The several hundred Genesis Peak disciples released angry roars, as if spitting out all of the sullenness from earlier. Though they felt Saint Genesis Peak declaring war on Sword Cometh Peak was akin to smashing a rock with an egg, they were unafraid. As long as chief disciple Zhou Yuan did not back down, they would naturally follow his lead.
Several hundred disciples dashed in all directions, pouncing at the Sword Cometh Peak disciples.
The sky was a chaotic mess for a time.
Zhou Yuan’s gaze turned towards the nearby Tuntun, glaring at it as he said, “Are you still not going to help, if you keep skiving, I’ll starve you for a few days!”
Although he had left Tuntun behind, he had clearly underestimated the little fellow. Without him and Yaoyao around, Zhou Tai and the rest were completely incapable of making it move.
Even when it did take action, it would do so in the laziest of manners. If not, the likes of Zhong Yun and the rest would not have dared to come so near.
Only after being threatened by Zhou Yuan, did Tuntun finally release a roar. It shot Zhou Yuan an dissatisfied look, before transforming into a flash of scarlet light as it shot into the midst of the thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples.
When it passed by, the leaderless disciples were rapidly defeated one after another.
As such, nearly ninety percent of the Sword Cometh Peak disciples were captured in time it took to burn half an incense stick, only a few of the quicker and luckier ones able to escape.
Zhou Yuan only gave orders, and did not participate in the action, because he knew that Saint Genesis Peak’s morale was currently very low and a battle like this was exactly what they needed to recover.
On the island, numerous Saint Genesis Peak disciples were keeping watch over the captured Sword Cometh Peak disciples. Although the former had sustained some injuries, all of them were clearly rather excited, a complete contrast from the depressing mood they were in earlier.
Zhou Tai, Lu Yan and Zhang Yan sighed deeply when they saw this. A chief disciples was indeed the pillar of support for the many disciples. When Zhou Yuan was absent, it had been impossible for them to cheer up the disciples no matter how hard they tried.
And now, the morale began to rise once more the moment he appeared.
“Junior brother Zhou Yuan, how shall we deal with them?” Asked Zhou Tai.
Zhou Yuan cast a glance at the prisoners and said, “Take away their Genesis essence and then break their seals to eliminate them.”
Every disciple would be branded with a seal when they entered the Genesis reservoir. The seal would protect them once from a fatal attack, but also send them out of the reservoir once activated.
Zhou Tai was a little alarmed by this, because it would be akin to completely falling out with Sword Cometh Peak.
Zhou Yuan knew what the former was thinking and calmly said, “Sword Cometh Peak has already left us no choice. Since this is the case, we’ll openly do battle with them.”
Zhou Tai, Zhang Yan and Lu Yan looked at each other as they gritted their teeth and nodded. Sword Cometh Peak had indeed made things clear, and would not relent so easily.
Since the other party wasn’t going to show any mercy, they did not need to be polite either.
Hence, the Zhou Tai trio turned around and forcefully nodded at the numerous Saint Genesis Peak disciples.
In the next instant, blast after blast of Genesis Qi exploded. The angry curses from the Sword Cometh Peak disciples were completely useless as they were swept up one after another by rays of light and thrown out of the reservoir.
Zhou Yuan’s gaze swept across the area, before he looked at the excited Saint Genesis Peak disciples and slowly said, “We’ve caused quite a huge loss to Sword Cometh Peak, so they’ll most likely send all their forces to surround and wipe us out next.”
The numerous disciples fell silent, but their burning gazes remained fixed on Zhou Yuan.
“Are you guys afraid?” Asked Zhou Yuan.
The disciples looked at each other as they broke into grins and said, “We’re basically akin to a broken jar anyways, and have nothing to lose. Worst comes to worst, we’ll give up on this Genesis reservoir ceremony.”
They had already figured things out. Rather than repeated giving in at every corner, and ending up with barely anything, why not happily duke it out instead. At least it’ll tell that other peaks that though Saint Genesis Peak was weak, they were not easy targets!
