Chapter 59

For a moment, not only was Hai Shan stunned, even Hai Yun Tian seemed to suddenly see Hu Baijie in a new light...

Chen Zizai's expression changed slightly as he watched Hu Baijie fly back without stopping her...

"Heh... The Peak Sect will have another touching love story to be sung about!" After a brief shock, Xiao Xia couldn't help but mock sarcastically.

Hu Baijie's magical attack was a death sentence; rushing in like that would result in her death in just a few breaths!

The Peak Sect had already produced a madman, Heng Yi, and now they had a foolish woman like Hu Baijie. For a moment, everyone around Xiao Xia felt as if they were in a dream, unable to comprehend the situation. However, she was glad that one of her rivals among the sixteen-year-olds in the Northern Elephant Mountain was out of the way.

"Wang, they're coming! Let's go quickly and meet up with them in front." The captain of another team, seeing a group of figures coming from the southeast, called out happily. The more they gathered, the safer they would feel.

Xiao Xia took one last look at Hu Baijie's back as she flew away, shook her head in disbelief, and led her four junior disciples to fly off.

Chen Zizai hovered in the air, stunned. Neither Hai Shan nor Hai Yun Tian urged him to hurry. Hai Yun Tian, being much calmer, was shocked but didn't forget that he was carrying hundreds of people and needed to retreat as quickly as possible to honor Heng Yi's trust!

"He's a madman! A woman infatuated with love is a fool!" After a long pause, Chen Zizai suddenly roared in anger. Then, he decisively and swiftly ordered, "Hu Baijie, wait for me! Hai Yun Tian, lead the Water Blue Clan to retreat. Hai Shan, follow me. We'll form an array and advance cautiously. Rushing in recklessly is a death sentence! Hu Baijie, attract a group of Shadow Clan and use the Ice Flower Burst. Hai Shan, use Ice Formation to assist in resisting the Shadow Clan's attacks. Stay calm and cautious, and systematically draw the Shadow Clan's attention from the outside."

As Chen Zizai flew to catch up with Hu Baijie, his battle commands stunned Hai Shan for a moment before she snapped back to reality. Just a moment ago, Chen Zizai had said, "I won't die with Heng Yi, and I won't let the team be buried with him."

However, Hai Shan had long been prepared to die in the training. As the captain, Chen Zizai's orders could not be disobeyed, nor dared she disobey. Moreover, emotionally, she didn't want to see Heng Yi die alone and unsupported.

As Hai Shan flew to catch up with Chen Zizai and Hu Baijie, who had turned back in surprise, she quickly communicated through the training bead, "Heng Yi, don't be stubborn. We'll support you from the outside. Get out quickly!"

The three of them charged toward the dark mass of Shadow Clan...

When Xiao Xia and her group, who had flown away, saw this, they were all stunned, hovering in the air, staring blankly.

One unbelievable dream after another: first, the genius Heng Yi's suicidal rearguard action, then the divine weapon Hu Baijie's selfless sacrifice for love, and now Chen Zizai's inexplicable madness, leading Hai Shan to certain death...

"Will there be two suns on Seed Star tomorrow?" Xiao Xia's junior sister muttered numbly. She felt that she could believe any unbelievable thing now, as she had been numbed by the series of incredible events.

Of course, Seed Star only had one artificial magical sun, and there would never be two.

Hu Baijie never expected Chen Zizai to make such a mad decision, but with backup, she no longer rushed to her death in vain.

The brilliant Goddess Sword in her hand suddenly extended to ten zhang in length, piercing through a Shadow Clan member and attracting the attention of a dozen more. As a group of over twenty Shadow Clan members fiercely flew toward her, Hu Baijie raised her light shield to protect herself and suddenly activated the Ice Flower Burst!

These low-intelligence Shadow Clan members ignored the flying ice and snow and surged forward in a large group!

Hai Shan, who had caught up, immediately cast her Ice Formation spell, instantly forming a layer of ice around Hu Baijie to protect her!

The attacks of the Shadow Clan flying toward her all hit the ice wall, and as the ice shards flew and shattered, Chen Zizai suddenly produced a pink magical fan in his hand, but he didn't immediately cast a spell.

When the ice wall shattered, Hai Shan's Heavenly Wave spell was completed, and a surge of water suddenly engulfed the twenty-plus Shadow Clan members surrounding Hu Baijie!

The powerful impact caused the Shadow Clan members, with their Mountain Venerable cultivation, to have their internal energy shaken, and they all suffered significant damage.

However, they continued their fierce attacks, grabbing at Hu Baijie's light shield, hitting the golden light emitted by her treasure-level headgear, and clawing at the protective light barrier of her brilliant Goddess armor.

With a low cry, Hu Baijie's bent arms suddenly spread wide!

The swirling ice and snow suddenly condensed into a massive block of ice!

At the same time, the giant ice block quickly exploded!

In the flying debris, the bones of the Shadow Clan members, now brittle from the cold, were shattered into various sizes by the explosion.

In an instant, over twenty Shadow Clan members were killed by the Ice Flower Burst.

"Beautiful!" Chen Zizai praised without hesitation. This cooperation was perfect. If it were just one person, Hu Baijie would have been overwhelmed by the twenty-plus Shadow Clan members before she could use the Ice Flower Burst. But with Hai Shan's full-power Ice Formation, which reduced the damage Hu Baijie received by four-fifths, and the protection of her treasure-level equipment, she only had to endure minor damage to complete the Ice Flower Burst, achieving such a beautiful result.

