"Distractions in battle are no different from asking for suicide, don't you think so, Dark Weaver Hai," Zan Jin said with a mocking tone.
"Hmph! Don't think that you've got this situation under control, Zan Jin." Hai Jinren said with a set of cold looking eyes.
"Haha, whether I control this situation or not doesn't matter; you should already be able to tell; this battle is lost, there's nothing you can do now that such a character has appeared." Zan Jin laughed as he spoke idly to Hai Jinren; it seemed that despite their losses, with the current changes, he had already believed this mission to be a victory.
He wanted to break Hai Jinren's psychology to see him show a look of weakness, but right at this time, his eyes widened, even more so as he saw Hai Jinren smiled.
“Bastard, what’s so funny?” Zan Jin cursed.
“Haha, you’ll find out soon enough.” Hai Jinren said in calm manner.
“Hmph! I guess I’ll learn from your corpse.” Zan Jin said as he charged towards him once again, Hai Jinren said nothing as he readied himself for another clash. The two fighting once more, sending ripples of their energies about their area.
Far away from the scene with Hai Jinren and Zan Jin, the scene before the shocked Liao Xinyan, Master Duan, and Pill Queen Wan Ru had changed.
A shocking power erupted from the giant coffin before them as both Crypt Sorcerer Entoph and Crypt Sorcerer Melcraze glowed in a greenish battle qi. It was clear that they had heard the Grand Preceptors' words, and as such, they didn't hesitate in acting the moment Liao Xinyan and company were stunned by the changes.
"Crypt Sorcery - Arts of Summoning."
They both said in unison as the coffin opened with a loud creak. The cloth wrapped around it unfurled itself as it danced about and whirled around for a short while before revealing a mummified corpse the size of five meters.
As if affected by the technique, the corpse's body emitted a dreadful amount of energy, one that had transcended the limits of mortality, shedding the mundane.
"What? It’s another True Soul realm, just what the hell?" Someone said in alarm; he could feel the mysterious powers coming from the corpse and knew that the situation had turned even more dangerous.
Bai Zan and Han Yi had solemn looks, but they didn't show fear, trying to hold on to a little bit of expectation.
At this time, the corpse had opened its eyes, showing two cruel-looking pupils as it floated from the casket, emanating a power to crush all beings.
"Haha, Liao Xinyan, did you think that you've won? Nothing will change even if you fools had fully prepared!" Melcraze said with excitement in his eyes, a strand of energy flowing from his palm towards the mummified corpse as if feeding it.
"Huhu... now what will you do? Will choose to fight us? You should know that the Spiral Palace Seal is also about to be taken by our Crypt Child, now there's nothing that can save you from this situation." Entoph said in a talkative manner, it seemed that he enjoyed speaking so much that he didn't care if he blurred out the situation.
'This idiot!' Melcraze thought to himself as he glared at Entoph; this was one reason he hated partnering up with him.
After clearing his gloomy thoughts, Melcraze turned his attention towards Liao Xinyan, hoping to see the looks of despair on their faces. Yet, contrary to his expectations, his eyes showed confusion as he saw an entirely different scene.
Liao Xinyan glanced at Kazak, who rushed towards Feng Yu and the other's location with a calm look on his face. He then turned his attention to Master Duan and asked, "Are you sure he can handle it?"
Master Duan also took a glance at Kazak before he replied, "He isn't a Supreme Prodigy for nothing, he should be able to handle it. Not to mention that there’s that Crimson Mask child whom I can’t completely understand. Still, if there is an unexpected scene, we won’t sit back and do nothing.”
Wan Ru nodded in agreement as her eyes glanced at the direction of Feng Yu and the others. She then looked at him and spoke, “We did our part; now it's time for you Weavers to hold your end of the bargain.”
Liao Xinyan chuckled at this as he spoke, "Of course, my master didn't invite you all here for nothing."
Noticing that they were being ignored both Melcraze and Entoph grew enraged, Melcraze kept a suspicious look, but Entoph couldn't seem to hold back from cursing.
