38 The Honor Manor and the Virtuous Palace (1/2)
The forest was at the foot of the grandeur Tranquil Mountains.
But Nangong Le was in no mood to enjoy the scenery.
The normally serene forest was filled with the cries of the wounded and an overwhelming malevolent air was everywhere. Dozens of dead and wounded fighters were everywhere!
At this moment, his friends were all in mortal danger and he could only grit his teeth with his Exuberant Divine Skill as he watched them battled and fell!
He had just been wounded by Zuo Tianyi.
As for Gongsun Jing, he was mortally wounded by Zuo Tianyi and he was battling for his life besides him!
Nangong Le had thought that by bringing his friends to the Tranquil Clan, they would be safe. But a remnant of the Honor Manor, consisting of some of the most powerful fighters in the fraternity was actually lying in wait and stormed the Tranquil Mountains!
Even his friend, Priest Ling Kongquan had just been injured by the Heartless Scholar and was closing his eyes in mediation as he tried to recuperate from his internal injuries!
And now Qiu Wufeng was fighting for his very life against the Lu Baiyun the Heartless Scholar!
Nangong Le said hastily to Priest Ling Kongquan, ”Brother Kongquan, I have dragged you and your protégés into this. I'm sorry…”
Priest Ling Kongquan laughed with his eyes closed, ”The protégés of the Tranquil Clan are all from an orthodox clan and are all not afraid of death…”
Priest Bai Chongzhen, the protégé leader of the Traverse Clan coughed out blood as he added, ”The protégés of the Traverse Clan are not afraid of death too!”
At this, all the protégés of the Traverse Clan were shouting, ”The protégés of the Traverse Clan are not afraid of death!”
The Traverse Clan was one of the seven major orthodox clans in the martial fraternity and was situated in the Western Fraternity. When they had received word that the Honor Manor was mounting an invasion to the Western Fraternity, they refused to rally the orthodox fighters.
This action upset the Honor Manor and the Traverse Clan was one of the first clans to be attacked by the powerful Honor Manor and was accused of betraying the righteous martial code of the alliance!
Priest Bai Chongzhen then fled with dozens of his surviving protégés to the Tranquil Clan where they had regrouped.
For a time, the Tranquil and the Traverse Clan had held the Honor Manor back until the fighters from the Virtuous Clan began to join in the assault.
Priest Bai Chongzhen looked sadly at the dozens of protégés from the two clans that had been slain by the Honor Manor as well as the numerous volunteer heroes from the Western Fraternity that had volunteered to fight for their cause.
He muttered sadly, ”I have no wine to toast to the fallen heroes.”
They were now being surrounded and outnumbered by hundreds of fighters from the Honor Manor. Most of their fighters on their side were wounded or too weak to fight.
The injured and the weak were now forced to watch the ongoing battle as it turned into a several groups of personalize duels!
It was as though an invisible line had been drawn between the combatants and the injured!
Zuo Tianyi who had just fatally stabbed Nangong Le with his long sword was smirking, ”Nangong Le, you are not dead yet! Do you dare to fight me again, or do any of you dare to fight with me?”
Nangong Le laughed weakly, ”If you want to get me, come over here first! Or else wait for me to take a short breath first and then I will challenge you!”
To Nangong Le and Zuo Tianyi surprise, Gongsun Jing had opened his eyes as he shouted hatefully to Zuo Tianyi, ”You vile beast. I will kill you…”
Zuo Tianyi hummed coldly as he cast his eyes at the fights.
Qiu Wufeng was fighting like a berserker against the Heartless Scholar who seemed to be toying with him. The Heartless Scholar was Qiu Wufeng's former mentor, turned enemy who had slain most of his clan and had framed him!
Ji Lingfeng was fighting with Jue Yuan the Merciless Monk.
She was having a hard time against Jue Yuan! It was only her extraordinary swiftness that had prevented Jue Yuan from hitting her but the constant movements had taken a toll on her already faltering strength even as she exchanged blows with Jue Yuan!