But this was just the beginning!

The death of over twenty Shadow Clan members drew the attention of even more, and the number flying toward them was estimated to be over a hundred!

Hu Baijie held her light shield horizontally, and a golden light suddenly shot out from her brilliant Goddess headgear, passing through the group of flying Shadow Clan members and exploding—

forming a golden light sphere ten zhang in diameter. The Shadow Clan members within the sphere's range all moved sluggishly, and some were directly knocked unconscious and fell into the sea.

At the same time, Hai Shan flew in front of Hu Baijie, her arms slightly bent, and a flurry of ice and snow suddenly swirled in the air, ready to use the Ice Flower Burst again—

The Shadow Clan members affected by Hu Baijie's golden light sphere moved more slowly, while those unaffected flew over their companions and continued to charge forward.

Chen Zizai observed the situation, but the true qi he had gathered on his magical fan still did not activate.

When the dark mass of Shadow Clan members flew to Hai Shan, Hu Baijie suddenly moved past her, sweeping her golden light shield horizontally, causing several Shadow Clan members to become dizzy and fall.

At this moment, Hai Shan's Ice Flower Burst was completed.

The swirling ice and snow turned into a massive block of ice, freezing all the Shadow Clan members within range. With a cry, Hai Shan's arms moved—

The giant ice block shattered, tearing apart the bodies of all the frozen Shadow Clan members!

In an instant, over sixty Shadow Clan members were killed.

At this moment, the true qi on Chen Zizai's magical fan suddenly transformed into a large ball of flames, engulfing the group of fearless Shadow Clan members flying toward them!

With each wave of the magical fan, the flames continued to burn the Shadow Clan members caught in them.

The intense heat made even Hai Shan and Hu Baijie, outside the range of the spell, sweat profusely and feel extremely uncomfortable.

In the flames, the charred bodies of the Shadow Clan members fell one by one.

However, more Shadow Clan members flew in from the sides of the flames.

Hu Baijie and Hai Shan stood on either side of Chen Zizai, holding their light shields. They had already used their spells and could only protect Chen Zizai. If Chen Zizai could not hold out until their spells were ready to be used again, the situation would become dangerous!

The brief but brilliant victory was just that—brief. The next Ice Flower Burst would be ready in over a hundred breaths, and in this battle of few against many, even a few breaths could determine life or death.

This was also why Chen Zizai had not rashly used his ultimate spell earlier. If their Ice Flower Burst was overwhelmed, they would have no chance to use it again. If Chen Zizai had wasted his ultimate spell too early, they would not have been able to hold out.

Chen Zizai's pink magical fan continued to spray flames for about three breaths, burning over sixty Shadow Clan members to death and scorching over eighty more!

This was a brilliant result, demonstrating the power of the Southern Elephant Mountain's Seven Ultimate Spells—Blazing Fire Sea.

However, the recovery time for this spell was ten breaths.

When the Blazing Fire Sea ended, Chen Zizai immediately used another of the Seven Ultimate Spells—Dance of Fire!

Ten fireballs, each a zhang in diameter, shot out from the magical fan and, under Chen Zizai's control, flew to the sides, up and down, and toward the central Shadow Clan members.

Each fireball exploded, burning the Shadow Clan members it hit to a crisp, and the splashing flames stuck to more Shadow Clan members, causing them to burn continuously.

Although the flames burned the Shadow Clan members and consumed their true qi, they were not enough to kill the Mountain Venerable-level Shadow Clan members in a short time. The Shadow Clan members, suffering from the burning, roared and charged even more fiercely.

Xiao Xia, watching the battle from a distance, was deeply moved. The ability to control ten fireballs simultaneously was impressive, and it surprised her and her fellow disciples. At the second level of Earth Venerable, one could control at most eight fireballs, but Chen Zizai, at the third level, could control ten. Even among many third-level Earth Venerable disciples in their twenties, few could achieve this. The only explanation was that Chen Zizai's Dance of Fire skill was beyond the third level.

The terrifying destructive power far exceeded the normal level of a third-level Earth Venerable, and the only explanation was that Chen Zizai's magical fan was a higher-level item than a treasure—likely a star-level item, or even a soul-bound magical item.

"How could a bastard child receive such favor from the sect leader?" Xiao Xia was full of questions. A star-level item, which was beyond the treasure level, could not be easily given to a bastard child who had just returned to the Peak Sect. Such items were only possessed by the leaders of the Peak Sect and could not be bought with money.

In a short time, Chen Zizai and his team had killed nearly two hundred Shadow Clan members, but Xiao Xia and her group did not think this brilliant victory meant success. The inevitable exhaustion of their spells and the limited duration of their true qi determined that this could not last.

"Only the seventh spell remains." Xiao Xia knew the Seven Ultimate Spells of the Southern Elephant Mountain. Besides the Blazing Fire Sea and the Dance of Fire, the only spell that could be effective in this situation was the seventh.

Chen Zizai's magical fan suddenly spun, forming a burning flame halo around him.

The Shadow Clan members flying through it were set ablaze.

However, the damage from the flame halo was limited, and it was mainly an auxiliary attack to support the seventh ultimate spell.

Seeing many Shadow Clan members still charging through the fire halo, Hai Shan and Hu Baijie, who were unfamiliar with the Peak Sect's ultimate spells, were about to act, but Chen Zizai shouted, "Wait!"