A sliver of gratification flitted across Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he nodded.
“Since you’re afraid, let’s have a real brawl with Sword Cometh Peak this time…”
…
On the giant island that was currently Sword Cometh Peak’s base of operations.
Baili Che’s face filled with shock when he saw the hundred miserably escaping Sword Cometh Peak disciples. Soon after, fire began spouting from his eyes as he angrily demanded, “What’s going on? Where’s Zhong Yun?!”
A disciple wailed, “Chief disciple, it’s Zhou Yuan. Senior brother Zhong Yun was injured by him, while the other senior brothers were eliminated from the ceremony!”
Baili Che’s complexion turned ashen as he suddenly punched at the boulder beside him, instantly shattering it. Losing several hundred disciples all of a sudden was a very substantial loss!
“What the hell was Zhong Yun doing?! I only asked him to watch Saint Genesis Peak, so why did he go so close?!” Baili Che was furious. “Although Saint Genesis Peak is weak, they still have Zhou Xiaoyao, Zhou Yuan and that mysterious little creature. Why did Zhong Yun dare to approach with a mere thousand disciples?”
The disciple answered, “Zhou Yuan and Zhou Xiaoyao did not show themselves for several days. Senior brother Zhong Yun suspected there was something amiss and thus took the risk to investigate. In hindsight, this was likely all part of Zhou Yuan’s scheme!”
Baili Che’s expression darkened. “How vicious of him!“
The fact that Zhou Yuan had shown no hesitation in order the elimination of their Sword Cometh Peak disciples showed that things were already beyond reconcilable.
Numerous Sword Cometh Peak disciples were rushing over at this moment, anger clearly stirring within them due to hearing the news.
“How dare he!”
“Saint Genesis Peak is way too arrogant, to think that they even dare to eliminate our Sword Cometh Peak disciples!”
“We need to teach them a proper lesson!”
“Right, we can no longer tolerate their actions!”
“……”
The Sword Cometh Peak disciples were filled with rage. Due to Sword Cometh Peak’s rise in power over the past few years, many disciples had developed dominant characters, and were naturally unable to accept that even Saint Genesis Peak dared to commit such an act against them.
The disciples that had escaped gritted their teeth and said, “Zhou Yuan also left a message for us. He said that Saint Genesis Peak has declared war on our Sword Cometh Peak!”
*Uproar*!
These words made all of the Sword Cometh Peak disciples burst out into angry laughter.
A mere Saint Genesis Peak with their few hundred disciples actually dared to declare war? This was the joke of the century!
Baili Che was also laughing. Soon after, he chillingly said, “Chief disciple Zhou Yuan really does not know what’s good for him.”
“I originally wanted to give them a little more time, but from the looks of it, since they’re spitting at our kind gesture, don’t blame us for not leaving them any dignity!”
He took in a deep breath as a piercing look rose in his eyes.
“Send out the signal to notify the two Chosens and the other teams out hunting Genesis essence.”
“Since Saint Genesis Peak dares to declare war on us…”
“We’ll kick them out of the reservoir!”
Towards the end, Baili Che’s voice was already shaking with murder.
Chapter 519 Sword Cometh Peak’s Army
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nbsp; Barely any time had passed since Baili Che sent out the signal, before teams of Sword Cometh Peak disciples began to endlessly stream in from all directions. News that nearly a thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples had been eliminated by Saint Genesis Peak soon spread, causing the entire island to be filled with angry presences for a time.
No one had expected the very same Saint Genesis Peak that they had collected a protection fee from last year, to actually dare to declare war on them.
Just how arrogant was this?
Did Zhou Yuan really believe defeating Yuan Hong and obtaining the chief disciple position would put them on the same level as Sword Cometh Peak?
All of the Sword Cometh Peak disciples were calling for Saint Genesis Peak to pay a painful price for their chief disciple’s arrogance.
Under this atmosphere, Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu also returned with their teams.
Atop a certain mountain on the giant island.
