The golden light outside the room exploded, so I went out to take a look. In the sky above Jin Zhou City, the Demon Defensive Array had begun to accumulate spiritual energy. Countless long golden swords came together and fell down like lightning. It changed directions and abruptly descended from the sky to strike the place where Mo Qing was located.
This Demon Defensive Array was actually Jin Zhou City's self-defense magical array.
Many years ago, I led my troops into the belly of the celestial sect. When I arrived in Jin Zhou City, there were countless influential sword-making families in the city voluntarily offering their own family's celestial swords. They offered millions of long swords to the sky above Jin Zhou City creating a gigantic defensive magical array that protected the city from the inside like a hedgehog.
I could not help it but say that in that year, I was shocked by the altruistic offerings of all their families, too.
Even though I did not like them, these celestial cultivators, but sometimes I would allow myself to be touched by the so-called "unity" of these influential families. Additionally, I was well aware that under such a situation, it would be a fierce battle between the celestial sect in Jin Zhou City and my Wan Lu Sect. Even if I was victorious, I was bound to lose a huge part of my strength.
So I figuratively harassed them, then listened to Sima Rong's advice, and willingly had my force retreat.
After that, the people in Jin Zhou City became overjoyed and thought that this was a big sign that they had defeated the demonic path. After millions of long swords were removed from the sky, it took several more years of effort to create the Demon Defensive Array that looked like a golden bell. It was based on the shape of millions of long swords of that year.
Usually, this Demon Defensive Array was invisible, but once it came across a demonic aura, the magical array would automatically start. It would resist external invaders and attack internal intruders. The magical array would come together to form a sword, fall down like rain in the sky, and destroy all the demonic aura in the world just like how it was dealing with Mo Qing now.
I frowned because there was only Mo Qing and I right now. Beneath the Demon Defensive Array, there were so many celestial cultivators to deal with. No matter how powerful Mo Qing was, he could not resist such suppression. Not to mention Mo Qing was still injured!
The best and only plan now was to escape with Shen Qian Jin first, find a place in this city to hide, and seal all the demonic aura in the body. Then simultaneously fight and retreat until dawn, rush out of the city, and use the Instant Travel Technique to quickly flee back to Chen Ji Mountain.
Without Zhi Yan's body or Shen Qian Jin, I still did not believe that they could really go capture Qin Qian Xian to get his blood.
As long as they had no way to resurrect Luo Ming Xuan, then the matter of killing Liu Wei and Liu Su Ruo could be discussed more carefully upon return.
In an instant, I made up my mind and tugged Shen Qian Jin's hand. I stared at the bitter Liu Su Ruo in front of me and swung Liu He Tian Yi Sword in my hand with all my strength. As the shocking lightning came out, Liu Su Ruo used the male sword to block. The lightning twisted around her long sword and appeared to paralyze her hand. Her body trembled slightly and she became distracted.
I took the opportunity to swing the sword again. This time, I took Shen Qian Jin out of the wing and summoned lightning from the sky. It smashed into the rafters and instantly set the entire building on fire. Liu Su Ruo was temporarily trapped inside.
I wanted to leave with Shen Qian Jin, but in this moment, the golden light was pressing down overhead. Suddenly, Shen Qian Jin pulled me aside, which made it possible for me to avoid the golden light of the long sword that fell at my side.
I looked up, it must have been when I used my sword and emitted a demonic aura that attracted a golden sword from the Demon Defensive Array.
"I'm not going to give you my thanks, let's leave first."
I dragged her and ran towards Mo Qing's area. As Shen Qian Jin clenched her teeth and silently endured it, she desperately pressed on her wounded neck. However, the hasty escape did make her complexion appeared somewhat paler than before.
"You try to endure it. After tonight, someone will heal you tomorrow."
Shen Qian Jin just glanced at me with her expression already calm: "Is that Li Chen Lan of Wan Lu Sect?"
