15: Chapter 15 Wang Zhan's Trump Card

Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan couldn't block this saber strike.

With a single saber strike, it directly cost him half his life.

This was still because his reaction speed was fast enough, activating a Rank 1 top-grade defensive spiritual talisman at the critical moment.

If not for this spiritual talisman helping him neutralize most of the attack, Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan's body would probably have been sliced into two halves under that saber strike long ago.

He collapsed heavily to the ground.

Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan spat out a mouthful of blood, his expression listless, and hurriedly took out a healing Medicinal Pill from his Storage Pouch to swallow.

At this moment,

The Black-robed Man, who had heavily injured Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan with a single saber strike, launched a fierce attack once again. His target was Wang Zhan, who was closest to him.

As long as he killed or heavily injured the person in front of him, the situation would completely reverse.

He refused to believe that without the powerful Wang Zhan and Qi Refining Stage 9 Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan, relying solely on Lin Shen, who only knew how to launch sneak attacks from the shadows, and those two 8th Layer of Qi Refining small fry, they could still pose a threat to him.

Boom!!!

The terrifying Blood Fiend Qi swept out fiercely once again.

These wisps of thick and terrifying Blood Fiend Qi surged along the Black-robed Man's arm into his long saber.

The aura on his body became even heavier, erupting layer after layer.

"Brat, go die!!!"

The Black-robed Man's voice sounded like weeping ghosts and howling wolves. He slashed out fiercely with his saber, and the thick, terrifying sea of blood directly obscured the bright moon in the sky. Like a collapsing mountain and toppling sea, it swept along a terrifying Saber Qi to kill Wang Zhan.

Facing this move, Wang Zhan furrowed his brows tightly. "I have sensed a trace of a fatal crisis."

But he did not retreat, because his Dao of the sword did not allow him to retreat.

As a sword cultivator, one should press forward courageously and remain unbroken rather than bend!

Furthermore, in the current situation, he had nowhere left to retreat. Only by fighting with everything he had could he retain a glimmer of survival.

"Kill!!!"

Wang Zhan let out a fierce roar.

The long sword in his hand thrust out fiercely, heading towards that extremely terrifying Saber Qi.

Clang!!!

The sword glare was like a Dragon, and the terrifying Sword Qi spread and swept out. The surroundings suddenly surged with wind and clouds, and flying sand and stones battered the ground.

With this thrust of the sword,

Wang Zhan's face turned much paler; clearly, this sword thrust consumed a tremendous amount of his energy.

Boom!!!

The sword glare carrying terrifying Sword Qi collided with that scarlet, pungent blood-red Saber Qi in mid-air, directly erupting into a violent sound of explosion.

At the same time,

three sword images carrying terrifying might sped over swiftly.

The person making the move was precisely Lin Shen.

He did not help Wang Zhan counter the Black-robed Man's attack, but instead targeted the Black-robed Man.

Merely blocking a single attack did not have much effect.

His target was the Black-robed Man.

As long as he took advantage of the fierce battle between the two sides to succeed in a sneak attack, it would be a great achievement.

At that time, even if Wang Zhan unfortunately fell because of this, so what?

When executing missions, who doesn't die?

As long as he survived and completed the mission, that was enough.

Amidst the violent explosion,

the terrifying Blood Fiend Qi erupted and spread.

The two attacks collided and melted into each other high in the air, leaving only the terrifying aftermath of the explosion sweeping towards the surroundings.

"Pfft!"

Wang Zhan tasted sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of fresh blood couldn't help but spew out, his body retreating dozens of steps in succession.

Although he blocked this fatal blow, the terrifying aftermath of the explosion still inevitably caused him to suffer a slight injury.

Fortunately, he wasn't as miserable as Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan; otherwise, his side wouldn't have the slightest advantage to speak of.

Similarly, that Black-robed Man did not have it easy either.

Although he took full advantage of this move, after being swept by the terrifying aftermath of the explosion and coupled with Lin Shen's sudden sneak attack, several sword wounds had already appeared on his body.

Fortunately, he possessed a Low Grade defensive Spiritual Artifact; otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as just these few sword wounds.

Having been successfully ambushed by Lin Shen, the Black-robed Man's figure couldn't help but retreat dozens of steps in succession, and the Blood Fiend Qi in his body also began to become somewhat uncontrollable.

"Dammit, let's get rid of this troublesome brat in front of me first. Later on, I'll definitely make you wish you were dead!"

