Chapter 86

"How could there be a direct descendant of the Fengyan Tribe on the Tongyou Peak?"

The sound of the swallow sparrow echoed throughout the valley, reaching the ears of many who were paying attention.

However, what more people noticed was the hint of surprise and even fear in the swallow sparrow's tone!

Strictly speaking, the hidden "direct descendant" of the Fengyan Tribe currently only had the realm of Martial Intent. Although this was enough to make the swallow sparrow, a Fourth Heaven expert, feel a sense of bloodline suppression, it did not pose a substantial threat.

But this matter was too bizarre, and at this moment, the Martial Intent realm practitioners surrounding him were not just one, and they were also using the power of the formation, which already made the swallow sparrow feel constrained. Now, with another Martial Intent realm practitioner added, who also interfered with his bloodline, it would greatly delay his time to break through the formation.

In fact, it was even more than that.

Just as the swallow sparrow was being continuously obstructed, the broken formation screen above the Kaiyuan Peak began to gradually recover. The only remaining iron chain between Kaiyuan and Tongyou started to vibrate softly.

Without a doubt, someone had taken control of the formation base on Kaiyuan Peak again, although this might mean that Yuan Zilu had indeed encountered an accident.

But it also meant that the formation system between the three peaks—Tongyou, Kaiyuan, and Qiling—had been successfully reconstructed!

As the swallow sparrow was struggling with the iron chains extending from Qiling and Tongyou Peaks in mid-air, the sound of an iron chain swinging came from behind him again, this time from the broken half of the chain on Kaiyuan Peak.

"Bang!"

The swallow sparrow was protected by his innate煞qi, so the half chain did not directly hit his back.

However, the immense force transmitted through the chain made his body stagger in mid-air, and even the yuan sha inside his body dispersed, nearly causing the other two chains to tear away his cloak.

This cloak had a quality reaching the middle grade of a sharp weapon, the only good thing he, a Fourth Heaven martial artist, had to offer!

So the swallow sparrow was naturally unwilling to let it go!

However, in this situation, his unwillingness to let go meant he was, to some extent, confined to his position, and could only passively defend against the attacks from the iron chains on Kaiyuan Peak.

Although the Martial Intent realm martial artists between the three peaks, even with the power of the formation, could not deal with this person for the time being, this person could no longer threaten Tongyou Peak, and both sides were in a stalemate.

Almost simultaneously, by the iron chain stake on Tongyou Peak, Shang Xi looked at the person beside him with a strange gaze: "When did you advance to the Martial Intent realm? Can you tell me now?"

Yan Qi chuckled and said, "Just recently, the bloodline gemstone that the young master brought back, the young lady hasn't forgotten, right?"

Shang Xi nodded and said, "That thing that looked like a drop of blood, didn't Uncle Wu say he had a great use for it and temporarily took it away?"

Yan Qi scratched his head and said, "That's right, it was used on me. On Pinxin Peak, Uncle Wu and Quan Ge protected me and concealed the martial arts phenomena when I advanced."

Shang Xi said irritably, "What was the point of concealing it then? Isn't it exposed now? By the way, what's going on with you? Do you really have the bloodline of the Fengyan Tribe?"

"I don't know!"

A hint of melancholy flashed across Yan Qi's face, and he scratched his messy head in distress: "It seems to be true, and my bloodline was even transformed into 'direct blood' by that bloodline gemstone. The only ones who truly know my background are probably my adoptive father and Uncle Wu, but Uncle Wu doesn't want to say. He said I should ask my adoptive father myself."

Shang Xi seemed to sense the sensitivity beneath Yan Qi's rough exterior and patted his shoulder with one hand, saying, "Brother Qi, no matter what your background is, we grew up together, and you will always be Brother Qi!"

Yan Qi chuckled, but a hint of gratitude flashed in his eyes.

Yan Qi had long known that he was different from the Shang family. He had always considered himself a servant of the Shang family, even though Shang Bo had adopted him as a son and treated him like his own, and the Shang family's legitimate children had always been kind to him. However, Yan Qi always maintained his position and did not overstep.

In fact, there was one point that Shang Xi did not mention, but both of them were well aware of it.

This time, Yan Qi exposed his identity as a bloodline martial artist, and even a high-ranking "direct blood" among bloodline martial artists. Even if he had made contributions in entangling the Fourth Heaven martial artists of the Four Spirit Mountains, he would still face criticism and even controversy afterward!

