“Tingting!!”
Elder Qu gasped, but the enemy elder ignored him. “Haha!! What a joke! Do you really think…you have any leeway to be making negotiations?!”
“……”
Both elder Qu and Wei Duhe gave each other a glance. Now was the time for them to make their last stand.
“We’ll hold off the Monster of Black Lightning, break free when you can. Forget about us!!”
Then both elders shot into the sky!
“Elder Wei!”
“Elder Qu!”
Kou Tingting cried out in horror, but it was too late. Both of the elders were going to sacrifice themselves so they could escape!
“Don’t hesitate or you’ll die in this place!”
Elder Qu called back. Awash with a blue light, he flew toward the Monster of Black Lightning to attack with Wei Duhe!
“Kill them!!”
The Monster of Black Lightning sneered at their plot before commanding those with him to take action!
And so a new battle broke out all around Kou Tingting and her allies!
She was trying to find a way out from this encapturement. But it would be extremely difficult even if elder Qu and Wei Duhe managed to accomplish their task. Two Late-stage Soul Kings would find it to be a near-impossible task to carry out all the injured away from this place.
“Tingting!!”
Suddenly, a loud voice called out to them from afar.
Kou Tingting had been in the middle of healing the injury of an ally when she heard someone call out to her. Head snapping up, she looked to the northern skies in suspicion.
“Zheng…Zheng Kai?!”
Flying toward them from the north was a green streak of light. It was a flying sword. And riding on top of it was Zheng Kai with a furious expression on his face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Reinforcements? Just one person?!”
The shriveled elder from before sneered upon seeing Zheng Kai. “Kill him too!!”
“Whoosh whoosh!!”
Two streaks of light, one orange and the other purple, broke away from the fight to fly toward Zheng Kai. It was a Mid-stage Soul King and an Early-stage Soul King. They’d be more than enough to ‘kill’ whomever this unfortunate newcomer was.
When the two sides were just a few hundred steps apart, the two Soul Kings sent two streaks of light toward Zheng Kai to kill him.
They expected Zheng Kai to either block or evade the attacks, but instead they watched as several rifts open up to swallow their attacks and provide coverage for the newcomer!
“A spatial-type soul cultivator!!”
One of the two Soul Kings cried out loud. Realizing that those rifts were flying toward them, the Soul King prepared to move out of the way when…he was hit by a wave of transparent energy!
A soul attack!
“Ahh!!”
There was a horrified scream as the rifts tore into the bodies of the two Soul Kings, tearing them limb from limb and killing them painfully!
A spatial-type soul cultivator was the nightmare for any other soul cultivator of the same stage of strength. A moment’s carelessness could result in death for anyone fighting against those types of enemies, and in this case, it costed the two Soul Kings their lives!
The speed in which Zheng Kai traveled at decreased just a bit after the death of those two Soul Kings, but he was still flying incredibly quick!
“Get in my way and die!!”
He shouted for everyone to hear.
……
The way Zheng Kai made his appearance onto the battlefield stunned everyone, including the Monster of Black Lightning, Wei Duhe, and elder Qu. They weren’t even fighting anymore.
“Whoosh!”
One second later and Zheng Kai came to an immediate stop right in front of Kou Tingting.
“Tingting! Are you alright?!”
He strode toward Kou Tingting. His eyes were focused only on her to see if she was injured or not.
“I’m…I’m fine. Why…how did you get here, Zheng Kai?”
She was still a little shocked to see Zheng Kai here, but not too shocked to inquire about his arrival.
“I came with Yunfei. Don’t you worry, you’ll be fine now. I won’t let anyone hurt you!”
Zheng Kai was relieved to see that she was fine. Fatigued maybe, but not critically injured. Then he saw the tears and blood on her shoulder. Furious, he whirled around to glare at the enemies around them. “You’ll…all die for this!” He roared.
“How arrogant, you’ll be the one dying!!”
The shriveled elder replied in response. Zheng Kai’s arrival was a bit unexpected, but not unmanageable. A space-type soul cultivator he might be, but Zheng Kai was only a Mid-stage Soul King. A person of that strength wouldn’t be much of a threat for them.
