the formation!

Under the impact of the demon kings, great and small demon beasts gradually approached the island, while the defending cultivators stood on the city walls, releasing arts to repel the beasts.

For a while, the roars of demon beasts, the enraged shouts of the enforcement squad, and the booming explosions of spells continued without cease, shaking the entire Fire Wing Island once again into crisis.

Boom—

Bang bang bang!

Fire Wing Island suffered another explosion, and this chain of blasts directly pulverized the buildings inside the city; many cultivators recuperating from wounds died in the explosions, whereas those who had come to the front-line walls to resist the beast tide gritted their teeth and narrowly escaped.

Of course, this was merely a matter of timing.

Amid the chaos within Fire Wing Island, the enforcement squad supervising from the rear also panicked, glancing at each other.

"What do we do?"

"Should we run?"

"I mean I'll go back first to check the situation; True Lord Feng Hua is still inside the city, so it's not necessarily a major disaster."

"That's true."

After that enforcement cultivator left, half a day passed with no sign of him, and only then did the remaining enforcement squad members realize what had happened.

"Damn, we let that kid run away first!"

"Then what should we do?"

"Run!"

"Roar roar roar!"

But by then, the demon beasts had already broken through the defenses!

Not long after.

Yan Buji managed to escape Fire Wing Island, watching as it was occupied by demon beasts, many cultivators dying miserably, his expression indifferent.

"Too bad—if I'd known, I should have looted something before fleeing."

Who knows who was sabotaging Fire Wing Island, and that True Lord Feng Hua is also missing, which led to the collapse of the island's defenses.

But that works out just fine.

"With such a chaotic situation, it seems the other Star Lodges are the same."

Yan Buji touched his face and reverted to the appearance of Xu Long.

"Looking at the intensity of the demon beasts' assault, it's obvious someone deliberately orchestrated it; thus the other side's goal is also clear—to let the demon beasts completely breach the Twenty-Eight Star Lodges."

In that case, we might as well go over and loot a bit.

Yan Buji thought so, and then headed to the next Star Lodge.

As time passed, Yan Buji's speculation was confirmed once again.

Ji Shui Island was also breached two months later; Yan Buji watched as the demon beasts overran the island, then he went on a rampage looting, killing many cultivators along the way to seize resources, joining this revelry.

For half a year straight.

The Southern Star Lodge fell; Yan Buji then went to other Star Lodges, discovering that demon beasts were still fiercely attacking, and his eyes shifted.

"It appears the troublemakers have reached an agreement with some factions of the Sun and Moon Palace—it seems someone is guiding the beast tide to breach the Star Lodges, but not pushing further."

In that case, Yan Buji hid himself again, preparing to plunder resources once more.

No one would complain about having too many resources; Yan Buji previously refrained because the situation was stable, and going overboard would easily provoke a mob to surround and attack him.

But now, with the Sun and Moon Palace undergoing a coup and the beast tide raging, how many opportunists are there!

Just a moment ago they were law-enforcement team cultivators; the next second they started killing and looting — Yan Buji, it's not like he hasn't seen that before.

So.....

Just as he was thinking, Yan Buji suddenly saw a Golden Core cultivator leading a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators rushing over, surrounding him:

"Demonic Cultivator Xu Long, today you cannot escape death!"

Yan Buji laughed: "You Sun Moon Palace can't even take care of yourselves, yet you have the mood to meddle with me?"

"You're not the one to say that, Xu Long! You defy heaven and reason, act outrageously! As a human, you deserve to die!"

"Just with you guys?!"

In the blink of an eye, after Yan Buji counted the people around him, he directly unleashed his full power!

This place is too close to the island, and I hid myself so well — how did they find me?

We can't get tangled; we need a quick battle, quick decision!

In an instant, Yan Buji charged over and arrived before that Golden Core cultivator.

The other side was greatly startled: "You!"

"Die!"

Boom!

The True Flow Fist strike shattered his body, not even allowing a miserable cry to be uttered.

Seeing this, the other cultivators were frightened and hurriedly fled.

Naturally, Yan Buji wouldn't let them go either; he activated Instant Shadow Step combined with Shattering Star Palm, delivering a thousand strikes in an instant!

Bang bang bang!

The bodies of all the attackers were blown apart by Yan Buji's palm strike, and then he swiftly fled, leaving no trace.

Only when someone came to reinforce did they discover the battle had already ended.

"How is that possible?! Zhao Wu is dead?!"

"That damned bastard Xu Long, how could he kill Zhao Wu so quickly? And there are so many Foundation Establishment and even Core Formation cultivators — it's just too fast!"

"No matter what, quickly send people to patrol; we must not let that bastard Xu Long roam free!"

But at that moment, Yan Buji had already fallen into another trap.