Book 7: Chapter 54: Wind Screen Formation
Not necessarily! Ruan Zhan coldly threw out two words. Then, he bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of bloody mist into the air. At the same time, he waved his hand, sending out a lightning palm strengthened by his bloodspell. The crowd of Zhang Xiao Huas were knocked into the air, electrocuted into scrap and falling back to the ground as rubble. He slammed his other hand heavily against the ground.
His palm fell, the blood fell and dust from the ground rose. The nearby Wan Li even felt some tremors. A line of fire suddenly appeared from the ground. It was about a foot high and it scurried towards Bao Da Tongs direction like a fire snake!
The smaller number of Zhang Xiao Huas clones stood in front of Bao Da Tong. Since they were merely shooting hellfire at him from the distance, they suffered almost no losses. However, since they continuously attacked and the bloodwood sword repeatedly destroyed the hellfire, it seemed they didnt have enough offensive power. When the fire snake formed by Ruan Zhans flaming handprint approached, the clones instinctively tried to dodge following Zhang Xiao Huas orders. However, the fire was too fast and they were quickly surrounded.
Looking at the helpless clones about to be swallowed by flames, Ruan Zhan was very pleased to realize that Zhang Xiao Huas true body was over at his end. Therefore, he called loudly, Drive the formation!Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
With the pressure lessened, Bao Da Tong immediately complied and changed his sword movements, loudly chanting the Radiant Scripture!
The one surnamed Ruan had seen through him!
Zhang Xiao Hua thought resentfully, feeling the boiling aura in the formation rise as Bao Da Tong chanted. He immediately changed his plans to adapt. He had been observing Xiao Xias position while he attacked Ruan Zhan, and felt her silent and unmoving state was strange. He then looked at the protective barrier around her and felt it was formed by the natural aura of the jade trigrams. If he was right, the Yang position was the only breakout point at the moment!
Seeing his clones being wiped out by extreme Yang flames and Hong Yu unable to hold on much longer, Zhang Xiao Hua suddenly leapt free of the crowd, swiftly possessing Lil Tongs body. Using all his and Hong Yus clones to cover him, he swiftly arrived in front of Xiao Xia.
What strong natural aura! The burning caused him to shrink tighter into Lil Tongs body. Enormous force from behind and the gale from Ruan Zhan was about to break through the clones and strike his body. However, he no longer cared about his vessel at this moment. Although he didnt dare pick up any of the jade plaques, he used the fleshs protection to squeeze into the protective barrier, shooting his foot out to kick one of the plaques askew.
A sharp burn spread from his toes. Although his body could enter the barrier, his rushed possession still caused him to get injured. He screamed, not knowing whether it was due to pain or elation at having broken the trigram pattern. However, he still toppled over from the pain.
As he fell, the final clone behind him turned to ashes and the formations burning aura reached its peak. Ruan Zhans lightning palm shot over, its force not diminished at all. If he hadnt already fallen, that blow might have knocked him prone.
Ruan Zhan actually didnt care about Lil Tongs body at all? True, it wasnt a big deal if the body was hit. It was just an electric shock and wouldnt cause too big of an injury. The one Ruan Zhan wanted to hurt was him! However, was he not worried about Xiao Xia? She would get hit by the lightning palm too.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao Hua looked over. From his prone position, he was finally able to see that there was no one at the Yang position. The abnormal jade trigrams natural aura had been broken, and Xiao Xias figure vanished as well!
So that was why Xiao Xia hadnt moved at all. She had never been present. He hadnt been able to tell despite his cultivation because the natural aura had blocked his sight. No wonder she could use her Yin constitution to guard the Yang position. Only the jade trigrams in the Yang position could help Ruan Zhan form an illusion of Xiao Xia It turns out Ruan Zhan still couldnt bear let his precious face any danger!
The burning sensation continued to spread from beneath the ground. Zhang Xiao Hua once again leapt up, thoroughly abandoning Lil Tongs body and reached a hand out to the terrified Hong Yu. Come, the formation is broken. Were leaving!
Hong Yu almost burst into tears.
After five years in the human world, her big bro was finally escorting her away like he did three hundred years ago. She had thought he had lost such moments forever. She had the feeling things would change after tonight. They had experienced pain and suffering for the first time after centuries.
The two of them held hands, stepping over the broken jade trigrams and out of the Grand Radiance Formation!
But, where was this?
Bao Da Tong had just spoken when Zhang Xiao Hua and Zhang Hong Yu suddenly made a move. Hellfire mixed with corpse breath shot towards Ruan Zhan and Bao Da Tong.
