High up in the sky, the Chosens immediately cast their gazes towards the battlefield the moment they appeared. However, shock filled their faces when they saw the pitiful state Sword Cometh Peak was in.
Ye Ge could not help but blurt out in a stunned voice, “What’s going on? Where are the Sword Cometh Peak disciples? Is this all of them?”
“What else could it be, they’ve obviously been eliminated. How ruthless.” Answered Chu Qing with a solemn expression as he caressed his shiny bald head.
“Eliminated by those few Saint Genesis Peak disciples?” The corners of Ye Ge’s lips twitched slightly.
“With that vicious woman around, do you think Saint Genesis Peak is an easy target?? Chu Qing secretly glanced towards Yaoyao’s direction as he pouted, before he gloatingly said, “Kong Sheng seems to have been trapped by her too.”
Ye Ge rolled his eyes at the former. “Stop saying that she’s vicious. Sword Cometh Peak only have themselves to blame.”
Chu Qing responded by rolling his eyes in an even more exaggerated manner. “You’ve basically forgotten your past pain now that your wounds have healed. That little demoness did not even blink when she sold us away previously. If not for my heroic efforts, do you think that you would have made it back alive?”
Ye Ge smiled and said, “You’re always slacking off, of course she couldn’t put up with you.”
Chu Qing sincerely said with all of his heart, “You call that slacking off?! I was clearly trying to be friendly. When we’re outside the sect, harmoniously sharing treasures is so much better than tiring fighting.”
Li Qingchan moved over and icily glared at the two of them as she scolded, “Can the two of you shut up, get back on topic!”
After finishing, she shifted her gaze downwards as amazement flitted across her eyes. She was naturally aware of Sword Cometh Peak going all out to eliminate Saint Genesis Peak.
However, no one had expected Sword Cometh Peak, who supposedly had an absolute advantage, to suffer such serious losses.
Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao were truly formidable.
Although Li Qingchan was quite sure that the giant boundary was Yaoyao’s handiwork, Zhou Yuan definitely made some contributions.
Though it was still a little hard to believe that the two of them working together had actually caused such mayhem for Sword Cometh Peak.
At this current juncture, Zhou Yuan puzzledly gazed at the Chosens from below. He rose into the air to approach them, cupping his fists together as he asked, “Senior sister Qingchan, why are you guys here?”
His gaze swept across the other figures as a grave expression appeared in his eyes. In addition to Chu Qing, Li Qingchan and Ye Ge, basically all the other Chosens were also present.
This was not a line-up that could be ignored.
Li Qingchan looked towards Zhou Yuan and softly said, “We’ve come to discuss something…”
She paused for a moment, turning towards Yaoyao’s battlefield as she continued, “Can we first get Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu over?”
Li Qingchan’s words were also transmitted to Kong Sheng and Yaoyao’s ears.
Yaoyao was a little taken aback, similarly surprised by the arrival of the eight Chosens. However, she did not immediately agree, but first cast her gaze towards Zhou Yuan to seek his opinion.
Zhou Yuan fell silent for a moment, before he nodded. Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu would take a long time to deal with. They only needed to guard the boundary and prevent the Kong Sheng duo from damaging it.
Yaoyao gently flicked her wrist, causing the sky full of lightning and fire Genesis Runes to dissipate. With a wave of her hand, the far away Tuntun also rushed over.
Swoosh!
With the temporary truce, Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu also gathered together. However, their expressions were currently rather ugly.
Zhao Zhu icily said, “Zhou Yuan, release my Sword Cometh Peak disciples!”
However, Zhou Yuan merely swept a nonchalant glance at him, before ignoring him.
Zhou Zhu could not help but grow extremely angry at such treatment.
Ye Ge spoke up at this moment, “Please don’t get too worked up junior brother Zhao Zhu. I hope that the two peaks will put your disagreements on hold for the time being.”
“On hold? They’ve eliminated several thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples, and Zhou Yuan even eliminated Baili Che. You’re telling me to put this on hold?” Zhao Zhu laughed in anger.
His words immediately caused the Chosens to glance at Zhou Yuan in amazement.
