Chapter 522: At the End of Their Tether

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

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming also somewhat understood that Ma Hongshan no longer intended to leave a way out for himself, only seeking to buy time for Ma Qiudie to escape.

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

Song Qingming had just withdrawn from the battlefield and wanted to bypass from the side when he did not want a red giant bird to suddenly fly over from behind, fiercely rushing straight at him.

Seeing Song Qingming wanting to bypass and pursue Ma Qiudie, even if he risked being injured himself, Ma Hongshan still gritted his teeth and controlled the red giant bird to approach and attack Song Qingming directly from a distance, blocking his idea of wanting to go and pursue.

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

In the previous battle, 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 hard-resist this kind of sharp attack that Ma Hongshan was now desperately performing. If he was not careful and was injured by Ma Hongshan again, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

After trying to bypass from the side several times, all of which failed, watching Ma Qiudie disappear into the horizon without knowing where she went, Song Qingming could only shake his head somewhat helplessly, giving up the idea of pursuing Ma Qiudie and refocusing his attention on Ma Hongshan.

This time, when pursuing the crowd at Iron Immortal Fortress, Li Mu 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 let go easily, especially 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 Qingming and the three for a while, the magic power in Ma Hongshan's body had already been consumed by more than half, and even the red bird he was urging had its light weakened by a few points.

At this time, Ma Hongshan, because of the excessive consumption of magic power in his body, not only had lost the ability to fight back, but even wanting to flee was already beyond his power. Unless reinforcements could descend from the sky to support him in time, the ending awaiting him would definitely be defeat and death.

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

Just as the three had propped up their protective shields, a very violent vibration sound had already sounded from Ma Hongshan's side in front, followed by a crimson smoke rapidly attacking Song Qingming and the other, 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!"

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

After being suppressed by Song Qingming and the three for a while, Ma Hongshan suddenly began to laugh wildly. Immediately after, his eyes, which were already bloodshot, suddenly froze and cast a spell. Golden light began to overflow from his body, emitting a somewhat dangerous aura.

Feeling that the aftermath of the explosion in front had slowly dissipated, Song Qingming turned his head to look at Jin Ziyuan beside him, slightly revealing a trace of doubt.

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

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

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

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

"Not good! This old thing wants to self-detonate his Jin Dan. Senior Sister Zhao, Junior Brother Song, be careful!" Seeing this dangerous golden light on Ma Hongshan's body, Jin Ziyuan hurriedly shouted, took the lead in stopping the attack, retreated backward, and quickly controlled his defensive magic treasure to block in front of him.

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

Just now, Ma Hongshan pretended to self-detonate his Jin Dan to force back the Xiaoyao Sect few. In fact, he only self-detonated his natal magic treasure and did not really self-detonate the Jin Dan in his dantian. Otherwise, Song Qingming and the others, who were so close, would not have blocked the aftermath of the explosion so easily.

Zhao Menglian had also long seen that something was wrong, so she did not retreat very far. When Ma Hongshan wanted to flee, she was also the first to react that something was wrong and directly pursued him.

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

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

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

Facing Zhao Menglian's attack, Ma Hongshan also quickly lost his ability to resist completely. Before Song Qingming arrived at the battlefield, Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan had already completely ended Ma Hongshan's life.

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

"Haha! Junior Brother Song is too polite. This time, being able to successfully kill the old thing Ma Hongshan, you also contributed a lot. After returning, I will report to Uncle Li, and there will definitely be a credit for you."

Picking up Ma Hongshan's head, which had already lost its breath, Jin Ziyuan was also very happy in his heart. This time, he personally cut off Ma Hongshan's head, which was not only venting his anger but also considered a great contribution to the sect.

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

"Two Junior Brothers, Ma Qiudie has already fled. I estimate we cannot catch up. Let us go and support Junior Brother Chen first. It has been so long, I estimate the flying boat has already crossed the Skylark Mountain. I don't know if Junior Brother Chen has succeeded yet?"

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

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

The three flew forward for about half a quarter of an hour when a green light suddenly lit up in the distance and approached from far to near. After approaching, looking carefully, Song Qingming discovered that this green light was none other than Chen Xuanxin, who had gone to pursue the other flying boat not long ago.

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

Chen Xuanxin already had Jin Dan fourth-layer cultivation, and he was also a sword cultivator good at fighting. The low-tier cultivators of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining on the Nine Origin Sect flying boat, logically speaking, in front of Chen Xuanxin, these people had no ability to fight back. It was impossible for anyone to make him appear with these traces of fighting.

This point was not only for Zhao Menglian. Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan, who came together, also showed a few points of confusion after seeing Chen Xuanxin.

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

This person's strength is quite extraordinary, and his cultivation has already reached the fifth layer of the Jin Dan. I fought with him for dozens of rounds and failed to gain any advantage. Fearing that a long battle would fall into the Nine Origin Sect's trap, I withdrew and returned."

"How far is that flying boat from here? Has it already crossed the Skylark Mountain Range?"

"There was still a distance of several hundred miles when I first pursued them. Up to now, half an hour has passed. According to my estimation, they should be about to cross the Skylark Mountain Range by now."

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

"Not bad. Uncle Li also instructed before that we should try our best not to enter the Yue Guo cultivation world, so as not to encounter their ambush. The opponent has now sent reinforcements, so we must hurry and report this situation to Sect Master Senior Brother!"

After the four discussed a few sentences on the spot, they quickly unified their opinions, turned around, and returned eastward to the place where the Xiaoyao Sect and the Nine Origin Sect fought.

Before Song Qingming and the four returned here, the few Jin Dan cultivators of the Nine Origin Sect who were fighting with Yao Ganshu and the others had already received instructions and voluntarily withdrew from the battle. Under the leadership of Wu Jiuyuan, they took the small flying boats they carried with them and quickly fled westward.

Li Mu led Yao Ganshu and the others to pursue all the way. Seeing that the opponent had already crossed the Skylark Mountain Range and fled into the territory of Yue Guo, they gave up and turned back to the battlefield to meet up with Song Qingming and the others in one place.

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