When she asked me this, my heart suddenly jumped: "You can't possibly have celestial sects' mysophobia to the point that you can't let a demonic cultivator save your life, hmm?"
"No." She said coolly, "Being able to get such a great demon to lend a helping hand, Zhi Yan, I didn't know you had this ability before."
Ha ha, I also did not know that you, the cold-face female immortal, had the ability to make fun of people in a situation like this before.
Had just talked to this point, suddenly a gust of wind blew past and Liu Su Ruo dressed in white robes dropped in front of Shen Qian Jin and I, blocking our path. Her complexion was gloomy and the smile at the corner of her mouth was eerily cold.
"You want to run?" The twin swords in her hands were vibrating. In this courtyard right now, the golden light of the Demon Defensive Array in the sky had illuminated the entire Jin Zhou City as bright as day. At this moment, I could finally see the long swords in her hands clearly. I saw that inside her male sword there was a faint brilliant color of blood flowing and fluctuating. Liu Su Ruo said, "My swords still hasn't had enough fresh blood to drink."
I answered her: "You should go try and kill a chicken, then."
After my words ended, I moved my body and knew that if today, I did not beat this old witch to the ground to where she could not get up, then she would never give up!
I aimed Liu He Tian Yi Sword directly at Liu Su Ruo's heart and with much difficulty she blocked my attack. As the lightning flashed between me and her, I quickly shouted at Shen Qian Jin: "Run towards Li Chen Lan!"
However, at this time, the cultivation in my body had propelled the magical array in the sky to activate once more. The long golden swords fell down like rain-like arrows. The luminous celestial aura still had not fallen upon me, but had already torn my sleeve and burned the skin of this body.
I ducked sideways and frowned, while Liu Su Ruo stood there laughing wildly: "You went to cultivate the demonic path at Wan Lu Sect for a couple of days, and then dared to come here to Jian Xin Sect to throw away your life. So foolish."
I ignored her and just looked behind her. In this moment, I saw Mo Qing's figure in midair resisting millions of long swords made of golden light. Dark shadows were fiercely swept away by the strong wind, but his silhouette was like a great towering mountain, as if tens of thousands of blades could not penetrate it.
It was hard for me to get over there, so I immediately called out to Mo Qing to come over here. Although, he was the target of thousands of swords, but he was also the only hope of leaving Jin Zhou City.
Today, if he could escape, then I could escape. But if he died here, then I would die here, too.
I raised my voice and shouted: "Mo Qing!"
This name appeared to have magical powers, it penetrated straight through the fierce clamorous noise and rushed into Mo Qing's ears. He suddenly turned his head towards me and our four distant eyes interlocked.
Yi! That was incorrect!
I called out the wrong name!
I should have called him, Master! Otherwise, I should have called him, Li Chen Lan! This situation was too urgent!
But never mind anyways, under this situation, I could not take so many things into consideration. In short, I would just let him see me and the name that I called out did not matter. If I could get out alive this time, then I would distract him with a lot of nonsense later.
"Hmph." Liu Su Ruo coldly sneered in front of me, "No one can save you!"
Liu Su Ruo's female sword moved again, it was thrown up into the sky and transformed into nine swords. Under her control, the swords moved constantly around me, like houseflies looking for every opportunity to pierce my body. When I was resisting the attacks, out of the corner of my eye, in midair, I glimpsed that Mo Qing wanted to come this way, but he was prevented by Liu Wei and several hundreds of Jian Xin Sect's disciples.
Tch, these celestial cultivators just always took the majority to bully the minority, troublesome!
I became angry and decided to no longer hide or avoid. Based on the fact that you made me feel awful, I did not have the inclination to let you live in peace. I poured all of my energy into Liu He Tian Yi Sword and the electric charge on the sword increased sharply. I grasped the sword in an arch, not caring if it was Liu Su Ruo's female swords or the golden swords coming down from the sky. Around my body, I felt a burst of wind and stirred up an entire whirlwind that caused the sounds of thunder to intensify. Until the whirlwind resembled a dragon and touched the zenith of the Demon Defensive Array, I had attracted each and every one of those long golden swords. Then I shouted loudly and brandished Liu He Tian Yi Sword in my hand.