In their opinion, though Zhou Yuan was the chief disciple of Saint Genesis Peak, he should be the weakest amongst the chief disciples of the seven peaks. They had not expected him to be capable of eliminating Baili Che.
“The man can subdue the little witch is special indeed.” Only Chu Qing was not surprised, his expression screaming that he had predicted this all along.
However, his words immediately drew Yaoyao’s gaze, as a clear as a mountain spring like voice icily sounded, “Who are you calling little demoness?”
Chu Qing’s expression turned a little rigid as he hurriedly said, “I misspoke, I meant little fairy.”
Kong Sheng’s was chillingly frosty as he said, “What are you guys doing here? Either Sword Cometh Peak or Saint Genesis Peak will be leaving the Genesis reservoir ceremony today.”
Yaoyao offhandedly remarked, “That will surely be Sword Cometh Peak.”
“Try us!” Zhao Zhu bristled in anger.
Roar!
Tuntun released a deep roar as its eyes locked onto Zhao Zhu. A terrifyingly dreadful aura rose from its body, causing Zhao Zhu’s pupils to shiver as he quickly took a defensive stance.
Li Qingchan felt an oncoming migraine upon seeing that the two parties were about to lunge at each other once again. “We rushed here to stop both sides from taking things too far.”
“Senior sister Qingchan, what is going on?” Asked Zhou Yuan with a frown.
“While you guys were fighting, we discovered a giant disturbance in the Genesis reservoir. If our guess is not wrong, a big one has likely appeared in this ceremony.” The one who spoke was a tall young man. His hair was scattered over his shoulders, making him look rather wild.
Zhou Yuan’s gaze paused on the former’s skin, which seemed to be infused with a jade-like luster. It was surprisingly even purer than his jade skin, and was an indication that the young man’s body was extremely tough and packed with power.
His jade skin originated from the little Mythic Saint Body.
In the Cangxuan sect, the only ones who could practice an even stronger Genesis technique than himself, was the Hongya Peak with their true Mythic Saint Body.
The person before him was obviously the ranked four Chosen, Shang Chunqiu.
“Big one?” Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, but quickly realised that it should be referring to an aquatic beast.
Li Qingchan slowly said, “If we’re not wrong, the big one that appeared this time has likely reached a length of…”
“About ten thousand feet…”
“A ten thousand feet aquatic beast?!”
Zhou Yuan was not the only one to react this time, even Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu involuntarily gasped.
Normally speaking, a thousand foot aquatic beast could achieve an eight dragons baptism, and required a Chosen to slay it. Hence, one could see how powerful such an aquatic beast was. And now, a ten thousand foot level aquatic beast had appeared. How terrifying would such a titan be?
“A ten thousand foot aquatic beast has only appeared once a hundred years ago, and the outcome was all the disciples from the seven peaks being eliminated…”
Li Qingchan stared at Zhou Yuan, Yaoyao, Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu.
“That’s why we rushed here in hopes that you guys will be able to put aside your differences for the time being, such that all seven peaks can work together against that aquatic beast.”
Chapter 535 Cooperation of the Seven Peaks
It w
as silent high up in the sky, everyone evidently stunned by news of the ten thousand foot aquatic beast.
That was a ten thousand foot aquatic beast, which wielded terrifying power. Any Chosen who encountered it alone would have no choice but to flee, because it was basically impossible for any of them to face it in battle.
Li Qingchan looked at Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao, as she slowly said, “Moreover, the ten thousand foot aquatic beast has some intelligence, and is able to command other aquatic beasts. Once it appears, it will surely begin to encircle and annihilate our seven peaks, which was how the disciples of the seven peaks were eliminated a hundred years ago.”
“No one expected this situation to appear again this year…”
“Hence, for the sake of avoiding the same fate, we’ve come to the conclusion that all seven peaks need to work together, and most importantly, all of the Chosens must unite our strength to defeat the ten thousand foot aquatic beast.”
“This is why we’re here.”
Zhou Yuan frowned, feeling an incoming headache. He was clearly caught unprepared by the sudden appearance of the ten thousand foot aquatic beast.
