Chapter 45: Fierce Battle
Within the hazy, earthy-yellow light barrier, Linley, his entire body enveloped in a cyan glow, was struck by a combined attack from the seven Elders. Each of the seven Elders unleashed their most adept attacks—some were material attacks that tore through the void, while others were intangible soul attacks.
Because he had wasted that brief moment pushing ‘Delia’ out of the danger zone, Linley had no time to dodge.
“Rumble~”
Seven terrifyingly powerful attacks all struck Linley, three of which were infused with the power of a Sovereign. The space around Linley’s body exploded. Dragon scales were torn, blood flew everywhere, and Linley’s mangled body plummeted from the high sky like a meteor, crashing heavily into the ground.
“Bam!”
The earth shook, revealing a bottomless pit two to three meters wide.
A dazzling, fiery red light streaked across the sky. “Ah!” A miserable scream rang out. At the same moment Linley crashed into the ground, Elder ‘Nis’, whose body was also radiating the energy of Sovereign power, fell from the sky—his head had already been incinerated, vanishing without a trace.
In an instant!
Linley’s fate was unknown, while the side of the eight Elders had lost Elder Nis, who had been using Sovereign power.
“You……”
The seven remaining Elders, whose morale had been soaring, were stunned by Bussuro’s sudden attack. They all stared in shock at the red-haired, burly man before them, whose entire body was suffused with the aura of fire-type Sovereign power. In his hand, he held a long awl.
One strike. And he had killed Elder Nis, who was using Sovereign power!
“Linley!” Bussuro immediately sent a divine sense transmission toward the ground.
“Linley!” Delia’s face instantly turned pale. At the same time, she urgently sent a divine sense transmission, “Elder Tevila, hurry, go help Linley and the others, quickly!”
“Alright. But be careful to stay far away. Don’t get caught up in it.” Elder Tevila quickly sent a divine sense transmission in reply. Even though he was battle-hardened, witnessing that swift and brutal scene just now made even him feel tense.
Good heavens!
Bussuro, as a Sovereign’s emissary, using a drop of Sovereign power was normal. He hadn’t expected that the enemy would also have three people using Sovereign power.
“It seems that after hiding for so many years, it’s time for these eight great clans to see my true strength.” Tevila thought to himself. Then, without hesitation, he also used his only drop of water-type Sovereign power.
The violent power of water-type Sovereign power spread out.
This immediately made the seven Elders in the distance turn their heads, their expressions changing drastically.
“Elder Chabu, the person in the distance should be an Elder of the Azure Dragon clan. The one before us is probably that Sovereign’s emissary named Bussuro who saved Linley five hundred years ago.” Tanpu, his entire body radiating the aura of Sovereign power, quickly sent a telepathic message. “The enemy is stronger than we imagined. What should we do now?”
The seven surviving Elders all sensed trouble!
Elder Chabu’s expression was grim. He had heard of Bussuro’s strength. If Bussuro didn’t use a Sovereign artifact, he wouldn’t fear him. But the opponent was not only using a Sovereign artifact but also Sovereign power…
He had to admit that he was a notch below Bussuro.
A flash of decisiveness passed through Elder Chabu’s eyes. He immediately gave the order: “The Patriarch has commanded… in this battle, we must kill Linley, even if all eight of us die. I will handle Bussuro and hold him off. Anixi, even if it costs you your life, hold off that Azure Dragon clan Elder. The other five Elders… Tanpu, I’m entrusting this to you five. Even if you die, kill Linley!”
“Understood!”
The other six Elders immediately steeled their resolve.
Though it takes time to describe, the divine sense communication among the seven Elders was completed in the blink of an eye. In that same blink, Tevila had just charged over… Just as Tevila rushed over, Bussuro laughed!
“Haha… You’ve got some nerve. Prepare to die, one by one.” Bussuro laughed wildly and charged forward first.
