144: suicide

Chapter 143: Suicide

The Crimson Fiend Fire erupted again, engulfing the area within a few meters.

Amidst the leaping flames, Xu Mujun made a move to charge toward Elder Daoist Ban.

But Elder Daoist Ban did not give Xu Mujun a chance to get close, instead retreating while utilizing the surrounding terrain.

At the same time, he released a large number of Gu insects to harass Xu Mujun.

"General!"

"General! I'm coming to help you!"

The Dragon Scale Army in the distance finally discovered Xu Mujun's plight and immediately spurred their horses to charge at Elder Daoist Ban.

"Scram!"

Elder Daoist Ban roared, flicking his hand to release a swarm of Gu insects, which instantly engulfed the charging Dragon Scale Army soldiers, tearing at them frantically.

"Ah!"

"Bugs! So many bugs!"

"Charge through! Protect General Xu!"

"Hundred Battles Blood Fiend Saber!"

"Boom!"

Over seventy Dragon Scale Army soldiers united, launching a suicide attack toward Elder Daoist Ban.

The outermost Dragon Scale soldiers ignored the Gu insects gnawing at them, using their bodies to shield their comrades in the middle.

Meanwhile, the soldiers in the center used their carrying half-shields to block overhead, gritting their teeth as they charged toward Elder Daoist Ban.

"Die!"

"Boom!"

Bolts of Saber Qi were slashed from the formation, ruthlessly hacking toward Elder Daoist Ban.

But Elder Daoist Ban's form was as agile as a mantis, leaping continuously among the surrounding houses and dodging the Dragon Scale Army's encirclement with ease.

"Hehehe... Mere Mortals, and you dare to stop me?"

"Go to hell!"

"Blood Fiend Gu!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft, pfft!"

More than ten blood-colored Gu insects suddenly surged from his body, turning into over ten streaks of blood light that instantly charged into the Dragon Scale Army formation.

"Ah!"

"Hold on! Keep charging!"

"The Cultivator's magic power is running low, wear him out!"

In the formation, a few more screams were heard.

The Blood Fiend Gu were shaped like leeches with wings on their backs, sticking to the soldiers like maggots on bones. In just over a dozen breaths, they had drained all the blood from a Dragon Scale Army soldier.

"Hehehe... This Blood Fiend Gu was painstakingly cultivated by this old man using the Heiyue Clan's ancestral Magical Artifact. How could mere Mortals like you resist it?"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Just then, three dark shadows suddenly darted out from the heavily damaged formation, rushing to Elder Daoist Ban's side at extreme speed.

The three formed a Sancai formation to surround Elder Daoist Ban, and three Blood Fiend Saber Qi strikes immediately slashed toward him.

"Hmm?"

"Grandmaster Martial Artists?"

"But so what?"

Elder Daoist Ban snorted coldly, and an insect-shaped jade pendant on his body suddenly shattered, followed by a pale black protective magical shield that shielded him within.

"Clang!"

"Clang, clang!!"

Three clear sounds of metal colliding rang out abruptly; the attacks of the three Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists of the Dragon Scale Army only left three sparks on it.

Elder Daoist Ban roared: "Xu Xuanwu! This old Daoist has suffered a great loss this time, I want all the spirit insects cultivated by your clan!"

"No problem!"

Xu Xuanwu, who was fighting Chen Zhong in the distance, shouted: "You are not allowed to kill my father!"

"Bastard! Indecisive... Clang!"

Elder Daoist Ban's head jolted violently, as the three Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists of the Longxiang Army attacked again.

The person at the center of the Sancai formation was a scarred man, his eyes full of killing intent.

"Attack! Must not stop! Attract his attention!"

"A few years ago, we used this method to severely injure the Fire Spirit Master!"

"Kill!"

The other two also roared, their steel sabers slashing toward Elder Daoist Ban without any gaps.

"Bas... tard!"

Elder Daoist Ban roared, forming hand seals with one hand, wanting to cast a spell immediately.

But the immense force continuously coming from his protective magical shield made his Divine Thought shake violently, making it impossible to concentrate his Divine Thought or cast spells.

