Chapter 287: The Road Is Narrow Among Enemies

As Youshang rushed towards Mister Bu aggressively, Liang Shuangren decided to trust him for now and allow him to deal with the heavily injured Mister Bu. He chose to fight the black clothed expert from the Azure Origin World.

Who would have thought that Youshang and Mister Bu would cooperate so seamlessly at the moment? They unleashed their strongest techniques in unison with Liang Shuangren as their target!

Also, Youshang no longer hid his cultivation at the second layer of the Martial Extermination Realm. A blood-red streak of extermination origin was followed by a silvery-gray one, bringing Youshang’s attack power to the next level.

Mister Bu’s Frosted Extermination Origin also possessed shocking power. He sent out a punch in the air, freezing the air around him. A thick layer of ice formed on the ground below, and the trees surrounding the battlefield turned into ice sculptures.

That wasn’t all. When the two of them made their move, the black-clothed man didn’t remain idle. He pushed himself to the limit and his extermination origin turned into a giant ice sword beside him.

In an instant, the battlefield changed. Mister Bu, who had been surrounded by Youshang and the black-clothed man earlier joined them to launch a deadly assault on Liang Shuangren.

The sudden change in the situation was something Liang Shuangren didn’t expect. Who would have thought that the comrade he chose specially for the mission to the Azure Origin World to work together with his enemies?

“Huh…” Liang Shuangren snorted in the face of the ambush. A trace of self–mockery could be seen on his face, but not a trace of anger could be seen.

As an expert at the third layer of the Martial Extermination Realm, he was able to react even when faced with such a terrifying lineup.

A ray of extermination origin emerged beside him to form a shield of light to block the black-clothed man’s giant frost sword.

Next, he twisted his body suddenly, releasing a huge surge of energy along with his other extermination origins. A huge twin-headed snake appeared in mid air and each head clashed against Youshang’s and Mister Bu’s attack respectively.

“Crack!” The black-clothed man’s frost sword was torn apart as the light shield created by Liang Shuangren’s extermination origin shattered. Heaven and earth qi swept through the lands after the exchange.

After suffering from his injuries previously, Mister Bu clearly wasn’t doing too well. His giant fist looked impressive, but it was swallowed by the giant snake without much fanfare.

Surprisingly, Youshang’s blood-red spear possessed frightening power. The twin-headed snake swallowed the tip of the spear, but it exploded the next second. The blood spear seemed to have lost some of its power, but it still flew straight towards Liang Shuangren. It sped up in mid air and it went straight towards Liang Shuangren’s back.

“You…” Grunting in surprise, Liang Shuangren quickly gathered his inner qi to block the blood spear from striking him.

Youshang’s cultivation level might have surprised Liang Shuangren, but the latter still felt that he was strong enough to deal with it. What truly shocked Liang Shuangren was Youshang’s second extermination origin. It seemed different from the extermination origin produced and refined by cultivators in the Azure Spiritual World!

He didn’t know who this ‘old friend’ of his was any longer! Close to ten years ago, Liang Shuangren discovered this ‘old friend’ of his and they were tight ever since.

The scene where they first met flashed across Liang Shuangren’s mind. When he received the mission to infiltrate the Azure Origin World, this ‘old friend’ of his even volunteered to accompany him despite knowing the dangers they would face!

At that moment, he finally understood he was merely a tool that had been used by Youshang!

The screen of inner qi he mustered to defend himself at the last moment was pierced through mercilessly, and Liang Shuangren instinctively raised his hand to block the spear. A hole was torn through his palm. Luckily for him, he managed to twist his head away at the last second and the blood spear scraped his shoulders. Blood sprayed through the air the next second.

Even though Mister Bu and the black-clothed man couldn’t do anything to Liang Shuangren, Youshang was different! They injured Liang Shuangren during their first exchange, and the battle that was about to break out didn’t seem hopeless after all!

Since things had progressed up to that point, the identities of the three had already been exposed to Liang Shuangren. In order to prevent their identities from being leaked to the outside world, they had to silence this elder from the Changbai Holy Land forever!

The three of them might have reservations about each other, but one thing they could come to an agreement on was that they had to kill Liang Shuangren today!

In order to do so, they would have to give it their all. Even if they had to risk their lives, they had to bury Liang Shuangren in the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range!

No longer restraining themselves, the skies above the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range flickered with a multitude of lights.

Heaven and earth qi rampaged and even with the cover of the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range, the shockwaves still alerted everyone in the surroundings.

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When Liang Shuangren arrived at the battlefield, Shang Xia lost his ability to spy on them with his divine sense.

The terrifying skirmish that erupted next turned the region around them into a mass of chaos. Even with Shang Xia’s guts, he didn’t dare to venture near the place.

