Seeing that Marquis Wu Gu Cangtian was forced to retreat, everyone held their breath.
Gu Cangtian spitted out some turbid exhale. His left arm was hurting so bad as if it were to be torn apart. Two strikes from Hong Qingyun and his body, even of the fifth level in the Reincarnation Realm, had already been this severely injured.
Seeing that his condition was bad, Xia Houqi and his people couldn't help but worry.
Hong Qingyun, casting a glance at the eight sets of military Nieyuan Cannons below, was secretly caught by surprise. He hadn't thought that Xia Houqi was of this capacity. He knew then that he should finish the duel as soon as possible.
"Gu Cangtian, in remembrance of our comradeship for many years, I will grant you a quick death. Take a look at my newly mastered Little Divine Skill." Having said this, Hong Qingyun's garments began to flutter in the wind. An astonishing torrent of Yuan energy swirled around him with the force of a hurricane.
Divine Skill was a special kind of personal martial move that martial warriors are able to master when they broke into the Divine Realm.
Gu Cangtian understood that Hong Qingyun had made up his mind to kill him now. This would be his ultimate strike.
Behind Hong Qingyun, a mountain was floating in and out of sight.
The mountain was full of grandeur and magnificence, swelling up Yuan energy as deep and vast as that of mountain torrents and tsunami.
Fear infected Gu Cangtian's face.
When the mountain appeared, two lines of razor light shot from Hong Qingyun's eyes.
"Mountaino Collaptus!"
And with this, that mountain came crushing down towards Gu Cangtian with whooshing winds.
Everywhere the mountain pa.s.sed, winds stopped blowing and clouds ceased moving. Maddening Yuan energy clouded the entire sky above the Xia Palace in an instant.
Gu Cangtian smiled weakly. He knew that this was his end.
But Gu Cangtian being Gu Cangtian, he had to die a dignified death!
"Hongfang, take this if you cannnn!" Floods of Yuan energy started pouring out of Gu Cangtian's body: Gu Cangtian had summoned every drop of his power to form this last strike, even if he risked exploding his Yuan core.
If Gu Cangtian died, then no one in the entire Da Xia was able to fight Hong Qingyun.
Gu Cangtian must be saved!
"Save Marquis Wu!" Seeing that Gu Cangtian was in danger, Xia Houqi ordered the eight Nieyuan Cannons to target at Hong Qingyun.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Eight forceful sh.e.l.ls pierced the sky and charged at the Yuan-energy-formed mountain with ma.s.sive power of destruction.
The sh.e.l.ls. .h.i.t the mountain, and a burst of terrifying power wave shook the sky. The sky was instantly a burning h.e.l.l.
But the mountain, however, shook but did not collapse under the cannons' attack.
All the faces were changed at the terrifying power of this Divine Skill, which could not even be destroyed by Nieyuan Cannons!
But thanks to Nieyuan Cannons, the badly injured Gu Cangtian was given a chance of life. Lan Yingwu and Nie Fengxing rushed forward and saved Gu Cangtian.
"Reckless bugs. Do you really think I dare not kill you for fear of North Qing?"
Seeing that Gu Cangtian was saved, Hong Qingyun eyes shone with killing intent.
"Nieyuan Cannons, fire again!" ordered Feng Shen with a sullen voice.
The eight cannons rearranged into a formation, and with Feng Shen's order, fired up for a second time.
Hong Qingyun's face slightly changed. He found that Feng Shen had arranged the cannons in formations.
The same eight sets of Nieyuan Cannons was considerably more powerful than early on when they were fired uncoordinatedly.
Hong Qingyun had to dance in the midair to dodge the sh.e.l.ls.
But no sooner had he lifted himself out of danger when the third round of attacks arrived.
This time, it was a new formation, targeting at his blind spots. Hong Qingyun found it ever more difficult to dodge the attacks.
Then the fourth round and the fifth round…
Every time he fired, Feng Shen rearranged the cannons into a different attack formation, giving Hong Qingyun no time to discern the patterns.
Then with a boom, Hong Qingyun was. .h.i.t by a sh.e.l.l from the Nieyuan Cannon.
Were he not a Divine Realm warrior, he would have been seriously injured.
"Feng boy! You dare to hurt me? I will kill you for sure!" Hong Qingyun turned bloodthirsty. He felt his abdomen and diagnosed several broken bones from the previous attack.
Hong Qingyun looked so monstrous that as if he would like to cut Feng Shen into pieces the next minute.
For years had he dominated the martial world of Da Xia. He could hardly remember the last time he had been injured.
But today he had been repeatedly humiliated by a powerless kid! One could imagine his rage and exasperation.
"Keep on attacking!" Feng Shen waved his hand and the Nieyuan Cannons located Hong Qingyun once again.
"Catch Lord Feng and the Crown Prince and seize the Nieyuan Cannons!" Hong Fang was originally confident at his father's abilities and was surprised that he could be thwarted by Lord Feng. He had no choice but to order, not without embarra.s.sment, to seize the Nieyuan Cannons first.
"Ghost Sect, hear the order! Guard the Cannons, and protect Lord Feng and the Crown Prince!" Hong Shisan was also somewhat intimidated by Feng Shen's "gallantry."
This was the first time she saw Feng Shen use formations and that even Nieyuan Cannons could form formations to attack. She really had underestimated Feng Shen.
"Now, enough of the show. It's time to move."
Rays of coldness shot from Hong Shisan's eyes.
She looked up at the sky and took off abruptly.
With her clothes washed to a point of paleness, her rising figure reminded of the moon rising slowly against the background of a greyish sky.
"Hong Shisan? I am indeed injured, but it's yet not your turn to give me a final blow." Hong Qingyun stood straight with pride.
"Hong Qingyun, how do you like the Ninth Realm Reincarnation Dan pill?"
Hong Shisan was not the least intimidated by Hong Qingyun's words. On the contrary, she smiled mischievously , showing her shining white teeth.
Hong Qingyun frowned, confused by her unexpected question.
Hong Shisan smiled. And without words, she slowly showed her right palm.
On her right palm, a whiff of black gas floated up; it was in the shape of a small snake.
Hong Qingyun's face completely changed when he saw the black Cauldron Breath.
He felt that something in his Elixir Field was gradually changing and a chilliness that he had never felt before gave him a shiver. It was then that he seemed to have realized something.
"That pill! Was there something wrong with that pill?"
"Hong Qingyun, isn't it a bit too late for you to find that out? There's nothing wrong with the effect of the pill, but I did put an extra something in it." While Hong Shisan was talking, the black Cauldron Breath started wiggling in her palm.
Correct. She put a whiff of Cauldron Breath in the Ninth Realm Reincarnation Dan pill.
Once it entered the body of human or spirit beasts, it would have incredible destructive power.
Normally, Ye Lingyue had absolutely no chance to sneak a whiff of Cauldron Breath into the body of a master such as Hong Qingyun's.
So she thought of the Ninth Realm Reincarnation Dan pill.
The exact same pill for which Hong Qingyue had betrayed Hong Mingyue had eventually become the demise of him.
The black Cauldron Breath, which had before this moment been dormant in his Elixir Field, immediately came to life as if summoned by orders.
"You!" Hong Qingyun could only feel that something was trying to burst out of his body.
His blood vessels and his insides were all burning with excruciating pain and were about to explode, but he had absolutely no control over the Yuan energy in his body. Hong Qingyun gave out an outrageous roar and the sky trembled.