Chapter 74 - Battle of the Aces (2/2)

At the same time, Fang Jiange and Gu Hongzi clashed together as their Sword Qi pierced the skies. Gu Hongzi transformed into a creature with a bird's head and a human's body and as he expanded his wings, his feathers let out metal crackling sounds as each of these feathers was the condensation of Sword Qi. His wings slashed forward from behind and in a split second, he swung his wings so many times trying to overwhelm Fang Jiange with a rapid flurry of attacks.

"Since City Lord Gu Hongzi has begun, let us not waste any more time."

The muscular and furry Lang Qingyun suddenly reached out his hands into the air as if he was grabbing something and a huge hammer suddenly appeared within it. He held his huge pumpkin shaped hammer as he walked forward while challenging, "Anyone?"

Feng Wuji held his umbrella back and replied, "Shall we?"

The small-sized Qiu Qingshan leaped out from the cliff and asked while laughing, "Who will be my opponent then?"

Lei Hong walked with big steps as lightning crackled around his body, "I'll cut you down!"

Jun Sixie looked at the two monster girls on the cliff and smile while asking, "Dear senior martial sisters, which one of you are willing to have a little duel with me?"

The innocent looking girl, Lian Xin laughed and said, "Senior Martial Sister Jun, there's only one of you and two of us, so the both of us fight you."

Her succubus companion, Chilian Nu, remained at her position and her neck suddenly protracted to an incredible length while her head transformed into a huge snake head with crimson red scales covering all over her skin, menacingly gnawing towards Jun Sixie. She laughed and said, "Senior Martial Sister Jun, we are all women so we won't act recklessly like those men in the arrays and fight inside there. I suggest that we stay at the cliffs and fight! Please enjoy our joint attacks!"

Jun Sixie's face changed slightly and suddenly, she moved horizontally for a few miles and as she moved, she shifted her position from the cliffs into the arrays to evade the attack of this Chilian Snake.

If she fought with them on the cliffs, she would be trapped by the joint attacks of the two monster girls. Thus, she did not hesitate to take on the risk of diving into the arrays, trying her best to avoid being surrounded by the two monster ladies!

Lian Xin continued her pursuit, following closely behind Jun Sixie and as she flicked her fingers, pink petals could be seen spinning towards Jun Sixie. Each twirl of a petal would incite a deadly ray of Sword Qi to slash towards Jun Sixie!

Whereas Chilian Nu stood on the cliffs and her neck became longer and longer while her head became bigger and bigger as she reached out her head to pursue and bit towards Jun Sixie!

On the other end, Jun Sixie kept on moving to evade their attacks while her zither enlarged, floating around her while playing melodious rhythmics. Each time the zither played a rhythmic chord, a ray of Sword Qi would be launched from the strings of the zither!

As the zither sound increased in tempo, more and more Sword Qi was launched out, repelling the joint attacks of Lian Xin and Chilian Nu.

The three ladies; one human and two monsters, fought with all their strength.

Meanwhile, more and more fiery dragons appeared all over the area around the eighth layer of the array formation. These huge dragons slinked through the air and charged towards everyone, making the area a purgatory of fire and death with the only safe haven appeared to be the area where the spectators were standing.

On the battlefield, all four aces of Swords Gate, Gu Hongzi, Lang Qingyun, and the others had to pour in whatever they had as they faced the direct attacks of the fiery dragons in order to be able to survive unharmed!

On the cliffs, it did not matter who they were, be it the lord of Sulphur Island and Jinxiu Island, or the others strong individuals from the monsters, they were all awestruck by the scene. This was all because of the spectacular strength of those nine individuals fighting together that simply belied their age. Their visualization arts and Sword Qi were all controlled with the utmost precision. Their powers were so condensed such that they were able to exhibit supreme offensive strength seemingly capable of indiscriminately piercing through anything.

This is my chance! No one will notice me as they are all attracted by the battles!

As much as Zhong Yue wanted to stay behind to watch the battles, but no matter how amazing and blood-boiling their battles were, the experience and insights possibly gleaned from spectating paled in importance in comparison to achieving the level of Qi Practitioner. Therefore, he proceeded to quietly and discreetly walk away.

As he sneaked away, no one seemed to notice him as everyone was incorrigibly enraptured by the battles of these nine strong individuals.

"Xin Huo, how are we supposed to enter the teleportation portal?" asked Zhong Yue.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong… I should have known that whenever the teleportation portal opened, the cold air in the moon would disrupt my array formations."

In his psyche ocean, the little flame dude was still lamenting and said, "I was wrong, really…."

"Xin Huo?"

The little flame then cheered himself up and said weakly, "After a few ten thousand years more, these guys will actually neutralize all my array formations … Fine … After this time, the teleportation portal would be as good as useless, just let them waste another few ten thousand years to neutralize them… Now, follow my instructions, we will now head to the teleportation portal located at bottom level!"

Zhong Yue looked at the arrays with fiery dragons dancing around and he was stunned. He blinked his eyes and said, "Xin Huo, you have to be more reliable this time, we can't afford to make any mistakes."

"Of course." answered Xin Huo.

The little flame laughed and said, "When have I been unreliable before? You can trust me on anything! Young man from the Fuxi race, let's jump down courageously!

Zhong Yue gritted his teeth and he leaped out without hesitation while saying, "Xin Huo, you must not make any mistakes…."

Suddenly, the little flame dude seemed to hesitate and said, "I kinda felt like I have forgotten something, what could it be… Hahahaha, I was just scaring you, look at you!"