Chapter 1456 (1/2)

Chapter 1456: Everything Hangs By a Thread

“Chu Yao!”

Long Chen let out a heart-rending roar. He hadn’t expected the Bloodkill Hall’s a.s.sa.s.sin to be patiently lying in wait here.

Long Chen didn’t know what technique that the a.s.sa.s.sin was using to have prevented Long Chen from sensing his existence. Now that he attacked, his sword was already through Chu Yao’s back.

Due to the distraction, a golden ray pierced Long Chen in the ribs. Peng Wansheng sneered, “Don’t worry, you’ll quickly be reunited with her.”

“Die!” Long Chen roared furiously and switched out the Blazing Dragon Cauldron for Dragonbone Evilmoon. An incredibly evil aura of slaughter soared into the sky as he slashed it at Peng Wansheng.

Peng Wansheng’s expression changed, and he hastily retreated. He had already experienced how terrifying Dragonbone Evilmoon was, so he didn’t dare to take it directly.

Forcing away Peng Wansheng, Long Chen unleashed a spinning saber-image at the Undying Willow.

The saber-image blew apart the willow branches that were at least on the Ancestral item level. In front of Dragonbone Evilmoon, they were unable to withstand a single blow.

Just as Long Chen was crazily forcing back Peng Wansheng and the Undying Willow, the Bloodkill Hall’s a.s.sa.s.sin stabbed Chu Yao through the back. He smiled coldly, but that smile quickly became shock.

The Chu Yao in front of him stiffened and transformed into a wooden statue.

“Not good, it’s a fake!”

The a.s.sa.s.sin’s expression changed, and he pulled his sword back, preparing to flee.

However, the statue that his sword had pierced now tightened around his sword, making it so he couldn’t pull it out. Just as he was about to use his full power, a sharp wooden stake stabbed through his forehead.

Blood splashed as the wooden stake stabbed through him like a spear. Countless roots sprang from the wooden stake, digging into his body.

The Bloodkill Hall a.s.sa.s.sin had no opportunity to flee before his body was completely pierced by roots. The roots then lit up and exploded, killing the a.s.sa.s.sin.

“Be careful Chu Yao! There are still three more!”

Chu Yao thought that she had escaped a calamity by killing this rank nine Celestial from the Bloodkill Hall, but then Long Chen’s voice rang out again. Just now, when that person had attacked, Long Chen had instantly sensed at least three of the Bloodkill Hall’s a.s.sa.s.sins in the surrounding area.

Originally, they had been planning to attack together. But Sha Guangyan’s sand had ended up blocking three of them. They hadn’t had a chance to attack, but their killing intent was still sensed by Long Chen in that instant.

Chu Yao had only just killed the first a.s.sa.s.sin when Sha Guangyan took that chance to launch a powerful attack. A sand hand slammed toward her back, and her hasty wooden s.h.i.+eld was blown apart.

“Fairy Chu Yao, sorry, but I’ll have to be vicious today.” That was what Sha Guangyan said, but his expression wasn’t the slightest bit apologetic. Sand filled the air and condensed into flying spears that took advantage of this chance to attack Chu Yao.

Chu Yao wiped off some blood from the corner of her mouth. She was in the midst of forming hand seals when her expression changed. A portion of the wooden stakes that were growing out of the ground and in the midst of attacking Sha Guangyan suddenly came back to s.h.i.+eld her back.

Three rays of sword-light came from different angles, stabbing into Chu Yao’s s.h.i.+eld. Their swords stabbed into the wooden s.h.i.+eld, but that canceled out so much of their power that they couldn’t press forward anymore.

The three of them were like phantoms. They were from the Bloodkill Hall, and as soon as they appeared, they vanished. It was impossible to track them in the sky.

BOOM! The s.h.i.+eld in front of Chu Yao blew apart as sand spears stabbed through it.

Chu Yao was originally fighting evenly with Sha Guangyan, but now that three a.s.sa.s.sins from the Bloodkill Hall had been added into the mix, she had no choice but to divert some of her power to handle them. As a result, her power in other areas dropped, and she could now no longer fully block Sha Guangyan’s attacks.

She hastily retreated, and wooden walls grew out of the wall one by one.

The wooden walls were destroyed one after another. The sand spears destroyed seven of them before finally running out of energy.

Just as Chu Yao was hastily blocking Sha Guangyan’s attack, a sword came from a strange angle and stabbed toward her ribs.

Chu Yao was about to block that when another sword appeared above her head. Only the sword was visible, while its master was nowhere to be seen.

Flowers suddenly bloomed in the air around her, spreading in every direction. Very quickly, an invisible figure was revealed by the flower. The three of them were at three different angles and attacking at the same time to seal all her paths of retreat.

The endless flowers suddenly exploded, forcing the three of them away. They might be rank nine Celestials, but in front of Chu Yao, they still weren’t strong enough.

If it weren’t for the great threat that Sha Guangyan posed to her, the three of them would simply be courting death by attacking Chu Yao. But now, they were like distracting houseflies, constantly disturbing her attacks.

Most importantly, they were terrifying a.s.sa.s.sins. If she really allowed them to approach her, it would be dangerous.