Regardless, they were now down two Soul Kings and had one additional space-type Mid-stage Soul King to deal with. That meant the situation was slightly different compared to before…
The power a space-type soul cultivator wielded couldn’t be understated. Without understanding of some degree of the Law of Truth, no soul cultivator would dare try to block a spatial attack sent by a space-type soul cultivator. Dodging was the only option.
The shriveled elder, a Late-stage Soul King, was the one that decided to fight Zheng Kai. As the weaker one, Zheng Kai couldn’t overestimate his advantage. While it was true he could negate the elemental attacks sent his way, Zheng Kai wasn’t able to land a blow of his own on the elder. This meant while he was able to give the enemies a sense of pressure, it was a short-term solution and not a long term one.
The real problem was still high up in the skies. The Half-emperor…
Just stalling for time was hard enough for elder Qu and Wei Duhe. Fighting the Monster of Black Lightning was extremely difficult, but they had to do it. If they didn’t, then everyone was finished.
“Boom!!!”
A loud explosion erupted on the battlefield as a bolt of violet light struck against a figure cloaked in blue. Following the explosion, the figure in blue was blasted away from the scene like a kite without a string.
“Elder Qu!!”
Screaming, Kou Tingting and her fellow students watched in horror as elder Qu flew across the sky!
“Whoosh…boom!!”
The defeat of elder Qu sent a shiver up Wei Duhe’s spine. If his comrade was defeated, then it wouldn’t be long before he would be too!
The Monster of Black Lightning was just about to land the killing blow on the downed elder Qu when all of a sudden, a streak of red light appeared in front of elder Qu and stopped the Monster of Black Lightning!
“Elder Jin!!”
Zheng Kai cried out in joy—Elder Jin was finally here! He was only a Late-stage Soul King, meaning he wasn’t going to be able to defeat the Half-emperor by himself, but this gap in power could be made up for with the powerful soul armaments he carried. And together with Wei Duhe, the two should probably be able to defeat the Monster of Black Lightning.
That is, if nothing else were to happen…
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Damn! What…what should we do?!”
Zheng Kai thought to himself as he sent another wave of spatial attacks outward. He was trying to force the enemies back, but he was disappointed to see that it wasn’t working. He had to find a way to break free from this enclosure and force the enemies back!
“Boom!!”
Zheng Kai whirled around at once just in time to see someone be struck by an attack!
“Watch out!!”
Kou Tingting cried out before springing into action. Two of her fellow students advanced to block any follow-up attacks while she knelt down by the injured member’s side and began to heal their wounds.
The three of them were only Early-stage Soul Kings so they weren’t much help in battle. But their ability to treat and heal were more than enough to provide assistance to the fighting efforts.
The fury Zheng Kai felt inside his heart intensified upon seeing the fatigued expression on Kou Tingting’s face. Unable to hold back his emotions any longer, Zheng Kai let out a loud scream!
“Ahhh!!!”
It was a roar to inspire himself, seemingly. Departing from Kou Tingting’s side, Zheng Kai threw himself at the enemy nearest to him!
The shriveled elder narrowed his eyes. He had been prepared to dodge another one of Zheng Kai’s attacks, but instead of that, Zheng Kai had simply disappeared from sight!
“Be on the lookout!!”
He called out at once the moment Zheng Kai disappeared.
“Whoosh!”
His words fell on deaf ears. Zheng Kai was already right beside a fire-type Mid-stage Soul King with his hands outstretched above his head!
Teleportation!!
This was the greatest advantage space-type soul cultivators had over others: the ability to teleport even during a battle!
“Ah!!!’
The fire-type Mid-stage Soul King let out a scream of panic. A giant sword appeared in his hands before he lifted it up to protect himself.
“Clang! Swoosh!!”
Something metallic struck against the sword and then cracked it!
The heaven-tier red sword broke in two and the Mid-stage Soul King wielding the sword was…cut in two as well!!