The Black-robed Man gave Lin Shen a resentful look.

Just as he intended to forcefully suppress the Blood Fiend Qi in his body to press home the attack and slay Wang Zhan, wave after wave of terrifying attacks swept over.

The ones making the move were Lin Shen, as well as Wu Qingfeng and Zhao Xue who were attacking from a distance.

Lin Shen manipulated three Flying Swords, continuously launching fierce attacks against the Black-robed Man, as bolts of lightning crashed down fiercely.

Wu Qingfeng and Zhao Xue also knew their strength was the weakest. To play it safe, they each directly used a large number of Rank 1 High Grade spiritual talismans and a small amount of Rank 1 top-grade spiritual talismans to attack.

Under the numerous attacks,

the Black-robed Man could only helplessly give up his offense and was forced to switch to defense.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Sound after sound of explosions rang out. Under the numerous attacks, the Black-robed Man was in a wretched state for a moment.

Wang Zhan on the side thus gained a brief breathing space. He quickly swallowed a few Medicinal Pills that restored injuries and Spiritual Qi within his body.

Immediately, the long sword in his hand stabbed out like flying, giving the Black-robed Man no breathing space whatsoever as he quickly rejoined the battle.

"Ahhh!!!"

"Dammit, dammit!"

"Even a tiger is bullied by dogs when falling to the plains! You few ants in the Qi Refinement Stage have successfully angered me! You forced me to do this!!!"

Facing the dissipation of the Blood Burst Pill's medicinal power and the growing pressure, the Black-robed Man roared in impotent fury.

At this moment, he could no longer care about so much.

Under the influence of the Blood Fiend Art and the Blood Burst Pill, his consciousness had begun to turn berserk and bloodthirsty.

Amidst his impotent and angry roars,

the Black-robed Man gritted his teeth recklessly, took out the remaining two Blood Burst Pills, and swallowed them all in one go.

Adding these two Blood Burst Pills, he had swallowed three in total.

As soon as the medicinal effect passed, his Foundation would definitely suffer severe damage once again, dropping back down after taking several years to recuperate.

Actually, his best choice was to flee immediately.

Relying on his strength and the blessing of the previous Blood Burst Pill, if he wanted to leave, no one present could stop him.

However, at this moment, under the influence of various negative emotions from the Blood Fiend Art, the Black-robed Man had reached a reckless and desperate state.

Right now, he only wanted everyone present to die.

He only wanted to slaughter these few who ruined his painstaking plan over the past few years to return to the Foundation Establishment grand scheme!

Completely entering a berserk and bloodthirsty state, the Black-robed Man threw caution to the wind. The Blood Fiend Qi within his body erupted fiercely, suppressing Wang Zhan alone with all his might, attacking exclusively without defending.

Under such circumstances, even if Lin Shen and the others went all out to deal with the Black-robed Man, coupled with Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan—who had already recovered somewhat—taking out talisman after talisman from afar to join the battle, Wang Zhan was still beaten back repeatedly, adding dozens of dense wounds to his body in succession.

If not for relying on a breath of unyielding spirit and many years of combat experience from the bottom rungs, he probably would have already kicked the bucket by now.

"Dammit, I can't hide it anymore!"

"If I hide it any longer, I'll truly perish and my Dao will vanish."

"I just hope the others haven't noticed any anomalies. Otherwise, to keep this secret, not a single one of these people can be spared!"

Facing the storm-like attacks and his increasingly heavy injuries, Wang Zhan gritted his teeth fiercely, and an extremely terrifying sword might erupted from within his body.

A brilliant Sword Intent bloomed from his spine.

A section of silver-gray bone, under the blessing of Wang Zhan's Spiritual Qi, directly transformed into a terrifying Sword Intent, rushing fiercely to kill the Black-robed Man whose consciousness was already somewhat unclear.

Pfft!

The storm-like attacks stopped abruptly.

Scalding fresh blood splattered!

The Black-robed Man stared with his eyes wide open, his pupils filled with utter disbelief.

He lowered his head with difficulty, only to see that his heart had already been pierced through with a large hole.

The Low Grade defensive Spiritual Artifact that had helped him block fatal attacks many times was shattered.

A terrifying Sword Intent snuffed out his last thread of vitality.

"No…"

The Black-robed Man opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

In the end, when his vitality was extinguished, he could only turn into endless unwillingness and plummet heavily to the ground.