Chapter 204 - Decisive Battle in Canglan City (Part 1) (2/2)
He amplified his voice using Qi so that his fierce aura would reach before his horse. Many cultivators inside the city who heard his divine roar were astonished. “He’s here! The Zuoqiu family has already set an inescapable trap for him and yet he dares to come! What courage!”
Many couldn’t help feeling amazed as they rushed to the east city gate. The General of Defence was sweating. Even though he knew the Zuoqiu family stationed them here to be cannon fodder, there was nothing that they could do about it.
Smoke and dust were churning where land met the sky. A silhouette was gradually enlarging, covering several kilometers in an instant. The back of the General of Defence was already soaked with cold sweat. Before he could command his subordinates, he saw a golden light hacking at him. This attack nearly shocked the soul out of him. He stammered, “Hurry! Hurry… and release the arrows!”
However, before his voice reached the ears of his subordinates, Xiao Chen had already cut off several banners in front of him and the banners fell off the buildings. More than one hundred soldiers responsible for guarding the city hoisted their bows and fixed arrows on them. These arrows were no ordinary arrows; they were forged with hundred-year mystic iron and infused with cultivators’ True Qi. In a flash, a gale began screeching as a rain of arrows fell.
Xiao Chen sprung forth and soared into the sky as his horse was impaled by more than tens of arrows and met an instant, violent death. Simultaneously, he unleashed his Phoenix’s Wings and sent two Cyan Dragon Roars palm attacks at the city gate tower.
The boundless Dragon Roars were irresistible. The entire tower instantly collapsed, transforming into a cloud of smoke and dust. The onlooking cultivators were stupefied. That force was close to the might of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!
Xiao Chen ignored the dumbstruck cultivators and once again bellowed with his Qi, “I’m here! Young child of the Zuoqiu family, come out now and fight me!” He then aimed a palm attack at a building bearing the Zuoqiu family’s flag and easily crushed the 9-storey building into rubble.
By then, some two hundred patrols had arrived on the scene. One of the generals shouted at Xiao Chen in anger, “How dare you, you devil! If you have a grudge against the Zuoqiu family, you can just settle it privately! Why are you injuring the citizens of our Cangming State?!”
Xiao Chen raised his head and laughed heartily. His long hair danced wildly in the air behind him. His gaze was razor-sharp. “Zuoqiu family’s lap dogs! Go to hell, all of you!” He slammed a palm attack on the ground. Instantly, incessant screeches filled the air. The two hundred patrols or so coughed up blood as they were sent flying.
In the distance, the onlookers were stunned. Was Xiao Chen declaring war against the Zuoqiu family or the entire Cangming State? In a flash, discussions reverberated throughout the crowd.
Right then, a golden light of one thousand feet crashed down with boundless power and momentum. Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes, having noticed that the newcomer had quite a high cultivation. He retrieved a steel saber from behind and exalted it. One-hundred-feet saber radiance responded to it. Then came an ear-splitting explosion. The roof tiles of the buildings in the city scattered in the air, sucked in by a tremendous force.
Xiao Chen tucked away his Phoenix’s Wings and landed on the public square on the ground. The crowd gave way, revealing a youngster in a purple garment. Hidden in his cold and gloomy eyes was an ominous glint.
“I’m Zuoqiu Yang, here to answer your request for battle!”
Many outside the public square gasped when they heard his self-introduction and started discussing among themselves.
“This is the number one among the younger generation of the Zuoqiu family, Zuoqiu Yang? I heard he achieved peak Core Forming Realm cultivation at a young age and has been studying at the Divine Mist Sect. I suppose he must be a quasi-Nascent Soul Realm cultivator by now?”
“Dear God… A quasi-Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in his early twenties. Is everyone in the Zuoqiu family a freak?”
On one end was the mysterious rising rookie from the East Continent. On the other was the successor of the Zuoqiu family who was ranked ninth on the Heaven List. For a moment, the excitement outside the public square climbed to unprecedented levels.
Zuoqiu Yang’s gaze was ice-cold. “Today, I’ll use your blood to uphold justice for my brother!”
Xiao Chen sneered. “You’re not the first one to say that. But look, I’m still standing here alive and well, am I not?”
“Then, let me see if you can leave this place alive!” Zuoqiu Yang roared and a brilliantly resplendent Immortal’s Sword appeared in his hand.
The sword was a gift from the Divine Mist Sect Leader. It carried an endless stream of Immortal’s force. Golden light would stretch on forever with a single swing of the sword. Xiao Chen put strength into hacking with his steel saber. The clanging of metal reverberated as his saber broke into seven or eight pieces after colliding with the Sword Qi. Even Xiao Chen was thrown back five to six steps. Without his True Energy protecting him, this sword attack would have injured him.
Zuoqiu Yang sneered. “Is that how strong you are?”
Xiao Chen didn’t humor him and threw the bare handle to the ground. After reciting a spell, a wide saber that glowed a dazzling red immediately appeared in his hand. The pattern on the saber was strange and imbued with demonic air. Many onlookers outside the arena cried out in alarm. “Is that the Blood Lotus Demon Blade that the He family used to wipe out countless Nascent Soul Realm cultivators?!”
Instantly, the cold wind sprang up everywhere and the clear sky became tainted with heavy, dark clouds in the blink of an eye.