Jue Yuan laughed, ”Do you still have the strength to use the Aspire Divine Hands? I was caution the last time. But now I know that you are the Holy Maiden of the Holy Hex Sect and could only practice the Holy Amalgamate Skill, I am not afraid of your Aspire Divine Hands anymore. Compared to that foolish young man Yi Ping, your martial power isn't strong enough! Why don't you give up and marry me?”
Ji Lingfeng hummed coldly, ”A monk can get married? Shameless!”
Jue Yuan had restrained from using his strength and his deadly stances. It was because part of the condition for the Virtuous Palace to join forces with the Honor Manor was that they had wanted the Holy Maiden Ji Lingfeng alive.
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Priest Liu Qingcheng, the protégé master of the Tranquil Clan was fighting with Xiao Fei.
He too, was having a hard time and was fighting for his life. No matter how fast he had switched his stances and strokes, it could not stop Xiao Fei at all.
Xiao Fei had expected to defeat Priest Liu Qingcheng with little efforts but it was proving to take a longer time that he had anticipated. But he was in no hurry. He could tell that Priest Liu Qingcheng was sweating heavily with his physical and mental fortitude being drained away with every stroke that he had made. So he was in no hurry.
The reason why Priest Liu Qingcheng had fared better than what Xiao Fei had expected was that he had advanced in his Dual Inertness Intricacy and being bolstered by the Tranquil Spirits. Moreover his two protégé disciples Yu'Er and Mei'Er were still fighting and no matter what happened, he refused to be defeated first due to face saving measures.
Because of that simple reason, he had fought nonstop for two hours that caused even Xiao Fei's martial strength to falter!
Xiao Fei was now sweating heavily as he said coldly, ”You are a worthy opponent and better than a lot of fighters that I have encountered. I am careless.”
However, the reason why Xiao Fei and Xiao Da were staying their hands and refused to display their secret techniques were because there were too many people here and Lie Qing was observing them!
Even if they had to use their secret techniques, it would be against the maiden with the crimson eyes who was watching intently at their every fighting strokes and stances!
They were aware of it and part of their attention was also on her.
If their opponent would kill even Xiao Yuanjia, then he or she had to be a super exponent and they were not taking any risks.
The twin sisters of the Eternal Ice Palace, Yu'Er the Jade Sword and Mei'Er the Beautiful Sword were fighting against Xiao Da.
Xiao Da was an extremely formidable foe.
That had caught Yu'Er and Mei'Er by surprise as he could break their Divine Emerald Skill!
Xiao Da was looking at them lustfully and he could barely contain his inner lust as he thought, ”There are four great beauties here. Father wants the Holy Maiden and the maiden with the crimson eyes. I guess I have to make do with these two maidens then.”
It actually would not take much time for Xiao Da to defeat the twin sisters but he had taken far longer than he had expected because they seemed to be able to predict his moves and the cold energies of their swordplay were able to negate his malevolent despair.
Moreover, most of his techniques and strokes were meant for killing. Staying his hand was a much more difficult thing than he had expected.
There were a few times that he had the opportunity to deal them a heavy blow but he had stayed his hand. It was because he was afraid of Xiao Shuai, his father. Xiao Shuai had warned everyone that was in the Virtuous Palace not to harm any of the female protégés from the Eternal Ice Palace or else they would be faced with the harshest of the clan punishments.
And Xiao Shuai was someone who had shown no mercy even to his own kin, including his brothers.
Xiao Da laughed as he flashed his sword from left to right, ”Why don't the two of you be my concubines?”
Yu'Er and Mei'Er exclaimed indignantly at the same time, ”Dream on!”
There were dozens of pugilists from both sides that were also watching the duels keenly and were awestruck by their extraordinary martial display as they held their breath.
In time to come, Qiu Wufeng would be renowned for his courage and had the fraternity name of the Courageous Windless Swordsman due to this battle today.