Zhao Zhu rested his arm on the pummel of the sword hanging from his waist, while wearing a mocking smile on his face. Beside him, an expressionless Kong Sheng was gazing at the numerous angry Sword Cometh Peak disciples.
“This junior brother Zhou Yuan of ours… I don’t know about his ability, but his balls are likely the largest in the Cangxuan Sect.” Said Zhao Zhu with a smile, though his tone was filled with ridicule.
Kong Sheng calmly said, “Losing nearly a thousand disciples all at once will lower our Genesis essence collecting substantially.”
He paused for a moment, before he said with a pause between each word, “Zhou Yuan really does not understand the rules.”
In his view, Zhou Yuan should never have eliminated the Sword Cometh Peak disciples. The former could have instead used them as hostages to secure certain conditions.
Although all of it would ultimately be taken back with interest.
“He’s truly an ignorant fool.” Zhao Zhu stabbed the tip of his sword into the ground as he smiled. His smile gave off an aura of extreme danger.
“Now that they’ve declared war on our Sword Cometh Peak… what should we do?”
Kong Sheng turned his head to look at Baili Che and said, “Gather the disciples and consolidate our forces. Since they dare to declare war on us, we’ll show them just how laughable they are.”
“I will make Zhou Yuan the biggest joke in this Genesis reservoir ceremony.”
His voice remained calm till the end, but everyone could feel the chillingly icy aura flowing within it.
It made Zhao Zhu and Baili Che jump a little in fear. They knew that Sword Cometh Peak’s number one Chosen had finally been angered by the foolish Zhou Yuan.
…
The gathering Sword Cometh Peak disciples naturally caused quite a disturbance that was quickly sensed by the other peaks. They reacted immediately by sending out disciples to scout for information.
Every single one of the other five peaks were shocked when they heard the chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak had declared war on Sword Cometh Peak.
“Is Zhou Yuan crazy?”
“What chance do those few hundred disciples possibly have against Sword Cometh Peak?”
“Even though there’s Zhou Xiaoyao, what can a single person possibly do to change the situation?”
“Looks like Saint Genesis Peak intends on throwing it all away…”
“……”
The disciples from the various peaks shook their heads and sighed. After all, no one had expected the new chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak to be so unyielding. However, no matter how unyielding he was, he should have first looked at the difference in strength between them.
Since both sides were obviously not on the same level, Zhou Yuan was essentially asking for trouble.
On Snow Lotus Peak’s island, Li Qingchan’s eyebrows knitted together when she heard the news as she muttered, “What is Zhou Yuan doing?”
Saint Genesis Peak’s overall strength was far lower than Sword Cometh Peak’s. If they were to clash directly, it would most certainly be akin to smashing a rock with an egg.
Even Yaoyao and Tuntun would only be able to hold off Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu, while the rest of the Sword Cometh Peak would instantly crush Saint Genesis Peak’s disciples...
She could not wrap her head around why Zhou Yuan would declare war like this.
Wasn’t it better to drag for time while Sword Cometh Peak’s attention was somewhere else… Sword Cometh Peak was now so angry that they had even thrown aside gathering Genesis essence, and were clearly intent on finishing off Saint Genesis Peak first.
Things were obviously going to become very dangerous for Saint Genesis Peak in the face of Sword Cometh Peak’s entire army.
Li Qingchan was not the only Chosen who was paying attention to this matter, as the Chosens from the other peaks had also cast their gazes over. Of course, they were more interested in Zhou Xiaoyao. She was after all the most mysterious existence in the Cangxuan Sect.
When the two peaks clashed, Kong Sheng would definitely exchange blows with her, allowing them an opportunity to gauge her abilities.
As such, while the Sword Cometh Peak army was heading out, the other peaks also sent out some disciples to observe...
The imminent clash of the two peaks quickly became the focal point of the Genesis reservoir ceremony.
…
On Saint Genesis Peak’s island.
Zhou Yuan was seated on a boulder by the sea, while Yaoyao stood behind him carrying Tuntun.
A scout hurriedly flew over as his voice rang out, “Chief disciple, the Sword Cometh Peak disciples have already assembled and can come at us at any time!”
