Chapter 378: Mount Hua Sect VS Siren City – Round 2 (2/2)
BANG BANG BANG
The other orcs also aimed at Ling Cao and pulled the triggers.
Ling Cao brandished his sword and raised it in front of his head while he flew to the left.
One of the bullets hit his sword, breaking it in half before it destroyed Ling Cao's right earlobe. The AP round flew past him and killed an unlucky cultivator.
The following cultivators in the sky began to panic as they had no idea what killed their colleagues. Moreover, they lost morale as the leading elders had left the battle prematurely.
While Ling Cao was dodging bullets, Ling Tianlong fearlessly charged toward the sniper orcs.
As if they had been trained, they retreated back behind the concealment barrier and the defense array.
Seeing how they reacted, Ling Tianlong changed his target. He dove toward the city barrier while his pupils glowed in bright green light.
He unsheathed the immortal-grade sword and stabbed the city barrier, where he had perceived the weak point.
CLANK
With one hit, the barrier and the concealment array were broken!
Without the concealment array and the defensive barrier, everyone could see the interior of Siren City!
However, several orcs had been mounting a cannon, aiming at Ling Tianlong.
BOOM!
The Anti-Air cannon unleashed its power!
The large armor-piercing shell hit Ling Tianlong's chest, sending him flying backward.
Ling Tianlong ground his teeth as the DU round almost penetrate his dragon scales under his robes. He peeled the flattened shell that had failed to kill him and transformed into an earth dragonewt.
The protagonist headed back to Siren City, planning to destroy the deadly weapon before they could kill his allies.
As Ling Tianlong got closer to the city, Lu Fengxian appeared in front of him thrust the soul sword toward the former's neck.
CLANK
Ling Tianlong's immortal-grade sword deflected the strike. Then, he swung down, aiming the cleave Lu Fengxian in half.
CLANK
Lu Fengxian's sword blocked the strike and locked their weapons together.
As the two protagonists were locking their swords and staring into each other's eyes, Lu Fengxian muttered while being expressionless, ”I thought your soul was cracked. I see that you're overexerting yourself. I suggest you surrender now, and I shall spare your sorry life.”
Ling Tianlong's face darkened, but he smirked as if the fight was under his control, ”I also thought your dantian ruptured because of the time-and-space technique backlash. I see that you're pushing beyond your limits to withstand my attacks. I recommend you to lay down your weapon, and I shall give you a painless death.”
Lu Fengxian chuckled and sneer, ”Because someone like you, humans in immortal realms can't withstand the demon armies.”
”Stop pretending to know everything! A hypocrite like you is the cause of humanity's downfall!”
”Said the hypocrite.”
”Alright. Time to die!!”
Ling Tianlong's power exploded, revealing the dao aura of a 6th-stage cultivator!
Moreover, the amount of Life Essence in his dantian was higher than Miaomiao. He even revealed the trace of soul Qi, which could only be obtained after the 8th-stage!
He had broken through despite having a soul injury!
Lu Fengxian raised his eyebrows as he had detected the soul dantian within Ling Tianlong's dragonewt body. He was surprised.
”Oh? I guess I have to be serious, too!”
BOOM
Red fog shrouded Lu Fengxian's body as he had activated his killing domain and soul Qi, which he had collected in his soul dantian when he was an immortal!
Now, both protagonists had the same air and power output on par with 8th-stage cultivators.
The troops behind Ling Tianlong and Ling Cao fell back in a panic as the pressure from these two youngsters almost crushed their hearts and souls.
Meanwhile, Zhao Bao also appeared in front of Siren City, creating a domain barrier to protect everyone inside the city from the soul pressure.
Ling Tianlong drew out his soul Qi to the limit even though the cracks on his soul had expanded because of it. He chanted his skill name to increase his concentration.
”GRAVITY BLESSING!!”
The air around Lu Fengxian and Ling Tianlong distorted as if the space around them was about to collapse or pull everything into the center like a black hole.
Lu Fengxian heaved a long sigh as he didn't want to compete in a space-and-time technique contest. He used the incomplete technique anyway as he chanted a strange quote of an incomprehensible language from the technique book.
”Zawarudo! Toki Wo Tomare!”
The distorted space around them suddenly stopped moving as if the time had been paused. Even sunlight couldn't shine through the air within one kilometer radius around them.
Despite being able to temporarily freeze time, only the space in Lu Fengxian's domain was affected. The other cultivators and the people in the city could still move.
Ling Tianlong had expected Lu Fengxian to use this skill again. He mustered his strength and tried to move.
He could move his arms and legs a bit, but he felt like everything had been tied by an unknown force.
Lu Fengxian coughed and spat a mouthful of blood as the backlash came earlier than he had expected. He adjusted the soul sword and hacked at his enemy's neck, hoping to end the fight early.
”NOT A CHANCE!”
Ling Tianlong's dantian and innards ruptured as he broke the restriction with brute force. He gathered his soul Qi into his sword and swung it toward Lu Fengxian's neck.
Now, they were trading blows. Had no one altered their sword trajectory, both of them would have mutually beheaded each other.
The fight had become a chicken race!
A split second was as long as months from Lu Fengxian and Ling Tianlong's perspective. Their eyes glared at each other's faces, hoping that their opponent would falter first.
Yet, nobody batted an eye as their weapons slowly came closer toward their necks.
Then, their weapons reached the skin of their necks.
Lu Fengxian's soul sword dug into Ling Tianlong's dragon scales as if they were tofu. Meanwhile, Ling Tianlong's sword cut into the former's flesh like butter.
”…”
”…”
None of them dodged nor retreated! Both men had the resolve to die fighting!
As both men's swords were about to sever their opponent's cervical spine, two arrows, coming from the southeast, hit the hilts of their swords, changing the trajectories of their slashes!
The swords were also disarmed from their hands, and the distorted black-and-white space returned to normal.
Lu Fengxian and Ling Tianlong's skills were canceled!
As soon as both men lost their swords, they stopped moving. They circulated their soul Qi and Life Essence to their half-severed neck and their damaged organs, healing and mending the wound.
They turned toward the archer, who had interfered with their fight.
An elderly general with a long silver beard in military armor and a great bow flew toward them, emitting the soul energy of a 9th-stage cultivator.
Huang Hansheng had arrived!