Chapter 271: The Priest’s Demise (Second Update)
With the black-clad youth’s voice, everyone around looked on in confusion, clearly not understanding the identity of Su Jiu as a Night Watcher Elder. However, soon, they looked at the youth in the black priest attire with a hint of dread – an Ancient God Sect Battle King!
“Night Watcher Elder?”
Elder Du’s gaze instantly froze. Her tone revealed her shock and excitement. Her eyes flickered between Su Jiu and the youth in black priestly attire, murmuring, “This person’s credentials are so grand… both an Elder and an Ancient God Sect Priest. What exactly is going on with this incident?”
“You know who I am, and you, a mere Priest, dare to speak so arrogantly?”
As Elder Du pondered, Su Jiu smiled calmly. If she hadn’t awakened the Ghost Car avatar yet, facing this Intermediate Battle King Priest might have been a bit troublesome. But now, she had received all-around improvements and could also sense that the opponent had only just broken through to the Intermediate Battle King level. If they were to fight, Su Jiu was confident she could keep this Priest here completely.
Slightly raising her head, a small flame symbol appeared in Su Jiu’s eyes. The scorching blood in her body seemed to crave a fight, boiling continuously, as if issuing bursts of angry roars.
“Heh, I don’t understand why someone who hasn’t even reached High-Rank Battle King would obtain the Crow Feather Attire… However, a young genius like you, if killed by me midway, I’m sure even the Night Watchers’ foundation would ache immensely!”
“Everyone, please stop watching the show!”
The black-clad youth said with a cold laugh but did not act immediately. He wasn’t a fool; seeing Su Jiu dismember the Lin Family Patriarch with a single sword earlier, his strength was likely at least at the peak of the Initial Stage Battle King, just one step away from Intermediate Battle King. No one who could become an Ancient God Sect Priest was stupid. Even if he thought Su Jiu was just a mere opponent, he would still be cautious.
“Whoosh—”
As the black-clad youth’s cold voice fell, Huang Ling and the other two exchanged glances. Their figures flashed forward and finally stood at three corners around Su Jiu. Huang Ling, with a grim expression, said with an unpredictable gaze, “Hand over the feathers on you! I don’t care if you’re a Night Watcher or a Dragon Hunter! If you don’t hand over the feathers, you’ll stay here.”
At this moment, the Blue Giant Bird also let out a breath of frost. It knew Su Jiu’s strength was not simple. It and the Crimson Flame Behemoth alone were not opponents. It then looked at the other three around them and slowly said, “We’ll attack together first. Whoever gets the feathers in the end will keep them.”
On the cliff, Elder Du’s expression changed slightly upon seeing these three, who were supposed to be enemies, joining forces. She could feel Su Jiu was very strong, but she couldn’t face four Battle Kings, especially one being a middle-stage Ancient God Sect Priest.
“Heh, come and fight. Why would we, people of Dragon Country, shy away from a battle…”
As the four surrounded Su Jiu, Su Jiu lightly flicked her long sword, a flame erupting from the tip. Bursts of scorching sword intent surged onto her straight figure. The black crow feathers on her shoulders fluttered in the wind, and the airflow around her spun continuously. As crow feathers flew up, the Shiyu Order at her waist glowed as if bleeding.
A black-gold light streaked across Su Jiu’s flawless smooth chin, where a strangely shaped mask was located…
“Is this a secret technique or something?… But even with a secret technique, you won’t be able to defeat us.”
Seeing Su Jiu’s change, the black-clad Priest’s expression sank, and he then sneered. However, judging by his demeanor, he clearly showed some apprehension regarding Su Jiu’s performance.
“Whether we can defeat each other will be decided by our swords, not by our mouths.”
Su Jiu smiled calmly. She shook her long sword, and the elf-like flames danced on the sword. The Shenmo mask had completely covered half of her face. The black feather attire and the Shenmo mask seemed to be one, making her already terrifying aura even more ferocious.
“We can’t give her more time to charge up. Just now I could feel her strength constantly increasing. By now, I can’t even see through her… As expected, she has something special to be an Elder.”
The youth in the black priestly attire’s eyes flickered, then a fierceness flashed in his eyes. Without further ado, he clenched his palm, and the blue poisonous gas in the surroundings rapidly condensed, all concentrating on the dagger. It slowly extended, forming a light blue armguard. At the same time, he stomped on the void, and his figure transformed into several shadows, disappearing strangely under the gaze of everyone.
“Is this Intermediate Battle King? So fast…”
Seeing the black-clad priest youth disappear in a flash, the other three Battle Kings and two birds observing from the sidelines burst into a gasp of exclamation.
And Elder Du, not far away, supported herself with her sword, nervously watching the surrounded figure, constantly praying for Su Jiu’s victory… She had been seriously injured fighting those Ancient God Sect followers and could only place her hopes on Su Jiu.
“Is this all you have? As expected, Priest-level figures are just like this.”
Lowering the tip of her sword, Su Jiu smiled calmly. Her sword moved like a flowing cloud, striking the void beside her as fast as lightning. Where the sword qi reached, a phantom figure instantly emerged. The sinister dagger, like an ethereal blue snake, fiercely collided with Su Jiu’s long sword.
“Clang!”
As the blades met, a clash of icy and scorching gusts suddenly erupted from the point of contact. The surrounding air became distorted, and the frost and snow on the rock walls shook like a sieve, falling off.
“Your strength has been boosted to Intermediate Battle King?! How is that possible? Such powerful secret techniques!”
