Chapter: 39 Enemy Attack
"Lu Yuanchun! You scoundrel!"
Seeing a gap opened in the market's Formation, Fei Xia's eyes were about to split, but then she made a move completely opposite to Lu Yuanchun.
"Junior Brother, let's join forces!"
With a flash of escape light, Fei Xia directly landed in the market, then turned around and fiercely guarded the gap in the Formation: "We absolutely cannot let Divine Martial Sect rush into the market."
Lu Yang glanced at Fei Xia upon hearing this, and his opinion of her changed considerably. After all, judging by her appearance, her lips were stained with blood and her Qi was weak, clearly indicating she had suffered a serious injury. If she had fled with Lu Yuanchun, she might have had a chance to escape, yet she chose to remain in the market.
Could she be an inside agent?
Adhering to the Primordial Sect's belief that there are no good people, Lu Yang immediately suspected Fei Xia. The latter also noticed his wary gaze.
"There's no escaping!"
Fei Xia sighed helplessly, having guessed Lu Yang's thoughts, and whispered, "Divine Martial Sect has been planning for a long time; escaping is a dead end."
"Staying to hold out for reinforcements is the only glimmer of hope!"
Lu Yang still had doubts upon hearing this: "Senior Sister understands this principle, so how could Senior Brother Lu not know it? If that's the case, why did he run?"
"Because the Treasure Jade is with him!"
At this point, Fei Xia immediately became furious and said, "Divine Martial Sect used the Mystic Womb Taiyin Treasure Jade as bait to set up an ambush. Lu Yuanchun, coveting the Treasure Jade, forcibly seized it, not only implicating us all in falling into the trap but also disregarding Senior Brother Chen's life and abandoning us to escape by himself!"
"So, he ran away to avoid punishment?"
Lu Yang suddenly understood. Clearly, Lu Yuanchun also knew that what he did was unethical, and if he had stayed in the market, Fei Xia Fairy would have settled accounts with him sooner or later.
That's why he chose such an extreme method.
Thus, it was only natural for Fei Xia not to follow Lu Yuanchun in his escape. If she had done so, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't have silenced her.
"Demon heads, today is your doomsday!"
A brilliant aura of Qi and blood illuminated the sky, like clusters of fiery clouds rolling through the air, finally revealing a burly man clad in armor and wielding a weapon, the leader looking ferocious.
"It's 'Divine Fist' Wu Zhichong!"
Fei Xia's pretty face was serious as she whispered, "This person is already at the Qi Refining Ninth Realm, just one step away from Great Perfection. Junior Brother, you must be extremely careful."
"Senior Brother Chen was struck by one of his punches, which caused his Dharma Body to collapse and him to die."
Before Fei Xia finished speaking, the burly man named Wu Zhichong had already flown over on his escape light, his arm raised high above his head, pulled back as if drawing a bow.
"Die!"
The next second, he threw a punch!
A piercing roar instantly resounded in all directions, and the square punch print went straight for the Dragon. In an instant, Lu Yang only felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him!
Boom!
At the critical moment, Fei Xia stepped forward, her cloud sleeves fluttering, and clusters of light clouds wreathed in clear Qi spewed forth, receiving Wu Zhichong's punch.
In an instant, colorful clouds and mists exploded, finally stopping Wu Zhichong outside the market. However, the colorful clouds also lost most of their Treasure Light.
Seeing this scene, a trace of pain flashed in Fei Xia's eyes.
These colorful clouds and mists were one of her Magic Treasures, named Xiaguang Smoke Veil, which she had painstakingly refined for many years. This time, it had been damaged repeatedly.
At the same time, another escape light descended from the sky.
After revealing his figure, it was none other than Lu Yuanchun, who had just fled. His face was extremely grim at this moment, and behind him, there was actually another Cultivator.
"'Mountain Mover Daoist' Duanmu Yuan."
Fei Xia frowned tightly, recognizing the person who had intercepted Lu Yuanchun as another Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivator from Divine Martial Sect, whose strength was in no way inferior to hers.
"Lu Yuanchun, if you want to live, come back. Let's join forces!"
Fei Xia said in a deep voice. Although Divine Martial Sect was attacking fiercely, in her opinion, they still had three Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators on their side, so they were not without a chance of winning.
Even if Lu Yang was from an ordinary Disciple background and had no Divine Abilities, he would still be fine dealing with Qi Refining Early Stage and Middle Stage Cultivators. As long as she and Lu Yuanchun could block Wu Zhichong and Mountain Mover Daoist, allowing Lu Yang to free up his hands to deal with other Divine Martial Sect Disciples, they might still have a chance to defend the market!
