Dragon Prince Yuan c1-1251

by Translator: Yeow

  The figure was sent flying while vomiting blood, leaving a long mark on the ground as he slid across the stone stage. He was clearly in an exceptionally sorry state.

  “Heh heh, Han Yan, is that all you have?”

  A participant from Lu Hong’s faction sneered as he sent out a bunch. Genesis Qi surged and roared, shredding through the air with a shrill noise as it viciously blasted towards the figure.

  Han Yan rolled to his feet as he hastily crossed his arms in front of him, while Genesis Qi poured out to protect his body.

  Thump!

  The blast struck his arms, causing his body to jerk violently, as his entire body was sent sliding backwards once again. His arms looked somewhat twisted, a sign that he had clearly sustained heavy injuries.

  Urgh

  Yet another mouthful of blood hurled out from his mouth.

  Han Yan’s face was covered in blood, but he merely wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth without a word, a fierce glint still shining in his eyes as he glared at the two figures to his front.

  They were the two participants from Lu Hong’s faction.

  Up against two opponents, it was obvious that he had soon fallen into a disadvantage.

  The two disciples from Lu Hong’s faction stared at Han Yan like cats toying with a mouse. It was impossible for someone like him to contend against the two of them alone.

  While Han Yan was wiping away the blood on his face, another figure landed behind him, and stumbled to his side.

  The petite little figure naturally belonged to Han Yu.

  However, she was currently not in a much better state than Han Yan. The other two disciples from Lu Hong’s faction grinned from ear to ear as they moved to surround the two siblings, ensuring that they would not be able to escape.

  Han Yan gazed at Han Yu and asked with a bitter smile, “Are you alright?”

  Han Yu gritted her teeth and shook her head.

  “Looks like the two of alone won’t be able to stop the four of them.” Han Yan sighed. Both of them had done their best, but the outcome was evidently not as good as expected.

  “Let’s persevere a little longer. Zhou Yuan is dueling with Wu Hai, and I heard that he previously defeated the latter before. If he attains victory again this time, he will be able to come to our aid. When that happens, a three versus four scenario will be much easier than now.”

  Han Yu shook her head when she heard this, her lips curling as she said, “You’re placing your hopes on him? Zhou Yuan only managed to defeat Wu Hai previously because the latter was careless, and would definitely not give Zhou Yuan the same chance in a match like this. So stop deluding yourself that we’ll eventually receive support.”

  Han Yan was a little speechless, a pained look visible on his face. In the end, he took in a deep breath and said, “I’ll force open a gap for you, while you will run as fast as you can. Don’t try and take them on directly, and delay them as long as you can.”

  Han Yu bit her lips, her eyes filled with unwillingness. She knew that Han Yan would likely immediately come under focus fire when he did so. When that happened, he would not only suffer more, but also be eliminated.

  “You’re faster than me, and more suited to delaying them. It’s decided then.” Han Yan waved his hand, his tone firm.

  Han Yu gritted her teeth even harder as she reluctantly nodded.

  Boom!

  Vigorous Genesis Qi zoomed out from the top of Han Yan’s head, reaching nearly a thousand feet. It quickly split into four torrents that transformed into glowing Genesis Qi seals and whizzed towards the four figures.

  This was basically an all or nothing attack. He had squeezed out every drop of power he had left, making it an especially ferocious sight.

  Hence, even Lu Hong’s four disciples were a little taken aback. Genesis Qi rose around them, accompanied by sharp whistles as they met the attack head on.

  Rumble!

  While the Genesis Qi collided, Han Yan sternly shouted, “Go!”

  Han Yu did not dare to waste the opportunity Han Yan had given everything to create. Genesis Qi surged as her figure transformed into a blur that swiftly shot forth.

  Bzzbzz!

  The four torrents of Genesis Qi only lasted for a few dozen breaths, before Han Yan’s Genesis Qi shattered. Follow up attacks rapidly arrived, blasting onto his body.

  The stone stage crumbled, burying Han Yan’s figure in the rubble. He violently spat out mouthfuls of blood, evidently gravely injured and very close to being eliminated.

