Chapter 257 - : Emperor Ming’s Belt (1/2)

Bolts of sword energy came shooting toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen instantly noticed the killing intent that was locked onto him. The sword energy fired by Jian Ying was unimaginably powerful. If he was hit by one of them, it would mean certain death.

“I’ll break your sword body!” Ye Chen ran like a mad man while flinging his arms out. He launched one Celestial Chi Flying Dagger after another to meet the sword energy.

As Ye Chen was running, he saw Jian Ying’s sword energy split into three. Then, from three, they split into nine. Soon, the sky was filled with swords raining on him.

Ye Chen could not escape!

The rain of swords was too tight, not allowing Ye Chen any opening to escape from it.

Ye Chen looked at Emperor Ming’s Sword. It continued to hum and shook around. The Celestial Chi Flying Dagger whooshed past the sword again, barely missing it. Without Ye Chen controlling it, the Flying Dagger could not make any maneuvers as it flew off into the distance and instantly vanished thereafter.

Ye Chen was one step too slow. A bolt of sword energy struck on the ground five to six meters away from him. A strong blast that came from the impact swept over him.

With a loud boom, Ye Chen was flung away.

Just as he was about to be hit by the raining swords, Ye Chen quickly activated the Heavenly Astra Seal and his body instantly vanished where he stood.

Boom boom boom!

The rain of swords struck down like a violent storm.

Tantai Ling thought that Ye Chen was dead. She wanted to rescue him but could not make it in time. A glimpse of panic hit her but when she looked toward the direction where the swords hit, she saw that there were no signs of blood. Ye Chen had managed to escape somehow.

Jian Ying frowned lightly. He did not expect that Ye Chen would be able to escape in that situation. He could still sense Ye Chen’s aura that had lingered around.

The two of them did not stop exchanging blows.

With a loud boom, Tantai Ling flew back several steps. Her beautiful face turned pale and there was blood seeping out the corner of her lips.

Ye Chen had slightly recovered his Celestial Chi after entering the Heavenly Astra Seal. He observed the situation out there, noticing that Tantai Ling was not doing too well. He started to feel a little anxious.

In the center of the formation, the Purple-fire Astra Lion looked at Ye Chen and said, “Kid, let me out, I’ll easily take care of that Jian Ying guy with a sweep of my tail!”

Ye Chen looked at the Purple-fire Astra Lion. He realized that if he did let the Purple-fire Astra Lion out, it would be over for all of them. This was a very dangerous move. Back then, he only recklessly broke open the Heavenly Astra Seal because he desperately wanted to save Little Tanuki and Little Wingsy. This time, he understood that releasing the Purple-fire Astra Lion would only make matters worse.

“The little beauty out there is no match for that little b*stard. If you don’t let me out, the little beauty is as good as dead.” The Purple-fire Astra Lion beat its paws lightly and chuckled. “Seeing that you were willing to break open the Heavenly Astra Seal and let me out just to save that little tanuki and Winged Serpent, I do admire you. If you let me out now, I’ll gladly let you become my subordinate!”

Ye Chen glanced at the Purple-fire Astra Lion and groaned silently. He did not trust the Purple-fire Astra Lion to honor its promises as it was absurd to trust a mystical beast to honor a promise. However, Tantai Ling would not last much longer. It seemed like there were no other options for them to defeat Jian Ying. Ye Chen was having a lot of conflicting thoughts.

“Do you know of any way for me to defeat Jian Ying?” Ye Chen looked at the Purple-fire Astra Lion, wondering what to do.

Releasing the Purple-fire Astra Lion is too risky. Was there no better solution?

“Of course! For that little b*stard, even if I don’t head out there myself I have plenty of ways to deal with him. But do you think I’d be stupid enough to tell you how?” the Purple-fire Astra Lion said so arrogantly and shook its mane. He continued mischievously, “Quickly let me out now, I’ve been locked in here like a caged bird for so many years. It’s boring me to death”

“You’re lying. At my current strength, I’m no match for Jian Ying. How am I supposed to defeat him?” Ye Chen quickly responded.

“We, Purple-fire Astra Lion clan, are far more intelligent compared to you humans.” The Purple-fire Astra Lion snorted.

“I’ve lived tens of thousands of years. How is something this trivial supposed to trouble me?”