ccnovels #399 - Tricky
#399 - Tricky
Without a second word, Wang Daoshi withdrew and left, simultaneously multitasking to control the aberrant soul to wreak havoc within the Elysian Canopy.
Just before the area he crashed into was frozen by that peculiar spiritual energy, Wang Jixuan narrowly escaped, a small portion of the serpent-blade beast's abdomen stained with a layer of translucent, ice-blue color.
Wang Jixuan abruptly turned around, spotting an old woman standing within the gaps of the blade beast's exoskeleton.
She wore a presentable long dress, her face covered in unconcealable wrinkles, yet still unable to mask her inherent pride and sense of nobility.
Upon seeing Wang Jixuan, the old woman revealed a hint of joy, but didn't utter a word, simply gently raising her right hand, causing the core circuits within her body to resonate, and the temperature within dozens of kilometers plummeted, the moisture in the air rapidly condensing.
Wang Jixuan appeared calm on the surface, but was inwardly startled.
His attack on the pillar blade beast was a random choice; even Old Fu didn't know the specific details.
But here, there was a spiritual cultivator waiting outside, and another protecting the main consciousness of the pillar blade beast within the Elysian Canopy.
Two spiritual cultivators guarding a single pillar blade beast?
If one were to exclude the possibility of them possessing some precognitive ability, then it meant they were likely protecting all six pillar blade beasts with the same configuration.
Twelve spiritual cultivators?!
These old fogeys are truly interested in me.
As for how many high-end combatants they've actually sent… I'll find out after a fight.
Wang Daoshi cracked his neck, a faint sneer curving his lips.
The old woman in front of him suddenly clenched her raised right hand, causing thousands of ice shards to condense in the air within a second, showering Wang Jixuan in a frenzy.
A red glint flashed between Wang Jixuan's eyebrows, instantly solidifying into the Asura True Body, the six-armed phantom empowering him, his left hand gripping a long spear as he charged forward!
Given the unclear situation today, it was naturally better to use fewer magic techniques that consumed mana.
A surge of black energy blasted forward, directly shattering many of the ice shards.
Wang Jixuan's figure leaped out from within the black energy, his long spear violently cleaving down, the body enveloped by the Asura True Body radiating a great black light!
The old woman clearly hadn't expected Wang Jixuan's attack to be so fierce.
Her figure shook, and she abruptly flickered continuously, ice shards shooting from all directions, dozens of enormous ice spheres rapidly condensing in the clouds high above.
Wang Jixuan ignored everything, focusing solely on relentlessly attacking and pursuing, the long spear in his hand sweeping and cleaving, streaks of spear light shooting forward.
This old woman wasn't afraid of death and even attempted to use a spiritual energy shield to directly withstand the spear light.
A 'ping' sound was heard, and the simple shield she had formed with spiritual energy directly shattered, a black blood arrow spurting from her shoulder, and she uttered a curse, dozens of spiritual energy circuits blooming on her back.
Her elegance and nobility vanished without a trace!
She frantically flickered backward, various attack methods emerging endlessly: icebergs crashing down, ice arrows firing in volleys, icy vortexes, extreme frost.
Wang Jixuan used brute force to overcome all techniques, unleashing the fiercest attacks with the least amount of mana, constantly closing the distance between himself and the old woman.
She finally couldn't help but burst into a loud curse, using the language of the spiritual cultivators, which Wang Daoshi could now understand to some extent.
"Damn you, Ya'er! What are you dawdling about inside! He's right here! Come and capture him!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a blur suddenly flashed before her eyes.
Wang Jixuan, who had been charging forward in front of a sea of ice-blue, vanished in a flash.
"You think you're the only one who knows how to teleport?"
A chill appeared behind the woman's head.
The woman's eyes widened, and before she could turn around to face the enemy, her tens of thousands of years of combat experience allowed her to make the most correct response, her figure instantly frozen by extreme ice.
Wang Jixuan swept his spear horizontally, and the ice lump was blasted away like a cannonball, creating two layers of shockwaves.
The woman's figure exploded out of the solid ice, spitting out mouthfuls of blood, her expression wildly changing as she charged forward.
Wang Jixuan thrust his spear forward and shot forward.
The woman's soul was about to leave her body in fright, frantically manipulating solid ice to attack Wang Jixuan, constantly shouting Ya'er.
That Ya'er was currently suffering in silence.
Wang Jixuan's aberrant soul hadn't been retrieved at all.
Daoshi's multitasking skills were actually not quite sufficient; at this moment, the Black Dragon aberrant soul was frantically attacking, and the town inside the Elysian Canopy had already been ravaged beyond recognition, and that cloaked Gari Nore was in danger of being killed by this terrifying aberrant soul at any moment.
When it came to playing with souls and the Dao of the Soul, their spiritual cultivators were completely incomparable to Wang Daoshi.
And the mission of the two of them was to protect the pillar blade beast, and to immediately call for support from other companions upon discovering the Black Storm's sneak attack.