But Shang Xi had already expressed his stance with "You will always be Brother Qi."

The battle at the foot of Tongyou Peak continued, with casualties on both sides increasing. However, the number of casualties on the Tongyou Peak side, which had the advantage of terrain, was clearly less than that of the Four Spirit Mountains side.

"Swallow Sparrow, break the deadlock quickly!"

Even though the Fourth Heaven experts were currently restraining each other, the battle on Tongyou Peak was still under their watch.

The longer the battle dragged on, the more variables would appear.

Seeing that the Fourth Heaven martial artist, the swallow sparrow, was actually restrained at the foot of Tongyou Peak and could not advance, Lang Xiaoyun, who was engaged with Ji Wenhong, could not help but urge him.

As for the other Fourth Heaven martial artists of the Four Spirit Mountains, while secretly cursing him as "common blood" and not worth plotting with, they also blamed Yan Sue for claiming to be injured and avoiding the battle.

If the Fengyan Tribe had sent Yan Sue instead of the swallow sparrow to participate in the battle, Tongyou Peak would probably have been broken long ago!

A capable person who failed to achieve anything!

However, before the battle on Tongyou Peak could fall into a stalemate, the massive yuan qi palm that had previously escorted Murong Yuntian away reappeared above Kaiyuan Peak!

"Yuwen Shengjie, Ji knows it's you! Does the Rose Society really want to fight to the death with our Tongyou Academy?"

The moment the yuan qi palm appeared, Ji Wenhong's angry voice echoed through the void.

"Ha ha ha ha—"

A long laugh echoed, but no one was seen: "I had no interest in your battle, but how could I not punish you for killing four core members of the Rose Society and severely injuring one? If I don't teach you a lesson, how can I demonstrate the dignity of the Rose Society?"

As he spoke, the sky-blocking palm pressed down.

With a "thud," the formation screen above Kaiyuan Peak was deformed again but ultimately not broken.

"Fine, Tongyou Peak killed four of our core members. I will strike four palms today. This is the first palm!"

The voice of the Fourth Heaven expert of the Rose Society, who had never shown himself, echoed through the heavens.

Yuan Zhen, who was in charge of the formation base on Kaiyuan Peak, his yuan qi greatly shaken, his face pale, turned and said, "Don't worry about the one from the Four Spirit Mountains, deal with the one from the Rose Society first!"

Yun Yifei nodded solemnly, her figure landing on the formation base, working with Yuan Zhen to counter the yuan qi palm of the Fourth Heaven expert of the Rose Society.

"Second palm!"

The yuan qi palm suddenly disappeared from above Kaiyuan Peak, and before the compressed formation screen could recover, the yuan qi palm reappeared and pressed down fiercely.

All the buildings on Kaiyuan Peak had been completely reduced to ruins, and the massive peak, over a thousand zhang tall, began to shake violently.

In the valley between the three peaks, without the interference of the half chain from Kaiyuan Peak, the swallow sparrow was able to concentrate all his strength to struggle, trying to free his cloak from the entanglement of the iron chains.

Shang Xi, Yan Qi, and Ji Min could only struggle to cope as their yuan qi rapidly depleted.

At this moment, a sudden old voice sighed from the void outside Tongyou Peak: "Sigh, I can't hold on much longer!"

"Old Dong—"

Ji Wenhong's voice sounded somewhat excited.

"Ha ha, I said it, this old man is just a silver-tipped spear, his Fourth Heaven cultivation is not real, it's artificially enhanced! He can't hold on now!"

Lang Jingyun's excited voice echoed through the void: "Everyone, put in more effort. Once this old man dies, we three will join forces to kill Ji Wenhong, and Tongyou Peak will surely fall today!"

"Is that so?"

However, just as Lang Jingyun's words ended, Dong Qianzui's light laugh followed, his voice filled with ease: "I've been in Tongyou Academy for twenty years, living a muddled life. Before I leave, I can take a Fourth Heaven expert with me, which is enough to repay Xiao Kou for supplying me with fine wine for twenty years!"

As he spoke, several consecutive gasps echoed through the void.

"Old Dong, don't—"

Ji Wenhong's voice was drowned out by a deafening explosion.

