Layers and layers of shockwaves, as high as a mountain, pushed across all directions.
And amidst the tumbling ripples, a human-thick beam of blood light, invincible, drove straight in, tearing through the layers of shockwaves with brutal ease all the way towards the four hidden worlds.
It was as silky smooth as if a red-hot knife had been stabbed into lard.
Almost at the same time as the three hermits cried out in alarm.
The blood light was already approaching.
The four hermits hurriedly struck out, their qi gusts raising the wind and lashing out directly at the blood light.
However, at the same time as the four of them were striking, the blood light was approaching.
The blood light that was approaching made a “boom” and turned in an arc in front of the four of them at a ninety degree right angle and shot up into the sky.
The terrifying shockwave immediately hit the four Hidden Worlds, but it was deflected by the Qi emitted by the four of them.
What was this?
The four hermits were all confused.
In their haste to resist, they had even prepared themselves to be injured.
However, just as the power was about to touch, the beam of blood light rose into the air.
Not only were they dumbfounded, but even the Hidden Ones who chose to dodge or stagnate were also dumbfounded.
“Ah!”
A miserable scream suddenly came from the direction of the slash.
It caused the Old Ghost of Yin Mountain and the others, to be horrified.
All of them followed the sound and could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
In the air, a figure completely covered in blood was standing there.
The snow-white head of the figure was incomparably striking.
The pair of scarlet eyes in the blood carried an endless cold killing intent, like a wolf on a snowy plain, staring deadly ahead.
This look alone sent a chill down everyone’s back.
The owner of the scream had already fallen to the ground like a shooting star from under the man’s feet.
Another Hidden World, perished!
“Sounding east and striking west!”
The old ghost of Yin Mountain’s lips mumbled as he finally reacted.
With a sound of sucking in cold air, the Hidden Worlds present also reacted.
That strike just now was so loud and powerful that it had attracted everyone’s attention.
The four Hidden Worlds who chose to resist had become the centre of the battle, while all the attention was on the four Hidden Worlds, whether it was the Old Ghost of Yin Mountain who was hiding, or the sluggish Hidden Worlds.
No one expected that with this distraction, they would become the prey to be targeted.
Meeting the battle, dodging, and sluggish.
In that instant, the eleven of them displayed three attitudes, yet they happened to be scattered in their stations.
From beginning to end, Huo Zhenxiao’s attention was not on the four gathered Cryptids, but on the few of them who were spread out.
All the attacks were nothing more than a leaf to draw the attention of them all.
A single powerful attack might have injured the four Hidden Ones, but it was not as cost effective as killing another Hidden One.
Not to mention, everyone knows the current state of Huo Zhenxiao.
Cost-effectiveness …… is what Huo Zhenxiao is more concerned about right now.
In the limited time available for the burst, kill as many people as possible!
In a short breath, the old ghost of Yinshan had calculated the entire process.
The Hidden Worlds present also gradually smoothed out everything.
The faces of all of them were gloomy to the extreme.
Thinking back to the disdain and mockery they had shown to Huo Zhenxiao earlier, the corpse that fell to the ground in front of them was like a heavy slap to everyone’s face.
From the very beginning, they had been trapped in Huo Zhenxiao’s calculations.
The dominant power had always been in Huo Zhenxiao’s hands.
And they, a group of human elites who had asked for the top of the world, were actually oblivious to it.
It was only at this moment when one of their companions turned into a cold corpse that they snapped out of it.
“Gather, surround and kill, the same mistake cannot be made a second time.”
The old ghost of Yin Mountain was the first to speak, breaking the dead silence.
The remaining nine people pushed their Qi energy and leaned towards Huo Zhenxiao.
However, the Old Ghost of Yin Mountain, who opened his mouth to take control of the situation, was clearly lagging behind the crowd in pace.
“Hehe ……”
In the blood mist shroud, half of the corners of Huo Zhenxiao’s pale face gently curled upwards.
The next second.
Boom!
The blood mist surged, and his entire person was like a cannonball out of the chamber, rolling with a fearful killing intent, directly pouncing on the ten Hidden Worlds.
The blood mist covered half of the sky, and the momentum was no less than magnificent.
“Don’t let him catch another chance!”
Feeling the fearful killing intent coming from the mountains, and having learnt from the past, the Hidden Ones did not dare to spread themselves too thinly even when facing Huo Zhenxiao directly.
The air was stirred by the Qi energy.
With either their bare hands or blades in their hands, the Hermits all faced Huo Zhenxiao.
They were positioned so that they would be able to support each other in the event of another “sound attack”.
Although they all had their own thoughts, they were still aware of the situation at hand.
In the sky.
A huge sea of blood swept back into the air and engulfed the ten Hidden Worlds.
The next second.
Boom, boom, boom ……
An explosion resounded in the sky, and beams of qi streaked across the sky like pythons, shooting out from the sea of blood, seemingly wanting to completely split the vast sea of blood into pieces.
But every time the trains of qi disappeared, the gaping hole in the sea of blood was torn out and quickly healed.
The sound of shouting and killing, muffled grunts, blades clashing and qi clashing ……
The sky was boiling over.
It was fortunate that the battlefield had been opened up above the dome of the sky with the help of qi energy, otherwise the qi fallout alone would have been enough to deal a devastating blow to the allied troops of the Hundred Tribes on the battlefield below.
Huo Zhenxiao frantically waved his silver dragon spear, splashing out a vast mist of blood.
Each blow was fierce and unrelenting.
His breathing grew heavier and heavier, and the soreness and weakness coming from his arms and legs grew stronger and stronger.
Exhaustion, endless exhaustion!
So exhausted that he just wanted to collapse and close his eyes.
But the city behind him, the burning cannon fire, the spilled blood, all kept his absolute will to keep going.
The sons and daughters needed him.
Zhenjiang City needed him.
The ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers behind him needed him too!
He clenched his teeth and his will sustained him all the way through the attack.
Twenty years after his birthday dedication, his strength had soared again, and he could crush any one of the Hidden People, but when facing ten of them at the same time, he could only stalemate.
The best defence was to attack.
In the midst of this dense killing attack, he could achieve a stalemate and then wait for an opportunity to move.
Once he could not hold out any longer, the arrival of these Hidden Worlds on the battlefield would be a devastating blow to Zhenjiang City.
The Great Snow Dragon Riders within Zhenjiang City also had to hold back the hundred clans’ allied army below.
Time was important to him and to the Great Snow Dragon Riders.
But in the immediate situation, a deadly battle was the best way to delay!
Huo Zhenxiao’s face was growing older and older, and as he used the secret technique, his longevity continued to deplete, which was irreversibly damaging to him.
But he had no thoughts of stopping the mystic arts, not even the thought of slowing down their intensity.
In the midst of his frenzied attack, he even had to part with a wisp of his mind every now and then to gain insight into the situation within Zhenjiang City, something he had to do as a master.
However, the insight into the situation within Zhenjiang City made his heart grow tighter and tighter ……
