Chapter 877: Beleaguermen (1/2)
What shocked the Wolf King was the fact that Qianye only retreated within the range of Southern Blue’s cannon turrets and no further. He landed on the wall and looked on at the Wolf King with cold eyes.
Despite the unexpected setback, the Wolf King was still a vice-duke level expert, while Qianye’s constitution was only at the level of a marquis. Even with the consideration of his ancient vampire bloodline, he was barely at the level of a werewolf mighty marquis—and that was two entire levels below the Wolf King.
The disparity was even greater in terms of origin power. If it wasn’t for the top-grade purity of his Venus Dawn, it would be difficult for Qianye to even injure the Wolf King.
With such a gap in place, the divine champion felt it a great humiliation that he had let Qianye escape last time. The only thing he needed to guard against was that extremely powerful attack. Nonetheless, the Shot of Inception probably wasn’t something that could be used at will. It was almost certain to involve great expenditure and long periods of accumulation. The Wolf King’s deduction regarding this matter was largely correct as Qianye only had one shot left, and he hadn’t found the time to replenish its supply.
Their last exchange had proven that the Shot of Inception wouldn’t deprive the Wolf King of his combat strength. The werewolf was confident that he could still wipe out all opponents in Southern Blue after being hit, even beating Ji Rui into a retreat.
That was the reason why the Wolf King was exceptionally furious. Qianye’s current stance implied that he could contend with the Wolf King just by relying on the city’s defenses.
The Wolf King’s leonine mane danced in the wind as he made a slow descent toward Qianye, his body surrounded by dark red arcs of lightning. Very soon, he was within range of the ballistae, yet he neither accelerated nor changed directions. He was clearly opening himself up as a target.
Qianye waved his right hand with a solemn expression. The cannon turrets to the left and right of him trembled as two giant homing bolts shot toward the incoming divine champion.
With a sinister laugh, the Wolf King conjured two giant claw projections that actually tore the bolts apart.
Gasps of astonishment echoed within the city, and a disruption appeared in the defending forces. Be it for the mercenaries or the city guard, the ballista turrets were the greatest killing machines; they weren’t even made to deal with human targets. Now that the Wolf King had actually torn the shots apart in front of everyone’s eyes, it went to show that all the other defenses in their arsenal were mere decorations before an enemy of such caliber.
In the blink of an eye, many people began thinking about running away. The city defense forces had it better because, according to customs, the Wolf King would still keep them around to maintain order after his conquest. The same couldn’t be said for the mercenaries of Dark Flame, so dozens of them quietly snuck out of the defensive line in a bid to flee.
The Wolf King, with his acute eyesight, saw everything that was going on, and it satisfied him greatly.
Just as the complacency had taken form in his heart, the wall beneath Qianye’s feet was left crumbling as he shot toward the Wolf King like a cannonball!
He appeared in front of the Wolf King in the blink of an eye, and East Peak slashed down from overhead with a momentum capable of splitting the ocean!
The Wolf King had just shattered two ballistae, and the origin power fluctuations hadn’t yet calmed down—this delayed his reflexes very briefly. Qianye had actually caught this split-second lag! For a moment, the Wolf King couldn’t quite figure out whether he was just lucky or shockingly talented.
Qianye’s slash was so fast that the Wolf King was left with no room for evasion, but he wasn’t willing to evade anyhow. Roaring furiously, he threw a right-hand punch against East Peak.
At the moment of contact, the Wolf King realized that he had underestimated his opponent. The darkness origin power on his fist was cut open, and the blade sunk right into his flesh.
At this moment, Qianye sensed that the Wolf King’s defenses weren’t as strong as he had expected. He suddenly got the idea to circulate his Profound Combatant Formula and once again summon the move that had defeated Ji Tianqing. Layer upon layer of superimposed power pressed down on the Wolf King like waves in a stormy sea!
Peerless power channeled through the invincible sword—this move was almost indefensible!
East Peak cut swiftly through the Wolf King’s flesh and right into his bones. The Wolf King lowered his elbow at the exact moment, cleverly negating the greater part of the force and deflecting the edge to one side. It might look like a draw to the spectator, but the Wolf King had actually lost half a move.
Having gained the initial advantage, Qianye wasn’t about to give the opponent any space to maneuver. His strength stacked higher and higher, every slash descending with the might of the mountains and seas—toward the end, the Wolf King no longer dared to meet the blows head-on.
The tyrannical might of the Profound Combatant Formula had emerged for the first time!
In truth, the Wolf King, Song Zining, and Ji Tianqing could all see that Qianye couldn’t keep this up for very long. Nonetheless, this moment of unrivaled valiance was more than enough.
“This art, this art…” Ji Tianqing’s eyes glistened lustrously. She was beside herself with excitement.
She didn’t get the chance to learn much about the Profound Combatant Formula during their last exchange. To a person like her who had seen and learned so many top-grade secret arts, witnessing an unprecedentedly powerful art like this was comparable to a glutton encountering a table full of delicacies.
Song Zining was stomping his feet in frustration. He simply had no way to interfere in a fight of this level—it would change nothing even if he did.
The most exasperated of the lot was undeniably the Wolf King. He was being suppressed and was actually powerless to retaliate. He knew Qianye’s torrential assault wouldn’t last very long, but the art was simply too tyrannical. It afforded Qianye a power several times his own with which to beat down the Wolf King.
Within moments, the Wolf King had received several shocking injuries and was bleeding all over.
Finally, the waning of the Profound Combatant Formula arrived—Qianye’s momentum fell and his power receded like the tides.
The Wolf King unleashed an earth-shattering roar as he pounced forward madly. However, Qianye adopted a fine, cautious stance without any openings, using the indestructible East Peak as a shield from time to time. His sword-arts had reached a level even higher than the Wolf King’s, and the tides of power from before hadn’t fully faded away just yet. Hence, despite the advantage in strength, the Wolf King couldn’t do much against Qianye for the time being.