Chapter 415 - 412: The Five Great Sects Arrive

Chapter 415: Chapter 412: The Five Great Sects Arrive

The terrifying explosion had clearly done some serious damage. The monster let out an enraged roar and dove toward Feng Hao.

"Your opponent is me!" The Thief Master had no intention of letting it escape. With a surge of power from his Dark Light Sword, he blocked the monster’s path.

Seeing the Thief Master intercept the monster, Feng Hao and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Luo, seeing that the cannonballs were effective against the monster, couldn’t help but throw his head back and laugh wildly. "Hahaha, Sanmei, give it a few more rounds!"

However, Mei Meimei’s alarmed cry was his only answer: "Get back, the cannons are going to blow!"

"Shit!" Lin Luo cursed instantly, hastily pulling Feng Hao away to a safe distance.

Kang Shuai and Wang Tongqian reacted instantly as well, scrambling to the side.

Moments after the five of them had fallen back, they heard a massive explosion from the direction of the cannons. Hundreds of emplacements were instantly blasted into rubble...

Feng Hao snapped out of his bewildered stupor, unsure whether to laugh or cry. ’Fourth Sister really hasn’t changed a bit. None of her weapons and equipment ever work properly.’

"You all keep them busy, I’ll provide cover. I still have a dozen or so [Stinky Eggs] left." Mei Meimei didn’t seem to mind the loss of the cannons in the slightest. With a wave of her Spatial Ring, she set up several more.

The members of the Root Cutting Sect weren’t idiots, either. Seeing that the cannonballs posed a threat to their master, they immediately began to swarm this way, heedless of their own lives.

"Brother Feng, you get back. Second Brother, Third Brother, and I can hold them off!" Lin Luo said grimly.

"You three go all out. I don’t need protecting anymore." Feng Hao flashed a confident smile. Then, to the utter astonishment of his three brothers, he charged into the ranks of the Root Cutting Sect army, dual daggers in hand.

Lin Luo and the other two were shocked. Just as they were about to say something, they saw a massive swath of terrifying damage numbers rise from within the Root Cutting Sect army.

"Damn... We haven’t seen him for just over half a year, and Fifth Brother is already this strong?" Wang Tongqian said in disbelief, cutting down several Root-cutting Mages with a swing of his blade.

Kang Shuai was equally dumbfounded, his signature cool pose frozen in place. ’He’s this fierce at only the fourth rank? What’s he going to be like in the future? Forget it. I’ll just stick to being the handsome one from now on.’

’Two talent sets really are overpowered. This damage output is just on another level.’ Lin Luo swallowed hard, and couldn’t help but start pitying the three "Thief Seeds" from the Grand Hall.

’Come to think of it, I started out as a Thief Seed myself. If I’d run into a monster like that back then... just the thought is terrifying.’

Meanwhile, Mei Meimei had finished her preparations. She fired a dozen or so [Stinky Eggs] in quick succession, blasting the monster’s phantom body above and helping the Thief Master gain a significant advantage.

But a monster was a monster, after all. Along with its massive size came a terrifyingly high amount of health.

After all, whether it was a Magical Beast, a Spirit Beast, or a monster, the larger the body, the higher the Basic Qi Blood. This was common knowledge in the Mage World.

It was said that some Star Sky Magical Beasts were the size of a small planet, with Qi Blood measured in the hundreds of millions.

Of course, this was all a digression. The important thing was the battle at hand.

After more than ten Root Cutting Sect experts freed themselves up, they quickly went to support Saint Envoy Tian. They pushed back Zhong Yuntao and his men, and under their cover, Saint Envoy Tian began to channel energy into the [Array-Breaking Spear] once more.

The situation grew tense again. Once the [Array-Breaking Spear] was fully charged, the seal on the Elder Hall would be destroyed.

At that time, the monster sealed by Sword Saint Sun Yalong all those years ago would re-emerge. Combined with the high-level monster before them now, the entire Ancient Cang Realm would be plunged into devastation.

There was nothing to be done about it. Although countless experts had emerged in the Ancient Cang Realm over hundreds of millions of years, most of them chose to leave the Ancient Cang Realm and journey to the Inner Ring Star Realm in search of higher levels of power. To put it plainly, it was a severe brain drain.

