Chapter 74

The short-handled stone axe, whose martial will had been scattered by Shang Xia's slap, fell to the ground.

Not far away, Jin Guanchao roared repeatedly, his martial will bursting forth, suppressing Sun Haiwei tightly while once again extending towards the short-handled stone axe, attempting to reclaim the inferior-grade weapon.

However, just as the stone axe began to jump on the ground again, a foot stretched out and stepped directly onto the axe's blade.

Shang Xia stood on one foot on the axe's blade, his cold and stern gaze meeting the gaze of the nearby Jin Guanchao, who looked ready to devour someone, without the slightest hint of being at a disadvantage.

"Shang Xia, how dare you!"

Shang Xia sneered, pressing down harder with his foot, driving the stone axe a foot into the ground, then burying it under rocks and dirt.

With this, no matter how Jin Guanchao stirred his martial will, he would never be able to recall the stone axe from the ground.

Seeing Sun Haiwei about to falter under Jin Guanchao's fierce attack, Shang Xia swung the Jade River Sword, his uneven steps making his movements unpredictable, then slashed horizontally, cutting into the battle and joining forces with Sun Haiwei to attack Jin Guanchao.

"His martial will has already been injured by me. Now he is just a spent force. If we can stall for a moment or two, others will arrive, and that will be the end of him!"

Sun Haiwei's internal injuries were clearly severe, and she spoke in a broken voice, but Shang Xia understood her meaning.

He was also secretly surprised that Sun Haiwei could injure Jin Guanchao's martial will.

So, was it because of this that I was able to knock the short-handled stone axe out of his hand just now?

How strong must Jin Guanchao's martial will have been before it was weakened?

Moreover, Sun Haiwei is only at the Great Perfection stage of the Martial Extreme Realm. It's not surprising that her martial arts could injure Jin Guanchao, but how could she directly injure his martial will?

For no reason, Shang Xia suddenly remembered the orange cold flame that danced in the ice crystals when Sun Haiwei used her martial arts.

What is so special about this 'Mystic Cold Flame Technique'?

Shang Xia suddenly became interested in this technique.

Perhaps because of Shang Xia's intervention, the already injured Jin Guanchao felt the pressure, or perhaps Sun Haiwei's words made him feel fear.

Facing the combined attack of Sun Haiwei and Shang Xia, although Jin Guanchao still had room to maneuver, he was already looking for a way to escape.

Jin Guanchao's movements were quickly noticed by the two. Shang Xia shouted and unleashed the Nine-Form Steel Sword Technique, his sword movements broad and powerful, and with the help of the medium-grade weapon in his hand, he quickly took over the main offensive position from Sun Haiwei.

Seeing this, Sun Haiwei, who had one hand of cold ice and the other of orange flame, suddenly retracted the orange flame. Her body became even colder, and she alone performed a series of Mystic Ice Palm techniques, each move sending a chill into Jin Guanchao's body, hindering his actions.

At this moment, Jin Guanchao's expression suddenly changed. Ignoring the sword thrust at his left shoulder by Shang Xia, he broke through Sun Haiwei's Mystic Ice Palm and reached directly for her shoulder.

Sun Haiwei remained calm in the face of danger, stepping back quickly to create distance. The palm that had been gathering cold frost suddenly burst into a ball of orange flame, clashing with Jin Guanchao's palm.

Jin Guanchao grunted, but Sun Haiwei's face changed.

"Bad, he's trying to escape!"

Sun Haiwei's warning was already too late.

Jin Guanchao's palm was a feint, and he used the force from Sun Haiwei to propel himself in the opposite direction.

But Sun Haiwei's sudden transformation of her Mystic Ice Palm into a Fiery Palm technique was clearly unexpected by Jin Guanchao.

Although the Fiery Palm's force couldn't injure him, the orange flame in her palm burned his martial will again.

Fortunately, this was not enough to affect his actions.

Shang Xia's Jade River Sword left a foot-long wound on Jin Guanchao's chest, but the cut was less than an inch deep, and it was only a superficial injury. He could only watch as Jin Guanchao jumped out of the battle.

Jin Guanchao wasted no time, his foot touching the ground, and he leaped several yards, then suddenly bent down to grab the short-handled stone axe buried a foot deep in the ground.

Even though he was injured, a Martial Intent Realm expert determined to leave was not easily stopped by two Martial Extreme Realm practitioners.

At this moment, neither Shang Xia nor Sun Haiwei could stop him in time, and they could only watch as he was about to reclaim his inferior-grade weapon.

But at this moment, an unexpected scene occurred.

Tian Mengzi, who had been struck from behind by Jin Guanchao and fallen to the ground, suddenly jumped up and, taking advantage of Jin Guanchao's moment of bending to pick up the stone axe, punched him in the back!

"Phew—"

Tian Mengzi, who had just risen, spat out a mouthful of blood and fell back to the ground.

"Ah—"

Jin Guanchao let out a惨叫, caught off guard by the punch, he rolled on the ground, missing the chance to pick up the stone axe.

His already weakened martial will, due to the injury, was further agitated by the heavy blow.

