CH 330

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Outside the Tongyou Mysterious World, Ancestor Yun Lu couldn’t deny that he was moved when he saw the Hidden Frost Sword.

Splitting off a portion of energy from the rose-colored bridge to suppress the Hidden Frost Sword, Ancestor Yun Lu was secretly rejoicing that he would be able to obtain Kou Chongxue’s divine weapon for free. 

Due to his slight distraction, the experts of the Tongyou Institution managed to capitalize on the chance. A formation master that was operating the protection formation from within the Tongyou Mysterious World tried to seal off the gap while cutting off the world origin entering the bridge.

“Haha, are you really going to give up the Hidden Frost Sword just to destroy the connection? Looks like we know what happened to Kou Chongxue now… Hahaha! Without Kou Chongxue to protect you, you’re finished!” Ancestor Yun Lu roared with laughter as he stared at the Tongyou Mysterious World. However, there was a trace of regret in his heart.

He was regretting the fact that he was unable to use his full strength at that moment. If not for the fact that the Changbai Holy Land failed to live up to their promise and deliver the Multi World Anchoring Flag, he would be able to unleash a larger portion of his strength. He wouldn’t be distracted by the appearance of the Hidden Frost Sword and allow those from the Tongyou Institution to affect the connection between the bridge and the mysterious world.

Absorbing the energy from the Tongyou Mysterious World might have been his main goal, but returning with the Hidden Frost Sword wasn’t too bad either! At least, he thought it was worth it to absorb a little less energy in exchange for a divine weapon!

Increasing his suppression on the Hidden Frost Sword, the rose-colored bridge immediately started to dim.

Unfortunately for the Tongyou Institution, they were unable to sever the rose-colored bridge and seal off the gap in their protection formation. The only thing they managed to do was to lessen the amount of world origin being sucked up by the bridge.

While that was happening, the Hidden Frost Sword was slowly being dragged towards Ancestor Yun Lu. Clearly, the Tongyou Institution suffered a devastating defeat. Not only would the world origin they obtained to create the Tongyou Mysterious World be sucked dry by a Martial Dipper Realm ancestor from the White Deer Paradise, they even lost Kou Chongxue’s divine weapon!

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Outside the City Lord Manor of the Changfeng City.

Youshang roared with laughter when he saw the protection barrier around Gao Yun popping. He could tell that Shang Xia succeeded in destroying the protection formation underground.

Facing Youshang’s terrifying spear arts, Gao Yun managed to keep his composure. He yelled loudly, “Do you really think that you’ve won? Hah, you don’t know anything about how I lay down formations!” 

As soon as he spoke, eighteen streams of light fell from the rose-colored bridge hanging above the city. They quickly connected with the eighteen wells Shang Xia had seen before.

“I always have a backup plan! You might have been able to destroy the connection between the extermination qi in the spirit cave I used to power my formation, but it doesn’t matter! The spirit cave down there contains a terrifying amount of world origin. Even if your companion is a Martial Extermination Realm expert, he won’t be able to do a thing with that much world origin pouring into the spirit cave. Haha! You should be able to guess what will happen down there with that much energy!” 

Youshang’s expression changed slightly, and he pulled back his spear abruptly. It trembled slightly in his hands before two strands of extermination origins appeared around the tip of the spear. They transformed into a giant dual colored spear in mid air before flying towards Gao Yun who was hovering in mid air.

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Shang Xia didn’t know why the eighteen wells were connected to the eighteen streams of energy he was staring at, and he also didn’t know why no one noticed the anomaly. Neither did he understand why he was able to see the reflection of the moon in each of the eighteen openings.

However, the one thing he knew was that he had to leave the place immediately. Those eighteen openings were his way out!

When he was about to make his move, a dense curtain of energy poured down from above. Since the spirit cave was their destination, Shang Xia couldn’t possibly avoid any of it. The amount of world origin in the spirit cave was so dense that he started finding it hard to move around.

There wasn’t a need to talk about bursting out through those eighteen holes. It was tough for him to move about normally.

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Even if he didn’t know what was going on earlier, he could tell that those eighteen streams of energy were an attempt by Gao Yun to suppress him! That wasn’t all. He also discovered that as the eighteen streams of energy poured down into the spirit cave, the deep pool where he extracted the extermination qi from earlier started to transform.

Along with the transformation, the protection formation that Shang Xia shattered earlier seemed to regain its abilities. World origin and heaven and earth qi poured into the underground river as it poured towards the Ji Continent.

Even though he used a lot of effort to stop that from happening earlier, he couldn’t care less about the change now that he couldn’t move about freely.

Even though he was getting more anxious as time passed, he didn’t break out into full-blown panic. He might be suppressed by the terrifying amount of world origin around him, but there weren't any immediate threats to his life.

He could only hope that Youshang would be able to hold Gao Yun back for a little longer so that he could think of a plan to escape.

Who would have thought that a figure would be seen approaching the spirit cave while Shang Xia was racking his brains for ways to leave? Yang Zhenbiao’s figure could be seen as he approached the spirit cave.

