Chapter 528 – Kill

Chapter 528 – Kill!!

Li Changqing raised his sword and stood calmly on the deck, as if he’d expected the attack. He looked at the three youths. “It’s time for you to contribute.”

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, and the sword coffin appeared behind him. Xiao Chen cracked his neck, a blood-red spear materializing in his hand. Ye Feng licked his lips and unsheathed his sword. The trio nodded in unison and appeared outside Meng Wanshu’s room in a flash.

Li Changqing waved, and a sturdy barrier formed.

Meng Wanshu sat helplessly inside. She knew the enemies had come for her, yet all she could do was hide within the barrier. Under such circumstances, keeping herself from getting captured was the best way she could help them.

The boat slowed, and warriors emerged from beneath the deck. They all wore ice-blue robes and black masks—three at the Illusory Refinement Realm, ten at the Divine Transformation Realm.

The trio paid them little mind. The attack wasn’t unusual given Meng Wanshu’s identity.

Li Guanqi gripped his sword with both hands and levitated. “You two guard the flanks of the ship. Don’t leave the vicinity of this cloud boat under any circumstances.”

Ye Feng and Xiao Chen nodded in agreement.

Buzz!

Their vital force domains spread, enveloping the ship and a radius of three hundred zhang around it. Each of them possessed a heavenly flame, and when the three flames met, they merged into a blazing barrier.

The flames were intense and fearsome, casting a blood-red glow upon the surrounding void. The barrier’s flames were as strong as the top fifteen heavenly flames. Even Li Changqing looked back in surprise.

The three worked in perfect unison, holding nothing back from each other. Only absolute trust could allow three heavenly flames to merge so peacefully. If even one of them harbored ill intentions, they could inflict serious harm on the others.

Xiao Chen glared daggers. “Who dares attack us?”

Two gigantic cloud boats emerged from the pitch-black void.

Screech!

A piercing crow’s shriek cut through the air. Li Guanqi paled.

The Dark Raven Order!

The name, long faded in his memory, surfaced once more. He’d been wary of them since his arrival in the Soaring Heavens Territory, but nothing had happened, so he’d assumed they’d given up.

He’d buried the matter deep, especially after reaching the Taiqing Territory. Since then, everyone around him had high cultivation, like He Yuanting, who was at the Combined Body Realm. The Dark Raven Order must have hesitated, unsure if they could kill him, and his rapid cultivation must have complicated their plans.

But now...

Buzz!

Two mysterious figures in black robes appeared. Terrifying auras radiated across space.

Boom!

Their auras shattered the barrier around the ship. The two Combined Body Realm auras crushed the cloud boat. It exploded, and the sheer force pinned the trio in place.

Li Guanqi felt like a small boat in the great ocean, helpless against the waves. A single wave could drown them all. He gulped. His chest tightened. He’d thought reaching the Illusory Refinement Realm meant he was strong enough to face most things. Now, facing true Combined Body Realm cultivators, that thought seemed laughable.

Buzz!

Vital force surged through Li Changqing, and a powerful aura erupted from him. The space within a hundred li trembled.

The trio felt the pressure lift. Li Changqing was bearing the full weight alone. He pointed his sword forward and scoffed. “Just two early Combined Body Realm cultivators? That’s all?”

He crushed a jade slip and spoke into it. “Territory Lord, we’ve been attacked. It’s time to make the Dark Raven Order disappear from the Divine Treasure Territory.”

He turned toward one of the attackers, a tall figure in black robes. “And who are you?”

The two figures exchanged glances, recognizing the gravity of the situation.

Mid Combined Body Realm!

The gap between their intel and reality was staggering. They’d been told Li Changqing was only at the early Combined Body Realm.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

More black-robed figures shot from the cloud boat.

Li Guanqi and the others slightly paled. There were now eight Illusory Refinement Realm cultivators and twenty at the peak Divine Transformation Realm.

Ye Feng’s right eye turned red, violence creeping into his voice. “Boss, this is a bit of a sticky situation.”

Li Guanqi sent them a voice transmission, his tone grave. “Careful, there might be a mole.”

Ye Feng and Xiao Chen straightened up. The reminder hit home. Only Li Changqing and the crew knew their route.

Boom!

One of the crew members, an old man with white eyebrows—the one closest to Meng Wanshu’s room—slashed his sword toward the barrier surrounding it. At the same time, he crushed a scroll, and a sharp ray of sword light burst forth.

Boom!

The golden ray of sword light shocked everyone. As the ray neared Meng Wanshu’s room, Li Guanqi’s eyes flashed. Using his mind, he yanked the room behind him.

But the ray was too fast. It clipped the corner of the room.

Boom!

The barrier shattered. Li Changqing paled, blood trickling from his mouth. The sword light had shattered the trio’s heavenly flame barrier. Blood sprayed from all three when it broke.

That scroll had contained a single Combined Body Realm attack.

The black-robed attackers raised their arms and roared. “Now! Leave no one alive!”

Boom!

A blood-red ray of spear light burst forth. “You’re looking for death!”

Furious, Xiao Chen activated Soul Dissolution and hurled his spear with everything he had.

Before the old man could react, the spear had pierced through his head.

Boom!

With a fierce look in his eyes, Li Guanqi growled, “Kill!”