Although the two had been speaking, they had still been on guard. Seeing the change, they easily countered. Ruan Zhan used a flaming handprint while Bao Da Tong used the fire spell of the five elements, using Yang fire to overcome Yin fire once again.
With a bang, the flames collided in the air. Both sides were equal as they shoved against each other for a while. The casters behind used all their strength to press the flames onwards. At that moment, the corpse breath within the hellfire suddenly slithered out like a snake, winding towards Bao Da Tongs face.
They would take care of Ruan Zhans helper first before working together to finish him! That was Zhang Xiao Huas plan.
He deeply understood that Ruan Zhan had activated the formations using his power because Ruan Zhan himself didnt have enough. Ruan Zhan also wanted him to waste power breaking the formations so his chance of victory would be greater. Although he had been buried young, he had devoured the old Daoists soul. The cunning, treachery and selfishness had all been inherited thoroughly, and he naturally understood Ruan Zhans schemes.
But why had he taken him so lightly? When Ruan Zhan had constantly provoked him and caused him to attack that tree during peak day time, he should have already been on guard! It was useless to say anything now. Their powers had reached the equilibrium Ruan Zhan had been after. He could only give it his all. Luckily he had Hong Yu. While Ruan Zhan had Bao Da Tong helping, how could they compare to the bond they shared as siblings, their connection from eating the same soul over three centuries.
Oof, picking the soft persimmon to squeeze? Bao Da Tong still wouldnt shut up despite the danger. Today I shall let you see that your Daoist granddaddy here shouldnt be provoked!
As he spoke, he pulled out a talisman and flung it into the air. It was the one he had used to rid Xiao Xia of the corpse poison. The moment it was flung, it immediately halted in the air. Bao Da Tong still controlled the fire elemental spell with one hand while he manipulated the talisman with his other. He was like a fisherman pulling on a lure, leading the corpse breath on a dance in the air.
While the scene looked easy and Bao Da Tongs face looked uncaring, his forehead started getting covered with sweat. Luckily, Zhang Hong Yus power had decreased after her injuries. It was also hard for her to maintain that corrosive corpse breath.
Ruan Zhan and Zhang Xiao Huas Yin and Yang flames were evenly matched. The contest between Bao Da Tong and Zhang Hong Yu would end with both sides injured. Zhang Xiao Hua didnt seem to care about Zhang Hong Yu, but Ruan Zhan couldnt ignore Bao Da Tong. He wanted to help, but the moment he weakened his pressure, the hellfire rushed towards him so he had to keep using both his hands. He chanted silently and bit the tip of his tongue, spraying blood into the air.
The Wind Screen Formation had already activated. His actions now were just like pressing the on button!
Immediately, the silent surroundings were filled with sounds of wind.
Zhang Xiao Hua also knew the formation had been activated. Although he had mentally prepared himself, he still felt inevitably uneasy at Ruan Zhans methods. Seeing the black whirlwinds around them grow fiercer while sweeping towards the center, he gritted his teeth and red light appeared in his eyes. One of his eyeballs fell to the floor, turning white, black and red as it rolled around with a hint of amusement. When it reached Ruan Zhans feet, it suddenly shot a foot into the air and exploded into filthy blood that covered Ruan Zhans white shirt.
Bao Da Tong panicked. Zhang Hong Yu insisted on desperately pushing her corpse breath forward at this moment. Although her soul would suffer major damage like this, she still pushed harder, preventing him from speaking.
Ruan Zhan hadnt expected Zhang Xiao Hua to be so eager to escape. He actually sacrificed one of his eyeballs to deal with him. While he was impressed, he also sighed at the impetuousness.
The old Daoist they had devoured probably also thought himself top of the world. Therefore, they werent properly trained and merely used innate power and spiritual constitution. How could they understand not to go all out too early?
A strange, burning sensation spread from his left leg. Ruan Zhan knew that being indecisive would end in disaster. He hardened his heart and endured the hellfires assault to swing downwards with a wind blade. He severed the fiend blood trying to worm into his body, gathering his spirit power into his leg and forcing out the remaining fiend blood. At the same time, her formed a barrier with his left hand, protecting himself and Bao Da Tong.
Bao Da Tong cleverly shoved, taking advantage of the barrier to drive the corpse breath far away.
At that moment, a gust of wind blew past his cheek. In the stifling July heat, it cut like mountain winds in the winter.