87: fighting alone

"Split!"

Zhou Kaiding silently roared in his heart, and the Vow Wheel behind him split into three. The Puhua Yuanlun Scripture, as a Golden Core Stage Legacy, was profoundly mysterious, and each Vow Wheel contained three layers of transformations.

"Confine!"

One Vow Wheel suddenly vanished, reappearing beneath Liu Wenyan's feet, transforming into a golden pillar that imprisoned Liu Wenyan within it.

"sun-shining mirror · Blazing Sun."

Seeing Zhou Kaiding make his move, Liu Wenyan had already anticipated it. With a flip of his hand, an ancient, mysterious bronze mirror appeared, emitting a brilliant light.

A scorching, dazzling beam of light shot out from the bronze mirror, shattering the golden pillar, which then re-coalesced into a golden Vow Wheel.

At this moment, Zhou Kaiding formed a hand seal, pointed forward, and another Vow Wheel spun and danced, flickering erratically, instantly disappearing behind him.

The cheng fa sword that had been fluctuating by his side was now gripped in Zhou Kaiding's right hand. With spiritual power infused, Sword Qi soared across the sky, and sword light raged, heading straight for Liu Wenyan.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Zhou Kaiding's two attacks incoming, Liu Wenyan snorted coldly, and the bronze mirror in his hand appeared.

"Setting Sun."

The bronze mirror responded and transformed, becoming a giant mirror shield that flew around his body.

"Bang!"

The sword light collided with the mirror shield. Ripples surged on the mirror's surface, deflecting the power contained within the sword light.

Liu Wenyan transformed into a streak of blood-red light and vanished from his original spot. A golden Vow Wheel, taking advantage of the sun-shining mirror blocking the sword light, flickered into existence but struck nothing but an afterimage.

"It's rude not to return a courtesy."

Not far away, Liu Wenyan's figure reappeared.

"Sea of Blood."

"Blood Sword."

Blood-red energy surged from Liu Wenyan, forming a sea of blood that enveloped the entire sky. At the same time, dozens of blood-red longswords condensed before him, attacking Zhou Kaiding.

"Vow Wheel · Defend."

With a thought from Zhou Kaiding, the last golden Vow Wheel behind him suddenly transformed into a giant ring, protecting Zhou Kaiding within it. The ring rotated, forming a golden sphere that blocked the sea of blood attacking from all directions.

"Bang!"

One after another, blood-red longswords arrived, continuously striking the golden sphere. The sphere shook violently before shattering.

After all, Zhou Kaiding's cultivation was not as high as Liu Wenyan's at this moment.

The sphere shattered, re-manifesting as a golden Vow Wheel. Zhou Kaiding had no time to worry about the Vow Wheel's transformation. He changed his footwork, activated his movement technique, and continuously swung the cheng fa sword in his hand, destroying the endless sea of blood and the incoming blood-red longswords.

Zhou Kaiding's heart sank slightly. This Liu Wenyan was much stronger than when he first came to the Zhou Family.

"sun-shining mirror · Blazing Sun!"

As Zhou Kaiding continuously dodged, a scorching beam of light, like a blazing sun, tore through the air, evaporating the sea of blood along its path and heading straight for Zhou Kaiding's head.

"Damn it..."

Feeling this extremely strong threat, Zhou Kaiding threw out the cheng fa sword in his hand, quickly formed a hand seal, and the three golden Vow Wheels suddenly merged into one.

"Vow Wheel · Defend."

The three merged into one, protecting Zhou Kaiding's entire body, and the Vow Wheel's defensive power greatly increased.

"Boom!"

The scorching beam of light suddenly shot towards the visibly much thicker golden sphere.

"Buzz~"

After a short while, the Vow Wheel was no match. The golden sphere vanished, transforming into a golden halo.

With nothing to block it, the scorching beam of light headed straight for Zhou Kaiding.

Zhou Kaiding's face was slightly pale. Feeling the incoming beam of light, he did not panic. As he formed a hand seal, water mirrors appeared one after another.

"Clang~"

The water mirrors shattered one by one, until the last one. After several layers of defense, the blazing sun-like beam of light finally dimmed and lost its power.