But now;
They could only choose one to protect: the pillar blade beast or this comrade outside.
The Black Storm's methods were unexpectedly powerful.
No wonder Peres and the other three had been constantly reminding them to immediately call for support upon encountering the Black Storm and not to directly confront him head-on.
The great pioneer of ancient civilization was not someone they could deal with alone.
At this moment, this old woman had already called for support.
But she couldn't be sure if she could hold out until her reinforcements arrived.
Wang Jixuan relentlessly pursued with his spear, and the power of ice and snow that this woman controlled had already been brought to its limit, but it was fundamentally unable to stop Wang Jixuan for even a few moments.
Wang Jixuan pounced again, leaving behind dozens of afterimages.
The woman opened and closed her hands, a layer of solid ice as transparent as a diamond sealing her off, her wide eyes filled with malice, as if cursing with her gaze.
Wang Jixuan smashed down fiercely with his spear, and the solid ice crashed to the ground like a comet.
The shockwaves raged, the earth collapsing outward in large patches from the point of impact, and countless blade beasts marching below were shattered by the residual force.
Wang Jixuan leisurely glanced at the pillar blade beast beside him, which was currently brewing an attack.
As well as the old spiritual cultivator named Ya'er hidden inside the pillar blade beast.
Wang Jixuan stood still.
The pillar blade beast thought it had found an opportunity, and a mental shock suddenly erupted, dozens of ten-meter-diameter crimson light beams shooting from its tail.
Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow.
Using pillar blade beasts to attack the mountain protection arrays of those sects was not a bad choice.
This kind of attack had enough quantity, but the accuracy was still not very good, and there were no restrictions, so it couldn't form too great a threat.
Wang Jixuan's figure merely flickered slightly, leaving a talisman in place.
And his figure had already appeared near the ground below.
Above Daoshi's head, streaks of light dyed the sky red, and the rippling mental shock made the sky incomparably gloomy.
He didn't even turn his head, simply slowly raising his left hand gripping the long spear.
Daoshi had already made a judgment with his previous strike.
The solid ice that this old woman unleashed was indeed hard, but she herself was also greatly restricted, and she should be unable to解除 it on her own in a short time.
Regardless of whether it was an offensive or defensive method, any ability that exceeded one's own strength level would have such flaws.
Balance lies within.
A rapidly rotating sphere appeared at the tip of Wang Jixuan's long spear.
Strands of black light swirled within it.
That wasn't all; Wang Jixuan was surrounded by flying swords, and these flying swords constantly circled around him, with one high-quality flying sword as the tip, and the other flying swords rapidly piecing together forward, quickly forming a giant sword more than ten meters long.
The giant sword hung in the air, and the spiritual energy in all directions was almost completely drained by Wang Jixuan.
A trace of despair appeared in the eyes of the old woman in the solid ice.
She could only constantly call out to Ya'er in her heart.
A sneer crossed Wang Jixuan's lips, and he abruptly threw his hand, smashing down the spiral black pill with the long spear, and the giant sword fell in sync, striking at the same time as the long spear!
The old woman was constantly trying to melt the ice, teleport, and hide in subspace;
Her vision was distorted; it was the distortion of space caused by the opponent's spear and giant sword pulling at it.
The smile on Wang Jixuan's lips became more and more obvious;
The old woman couldn't even close her eyes at this moment, as if she were witnessing her own death approaching, and the earth, which had already collapsed downward, was now waiting for an even stronger impact!
Suddenly!
A gray shadow rushed past at extreme speed, and the old woman's solid ice was dragged away by a portal that appeared out of thin air.
The long spear smashed down, the giant sword cleaved down, a smear of blood and a left forearm flying to the left, and the gray shadow narrowly avoided Wang Jixuan's full-force strike.
Wang Daoshi wasn't moved at all, and the smile on his lips had completely bloomed.
He flicked his finger lightly, and the giant sword split into dozens of flying swords, chasing after the gray shadow.
After only a dozen seconds, the old woman who controlled the power of ice and snow jumped out of thin air beside the gray shadow, returning from subspace.
The two of them unleashed their methods at the same time, dozens of ice spears and flying swords firing at each other, and the gray shadow seemed to be able to weakly influence space, arranging a layer of gray arc shield around the two of them.
Wang Jixuan didn't launch a preemptive attack.
The two of them were truly relieved.
However…
The mountain-like giant serpent beast beside them suddenly let out a mournful cry, and its body, which didn't have much damage, collapsed with a bang.
Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow at the two of them.
Unable to attend to both the head and the tail; that's them.
"Is this how you protect Lord Beast God?" Wang Jixuan said leisurely.
A black dragon flew back from the side, circling around Wang Jixuan.
The two spiritual cultivators exchanged a glance and tacitly launched a preemptive attack, pulling apart to the left and right to fight.
They wanted to stall for time and wait for rescue.
