Chapter 179: Just In Time

Yang Zigong was holding two Martial Intent Realm experts of the Rose Party back alone at the moment.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Even though he was risking his life and giving it his all, he was at a clear disadvantage. Even though he had been trying to stall for time, he found it getting unbearable.

“This should be enough, right?! It should be time for me to retreat… If I still remain here to stall them, I’ll be leaving my life behind!” Yang Zigong growled helplessly. Even so, he didn’t dare to retreat by himself.

Peng Lanqing was giving it his all not too far away. As an instructor of the outer division, Peng Lanqing’s cultivation had already reached the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm. He was holding back four enemies at the Martial Intent Realm by himself!

Even though he was also being suppressed, his fighting spirit and vigor weren’t weakening in the slightest. In fact, he was getting more and more aggressive!

At that instant, Yang Zigong realized why he had never been able to gain an upper hand against Tang Yuan.

Regardless of character, connections, or prestige, he was more than comparable to Tang Yuan!

Even when they compared their strength, they were almost on par! Of course, he didn’t know that Tang Yuan had already broken through to the grand completion stage.

Previously, he felt that the only reason Tang Yuan managed to obtain his position was because of Ji Wenlong’s support. Now, he finally realized the largest difference between them.

Like what happened with Peng Lanqing, Tang Yuan’s personality wouldn’t allow him to escape from a battle like that! The thought of retreating wouldn’t even cross his mind! Even if they had to face death, they would give it their all and cause the greatest amount of damage to their enemy before they died!

The battlefield between the two worlds wasn’t a place where weaklings could thrive. The patrol squads needed terrifying resolve in order to strike fear in the hearts of their enemies!

Yang Zigong would never possess the resolve to die in battle with his enemies! That was where he lost to Tang Yuan!

Even if their strengths were similar, in a battle to the death, Tang Yuan would win without a shred of doubt!

As the battle raged on, Yang Zigong and Peng Lanqing knew that they were merely stalling for time. Yang Zigong had already made his preparations to escape. He had never thought of leaving his life behind during the battle!

Since Peng Lanqing was still fighting, he would feel a little guilty if he were to escape on his own.

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I… I’ll hold on for a little bit longer! Just a little more…

Hey, wait a second… Why is there a student of the institution running towards us?! What the hell?

Yang Zigong gasped in his heart. He might not have recognized the youngster who came over suddenly, but he could tell that the newcomer wasn’t even in the Martial Intent Realm.

In his eyes, the kid was nothing more than a fool. The battlefield was filled with Martial Intent Realm experts, and a mere Martial Extremity Realm disciple dared to intrude on them. Wasn’t he just asking for it?

“Hey, brat, are you tired of living? Hurry up and leave!” Yang Zigong yelled. Disciples of the Protection Division were all massive brutes. There was hardly anyone who could speak amicably, much less when they were in such a dangerous situation.

The youngster who just appeared stared at him as if he was scared silly by the frightening battle that was going on as he wandered into the battlefield. In an instant, the divine sense of the Martial Intent Realm experts descended on him and the kid was nearly pressed flat into the ground.

A small completion stage cultivator of the Martial Intent who was tangled up with Yang Zigong sneered in response and sent a palm flying towards the youngster’s chest.

After sending out the attack, he no longer paid attention to the kid. In his eyes, the kid was as good as dead.

When he turned back to the battle with Yang Zigong, he saw a look of shock on his opponent’s face.

“Hmph, petty tricks. Do you think I’m so stupid?” He sneered and he wanted to continue attacking Yang Zigong.

Before he could do anything, a yell came from one of his teammates. “Be careful! Behind you!”

Behind?!

The cultivator turned around instinctively and placed both hands before his chest. He circulated his inner qi to form a barrier around him.

“What the f…” He couldn’t even complete his sentence before he was swallowed by a sea of sword lights.

By the time the light faded, not even his bones were left.

There wasn’t a need to mention the companion of the Martial Intent Realm expert who was killed, but even Yang Zigong was shocked beyond words. The battle between him and his opponent paused in that second.

Even though the youngster completed his quick kill, he didn’t continue to assist Yang Zigong. Instead, he went towards Peng Lanqing without even saying a word.

Yang Zigong and his opponent stared at each other and saw the shock in each other’s eyes.

“That… That movement technique… It looks like the Shang Clan’s Irregular Steps!” Yang Zigong eventually snapped back to reality as his spear stabbed towards his opponent.

Hah… Do you think I’ll be afraid of you now that we’re fighting one on one?

Shang Xia didn’t realize the damage he caused to their fragile little hearts, but he couldn’t be bothered anyway.

He could only think of saving Peng Lanqing from his predicament. He could tell that under the attack of three Martial Intent Realm experts, the instructor of the outer division was in deep trouble despite his cultivation at the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm.

Unlike Yang Zigong who Shang Xia hadn’t the faintest clue about, he recognized Peng Lanqing right away!

Naturally, his appearance shocked the instructor to the core!

Peng Lanqing gasped in his heart. If he wasn’t mistaken, before entering the battlefield between two worlds, Shang Xia barely managed to escape death after being struck by lightning. He also barely managed to comprehend his first martial intent in the Martial Realm.

If he wasn’t hallucinating just a second ago, Shang Xia had used his martial intent at the Martial Extremity Realm! He killed a Martial Intent Realm expert before anyone could react!

There was no mistake about it!

However, wouldn’t that mean that in two short months, Shang Xia’s cultivation jumped from the large completion stage of the Martial Realm to the grand completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm?! How was that even possible?!

That wasn’t all. After settling things on Yang Zigong’s side, he didn’t seem tired at all. He was even running straight towards Peng Lanqing!

The experts surrounding Peng Lanqing immediately broke their formation. Two of them lunged at Shang Xia from both directions, trapping him in the middle.

One of them was at the small completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm, and the other was at the large completion stage. The two of them joined hands when dealing with a mere disciple of the Tongyou Institution at the Martial Extremity Realm!