Vol 18 Chapter 14 (1/2)
Book 18, Pure Yang, Chapter 14 – No Way Out
Ji Ning could sense a terrifying power spread out to encompass his entire body He had bent his knees and assumed a stable stance to build up power to block the blow, but upon actually receiving this terrifying strike fro couldn’t help but stagger back heavily by one step He almost went down to one knee as his body was pressed doards before he was able to weather the powerful collision
Bang! A cold son as his second claw attack ripped out towards Ning
He had two sharp claws, after all! Just now, he had only used a single one to tear at Ning
BOOM!
Ning reht hand ht struck out like water, lashi+ng sideways against the sharp claws of the Veno i back “Hon’s first claw ca The sudden attack from the second claever, was a bit weaker”
Veno with just two claws He i the two claws in another ferocious strike
Ning was forced back tiain, but he was still able to hold on
“Ji Ning”
“Fellow Daoist Darknorth”
“Hold on!”
The other Heaven Punishers ca
E could tell that he had lost his chance All he could do was furiously strike out with his draconic tail
Bang!
Ning lifted both his ar the strike from the ninety thousand meter tail, then relied on the counter-force from the blow to retreat backwards His movements, however, remained perfectly steady
Elanced sideways at the other seven Heaven Punishers He smirked, then barked a mental order, “Retreat!”
“Yes!” Everyone assented to his order
The other two White-Faced Flood Dragons and the nine Ean to retreat, under the coan toacross the wildtens of kilometers with eachblack citadel Even though Ning and the others remained more than ten thousand kilometers away from the Seamless City, they could still sense how utterly enormous the citadel was!
“No need to chase” The Xia E and the others
The eight Heaven Punishers and the two E off into the distance at their fleeing foes They then turned to look at each other, a complicated look in their eyes
“It was just a very short exchange, but countless Loose I and the others couldn’t help but feel a sort of syrief Today, it was the Loachwater Heaven Punisher which had fallen In the future…it could be them
Swish!+ Swish!+ Swish!+ Ning and the others disappeared into thin air
Within the Eight Dragons Cloudcity
Countless Celestial Iathered here, within the ons Cloudcity They stared at the Xia E and the rest of the nine generals Celestial Ih the Loachwater Army had suffered castastrophic casualties, there were still many Celestial Immortals and Loose Immortals who had survived Celestial Ied to survive as well
“My fellow Immortals,” the black-robed Xia Emperor said solemnly, “This was the first battle between our Grand Xia and the Seamless Gate Even I didn’t expect that in our first real battle, ould have suffered such heavy losses The Loachwater Army suffered heavy casualties, with 436 slain Celestial Immortals and 51,210 slain Loose Immortals”
Utter silence
Ning’s own heart sank as well upon hearing this
436 Celestial Immortals and 51,210 Loose Immortals What did this represent? Everyone present knew the answer Prior to the onset of this great storle Celestial Iflame clan, a clan that was ranked as one of the top ten clans of the Grand Xia, had only produced nine Celestial Immortals and around a thousand Loose Immortals
In other words…the casualties they had suffered today represented a force that was tens of tiflame clan!
The slain Celestial Ihout the various commanderies of the Grand Xia; they had co at the imperial capital They had come from countless schools, clans, and sects; that hy so ather in one place
“This happened as a result of poor command decisions by myself” The black-robed Xia Emperor’s voice was low “The Seaence network, while we know very little about them We didn’t know in advance that one of the White-Faced Flood Dragons was that powerful Still…we know all along that our war against the Seamless Gate would result in heavy losses”
The countless Celestial Immortals and Loose Immortals below him were all silent Their hearts were heavy
“However!”
“Their losses were even heavier than ours!” The black-robed Xia Ehtly , led his Heaven Punisher to defeat and slay a White-Faced Flood Dragon He killed more than six hundred Celestial Immortals and nearly seventy thousand Loose Immortals”
The an to lift noticeably
“They killed our warriors, but we killed theirs as well In fact…we killed even more of them!”
“This is war!”
“A war of life and death The Grand Xia, the Seamless Gate…one side has to fall!”
“If we don’t want to die, then we have to kill them Kill them all!”
The Xia Ehout the city
“Kill theain
“Kill them all!”
“Kill them all!”
The Xia E with the enormous pressure all of the Iry snarls as well
All of the Immortals present knew that there was no way for anyone to hide from this storm They had to face it head on If they wanted to survive…they had to go all out! They had to make their enemies die!
“All of you can go back to your cainning,” the Xia Emperor ordered