Chapter 522: At the End of One's Tether

This time, Ma Ma Hongshan seemed to have no intention of letting the Xiaoyao Sect group pass to pursue Ma Fairy Qiudie. He desperately used the magic power in his body to urge the huge red bird, forcibly casting various powerful magic spells to actively attack Song Song Qingming and the three, completely disregarding his own magic power consumption.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming also understood somewhat that Ma Ma Hongshan had no intention of leaving a way out for himself, only seeking to buy time for Ma Fairy Qiudie to escape.

"We cannot let her go. Junior Brother Song, you bypass from the side. Ma Ma Hongshan will be left to me and Senior Sister Chen." Jin Wu Ziyuan, who also saw Ma Ma Hongshan's intention, immediately sent a voice transmission to Song Song Qingming beside him.

Just as Song Song Qingming withdrew from the battlefield and wanted to bypass from the side, he did not want a huge red bird to suddenly fly over from behind, fiercely rushing directly toward him.

Seeing Song Song Qingming wanting to bypass and pursue Ma Fairy Qiudie, even if it meant he would be injured, Ma Ma Hongshan still gritted his teeth and controlled the huge red bird to approach and attack Song Song Qingming directly from a distance, blocking his intention to pursue.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming could only helplessly stop his steps and directly retreat more than ten zhang, dodging this attack from the huge red bird.

In the previous battle, Song Song Qingming had already been injured, and now he could not use the "Five-Colored Divine Light Mirror" magic treasure to defend. Naturally, he did not want to resist this kind of sharp attack that Ma Ma Hongshan was now desperately casting. If he was careless and injured by Ma Ma Hongshan again, it would not be worth the loss.

After trying to bypass from the side several times, but failing, and watching Ma Fairy Qiudie disappear into the horizon, Song Song Qingming could only helplessly shake his head, give up the idea of pursuing Ma Fairy Qiudie, and refocus his attention on Ma Ma Hongshan.

This time, when pursuing the group at Iron Immortal Fortress, Li Li Mufeng had already instructed everyone participating in the battle that the Nine Origin Sect people could be ignored, but the Ma family people must not be easily let go, especially Ma Ma Hongshan, the head of the Ma family. The Xiaoyao Sect must severely punish this traitor.

After consuming a large amount of magic power to contain Song Song Qingming and the three for a while, the magic power in Ma Ma Hongshan's body had already been consumed by more than half, and even the light on the huge red bird he was urging had weakened a bit.

At this time, because the magic power consumption in his body was too great, Ma Ma Hongshan had not only lost the ability to fight back, but even if he wanted to escape, he had no strength left. Unless reinforcements could descend from the sky in time to support him, his ending would definitely be defeat and death.

"This power is not quite right; it doesn't look like a Golden Core self-detonation. I was tricked by that old thing again." After Jin Wu Ziyuan finished speaking, he immediately put away the defensive magic treasure in front of him and flew out of the red mist.

Just after the three had propped up their protective shields, a very violent vibration sound had already sounded from Ma Ma Hongshan's side ahead, followed by a crimson smoke rapidly attacking Song Song Qingming and his companion, soon submerging them in a sea of red clouds.

"Hahaha, Xiaoyao Sect rats, you want this old man's life, right? If you have the ability, come and take it!"

Although the power of this explosion shook Song Song Qingming and Jin Wu Ziyuan, who were a hundred zhang away, so much that their figures swayed, it only destroyed the first defensive shield they had set up. The power soon weakened, and it did not cause them any damage.

After being suppressed by Song Song Qingming and the three for a while, Ma Ma Hongshan suddenly began to laugh wildly. Then, with his eyes already blood-red, he suddenly stood still and cast a spell, and golden light began to overflow from his body, emitting a somewhat dangerous aura.

Feeling that the aftermath of the explosion ahead had slowly dissipated, Song Song Qingming turned to look at Jin Wu Ziyuan beside him, revealing a trace of doubt.

By the time Song Song Qingming also arrived outside the mist, on the other side not far away in the sky, Ma Ma Hongshan, who had turned into a streak of golden light, had already escaped more than ten miles away and was desperately trying to flee.

Zhao Zhao Menglian, whose cultivation was higher, did not look too panicked. She just retreated more than ten zhang and stopped. After a silver shield the size of a palm appeared in her hand, Zhao Zhao Menglian released a protective shield with not-so-bad power to protect herself.

Seeing that Ma Ma Hongshan was finally reaching his limit, Zhao Zhao Menglian and Jin Wu Ziyuan were overjoyed and immediately increased the intensity of their attack, soon forcing Ma Ma Hongshan to retreat repeatedly, making it increasingly difficult for him to parry the joint attack of the three from the Xiaoyao Sect.

Seeing the powerful aura emanating from Ma Ma Hongshan, Song Song Qingming also immediately felt a trace of danger. Hearing Jin Wu Ziyuan's reminder, Song Song Qingming immediately followed him to retreat dozens of zhang away, and the two jointly propped up several defensive shields.

"Bad! This old thing is going to self-detonate his Golden Core. Senior Sister Zhao, Junior Brother Song, be careful!" Seeing this dangerous golden light on Ma Ma Hongshan, Jin Wu Ziyuan shouted hurriedly, stopped attacking first, retreated, and quickly controlled his defensive magic treasure to block in front of him.

However, not far behind him, Zhao Zhao Menglian, who had also turned into a streak of purple light, had already pursued with all her might, and the distance between her and Ma Ma Hongshan had been pulled closer and closer.

