Chapter 396: Fishing In Troubled Waters (2)
At the same time, multiple Mountainseas rushed over and shouted, "Hong Tan, are you trying to provoke a war between the two academies?"
Hong Tan replied with a swing of his sword, causing the sea of blood to split apart.
"War? And why does that matter to me? Wan Tiansheng is the principal, not me."
He unleashed dozens of sword slashes, obliterating a large part of the blood sea, forcing the sea to revert back into a character. This time, the character was visibly much dimmer than before. Done with his attacks, Hong Tan fled without any hesitation.
Only after he fled did the Mountainseas arrive. They were about to give chase when Jin Yuhui stopped them with a wave. He said, "Let's leave."
He did not say anything else. Since his main Divine Character had been seriously damaged during the fight, he couldn't afford to keep fighting anymore. Thus, he wasted no time and left immediately with the elders from the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy.
"Retreat!"
The other Mountainseas were also leaving the warzone.
As for Elder Sun and company, they hurriedly gathered around Zhou Mingren. Zhou Mingren showed no fear and calmly said, "All of you are already at your limits. Hong Tan is the only one with some strength left. Liu Wenyan, are you thinking of taking us down as well?"
Liu Wenyan looked at Xia Yunji and the others. Sure enough, they weren't looking very good. Meanwhile, Zhou Mingren still had several Mountainseas in his group.
And Zhou Mingren himself was a pseudo Sunmoon. Hong Tan might be stronger, but he had also exhausted himself fighting Jin Yuhui earlier. It would be hard for them to defeat Zhou Mingren's group.
"Fine. If you can survive a hit from my axe, this incident today will end here."
Zhou Mingren waved his hand, sending his people away before calmly saying, "You can give it a try. You could have killed me with the strength of your first attack earlier. But after several attacks, you no longer have enough strength to do so."
Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to say more. With a roar, he swung his axe. A massive sun appeared in the sky, followed by towering waves, countless stone pillars, and a gigantic mountain.
Boom!
The stone pillars crumbled, the waves receded, the mountain collapsed, and finally, the sun dimmed. A large mouthful of blood spurted out of Zhou Mingren's mouth. He said nothing and turned around to leave.
Elder Sun and the others hurriedly followed him. Hong Tan wanted to give chase when his expression suddenly changed. Liu Wenyan and the others were actually starting to fall from the sky. Xia Yunji and the other helpers appeared to have sustained heavy injuries.
"Senior Brother."
"I'm fine..."
Liu Wenyan fainted right after saying those words.
...
Everything had happened too fast. The fight had ended before Su Yu could even see anything.
At this time, Xia Huyou rubbed his shoulders and helplessly said, "Can you let go of me now?"
Su Yu had insisted on dragging Xia Huyou down to the ground, using him like a shell. He had directly placed Xia Huyou on top of him, completely ignoring Xia Huyou's weight. Xia Huyou might be fat, but he wasn't so heavy that Su Yu couldn't withstand his weight.
Su Yu rolled his eyes, "Do you see me complaining when you have been crushing me with your weight?"
Xia Huyou felt like punching someone in the face. Him? Crushing this fellow with his weight? Screw him! Wasn't this fellow the one who had dragged him down to the ground?
Su Yu ignored Xia Huyou's reaction and asked, "So what happened?"
The entire incident had been too confusing for him. And he didn't even manage to notice anything special about the hidden enemy. After all, the fight had happened in the void and he hadn't been able to see anything. As for the enemy's subsequent conversation with Marquis Xia, it had been blocked with Marquis Xia's barrier. The only thing Su Yu could remember hearing was something like...Xia Xiao'er?
Who was that? Marquis Xia?
Su Yu hurriedly stood back up. He still didn't dare to enter the warzone. He saw Liu Wenyan dropping from the sky, but the qi and willpower of the various experts were still raging everywhere in the warzone. He wasn't stupid enough to throw himself in there and kill himself.
In fact, his head was still hurting from the bloated sensation coming from his sea of willpower. All six of his characters had been busy absorbing the lingering intent of the destroyed characters. Even his hammer was doing the same while madly tempering his sea of willpower.
Su Yu decided to directly activate his Water Path Art and absorb the willpower in the air. Beside him, Xia Huyou did the same. In fact, they were not the only ones doing so. Even Zheng Ping was doing so. With so many people absorbing the willpower in the air, Su Yu did not look too conspicuous.
Both Zheng Ping and Xia Huyou had noticed what Su Yu was doing, but they were too busy to say anything about it. But they were now sure that this fellow really had a cultural art in his possession.
Zheng Ping muttered with regret, "What a pity that Yunhui isn't here. We have some destroyed Eternal characters here. This is an extremely rare opportunity."
The lingering intent was rapidly fading away. Thus, if he actually left to pick up his grandson, the lingering intent might be gone by the time he returned. In that case, he might as well focus on himself. As a warrior, willpower cultivation had always been quite difficult for him. This was a good chance to make some improvement.
Su Yu, who was still confused, asked, "Grandpa Zheng, so has the final combatant been killed?"
"Nope."
Zheng Ping had only been enjoying the show the entire day. Since he had nothing to do, he didn't mind giving more explanation. He said, "He escaped. He's the sect master of the First Divine Sect. No wonder he's so strong. His main body wasn't here. He only sent some character clones over."
"Sect master of the First Divine Sect?"
"Yeah. He is one of the strongest sect masters within the Myriad Race Cult. He is a peak Sunmoon that worships the first divine race. He once visited the Divine Realm to undergo the body modification process of the first divine race. He can now be considered a half-divine."
