Chapter 142: The Three Martial Saints in Fierce Combat
“Ah!”
Wu Xingyan’s pupils widened, blood seeping from the corners of his eyes as every meridian in his body swelled to its limit.
Under his frenzied suppression, the enormous palm forced the golden dragon backward, sending it plunging toward Long Sihai below.
Long Sihai’s brows knitted at once as the pressure upon him multiplied.
He twisted around and threw a punch. The golden dragon immediately changed direction.
In the next instant, the golden dragon seemed to gain a life of its own. It slipped around Wu Xingyan’s enormous palm, its body winding directly around it.
Boom!
The dragon’s body gradually contracted, coiling around the enormous palm and tightening without pause.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Xingyan’s enormous palm collapsed, unleashing a violent surge of true qi.
Boom!
Under that shockwave, the golden dragon formed from true qi was likewise shattered into fragments.
A dazzling radiance flashed across the sky. Chu Tian could not look directly at it and was forced to turn his head and close his eyes for a brief moment.
At that instant, Situ Wudi, who had remained motionless until now, transformed into a blur and charged toward Long Sihai.
“Give me your life!”
With a furious roar, Situ Wudi had finally found his chance to strike. He attacked Long Sihai from behind with a single palm.
Chu Tian’s pupils contracted.
Long Sihai and Wu Xingyan were locked in a full-force struggle, yet Situ Wudi had taken advantage of the moment to launch a sneak attack. How could Long Sihai possibly defend himself?
If he failed, would Long Sihai not perish here today?
After all, Long Sihai was Long Tianjiao’s grandfather. Chu Tian could not simply stand by and watch him die.
But Chu Tian was still at the foot of the mountain, far too distant from the summit, while Situ Wudi had already made his move.
Even if Chu Tian wanted to help, it was already too late.
Boom!
At that very moment, Situ Wudi’s palm struck Long Sihai squarely in the back.
“Hahahaha! Long Sihai, today shall be the day you die!”
Wu Xingyan threw back his head and laughed, his voice filled with arrogance.
Seeing Long Sihai take Situ Wudi’s full-powered strike, he was certain that Long Sihai would not survive the day.
Even if Situ Wudi could not kill him with a single blow, that full-force attack would at least leave Long Sihai grievously wounded.
Yet what happened in the next instant was somewhat beyond Wu Xingyan’s expectations.
A golden radiance suddenly erupted from Long Sihai’s body.
Roar!
A dragon’s cry rang out, resounding throughout heaven and earth.
In the next moment, Long Sihai was not blasted away by Situ Wudi’s palm. Instead, Situ Wudi himself was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a towering tree.
Bang!
The tree trunk, as thick as a barrel, snapped in two. Situ Wudi was like a kite with its string cut, his body continuing to hurtle backward at tremendous speed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Situ Wudi smashed through more than a dozen trees in succession before finally managing to steady himself.
Yet a layer of protective true qi shielded his body. Although he had broken through more than a dozen trunks, he had not suffered the slightest injury.
They were both experts at the Martial Saint level. He had merely been blown away by Long Sihai’s protective true qi; such an impact was not enough to injure him.
At that moment, a dragon-shaped shadow appeared around Long Sihai. A dragon nearly twenty feet long coiled around his body.
Long Sihai’s protective true qi had actually reached the realm of true-qi manifestation.
Otherwise, how could he have allowed Situ Wudi to attack him from behind?
It was precisely because Long Sihai was confident that Situ Wudi could not break through his protective true qi that he had chosen to withstand the attack with his body.
Wu Xingyan’s expression stiffened at the sight.
He had placed all his hopes in Situ Wudi, intending to join forces with him to kill Long Sihai and seize control of the entire Jiangnan region.
But he had never imagined that Long Sihai’s protective true qi would be so formidable.
They were both Martial Saint-level experts, yet even Situ Wudi’s full-powered strike had failed to break through Long Sihai’s defenses. How could this battle possibly continue?
What was more, Long Sihai had already expended a tremendous amount of true qi in his clash with Wu Xingyan.
Even so, the true qi remaining within him still possessed boundless power. It had sent Situ Wudi, who had attacked him from behind, flying through the air. The depth of his strength was truly unfathomable.
“Hmph. Is the Situ family truly so despicable and shameless? Are you capable only of such underhanded ambushes?”
Long Sihai gave a cold snort. The dragon shadow around him flared with dazzling light, erupting with even greater power in an instant.
The next moment, Long Sihai changed the direction of his attack. His body became a blur as he charged straight toward Situ Wudi.
He detested this sort of shameless behavior above all else. Since Situ Wudi had already made his move, Long Sihai would naturally show him no mercy.
The debt from Situ Deng’s abduction of Long Tianjiao had remained unsettled. Now it was time to collect it in full.
Boom!
Long Sihai drove his fist forward. The dragon shadow around him surged along with his punch, splitting the air with a thunderous crack.
Situ Wudi’s expression changed dramatically.
He did not dare meet the attack head-on and could only turn and flee.
A man and a dragon raced through the mountain forest, becoming two streaks of light.
The twin beams darted between the trees, weaving past countless trunks as they gradually disappeared into the distance.
“Long Sihai!”
At that moment, Wu Xingyan had already plunged down from the sky and charged toward Long Sihai once more.
Long Sihai had repeatedly summoned the dragon shadow, and more than half the true qi within his body had already been depleted.
He therefore did not dare be careless in the face of Wu Xingyan’s assault.
He gathered his strength and threw a punch. The boundless force of his fist once again transformed into a golden dragon, which roared toward Wu Xingyan.
However, compared with the earlier dragon, this one was noticeably dimmer, and its body was considerably smaller.
It was obvious that the true qi within Long Sihai had greatly diminished. This second execution of the same technique no longer possessed its former might.
Seeing this, Wu Xingyan advanced instead of retreating, charging straight into the golden dragon.
Roar!
The golden dragon opened its enormous maw and swallowed Wu Xingyan whole.
Although its golden radiance was dazzling, the light remained translucent. Through the transparent dragon shadow, Chu Tian could still clearly see Wu Xingyan’s figure.
Wu Xingyan moved through the dragon’s body and charged toward its tail.
Boom!
He shook both palms, instantly tearing the entire golden dragon apart.
In the next moment, the dragon shadow exploded, transforming into countless strands of dissipating true qi.
Wu Xingyan’s speed did not diminish in the slightest.
After breaking through the dragon shadow, he reached Long Sihai and struck toward him with a palm.
Long Sihai was startled.
There was no longer time for him to dodge. He could only gather his strength and throw a punch of his own.
Boom!
Fist and palm collided. Both men were sent flying backward at the same time.
Long Sihai plummeted rapidly, crashing straight into the cliff face of the barren mountain.
Wu Xingyan likewise failed to control his momentum. He was thrown dozens of yards through the air before finally managing to steady himself.
He hovered high above the ground, his gaze carrying an air of superiority.
By then, Long Sihai’s back had smashed through a section of stone wall.
Yet a faint dragon shadow still coiled around him, and his body appeared entirely unharmed.
Just then, Situ Wudi appeared once more.
After his pursuit through the forest with the dragon shadow, he had finally dispersed Long Sihai’s true qi and returned to the battlefield.
Long Sihai was suddenly besieged from both sides…