Though Zhou Yuan had never seen one before, it was definitely very dangerous. He had after all personally experienced the pressure of a thousand foot aquatic beast, and if a thousand foot aquatic beast was already such a threat, what more a ten thousand foot one...
If this matter was not handled well, they would likely be unable to wait for the end of the Genesis reservoir ceremony. All of the disciples would be completely eliminated by that ten thousand foot aquatic beast.
If that were to happen, this ceremony would truly become a joke.
Kong Sheng’s eyes faintly flickered in thought for a moment, before he said, “We can help, but there are some conditions. Immediately release all of the trapped Sword Cometh Peak disciples, while Saint Genesis Peak must not only return the Genesis essence they took away, but also give additional compensation.”
Zhou Yuan immediately laughed when he heard this. “Let’s cut the bullshit senior brother Kogn Sheng, and continue fighting instead.”
What kind of joke was that. Saint Genesis Peak clearly had the upper hand at the moment, and yet Kong Sheng actually had the face to state such conditions.
Zhao Zhu frostily said, “We’re all Chosens here, what right does a mere chief disciple like yourself have to speak!”
Zhou Yuan remained composed, not bothering to retort this time as he waved his hand and said, “Tuntun, go beat him.”
Roar!
In front of outsiders, Tuntun would act quite respectful towards Zhou Yuan. It let loose a thunderous roar as its enormous body pounced forward. Black light flickered on its sharp claws as they tore through the air and viciously slashed at Zhao Zhu.
Zhao Zhu’s expression immediately changed as he quickly formed a seal with his hands. Genesis Qi surged forth, transforming into a peerless sword that shot forth to meet Tuntun’s claws.
Clang!
A berserk shockwave swept outwards, accompanied by a loud ‘clang’.
The sword shattered under Tuntun’s claws as Zhao Zhu’s figure hurriedly retreated, leaving Tuntun’s range as he stormily glared at Zhou Yuan.
Kong Sheng also icily shouted at this moment, “Zhou Yuan!”
The Genesis Rune brush in Yaoyao’s hand shook as Genesis Runes swiftly formed, and orbited around her body, ready to attack Kong Sheng at any time.
A fight was about to break out between them again all of a sudden.
“Stop!” The other Chosens cried out to stop them.
Zhou Yuan’s expression remained impassive as he said, “Senior brothers and sisters, aren’t you guys hoping to gather the power of ten Chosens to deal with that ten thousand foot aquatic beast? No problem, Yaoyao and Tuntun are fully capable of replacing the two of them.”
Li Qingchan helplessly replied, “Two more Chosens will naturally improve our chances.”
Zhou Yuan calmly said, “Then I’ll have to trouble my senior brothers and sisters to advise senior brother Kong Sheng to have a good look at the current situation. I hope that the silly conditions from earlier will not be said again, because the only ones they are shaming are themselves.”
“We can release the remaining Sword Cometh Peak disciples, but that will be all. The Genesis essence was rightfully earned by our Saint Genesis Peak disciples, and that is something I will not back down on. As for compensation… Sword Cometh Peak tried to oppress us with their superior numbers, so I can only say that they have only themselves to blame.”
Rage flared in Kong Sheng’s eyes as he glared daggers at Zhou Yuan, but the latter did not shrink back, meeting the former’s gaze with equally intense iciness.
Li Qingchan was silent for a moment, before she looked towards Kong Sheng and said, “Senior brother Kong Sheng, the Genesis reservoir ceremony is not over yet. The lost Genesis essence can be hunted back, and our five peaks can give you guys a little compensation. Of course, that’s on the condition that you guys will give your full support in dealing with the ten thousand foot aquatic beast.”
Ye Ge also smiled slightly as he said, “Senior brother Kogn Sheng, this is already a show of good will from us. Moreover, this matter concerns all of the disciples, and if we are somehow all eliminated due to Sword Cometh peak, I’m afraid that all of the peaks’ resentment will be directed towards you guys. It will be no good to incur the wrath of the majority.”