At the center of the collision, frost and sparks splashed. The black-clad Priest’s figure reappeared, and his face became extremely unsightly. Feeling a strange heat current from his hand, he let out a muffled groan. His hand’s armguard had been directly split by Su Jiu’s sword, with sparks dancing on it.
Wiping away the sparks with his hand, the Ancient God Sect Priest’s face was filled with shock. After this initial probe, he suddenly realized that Su Jiu had inexplicably reached the level of Intermediate Battle King.
On the cliff, the onlookers let out a low cheer as Su Jiu engaged in the first clash with the Ancient God Sect Priest. After all, the Ancient God Sect was a force everyone in Dragon Country wanted to defeat. This had nothing to do with good or evil, because the sacrifices to humans that the Ancient God Sect committed made even bad people fearful…
Elder Du’s eyes also showed an undisguised shock. Being able to repel a Priest-level expert with a single sword meant that this freshman, Su Jiu, was at least on the same level as that Priest – Intermediate Battle King!
“Is she… really a freshman? Which university has such a freshman? I’m afraid even treating her as a graduate in the top five of Dragon Country would be more than enough.”
Elder Du simply sat down on the cliff to recuperate her injuries, her gaze at Su Jiu constantly flickering. She originally thought that people like them, who could obtain the Silver Dragon Hunter’s honor medal before leaving school, were already outstanding among men. She never expected that someone would become a Night Watcher Elder just after entering university…
Although Night Watcher Elder and Silver Dragon Hunter were both second-tier titles, they were essentially two different things. The former could command tens of thousands of troops and could no longer be explained by rank. The latter was just a minor officer among Dragon Hunters, still using national cadre titles.
“With just this level of strength, then you can only wait to die…”
Compared to the astonished look of the young Priest, Su Jiu shook her head slightly, looking at him with cold indifference. His strength was considered relatively strong among Priests.
But compared to her now, he was still a notch weaker. When she was just at the Battle General level, she could barely fight against Old Count Sam, an Intermediate Battle King. Now, an Intermediate Battle King posed no threat to her at all.
“You b*tch! Aren’t you being a little too arrogant?!”
Hearing Su Jiu’s disdainful words, the black-clad Priest’s face immediately turned somewhat ashen. He quickly formed an incantation with his hand.
“Poison Dragon Thorn! Let you taste the power of extraordinary poison attributes!”
Then, a low grunt came from his throat, and with this grunt, bursts of blue poisonous mist surged around his body, rapidly condensing into dozens of feet long blue sharp blades in front of him. With a forceful clap, these sharp blades shot towards Su Jiu like sharp cones.
“Extraordinary poison attributes? Heh, Draw Sword Slash! Go!”
Facing the black-clad Priest’s full-power attack, Su Jiu lightly tapped the ground and floated up. She slightly arched her body, continuously drawing and sheathing her sword, creating afterimages of sword swings that continuously spat out crimson flames.
“Chik chik chik!”
The sharp blades collided with the fiery sword light and were instantly melted, without any hint of extraordinary attribute radiance. In the canyon, under the gaze of countless people, Su Jiu swung her sword qi and walked forward slowly. No matter how the black-clad Priest suppressed her with flames, it was no use. The counterattacks were even hotter sword qi.
At this moment, the onlookers realized the Ancient God Sect had been defeated. Their gaze turned to the other three stunned figures with a hint of amusement… Looking at Su Jiu, Elder Du was dumbfounded: “Is this a Night Watcher Elder? She’s not an ordinary person at all… incredibly strong.”
“Hoo!”
The crimson sword body forcefully smashed an approaching sharp blade into crystal powder. Su Jiu also arrived in front of the black-clad youth. She looked up, gazing at the slightly pale and thin face not far in front of her, and smiled faintly:
“It’s time to end this!”
“As expected, no one who can become a Night Watcher Elder is easy to deal with… This secret technique is likely the legendary Elegy – those three fools going up would just be cannon fodder.”
“I have to go!”
Looking at Su Jiu, who directly smashed and shattered his attack with her sword, the black-clad Priest, no matter how unsightly his expression was, had to admit that with his strength, he couldn’t contend with a Night Watcher Elder. He gritted his teeth decisively, a purple external qi surged from his feet, and his figure suddenly retreated.
“Don’t be in such a hurry to leave… Leave your head behind first!”
Seeing the Ancient God Sect Priest trying to escape, Su Jiu smiled. Her figure blurred, leaving several black afterimages, and when she reappeared, she was already behind him like a ghost. The other three Battle Kings did not dare to obstruct her.
The blade in Su Jiu’s right hand was filled with crimson flames. A faint dragon’s roar emanated from the sword body, carrying a strong sense of destruction. Feeling the killing intent from behind, the black-clad Priest’s face instantly turned deathly pale.
With Su Jiu’s current strength, a fully charged Draw Sword Slash at such close range would be something the black-clad Priest could not withstand. Everyone could only see the crimson Dragon Head appear again, but it was more realistic than before, and its imposing aura was even more terrifying!
“Roar!”
The dragon’s roar shook the entire canyon, making it feel like it was about to collapse. A look of daze appeared in the eyes of the tribal chief of the two birds, and a thought of retreat surged within them.
They lowered their heads, wanting to see where the Huang Family Patriarch was, only to find that his figure was long gone. As if sensing something, the two birds suddenly looked up and found that the earth-yellow body had already shot into the sky. A rather hearty voice resonated through the canyon.
“Hahaha! Treasures are for the capable! This female hero is worthy of it! I am truly impressed!”
