SFS Chapter 52 Playing Tricks
Chapter 52 Playing Tricks
In the blink of an eye, the two ferocious blood demons, accompanied by a sky full of bloody and malevolent winds, had already pounced on Su Mixin, their chilling claws tearing through the air with a sharp sound, just about to reach her.
"Whoosh!"
The expected horrific sounds of flesh tearing apart, bones shattering, and tendons breaking did not occur.
The moment the blood demon's claws slammed down, Su Mixin's figure suddenly became ethereal, like flowing clouds and light mist. She was instantly shattered and scattered by the two violent evil energies, becoming an empty phantom without any physical substance.
This is the only supernatural secret technique for the Foundation Establishment stage recorded in the Great Luo Thousand Illusions Manual—the Splitting Light and Transforming Shadow Technique. It is difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion, and it can deceive the enemy with illusions, allowing one to escape and change positions in an instant.
The next moment, a faint light rippled in the air, and Su Mixin's true form suddenly appeared in the void several feet away. A layer of white, hazy mist, as thin as a cicada's wing, surrounded her, making her seem both real and unpredictable.
He remained calm, his right hand forming a sword finger, pointing towards Wang Chan in the distance.
The Nine Mysterious Sword Shuttle suspended on his shoulder trembled in response, and suddenly transformed into a streak of black light that shot out through the air.
Half a breath later, halfway through the flight, the stream of light suddenly split and exploded, turning into nine black sword lights, distributed in a cone shape, pointing directly at Wang Chan's vital points below!
Upon seeing this, Wang Chan's mind tightened instantly. The dense bloodthirsty aura surrounding him vanished in an instant, and his figure transformed into a streak of scarlet light as he swiftly moved to the left side of the void, attempting to use the Blood Escape Technique to escape and avoid further battle.
But he was ultimately a step too late.
Although Su Mixin has only been practicing the Maha Boundless Great Freedom Visualization Method for a short time, this technique is already incredibly powerful. The refined divine sense she has cultivated is pure and vast, far surpassing those of her peers, and has already surpassed the vast majority of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.
With only a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation level, Wang Chan had no way to escape under such overwhelming divine sense locking.
In mid-air, the nine jet-black sword lights that were originally moving straight suddenly changed course, their angles becoming tricky and their speed increasing dramatically. Like a leech, they locked onto the fleeing blood-red figure and relentlessly pursued it.
Wang Chan's heart sank, and he instantly realized that there was no way to avoid it. The rapidly surging blood light suddenly stopped.
At the critical moment, a burst of spiritual light flashed above his head, and a blood-red bell with strange patterns burst forth from the sky. The blood-red spiritual light spread out and steadily enveloped his body, condensing into a thick and powerful defensive shield that firmly protected all his vital organs.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!..."
A series of deafening explosions erupted!
The nine flying swords transformed from the Nine Mystic Sword Shuttle bombarded the blood-red bell cover in turn. The sharp sword edges stirred up layers of blood-red ripples in the spiritual light shield, and the violent residual spiritual power exploded in all directions, causing the surrounding void to tremble slightly.
The Blood Bell artifact withstood the fierce attack but did not shatter or collapse.
Su Mixin's attack failed to achieve its full effect.
Just as her sword strike was blocked, the two blood demons that had missed earlier circled around behind Su Mixin, carrying a monstrous bloody aura. Their claws shot out sharply, and they pounced fiercely, attacking from both sides and blocking all of Su Mixin's escape routes.
But in the next instant, the light and shadow in mid-air where Su Mixin was standing blurred again.
Another illusory image of split light dissipated in response, turning into a thin mist that scattered with the wind, leaving no trace.
The blood demon's two consecutive all-out attacks failed, and Wang Chan's anger burned even brighter, his eyes surging with even more ferocity.
He had never fought such a frustrating battle before. His opponent was right in front of him, within arm's reach, yet every time he made a move, he missed. It was as if he were fighting a mysterious, unpredictable fog the whole time.
"A cowardly rat hiding its head and tail!"
Wang Chan let out a low shout, his killing intent surging. He suddenly clenched his right hand, and a flying fork-shaped magical weapon, its entire body a dark green and covered with strange dark patterns, suddenly appeared in his palm.
