Chapter 149: Fighting Side by Side

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Fighting Side by Side

BOOM!

Outside the Asura Arena, a deafening boom and tremor erupted.

"What’s happening?"

"Someone’s fighting outside. To cause a stir like this, it must be a high-level battle."

A buzz of discussion went through the crowd in the Asura Arena. Just then, they saw a blinding flash of fire shoot out from the exit.

"It’s the Fire God! The Fire God is out!"

"Quick, let’s go see!"

Instantly, the entire crowd surged outside.

Under the moonlight outside the Asura Arena, Yi Xiaoyao retreated frantically, barely dodging the astonishing Sword Qi that Ren Tu had just unleashed.

"So close." Ren Tu sneered, looking at Yi Xiaoyao’s disheveled state. "It seems you’re nothing special. What gives you the right to be ranked ninety-fifth on the Hidden Dragon List?"

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression was grim. It was just as Ren Tu said; he had almost failed to dodge and nearly died beneath that Sword Qi.

His Earth Tier Body Technique, which allowed him to toy with anyone below the Golden Core Seventh Layer, was almost useless against a Golden Core Ninth Realm expert. After all, Yi Xiaoyao’s cultivation was still far too low. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ren Tu shot forward and slashed again, confident this strike would be the one to kill Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao’s gaze turned grave. ’Do I really have to use the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique and fight to the death?’

But just then, a blinding Fire Fist boomed in from the direction of the Asura Arena, instantly shattering Ren Tu’s Sword Qi.

Ren Tu’s face fell. He stumbled back, joining forces with the eight other white-robed figures behind him to withstand the Fire Fist.

The Fire Fist dissipated, and a figure appeared before Yi Xiaoyao.

Red-haired and clad in a Silver Robe, he slowly removed his mask.

"Elder Yan!"

Seeing the man before him, Yi Xiaoyao’s heart leaped with joy. ’So the Fire God is Elder Yan!’

Flame Medicine Hidden gave Yi Xiaoyao a gratified smile. "Lad, we haven’t seen each other in only a few months, and your progress is already this great. Well done."

But before Yi Xiaoyao could reply, three beams of light shot out from the direction of the Asura Arena, stopping high above them.

"Flame Medicine Hidden, we’ve been waiting for you for a long time. You’ve finally shown yourself!"

The three figures in the sky were also clad in white robes, but their auras were vastly stronger than the nine on the ground.

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression changed in an instant, because only those at the Nascent Soul Realm could fly without external aid.

Flame Medicine Hidden laughed in fury. "I’m only at the Golden Core Eighth Layer, yet that Old Shangguan actually sent three Nascent Soul Realm experts after me. I should thank him for thinking so highly of me!"

"Heh, our Sect Leader doesn’t think highly of you, but of the thing you’re carrying!"

The white-robed man in the sky spoke with a cold smirk. With everyone from the Asura Arena now outside, they certainly weren’t going to reveal the secret of the Heaven and Earth Fire Essence.

If the secret of the Heaven and Earth Fire Essence were to be discovered by other individuals or factions, it would undoubtedly cause a massive stir and a scramble to claim it. That wasn’t a wise outcome for the Cloud Transformation Sect, which intended to monopolize it.

"Wait!"

Just as the white-robed men were about to make their move, a cold voice cut through the crowd from the Asura Arena.

A flash of green light revealed a middle-aged, green-robed man, who also appeared in the sky to confront the three in white.

"You dare to act so presumptuously right outside my Asura Arena, Cloud Transformation Sect?" the green-robed man demanded, his face dark with displeasure.

The expressions of the three white-robed men changed at once. Though there were three of them, their combined presence seemed much weaker in the face of the man in green.

"Qingluo Field Master, had this been inside the Asura Arena, we naturally wouldn’t have caused trouble. But we are no longer inside the Arena!"

"This Flame Medicine Hidden and Yi Xiaoyao are mortal enemies of our Cloud Transformation Sect. If the Qingluo Field Master prevents us from killing and capturing these two, you will be making an enemy of our Sect."

