Chapter 378 - 207: Rescue

Soon, Jiang Che rushed to another main battlefield.

There, dozens of Cangyun Sect disciples had formed a broken Sword Array. Led by a white-haired and bearded Inner Sect Elder, they were desperately holding out against the siege of several Demon Sect Hall Masters!

Although the Elder was already at the Half-Step True Master Realm, he was ultimately outnumbered. His body was covered in wounds, and it was clear he couldn’t hold on for much longer.

"Watch out!"

Just as a Demon Sect Hall Master found an opening and slashed his saber toward a disciple’s back, Jiang Che’s figure appeared before him like a phantom!

He threw a simple punch!

"BANG!"

The Demon Sect Hall Master, a cultivator at the Peak of the Refining Organ Realm, was—along with his saber—blasted into a gory pulp by that single punch!

The entire battlefield fell silent in an instant!

Everyone stared at the scene, dumbfounded!

"It’s... It’s Chief Jiang!"

"Chief Jiang is here! We’re saved!"

A rapturous light instantly burst forth from the eyes of the despairing disciples!

The Half-Step True Master Elder stared at Jiang Che as if he were looking at a monster. His mouth opened and closed, but not a single word came out.

’O... One punch... insta-killed someone at the Peak of the Refining Organ Realm?!’

’Just... how strong... is our Chief Jiang?!’

Jiang Che paid no mind to the crowd’s shocked gazes.

He had only one thought on his mind.

Save people!

Save more people!

His figure flickered again as he took the initiative to charge the remaining Demon Sect Hall Masters!

...

As Jiang Che, like an indefatigable god of slaughter, frantically put out fires across the Sect and massacred the Demons...

Suddenly, a familiar yet somewhat disheveled cyan figure staggered toward him, fleeing from the direction of the Lingxiao Courtyard!

It was Gu Qingxuan!

And behind her, three Demon Sect experts, whose auras had also reached the Half-Step True Master Realm, pursued her relentlessly, like maggots clinging to bone!

Jiang Che’s eyes narrowed!

Without a moment’s hesitation, his figure flickered, and he blocked the path of the three Demon Sect experts!

When the three saw Jiang Che, they were stunned for a moment, but then cruel, savage grins appeared on their faces.

"Another one comes to die!"

However, what greeted them were three black fist-shadows, moving at extreme speed and containing devastating power!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

With three muffled thuds, the three Half-Step True Master Realm experts—powerful enough to dominate a region in the outside world—were killed on the spot, turning into three cold corpses without even touching the hem of Jiang Che’s clothes!

Gu Qingxuan stopped in her tracks. She looked at the tall, straight back before her, and at the three corpses whose eyes were wide with disbelief. Her own cool, clear eyes filled with complex emotions.

’The three who pushed me into such a sorry state couldn’t even withstand a single one of his moves...’

Her mouth opened, but in the end, she only managed to say softly, "Thank you."

Jiang Che asked, "Right, what happened? Why are you running this way?"

The Lingxiao Courtyard was in the opposite direction; she shouldn’t have come here.

Besides, if she was escaping for her life, she should have been running down the mountain. This struck Jiang Che as a little strange.

Upon hearing his words, Gu Qingxuan’s body trembled violently!

"It’s Master..." Her voice trembled, a tremor even she hadn’t noticed. "Master... he used a Forbidden Technique so I could escape... He told me to go to the back mountain to find the Sect Leader for help..."

Jiang Che instantly understood the whole story.

’Dean Yue Lingfeng... is likely doomed.’

’The so-called "find the Sect Leader for help" was just an excuse to allow his most prized disciple to escape with a clear conscience.’

Seeing Gu Qingxuan’s devastated expression, Jiang Che said in a low voice, "Then what are you standing around for? Hurry up and go!"

"Okay..."

Gu Qingxuan also knew that this was not the time for grief.

She gave Jiang Che a deep look, then, without any further hesitation, her body flickered and transformed into a streak of cyan light, frantically racing toward the back mountain!

Jiang Che frowned as he watched her retreating figure.

He turned his head and looked toward the Lingxiao Courtyard, which had long since turned into an Asura Hell.

He could clearly sense several terrifying auras belonging to True Master Realm experts frantically clashing and colliding in that direction!

’Should I go... or not?’

He quickly weighed his options.

’Forget it, I’ll just go take a look! After all, I have Hidden Evasion, so it shouldn’t be dangerous.’

’If there’s a chance, I’ll save him. If it’s impossible, I’ll leave immediately. No forcing it!’

Having made up his mind, Jiang Che no longer hesitated.

With a thought, he activated the Active Skill of [True: Shadowless Escape Stream]—

[Shadow Escape]!

His figure instantly blurred, turned transparent, and then vanished completely into thin air, perfectly blending into the chaotic battlefield environment!

Then, like a true ghost, he silently rushed toward the Lingxiao Courtyard.

It wasn’t that he was some kind of bleeding-heart saint.

Rather, he knew clearly in his heart.

Yue Lingfeng was one of the Cangyun Sect’s top combatants!

With the Sect facing such a catastrophe, one more True Master Realm expert meant that much more strength!

’After all, who knows what will happen next?’

’Save one if I can!’

...

Jiang Che moved stealthily, quickly approaching the Lingxiao Courtyard.

The Lingxiao Courtyard was now a scene of utter ruin, with rubble and broken walls everywhere.

On the ground lay the bodies of many young disciples who had been brutally murdered.

Jiang Che sighed softly and continued forward.