The next moment, with a soft hum, the green fork detached from the body, spun in mid-air, and immediately scattered wisps of extremely fine black Yin spirit threads around it.
These yin threads are as thin as hair, hidden and inconspicuous, carrying the malevolent yin energy of corrupting spirits and filthy artifacts. Once they entangle a cultivator's magical artifact, they can erode its spiritual light, defile its spiritual foundation, and gradually wear down the artifact's spirituality, thus crippling its combat power.
In an instant, countless black threads spread out like a spider web, following the force of the green flying fork as it pierced the air, all enveloping the location where Su Mixin had just disappeared.
The two blood demons charged forward again, one on the left and one on the right, forming an encirclement with their flying forks and yin threads, sealing off the entire void.
At that moment, Su Mixin's figure reappeared several feet away.
Wang Chan's spirits lifted, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he immediately controlled the green flying fork to thrust straight out. Countless Yin Spirit Silks followed suit, enveloping Su Mixin's body, attempting to break her illusion with a wide-range attack.
But the result remained the same.
Blood demon claws pierced through his body, flying forks stabbed him, and yin threads wrapped around him; all attacks passed right through, only shattering the thin phantom into dust, which then dissipated into a sky full of white mist.
This was clearly Su Mixin using her overwhelming divine sense to tease Wang Chan, who was unable to see through her Splitting Light and Shadow Technique.
Those malevolent black wisps of spirit energy filled the air, with a few stray strands occasionally brushing against the Nine Mystic Sword Shuttle that was hovering and waiting for its turn. The anticipated scene of corruption and decay did not occur.
These Yin Spirit Silks have limited power. In the original story, they were ineffective against Han Laomo's exquisite magic weapon. As a top-grade magic weapon, the Nine Wonders Sword Shuttle could not even break through a thin layer of spiritual light protection. In an instant, they were cleansed and dissolved by the sword energy, having no effect whatsoever.
Su Mixin, who had emerged from the shadows, took in the entire scene, a faint sneer curling her lips.
After three consecutive attacks failed completely, Wang Chan's anxiety grew stronger. He could clearly sense that it wasn't that Su Mixin was incredibly fast, but rather that her illusion technique had reached a level of perfection and was now at its limit, switching between reality and illusion without warning or trace.
The situation on the field has completely fallen into a bizarre stalemate.
Wang Chan's offensive was relentless and his killing was incessant. Blood demons, flying forks, and yin silk took turns attacking, using every means at his disposal. The scene was fierce and ruthless, filled with murderous aura. He seemed to have the upper hand and was launching a fierce attack.
But only he knew that he had wasted all his spiritual energy and achieved nothing, and had not even touched a real opponent from beginning to end.
In contrast, Su Mixin remained calm and composed, moving freely between reality and illusion, advancing and retreating at will. With absolute divine sense and ultimate illusion techniques, she steadily restrained and toyed with Wang Chan.
Su Mixin only displayed one magical artifact, the Nine Mystic Sword Shuttle. The nine flying swords continuously circled and attacked Wang Chan, who was protected by the Blood Bell, rapidly depleting his spiritual power.
Just as the duel between the two young masters was drawing everyone's attention, a secret affair unfolded simultaneously off the field.
The three Core Formation cultivators, Li Chongyue, Lu Xin, and Madam Yulan, who had been poised to attack, suddenly moved at almost the same moment the battle reached a stalemate. The immense pressure of their Core Formation cultivation swept across the area instantly, and without the slightest hesitation, they led ten Foundation Establishment elders of the Yan family in a pincer movement, directly attacking the dozen or so Foundation Establishment elites of the Ghost Spirit Sect who were guarding the Yin Fire Array on the arena.
The Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators who remained behind were already on edge and harboring fear. Caught off guard, they were suddenly attacked by a team led by three Core Formation experts, instantly putting them at a significant disadvantage.
A burst of spiritual light and a deafening roar of magic instantly erupted. The Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators hastily activated the Yin Fire Array to resist, but this array was designed to trap and kill from within, and was difficult to withstand from external bombardment.