"We ask that the Field Master grant the Cloud Transformation Sect some face and refrain from interfering in our affairs."

Qing Luo’s brow furrowed. The three were right; this was no longer inside the Asura Arena.

Although Flame Medicine Hidden had earned a great deal of resources for the Asura Arena, and he also thought highly of Yi Xiaoyao, antagonizing the Cloud Transformation Sect for their sakes was clearly not a wise choice.

Seeing Qing Luo’s silence, the three white-robed men in the sky gestured to the nine on the ground.

"Attack!"

Flame Medicine Hidden and Yi Xiaoyao glanced at each other. They hadn’t expected their reunion to be another assassination attempt by the Cloud Transformation Sect.

"Carefree Lad, I’m the one who dragged you into this," Flame Medicine Hidden sighed.

Yi Xiaoyao shook his head and let out a wry laugh. "Elder Yan, let’s fight side-by-side!"

"At best, I can only hold off these three from the Nascent Soul Realm. What about you?" Flame Medicine Hidden asked grimly.

Yi Xiaoyao looked at the nine men on the ground. "Then leave these nine from the Golden Core Ninth Realm to me!"

’Even though I’m not confident, all I can do now is give it everything I have!’

The next moment, thick dragons of fire erupted from Flame Medicine Hidden’s body, roaring toward the three figures in the sky.

As for Yi Xiaoyao, his body became wreathed in a layer of ethereal black Flame. The instant he activated the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique, his Sword Momentum unfurled, spreading out rapidly.

As his cultivation aura surged, the Sword Momentum he projected instantly expanded, enveloping a hundred-li radius.

"All nine of you, come at me together!"

Yi Xiaoyao pointed at the nine white-robed men on the ground and beckoned with his finger.

’This is incredibly risky, but the Soul Burning Forbidden Technique won’t last long enough for me to take them down one by one. I have to kill them all at once, as quickly as possible.’

’If I’m going to take a gamble, I might as well go for the highest stakes!’

The nine white-robed men grew furious. "Yi Xiaoyao, you dare provoke us when you’re at death’s door? Kill him!"

With a unified cry, all nine erupted with immense Spiritual Power and slashed out in unison.

Tens of thousands of strands of Sword Qi mixed together, forming a terrifying wall of blades that rumbled toward Yi Xiaoyao, threatening to crush him.

By now, more and more people were pouring out of the Asura Arena to watch the unfolding battle.

"The Fire God is actually fighting three Nascent Soul Realm experts!"

"So that Yi Jian is really Yi Xiaoyao!"

"Yi Xiaoyao is fighting nine Golden Core Ninth Realm experts all by himself! I wonder if he can pull off another miracle like before!"

"Impossible. Among the nine Yi Jian is facing, three are on the Hidden Dragon List! They’re ranked ninety-sixth, eighty-fifth, and seventy-seventh!"

Everyone knew that those on the Hidden Dragon List were no ordinary Golden Core Ninth Realm cultivators.

Yi Xiaoyao understood this deeply. The wall of crushing Sword Qi before him could only be described with a single word: terrifying.

And if Yi Xiaoyao wanted to stand against this power, he would have to unleash something even more terrifying!

"Fourth form of the Nine Swords of Slaughter!"

He roared.

Within the hundred-li radius enveloped by his Sword Momentum, crimson Killing Intent swept out like a storm, staining the moonlight blood-red.

This immense Killing Intent instantly solidified, each wisp capable of forming a lethal sword.

"Within my Sword Momentum, all will die!"

He slashed his sword down.

Thousands of streams of Sword Qi surged forth. The Sword Momentum amplified their power fivefold, and the surrounding blood-red Killing Intent clung to them, doubling their might yet again.

Everyone held their breath. They realized this strike from Yi Xiaoyao was many times stronger than the one he’d used to annihilate the Terminator.

At the same time, everyone wondered, could such a powerful move truly stand against those nine white-robed men?

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