Chapter 2712 - 552-6
While the few of them were talking, three more sword wounds appeared on Fang Shengqing’s body.
He really couldn’t figure it out. How did he end up running into such a freak? He was a Heavenly Pride from a Great Teaching. He’d sparred plenty with Heavenly Prides from other Great Teachings. In fact, before coming here, he’d even sparred one after another with two Cultivators at the Golden Core Period Limit.
Although neither bout had produced a clear winner in the end, during the fights he was clearly in control; otherwise he wouldn’t be this arrogant, this confident.
But this guy in front of him right now felt even more troublesome than those two Golden Core Period Limit freaks he sparred with before!
That physical body was downright terrifying.
And that Swordsmanship was completely suppressing his Sword Technique.
Now, with no other Cultivators attacking, he still wasn’t a match for this guy in front of him.
In the rear, the other eight Cultivators watched the two people tangled up in combat, and for the moment didn’t make a move. They truly hadn’t expected that on their side of the arena there would be someone capable of suppressing Fang Shengqing.
"What kind of luck is this? On other arenas, at most there’ll be one person this strong. How do we end up with two monsters like this on our arena?"
"Yeah, how are we supposed to make it to the next round?"
"Fellow Dao Companions, this is actually good luck for us." Among the eight, the Cultivator who’d first rallied everyone to deal with Fang Shengqing suddenly spoke. "If it was just this one person, even if we joined forces we wouldn’t be his match. But now the two of them are locked in a fight. Doesn’t that mean our chance has come?"
His words had barely fallen when quite a few people around them began nodding in agreement.
"Exactly. Right now we don’t need to do anything. Just wait for the two of them to cripple each other, then we can swoop in and take the cheap win."
"Right. We beat these two first, then we’ll settle things between ourselves."
"Fellow Dao Companions, something seems off." Suddenly, the only female Cultivator among the eight pointed urgently at the two fighting and said, "Look, Fang Shengqing is clearly falling into a disadvantage. The wounds on his body are getting worse and worse.
If this keeps up, once Fang Shengqing loses, I’m afraid that other person will barely be injured. When that time comes, do the eight of us have any confidence in beating him?
Earlier Fang Shengqing ambushed us and we couldn’t even react. This guy’s speed is clearly faster than Fang Shengqing’s. If he ambushes us, we’ll be even less able to stop him.
By then, we’ll just keep losing people, and he’ll eliminate us one by one."
"Then what do we do now?"
"What do we do? Obviously we attack. While the two of them are fighting and don’t have the energy to deal with us, we strike first and take them both out."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Cultivator who’d been saved by Xingchen Zi earlier said in a low voice, "This isn’t good. That person was helping us before. Turning around and attacking him now..."
"What’s not good about it? Him joining forces with us is just him using us to take down Fang Shengqing."
"If you don’t want to attack, then don’t. Just don’t interfere with us. Otherwise, you’ll be the first one eliminated from Arena Nine."
The other seven Cultivators instantly shifted their targets to the two locked in combat. In the space of a breath, streams of attacks flew out, enveloping Xingchen Zi and Fang Shengqing, who were fighting in the distance.
Feeling the terrifying auras coming from behind, Xingchen Zi forced Fang Shengqing back with a single sword, then rays of light surged up around his body. Naturally he had Protective Divine Power, and his Protective Divine Power had even been tailored in three layers to match his Star Physique.
Of course, Third Senior Brother had also said he was not allowed to tell Master about this.
Even though he’d already condensed his Protective Divine Power, he still dodged to the side at the first moment.
If he could evade the opponent’s attacks, there was no need to take them head-on.
He did manage to dodge the attacks, but Fang Shengqing wasn’t so lucky.
An icy spear of Cold Breath flew through the spot where he’d just been standing and happened to stab directly into Fang Shengqing.
Then came searing Flames, Wind Blades as sharp as Divine Weapons, and lightning strikes of unmatched power—one attack after another fell, all slamming onto Fang Shengqing’s body.
"Pff..."
Fang Shengqing spat out a large mouthful of bright red blood. He’d already taken sword wounds earlier, then his opponent suddenly dodged away, and all the Divine Skills meant for his opponent slammed into him instead. How was he supposed to dodge that!
In the rear, the ones who had unleashed those Divine Skills were stunned.
"What just happened?"
"How did all the attacks land on Fang Shengqing?"
"We were aiming at both of them!"
"Not good, everyone be careful, that guy has already turned around."
After dodging those attacks, Xingchen Zi no longer bothered with Fang Shengqing. Instead, he charged toward the crowd at top speed.
He’d gone after Fang Shengqing because Fang Shengqing was too arrogant, so he’d joined forces with the others to deal with him.
But these people were even more disgusting than Fang Shengqing. They’d been the ones to invite him to join forces, yet now, seeing Fang Shengqing about to be defeated by him, they suddenly turned and attacked him.
Previously, when Fang Shengqing ambushed the others, they hadn’t even reacted. And since Xingchen Zi’s speed was faster than Fang Shengqing’s, these people had even less chance to react.
He shot into the crowd in an instant, and soon, one thudding sound after another rang out as Golden Core Great Perfection Cultivators with Ten Different Phenomena fell one by one.
In the distance, on the mountain peaks to either side, experts from the various Great Teachings were all wearing looks of interest.
"Having a Disciple at the Golden Core Stage with strong combat power is nothing special. But have you noticed with this Disciple, his strikes are incredibly clean and decisive, and even when eight Cultivators are besieging him, he always makes the optimal choice?"
"He must have a huge amount of one-against-many battle experience, which is why he can keep making the best judgments."
"I really wonder which Dao Companion managed to cultivate such an outstanding Disciple."
"What’s rare is that he’s going easy on them. He only chooses to throw these people off the arena instead of seriously injuring them."
"I’m getting more and more curious about who his Master is. With such an excellent Disciple, they even have him wear a mask to hide his identity."
Others might not be able to tell he was wearing a mask, but as existences in the True Immortal Realm, they naturally could see it clearly.