"You bastards, what are you doing having small talk? Do you think we're some kind of joke?"
Liao Xinyan stared at him and Melcraze with a faint smile as he answered, "A joke? You couldn't be more right."
Entoph's face turned boiling red as if he was about to explode with anger, but Melcraze only grew more suspicious. He thought to himself.
'Odd, where did his confidence come from?'
He pondered why neither of the enemies showed any fear, even regarding the Grand Preceptor. However, not wanting to waste any more time, he concluded with sharp eyes.
'It doesn't matter; we only need to take them down. The rest is up to the Crypt Child.'
As if Entoph had the same idea, the two of them glanced at each other before they changed their hand sign. Instantly, a terrifying power exploded from the giant mummy as they commanded.
"Kill them!"
The giant mummy's eyes glowed even brighter. It lifted its head and roared towards the heavens, sending out a powerful ripple of energies across the battlefield, reaching as far a few dozen meters due to the effects of the formation.
Swoosh! Its body transformed into a ray of light as it swiftly arrived before the unguarded Liao Xinyan and struck its fist out.
"Haha, bastard, since you were so loud, you'll be the first to die!" Entoph said as he watched the scene.
Melcraze looked on silently, but both Master Duan and Wan Ru retreated from the scene, leaving Liao Xinyan, who stood before the incoming threat with ease.
Everyone watched as the giant fist headed towards his frame, but right when it was about to make contact. Liao Xinyan smiled as he raised his hand and placed it before the fist.
With a heavy collision, one that shook the entire meeting grounds, everyone expected to see a tragic scene of destruction along with the ruined corpse of Liao Xinyan. However, as if this was only dream, they only opened their eyes in shock as they saw an incredible scene.
Chapter 317
Liao Xinyan’s Strength, The Mighty Kazak
Wordlessness, the only word that could describe the current shock of those who observed the battlefield changes. Whether it be the onlookers who had angrily based their arms against the barrier to escape or those who remained calm to analyze the situation, each of them now shared the same kind of alarm as they eyed the current scene.
"He... he's actually at the True Soul realm, a disciple of his age transcending the mundane?" Someone said in fear.
"How? How could this be?" Another voice said.
Bai Zan had naturally expected some trump card, but she didn't expect the first actually to be Liao Xinyan's strength.
"I would have never thought, this guy's age shouldn’t be that far off from mine, yet he's already achieved such a level of cultivation."
She murmured as her eyes stared at the distant scene of Liao Xinyan, who was calmly holding on the giant mummy's fist with his hand, unphased by its prior attack.
Han Yi also thought it to be quite alarming; the two took a moment to regain their normal mood before they shifted their eyes upward, looking to see a reaction from the Grand Preceptor. However, as they both did this, they showed solemn looks as they saw he remained quiet as if the world below had nothing to do with him.
"This... what's going on? They have a complete advantage; why would he possibly stay back and just keep watching from afar? Does he have the utmost confidence that his men can defeat the rest of the Weaver Enclave's forces?" Han Yi asked with an odd look on his face.
Bai Zan's eyes scanned the surroundings; she inspected Feng Yu's battlefields and the others before shifting her sights onto the crowd around them.
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ing for a while, she noticed that the Grand Preceptors' eyes were coldly scanning the audience. As if she suddenly realized something, her eyes widened as she thought to herself.
'Wait, could it be that he's waiting for something... no, someone?'
When Bai Zan thought here, she felt it to be logical and reasonable; hence there would have been no reason for someone as powerful to remain on the sidelines. She suddenly felt a surge of anticipation as she hoped that it was as she had foreshadowed.
Back within the vicinity of the core battle, Melcraze and Entoph stared at Liao Xinyan with a shocked expression. Never did they expect him to have such kind of power.
"You actually hid your strength?" Melcraze asked in shock.
Entoph also looked at Liao Xinyan as if looking at a monster.
"Well, isn't it obvious?" Liao Xinyan said as his body slowly rose from the ground as the world's forces allowed him to take flight.