Even though he had run some distance away from the battle and missed a part of it earlier, Shang Xia realized that the three who were fighting originally teamed up against Liang Shuangren when he arrived.

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Initially, he felt that he was mistaken. However, seeing as the battle was getting more and more violent, he could basically confirm that the three of them had chosen to join hands to deal with Liang Shuangren. Otherwise, the battle would have long concluded.

As for the intricate details that happened throughout the battle, Shang Xia couldn’t learn a single one!

Even though he was still feeling a little guilty about dragging Mister Bu into the mess, he had to get as far away as possible. After all, he was a Martial Intent Realm cultivator at the end of the day. With the Martial Extermination quartet going all out, the shockwaves that resulted would be more than enough to turn him into dust.

He could hide his presence to observe the battle, but he had to ensure his safety by staying far away from them. Without hesitation, he started to move further in the direction he came from.

When he arrived at a small hill that was a distance away from the battlefield, he suddenly heard a clear chirp coming from the skies above.

The little bird disappeared earlier when Mister Bu was discovered by the two of them. Now that Shang Xia also managed to escape from the complete shitshow that was going on, she quickly met up with him.

When Shang Xia was about to get Yan Ni’er to look for a clear path to escape, she released several short chirps that caused a frown to appear on his face.

Some people were approaching, and from the looks of it, there was more than one of them!

Yan Ni’er’s communication with Shang Xia improved a whole lot since their time in the battlefield between the two worlds, but the things she could tell him were still limited. Her message was simple. Those people who were approaching were attacked by the shockwaves of the battle and when they came, they were running on land. None of them were Martial Extermination Realm experts.

Even though the battle had been raging on for some time, they were in the depths of the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range. For a group of people to arrive so quickly, they had to be spies of the Azure Spiritual World who were hiding in the depths of the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range after passing through the spatial barrier!

After a series of considerations, Shang Xia decided to get Yan Ni’er to lead the way as he avoided running into them. He hid his aura and presence and allowed them to pass. Meeting several Martial Intent Realm experts head-on wasn’t the smartest choice he could make anyway.

With his current skills, even Martial Extermination Realm experts wouldn’t be able to sense his presence after he merged his divine sense with the world around him, much less cultivators in the Martial Intent Realm. They wouldn’t be able to detect Shang Xia unless they actually saw him!

When the group of four cultivators of the Azure Spiritual World passed him, Shang Xia widened his eyes slightly. He recognized two of the four and a trace of killing intent sprouted in his heart.

Those two were the ones who attacked him after he left Kou Chongxue’s place!

Of the four, one of them was at the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm, and another had completed his third divine sense transformation. He was a step away from entering the grand completion stage. The other two were in the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm having experienced two divine sense transformations. The two he didn’t recognize passed through the spatial barrier with Liang Shuangren, and there wasn’t much need to introduce the two he had seen before.

As they said, the road is narrow among enemies. They were destined to cross paths.

As for the reason behind Shang Xia’s killing intent, he was curious about the ambush he faced when he left Kou Chongxue’s secret cultivation grounds. How did they know to ambush him there? He had to get to the bottom of the matter.

When he was still deciding to carry out a sneak attack, the four of them who had just passed the hill stopped.

They stared into the air where the four Martial Extermination Realm experts were fighting and sighed. The region where the four experts were fighting was twisted and they couldn’t see a thing.

“What do we do now?” One of the cultivators who came along with Liang Shuangren started to panic. “What in the world happened?! Can Martial Uncle Liang be in danger?”

Another cultivator who was holding a huge axe in his hand muttered, “Elder Liang is a third layer Martial Extermination Realm expert. He has an inheritance from the holy land, and experts from the Azure Origin World in the fourth layer Martial Extermination Realm might not be his match. How can he be in any danger?”

Shang Xia recalled this axe-wielding cultivator as Yuan Gang, and he was one of the two who was at the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm.

“Brother Yuan is correct.” Another one of the four spoke. Clasping his hands behind his back, a smile appeared on his face, “Martial Uncle Liang will definitely be alright. I wonder who would be crazy enough to fight him anyway? Also, does this mean that our hiding spot is exposed?” With his cultivation at the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm, his opinion carried a lot of weight.

“Brother Lin, your words make sense.” Shan Dao, the other cultivator who ambushed Shang Xia previously, spoke.

“Senior Brother Lin, what should we do now? We can’t possibly wait here for the battle to end, right?”

“This…” Senior Brother Lin stared into the distance and didn’t know what to say at that moment.

Liang Shuangren’s voice tore through the skies at that moment and he roared at the four of them, “What the fuck are you standing there for? Hurry up! Use the… Use the Essence Harmony… Formation! Get in here!”