Chapter 79

"Old Dong, be careful!"

Ji Wenlong roared, and suddenly, four colors of light—green, red, white, and black—emerged from the distant sky, transforming into four beams of sword light that slashed through the air.

"Ji Wenlong, you dare to be distracted while fighting me!"

Liang Xiaoyun's angry roar echoed from the sky. A circular ring, like the moon, appeared in the sky, sequentially showing three forms—dark, bright, and full. Then, three beams of moonlight descended, severing the green, red, and white lights. However, a black beam of sword light managed to slip through.

The black sword light sliced through the void, and a figure leaped out from the sky, with a pair of wings formed from yuan qi behind him.

This person held two weapons that resembled tree branches and casually swept them towards the black beam of sword light.

A metallic clang echoed through the sky, but the black beam of sword light was extinguished.

At the same time, not far from this person, a patch of red clouds suddenly surged forth. Dong Qianzui, holding his red-skinned gourd, rushed out and narrowly passed by this person.

"What a pity!"

The person with the wings on his back showed a look of regret, seemingly frustrated by the exposure of his presence or by the missed opportunity to ambush Dong Qianzui.

"Old Dong, come to Ji's side quickly!"

Ji Wenlong in the sky visibly relaxed.

Among the four Fourth Realm experts who appeared on Tongyou Peak, Dong Qianzui was the most obvious weak link.

Even though he had planned to severely injure She Zhiqing from the beginning, he was still the weakest link in the battle among Fourth Realm experts.

Therefore, that person had clearly intended to secretly attack Dong Qianzui.

Fortunately, Ji Wenlong discovered it in time; otherwise, if anything happened to Dong Qianzui, the Four Spirit Mountains would immediately free up two Fourth Realm combatants, and their advantage would grow, making it impossible to protect Tongyou Peak.

At this moment, two snake-like beams of light suddenly emerged from the red clouds, stirring them up and turning them into a mess.

She Zhiqing, covered in blood, emerged from the clouds, and immediately questioned the person: "Lu Zhan Yi, why didn't you stop this person?"

Lu Zhan Yi, the winged person, rolled his eyes and said, "She Zhiqing, you need to understand that I was invited to assist you, not to take orders from you. If you don't like me, I'll leave now!"

"You—cough, cough, cough—"

She Zhiqing, in a fit of anger, almost choked on his own blood.

Lu Zhan Yi, seemingly ignoring She Zhiqing's predicament, looked at him with a playful expression and said, "That old man is weak, but his underhanded tricks are quite annoying. If I were you, I wouldn't stay in the place he just left for too long!"

She Zhiqing, barely suppressing his internal injuries, felt a panic and was about to flee when he felt a wave of heat on his back. The red clouds he had emerged from had indeed turned into a mass of flames.

Fortunately, it was just ordinary fire and could not harm the Fourth Realm She Zhiqing.

However, with his senses dulled by his injuries, when he turned around, half of his clothes were already burned to ashes, revealing a blackened buttock!

"Ha, hahaha—"

Lu Zhan Yi burst out laughing without restraint.

"Brother Lu, don't joke about Old She at this time. With the enemy at hand, please lend us a hand, or Brother Lang will be in trouble!"

Ran Bi Luo, who was entangled by Liu Qinglan, clearly noticed the situation.

Lu Zhan Yi smiled and said, "Ran, you know how to speak. I won't just take the benefits without contributing!"

With that, Lu Zhan Yi swung the two tree branch-like weapons in his hands, and a scene of four-colored light competing with the moon in the sky was revealed.

Outside this scene, a wine-red glow wandered around the edges, occasionally releasing a mist to obscure the moon's light, like a thief trying to take advantage but not daring to step forward, adding a touch of sleaziness.

"Brother She, please!"

Lu Zhan Yi said and leaped into the scene.

Originally, it was just a scene of four-colored light competing with the moon, but now a winged giant deer had joined, circling the moon and repelling the four-colored light, expanding the space for the moon to shine.

Meanwhile, She Zhiqing, after hastily putting on a robe and wiping the blood from his mouth, held the Spirit Snake Spear and followed.

The giant snake, though looking weak, helped the moon and the deer gain the upper hand in the competition with the four-colored light...

...

Shang Xia paid no attention to the events outside Tongyou Peak.

