Chapter 332: Heart of the Pure Child

The sudden strike caught the two Punishers completely off guard. They only realized what had happened after they were struck by the blades.

Boom, boom.

Both Punishers reacted in the same way as they threw heavy punches. Lei Yinuo and Xie Renyu’s bodies were sent a hundred meters backward, but they both burst into laughter.

"Great Xia’s Dragon Group!"

The blonde Punisher roared in fury as he tore the dragon-tailed sword out of his body.

The chestnut-haired Punisher’s voice was equally enraged. "Insect scum from the Great Xia, you dare to ambush the Blade of Verdict?! Heretics, damnable heretics!"

"Dragon Group Thunderstrike."

"Dragon Group King of Men."

Lei Yinuo and Xie Renyu shouted their codenames as powerful starforce energy erupted from their bodies. They were both cultivators of the Five Spirits Realm. Though they were only a level below the Golden Body Realm, the difference in strength was considerable.

The blonde Punisher clenched his fist, shattering the dragon-tailed sword with a sneer. "I thought you Dragon Group insects from Great Xia would learn your lesson after your humiliating defeat last time. But it seems you still don't know when to quit... Wait, the blade was poisoned?!"

A dark mist suddenly spread across his face as black blood began to ooze from his wound. The same thing happened to the chestnut-haired Punisher. The two Punishers’ auras rapidly collapsed as they grew weaker by the second.

It was clear that the poison on the blades was so potent that even experts of the Golden Body Realm couldn’t fully resist it with physical strength alone.

"Kill."

"Scum, you’ve invaded Great Xia. Leave your life here."

Xie Renyu and Lei Yinuo attacked simultaneously. Both of them were high-level Five Spirits Realm cultivators. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t be a match for the two Punishers. But at this moment, they fought with reckless abandon, launching fierce assaults with perfect coordination. Even at the risk of mutual destruction, they forced the Punishers to fight with their full power, leaving no room for hesitation.

As a result, the poison in the Punishers’ bodies spread more rapidly with each fierce defensive effort. For a moment, the battle was at a stalemate.

"John, Kendi, get back here!" The blonde Punisher roared, his voice echoing for miles.

The two Punishers chasing down the Yinji Moon Fox in the distance heard the call and immediately realized something had gone wrong. They abandoned the chase without hesitation and began to return to assist.

Lei Yinuo and Xie Renyu’s faces changed. If the four Punishers regrouped, the situation would become dire.

"Kill them quickly."

The two of them moved as one as they prepared to unleash the forbidden technique of the Dragon Group.

But at that moment, a blade slashed through the carcass of a nearby beast. The sword strike was like a river of stars crossing the heavens. It was so brilliant, dazzling, and ethereal that it seemed to resemble a celestial force.

The chestnut-haired Punisher was completely caught off guard. His body was enveloped by the blade's light and, in an instant, was sliced into six or seven pieces. Blood and bone rained from the sky as the blade light continued toward the blonde Punisher.

“Holy Spirit’s Blessing!” The blonde Punisher roared, and layers of halos suddenly appeared around his body. The blade light passed cleanly through him without harming him at all.

In a desperate counterattack, the blonde Punisher threw a punch at the figure behind the blade with all his might.

“Flying Dragon in the Sky!” The figure shouted as he struck with his left palm. A dragon's roar echoed through the heavens.

Boom!

The blonde Punisher’s fist exploded on impact as the figure coughed up blood and fell toward the ground.

“Li Xiaofei!” Lei Yinuo dove through the air to catch the falling figure.

His expression was filled with excitement. “Damn, you really are a genius. You timed that perfectly.”

Xie Renyu attacked the blonde Punisher like a madman, shouting, “Quit with the reunion! Finish this foreign dog off while he’s down!”

“Are you alright?” Lei Yinuo glanced at Li Xiaofei, whose face was covered in blood.

Li Xiaofei spat out a mouthful of blood and said, “I’m fine. Let’s kill them first, then we can talk.”

Despite his calm words, Li Xiaofei was inwardly shocked.

Who would have thought?

Lei Yinuo, the traitor, and Xie Renyu, the spoiled child of a noble family, were actually members of Great Xia’s Dragon Group. They had hidden their true identities well.

