I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 127 - 109: Narrow Encounters with an Old Foe
The bowl-like Great Array was smashed by the flames, with firelight continuously burning outward along the shattered edges.
"Ah, the array is broken!" Wenn Miao raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly.
True Monarch Fuyi remained calm, "The final outcome is not yet decided."
Wenn Miao couldn’t help but shake her head, thinking to herself how long he could keep up his façade.
Within the array, the white mist dispersed, revealing the disciples of the two sects trapped across the mountains and forests, totaling over twenty people.
The crowd looked up in astonishment, seeing Xie Jingshan enveloped in flames, suspended in mid-air, appearing god-like!
"You vermin, why haven’t you rushed to your death yet?"
Xie Jingshan exuded confidence, pointing his long sword and shouting aloud.
Nearby, two sword cultivators exchanged a glance, immediately unleashing their deadliest attacks, concentrating their assault on Xie Jingshan.
"I!!"
A dense mass of sword auras came slashing at his face, causing Xie Jingshan to fall from mid-air and heavily crash into the ground.
"You won’t get rid of me that easily!"
Xie Jingshan was infuriated. He had just broken through to the Eighth Layer of Qi Cultivation and, with the augmentation of Jiang Yuebai’s Great Array, was being supplied a continuous stream of Fire Spiritual Energy, activating the Huo Dou Essence Blood within his sword.
A fight? He had no fear!
Xie Jingshan leaped up onto a tree, aggressively sweeping his sword, the crimson sword aura whipping up roaring flames.
The trees and people were effortlessly flattened in an instant, the people were defeated, and the trees turned to ash.
"Hahaha, you wastrels of Guiyuan Sword Sect, this is Sword God Xie Jingshan here, come and try to kill me again if you dare!"
Xie Jingshan was overly arrogant, maneuvering and shifting around the Wood Fire Array, slicing through opponents like vegetables, regardless of whether they were sword cultivators or fellow disciples, clearing them all out.
In some distant woods, Zhuo Qingfeng saw the Great Array broken. For some reason, an image of Jiang Yuebai flashed through his mind, and he immediately turned around, raising his sword and charging forward.
"Brother Zhuo!"
Hua Yingshi couldn’t stop him, staggering and wounded, she was caught by Zhao Kunling.
"What about Senior Sister Hua?"
The sky was fiery red, the heat overwhelming, Hua Yingshi looked at the nearby exit and then at the towering flames deeper in the woods, pushing Zhao Kunling away.
"Go help Brother Zhuo, don’t worry about me."
Zhao Kunling nodded, "Alright, Senior Sister Hua, be careful yourself."
Saying this, Zhao Kunling dragged his heavy sword, striding after Zhuo Qingfeng, while Hua Yingshi leaned against a tree, panting and waiting for their return.
At that moment, a dark shadow pounced down from above, Hua Yingshi looked up in horror, a glint of cold light pierced her eyes, the pain in her Sea of Consciousness was excruciating, and she lost all her senses.
Before she could react, Hua Yingshi fell onto the plaza, eliminated!
There was a collective intake of breath around her, numerous gazes probed over, and Hua Yingshi was equally shaken.
Her Sea of Consciousness was still in unbearable pain, she clutched her head, trying to recall that incredibly fast shadow.
It seemed... to be a diminutive female cultivator?
In the center of the woods, a flame sword aura whisked past the back of Jiang Yuebai’s head, causing her scalp to tingle and she suddenly came back to her senses.
"Xie Jingshan, you want to burn the bridge after crossing it?"
Xie Jingshan retracted his head and apologized, "Sorry, it was a mistake. I can kill anyone but you, you are my goddess. Without you, where would I get this swagger, hahaha."
Xie Jingshan swung away from the trees like a monkey, Jiang Yuebai suppressed her newfound understanding of the wind, climbed a nearby tree, and surveyed the surroundings.
More than half the woods had already caught fire, birds and beasts howled and fled, the boundaries of the Great Array were visible, and the opening was large enough for an escape.
"Xie Jingshan, stop lingering in battle, find Yun Shang and get out first!"
As soon as the words fell, the ground rumbled, and Jiang Yuebai hurriedly clung to the tree trunk.
Rumble!
The wind rose, clouds surged, and torrential rain poured down, suppressing the fire.
The damaged barrier quickly closed, it was Hee Wangchen taking action!
"Xie Jingshan! Hit the Great Array Barrier hard! Don’t let it close again! You go first!"
"Alright!"
A glimmer of light flashed on Xie Jingshan’s boots, he leapt into the air, stirring the flames, unleashing a mountain-like wave of sword strikes against the Great Array Barrier.
Boom, boom, boom!
The earth shattered, the force of the closing barrier was delayed.