Even when dozens of martial artists from the Four Spirit Mountains rushed into Tongyou Peak and were driven out, and when Lang Jingyun killed five patrol riders including Li Zengyu and forced out another Fourth Realm expert, Shang Xia did not spare a glance.

At this moment, his eyes were only on Jin Guanchao!

However, a sudden change made Shang Xia's heart sink.

With a loud noise and the sound of chains sliding, another suspension bridge on Tongyou Peak was completely severed!

Although there were twelve suspension bridges connecting Tongyou Peak to the six subsidiary peaks, each bridge was actually built with three chains.

To completely sever a suspension bridge, all three chains had to be cut.

From the direction of the sound, the severed bridge seemed to be on Kaiyuan Peak.

For some reason, after hearing the sound of another bridge being cut, Jin Guanchao seemed to run even faster.

At this moment, one was chasing and the other was fleeing, and they were getting closer to Kaiyuan Peak.

"Jin Guanchao, you can't escape. If you keep running, you'll bleed to death!"

Shang Xia, who could see clearly from behind, knew that although Jin Guanchao's arm wound had been temporarily sealed, the internal yuan qi vibrations during the chase had caused the wound to start bleeding again, and the bleeding was getting worse.

At this moment, the connection between Kaiyuan Peak and Tongyou Peak was already in sight.

Looking at the intact suspension bridge spanning the two peaks, Shang Xia roughly understood that the recently severed bridge must have been the one connecting Kaiyuan and Qiling Peaks.

Clearly, something major had happened on Kaiyuan Peak. What was Tang Yuan doing?

However, Shang Xia soon noticed that three people were standing hesitantly at the edge of the suspension bridge connecting Kaiyuan Peak, seemingly in a heated argument.

Shang Xia quickly recognized one of them and shouted, "Executor Yuan, stop Jin Guanchao! He is a traitor to the Rose Society!"

This commotion quickly caught the attention of the three people by the suspension bridge. Hearing Shang Xia's shout, they all showed a look of surprise, and one of the women immediately leaped forward, reaching out to grab Jin Guanchao.

What puzzled Shang Xia was that even though he could see that the three people ahead were all experts in the Martial Realm, Jin Guanchao, knowing that going forward would be like walking into a trap, still rushed towards them without slowing down.

Jin Guanchao had only recently advanced to the Martial Realm and had been severely injured by Sun Haiwei's divine power and had his arm cut off by Shang Xi. Now, after being pursued by Shang Xia, he was already at the end of his strength and was easily captured by the woman.

However, at this moment, a fierce voice suddenly came from Kaiyuan Peak on the other side of the suspension bridge: "Let him come over!"

The woman, after capturing Jin Guanchao, only had time to smile at Shang Xia, who had not yet caught up, before leaping back to the suspension bridge.

The man beside Yuan Zilu shouted, "Jia Yuntian, it seems he is very important to you. How about we exchange hostages?"

"Jia Yuntian?"

Shang Xia's heart stirred, immediately recalling the Jia Executor who had invited him to the scripture hall on the day he displayed the "Mixed Yuan Thunderhand."

"Less talk! If you don't want him to die, let him come over!"

Jia Yuntian's voice came from Kaiyuan Peak again.

The woman who captured Jin Guanchao retorted, "If you dare to kill, do you think we won't?"

"Is that so? Then let's kill the hostages in our hands!"

Jia Yuntian suddenly laughed and said, "But the suspension bridges connecting Kaiyuan Peak to Luohui and Qiling Peaks are already broken. If the bridge connecting to Tongyou Peak is also broken, you know the consequences better than I do. Do you think I won't have time to cut this bridge after killing Sang Youqi?"

Shang Xia had already arrived, and only Executor Yuan nodded slightly at him.

Shang Xia looked up at Kaiyuan Peak and saw Jia Yuntian holding a strange pair of large scissors in one hand and a seemingly unconscious person in the other, who was none other than the patrol rider supervisor of the Guard Corps, Sang Youqi.

"You dare!"

Yuan Zhen's hair and beard stood on end: "Jia Yuntian, if you do this, I will make sure you have no place to hide!"

"Have no place to hide? Like this?"

Jia Yuntian suddenly laughed and kicked another person lying at his feet off Kaiyuan Peak.

Shang Xia's heart