Chapter 60

As they spoke, Chen Zizai's eyes turned a fiery red, and the magical fan in his hand suddenly burst into flames!

The dark figures surged through the fiery barrier, their bodies engulfed in flames, and were about to rush to their faces when Chen Zizai suddenly raised his magical fan high above his head—

The most powerful technique of the Southern Elephant Mountain's Seven Flame Techniques, the Sky-Dancing Flame!

Within the range of the flame halo, centered on Chen Zizai, an area with a radius of eight zhang suddenly turned a fiery red!

This range was only slightly smaller than the Ice Flower Scatter, but the speed of its execution far surpassed the Ice Flower Scatter of the Flower Sea Sect.

The scorching flames that exploded into the sky instantly engulfed all the dark figures within the range, burning them into black ashes that drifted in the wind...

After the astonishing explosion of fire, Chen Zizai let out a light laugh, his tone filled with a sense of resignation.

"Next, it's up to you all..."

Among the Southern Elephant Mountain's Seven Flame Techniques, besides the Flame Jet, Flame Dance, Flame Halo, and Sky-Dancing Flame, one was a continuous technique to enhance the power of flame spells, and the other two were the Starfire, which shot a line of flame to attack a single target, and the Chaotic Fire, which created a fierce flame to burn enemies within a half-zhang radius around the body. The latter two were almost negligible in a battle where they were vastly outnumbered.

Their current heavy pressure was to buy time and defend until they could use their ultimate techniques again!

As the three of them simultaneously used wind-riding to fly back, Chen Zizai called out to Hengyi through the training bead, "Come out quickly! We can't hold on much longer."

A somewhat weak voice of Hengyi responded from the training bead, "I'll be there soon. Don't fight too hard, I'm fine."

At this moment, Hu Baijie could only use the Light Shield Strike, and Hai Shan could only use Ice Bind and Lake Sea Vortex. Seeing the fearless dark figures surging towards them, they all felt the heavy pressure of facing death.

Wang Bupa and his group flew over at this moment. Seeing that everyone, including Xia Xia, clearly knew that Chen Zizai and the others couldn't last long, and that the dark figures were surrounding and attacking them from all sides, even if they used their full strength to fly back, they wouldn't be able to escape the encirclement.

Wang Bupa, who had just arrived, looked around in confusion and asked Xia Xia, "Why did they start fighting?"

"They've gone crazy..." Xia Xia responded woodenly. She and Wang Bupa often saw each other and were not strangers. When she finished speaking, she noticed that each of the five people in Wang Bupa's team was carrying several children from Seed Star. "You guys are really something, still trying to earn training merits at a time like this!"

Wang Bupa laughed heartily, "We're not just doing it for the training merits! The men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain would never retreat without protecting even one person on Seed Star!"

Xia Xia was speechless. She knew about the almost pathological self-love and pride of the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain, but she didn't expect it to be this severe.

Wang Bupa saw countless dark figures flying after Chen Zizai and his group, about to complete the encirclement, but Chen Zizai and his group showed no signs of retreating. Chen Zizai's magical fan continued to shoot out Starfire to attack the pursuing dark figures, and Hu Baijie's golden light sword repeatedly extended to stab the nearest dark figures.

Wang Bupa's large sword suddenly struck the back of his shield, and he shouted excitedly, "It's so exhilarating! Good, since they've decided to fight here, how can the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain stand by and watch!"

He immediately gave the order, gathered the children they were protecting into the hands of the smallest and weakest junior disciple, raised his large sword, and shouted with great enthusiasm, "Junior disciples, follow me! In battle, the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain must bear the brunt of the damage to achieve victory! Those two women and the weak man have such courage, can the iron-hard men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain be outdone?"

The four junior disciples shouted in unison, "No! No one is braver than the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain!"

Wang Bupa swung the large, thick shield in his left hand a few times, flexed his broad and muscular body, and laughed heartily, "Good! Let's go—"

As he spoke, Wang Bupa led the charge, and the three junior disciples followed fearlessly—

The last person, holding a magical net, shouted anxiously, "Brothers, take my courage with you!"

That person said with disappointment, seeing Hai Yuntian carrying several hundred people over, he was slightly stunned, then raised his thumb, "Well done! You protected so many people! Amazing—come, give the people to me, I understand the pain of watching your teammates fight while you can't participate!"

Faced with such enthusiasm, Hai Yuntian was slightly stunned. Yes, that was exactly how he felt. He wasn't afraid of death in the training, and as the team leader, Chen Zizai had ordered them to charge, and even Hai Shan had gone, but he couldn't participate!

Before coming for the training, he had prepared mentally, preferring to die gloriously rather than live without achievement.

But he didn't dare to entrust Hengyi's task to others lightly. If something went wrong, how could he face Hengyi?