Zhou Kaiding let out a long sigh of relief, his Aura slightly disordered, but his hands did not stop. He continuously dodged, avoiding the sea of blood and blood-red longswords that attacked again. He flickered repeatedly, moving his body out of the sea of blood's covered range.

"The Zhou Family's Legacy is not ordinary."

Seeing that Zhou Kaiding was actually unharmed under his full-power attack, Liu Wenyan was surprised.

"This Zhou Family truly has good fortune."

Liu Wenyan's face was somewhat sinister. If he hadn't been decisive and Cultivated this immortal method, he probably wouldn't be a match for this rising star, Zhou Kaiding.

Thinking that he had been Foundation Establishment for many years, yet was now so easily caught up by this Zhou Kaiding, the hatred in his heart deepened.

"Hmph!"

"If that's all you have, then today you are destined to fall here."

Liu Wenyan's face was gloomy, and his tone was chilling.

Then, his figure swayed, like a blood-red streak of light, heading straight for Zhou Kaiding in the distance.

Behind him, the sun-shining mirror glowed, taken into Liu Wenyan's hand, and scorching beams of light shot out.

However, the current attacks were split into multiple beams, so their power was not as strong as the concentrated strike before.

The beams of light shot out, enveloping Zhou Kaiding's body, and Liu Wenyan's figure followed closely behind.

Zhou Kaiding's face was solemn. The cheng fa sword was already in his hand. He formed a hand seal with his left hand, and the golden Vow Wheel behind him moved as he willed.

Sword Qi crisscrossed from his right hand, intersecting left and right, blocking all the incoming beams of light.

Seeing Liu Wenyan rapidly approaching, Zhou Kaiding, while defending, activated his footwork and retreated backward.

"This Liu Wenyan's strength has greatly increased. If this continues, I will definitely not be his opponent."

Zhou Kaiding's thoughts raced.

Now, his goal had been achieved. As long as this Liu Wenyan no longer killed people to refine blood, his strength would not increase. With his Family's Formation and himself presiding over it, he should be able to block him.

In this way, he only needed to lure him to attack the Formation. After a long time, the commotion here would spread, inevitably attracting others. Then he would naturally retreat.

As he pondered, his spiritual power continuously surged, forming hand seals, and Sword Qi and golden Vow Wheels constantly flew.

Having decided on his strategy, Zhou Kaiding's figure shifted, subtly adjusting his direction, slowly heading towards Jade Moon Peak.

The two, one chasing and one fleeing, caused a huge commotion.

The various Families in Qingyuan Town had already sensed the events at the Lake Heart Island Market and the destruction of the Wang Family.

Each Family reacted differently. Some fled in panic, heading towards other regions, completely abandoning their own disciples and foundations.

Some hurried back to their Families, rallying their clansmen, fully activating their mountain protecting grand array, praying in their hearts that Liu Wenyan would not attack, their faces pale.

"Oh?"

"So that's his plan?"

After a while, Liu Wenyan suddenly stopped. The light from the sun-shining mirror in his hand slightly receded, and the sea of blood around him completely returned to his body. He actually stopped pursuing.

After a brief thought, he understood Zhou Kaiding's intention.

This left him with two choices. The first was to kill Zhou Kaiding before he could escape back to Jade Moon Peak.

The second was... "Haha..."

Liu Wenyan chuckled mockingly, a sneer on his face. His figure swayed, turning into a blood-red streak, and he headed towards the other Families.

"Damn it..."

Feeling that Liu Wenyan, who had been closely pursuing him, was no longer chasing, Zhou Kaiding cursed inwardly.

Wiping away the blood that overflowed from his mouth, he quickly took several Medicinal Pills. His Aura slightly recovered, and Zhou Kaiding exhaled a turbid breath.

Indeed, no one who could reach Foundation Establishment was simple.

Zhou Kaiding smiled bitterly in his heart, shaking his head helplessly. He activated his footwork, actually chasing after Liu Wenyan.

In an instant, the roles of the two had been reversed.

"Vow Wheel."

"Go!"

The golden Vow Wheel behind him flew out, transforming into a golden streak of light, attacking Liu Wenyan's back.