Chapter 1348 - 1347: Joint Assault with the Fire Chains

Chapter 1348: Chapter 1347: Joint Assault with the Fire Chains

Under the combined arrangement of the three, that Three-Element Fire Demon Array suddenly released a terrifying pressure, suppressing down toward Ling Chen on the surface of the sea.

As the triangular Array Formation pressed downward, the seawater around Ling Chen evaporated even faster, wisps of pale smoke rising up, clearly unable to withstand such a dreadful temperature.

Facing the Great Formation jointly set up by the three Middle-rank Saints, Ling Chen also furrowed his brows. At once his hands formed seals, his brow trembled, and the Thunder Tribulation Sword at his waist automatically left its sheath and flew out, then quickly split into dozens of Flying Swords behind his back.

Under the guidance of Ling Chen’s palm, the Flying Swords scattered, and at thunderbolt speed blasted toward different points of that triangular Array Formation.

Bang bang bang!

The Flying Swords slammed into the Array Formation, but merely caused it to violently tremble. At the instant the swords touched the formation, that thick Red Fire Chain released a strange fluctuation that spread through the whole formation. The Flying Swords crashed against it yet could not even tear open a single crack.

Their sharpness failed to erupt.

Seeing this scene, Ling Chen’s expression sank slightly. It seemed these three had indeed come prepared. That Red Fire Chain should be none other than the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock, one of the Wild Fire Town Shrine Sacred Objects of Desolate Fire City. Its might likely surpassed even the Holy Fire Order, which was also one of Desolate Fire City’s Wild Fire Town Shrine Sacred Objects.

To deal with him, these old bastards had even brought this thing along; they really did their homework.

"Ling Chen, you little beast, I’ll see how you die this time."

Seeing that Ling Chen’s Flying Sword attacks were completely ineffective, the coldness on Saint Qian Yan’s face grew even denser. Back in the Emperor’s Tomb he had suffered a loss at Ling Chen’s hands; how could he possibly let Ling Chen seize any advantage now? This time he had deliberately brought the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock precisely to make sure Ling Chen would never again escape from his grasp!

"You still don’t know who’s going to die."

Ling Chen’s body suddenly leaned forward, the Thunder Sound Sword automatically flew into his hand, and in the next moment his perfected Thunder Intent erupted completely. He then swung toward the three his most powerful sword—Thunder Swallow.

Crash!

The black thunderball seemed as if it would devour heaven and earth. Even the blazing sun in the sky dimmed at this moment, losing its brilliance. As the thunderball advanced, pure Slaughter Sword Intent spilled out, like a storm, sweeping in all directions.

At this moment!

Ling Chen pushed his strength to the limit.

The instant the thunderball finished condensing, it shot violently toward the southwestern direction, and its target was clearly the Sixth Elder among the three.

"Sixth Brother, careful!"

Saint Qian Yan instinctively roared.

The Sixth Elder hurriedly stirred the True Qi in his body, using the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock in his hands to rapidly condense a river of fire before him, blocking the air in front.

Boom!

The black thunderball crashed headlong into the fire river. The ripples of power that erupted warped even the Array Formation in the sea domain’s sky. Layers of Flames were torn apart by the lightning, as though a sheet of fire-red paper had been smeared with a huge stroke of paint of another color, leaving a vast blank space.

The sun and moon lost their light, heaven and earth lost their color.

At the instant the thunderball exploded, a sweeping Swallowing power burst forth, forcibly ripping the fire river into shreds!

Everyone only felt heaven and earth quaking, their vision dazzling, currents of electricity shooting everywhere. The one bearing the brunt was that Sixth Elder. Even with the fire river’s protection, his Protective True Qi shattered to pieces in that moment, and the terrifying lightning impact poured down on his body.

The Sixth Elder was sent flying against his will, a thread of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his face slightly pale. Fortunately he clung desperately to the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock before him, so he wasn’t blasted too far away. Otherwise, this strike would have broken the formation, causing the three of them, Saint Qian Yan and the others, to see all their efforts come to nothing!

"How is this possible! How can this brat be so strong? Even with the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock and the Array Formation, we still can’t block him. If we faced him alone, wouldn’t it be certain death?"

The Sixth Elder’s gaze was filled with utter terror, both shocked and enraged.

He was a dignified top Expert of the Fourth Realm of the Saint Path. He had originally thought that no matter how troublesome Ling Chen was, at most Ling Chen could only manage to fight him to a draw. He had never expected that he would be so utterly inadequate before Ling Chen. It was simply intolerable.

Only now did he finally understand why Saint Qian Yan had prepared so thoroughly, and why he was so cautious and walking on thin ice when facing Ling Chen, treating Ling Chen with an almost inconceivable level of importance. All of this had reason. Without such measures, they might not even be able to block Ling Chen, let alone take his life!

"Don’t be reckless. Use the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock’s power and surround him!"

Seeing the Sixth Elder barely endure the blow, Saint Qian Yan let out a breath. If the Sixth Elder hadn’t held on and Ling Chen had torn open a breach, that would have been disastrous. At that point, wanting to encircle and slaughter Ling Chen would be nothing but a fool’s dream!

With that said, he immediately wound the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock around his body, binding himself together with the Three-Element Fire Demon Array. Immediately, flames surged wildly around him, and the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock seemed to come alive, transforming into a thick Fire Python, thrashing madly in midair.

"Kill!"

The Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder erupted almost simultaneously with Saint Qian Yan. They swung their chains, attacking toward Ling Chen. Those chains, formed from magma Flames from the depths of a volcano, seemed to possess unparalleled destructive power, destroying whatever they met.

Clang!

His figure flashing, Ling Chen gripped the Thunder Sound Sword and clashed head-on with the Fire Python formed by the chains.

In an instant, an incomparably terrifying, berserk force surged from the chains, traveling along the Thunder Sound Sword into Ling Chen’s body. Ling Chen was sent flying backward. Though he’d made thorough preparations, he hadn’t expected the chains’ power to be this immense. Saint Qian Yan had filled them with rampaging fire-attribute True Qi, turning them into a Powder Keg that would explode upon contact.

A grave look surfaced in Ling Chen’s eyes. This Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock could absorb and contain the True Qi of the three, and the combined True Qi of three people was naturally far beyond that of a single person. He finally understood the function of the Fire Cloud Heavenly Lock. With it, the three could completely fight on par with a High-level Saint.

Clang clang clang!

Ling Chen constantly swung his sword in counterattack. Because he feared the terrifying destructive power of the chains, he only sent out sword qi from a distance to block them.

But sword qi launched from afar could never match the attack of the Treasure Sword itself and found it hard to hinder the chains in the slightest, being easily shattered to dust.

Yet as the sword qi shattered, the Fire Python formed by the chains grew ever more ferocious. In the span of just a few dozen breaths, Ling Chen was forced to clash head-on with the chains several more times. Each time his blood and qi roiled, and he retreated rapidly backward.