The backlash of his martial will, combined with his internal injuries, made Jin Guanchao vomit blood as he tried to stand up, but he also saw Tian Mengzi, covered in blood, struggling to prop himself up and grinning at him.

"Brother Jin, from now on, we are even!"

When had the always gentle and refined Tian Mengzi ever had such a fierce and terrifying expression?

Strike while the iron is hot!

Shang Xia and Sun Haiwei took the opportunity to attack from both sides.

At this moment, their determination to kill Jin Guanchao was unwavering.

He can't escape!

But at this moment, fate played a cruel joke on them.

A wind and cloud phenomenon, connecting heaven and earth, rose from the other side of the Mystic Peak. Shang Xia, who had experienced it before, immediately knew that a Martial Intent Realm expert had fallen.

But then, a metallic clashing sound echoed throughout the Mystic Peak, causing the entire Mystic Peak and the six surrounding peaks to tremble in resonance, as if mourning.

The iron chain bridge had broken, and the protective array of Mystic Peak was about to be breached!

How could this be? We had already learned of the Rose Society's conspiracy with the Four Spirit Mountains and had experts lying in wait at each iron chain bridge, ready to expose the Rose Society members.

But how did the iron chain bridge still break?

Shang Xia and Sun Haiwei were momentarily confused.

Tian Mengzi, unable to support himself, lay on his back, looking as if he had exhausted his last bit of energy.

"Senior Brother Tian!"

Sun Haiwei cried out in alarm, rushing to Tian Mengzi, forgetting the enemy in front of her.

But her scream also woke Shang Xia.

Jin Guanchao's originally dark expression flickered, and Shang Xia, holding the Jade River Sword, stood in front of the short-handled stone axe.

Seeing this, Jin Guanchao's anger showed on his face, but his gaze shifted to behind Shang Xia, and he decisively turned to flee.

Just as Shang Xia was confused, a whistling sound came from behind him.

A spinning blade of light circled around his head, catching up with the fleeing Jin Guanchao in an instant. Accompanied by Jin Guanchao's scream, an arm flew into the air.

But Jin Guanchao dared not stop, covering the wound on his severed arm, he circled around a mountain corner and continued to flee.

Shang Xia, hesitating, turned back and saw Shang Xi, his face dark, quickly approaching from several dozen yards away.

"Go after the one who escaped, I'll go to the Bright Peak!"

Shang Xi glanced at Tian Mengzi on the ground, casually instructing Shang Xia, his gaze already on the Bright Peak across the iron chain bridge.

The Bright Peak was filled with sword energy, and although the iron chain bridge had not been cut, it was clear that something had happened, which was why Shang Xia had not immediately pursued Jin Guanchao.

One of the iron chain bridges had been cut, which would greatly weaken the protective array, but it had not yet caused the array to collapse completely.

Shang Xi, after instructing Shang Xia to be careful, leaped onto the highest of the three iron chains and headed towards the Bright Peak.

Shang Xia was about to pursue the heavily injured and armless Jin Guanchao when he suddenly saw Sun Haiwei, dazed, crouching beside Tian Mengzi.

"Teacher Sun, try this!"

Sun Haiwei, dazed, looked up, only to see Shang Xia's rapidly departing back.

When she looked down at Tian Mengzi, who was in a critical condition, she saw a martial talisman slowly falling from his chest.

Sun Haiwei's eyes lit up...

...

Shang Xia followed the blood trail to track the fleeing Jin Guanchao.

At this moment, Shang Xia's mood was exceptionally heavy. Although the protective array of Mystic Peak had not been breached, the break in one iron chain bridge meant that the defense of Mystic Peak had a flaw, and the overall power of the array would be weakened.

Shang Xia stirred his internal energy, his uneven steps reaching their limit, and he was about to reach the iron chain bridge connecting the main Mystic Peak and the Sunset Peak.

But at this moment, a deafening laugh echoed from outside Mystic Peak.

"Ha ha ha ha—, today, Mystic Peak shall be breached by me, She!"

A huge wave of sound surged, creating visible ripples on the invisible array barrier between Kaiyuan and Sunset Peaks.

The laughter had not yet faded when a giant snake spear flew from the horizon, piercing through the invisible array barrier between Kaiyuan and Sunset Peaks.

The tip of the snake spear, like a snake's tongue, split into two, each end wrapped in a malevolent aura.

As the snake spear was stirred outside the array barrier, the gap was torn wider, and the two malevolent auras on the spear tip adhered to the gap, not only preventing the barrier from closing but also corroding the gap, making it larger and larger, until it could no longer close.

At this moment, the people on Mystic Peak saw that the giant snake spear was held in the hand of a white-robed martial artist.

"Ha ha ha ha—, break again!"

The white-robed martial artist held the long spear and slashed downward, the sound of tearing fabric echoing as the barrier between the two peaks was split open from top to bottom, reaching the foot of Mystic Peak.

The seven peaks of Mystic Peak, which had been like an invisible fortress, now had a massive gateway opened, exposing everything to the Four Spirit Mountain martial artists.

"Men, what are you waiting for? Follow Grandpa She and charge up Mystic Peak, kill all these Cangyu martial artists!"

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