The other disciples began to stir restlessly upon hearing this, but slowly calmed down when they saw Zhou Yuan’s calm expression.
Zhou Yuan nodded, acknowledging the message, before he turned towards the other disciples and said, “Although we are not as strong as Sword Cometh Peak, we’ll at least show the other peaks that our bones are very hard.”
“If they want to bite us, they’ll have to pay the price.”
Zhou Yuan’s calm voice was tinged with a wolf-like viciousness.
The other disciples nodded as fierce looks appeared in their eyes. Since there was no way out, they no longer had any reason to be intimidated by Sword Cometh Peak. In any case, this was already the worst possible situation.
“Junior brother Zhou Yuan, go ahead and instruct us how we should fight. Although we’ll soon be eliminated, we’ll at least drag some of them along with us.” Zhou Tai gritted his teeth.
He was ready to go down fighting.
Zhang Yan, Lu Yan and the rest nodded in agreement, revealing their ferocity as they rubbed their palms together.
Zhou Yuan merely chuckled when he saw this. He knew that with the exception of himself and Yaoyao, even Zhou Tai and the others did not feel that they had any chance of winning.
“Let’s reorganize first. When Sword Cometh Peak appears, follow my commands.”
He raised his head and gazed at the horizon, where dark clouds seemed to be gathering. A storm was brewing.
Time quietly flowed.
As the atmosphere on the island grew increasingly tense, all of the disciples calibrated their conditions to ensure that they would be in peak state when the fighting began.
At a certain moment
The surrounding Genesis Qi stealthily began to boil.
Seated on a rock, Zhou Yuan opened his eyes and calmly said, “They’re here.”
Every disciple’s expression changed slightly as they raised their heads and peered into the distance. Countless glowing figures began to appear at the edge of the sea, seemingly covering the sky as they flew towards the island.
This astonishing scene was accompanied by a terrifying pressure.
The sea began to churn as towering waves rose.
Sword Cometh Peak was here.
Chapter 520 Sword Cometh Peak Besieges the Island
On the Saint Genesis Peak island.
Nearly ten thousand figures ultimately came to a stop some distance from the island, as countless piercing gazes shot towards the island, creating an alarming pressure.
On the island, the few hundred Saint Genesis Peak disciples nervously gazed at the great army. The other side’s numbers were far too great, making it feel as if there was no end to them at a glance.
Cold sweat emerged on everyone’s palms. When had the declining Saint Genesis Peak ever seen such a line-up?
Fortunately for them, Zhou Yuan was standing on a boulder in front of everyone, his calm face seemingly possessing a unique power that gradually calmed the hearts of the flustered disciples.
Zhou Yuan lifted his head, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked towards the crazy number of Sword Cometh Peak disciples. He could also see a few figures even further away, who were most likely disciples from the other peaks that had come to observe.
While Zhou Yuan swept his gaze across the place, three figures flew out from the giant army of disciples and stopped some distance in front of them. It was Kong Sheng, Zhao Zhu and Baili Che.
Kong Sheng cast his indifferent gaze over, pausing on Zhou Yuan for a moment, before looking towards Yaoyao, who was a little further behind.
It was obvious that he felt Zhou Yuan was not worthy of his attention. If not for Yaoyao’s existence, Saint Genesis Peak would be nothing in his eyes.
Kong Sheng shot a glance at Baili Che, indicating that the former should step forward.
Zhou Yuan was merely a chief disciples, and did not have the qualifications to speak to him.
Baili Che immediately understood and slowly stepped forward. His piercing gaze looked towards the guarded Saint Genesis Peak disciples as a thunderous voice boomed, “I’ll ask one last time. Do you Saint Genesis Peak disciples really intend on declaring war on my Sword Cometh Peak?”
Bzz!
The Genesis Qi in all the Sword Cometh Peak disciples abruptly began to circulate at this moment. Countless pillars of aggressive Genesis Qi dashed into the sky, tearing apart the clouds.
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