In the dense forest, Steward Leng was also the same. He originally wanted to see if the target had arrived, but he didn’t expect his spiritual sense to encounter a strange spiritual sense as soon as it emerged from his body. “Hmm?”
Steward Leng frowned. While he was stunned, that spiritual sense instantly retreated like a tide.
“Hmph! Trying to run!”
Steward Leng’s expression turned ferocious, and he immediately manipulated his spiritual sense to pursue. He knew that this action required absolute secrecy, so he could not let any witnesses go.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Although Steward Leng’s pursuit speed was fast enough, the opponent’s retreat speed was even faster. His spiritual sense did not track anything.
“How is this possible? Where did such a master come from in this small Qili Kingdom?”
Steward Leng muttered to himself, a shadow beginning to fall upon his face. He knew that “speed” was also an indicator of the strength of spiritual sense. If the opponent could shake him off, it meant their cultivation level was not below his.
“What’s wrong?”
Wu Hua, who was beside him, asked in confusion.
“Just now…”
Steward Leng wanted to explain, but he swallowed the words back. He didn’t want to undermine morale.
“It’s nothing. Everyone, perk up. According to the time calculation, the Saintess Guard of the Hua Rong Sect should have arrived by now.”
Steward Leng picked up a sentence and then began to scan with his spiritual sense again, feeling uneasy. To his surprise, he directly detected the Saintess Guard of the Hua Rong Sect in that direction.
“The target has appeared, located thirty li to the south. Everyone, enter the storage rings.”
Steward Leng quickly stood up and commanded. Because his subordinates were too slow, and he didn’t want to delay the mission, he had to use the storage rings to transport them.
Wu Hua’s body tensed up instantly, and he nimbly put the more than twenty guards from the Cao family into the storage rings.
“Let’s go!”
Steward Leng called out, and his figure turned into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.
“Heh heh, my body has almost rusted from lying around. Finally, I can stretch my muscles.”
Wu Hua revealed a cruel smile on his face and then disappeared from his original spot like a ghost.
…
Qi Huang did not want to cause trouble, but unexpectedly, the other party insisted on seeking death. In the blink of an eye, they rushed towards the Saintess Guard.
Qi Huang wanted to make a move, but after a moment of hesitation, she suppressed the impulse. After all, she didn’t know the identity of the other party, and she was never the type of saintess who did good deeds silently without seeking rewards.
Someone is approaching! Alert immediately!
At this moment, Yuan Protector, who was at the forefront of the Saintess Guard, also discovered the anomaly. She immediately issued an order.
The Saintess Guard team instantly became nervous, and they all drew their swords, guarding the imperial carriage in the middle.
“Disciple, stay inside and don’t come out.”
Shi Yuqi instructed Cheng Hong Ling, who was inside the imperial carriage.
Cheng Hong Ling did not reply. After all, hiding behind others was not her style, so she planned to observe the situation first.
“Hahaha, you all stop right there!”
A rough voice suddenly came from the north, like a muffled thunderclap that shook people’s hearts.
The people of the Hua Rong Sect followed the sound and saw visible sound waves spreading towards them. Wherever they passed, the clouds and mist were scattered, and countless birds turned into bloody mist and fell.
“A mere trick!”
Yuan Protector sneered, casually took out a powerful soundproof talisman, and crushed it. Then, a translucent circular shield with a diameter of more than ten zhang appeared out of nowhere, protecting everyone.
“Boom boom boom…”
The terrifying sound waves quickly swept over and crashed against the shield like raging waves, then reflected outwards, completely distorting the air in all directions.
Although the disciples of the Hua Rong Sect could not hear the sound inside, the air outside the shield was extremely distorted, as if space had been torn into pieces. The situation in the distance could not be seen at all, and they were so scared that they didn’t dare to breathe.
When the last wave of sound hit the shield, both disappeared into the air simultaneously.
The people of the Hua Rong Sect looked closely and saw that twenty to thirty masked men in black had appeared in front of them. They were holding weapons and looking menacing, clearly not here with good intentions.
“Who are you people? How dare you block the path of the Saintess of the Hua Rong Sect’s imperial carriage? Are you looking for death?”
Yuan Protector slowly floated forward, holding her sword. Although she was a woman, she was extremely tall and sturdy, giving people a sense of security.
“Hmph, what a grand attitude! Unfortunately, in the Cultivation World, strength speaks. Identity alone cannot fool anyone.”
The tall and thin elder at the head of the group said sarcastically. He was naturally Steward Leng.
“That’s right. After meeting us, her title will have to change. It will become the remaining ‘sheng’, and I guarantee that today, only one of you women will be left.”
A strong middle-aged man stepped forward, rubbing his hands together. He was naturally Wu Hua.