Suddenly, he saw from afar three figures with terrifying auras, wreathed in black Demonic Qi, ganging up on a blood-soaked figure in cyan robes amidst the ruins!

Jiang Che focused his gaze and saw that the person surrounded was none other than the Dean of Lingxiao Courtyard, Yue Lingfeng!

At this moment, he was an arrow at the end of its flight!

The power he had gained from burning his Blood Essence was rapidly fading.

His face was as pale as paper, the arm holding his sword was trembling violently, and his body was covered with ghastly wounds so deep that bone was visible!

But the three Demon Sect Guardians attacking him still had steady auras, their strikes vicious and their moves all fatal!

The leading Demon Sect Guardian, at the Fourth Layer of the True Master Realm, laughed savagely. "Yue Lingfeng! To die at the hands of us, the Black Slaughter Three Ghosts, can be considered your honor!"

Yue Lingfeng looked at the three before him, a flash of unwillingness in his eyes.

But he knew that he was unlikely to escape his doom today.

’Fine... Even if I die... I’m taking one of you with me!’

Just as despair filled his heart and he prepared to detonate his True Essence to perish together with his enemies!

Something unexpected happened!

"SWOOSH!!!"

A terrifying shriek suddenly rang out!

The three Demon Sect Guardians who were besieging Yue Lingfeng were instantly alarmed!

They whipped their heads around to see a terrifying, ink-black Arrow erupting toward them from behind a collapsed palace hall in the distance!

However, although the Arrow radiated terrifying power, it didn’t pose a fatal threat to the three Demon Sect Guardians, whose strengths were at the Third and Fourth Layers of the True Master Realm.

Of course, even they wouldn’t get off lightly if they tried to block it head-on.

Therefore, the three temporarily gave up on killing Yue Lingfeng and dodged in different directions.

However, the jet-black Arrow, as if it had eyes, ignored the other two and locked dead onto the leading Demon Sect Guardian at the Fourth Layer of the True Master Realm!

"What the hell is this thing?!" the Guardian thought in alarm.

He hastily dodged.

But no matter how he evaded, the Arrow remained fixed on him, as if it truly had eyes!

"Hmph! A petty trick!"

He steeled himself, stopped dodging, and quickly gathered his True Qi to form a black True Qi Shield in front of him.

BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

The ink-black Arrow slammed squarely into the black True Qi Shield!

Although the True Qi Shield nullified most of the Arrow’s power, the Demon Sect Guardian at the Fourth Layer of the True Master Realm was still in a bad state.

He was knocked back several steps by the impact, and the True Qi in his body was thrown into temporary disarray.

’A good chance!’

Yue Lingfeng was overjoyed when he saw this.

He didn’t know who was helping him from the shadows, but he knew this was his chance to escape!

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately poured the last trace of True Qi in his body into his legs, turning into a streak of cyan light and fleeing frantically toward the back mountain without a backward glance!

"Trying to run?!"

The other two Demon Sect Guardians were enraged and immediately moved to give chase!

However, at that very moment!

"SWOOSH!!!"

"SWOOSH!!!"

Two shrieks, one after the other, came from the distance!

"Again?"

The two Demon Sect Guardians frowned, forced to stop and condense their True Qi Shields to block the arrows.

BOOM!!!

BOOM!!!

Two massive explosions rang out.

The two were only at the Third Layer of the True Master Realm. After the arrows struck their shields, they were knocked back even further, and they even felt a slight shock to their internal organs!

Meanwhile, Yue Lingfeng seized this critical moment to completely escape their encirclement!

He glanced back deeply in the direction the Arrow had come from, his eyes filled not only with gratitude but also with a hint of confusion.

’This Arrow’s power is considerable... It must be from an expert at the Second Layer of the True Master Realm.’

’But who is it? Since when did my Cangyun Sect have a True Master Realm expert skilled in archery?’

Although he was puzzled, he knew this was not the time to investigate.

He faced that direction, cupped his fist from afar, and called out loudly:

"Thank you for your help, Your Excellency! I, Yue, will be sure to repay this debt in the future!"

After speaking, he didn’t linger for another moment. With a few flickers, he disappeared into the distant mountain forest.

...

In the distant ruins.

Jiang Che hid behind a broken wall, carefully observing the scene from afar.

Seeing Yue Lingfeng saved, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after firing the Silent Extinction Star-Chasing Arrow three times at twenty-five times its normal power, the Strength in his body was almost completely depleted.

’It seems I can only fire it three times in a row...’ Jiang Che thought to himself.

However, while he couldn’t truly injure these experts at the Third and Fourth Layers of the True Master Realm, he was already satisfied that he could pose a certain degree of threat to them.

After all, this was the Silent Extinction Star-Chasing Arrow at twenty-five times its power in his normal state.

If he used it after transforming into his Black Armor...

He had a feeling that even if he couldn’t kill them, he could still cause them significant trouble!

Seeing the three heading in his direction, Jiang Che quickly activated [Shadow Escape] and silently vanished from the spot.

...

"BASTARD!!!"

Watching the cooked duck fly away, the Demon Sect Guardians were so furious they were practically hopping with rage!

Their venomous gazes shot in unison toward the ruins where Jiang Che had been hiding.

"You cowardly rat, hiding your head and showing your tail! Get out here!"

They roared and were about to charge over to tear the person who had sniped them from the shadows to pieces!

However, when they arrived at the ruins, they found nothing.

Frustrated, they could only take their burning rage and continue their slaughter in other parts of the Sect.