Yuan Shao was looking patiently at the fights. It was because victory was inevitable and he was looking intently at a young beautiful maiden on the other side who was stroking her long hair slowly as though she was just a speculator. This enchanting maiden gave him a disturbed feeling, primary because of her red crimson eyes.
Because she did not make her move yet, he had bid his time as well. It was because the other maiden with silvery white hair that he had fought against with many days ago had crimson eyes too and she was an extremely dangerous exponent. Therefore he waited for her to make her first move so that he could gauge her strength.
She was also extremely enchanting and beholden to look at, causing many of the hearts of the fighters to be consumed by lust for her, weakening their resolute.
Yuan Shao thought, ”Is she also waiting for me to make my first move and attack me with a surprise attack?”
When he had recalled the terrifying swiftness movement of the young maiden with silver hair, he knew that this amount of distance would not defer his opponent from making an attack in any direction.
Zuo Tianyi had finished his duel and had quietly walked towards him. There were no more fighters from the other side that dared to challenge him anymore.
Zuo Tianyi said, ”Master Yuan Shao, it seems like Xiao Da needs some help. Maybe I should help him…”
Yuan Shao stared at him, saying coldly. ”With me around, you don't have to be so concerned. If you are to hurt any of the protégés from the Eternal Ice Palace, don't blame me for being merciless even if you have the protection of the Honor Manor.”
Zuo Tianyi smiled bitterly, ”I dare not!”
Yuan Shao asked, ”Who is that maiden with red eyes and a black sword on the other side?”
Zuo Tianyi said, ”She is Lie Qing.”
Yuan Shao said, ”Which protégé clan is she from?”
Zuo Tianyi said, ”She claims to be from the New Virtuous Palace. Where she is from previously, I really do not know.”
Yuan Shao was startled, ”She is from the New Virtuous Palace?”
He quickly regained his composure and asked, ”How is her martial level?”
Zuo Tianyi replied coolly, ”She is good with the sword but she can't fight now.”
Yuan Shao asked, ”Why is that so?”
Zuo Tianyi said, ”She doesn't have internal strength now, having lost it in a recent fight.”
Yuan Shao asked, ”Really?!”
Zuo Tianyi smiled, ”There is no reason for me to lie to you. We are on the same side now. Even the weakest of the Honor Manor can take her down anytime.”
Yuan Shao was alarmed as he cursed venomously!
It was because they had all fallen for her bluff stratagem. The reason why they had hesitated was because of they were caution of the Red Eye Clan!
Yuan Shao immediately raised his cane and had dashed towards Lie Qing!
Lie Qing immediately turned ashen as she cursed Zuo Tianyi silently.
She had used up half of her Invincible Divine Force in an attempt to save Xiao Youxue. It was because Xiao Youxue and Yi Ping were her benefactors. She had unwittingly caused Xiao Youxue to be grievously injured and it was the least that she could do. Of course, most would not even consider giving up their intricate energy for anyone but Lie Qing would do it for Xiao Youxue!
By half of her Invincible Divine Force, it had actually meant all of her internal strength. It was because the other half of her Invincible Divine Force was her inherent life force and could not be given away.
She quietly said to herself, ”Lie Qing, you are only living on borrow time. You should be glad instead that to be alive again for these past several months. Yi Ping, Youxue…I am so glad to know you…both of you may not be alive anymore so what there for me to live for now?”
As Yuan Shao dashed across with startling speed, Yu'Er and Mei'Er saw him and tried to intercept him as they raised their long precious swords against him.
Yuan Shao simply raised his fingers as he avoided the furies of their cold beaming swords, striking both Yu'Er and Mei'Er as their Divine Emerald Skills were penetrated by his Soul Stealer Fingers!
Both Yu'Er and Mei'Er crumbled onto the ground in an instant with shrieked cries!
Even as Yuan Shao had struck down the twin sisters, Ji Lingfeng had flew towards him and raised her entire martial power, unleashing the explosive shrieking might of the Aspire Horizon Hand at him!