Chapter 576 (1/2)

Chapter 576: Flee

Translator: Thyaeria  Editor: Thyaeria

The atmosphere within the mountain valley froze and turned suffocating as exceedingly ugly expressions appeared on the faces of Shen Cangsheng and the other four. Clearly, they were somewhat caught with their pants down by this sudden trouble…

Although they had obtained quite a big benefit in this fragment of the Shattered Continent, resulting in their strength improving by quite a bit, they were extremely clear that they were absolutely not a match for a group like Ji Xuan’s.

Once the two sides were to truly engage in combat, their side would lose without a doubt.

“What should we do?” asked He Yao as he looked towards Shen Cangsheng with an ugly look on his face.

As a dark shade fluctuated over Shen Cangsheng’s face, he gave a furious clench of his teeth as he replied, “I’ll take the Academy Plaque and run away! You guys scatter and leave!”

Hearing Shen Cangsheng’s reply, Li Xuantong’s face instantly sunk down as he said, “With such a short distance, they would already be able to lock onto us. Simply running away would be of no use. Furthermore, once they catch you or any of us, it would end up with the same result. That’s because if any one of us falls into their hands, they would definitely use us to deal with Mu Chen!”

“And with Mu Chen’s character, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t just stand by the side and watch! If not, he wouldn’t be rushing over here with all his might.”

“Let’s go together! Although Ji Xuan and his gang are extremely formidable, we ain’t just mud on the floor!” growled Yang Lin, the last member of the group.

Creaking sounds rang from Shen Cangsheng’s hands as his face turned ashen. At this moment, a feeling of humiliation gushed from his heart. Being a rather prideful person at heart, he was the Numero Uno on the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Heavenly Rankings before the appearance of Mu Chen. However, at this moment, they were forced to such a miserable position, yet he was powerless to change it.

Bang!

Shen Cangsheng fiercely sent a punch against the rock wall beside him, causing cracks to rapidly extend from his fist. Taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice, “Let’s scatter first. As of now, Mu Chen and the others are currently rushing over. Regardless of anything, we have to drag the time on and wait for him to arrive. At that time, Ji Xuan will fail at his objective.”

Hearing that, Li Xuantong, Su Xuan and the others nodded their heads in agreement. All of them were not willing to land in Ji Xuan’s hands and be used against Mu Chen.

“Let’s go!”

Shen Cangsheng gave a low roar. Taking to the air, he quickly shot in the opposite direction of where those whooshing sounds were ringing from. Behind him, Li Xuantong, Su Xuan and the other two wore tense expressions on their faces as they rapidly followed suit.

Whoosh!

Increasing their speed to the maximum, the five shot across the horizon at lightning speed, causing sharp and hurried whooshing sounds to ear-piercingly reverberate within the vast mountain range.

Darkness filled the entirety of Shen Cangsheng’s face, his eyes brimming with unconcealable anger and fury. With his hands tightly clenched, green veins squirmed and throbbed on their surface. Such a speedy retreat caused him to feel as if his heart was burning up.

Crack!

The sharp and incisive sounds of space being split apart appeared to ring from the horizon behind them.

“Run quickly!” Suddenly, Shen Cangsheng’s face contorted as he fiercely roared.

“Haha. These few friends from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, we’ve hurried over here from a place far, far away. And yet, you all want to leave before even saying any greetings. Isn’t this to impolite of you all?” Just as Shen Cangsheng’s roar rang out, faint laughter, accompanied by a voice, suddenly rang out within the region.

Upon hearing that voice, the hearts of Shen Cangsheng and the others furiously sunk down.

“Don’t worry about him! Continue on!” growled Shen Cangsheng. However, before his voice could fully ring out, his eyes furiously, abruptly contracted. Fiercely raising his head, he saw a figure with his hands behind his back stand on the mountain peak before them, looking straight towards them with a grin on his face.

This figure was dressed in white robes, with a warm and radiant smile covering his handsome face, making it hard for people raise their vigilance against him. Nevertheless, upon spotting him, the faces of Shen Cangsheng and the other four instantly contorted.

“Ji Xuan!”

“Please stay behind, the few of you,” said Ji Xuan with a smile as he looked towards Shen Cangsheng and the other four.

“In your dreams!”

Shen Cangsheng sneered in reply. Sweeping a glance towards Li Xuantong and the three, the five of them explosively scattered seemingly in the next instant.

Seeing this, Ji Xuan couldn’t help giving a gentle sigh. Not a single flutter of emotion was present within his eyes, before he gave a wave of his sleeve. In the next instant, exceedingly powerful Spiritual Energy instantly swept out from his sleeve just like a long river.

Swish! Swish!

As the long Spiritual Energy river swept out, it split into five parts, appearing right before Shen Cangsheng and the other four in the blink of an eye. As the long Spiritual Energy rivers converged together, they transformed into a giant Spiritual Energy palm that fiercely pressed down from above.

Bang!

A giant thunder-like bang resounded.

Shen Cangsheng and the other four that were originally shooting away were instantly sent in the opposite direction. Other than Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong, who staggered back a few steps, muffled groans rang out from Su Xuan and the other two, while a faint shade of paleness appeared on their faces.

This Ji Xuan’s strength is actually that terrifying! He had forced the five of them back just with a single palm of his.

Shen Cangsheng and the other four were forced to group up once again. At this moment, a shadow of shock flashed across their eyes. The power and strength of Ji Xuan had far exceeded all of their expectations.

As of now, within their group, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong were both currently at the pinnacle of First Grade Spirit Disaster. As for Su Xuan, He Yao and Yang Lin, all of them had already reached the realm of Spiritual Energy Disaster. Truthfully speaking, such a lineup was considered to be rather strong. If not, they wouldn’t be able to rush into the Top 16 by just relying on their own strengths.

However, despite that, their lineup was obstructed just by Ji Xuan alone.