Though both Melcraze and Entoph were surprised, they didn't dare to lose sight of their most important goals. They quickly regained their calm as they controlled the puppet allowing its true soul qi to increase tremulously.
"Hmph! Don't get cheeky because of your strength; you should know the difference between each cycle boy." Entoph said as he glared at Liao Xinyan.
"Say that again once you've actually achieved my realm," Liao Xinyan said as he looked at Entoph with disregard, he naturally took any chances he could to draw out the conversation.
'That dumb idiot, can't he see that he's trying to let us use up our energies? He's even trying to let those two get out of range! Such a fool!'
Melcraze thought as he glared at Entoph, who was falling to the enemy's pace. He even noticed that both Master Duan and Wan Ru were retreating towards Feng Yu and the others.
'I won't let it happen!'
With those thoughts in mind, without even a word of warning, he made a hand sign. This caused the giant mummy to vanish as it appeared high above Liao Xinyan.
Liao Xinyan narrowed his eyes as he saw this; he thought it was about to attack him. Still, suddenly, his eyes widened as he saw the mummy opening both its palms towards two different directions.
"No one will leave, Synchro Sorcery - Tomb of Caskets!"
In this instance, the giant mummy absorbed an astonishing amount of half step true soul qi from both Melcraze and Entoph. Entoph, not expecting such a change, frowned as he glared at Melcraze.
'That son of a bitch, Melcraze! How dare he use my energy without asking?'
He thought as he prepared to curse at him, but as he noticed the retreating figures, his eyes flickered with realization.
In the second that the giant mummy held its arms to the side and pulled away a large chunk of power from the two Crypt Sorcerers, a giant sphere appeared around their entire vicinity, reaching as far as a dozen meters.
'This... it looks like they're not so stupid after all!'
Liao Xinyan thought to himself as he saw the current scene. He didn't try to prevent it as he knew it had already completed the technique.
Rumble! The earth shook as a series of walls rose from the ground; it ascended from the edge of the sphere before completely merging at the top, sealing off all exits.
A series of lights lit up within this space, which oddly enough resembled an ancient tomb, one filled with a few dozens of erected coffins, each of which gave off a dominating aura.
Crack! The coffins soon broke to pieces much like eggs as a series of sinister roars sounded, followed by the appearance of more mummies that are emanated a dense warrior realm battle qi.
"Master Duan, it doesn't look like we'll be able to lend a hand to those kids."
Wan Ru said as her palms started to move around each other as if she was kneading something.
Glancing at Wan Ru, who now had a small glowing pill in her palms with rich essence energies, Master Duan placed his palms together as his eyes shone with a black and white light respectively as he replied, "So it would seem."
The two conjuring their powers once more as the silhouettes of dozens of mummies swarmed towards them in bundles, moving with rapid speeds as they prepared to clash in a fierce battle.
Liao Xinyan was about to help, but before he could move, he saw a bundle of sinister cloth with wailing ghosts wriggling from it wrapping around him in a sphere-like manner, reach as far as a few meters wide.
"Synchro Sorcery - Soul Binding Sphere!"
The voices of Melcraze and Entoph said after finishing another technique, one which seemed to be more instant compared to the former.
"Che! So they can cast two spells at once, so troublesome. Shatter into pieces, Thousand Thread Array!" Liao Xinyan said from one said as he tried to escape the sphere.
He waved his hand, causing the floating golden rings to scatter in all directions as they glowed in blood-red lights. They then spun before firing what seemed like an endless amount of blood-red threads, which moved like rays of light before they crashed into the walls of the sphere.
However, many different souls would wriggle back and forth as they made painful cries due to the continuous bombardment of endless thread rays. Still, as if they were nothing more than shields for the sphere, they waited before vanishing into nothingness as more replaced them.
"They're just like turtles, hmph! This technique must use quite a bit of energy; they'll surely run out if they intend to keep me here for long." Liao Xinyan said as he continued his relentless assault.
Entoph and Melcraze looked at the scene from the giant mummy's top, whose arms faced the direction of Liao Xinyan. Both of its palms glowed in bright lights as it forced the sphere of cloth to resist the attacks.