  Han Yu’s eyes turned red when she saw this from the corner of her eye. However, she did not dare to pause, Genesis Qi throttling even harder in her body as she raised her speed to the limits.

  However, just as she was about to dash into the mist, Genesis Qi rippled in front of her and a figure appeared like a phantom, blocking her path.

  An ice-cold mocking laughter was transmitted into her ears, “You’re pretty quick, but unfortunately not as quick as me!”

  The figure was revealed to be one of the four participants from Lu Hong’s faction.

  He smiled coldly as he stared at Han Yu, while his figure rapidly closed in like a phantom. A hand reached out like an eagle’s claw, sinister sword aura flowing upon it as it grabbed Han Yu’s throat.

  Han Yu’s body turned rigid, as she gritted her teeth and viciously glared at the person before her. However, powerlessness and disappointment also appeared in her eyes.

  “Still not going to admit defeat? Although I won’t destroy a flower like you, if you really force my hand, it won’t end well for you either.” The disciple said with a wide grin.

  In the distance, the other three disciples also laughed mockingly when they saw this.

  They turned towards the heavily injured Han Yin in the rubble and said, “Hoping to stall the four of us with just the two of you? Aren’t you guys looking down on us too much?”

  Han Yan’s body was drenched in blood as he powerlessly lay on the ground. He could only let out a bitter laugh when he saw the now captured Han Yu. They had already done their best. He hoped that senior sister Lu Yan and the rest had managed to defeat Yuan Hong by now...

  Outside the chief disciple peak, numerous disciples burst out in to noise when they saw that Han Yan and Han Yu had been captured.

  Lu Song’s disciples had ugly looks on their faces, while elder Lu Song was frowning. Though he had long anticipated this result, Lu Hong’s disciples were going a little overboard.

  In contrast, Lu Hong’s faction were loudly cheering, the awkward and stifling atmosphere from before due to Wu Hai’s defeat had been swept away completely. They knew that once these four senior brothers were free, Zhou Yuan will no longer be able to make any splashes.

  All of the face their faction lost previously would definitely be taken back from Zhou Yuan later on.

  Lu Hong’s stern and frosty expression eased slightly at this moment. His gaze turned towards the other two factions as he let out an icy chuckle.

  ...

  “Concede junior sister Han Yu.”

  The disciple from Lu Hong’s faction smiled as he stared at the unresigned Han Yu, before he playfully said, “Junior sister Han Yu may commit my name to memory. I am Chen Gong, and I welcome junior sister to come seek guidance from me any time if you’re unwilling to accept this defeat.”

  “However, there’s no time for such things now…”

  Genesis Qi frantically gathered on his other hand. In the end, he threw a punch, clearly intending on first seriously injuring Han Yu to cripple her battle power.

  As Han Yu gazed at the incoming attack, she closed her eyes in despair.

  Boom!

  However, just as Chen Gong’s blow was about to hit his target, his brows suddenly furrowed slightly. He seemed to have heard the faint sound of rushing wind.

  The sound was extremely faint, but a split second later, it suddenly exploded like thunder above him.

  The mist above was abruptly torn open.

/>   An ethereal figure swiftly descended, vigorous Genesis Qi erupting as jade light flowed on its body. The figure pulsed with terrifying power, ramming into Chen Gong’s body before he could come back to his senses like a swift and deadly thunderbolt.

  Swish!

  Everyone could only watch as Chen Gong’s figure fell from the sky like a cannonball. He was ultimately stomped into the stone stage, causing dust to rise as the entire stage slowly began to crack open.

  This scene instantly gave rise to thunderous cries of alarm.

  On the stone stage, the expressions of the other three disciples from Lu Hong’s faction changed rapidly. Genesis Qi drummed through the air, blowing away the dust. Next, they saw Chen Gong’s body lying amidst the rubble in a very sorry state indeed.

  A figure was stepping on Chen Gong’s body.

  Gaze after gaze looked over, only to be startled.

  The three disciples from Lu Hong’s faction cried out in unison, “Zhou Yuan?!”

  In the air, Han Yu was still a little dazed. All she had seen previously was a blur from the corner of her eye, before Chen Gong was sent hurtling downwards...