Ma Ma Hongshan had just pretended to self-detonate his Golden Core to force back the Xiaoyao Sect group, but he had actually only self-detonated his natal magic treasure and had not really self-detonated the Golden Core in his dantian. Otherwise, Song Song Qingming and the others, who were so close, would not have so easily blocked the aftermath of the explosion.

Zhao Zhao Menglian had also seen that something was wrong, which was why she had not retreated very far. When Ma Ma Hongshan wanted to flee, she was also the first to react that something was wrong and pursued directly.

With little magic power left in his body, plus the fact that he had been seriously injured by self-detonating his natal magic treasure, even though he had already taken a few healing elixirs, Ma Ma Hongshan's state was still very weak at this moment. His flight speed in mid-air was also clearly inferior to before.

After pursuing for less than twenty miles, Zhao Zhao Menglian threw the red ribbon in her hand again, soon forcing Ma Ma Hongshan to stop his steps again.

At this moment, Ma Ma Hongshan, who was already extremely weak, had lost his natal magic treasure, and was covered in injuries, had reached the end of his tether.

Facing Zhao Zhao Menglian's attack, Ma Ma Hongshan soon completely lost the ability to resist. Before Song Song Qingming could arrive at the battlefield, Zhao Zhao Menglian and Jin Wu Ziyuan had already completely ended Ma Ma Hongshan's life.

"Congratulations to Senior Sister Zhao and Senior Brother Jin for eliminating the traitor!"

"Haha! Junior Brother Song is too polite. You also contributed greatly to the successful killing of this old thing Ma Ma Hongshan this time. After we go back and report to Uncle-Master Li, there will definitely be a share of credit for you."

Grabbing the head of Ma Ma Hongshan, which had already lost its breath, Jin Wu Ziyuan was also very happy in his heart. He had personally cut off Ma Ma Hongshan's head this time, which was not only a relief of anger but also a great contribution to the sect.

Having killed the traitor Ma Ma Hongshan, Zhao Zhao Menglian was also very happy. Her strength had increased a lot after coming out of seclusion this time. It was also Zhao Zhao Menglian who had caught up with Ma Ma Hongshan first just now. In terms of credit after the battle, she would definitely not lose to Jin Wu Ziyuan.

"Two Junior Brothers, Ma Fairy Qiudie has already fled, and I estimate we won't be able to catch up. Let's go support Junior Brother Chen first. It's been so long, I estimate the flying ship has already crossed Yunque Mountain. I don't know if Junior Brother Chen has succeeded yet?"

"Senior Sister Zhao is right. Let's go support Senior Brother Chen first, and then rendezvous with Sect Master Senior Brother and the others!" Hearing Zhao Zhao Menglian's suggestion, Song Song Qingming nodded and immediately agreed.

Jin Wu Ziyuan, who was full of joy on the side, also nodded. After the three searched Ma Ma Hongshan's corpse, they soon left the place and continued to rush rapidly toward the west.

The three flew for about half a quarter of an hour when a streak of green light suddenly lit up in the distance and approached. After getting closer and looking carefully, Song Song Qingming discovered that this green light was Chen Chen Xuanxin, who had gone to pursue the other flying ship not long ago.

"Junior Brother Chen, how is it? Did you catch up to that flying ship?" Seeing that Chen Chen Xuanxin seemed to have traces of having fought with someone, Zhao Zhao Menglian was also a bit puzzled and immediately asked.

Chen Chen Xuanxin was already at the fourth layer of the Golden Core stage, and as a sword cultivator good at fighting, the low-tier cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages on the Nine Origin Sect's flying ship, logically speaking, were no match for Chen Chen Xuanxin. It was impossible for anyone to have left these traces of fighting on him.

This was not just Zhao Zhao Menglian; Song Song Qingming and Jin Wu Ziyuan, who came along, also showed a bit of confusion after seeing Chen Chen Xuanxin.

Hearing Zhao Zhao Menglian's words, Chen Chen Xuanxin sighed slightly and said: "I caught up not long ago, but it's a pity that I hadn't broken through the defensive formation on the flying ship yet when the Nine Origin Sect side sent many reinforcements, and there was also a Golden Core cultivator.

This person's strength was quite extraordinary, and his cultivation had already reached the fifth layer of the Golden Core stage. I fought him for dozens of rounds but couldn't gain any advantage, and fearing that a long battle would fall into the Nine Origin Sect's trap, I withdrew."

"How far is that flying ship from here? Has it crossed the Yunque Mountain Range?"

"It was still several hundred miles away when I first caught up to them. It's been half an hour now. According to my estimation, they should be about to cross the Yunque Mountain Range by now."

Hearing Chen Chen Xuanxin's words, Zhao Zhao Menglian shook her head and said to the crowd: "It looks like we can't catch up, so let it be."

"That's right. Uncle-Master Li also instructed us before to try not to enter the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world to avoid being ambushed. The other side has reinforcements now, so we should hurry and report this situation to Sect Master Senior Brother!"

After the four discussed a few words on the spot, they soon reached a consensus, turned around, and returned east to the place where the Xiaoyao Sect and the Nine Origin Sect had fought.

Before Song Song Qingming and the four could return, the few Golden Core cultivators of the Nine Origin Sect who were fighting with Yao Yao Ganshu and the others had already received instructions to voluntarily withdraw from the battle. Under the leadership of Wu Wu Jiuyuan, they boarded the small flying ships they carried with them and fled rapidly toward the west.

Li Li Mufeng and Yao Yao Ganshu's group pursued all the way, seeing that the other side had crossed the Yunque Mountain Range and fled into the Yue Kingdom, they gave up, turned around, and returned to the battlefield to rendezvous with Song Song Qingming and the others.

(End of chapter)