Wang Jixuan's figure seemed to be rushing forward forcefully, but instead directly fell to the ground, almost causing the two of them to sprain their backs.
By the time they reacted to Wang Jixuan's intention to leave, it was too late to do anything, and they watched helplessly as Wang Jixuan dove into the riddled earth like a diver.
The old woman's ice seal was a few seconds too slow, and by the time she froze the remaining blade beasts within dozens of kilometers, Wang Jixuan had already disappeared using遁法.
This…
The two of them looked at each other in dismay.
The 'Great Pioneer' who was clearly in the upper hand actually turned around and left without saying a word.
The old man with the severed hand frowned and said, "Quick, notify the other teams! Black Obsidian's strength is above us aging spiritual practitioners. He's going to attack the other Pillar Blade Beasts! We need to quickly go support the nearest Pillar Blade Beast; the two of them can't stop him!"
"Yes," the old woman's breathing became hurried, her eyes filled with anger.
"I will definitely kill him! Definitely!"
......
Underground, Wang Jixuan, who had returned, observed their every move.
He was looking for an opportunity to catch them off guard and launch a surprise attack.
However, the Taoist quickly shook his head in disappointment.
These two guys had pretty good combat awareness; there was no chance for a sneak attack at all. They even flew away shoulder to shoulder.
Kill the other Pillar Blade Beasts?
Wang Jixuan had indeed thought so just now, but now that he had stirred up the hornet's nest, any further action would be too risky.
The real problem now isn't the Pillar Blade Beasts, but this group of spiritual practitioners who have the same 'civilization-killing power' as the Pillar Blade Beasts.
There are only five Pillar Blade Beasts active on Earth right now.
And the number of these spiritual practitioners may exceed twelve.
This is really not good news.
If Black Obsidian, their leader, also came, Wang Jixuan would really have to take his relatives and friends to Cloud City to cultivate.
As long as you can't kill him, he can become stronger given time.
'This poor Taoist's real enemies are only the Heavenly Tribulation and the Heavenly Dao.'
Wang Jixuan turned and left, starting to contact Amina.
Soon, he found a safe corner and started a video call with Amina.
Sabina and Nielda Tamon also appeared in the picture at the same time.
The three of them were currently in the lounge of an aerospace carrier.
Amina immediately asked, "I sensed your conflict with them. Are you injured?"
"I'm fine," Wang Jixuan showed off his trophy—a severed arm. "I only lost a little magic power. They were more seriously injured. I took down the Third Pillar."
Nielda Tamon asked in a muffled voice, "What are their names?"
"One is called Yare, an old man on his last legs. His core circuit's ability is related to space.
"One controls ice and snow. I don't know her specific name… Ah, right, I have an image automatically captured by a portable device here… Peony! Can you hear me! Find it and show it to them!"
Peony immediately replied, "Received! Displaying now."
Wang Jixuan didn't see the photos that the three of them were seeing.
But he saw Amina and Sabina's expressions change at the same time.
The Taoist asked, "What's wrong?"
"Yare is from the War God Council Court."
Amina said quickly:
"If I remember correctly, this woman is called Guike. She was once known as the Ice and Snow Goddess and is the Speaker of the Extreme Cold Temple Council Court."
"Guike announced that she was entering a period of decline three to four thousand years ago."
"Then, we haven't seen Guike show her face, and Guike's successor hasn't been active either."
Sabina added, "Guike, who entered a period of decline, should have become an accomplice of Black Obsidian. She should want to extend her life, but Yare is in his prime."
Nielda Tamon said slowly, "Perhaps the creator of the Blade Beasts, the War God Council Court, has not been completely destroyed."
Taoist Wang roughly understood.
He said, "I suspect there are at least twelve spiritual practitioners here."
Nielda Tamon said, "Black Obsidian should have arrived on Earth."
"Aren't the enemies too strong?"
Sabina said worriedly:
"Although many of them are old and can only exert seventy to eighty percent of their peak strength, we are also injured."
"If that's the case, we must consider a retreat."
Wang Jixuan said indifferently, "You can surrender if you can't beat them; I understand."
"Please don't say that kind of thing."
Amina's tone was a little cold, and she was obviously angry.
She said, "Even if the enemy is strong, we should fight for civilization and for ourselves. If we collude with them, will our dead comrades forgive us?"
Sabina didn't speak; she wasn't firm.
Nielda Tamon smiled, "I want to try to clash with Black Obsidian."
Sabina immediately said, "Then I'll find a way to find him."
"Don't rush," Wang Jixuan thought for a while, "I'll go discuss it with Old Fu. This situation is a bit tricky today."
He hung up the communication casually.
Releasing his spiritual sense, Wang Jixuan couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his forehead.
On the front line not far away, a large number of pseudo-spiritual slaves were rushing into the armored clusters and wreaking havoc.
Oh well, I'm passing by anyway.
Black energy bloomed around Wang Jixuan, and he quietly sneaked over.
The Demon Lord appears to execute justice!