"...Good! Then let's fight to the death and buy me some time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yuanchun took a deep breath and directly burned his vital blood. Clusters of bloody light spewed from his crown, and his Qi instantly soared several times over.
Seeing this scene, Fei Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief.
'This person is, after all, a Disciple of Mending Heaven Peak Lord, a Foundation Establishment Disciple. Perhaps he still has some powerful means. With my cooperation, we should be able to defend the market.'
Thinking of this, Fei Xia no longer held back and once again activated the Xiaguang Smoke Veil to buy time.
"Stop him!"
Although Wu Zhichong didn't know Lu Yuanchun's Divine Ability, he wouldn't allow him to unleash it. He immediately launched an escape light and charged towards Lu Yuanchun.
Seeing this, Fei Xia, while forcefully channeling her True Qi and using all her might to block Duanmu Yuan, the other Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivator from Divine Martial Sect, shouted to Lu Yang beside her: "Junior Brother Lu, quickly act! As long as you stop Wu Zhichong, we still have a chance to turn the tide."
"Lu Yang? An ordinary Disciple… what's the use even if he Breakthroughs to Qi Refining Late Stage?"
Lu Yuanchun glanced at Lu Yang, a cold sneer in his heart.
In his eyes, Lu Yang was just an unknown nobody, a small figure who had a stroke of luck to Breakthrough to the Late Stage, incomparable to a Foundation Establishment Disciple like him.
Thinking of this, he became even more determined in his thoughts.
Fei Xia felt there was still a chance of winning, but Lu Yuanchun didn't think so, because in his opinion, Fei Xia clearly overlooked a decisive factor.
That was the corpse tide!
Even if they could truly stop the Divine Martial Sect Cultivators, as long as the gap in the Formation remained, when the corpse tide arrived, they would still be completely annihilated!
Therefore, the next second, Lu Yuanchun made his move.
"Behold my Divine Might!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fei Xia spirits immediately lifted. She watched as the bloody light around Lu Yuanchun coalesced, manifesting a magnificent demonic shadow of a fierce and malevolent god.
She didn't expect Lu Yuanchun to directly kill Wu Zhichong; as long as he severely injured him, there would be hope.
"Blood Shadow Escape Heaven Great Law!"
With a flash of the demonic shadow, Lu Yuanchun's figure instantly vanished, transforming into a streak of bloody light that appeared hundreds of meters away, speeding towards the outside of Skull Mountain.
For a moment, Fei Xia was dumbfounded.
She had clearly underestimated Lu Yuanchun's shamelessness, never expecting that Lu Yuanchun would feign cooperation with her, but in reality, was using her as a shield.
However, at this moment, the sky outside Skull Mountain suddenly darkened.
"Trying to leave? Stay!"
With a cold sneer, the bloody escape light that Lu Yuanchun had transformed into was actually cut off at the waist, forced to return to Skull Mountain. Lu Yuanchun's terrified cry came from within:
"Qi Refining Great Perfection!?"
The blood escape he had performed by burning most of his vital blood could absolutely not be stopped by anyone in the Qi Refining Late Stage. The only one who could stop it was a Qi Refining Great Perfection!
"Heaven wants me dead."
Lu Yuanchun was filled with unwillingness. He had finally managed to snatch the Mystic Womb Taiyin Treasure Jade, and as long as he escaped, he would surely gain the favor of Mending Heaven Peak Lord.
Especially now that Zhao Xuhe had been abandoned by Mending Heaven Peak Lord, it was his opportunity!
But now, everything was in vain.
Just then, Lu Yang's voice suddenly came to Lu Yuanchun's ear: "Senior Brother Lu, return to the market first."
"What's the use now?"
Lu Yuanchun was utterly disheartened, not even bothering to respond to Lu Yang. After all, in his opinion, at this moment, Lu Yang and he were merely facing the difference between dying sooner or dying later.
The next second, however, Lu Yang, who had been silent until then, suddenly took a step forward, his wide sleeves fluttering. With a rapid succession of finger flicks, he instantly unleashed dozens of Formation patterns that landed around the market, breaking the miniature Formation used by Divine Martial Sect to fix the gap in the main Formation. Then, he abruptly manipulated the Formation to close.
Boom!
In an instant, dense Formation patterns emerged, forming a light barrier that enveloped the inside and outside of the market. The grand Formation actually re-closed and became complete again!
"...Ah?"
Lu Yuanchun's eyes instantly widened at the sight, then he shuddered and quickly controlled his bloody light to fly back, shouting loudly, "Brother Lu, save me!!!"