Their appearance was not anything that Ji Qiang or the others could have seen coming.
Gu Laogui was laughing maniacally when the white smoke shrouding his body began twirling towards Nightking Dijiang. “Aren’t you from the Daynight clan? Let’s play!”
Ji Qiang just stared at Gu Laogui and asked, “Why is Smoke-Eater Peaks getting involved?”
Gu Laogui ignored the question and replaced Liu Ye and Fei Hua as Nightking Dijiang’s opponent. Just the two powerhouses testing each other out was enough to cause a mind-blowing collision that jostled the entire Cosmic Sea. The impact between the white smoke and the spiritual force swept the entire battlefield, and even continued on into the far distance. If one was able to capture a clear view of the entire Cosmic Sea, they would have noticed that the shockwave from the impact of the white smoke and the spiritual force spread across nearly a fifth of the Cosmic Sea.
Both Nightking Dijiang and Gu Laogui were extremely powerful.
Liu Ye and Fei Hua let out sighs of relief as they looked at each other. How could they ever have imagined that such an intense war would break out in the Forsaken Land.
Gu Laogui was not the only one from Smoke-Eater Peaks who had arrived, as many disciples had also shown up. White smoke quickly enveloped the battlefield, and it twined around the cultivators from Leon’s Armada, exponentially increasing their combat power.
The white smoke was able to serve the same purpose as power vessels.
Gu Xiao’er shot towards Lu Yin while shouting, “Brother, aren’t I so loyal! As soon as I heard that you were caught up in a fight, I immediately dragged over everyone I knew! Look at that auntie, she was my wet nurse!”
Lu Yin pursed his lips in concern. “Be careful and don’t get yourself killed.”
Gu Xiao’er bravely patted his chest, though he apparently used too much force, as he coughed a few times. “Don’t worry; your brother can’t die that easily!”
Lu Yin smiled. The tides of the war had finally changed, though there was no way that it had already entered its final state. There were still some absent players who were certain to make an appearance: the Xia family.
A peerless powerhouse was capable of instantly changing the balance of a war. The moment that Liu Ye and Fei Hua were no longer needed to hold back Nightking Dijiang, the balance of the battlefield had already shifted towards Lu Yin’s favor. This was an outcome that would be completely unacceptable to the Xia family, and they were the ones controlling things from the dark.
This was also why a mysterious person arrived on the battlefield before much more time passed, and they prepared to attack Lu Yin in a quite sneaky manner.
Lu Yin did not notice the person’s presence at all, as they possessed absolutely no runes before their attack. This was a perfect sneak attack.
The mysterious individual felt that they had already successfully completed their mission as their sword was thrust into Lu Yin’s back. The attack was not intended to kill Lu Yin, merely leave him severely injured. However, Lu Yin was completely unharmed aside from being knocked forward by the impact. Still, he did feel an excruciating tearing sensation at his waist.
The hidden person was shocked beyond words; how was this possible?
Lu Yin spun around and stared at his attack with murder in his eyes. Thankfully, he had been wearing his bodysuit armor, as taking a direct attack from that sword would have left him seriously injured or even dead.
“Who are you?” Lu Yin roared fiercely as he shifted himself with the Ce Secret Art as an astral chessboard appeared beneath his feet.
Lu Yin’s mysterious attacker slashed the sword through the air, tearing the void with an attack that used stellular energy which then stopped Lu Yin from using the Ce Secret Art. As a result, Lu Yin fell through the air, and his attacker seized the moment to leap towards Lu Yin and strike again with their sword. However, further up above, Highsage Leon bellowed in rage, “Stop!”
He swung his massive saber towards the mysterious attacker even as he shouted.
Lu Yin’s heart fell. Things were looking bad.
The mysterious attacker spun the sword around so that the blade faced the incoming attack from the saber. The sword was cracked by the impact, and blood dripped from the hidden person’s body. They immediately spun around and fled into the true universe in an attempt to escape. A single attack from Highsage Leon had managed to injure the person, but in exchange, Highsage Leon had been stabbed in the gut by Ji Qiang’s spear. The spearhead pierced out of Highsage Leon’s back, and blood soaked his clothes. Jin Mie took advantage of the opening and used Truesight to further weaken Highsage Leon’s body, aggravating injuries suffered from the attack.
OMA’s Thoughts
Translated By: OMA
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC’ed By: OMA