A wine-red mushroom cloud suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, followed by a massive red lacquer wine gourd formed entirely of yuan qi, which slowly dissipated, spreading a strong aroma of wine, as if in mourning for a fallen hero.

At the same time, a yuan qi giant snake, as if dyed in fresh blood, appeared in the sky. The snake rapidly flicked its tongue, revealing fear and despair, but was powerless to stop its disintegration from the tail.

"Old She!"

"Old She—"

Two consecutive roars shook the heavens.

The battle on Tongyou Peak had continued until now, and the Two Realms War Zone finally saw the fall of Fourth Heaven martial artists, and two at once!

Dong Qianzui, the old man who had temporarily enhanced his cultivation to Fourth Heaven through secret techniques, used the method of self-destructing his martial will to take She Zhiqing, who was severely injured after being repeatedly calculated by him, to a mutual destruction.

She Zhiqing was a true Second Layer Martial Sha expert!

However, although Dong Qianzui died a glorious death, it did not seem to give the Tongyou Peak side an advantage in terms of strength!

Ji Wenhong also had to face the combined attack of Lang Xiaoyun and Lu Zhanyi.

Above Kaiyuan Peak, Yuwen Shengjie's yuan qi palm had appeared for the third time!

The swallow sparrow's continuous struggle had already made Shang Xi and Ji Min, who was in charge of Qiling Peak, spit blood, and Yan Qi, who had just advanced to the Martial Intent realm, did not have the strength to suppress a Fourth Heaven martial artist.

On Kaiyuan Peak, Shang Xia resolutely poured the red crystal powder into his mouth. The Taiji diagram in his dantian rotated, converting his yuan qi into ice and fire, then into fire yuan qi, and with the violent yuan qi brought by the red crystal powder, he swung the broken half chain on Kaiyuan Peak, striking the yuan qi palm above his head.

"Slap!"

The yuan qi palm only wobbled slightly in mid-air before continuing to press down.

On Kaiyuan Peak, Shang Xia spat out a mouthful of blood, angrily watching the formation screen above his head crack under the pressure of the palm.

Faintly, a long whistle seemed to come from far behind Tongyou Peak, but Shang Xia thought it was an illusion and did not pay attention.

In the valley between the three peaks, the swallow sparrow, who had regained the upper hand, laughed wildly: "Ha ha, Tongyou Peak will surely fall, will surely fall!"

The whistle seemed to be getting closer.

Shang Xia angrily stood up, ignoring the nearly chaotic yuan qi in his body, and swung the chain again, striking the yuan qi palm.

"Slap!"

Shang Xia could confirm that this strike was even weaker than the previous one.

But the yuan qi palm trembled sharply upon being hit and slowly dissipated and disappeared.

The whistle from behind Tongyou Peak seemed even closer, and this was not an illusion.

But Shang Xia was more curious about why the yuan qi palm had disappeared.

Could it be that the palm had reached its limit, and his strike was the last straw?

"Idiot, retreat from Tongyou Peak, Shang Bo is here! Didn't you hear?"

A loud shout suddenly echoed in the valley between the three peaks, it was Ran Biro, seemingly warning the swallow sparrow.

"Who? Shang Bo? The one with the lowest cultivation among the four deputy mountain masters of Tongyou Academy?"

The swallow sparrow had already sensed the danger, but he was more regretful: "Oh no, Tongyou Peak was about to be broken! And my cloak..."

A sharp whistle shook the heavens.

"Quickly retreat!"

Ran Biro's voice was almost shrill.

The swallow sparrow swung his cloak with all his might and finally retrieved his only middle-grade sharp weapon.

But before he could show any joy, he suddenly saw a cluster of starlight, like fireflies, wrapped in three-colored light, ignore the protective formation screen, narrowly passing by the top of Tongyou Peak, its long three-colored tail almost spanning the entire sky above Tongyou Peak, and piercing through his body without any reaction from him!

"This is..."

The swallow sparrow's last consciousness faded into silence.

"Shang family attack!"

Ran Biro screamed, her voice filled with hatred and unwillingness.

"Nine Firefly Spear!"

Lang Jingyun suddenly broke free from the纠缠of Shang Lubing, temporarily moving away from the surroundings of the Tongyou Peak formation, preparing for battle.

"Three-colored innate煞qi?"

Lang Xiaoyun's voice sounded somewhat uncertain.

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This chapter is a bit long, and the update is a bit late, sorry.

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