"Damn it!"

Sharp stinging sensations constantly came from his mind; not only could he not concentrate, but his protective magical shield even began to show cracks.

Seeing this, the eyes of the three men lit up even more, and the speed of their steel sabers slashing became even faster!

"Bas... tard! I, I will kill you all!"

Elder Daoist Ban roared, and the index finger of his right hand moved violently.

The black short blade that was still entangled with Xu Mujun in the distance hissed sharply and was about to return.

"Clang!"

But the next instant, it was struck by a blood-colored long saber from above, ruthlessly hacking it to the ground.

Xu Mujun!

He was not dead yet!

His life essence was burning continuously, and his long saber already had obvious cracks, but even so, he slashed down without hesitation.

"General!"

Several exclamations rang out, and the surviving Dragon Scale Army soldiers were incredibly pleasantly surprised.

"Ah...!"

Elder Daoist Ban screamed in the distance. This slash hit his Magical Artifact, the Crimson Fiend Blade, immediately causing his mind to shake violently and his brain to ache intensely.

"You all go to hell!!!"

Elder Daoist Ban roared again, raising his trembling hands to shakily form seals.

Seeing this situation, the three people surrounding him slashed even faster.

Hundred Battles Blood Fiend Saber!

Bolts of blood-colored Saber Qi continuously slashed onto his protective magical shield, which swayed and could shatter at any moment.

And the Crimson Fiend Blade in the distance also kept trying to return to save its master, but every time it was blocked by Xu Mujun, who was enduring the intense pain throughout his body.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that both sides were now seeing who could hold on until the last second.

Most terrifyingly, Xu Mujun, who was engulfed by the Crimson Fiend Fire, had his entire suit of armor burned to ashes, revealing his naked body.

His body was covered in muscles and scars.

But the strangest thing was that although he appeared to be only in his forties on the surface, he now looked like a sixty-year-old man.

His originally thick black hair now had strands of white, and wrinkles had appeared at the corners of his eyes.

This was... the result of consuming too much life essence.

Life essence is life!

For the sake of the Emperor's Party's Crimson Fiend Fire and to kill Elder Daoist Ban, Xu Mujun was truly risking his life!

In the distance, Xu Xuanwu and Liang Hongyu also clearly discovered the situation here and wanted to come over to rescue, but were tightly entangled by Chen Zhong and Chen Yi.

For a time, they were unable to break away.

"Crack~!"

Just then, a crisp breaking sound came.

It attracted the attention of almost everyone on the battlefield.

The scarred man, who was the central one of the three Dragon Scale Army Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists, stared blankly at the long saber in his hand.

His long saber had actually snapped after consecutive full-power slashes.

And at this very moment, Elder Daoist Ban seized the opportunity.

"Hahahaha...!"

He laughed loudly. Without the influence of the Hundred Battles Blood Fiend Saber, with a thought of his Divine Thought, the Crimson Fiend Blade that had been repeatedly slashed down by Xu Mujun swirled and returned to his side.

With a 'pfft' sound, the Crimson Fiend Blade violently pierced through the chest of the scarred man directly in front of him!

"Arrogant! You dare to be arrogant again!!!"

Elder Daoist Ban glared at this man, his eyes full of killing intent.

With a movement of his right index finger, the Crimson Fiend Blade inserted into the scarred man's body actually spun violently, shredding his heart and lungs!

"Tie Hu!"

"Bastard!"

The two people on the side roared, their long sabers slashing toward the protective magical shield that already had cracks on its surface.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Go! Run quickly!"

Tie Hu roared, suddenly abandoning his broken saber, grabbing one person with each hand, and violently throwing them into the distance.

He was a Grandmaster Realm Martial Artist, so even after suffering such a fatal injury, he could still hold on for a few breaths.

A final flare of life.

Relying on these few breaths of time, he did three things.

The first thing was to throw his two comrades away.

The second thing was to reach into his bosom and pull hard on several ropes.

The third thing was to open his arms and directly hug Elder Daoist Ban tightly!

