Volume 5 Chapter 34 (1/2)

Book 5 Chapter 34 – A Fight of Sages

Li Yiming firmly wrapped his fingers around the miniature shadow figure..

”No…!” One last shriek of terror was heard before the shadow vanished as Li Yiming clenched his fist.

While Li Yiming's body trembled, an iridescent ray of light gleamed from the clouds. The golden light in his eyes was gone, and so was the aura around his hands.

'Level six…' Li Yiming could feel his body become stronger, and his Heavenly vein transformed into something more resilient. Even his talent rune, which had remained elusive for so long, had one of its corners light up. However, it was still unresponsive when Li Yiming tried to activate it.

Stargaze coughed out another mouthful of blood, and Li Yiming caught her before she fell to the ground.

”Thank you!” Li Yiming knew that he owed her an immense favor.

”Don't disappoint me…” Stargaze held onto Li Yiming's hand. She had paid a high price for cleansing Li Yiming of his inner demon. It would undoubtedly take a long while before she recovered completely. She had been injured even before arriving to Tianshan, and if it were not for the unique alignment of the stars above Lianyun City, she would never have dared such an attempt.

”Don't mention it. You should go find your friends.” Stargaze could no longer maintain control of her own Boundary, causing it to become unstable.

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Right outside of the Eastern Gate, two men walked out of thin air. One was standing with his spear on his back, while the other knelt down with one knee.

”Li Huaibei… If it weren't for your injury, I don't even know if I would have the final laugh. Ma Dafang can rest in peace…” Yun Yiyuan slid his finger across his spear until reaching the part that had been chipped away during his duel with Li Yiming.

Li Huaibei had his left hand on his chest, trying to stop the profuse bleeding from the deep wound he suffered. The hilt of his sword rested on the ground, with its blade ruined.

”Oh?” Yun Yiyuan's attention was suddenly caught by a monstrous silhouette in the distance who was encircled by several smaller silhouettes. 'That's…'

He suddenly noticed that out of the hundreds of guardians who had entered the domain, barely a hundred were still alive.

”Die, you monster!” Yu Yiyuan roared in anger and dashed toward the monster. A trail of bright light followed his spear.

Sai Gao burned with rage as the screams of terror reached his ears, telling him that the residents of Lianyun were being slaughtered one after another. After receiving Teng She's gift, his body had grown to about fifteen meters in size, and his golden scale had blackened. A new left arm had grown out, and Sai Gao regained his ability to fly. However, the combined forces of hundreds of guardians were still too much for him to handle. Roaring in desperation, he consumed the essence of his soul to extract some more power.

Sai Gao dove time and time again into the crowd of guardians. He did not know how much longer he would last, but he had hoped that at least he would be able to finish off the guardians in front of him, so some of the people in Lianyun City could live on.

However, the guardians who had been strong enough to survive until now all had more than a few tricks up their sleeves, and Sai Gao gradually weakened as his life force was slowly depleting.

Suddenly, a ray of light pierced the clouds and flew toward him. As Sai Gao moved his claws to parry the attack as he did many times before, he realized that its power was not something that he could rival. The beam pierced through his chest and nailed his battered body to the cold stone of the Southern Gate.

Sai Gao could finally see the projectile now. He recognized it as being the silver spear that Yu Yiyuan carried with him. Despair befell him as he realized Li Huaibei had lost his fight.

Sai Gao moved his claws with difficulty and tried to extricate the spear. Twice he tried and twice he failed, until he gave up and slowly closed his eyes. 'I've done everything I could…'

Just as Sai Gao's arm dropped down, lifeless, the ground beneath Lianyun City trembled violently. A m.u.f.fled roar was heard

A crack in the earth appeared and widened as a deafening noise was heard. The imposing gate of the city suddenly crumbled, and the walls around it collapsed; the Black Turtle had lost its war against the earthquake, unable to even save its own soul.

As the tremors raged on, the guardians all flew into the sky.

Li Yiming emerged from the Eastern Gate with Stargaze just as the earthquake started.

”What?” The scene that unfolded before Li Yiming shocked him. Instead of the orderly streets he remembered, all he could see were ruins of buildings and widening fissures in the ground.

”Yiming!” Bai Ze landed right next to Li Yiming. She immediately felt Li Yiming's recovery and brought Liu Meng and Big Beard with her.