Chapter 240 - 128: Suppressing the Beast Tide

The moment the Profound Ice Horned Python was slain, a brief cheer erupted from the city wall, but it was immediately drowned out by the roars of the even more turbulent Beast Tide.

The Rock Armor Thorn Turtle’s eyes turned scarlet. It abandoned its attack on the section of the West City wall where Zhou Meng was, pivoted its massive body, and charged viciously toward the part of the wall where Liang Cheng and his companions stood!

"Scatter!"

Ye Zhiqiu’s True Gang erupted again. He moved to the very front, his Protective Light Shield expanding abruptly to forcefully meet the turtle’s charge.

BOOM—!

A shockwave erupted. Ye Zhiqiu was driven back seven steps, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth as his Protective Light Shield flickered unstably.

Liang Cheng and Xiao Qingxue dodged to either side, their saber and sword striking in unison as they slashed at the joints of the Rock Armor Thorn Turtle’s limbs.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Sparks flew.

The Rock Armor Thorn Turtle’s shell was too thick, and even its joints were covered in bone plates. Ordinary attacks could barely leave a scratch.

"Attack its eyes!"

Liang Cheng shouted. With a sharp cry, Xiao Qingxue twisted in the air like a sparrowhawk. Sword Aura flared from her blade’s tip as she stabbed straight for the turtle’s eye.

The Rock Armor Thorn Turtle jerked its head aside, and Xiao Qingxue’s sword tip struck the bone plate of its eye socket, leaving behind only a faint white mark.

Just then—

WUUUM!

A low hum, like that of an ancient bell, resonated from mid-air.

The hovering One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale slowly lowered its head.

The blood-red patterns in its single eye swirled as it coldly locked its gaze on Liang Cheng.

"This is bad!"

Ye Zhiqiu’s face fell. "It’s targeting us!"

Before his words had even faded, the bone sail on the whale’s back lit up. The blood-red patterns writhed like living things, converging at the tip of the sail.

The next moment, a beam of blood-red light tore through the air!

Fast!

So fast the naked eye could barely track it!

The hairs on Liang Cheng’s entire body stood on end. At this moment of life and death, he pushed his Wandering Dragon Step to its limit, his form shifting three feet sideways like a phantom.

The blood-red beam grazed his shoulder and struck the city wall behind him.

The greenstone wall where the beam struck silently disintegrated into dust, revealing a smooth, circular hole ten feet in diameter.

Around the edge of the hole, the greenstone had crystallized into a glassy, vitrified state.

"Fall back! Fall back now!"

Zhou Meng roared hoarsely from a distance, "That’s Erosion Gang Blood Light! Not even someone in the True Gang Realm can withstand it!"

The One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s single eye shifted slightly, and the blood-red patterns began to glow again.

The second beam came.

This time, it cut off all angles of escape for the defensive team, with Liang Cheng bearing the brunt of the attack.

"Liang Cheng!"

Ye Zhiqiu screamed, his eyes bloodshot with desperation. He recklessly unleashed his True Gang, forming a cyan Sword Rainbow to block the attack. Simultaneously, Xiao Qingxue’s sword light cascaded like a waterfall, creating a dense curtain of blades.

CLANG—!!!

The blood-red beam slammed into the Sword Rainbow and the curtain of blades, producing a grating, tearing sound that set everyone’s teeth on edge.

Xiao Qingxue coughed up a mouthful of blood as her Protective Light Shield instantly shattered. She was sent flying backward, crashing through half of a battlement.

Fine cracks appeared on the blade of Ye Zhiqiu’s longsword. He let out a muffled groan and staggered back, the web of his hand splitting open and dripping with blood.

His True Gang was shattered.

But their combined block had bought Liang Cheng a crucial moment.

A ferocious light exploded in his eyes.

Instead of retreating, he advanced!

’Retreating is a death sentence.’

The bricks of the city wall shattered under his feet as Liang Cheng shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, heading straight for the One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale!

"Come back! Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

Seeing this, Zhou Meng bellowed in horror from his position on the wall.

A flicker of what looked like human mockery flashed through the One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s single eye. Liang Cheng was taken aback. ’Did I see that right?’

But he had no time to dwell on it. In mid-air with no leverage, he used the momentum of his fall to abruptly dodge the beam.

Still, the edge of the beam grazed him, and the expressions of those watching changed dramatically.

Mixed Element Gang Body!

Activate!

True Essence surged through Liang Cheng’s seventy-two acupoints. A faint golden light shield enveloped his body, and a subtle, jade-like luster flowed just beneath his skin.

The instant the edge of the blood-red beam made contact, Liang Cheng twisted his body unnaturally, meeting the light head-on with his left shoulder!

SIZZLE—!

The golden light shield trembled violently and dimmed in an instant. The cloth on his left shoulder disintegrated into ash, revealing the faintly golden skin underneath.

The blood-light sizzled as it ate away at the surface of his skin.

Excruciating pain pierced him to the core.

But Liang Cheng’s eyes were as cold as iron.

Harnessing the impact from the beam, the speed of his descent increased by a third.

He had escaped with his life.

But just then, Liang Cheng’s eyes narrowed.

His gaze fell upon the area beneath the One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s neck. There, he spotted a single, palm-sized scale that was slightly lighter in color than the rest.

’A Reverse Scale!’

"Strike!"

Liang Cheng roared, channeling the momentum of his fall. He poured all his True Essence into the edge of his saber, and with a crackle of cyan and purple lightning, he slashed!

The arc of his saber flashed like a bolt of silk, striking the Reverse Scale dead center!

CLANG—!!!

The sound of metal striking metal rang out across the battlefield.

The One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s Reverse Scale trembled violently, a crack forced open by the sheer power of the blow.

The One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale let out a heaven-shaking roar of pain.

Its massive body thrashed wildly, its blood-light spraying uncontrollably in all directions. City walls, the sea’s surface, other Fierce Beasts—anything it touched instantly disintegrated.

Liang Cheng landed back on the city wall, spitting out three mouthfuls of blood before collapsing. The bones in his right arm groaned, pushed past their limit.

But at that moment, the Short Sword hidden in his left sleeve moved.

[Profound Yin Sword Technique·Bone Penetration]

A line of Gray-Black Sword Qi condensed, silent and traceless. So sinister and stealthy that no one noticed it, the Sword Qi shot straight for the One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s Reverse Scale and slipped silently into the crack!

PFFT!

As the Sword Qi entered its body, the Cold Yin Force it contained erupted.

The One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s single eye instantly flooded with blood, the red patterns within it falling into disarray. The light on its bone sail flickered erratically. It shrieked in agony, its massive body losing its balance and crashing down toward the sea.

BOOM—!!!

Monstrous waves surged into the sky.

"Crossbow Carriages! Concentrate fire! Quick, aim for its eye!"

Seizing the opportunity, Zhou Meng roared.

The remaining Crossbow Carriages swiveled, unleashing a rain of Breaking Gang Heavy Arrows. Although most were blocked by the bone sail, several still struck its single eye.

The One-Eyed Bone Sail Whale’s agonized howl shook the heavens as it thrashed wildly, creating waves the size of a tsunami.

On the city wall, Liang Cheng knelt on one knee, using his saber to prop himself up as he gasped for breath.