The battle continued,
Wang Lei summoned a sand wall and protected against an attack of the rank 5 Water Hound.
It had the ability to control water. It wasn't good for Wang Lei.
Even though water benefited the Earth, it didn't at all benefit him. He was a sand path cultivator. So, the moment sand became mud, it became useless to him. As such, his opponent was a natural enemy of his.
The hound's claw struck the wall and went to waste. For being a hound, its nails were quite long, about one and a half inches.
After that, it used that exact wall to jump back and land on the ground.
Just as it had landed, both Li Wei and Tian Yu attacked it from both sides. Even though it managed to counter the fire coming at it from Li Wei's side, it was struck with a flying wind fist that came at it from Tian Yu's side.
"Damn…"
Wang Lei was about to continue the attack, but a rank 4 hound managed to break the circle and attack him. As he was unprepared, he was sent flying by the hound's claw.
This took Li Wei's attention, giving the rank 5 water hound a chance to attack him and send him flying as well. However, this gave Tian Yu the chance to throw wind blades at the hound.
Grrrr…
It growled in pain.
However, as both Wang Lei and Li Wei were sent flying into the army of the hounds, it gave the rank 5 water hound the chance to just focus on Tian Yu.
Wang Lei and Li Wei both ended up fighting rank 4 and rank 3 water hounds.
The reason they could run on the backs of the hounds without ending up fighting them was because of the momentum they carried while running, but there was no momentum here, so they were surrounded by the hounds.
It was going to take a while before they could free themselves.
On the other hand, all of the water hound army's focus shifted from the Luo Sect to here. They turned their faces in this direction.
When the cultivators defending the village saw this, they felt relief as well as anxious.
The cultivators fighting the hounds had to deal with it as quickly as possible. In essence, there were only four directions they had to defend from. Being thirteen rank 4 cultivators, they could handle the onslaught for a while, giving the rank 5 cultivators the time required to defeat the rank 5 water hound.
As time passed, they would get tired, whereas the corpses would keep on accumulating, creating more hindrance and giving the hounds to attack from the cultivators' blindside.
This was not the water hounds' tactic, but a natural outcome of a war.
The rank 5 Water Hound had a little intelligence and could guide the low-rank hounds, but it was occupied fighting rank 5 cultivators.
As such, this was a battle of time: the cultivators had to end this quickly whereas the hounds had to prolong the fight.
Tian Yu didn't have any ire to defend but was using a ka. Ires were definitely better at defending than the kas, but he couldn't find one that suited him.
Tian Yu was constantly hurling flying wind fists at the Water Hound, whereas the Water Hound was releasing water from its skin to guard itself and hurl water needles at Tian Yu.
Even though it was a hound, its appearance resembled that of a wolf. Its fur was pure black with slight white stripes. Its height was two and a half feet, and it had deep violet-colored eyes. Even though it was the same height as the other low-rank hounds, its speed was quite fast.
The battle continued.
Meanwhile,
The Strength Ka had almost changed its appearance and also converted back from the stone. Its appearance was changing completely from that of rank 3.
It was beginning to look like a butterfly. Its wings were shining blue with a tint of violet in them. The edges of its wings are golden. The stripes in its wings are deep black with the same pattern on both sides. Its iridescent wings shimmer with light. There are small linked patterns near the edges of its wings.
Its body is slender with a subtle blue and silver sheen. The antennae are long and gracefully curved. This butterfly flutters with an almost ethereal elegance, leaving a trail of mesmerizing colors in its wake.
An intense reaction was being caused as the vortex began to develop around the Strength Ka. The sounds being produced were slowly increasing.
Yang Zhai was looking at all of this from the side. When it was almost half complete, he went close to it and extended his right arm.
After that, he exuded his purified void rays towards it. It had to recognize the rays for it to develop the ability to modify void rays; otherwise, it would end up having the ability to modify the essence water again.
Yang Zhai wanted to insert Aurora's aura in it as well but held back. It worked previously and ended up giving it two abilities during the refinement procedure, but he didn't do it now.
Even though there was a chance of it developing a new trait, if its ability to strengthen the void rays gets affected for some reason, it would not do him any good.
"From now on, it will be called: Seraphic Essence Ka," Yang Zhai stated,
A calmness in his eyes,
Displaying the abyss of night.
After an hour,
The battle continued,
Both sides were tired and injured. The rank 5 Water Hound had many injuries on it. It was staggering and stumbling. On the other side, Wang Lei and the others were also injured and exhausted.
If it was only the Water Hound, they could have dealt with it easily, but they had to deal with the constant attacks from the surrounding low-rank hounds as well.
Even though the rank 4 cultivators were mostly holding the low-rank hounds back, now and then, a few would manage to break through the circle and attack the rank 5 cultivators.
The rank 5 Water Hound shot water needles from its skin at Wang Lei, however, he formed a sand wall in front of him and blocked the needles.
Tian Yu shot a one-meter wind fist at the Water Hound, pushing it back a few meters.
It stood up from the ground, staggering. It was trying to retreat. However, it could barely walk.
However, another wind fist came flying at it and threw it a few meters back. It stood up with difficulty and wanted to retreat.
Tian Yu walked forward to kill it. Just as he was about to kill it, a rank 4 hound came at him and sent him crashing.
"Damn…" he stood up from the ground, though not with difficulty, but a bit tired.
Li Wei stepped forward, along with Wang Lei, but they were intercepted by the low-rank hounds.
"Damn it, their assault grew intense!" A rank 4 cultivator said with annoyance.
Just as the three rank 5 cultivators were about to kill the rank 5 Water Hound, the low-rank hounds grew more restless and started attacking crazily.
The rank 5 water hound was slowly retreating with staggering steps.
"Stop it! We can't let it retreat, or it will be the end of us!" Wang Lei shouted.
"I got it!" A rank 4 cultivator said with a gleeful tone.
He smashed the water hound to the ground, rendering it completely unable to walk or even stand up.
He extended his left hand forward and shot a sharp rock created from a rank 4 Ka. However, exactly at that exact moment, a rank 4 hound came dashing at him and bit his neck. The momentum of the hound was too great, taking the rank 4 cultivator with it away from the hound.
Because of this, the sharp rock missed the water hound's head and struck its stomach.
Even though the cultivator missed, he managed to render the rank 5 hound helpless along with a fierce strike at its stomach, giving it a fatal wound.
When this happened, Wang Lei, Tian Yu, and Li Wei intensified their attack, not holding back at all. They wanted to deal with it as quickly as possible. The moment it dies, this battle will be over. This was something they understood instinctively.
Finally, Wang Lei freed himself from the onslaught of the low-rank hounds.
He ran up to the rank 5 waterhound and stood beside it, looking down at it.
It lay on the ground, covered in a pool of blood.
He moved his right hand forward, and a flying cone-shaped structure appeared beside him, made from the sand, floating in the air. It was about three feet in size.
He moved his hand upward, about to kill the water hound.
However,
SUDDENLY!
A kick sent Wang Lei flying. Then the cone-shaped structure was also broken with another kick.
"Jaen Fen…" Wang Lei was shocked.
Why was he here?
But the Ka in his hand was a clear answer to that.
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