  She slowly lowered her head, and saw the youthful figure stepping on Chen Gong’s body below. Her mouth hung slightly ajar as she mumbled to herself in disbelief, “...Zhou Yuan?”

  She never imagined that Zhou Yuan would be the one to appear at the final juncture to save her.

  “Zhou Yuan, get off him!” The three disciples angrily shouted, the rising Genesis Qi around them locking onto Zhou Yuan.

  However, Zhou Yuan paid no heed to them. He merely lowered his head to gaze at Chen Gong. The latter’s entire face was a bloody mess, but he still managed to viciously stare at the former and roar, “You dare to attack me from behind! You’re dead meat!”

  Zhou Yuan’s chuckled, before he raised his leg with an indifferent look in his eyes.

  “You should also remember my name… if there’s time in the future, feel free to come to me for some guidance.”

  Next, Genesis Qi swirled around his foot as he ruthlessly stomped at Chen Gong’s face.

  Thud!

  The ground below shattered as Chen Gong was directly knocked unconsciously.

  The faces of the three disciples nearby turned ashen.

  Zhou Yuan patted his hands together as he lifted his head and grinned at them. “Three left...”

  Chapter 464 Gradually Turning the Tables

  Outside the chief disciple peak, countless individuals were dumbstruck as they stared at the young figure standing on Chen Gong’s body, unable to stop themselves from swallowing repeatedly.

  No one had expected Zhou Yuan to suddenly appear at this juncture.

  In that split second earlier, his falling figure had been akin to an almighty god descending onto the mortal realm.

  Phew.

  At the sight of this scene, Shen Taiyuan silently breathed a sigh of relief. If Han Yu had also been eliminated, Zhou Yuan would have to face four opponents by himself, which was undoubtedly a very disadvantageous scenario.

  Zhou Yuan’s sneak attack had been both extremely decisive and swift as thunder. He had struck at the most timing, leaving Chen Gong almost no time to respond. As a result, the attack had been overwhelmingly successful, resulting in the latter being knocked unconscious and eliminated.

  There was naturally no one who would fault Zhou Yuan for his sneak attack in a battle like this. The other party had the numbers advantage after all, and choosing to take them on directly would only be foolish.

  “Him again!” Lu Hong’s expression darkened. The two disciples from Lu Song’s faction had been moments away from being eliminated, but Zhou Yuan just had to barge in and make a mess. Lu Hong needed no reminder about how vile this felt.

  He did not know why, but Lu Hong kept feeling that when the situation looked to be headed towards certain victory, Zhou Yuan’s appearance would somehow tilt things a little off course.

  “Tch, how can it be? Does he think he can reverse the situation with his abilities? Who the hell does he think he is?!”

  However, such thoughts were immediately thrown out by Lu Hong as he snorted disdainfully. It was clearly impossible for him to admit that Zhou Yuan possessed such capabilities.

  In the face of the absolute advantage they had, Zhou Yuan was merely akin to a mantis trying to push a cart!

  “Humph, I’ll let you be happy for now. When my faction becomes the master faction of Saint Genesis Peak, I will naturally make all of you suffer.”

  With a stormy look on his face, Lu Hong began to think of how he would repay these debts in the future. Once they became the master faction, his status would be the highest in Saint Genesis Peak. When that happened, it would be an easy matter for him to cut and shrink the cultivation resources of the other two factions.

  He was already itching to find out what Zhou Yuan could do without the support of sufficient cultivation resources.

  Humph. So what if you’re a genius, I’ll make you understand that if you chose the wrong team, even a genius will end up as a dusty pearl that will never see the light of day!

  ...

  On the stone stage.

  The three disciples from Lu Hong’s faction stared at Zhou Yuan with ugly expressions. Soon after, they took in a deep breath as a serious look gradually emerged in their eyes.

  Zhou Yuan’s sudden appearance had indeed been out of their expectations.

  The first to speak was a disciple called Chu Yang, whose strength was second only to Yuan Hong in Lu Hong’s faction. He darkly stared at Zhou Yuan as he demanded in a low voice, “Where’s Wu Hai?”