“You don’t know your limits!” Yuan Protector’s face turned cold, and she said to the disciples of the Hua Rong Sect behind her, “Protect the Saintess, I’ll deal with these people.”
“Hahaha, I’m afraid you don’t have that much ability!”
Wu Hua roared with laughter and rushed forward with a gale, a heavy nine-ringed saber appearing in his hand. He slashed down at Yuan Protector’s head. The saber body had ignited into a fierce flame due to air friction, forming a giant saber energy several zhang long, dyeing the entire sky red.
Yuan Protector did not dodge or evade. The water True Qi in her body poured into her sword like crazy. As the surrounding temperature rapidly dropped, layers of frost began to cover it. In a blink of an eye, it grew several zhang long, and then she chopped towards Wu Hua’s nine-ringed saber head-on.
“Boom!”
The saber and sword collided fiercely, and the flames and ice on the weapons turned into countless fireballs and ice blocks that shot out in all directions, emitting a piercing whistling sound.
The elders in the Hua Rong Sect team all released their spiritual senses, forming layers of shields to protect the team. The Cao family did the same.
“These people are all masters above the Huashen Realm. Who exactly are they?”
Shi Yuqi exclaimed with a solemn expression.
As for Yuan Protector and Wu Hua, because they were evenly matched, they were both sent flying back.
Wu Hua barely stopped his body. Feeling disgraced, he became angry. He casually tore off the metal threads on the back of the saber used to fix the saber rings and then slashed at Yuan Protector again, roaring, “Come again!”
“I’ll accompany you to the end!”
Yuan Protector naturally was not afraid. She raised her sword and slashed again. The ice-covered sword edge was extremely dazzling under the sunlight.
The saber and sword collided, and fireballs and ice scattered again. However, Wu Hua’s saber strike was far simpler than the previous one. The saber rings on it, without the fixing threads, emitted a piercing sound as they collided violently.
Yuan Protector, who was at close range, felt her eardrums ache, and her attention was immediately diverted.
At the same time, the saber ring at the foremost end of Wu Hua’s long saber flew off the saber body due to inertia, shooting towards Yuan Protector’s face like an arrow.
Although Yuan Protector’s eardrums ached, her spiritual sense had not dispersed. At the critical moment, she narrowly dodged by tilting her head. However, her expression immediately changed drastically because behind her was the Saintess Guard.
Wu Hua’s saber ring grew with the wind, its diameter instantly reaching more than ten zhang. Then, carrying fierce flames, it was thrown towards Cheng Hong Ling’s imperial carriage. This was clearly a diversion.
Fortunately, among the Saintess Guard, there was an elder whose strength had reached the middle stage of the Shentong Realm. She poured all her wood True Qi into the staff in her hand without reservation!
The staff seemed to come back to life, and it instantly grew a “banana leaf” several zhang tall, blocking the front of the imperial carriage.
Bang!
The saber ring fiercely slammed into the banana leaf, creating a huge concave dent in the leaf. The flames it carried began to continuously scorch the leaf.
The banana leaf began to make a hissing sound, and wisps of smoke rose from it. Cracks quickly appeared in the scorched areas, and it was on the verge of breaking.
“Elder Tao, I’ll help you!”
Another elder, seeing the critical situation, hurriedly flew over and also poured her True Qi of the same element into the staff without reservation. The banana leaf received reinforcement, and the scorched area stopped expanding. The two began to work together to resist the saber ring.
“Why are you just standing there? Aren’t you going to attack?”
Steward Leng impatiently beckoned to the group of subordinates behind him.
Upon hearing the order, the people of the Cao family rushed towards the women of the Hua Rong Sect with weapons, shouting and whistling. Their eyes were filled with greedy gazes, making them look like a pack of hungry wolves.
The women of the Hua Rong Sect were not to be outdone and took out their weapons to resist. Both sides began to engage in a melee.
“Not bad! Quite exciting!”
Qi Huang watched with great interest, but her spiritual sense cautiously observed the battle situation in the arena. As soon as any disciple of the Hua Rong Sect was in danger, a strand of hair from behind her head would phantomly fly out and pierce the opponent’s head.
Due to the chaos of the scene and the extreme speed of the hair, no one noticed it for a short time. Only the Hua Rong Sect disciple involved stood there in confusion.
“Hmph! Who can protect you now?”
Steward Leng sneered and then flew towards Cheng Hong Ling’s imperial carriage like a roc spreading its wings.
The women of the Hua Rong Sect were greatly alarmed, but because Yuan Protector was entangled by Wu Hua, no one could stop Steward Leng, who was in the late stage of the Shentong Realm.
“There’s still me!”
A hoarse voice suddenly sounded, and at the same time, a terrifying spiritual sense pressure enveloped the entire battlefield.