At the same time, he felt a deep sense of relief and excitement. He realized that he hadn’t been fighting alone all this time. Great Xia hadn’t truly abandoned Liuhe City, Ye Liuying or himself. At the very least, there was still a force called the Dragon Group working tirelessly to reclaim everything.

"Hide yourself for now," Lei Yinuo instructed before shooting back up into the sky and returning to the battlefield.

Time was running out. They had to kill the blonde Punisher as quickly as possible and retreat before the other two Punishers could return. Otherwise, the tide of battle would shift again.

“Hide, my ass,” Li Xiaofei spat out a mouthful of blood. He ignored the worsening state of his injuries and pushed his body to its limit. His figure suddenly swelled to ten meters in height, his energy and blood surging like a burning sea.

“Do you think I’m weak?”

He held nothing back. He forcefully suppressed his injuries and lifted the Heavenly Blade.

Kill! Kill the foreign devils!

"Good kid," Xie Renyu exclaimed, impressed by what he saw.

He had thought only members of the Dragon Group fought with such reckless abandon. But Li Xiaofei, a high school student, was no less determined.

The fighting spirits of the three young injured warriors from Great Xia burned like a wildfire as they relentlessly assaulted the blonde Punisher. The blonde Punisher was forced to invoke his Holy Spirit’s Blessing several times in order to escape death, but the poison inside him was nearing his heart.

"My lord, flee!"

The chestnut-haired Punisher, whose body had been sliced apart, clung to life with the tenacity of a Golden Body Realm expert. His head soared into the air and flew toward Li Xiaofei and the others before detonating in a sacrificial explosion.

A devastating surge of energy radiated outward.

“Terry...” The blonde Punisher cried out in anguish, "I swear I’ll avenge you!"

The blonde Punisher turned to flee. But Lei Yinuo and Xie Renyu made the same decision at that critical moment. They ignored the terrifying explosive force of the floating head and recklessly threw themselves at the blonde Punisher as they launched one final, desperate strike.

In the end, they struck the blonde Punisher down from the sky. However, both Lei Yinuo and Xie Renyu were gravely injured and plummeted to the ground.

Li Xiaofei was shaken to his core.

This is the Dragon Group of Great Xia? Such resolute fighting spirit and such fearless combat prowess! This... this is the true legacy of the Yellow Emperor’s descendants!

Despite blood pouring from his wounds like a fountain, Li Xiaofei threw himself forward and caught both of them before they hit the ground.

The moment they landed, Li Xiaofei's body swayed as a wave of dizziness overtook him. His vision darkened as he stumbled and collapsed onto the ground. He had lost too much blood and was completely exhausted. Never before had a battle taken such a toll on him.

In the distance, the two remaining Punishers had broken free from Hu Yuer and were closing in fast. Hu Yuer fought with everything she had as she risked her life to hold them off. But she had only recently reached grade six and was barely considered a novice. The Punishers were not interested in engaging her further, and there was no way she could stop them.

"Go quickly!" said Lei Yinuo as he shoved Li Xiaofei away, blood gushing from his mouth.

Li Xiaofei gritted his teeth, taking a sharp breath. He said, "We leave together."

He tried to drag the two severely injured men with him. He couldn’t abandon the comrades, who had just fought by his side.

"Get out of here now! Don’t let our mission fail."

"Take these back to the organization."

Lei Yinuo shoved two badges into Li Xiaofei’s hand before pushing him away.

"Though the body may perish, the spirit remains unbroken. The soul endures. Mighty Great Xia, your noble spirit lives on forever!"

He murmured the vow softly. Then, without hesitation, Lei Yinuo performed a secret technique, detonating his own heart.

The heart that pulsed with patriotic fervor, filled with loyalty and honor, transformed in that moment into an unstoppable force. The blood of his sacrifice surged through him, causing his energy to spike wildly. This was the forbidden technique: Heart of the Pure Child!

On the other side, Xie Renyu’s eyes were already bloodshot. He had also unleashed the forbidden technique of the Dragon Group. Both of them were burning themselves to the last. In the distance, the two Punishers were closing in fast. Li Xiaofei was filled with desperation

But right then, a mysterious figure appeared as if out of thin air. The wind stopped and the clouds stood still as everything fell into an eerie silence.