When the Changfeng City’s protection barrier was broken by Youshang earlier and the remaining experts of the Eighteen Horsemen attacked the city, Yang Zhenbiao was the first to leave! He went back to inform Gao Yun of the attack and when Youshang killed his way into the City Lord Manor, he quickly hid underground.

Even though Gao Yun laid down a massive protection formation around the spirit cave, he managed to do so with the foundations already laid down by Yang Hu. Yang Zhenbiao had a little understanding as to how the protection formation worked and he quickly entered the moment he detected something off. 

That was right. Gao Yun wasn’t the only person who discovered Shang Xia’s actions. When Shang Xia sucked away the extermination qi in the deep pool, and the strand of extermination origin located within, the protection formation was affected. Yang Zhenbiao who was hiding underground also discovered the abnormality.

Yang Zhenbiao was no fool. Since the person could forcefully tear open the protection barrier powered by Gao Yun’s protection formation, he knew that he would be no match for whoever it was. He wouldn’t run over to the spirit cave only to throw his life away! Instead, he already started to make his escape preparations.

He didn’t expect Gao Yun’s protection formation to reactivate again. When he felt the protection formation recovering, he discovered that it was even stronger than it was before. It probably managed to trap the attacker, and Yang Zhenbiao felt that his chance had arrived. 

Yang Zhenbiao was compelled to take action. He knew that the extermination origin they were nurturing in the spirit cave was already complete! He might not know that his father had sold it off to the White Deer Paradise, but he knew that a strand of extermination origin was his ticket to enter the Martial Extermination Realm! He had to take a look!

Approaching the spirit cave, he discovered that there was indeed someone trapped within! With the newfound courage that the protection formation had been reactivated, he examined Shang Xia with his divine sense. Rage threatened to overwhelm him when he discovered that Shang Xia was merely at the Martial Intent Realm! 

Without hesitation, he attacked Shang Xia. “How dare a fucking Martial Intent Realm trash like you try something like this?!” 

Yang Zhenbiao wasn’t affected by the protection barrier, and he wasn’t suppressed by the world origin at all. A blow landed on Shang Xia, forcing him to cough up several mouthfuls of blood. 

“Who are you and how did you get in here?” Yang Zhenbiao roared. He unleashed the Startling Tiger Palm earlier, and it was an inheritance he received from his father. His attack contained a frightening amount of power and it connected with Shang Xia who found it difficult to move his muscles at the moment. As a cultivator who was at the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm, he was even slightly stronger than Li Tianshou Shang Xia killed previously. Taking on an attack from him was no joke.

When the palm was traveling towards him earlier, Shang Xia had the intention to dodge. He discovered that his movements were slower than a snail’s, and he had no choice but to take the attack. 

Realizing that Shang Xia didn’t have the ability to move, every last bit of caution in Yang Zhenbiao’s heart disappeared. He stepped into the Spirit Cave, but surprisingly, he wasn’t suppressed by the dense world origin around.

However, his expression changed the moment he stepped foot into the spirit cave. He ran over to the deep pool and discovered that the extermination origin had disappeared.

“Where’s the Yin Water Mysterious Extermination?! Hand it over and I’ll spare your life!” Yang Zhenbiao growled while staring at Shang Xia.

Spitting out another mouthful of blood, Shang Xia sneered, “Oh? So that’s the Yin Water Mysterious Extermination. This daddy over here obtained it a while ago. Come get it from me if you have the abilities.”

“You’re asking to die!” Yang Zhenbiao released a sinister chuckle as he leaped through the air to punch at Shang Xia’s chest. A tiger’s roar echoed through the spirit cave at that moment.

Roaring Tiger Fist. That was the second of the three techniques Yang Zhenbiao trained in.

Without the ability to resist, Shang Xia was struck squarely in his chest. He was sent flying from the blow and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

That had been Shang Xia’s plan all along. Since he couldn’t move, he would borrow the momentum of his flight to toss out his Spirit Extermination Gourd. Naturally, he wasn’t able to throw it out with much force and the gourd tumbled to the ground. Even so, that was enough.

“Huh? This is…” As Yang Hu’s son, Yang Zhenbiao knew quite a lot of information. He was also able to identify precious treasures and the gourd that Shang Xia threw out caught his eye.

Before he could grab the gourd to properly identify it, the cork popped open and a gray mist emerged. It transformed into a spiritual deer that was nearly five feet tall that charged at Yang Zhenbiao with its head lowered.

“Spiritual Deer Carving from the White Deer Paradise. Are you from the White Deer Paradise? How is this possible?” Yang Zhenbiao released a strange cry as he was unable to dodge in time. He could only take the spiritual deer’s charge with his body.

Bang!

As he was sent flying, he slammed heavily into the wall behind. He slid powerlessly down the wall and slumped on the ground below.

“Bleugh…” Raising a shaky finger to point at Shang Xia, he wanted to say something but vomited out a mouthful of blood instead.