Kong Sheng’s expression turned a little ugly. “Junior brother Ye Ge, are you threatening me?”
Ye Ge shook his head and chuckled. “I’m sure senior brother Kong Sheng understands the consequences.”
Kong Sheng fell silent, his heart filled with sullenness. He never imagined that the plan to annihilate Saint Genesis Peak would ultimately end in Sword Cometh Peak falling into such a miserable position instead.
He knew that Ye Ge was not wrong. If all seven peaks were wiped out due to Sword Cometh Peak, anyone could easily imagine how unwelcomed the Sword Cometh Peak disciples would be in the future.
Various thoughts churned in Kong Sheng’s mind. In the end, he took in a deep breath and suppressed the sullen feelings in his heart, while a voice escaped from the cracks between his teeth, “Release them!”
Zhou Yuan chuckled softly and nodded at Yaoyao.
With a gentle flick of her brush, numerous Genesis Runes descended and landed on the Heaven Disorientating Boundary. The boundary immediately began to shake, before slowly dissipating.
As it disappeared, the trapped disciples within it quickly rose into the sky.
However, not even a thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples were left.
At the sight of such heavy losses, Kong Sheng and Zhao Zhu’s faces could not help but twitch for a moment. The other Chosens also secretly wet their lips, as they involuntarily cast another glance at Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao.
These two were truly ruthless. They had eliminated several thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples...
Regardless, it seemed that they had finally managed to settle this issue for the time being.
Li Qingchan breathed a small sigh of relief as she said, “Though a ten thousand foot aquatic beast is formidable, we may be able to deal with it as long as we join forces.”
“Of course…” She paused for a moment, and suddenly looked towards Chu Qing. “I also hope that senior brother Chu Qing will give his hundred percent.”
Chu Qing was taken aback by these words, before his handsome yet eyebrow-less face turned solemn as he righteously said, “Junior sister Qingchan, I have to formally state that I’ve never slacked off before, and have given my all in every fight. If you slander me again, I will lodge a complaint against you with Lightning Prison Peak’s junior brother Lu Jingshen."
However, the other Chosens merely smiled faintly in response to his impassioned rebuttal, their eyes clearly saying that ‘we’ll be fools to believe you’.
Only an elegant, exceptionally fair-skinned girl in blue bit her li
ps and said in a small voice, “I believe senior brother Chu Qing.”
She was the other Chosen of Cangxuan Peak, and was called Su Xiu.
Chu Qing gratefully looked towards Su Xiu and said, “Junior sister Su Xiu is an excellent judge of character, as expected of a member of our Cangxuan Peak.”
Su Xiu’s fair little face blushed slightly as she bashfully lowered her head, not daring to look at Chu Qing.
Li Qingchan cast a helpless glance at the former. How could she not see Su Xiu’s feelings towards Chu Qing. In the end, Li Qingchan could only shake her head, before turning towards the crowd. “Since it’s been decided, the various peaks shall gather their disciples, and we’ll meet again at another location to discuss our strategies on how to deal with that ten thousand foot aquatic beast.”
“We need to work together on this task. If not, we will soon share the fate of that generation of disciples from a hundred years ago.”
“If everyone does not intend to become teaching material for the subsequent batches of disciples, we’d better do our best.”
The Chosens could not help but shiver when they imagined this scene, before forcefully nodding their heads.
That ten thousand foot aquatic beast must die!
Chapter 536 Training
On an enormous island located in the central region of the Genesis reservoir.
This island was currently the most busy place in the entire reservoir. All the disciples from the seven peaks were gathered here, evidently planning on working together against the imminent crisis.
Amongst the seven gathered peaks, only the Sword Cometh Peak disciples were a little unhappy. The disciples from the other peaks would look at them in a weird manner, and they would often catch others pointing and whispering when they passed by, making them feel extremely sullen.
However, there was nothing they could say in response. After all, even they themselves had not expected that nearly ten thousand Sword Cometh Peak disciples, two Chosens and a chief disciple would ultimately lose in such a pitiful manner to Saint Genesis Peak.
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