"We can't keep up like this; even though this Tomb Solider is at the peak of the First Cycle of True Soul realm, we can’t properly control its strength. If it goes like this, he'll break through the moment our energies deplete," Entoph said with a hint of concern in his eyes; he could feel that Liao Xinyan was slightly more powerful than the giant mummy.
Melcraze made a deep look as he replied, "It doesn't matter; we only need to hold them down, leave the rest to the Crypt Child."
Entoph nodded with understanding remembering their role again; he no longer complained as he pushed more of his energies into the giant mummy along with Melcraze as they fought in a stalemate.
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As Liao Xinyan, Master Duan, and Wan Ru fought against Melcraze, Entoph, and the horde of mummies from the strange tomb surrounding them, Feng Yu and the others were about to undergo a struggle of their own.
"Everyone, watch out!" Feng Yu yelled as he saw the incoming foe, his hair raising as his body erupted in a scarlet fire, showing his fake bloodline prestige.
Leon, Myria, Dai Lin, Pan Mang, and the others also readied themselves, their auras rising as they entered their various battle states. Suddenly, as if the danger had fully arrived, a grim voice sounded above everyone before a shocking change.
"Rise and awaken, Azger the Mighty!"
As the voice sounded, the giant casket with the symbol (四) etched on its surface fell before Feng Yu and the others. With a bang, the concrete floor burst apart as the casket glowed in brilliant lights, far different from the color shown by that used by Melcraze and Entoph.
Rumble! The casket door shifted to the side, causing a bright light to shine from behind it, shrouding a silhouette whose voice soon after sounded across this part of the battlefield.
"I hear and obey."
Following the voice, the lights faded to reveal not a mummified corpse but a fierce-looking man with a robust build, garbed in ancient times light armor. His torso mostly bare as his feet wore sandals; he held a halberd in one arm with his arms and legs were bandaged by a black cloth.
After Azger appeared, Kazak then landed at his side, his tomb-pattered fluttering lightly as his short black hair flowed softly. He stared at Feng Yu and the others with his unusual black pupils with glowing skull symbols, zoning in onto He Xiu as he spoke in a cool tone.<
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"You're coming with me, as for the others, fufu... you will all die here."
With those words of the challenge said, Kazak's body erupted with powerful dark energy. If inspecting him briefly, he would seem no different from a standard Seventh Tier Warrior Realm practitioner, but the presence coming from his entirety was no different from someone at Tier Seventh.
As for Azger, his body emanated a powerful presence, one that was comparable to his master. When Feng Yu and the others saw this, their faces sunk as they knew that things wouldn't be easy anymore.
'This guy... his power is likely at the low ranges of Third Layer Battle Prestige. As for that summon, I don’t know why, but even for a summon his imposing manner doesn’t seem to be of the standard. I sense that he might be more dangerous than his master himself. Tsk, so troubling, we can't fight them using normal means, they might even be able to exchange normal blows with an actual True Soul realm, even if for a short duration.'
As Feng Yu's thoughts reached here, he couldn't help but look at them with even more concern; he gripped his fist tightly, concealing his golden feather.
'Must I use a of it here? If I do, I won’t have another trump card of this scale for a while, not until I revisit the clan, or enter a new mystic realm.'
Feng Yu was currently stuck in a dilemma as he pondered his choices; Dai Lin and the others also had stern and contemplative looks.
Kazak was still pushing out his overwhelming power, mixed with even Azger's, but Feng Yu, who stood within it, soon noticed something strange.
'Huh? What's going on here? Both he and that summon is stronger than us, but why can't I feel any oppression?' Feng Yu contemplated as he now found their situation a bit strange.
Quickly, he turned his attention to everyone and noticed that they, too, had seen this fact. As if Myria just sensed it, she glanced at Feng Yu and sent a mental message, "Young master, there's another power."
Before Feng Yu could even react, a ring on Pan Mang's finger glowed in bright lights before a familiar silhouette appeared from it. This person was similarly at the First Tier of Warrior realm; his imposing manner was no inferior to Kazaks.
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