This was also why most Bloodline Planets were relatively underdeveloped; the talent drain was just too severe.

Moreover, because of the [Ancient Prohibition], once these talents left, they couldn’t return even if they wanted to. That was the most fatal part of it all!

The Thief Master was naturally aware of this too, but he was currently tied down by the monster’s phantom body, with no opportunity to support Zhong Yuntao and the others.

"A pity my brothers are no longer here. Otherwise, how could a mere phantom like you possibly stop me!"

The Thief Master gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, a flicker of imperceptible sadness in his eyes.

With that said, a cold, sinister fluctuation rose from the Thief Master’s body. He instantly transformed into a phantasm. A cold light flashed as he struck the monster’s vital point.

It was a seemingly simple strike, yet it sliced away nearly half of the monster’s life force.

Sensing its life force diminishing, the phantom body flew into a rage and launched a ferocious assault on the Thief Master...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Facing the phantom body’s frenzied attacks, the Thief Master was forced to retreat step by step. With Mei Meimei’s [Stinky Eggs] all used up, the Thief Master’s situation became increasingly dire.

Fortunately, he was protected by the [Demon Toxin Antibody], so he didn’t have to worry about the toxin’s corrosion for the time being.

Meanwhile, Saint Envoy Tian’s [Array-Breaking Spear] had reached the final moments of its charging sequence.

At this critical moment, a surprised and joyful cry suddenly rang out from the chaotic crowd: "Stone Listening Communication is working again! Stone Listening Communication is working again!"

Once the Listening Stone shield failed, the news spread across the entire battlefield in an instant.

Feng Hao, of course, also received this news and was overjoyed. The reason for his joy wasn’t that the Listening Stone shield had failed, but what this news implied.

Since Stone Listening Communication was restored, the Shielding Array outside the city must have been destroyed. In other words, reinforcements had arrived!

"Damn it. The Five Great Sects are so damn slow. Took them long enough to get here!" Lin Luo muttered with a grimace.

At the same time, with the Listening Stone shield gone, Feng Hao quickly received a flood of inquiries. There were messages from Yao Ying and the ’Three Beauties’, from Qian Sanduo, from West Moon Ridge, and also the ones Lin Luo and the others had sent earlier.

It was a pity Feng Hao didn’t have time right now, so he could only pick a few of the more important ones to reply to, like the one from West Moon Ridge.

"Hey, kid! What’s the situation on your end? We’re here!"

"It’s bad. You’d better get here as fast as you can. Otherwise, we’re in big trouble!"

"Okay, got it." West Moon Ridge didn’t waste any words, cutting the communication link and speeding over to provide support.

...

The Root Cutting Sect members naturally realized the situation was bad. The middle-aged man leading the Celestial Eagle Team urged impatiently: "Tian, can you fucking hurry up? The Five Great Sects are already here!"

"Another five minutes," Saint Envoy Tian replied, his expression grim.

"Fuck." The Celestial Eagle Team leader cursed under his breath. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone, resist to the death! We have to hold out for these last five minutes."

"Understood!" a dozen or so Hundred-level Root-cutting Mages responded in unison.

At the same time, the reinforcements from the Five Great Sects arrived. Instantly, fierce battle cries erupted at the academy’s various entrances, followed by the arrival of the Hundred-level Experts from the Five Great Sects.

Seeing the experts from the Five Great Sects arrive, the Thief Master cursed irritably: "Damn it, what are you five old geezers standing around for? Get over here and help!"

After the five elders arrived on the scene, they were first taken aback by the monster’s phantom body, but they quickly rushed forward to support him.

"Damn it, so the Root Cutting Sect really is in league with the monsters!" the elder from the War and Magic Alliance said through gritted teeth.

The elder from the Ghost Realm standing beside him swept a cold gaze over the crowd and snorted. "You’ve suspected us for so long. You can finally rest easy now, can’t you?"

"This isn’t the time for that! Working together to kill this monster is what’s important!" The elder from the Thousand Blades Valley had a grave expression. With that, he drew his sword and charged toward the monster’s phantom body.