Jiang Yuebai was emotionally stirred, unable to find traces of Yun Shang and Shen Huaxi anywhere, she had no choice but to leave first.
"Jiang Yuebai! I’ve finally found you!"
Zhuo Qingfeng’s voice accompanied by Gale Sword Qi attacked from behind, Jiang Yuebai’s heart jolted, and she leaped off the tree.
Boom!
The tree was shredded into splinters by the gale, flying everywhere, as Jiang Yuebai rolled twice and knelt on the ground.
She looked up, seeing the tall, snow-sequoia-like young man surrounded by whirlwinds, standing alone in the flames.
Jiang Yuebai wanted to curse Zhuo Qingfeng’s ancestors but, given the critical situation, could only swallow her pride and shout loudly.
"Zhuo Qingfeng, you want to fight me, right? Let’s exit the array and find a quiet place to fight at leisure, shall we?"
Amid the gusting wind, Zhuo Qingfeng’s long sword shook off water droplets, his voice cold and clear.
"It’s not too late to exit after defeating you!"
The powerful Sword Intent whipped up gales, turning the torrential rain into a sea, Jiang Yuebai staggered back, like a small boat in a giant wave with nowhere to take refuge, seemingly about to capsize at any moment.
Before Jiang Yuebai could react, Zhuo Qingfeng’s long sword stirred the wind, overlapping countless wind marks rapidly converged into an earth-shattering giant sword, slashing at Jiang Yuebai through the rain curtain!
Suddenly, Xie Jingshan blocked in front of Jiang Yuebai, meeting the attack with his sword.
Boom!
A thunderous roar resounded as wind and fire clashed fiercely, sparks flew wildly.
"Get out of here!"
Xie Jingshan shouted, powerful flames erupted from his sword, shattering the giant sword in one blow.
Zhuo Qingfeng staggered back three steps as if struck hard, Xie Jingshan’s lips curled into a defiant smile, he absorbed the fire spiritual energy within the array to stimulate the Huo Dou Essence Blood.
Flames gathered from all directions, forming the shape of a giant dog.
"Die!"
The giant fire dog’s paw smashed down violently, like a flood breaking through a dam, with irresistible force.
"Brother, be careful!"
A burly bald-headed figure rushed forward, heavy sword sweeping sideways.
Bang!
The ground beneath Zhao Kunling’s feet exploded layer by layer outward, his entire body pounded into the earth a few inches deep by the giant fire dog’s paw like a nail.
He stared wide-eyed, veins bulging, muscles swelling and bursting through his clothes, holding up the sword inch by inch against the giant paw.
Zhuo Qingfeng’s heart was shaken, he usually kept to himself and didn’t interact much with these junior brothers and sisters, but now, unexpectedly, the foolish Zhao Kunling was willing to stand in front of him.
"Baldy, I respect you as a man, but you still have to die!"
Xie Jingshan pressed down with all his might holding his sword with both hands, the fire intensified suddenly, and Zhao Kunling’s heavy sword buckled under the strain, cracking.
Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Kunling’s eyes bulged like a cow’s.
"My sword!"
The man, who had stubbornly resisted until now, suddenly let go, hugging his heavy sword with all the affection, was directly smashed under the fire dog’s paw, disappearing without a trace.
"Overestimating your abilities!"
Xie Jingshan laughed triumphantly, taking a step forward only to be yanked back by Jiang Yuebai, nearly falling on his backside.
"I’m here, you go out first!"
"I, Xie Jingshan, would never leave you all behind." Xie Jingshan declared righteously.
Jiang Yuebai glared, "If the Great Array closes, none of us can get out, and we’ll all die together!"
Xie Jingshan turned to look, seeing only a tiny gap left in the Great Array Barrier.
"Oh no!"
Xie Jingshan, panicking, scurried away, only he could delay the Great Array from closing now.
"I’ll be waiting for you outside. Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to keep the Great Array from closing—"
In the sea of fire, with heat waves distorting vision, Jiang Yuebai’s long hair fluttered as she stood with her spear, flicking out a talisman with two fingers.
"Zhuo Qingfeng, since you want to fight, then let’s finish it quickly!"
As the words fell, the Eighth-Grade Shadow Splitting Illusion Talisman activated, Jiang Yuebai’s figure suddenly split into six.
Zhuo Qingfeng focused intently, unable to discern which of the six Jiang Yueba is real, he could only see the six figures charging with spears in half-arc formation, electric light surging like tides.
Even before the spears struck, the six figures waved their hands, sprinkling countless thorny fire seeds, as the torrential rain poured down.
Roar!
Two Shadow Wolf Puppets broke through the sea of fire, their scorpion tails whipping ferociously, fire bullets and lightning rained down aggressively!
Zhuo Qingfeng’s expression changed drastically!