The man from Northeastern Elephant Mountain saw his hesitation and slapped his chest, which was covered in hard magical armor, making a resounding sound, "The honor of the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain is my pledge. You can trust me! Unless I die, they won't be harmed!"

Seeing that Hai Yuntian was still hesitant, he said angrily, "Do you understand the honor of the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain? Not trusting me is an insult to Northeastern Elephant Mountain! Damn, if you don't trust me, I trust you. You carry the people, and I'll join the battle! I've been itching to fight!"

"Thank you!" Hai Yuntian handed over the magical net, bowed in gratitude, and the man frowned, "Stop talking nonsense! A man's word is as good as gold, no need for so much chatter!"

Hai Yuntian said no more and turned to fly towards Chen Zizai and the others.

Xia Xia and the others, listening and watching, were not surprised. The men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain were all like this, their self-love and pride had reached a pathological level, and their magical techniques gave them the confidence to face danger and pressure.

However, Hengyi's team didn't have the magical techniques of Northeastern Elephant Mountain, and the mad genius Hengyi, who had already rushed in, was still alive?

One of Xia Xia's junior sisters hesitated, "Senior Sister, should we go help too?"

"Go if you want to die!" Xia Xia's cold words extinguished the person's momentary impulse. Even with a few more men from Northeastern Elephant Mountain, the outcome wouldn't change.

Chen Zizai, retreating while fighting back, continuously shot out Starfire from his magical fan, aiming at the nearest dark figures. However, the killing power of Starfire was limited, and even with his advanced cultivation, it took three to five shots to burn a dark figure of Sea Venerable or Mountain Venerable level.

Seeing the dark figures about to complete the encirclement and launch a full-scale attack, Chen Zizai quickly calculated the feasibility of the next move to resist the impact.

Hai Shan saw the situation was dire, gritted her teeth, and decided to fight to the death. "I'll use Lake Sea Vortex to draw the enemies on the left, and you adjust your retreat direction."

"It's not time for you to sacrifice yourself yet," Chen Zizai firmly rejected. Hai Shan complied, now fully trusting Chen Zizai's leadership. The short but effective cooperation of the three had already killed so many dark figures, and the results were so glorious that Hai Shan felt even if she died now, it would leave a brilliant legacy for the Hai family!

"Ha ha ha—don't be afraid!" A loud laugh echoed as Wang Bupa's large sword flew through the air, knocking away and injuring several dark figures, then suddenly stopped, emitting a dazzling light!

"Good timing—" Chen Zizai was overjoyed.

Hai Shan and Hu Baijie didn't know what was happening, but they saw the glowing large sword suddenly shoot out a beam of light, which generated a powerful suction force, pulling Wang Bupa like a gust of wind, and he quickly crossed over them, raising his thick shield and crashing through the dark figures, reaching the glowing large sword in an instant.

As Wang Bupa grabbed the large sword, two long spears and another large sword identical to his flew into the dark figures surrounding Chen Zizai and the others from the sides and below.

"This is the determination of a man!" Wang Bupa shouted, activating the ultimate technique of Northeastern Elephant Mountain—Imprisonment!

The light from the large sword became even brighter, and when it suddenly exploded, a solid energy barrier surrounded Wang Bupa, with a radius of ten zhang. The dark figures, no matter how they tried to break through, could not escape.

Inside the barrier, Wang Bupa, surrounded by a large number of dark figures, raised his large sword without fear, and shouted loudly, "You dark figures! Today, you will learn what it means to be a man! Come on—by the honor of the men of Northeastern Elephant Mountain, we will not let a single hair of others be harmed before we fall!"

As he spoke, Wang Bupa's large sword began to spin rapidly around his body, moving with him, and the spinning large sword, like an unstoppable tiger, fiercely slashed and collided with all the enemies it encountered!

Each of Wang Bupa's three junior disciples controlled a large area with Imprisonment, and the strong suction force continuously pulled the dark figures near the barrier into the area. Once inside, the dark figures could not break through the barrier and escape.

They, like Wang Bupa, spun their bodies and weapons, attacking the dark figures. Any dark figure hit by them was injured and thrown away!

However, the limited killing power meant that very few of the dark figures were killed.

But they provided excellent protection, easing the dire situation of Chen Zizai and the others being surrounded.

Hai Yuntian arrived at this moment, and Chen Zizai decisively shouted, "Wang Bupa, let Hai Yuntian in!"

"Okay!" As he spoke, a beam of light from the barrier hit Hai Yuntian, and the strong suction force pulled him in like a gust of wind, crashing through the dark figures with the protection of the barrier, and he quickly landed beside Wang Bupa.

Without waiting for instructions, Hai Yuntian immediately activated Ice Flower Scatter.

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