Yang Zhai stood up from the ground, he had burn marks on his entire body. Because Hell Rubber was made of rubber, it was affected badly by the fire attack.
This Hell Rubber was a treasure especially made to defend against lightning. So, he didn't purely rely on this. He was also using Kas to defend himself. Therefore, even though he was sneak attacked, he managed to endure the attack. But still, he was injured because the fire technique was too powerful. He wasn't badly injured, but his injuries were also not light.
He stood up and stumbled. He was staggering. He looked up and saw that another two Rank 9 cultivators had appeared. One was a man and the other was a woman. The raven that attacked him was sitting on the man's shoulder, he was one of the two that sneak attacked him. His hair was Red and short. The woman who attacked him with the fire technique was wearing black gauntlets. She was old, her hair had started to turn grey.
Yang Zhai didn't know the two newcomers, but he couldn't care about this now. He knew that he didn't have the time to evaluate the two.
He straightened his back. His sword had already arrived beside him. He knew that the situation was turning worse every second. Thus, he grabbed his sword and made a small cut on his left hand.
"What do you think he is doing?" Bao Lin asked the old lady. She had already dealt with Yang Zhai's technique and had arrived beside the two.
"I don't know." The old lady answered.
"Do you think we should stop him?" The man with the raven asked.
"No, I think we should wait and see. We need to examine what he is doing. We can't act recklessly right now. After all, he is going to die, no matter what he does, so let him try. But to be safe, let's increase our distance a little from him." Sang Xie calculated the situation. He had also arrived beside the three other Rank 9 cultivators.
Blood started to appear on Yang Zhai's left hand from the cut. He flipped his hand and the blood fell to the ground. Drops of blood were falling on the ground. They were being absorbed by the earth. Then he healed his hand with his method and the blood stopped. Yang Zhai jumped and flew towards the four Rank 9 cultivators. When the four of them saw this, they were confused. They didn't know what Yang Zhai did just now.
"Just that?" Bao Lin was confused.
"It must be a technique that takes time to activate." The old lady of the four Rank 9 cultivators said.
"If it is, then we should be careful. I think we should increase our distance a little more from the earth." Sang Xie said and began to fly upwards.
When the other three Rank 9 cultivators saw this, they also did the same and flew upwards.
Yang Zhai increased his speed and flew towards the four with the sword in his right hand. But Yang Zhai sensed something in his range and looked to his left, only to see that another Rank 9 cultivator was flying towards him. He knew that he was in danger and if he didn't do anything now, more Rank 9 cultivators would come toward him after dealing with the effects that were left on them by the Hell Lightning.
Thus, Yang Zhai stopped in his tracks and looked at his sword. He knew that the time was tight, he had to release his chains and free himself. Therefore, he activated his methods and a purple liquid appeared in his left hand. He pushed the liquid against the sword and himself. After he did that, the sword started to change its color to black. A red aura appeared around the sword. His body also began to release an even stronger aura. His aura released from his body like an explosion and spread. It was transparent.
When the people— that had come to capture Yang Zhai— sensed this, they immediately stopped doing whatever they were doing. They stopped healing each other and themselves. The Rank 9 cultivator that was coming towards him stopped. The four Rank 9 cultivators flying high in the sky also stopped.
They all looked toward the source of the aura and saw Yang Zhai. He was holding a black sword that was releasing a Red aura. His sword had white, complicated patterns on it. He stood in the sky like a deity. His white hair turned half black. Right now, his hair was dark black and pure white, it could be said that his hair was black and white. They extended almost to his feet and were fluttering in the air.
Yang Zhai looked toward the new Rank 9 cultivator that had appeared. Yang Zhai was standing two miles away from him. Yang Zhai moved his right foot and appeared in front of the cultivator in an instant. It almost looked like he had teleported. His speed had increased by many times. Yang Zhai slashed his sword at the Rank 9 cultivator. After a few seconds, the head of the cultivator fell down from the sky.
Yang Zhai only managed to slay this Rank 9 cultivator because he took him off guard. His speed and strength had suddenly increased, and the cultivator was also confused by Yang Zhai's aura. So, Yang Zhai took advantage of the opportunity. This was definitely not going to work again, and Yang Zhai knew this.
After killing the Rank 9 cultivator, Yang Zhai looked at the other four Rank 9 cultivators in the sky. He disappeared from his place and appeared in front of them. He slashed his sword at the man with Raven, but it was blocked by a barrier. This barrier couldn't be seen with a naked eye. This barrier only managed to block his sword for a second before the barrier was broken, and the sword successfully managed to cut the man with the raven's left arm. Yang Zhai didn't stop at that and stabbed his sword into the man's head. His speed was so fast that this all happened within an instant.
The other three hurriedly attacked Yang Zhai but he again disappeared. He had killed two Rank 9 cultivators in three breaths of time, it could be seen just how terrifying he was.
Yang Zhai appeared beside the old woman, who was with the three. She was also a Rank 9. He tried to pierce her head with his fingers, which had turned into sharp blades, but was unable to. He knew that the attack had failed, so he disappeared and appeared far away. Nobody of the three could stop him. It was evident that his speed had become unparalleled among the four.
"Yang Zhai, do you take me for granted? My name is Lie Miyo, one of the six great defenders. All of the six great defenders excel in defense. Even though we have our strong forte in different paths— like mine is fire— we all have strong defenses. I am not like the man you killed just now." The old lady spoke, she turned out to be one of the renowned six great defenders.
"Hahaha," Yang Zhai laughed. With this, he vanished into the air.
"This is bad, let's get away," Bao Lin shouted, she knew that Yang Zhai was going to attack again, so she flew away after saying this. But when she looked back, she saw that Lie Miyo's heart had been pierced by Yang Zhai's sword. Sang Xie also got away when he saw this.
"Hahaha, do you think you can defend against my sword? I attacked you with my fingers before because I have a Ka that makes me physically stronger if I kill someone with my fingers and if I had managed to kill you with my finger blades, I would have become even stronger. Of course, it would have taken some days to take effect, but you thought that you were safe against me."
Yang Zhai said and stabbed his sword even further. She had turned into a dried corpse. He pulled his sword back. The snake around his right arm slithered towards the sword.
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