Of course, there was still a layer of protective magical shield on the surface of Elder Daoist Ban's body, and there was still a distance of several inches between the two.

Elder Daoist Ban frowned, what was this Mortal doing?

His heart pulse was shattered, why wasn't he dead yet?

And... why was his bosom smoking?

Confused, Elder Daoist Ban simply stopped caring, regarding it as the incompetent rage of a Mortal before death.

"Tie Hu!"

"Run quickly!"

The two people in the distance shouted, wanting to rush up, but were held back by others from the Longxiang Army who had chased up from behind.

"General, you cannot go!"

"Hehehe... Xu Mujun, if it weren't for the fact that your son doesn't want you to die, this old Daoist would have killed you long ago."

"Since I have to spare your life, I didn't say I had to spare your subordinates' lives...!"

Elder Daoist Ban's tone was sinister, and with a movement of one hand, the Crimson Fiend Blade shot out again, killing toward the remaining dozen or so Dragon Scale Army soldiers.

"Die... Boom!"

"Boom...!!!"

A violent explosion drowned out his voice.

This explosion not only drowned out Elder Daoist Ban, but even Xu Xuanwu and Liang Hongyu in the distance were startled.

The two turned back and were stunned to find that the location where Elder Daoist Ban had been standing was full of smoke, and there was a large hole in the ground.

"Senior Ban?"

"What kind of Magical Artifact is this?"

This moment of distraction by the two gave Chen Zhong and Chen Yi a chance.

Relying on their ghostly figures, they quickly closed in and pressed their Ghostly Shadow Claws ruthlessly onto the two.

"Pfft."

Xu Xuanwu blocked with his saber, but still couldn't block this Ghost Claw, and was sent flying several meters.

Liang Hongyu did not have such luck; the Ghost Claw bypassed her sword edge and clawed a gruesome bloody wound on her chest.

"Court death!"

Liang Hongyu cursed angrily, and the long sword in her hand instantly turned into a curtain of swords, enveloping Chen Yi within it.

Her eyes were spitting fire, wishing she could tear Chen Yi into pieces!

In the distance, the two surviving Dragon Scale Army Grandmaster Martial Artists crawled up from the ground and looked toward the direction of the explosion.

"Is he dead?"

"Tie Hu had ten grenades in his bosom... I didn't expect to use them here..."

"Dodge quickly!"

A shout came abruptly, and a black short blade shot out from the smoke, instantly piercing through the chest of one of them.

The short blade swirled and slashed toward the second person again, but at this time Xu Mujun had already arrived.

His blood-colored long saber slashed down vertically again. With a loud 'clang', the blood-colored long saber in his hand finally couldn't bear the burden and snapped into two halves.

The Crimson Fiend Blade also let out a whimper, fell to the ground, and bounced twice. It had lost its spirituality and stumbled back to Elder Daoist Ban's feet, unable to move anymore.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!!!"

"What on earth are you using that could actually hurt this Daoist!"

The smoke cleared, revealing Elder Daoist Ban's appearance.

However, compared to before, he was now in a miserable state.

His protective magical shield had long since disappeared from the explosion, his body was pitch black, and there was blood everywhere.

His right hand was even more mangled, with broken bones clearly visible.

Xu Mujun said nothing, grabbing the broken saber and charging toward Elder Daoist Ban again.

The self-detonation of ten grenades not only shattered his protective magical shield but also cut off his Crimson Fiend Fire.

Elder Daoist Ban was now at his wit's end; strike while the iron is hot!

Seeing Xu Mujun charging over, a flash of madness crossed the eyes of the severely injured Elder Daoist Ban.

"Mortal! To be able to force this Daoist to such an extent, you can be proud of yourself."

"However... don't underestimate a Cultivator!"

He roared, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of life essence, which landed on the Crimson Fiend Blade.

"Hum...!"

Nourished by the life essence, the Crimson Fiend Blade suddenly darted out, turning into a streak of blood-colored lightning that flashed past. It was faster than before, directly piercing through Xu Mujun's body!

"Pfft!"