Moreover, the gap in cultivation level and combat power between the two sides was enormous. The Ghost Spirit Sect was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and was instantly suppressed. The spiritual light of the array and restrictions was about to collapse, and casualties were triggered in an instant.
On the side of the arena, the Li brothers, who had been on high alert, changed their expressions drastically when they saw their own men being attacked, and could no longer stand idly by.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the urgency in each other's eyes. They immediately activated their blood-red killing energy and rushed to the rear to desperately stop the other from breaking through the formation and slaughtering the masses.
But they had already been closely watched.
"Whoosh!"
Two streaks of black light shot through the air at lightning speed, instantly intercepting the Li brothers.
It was none other than the Crimson Serpent Demons, who had been preparing for this for a long time!
Without saying a word, the two men decisively took action and relentlessly entangled the Li brothers.
The four instantly became entangled in battle, with demonic winds surging and spiritual light exploding. The clash of their Core Formation level combat power stirred up waves of violent energy, completely blocking the entire path for reinforcements.
The battle was conducted with a tacit understanding from the very beginning. All four were shrewd and experienced demonic cultivators who knew that this was merely a tug-of-war, not a life-or-death struggle.
The group attacked fiercely and ruthlessly, their moves were ruthless and intimidating, and the scene was earth-shattering and terrifying. However, they all tacitly kept their trump cards in reserve, only making feints to restrain the enemy and not using their killing blows. Their goal was to hold their opponents back and prevent them from intervening in the main battlefield and breaking through the formation.
At the summit, a chaotic battle erupted, and the entire situation spiraled out of control in an instant.
The two hundred or so Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Yue Kingdom who had been watching the battle with bated breath suddenly snapped when they saw that most of the Core Formation experts had started fighting and the battlefield was in complete chaos, with no more powerful figures to restrain and suppress them.
Everyone finally realized what was happening. Someone turned and fled first, and in the next instant, all the cultivators collapsed. Everyone scattered like birds and beasts, and streaks of light rose up everywhere. Everyone used their flying magic weapons to speed away from the mountain in all directions, hoping to get away from this dangerous place as soon as possible and save their lives.
In a corner of the crowd, Han Li remained calmly observing the overall situation, his mind highly vigilant.
From the moment the underhanded schemes began and the chaotic battle commenced, he had already considered retreating, and his gaze immediately locked onto Dong Xuan'er in the crowd.
With chaos reigning and no one paying attention to others, this was the perfect opportunity to escape and take Dong Xuan'er with me.
He shifted his feet slightly, intending to quietly approach Dong Xuan'er and take her away with him.
However, Tian Buque, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Dong Xuan'er and waiting for the right opportunity, acted even faster than him.
Almost the instant Han Li set off, Tian Buque's figure flickered, traversing several meters like a ghost, and suddenly landed beside Dong Xuan'er.
A glint flashed in his eyes, and his incredibly skilled seductive techniques were quietly unleashed, instantly enveloping Dong Xuan'er in an invisible wave of spiritual energy.
Dong Xuan'er's body stiffened slightly, her eyes instantly became blank and empty, her mind was controlled, and she was unable to control her own body.
Han Li paused, his pupils contracted slightly, and his heart sank instantly.
He looked up at Tian Buque, his spiritual energy subtly tightening as he instinctively stepped forward, trying to wrest Dong Xuan'er back from the other's control.
But at this tense moment, two heavy and powerful Core Formation Divine Sense pressures suddenly came crashing down from the side.
It was the Crimson Serpent Demons locked in combat not far away.
The two did not fight to the death, and still had the strength to focus their attention on their young master.
Han Li's face suddenly turned pale, his blood surged, and his soul trembled under the pressure. An extreme sense of life and death crisis instantly swept over his entire body.
Without the slightest hesitation, Han Li decisively suppressed the thought of saving people, turned around abruptly, and instantly summoned the Divine Wind Boat.
call out!
A pale blue streak of light shot into the sky without the slightest hesitation, carrying Han Li at full speed through the chaotic air currents, speeding away from the depths of the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, completely escaping this out-of-control battlefield of carnage.