All of the falling golden swords and Liu Su Ruo's transformed female swords along with the lighting flashes, thunder rolls, and squalling gales were all thrown into the zenith of the Demon Defensive Array by me. A "boom" sounded and the golden light shattered overhead.
Only the sounds of the Demon Defensive Array crackling could be heard. As golden light and blue lightning mingled together, a roar of fierce explosions lingered on.
At this time, everyone's movements seemed to have momentarily stopped due to their horror.
Using this opportunity, I turned around to catch up to Shen Qian Jin and with her ran towards Mo Qing's back. However, in this moment, Liu Su Ruo screamed like a disembodied soul howling behind me: "Want to run, dream on!"
A "swish" sounded beside my ear, she had taken the crimson lighted male sword and quickly stabbed it towards me. I turned to block, but I never thought that the male sword controlled by Liu Su Ruo would change direction and turned directly towards Shen Qian Jin's back for a killing move.
Oh, no!
To kill from this angle, the sword would pierce the center of Shen Qian Jin's heart from the back! I could not let this sword of hers take Shen Qian Jin's blood again!
I immediately pointed my toes on the ground, used all my strength to rush forward, and grab the hilt of the male sword to neutralize the attack. In front, Shen Qian Jin seemed to have felt something and suddenly turned her head back. But I still have not yelled the word "dodge" and saw Shen Qian Jin abruptly widened the pupils of her eyes.
In her jet-black pupils, I vaguely saw Liu Su Ruo's sneering face behind me along with one of the female swords coming down from the sky and rushing straight towards my back.
In the next moment, a sharp sting pierced through my shoulder. My right hand immediately became weak and the male sword slipped out of my hand to shoot forward. Fortunately, the sword's power became weak and was bashed away by Shen Qian Jin. Then the male sword automatically flew back into Liu Su Ruo's hand once again.
Shen Qian Jin stopped and called out: "Zhi Yan." She turned around and wanted to save me.
However, I fell to the ground and as I turned around, I saw the golden light above the Demon Defensive Array had digested that electric shock from Liu He Tian Yi Sword. Thousands of golden swords and Liu Su Ruo's remaining female swords condensed into a densely packed sword. It loudly rushed towards me from the sky, as if it wanted to pierce into me and make holes like a fishing net.
In Liu Su Ruo's sneer, I suddenly remembered what I had promised Zhi Yan before and knew in my heart that I was going to break my promise…
However, in this hopeless moment! A black wind swept through with a force that could shake the earth steadily dropped down in front of me. A blast of sword energy interrupted that annoying old witch's sneer. Where she was beaten to, how injured she was, dead, or not dead, I absolutely was not in the mood to notice.
I only saw that ordinary Wan Jun Sword. After that ferocious wave, the power it emitted had flattened half of Jian Xin Sect directly to the ground and all of the houses were destroyed like a dead tree swept under by a violent storm.
Mo Qing seemed to be overflowing with fury. Before the annoying people of Jian Xin Sect could attack him again, I lied on my back, saw his face stretched taut, and a murderous aura burning in his eyes; it could cause one to tremble.
"Mas-… Master…"
When I called out to him, his eyes finally turned to look at me. As if in that moment, behind his murderous rage there was a trace of hidden anguish coming from deep within his heart.
He looked at me, as if that sword had just pierced into his body, even… Even deeper than when it pieced into me.
He was heartbroken.
Heartbroken for me.
It was because of the heartache, therefore, I hated anyone who hurt my people; and also because of this hatred, I was thundering with rage.
Translated by Sonrisa t.n.t