Chapter 532: Great Victory
The balance of power had completely shifted. The men from the Qing Zhu Association were now only putting up a futile last stand. Although Lin Yun was severely wounded and felt on the verge of collapse after fending off the assault of over a hundred men, he forced himself to stay upright. The battle wasn’t over. He couldn’t fall now.
Exiting the War God Transformation, Lin Yun’s Cultivation returned to the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Ocean Realm, and he turned to help the other Flawless Palace Disciples.
It was no exaggeration to say that the only reason Lin Yun was still fighting was that he was running on sheer willpower.
The tide of battle gradually turned in favor of the Flawless Palace. Not even one in ten of the Qing Zhu Association’s Primordial Ocean Realm Martial Artists remained; of their original force of over a thousand, fewer than a hundred were still alive.
But even with their absolute advantage, the Flawless Palace had still lost many Disciples in the battle.
As the battle raged on, even one of the Qing Zhu Association’s Celestial Spirit Realm experts was slain. Seeing this, the supreme Spirit Realm expert fighting Luo Feng chose to pull back after one final, hard clash.
"Retreat!" he roared, his voice thick with reluctance. The situation was dire. If they kept fighting, he feared even their Celestial Spirit Realm experts would be completely annihilated here. Left with no other choice, the supreme Spirit Realm expert ordered a retreat.
Hearing the order to retreat, the men from the Qing Zhu Association, who had long since lost their will to fight, fled at the first opportunity. The Flawless Palace did not give chase; Luo Feng understood the principle of not pursuing a cornered enemy.
Now that the Qing Zhu Association forces at the North Gate had been routed, there was no doubt as to who deserved the most credit for the victory: Lin Yun.
Through his efforts alone, he had boosted the morale of the Flawless Palace to its Peak. Everyone, including the Main Seat Elders, had been inspired by him in this battle. Furthermore, by single-handedly fighting over a hundred Qing Zhu Association Martial Artists, he had drastically turned the tide of the entire engagement.
The battle was over, and the Flawless Palace Disciples started to gather around Lin Yun to celebrate. But before they could even cheer, his vision went black, and he collapsed.
Fortunately, Bai Zhicheng and He Yuntian were right beside him and caught him with their quick reflexes.
Lin Yun had fallen unconscious. Only then did the Flawless Palace Disciples realize just how grievously he was injured. As the crowd of Disciples finally got a close look at his wounds, their eyes turned red, and their hearts filled with boundless awe and respect for him.
Not a single inch of skin on his entire body was intact. It was covered in wounds, many of them deep enough to expose bone. His sternum was completely caved in.
It was a mystery how Lin Yun had managed to hold on until now...
After carrying Lin Yun onto the walls of the North Gate, Luo Feng and the others examined his injuries. Not just Luo Feng, but even the two Supreme Elders wore grave expressions.
The reason was simple: Lin Yun’s injuries were far too severe. He had over two hundred wounds covering his body, forty-eight of which were deep enough to show bone. His sternum and ribs showed signs of being fractured. With injuries this severe, it was already a miracle that Lin Yun was still alive.
"This kid..." Luo Feng began to say, looking at the unconscious Lin Yun, but just as he spoke, a Main Seat Elder tried to comfort him.
"Palace Master, at least Lin Yun has the protection of his Flawless Flesh Body..."
The Main Seat Elder meant well, but Luo Feng was agitated and snapped, "What damn good is a Flawless Flesh Body? The fact that it’s kept him alive this long is already its Limit! Do you have any idea how serious his injuries are? The Flawless Flesh Body can’t possibly heal wounds like these."
These Main Seat Elders were unaware of Lin Yun’s true condition. They only saw the external wounds, not the damage inside his body.
His sternum and ribs showed signs of fractures, but most importantly, Lin Yun’s meridians were overloaded to the point where they could rupture at any moment. Once his internal meridians burst, Lin Yun’s Cultivation would be completely destroyed.
This was the consequence of Lin Yun consuming multiple Low Grade Spirit Essence Pills in succession.
"Martial Uncle," Luo Feng said to one of the Supreme Elders, taking out a longan-sized Elixir. "This is a Nine Revolutions Life Protection Pill. Take Yun’Er back and have him consume it. It will keep him alive for a month. Once things here are settled, I’ll hurry to the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild."
The Nine Revolutions Life Protection Pill was an Earth Level Seven-Stars Elixir. This Elixir had no healing properties; its only function was that after consuming it, no matter how severe your injuries were, as long as you still had a breath left in you, it would keep you from dying for one month.
Hearing Luo Feng’s words, the Supreme Elder took the Nine Revolutions Life Protection Pill and sighed. He then enveloped Lin Yun with his Elemental Power and flew off in the direction of the Bai Mansion.
With a great victory at the North Gate secured, Luo Feng immediately organized everyone, aside from the severely injured, to reinforce the other three city gates. Since they had already won a decisive victory in one location, it was only natural to press their advantage.
The outcome of the battles at the four city gates below was gradually becoming clear—the defeat of the Qing Zhu Association was already a foregone conclusion. However, no one knew that high in the void above Wind City, two Saints were facing each other.
One of them was none other than the Flawless Palace’s Celestial Bamboo Saint, while the other was the beautiful woman sent by the Qing Zhu Sect.
The moment he sensed the beautiful woman’s aura, the Celestial Bamboo Saint had rushed to Wind City to intercept her. The two had not yet come to blows. A battle between Saints could only be described as world-shattering, so as long as the beautiful woman made no move, the Celestial Bamboo Saint naturally wouldn’t either.
"The Qing Zhu Association’s defeat is sealed. Do you still wish to fight me?" the Celestial Bamboo Saint asked coolly, aware that the battle below had been decided.
Hearing this, the beautiful woman replied with an unchanged expression, "Indeed, we underestimated the Flawless Palace this time. We didn’t expect the Taiqing Academy and the Celestial Spirit Auction House to intervene. So be it. Since the outcome is decided, let’s just leave it at that."
Pausing there, the beautiful woman continued, "However, this is only the beginning. I believe the Eastern Domain will become much more lively in the days to come. Also, there is one person I must take with me."
As she spoke, the beautiful woman made her move, reaching for Guang Xuanji down in Wind City. Just as with the rescue of Tang Wushuang and He Shang, a rift suddenly tore open in the sky. An arm reached out from within the rift and snatched Guang Xuanji away.
"Retreat." After the giant hand slowly faded, the beautiful woman’s voice once again echoed through the sky. In an instant, all the Qing Zhu Association members at the other three city gates withdrew.
"Celestial Bamboo Saint, we shall meet again." With a bewitching smile, the beautiful woman vanished from before the Celestial Bamboo Saint, taking Guang Xuanji with her.
The Celestial Bamboo Saint did not try to stop her, his heart filled with an even greater shock. As a Saint, he naturally knew things that Luo Feng and the others did not.
’The Four Great Ancient Races...’ he muttered to himself, his expression turning heavy.
The Qing Zhu Association was repelled, marking a great victory. The members of the Qing Zhu Association who had been inside Wind City were also completely annihilated. Everyone cheered for a moment before returning to the Bai Family and He Family residences.
After such a fierce battle, everyone was exhausted, including even the supreme Spirit Realm experts like Luo Feng.