572 Sorry For Being Late Again (2/2)

In fact, their tasks were indeed over. In the past few days, under the command of Wang Wu, they had repeatedly attacked and defeated opponents whose realm was much higher than that of them. And they had received quite generous rewards—not one of those Open Heavens and Harmonious Heavens was easy to deal with. Although in theory they must serve Heaven wholeheartedly and ought to have no desires for external things, any one of them could be considered as a wealthy person. After being swayed by Wang Wu's Telepathic Finger, they willingly gave up their wealth and enriched the mustard seed bags of the people of Spirit Sword Sect.

This kind of harvesting was rough and direct, but the efficiency was very high. For those the likes of several young girls of Yin and Yang School who worked hard under Li Yan, although the works were simple and safe, they, at most, would only receive several pieces of equipment used by Li Yan, with not that much high of a value—of course, for young girls of Xudan and Foundation Establishment Stage, equipments for Jindan Stage level local boss could also be considered as a good harvest.

After having the experiential learning and the harvest, the next matter about the Ask the Heaven ritual really had nothing to do with them. Let alone other matters, to personally go to the high-level assembly meeting of Temple of Heaven to perform the Ask the Heaven ritual under the encirclement of a group of Yuanying and Deity Stage expert, if something were to happen, Wang Wu did not have the confidence that she could protect everyone.

After most of the team members were sent away, the two quickly laid out the array in the home base, and after they had recuperated most of their magical power, they went out to catch their target.

In cooperation with Moonless, they quickly locked their target: Ping Xiwang who was known by the seniors in Temple of Heaven as A Sword to The West because of her achievement of wiping out a group of demons. This person has the lowest qualification among the seven Shentian rank nuns. She rose through the ranks the fastest, and because of her unconventional methods, she managed to offend other people the most. This election ritual was an opportunity for other Shentian rank nuns to compete for the highest position, but for Ping Xiwang, there was a danger of being unable to defend herself.

According to the knowledge of Moonless, there were at least two, or even perhaps three Shentian nuns who wanted to fight her. And no one seemed to want to protect her. With one against three enemies, she was indeed really in danger.

Therefore, at this time, if someone took the initiative to extend the olive branch, even if she had a suspicion, she would not let it go... Let alone the master of Palace of Heaven was a top-level Harmonious Heaven and could be classified as relatively powerful, and relying on Ping Xiwang's own strength to strive for the position would be very difficult. Her foundation was not enough—she was blocked from allying with other upper-level ranks, thus, she could only rely on the support from the lower ranks, and the power of the vassal lord of Palace of Heaven could definitely be counted as a very strong card.

Sure enough, after Moonless issued the invitation, Ping Xiwang only hesitated for a moment before she accepted it and then agreed to meet with her at a manor outside Sky City. After receiving the address, Moonless was amazed. ”I thought that manor was a private property, unexpectedly, it is a secret holding of Ping Xiwang outside of Sky City.”

The matters that were contrary to expectations were already too many. When Moonless brought Wang Lu and Wang Wu at the manor, Ping Xiwang had already been waiting for a long time. Beside her, a sharp-eyed woman stood quietly in the shadow. All over her body emitted out pincushion-like baleful aura.

Using primordial spirit, Moonless introduce that woman to Wang Wu, ”Sister Wu, this is the number one fierce general under Ping Xiwang. In the past, in the Red Capital, she was the leading figure in slaying monsters and getting rid of the devils. Her strength is exceptionally fierce. At least… I'm not her match. I thought she already had a falling out with Ping Xiwang, but unexpectedly, they were actually in the same team. We may have trouble this time. I thought that after she left, there was no one else around Ping Xiwang. If she was alone, we would have a chance to win, but now…”

”It doesn't matter, leave Ping Xiwang to me. You two just need to drag down the bodyguard, don't let her get in the way.”

”But…”

There was no time for ”but” as Wang Wu had already deftly and cleanly made her move. Taking a step forward, she immediately used Non-Phase Sword Defense to suppress everyone. This move came all of a sudden that even with Ping Xiwang's strength, unexpectedly, she was too late to react. Sitting in a chair, she was suppressed, caught off guard by that move.

However, her bodyguard reacted very quickly by shooting three secret projectiles at Wang Wu. Seeing the projectiles, Moonless knew immediately that they were hidden weapons quenched with ancient strange poison, which was very vicious. With Wang Wu's normal cultivation base, these were nothing to her. However, right now, all her focus was placed on a Shentian level nun and might not be able to divide her attention to defend against those secret projectiles.

Therefore, in desperation, Moonless had to put herself as the meat shield by summoning her original spiritual treasure to block those three secret projectiles in their tracks. As a result, although those three secret projectiles were successfully blocked, her original spiritual treasure was also damaged, and under the strong blowback force, she suffered blackout on the spot.

And exactly during this blackout, that bodyguard made her all out move. In a flash, she arrived right beside Moonless. On theory alone, she was just low-level Deity Stage, so there was not that much gap compared with Moonless. Even if her actual fighting ability was above Moonless, she would not be able to decide the outcome of the fight in a short period of time. Therefore, she did not intend to fight against Moonless.

As long as she could obstruct the woman in white, Ping Xiwang would be free from the pressure, and the full power strike from a Shentian rank nun would be enough to decide the outcome.

However, just as she was about to approach her opponent, there was another person in front of her.

The position and the timing of the man's appearance were really good that it must've relied entirely on pre-judgment, which resulted in that person reaching her intended path of movement ahead of time. However, since the power of that person was way below her, she did not intend to change course.

The full charge of a Daoist Master of Deity Stage could cause landslide on the mountain and ground to crack—a mere Peak Jindan Stage would just be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

However, the next moment, a sword tip appeared in front of her eyes. The opponent had actually stretched out a sword, as if it was waiting for her to hit it. This quaint sword contained an extremely threatening aura, which unceasingly alarmed her heart.

This was not something that could be crashed head on by her body… After making this instant judgment, she swung her right arm out, banging it against the sword from the side to swing it aside. However, just as her arm touched the sword, she felt that her mind sank, all her original fighting plan actually fell apart, and only chaos and confusion were left in her heart.

At the same time, Wang Lu promptly relaxed his hand and took a step back, then looked at the opponent's confused look with a smile.

Hehehe, as an ancient immortal sword, not only is Skybreaker incomparably sharp, it also has a tremendous side effect.

How do you feel about this retarded aura?