  Zhou Yuan lowered his head to look at the unconscious Chen Gong, before lifting his head and replying in an offhand manner, “Eliminated.”

  The pupils of the Chu Yang trio shrank slightly. Wu Hai was not weaker than them, and yet he had fallen so quickly by Zhou Yuan’s hands? They knew full well that after being defeated by Zhou Yuan previously, Wu Hai would definitely not underestimate his opponent this time.

  In other words, Zhou Yuan had beaten Wu Hai in a direct clash.

  If so, they could not afford to underestimate him either.

  A petite figure landed beside Zhou Yuan, as Han Yu cast a complicated glance at him. She had likewise not expected that the one to save her would be the same person she had zero expectations since the beginning.

  Zhou Yuan did a quick sweep of her and asked, “Are you alright?”

  Han Yu nodded. “I can still fight.”

  “That’s good.” Zhou Yuan nodded, before casting a glance at the unconscious Han Yan. Due to the heavy injuries he had sustained, he was basically out of the fight.

  Han Yu hesitated for a moment, before she asked, “What do we do next?”

  Zhou Yuan had dealt Wu Hai and crushed Chen Gong in the blink of an eye, saving her in the process. Han Yu obviously no longer dared to show the same neglect towards him.

  “What else can we do… we’ll fight.” Zhou Yuan chuckled.

  Although Han Yan had been eliminated, the odds were slowly turning in their favor. After all, there were only three participants left on the other side.

  “What big words!” Chu Yang could not help but let out an icy laugh upon hearing Zhou Yuan’s words. “Though I do not know how you defeated Wu Hai, we will not make the same mistake.”

  “Junior brother Zhu Qing, you deal with Han Yu, while junior brother Liu Xiang and I will work together to finish off Zhou Yuan!” Said Chu Yang in a low voice. The truth was that he had already felt their advantage being slowly nibbled away, all because they had underestimated Zhou Yuan. If they had left two more people behind with Wu Hai previously, Zhou Yuan would have likely been eliminated long ago.

  Hence, he no longer had any intentions of taking on Zhou Yuan alone. What they needed to do now was to concentrate their forces, and expel this uncertainty factor called Zhou Yuan from the chief disciple peak.

  The other two nodded, as they carefully watched Zhou Yu
an and Han Yu.

  Worry rose in Han Yu’s eyes as she softly said, “The two of them have trained together for many years, and are extremely compatible in both Genesis Qi and Genesis techniques. Their teamwork will likely be flawless, making them very challenging to deal with. Will you be okay?”

  Though Zhou Yuan had defeated Wu Hai, neither Chu Yang nor Liu Xiang was weather than the former. Most importantly, they were especially good at joint attacks, and their combined might would surely be greater than the sum of their parts.

  Zhou Yuan merely smiled when he heard this, before he said to Han Yu, “You should be careful. If you’re no match for your opponent, just try to stall for time.”

  As his voice faded, his figure had already dashed away.

  Chu Yang and Liu Xiang let out an icy chuckle when they saw this. Their figures also shot forward a split second later, chasing Zhou Yuan.

  Han Yu watched the three figures disappear into the mist as the expression in her eyes grew increasingly complicated. By drawing away the strongest two, he had undoubtedly eased the pressure on her.

  “Zhou Yuan, please persevere a little longer. When I’m done here, I’ll go help you straight away!”

  A solemn look filled her eyes. As she stared at the remaining disciple, Genesis Qi began to rise around her body.

  ...

  “Wow, he’s quite the bold one. To think that he would dare to face the two of them alone.” High up in the sky, Chu Qing could not help but chuckle in surprise when he saw the scene of Zhou Yuan drawing away the two disciples.

  “He’s merely a reckless fool.” Remarked Kong Sheng in an indifferent manner.

  He had heard of Chu Yang and Liu Xiang before. They seemed to have an extremely good relationship ever since joining the sect. Hence, their teamwork had always been exceptional when paired together.

  With the two of them joining hands against Zhou Yuan, there would naturally no longer be any variables.

  Chu Qing lazily said with a smile, “Junior brother Kong Sheng, haven’t you realized that the five disciples from Lu Hong’s side are gradually losing their initial advantage?”