"Looks like this is the fish Marquis Xia and the others have been waiting for. What a pity that they had failed. But I reckon that the sect master isn't feeling very good as well. He has lost three Eternal characters this time. His strength will drop greatly as a result."
"Sect master of the First Divine Sect?"
Inwardly, Su Yu was feeling doubtful. Was that really the case? Was that not an Invincible? Was that not the Invincible who had potentially stolen the belongings of the fifth principal back then?
"How about that saber..."
"That's the prefect. He killed the sect master of the Blood Fire Sect. That's not surprising. Character clones generally can't travel independently. They must have attached themselves to Blood Fire Sect's sect master to arrive here. But I don't know if the sect master had intentionally carried those clones here or if the clones had been planted on him unknowingly. Nevertheless, these clones had indeed caused his death. Otherwise, a concealed Sunmoon would not be discovered so easily."
As a peak Mountainsea, Zheng Ping was experienced and knowledgeable. Thus, he was able to tell Su Yu a lot of things. In that case, was the last attacker really someone from the First Divine Sect? Su Yu was still busy thinking when Xia Huyou suddenly dragged him off.
"What is it?"
Su Yu still wanted to take a look at Liu Wenyan and his grandteacher...
"Get moving!" Xia Huyou said, "Are you dumb? Go outside the city! A Sunmoon has just been killed there. His source qi will flood the area. Even his Divine Characters have all been destroyed. Time to go there and suck that place dry! The source qi and willpower of a Sunmoon cultivator has returned to the natural world. That is now an excellent cultivation spot!"
"My f-the prefect killed him with one slash, destroying his body and everything about him. But the willpower and source qi are definitely still present. As of this moment, that place is an even better cultivation spot than the grottos in the academy!"
Su Yu's eyes lit up. He raised his thumb in praise. That was right. That made a lot of sense! Behind them, Zheng Ping had evidently realized the same thing. He hurriedly flew toward the academy to collect his grandson.
Yes! He had to bring his grandson over immediately. A Sunmmon had been killed to create this sacred cultivation ground. Was that incredible or what? As for the source qi and willpower from the experts who had died in the warzone, forget it.
Most of the source qi and willpower had been stirred and dispersed by the shockwaves of the battles between Mountainseas. That was not the case outside the city. Without any disturbances, the source qi and willpower from a dead Sunmoon would linger in the area for quite a while.
...
Not far away, Hong Tan was giving Liu Wenyan some healing while asking, "The kid that just ran off. Is that my grandstudent?"
Wu Yuehua, with blood dripping out of her lips, couldn't be bothered to answer the question. She hollered at someone in the distance, "Qi, go back and collect your sister. Take her outside the city to cultivate. The source qi and willpower will probably stay there until tomorrow morning. Don't waste any time."
Wu Qi said nothing and flew straight back to the academy.
After Wu Qi left, Wu Yuehua finally deigned to answer the question, "Yes, that's your grandstudent. Can't you recognize your own grandstudent?"
"..."
What a stupid question. Hong Tan couldn't even be bothered to give a reply. How would he know his grandstudent? He had never met this grandstudent! When he looked at Liu Wenyan again, he felt a headache coming.
Yes, his senior brother had been seriously injured. But that wasn't the point. The point was that his senior brother was pretending to be unconscious. Was that proper? Please, wake up already!
"Senior Brother, wake up!"
Hong Tan pinched the spot right under Liu Wenyan's nose. Liu Wenyan merely coughed a mouthful of blood as a response. But he still refused to wake up.
When Wu Yuehua saw that, she gave Hong Tan a kick and furiously said, "What are you doing?"
"..."
Nearby, Hu Ping and Zhao Mingyue who were staying conscious with great difficulty also glared at Hong Tan.
Hong Tan's face darkened. His senior brother was clearly pretending to be unconscious! Were they blind? What was he supposed to do apart from waking his senior brother up?
He had spent many days traveling to return in time. And he was dragged into a massive battle right after arriving. He had to face two pseudo Sunmoons. Did they think that he was having it easy? Why were they being so mean toward him? He had the urge to just ignore all of them and run off alone. But despite the anger in his heart, Hong Tan still maintained a smile on his face.
At this moment, his young appearance receded, turning back into a frail old man again. The others looked at him with disdain. This fellow was pretending to be a frail elderly again. He was a pseudo Sunmoon. Why was he pretending like someone on the verge of death? He was a pseudo Sunmoon who was not even 70. Could he even be considered old? No! He was actually in his prime! He could be considered a youngster!
There was nothing Hong Tan could do since his senior brother was refusing to wake up. He looked around before asking, "Is it proper for Senior Brother to kill Shan Tianhao just like that? That's Zhou Polong's dog. I'm afraid that more trouble will arise after killing him."
"Coward."
"Wimp."
"Trash."
Hong Tan received one word from each of the three women. He felt greatly aggrieved. If they weren't his senior sister-in-laws, he would have beaten them to death by now. Nearby, Xia Yunji merely smiled. He was already used to these antics.
Fifty years ago, Hong Tan was the little brother that was always pushed around in their group. Although Hong Tan was now the strongest among them, looking at this scene once again still gave him a warm feeling. This gathering would probably be even more interesting if that fellow stopped pretending to be unconscious.
Xia Yunji coughed and spat a mouthful of blood out before saying, "Since he's already dead, so be it. Today, Wenyan revealed the strength of a Sunmoon. That will deter a lot of people. It is not a bad idea to show our strength at least once to buy more time and status for the multiple character faction. We must remind all those people that we are still alive."