“Remember, at all costs, kill Linley!” The elf Elder ‘Chabu’ sent a divine sense transmission, shouting, and also charged to meet Bussuro. Meanwhile, Elder Anixi moved to intercept Tevila.
“Swish~” “Swish~” …
Centered on Elder Chabu, countless green willow branches spread out, covering Bussuro. These countless willow branches were also emitting a green mist, enveloping Bussuro.
Elder Chabu’s ultimate trapping technique—
Dance of Life!
He didn’t seek to kill the opponent, only to trap him!
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” …
Led by Elder Tanpu, the five Elders charged straight into the ground. The hard earth was like tofu before these Seven Star Demon Elders; they simply smashed through, creating large holes.
“What’s happening? What’s going on?” A large number of Azure Dragon clansmen were hovering in the distance, still somewhat dazed by the sudden attack.
“It must be the people from the eight great clans.”
That was all the Azure Dragon clansmen could conclude. They watched the two battles in the sky with worry, while a fierce battle was also taking place underground.
Delia, holding little Cendy, stood side-by-side with Bebe in mid-air, looking down at the ground with concern.
“Delia, don’t worry. Boss is fine.” Bebe quickly sent a divine sense transmission. “I can sense that he’s still alive.” Although Bebe said this, there was still a hint of anxiety in his gaze.
Because—
Shattered dragon scales and a severed arm lay on the ground in the distance. They were left behind from the severe injuries Linley had sustained in the sudden attack just now.
Even using Sovereign power, even with his strong physical defense, being able to keep his life after a combined attack from seven Elders was already a good outcome.
“Linley, you have to be okay.” Delia’s body was trembling slightly.
At that moment, a hovering metallic lifeform in the distance also stopped. Many people flew out of it, all watching the two battles: Bussuro vs. Elder Chabu, and Tevila vs. Elder Anixi.
“There’s a battle between Seven Star Demons! And they’re using Sovereign power!”
Exclamations rang out one after another.
“Hurry, record this! You can’t miss a battle of this level.”
Many experts who cultivated the ‘Water Elemental Laws’ quickly used the ‘Floating Shadow Technique’ to record this rare super-battle from a distance. Not only them, but even some Azure Dragon clansmen began recording this great war.
And at that moment—
“Rumble—” It seemed as if a giant dragon was churning beneath the earth. The entire ground shook and rolled like ocean waves, as violent energy surged and spread everywhere.
“There’s a battle underground too!”
A large number of onlookers looked down.
“Linley!” Delia was extremely worried.
Deep underground, Linley was moving at extreme speed. The dragon scales on his chest were torn, and his right arm was completely severed. The ‘water-type Sovereign power’ was struggling to repair his body.
After all, the stronger the body, the slower the repair!
“The three who used Sovereign power were too strong!” Even now, Linley felt his mind spinning. At the most critical moment, he had used Dragonform and also used Sovereign power for defense.
Of those seven, two had launched material attacks, while the other five had all used soul attacks!
The material attacks came from Elders Tanpu and Nis, the two who had used Sovereign power. Their combined force not only broke through the armor formed by Linley’s Sovereign power but also tore through his dragon scales…
If Linley’s defense had been any weaker, he would have been finished.
“Luckily, that person didn’t chase me.” Linley clearly remembered the elf-like figure in the gray robe. That gray-robed figure had also used Sovereign power. With just a single ‘soul attack’, he had easily found the weakness in Linley’s Sovereign artifact. It was only by risking his life, using Sovereign power and his innate cyan light to resist, that Linley had barely managed to block it.
“If that gray-robed elf, along with the four behind me now, had launched another soul attack at me, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on.” Linley was truly shocked.
“Rumble~”
A massive black claw suddenly appeared, easily breaking through the soil barrier, and grabbed at Linley.
“Hah!” Linley turned and struck back with his left fist. It was like a slowly advancing millstone, causing space itself to freeze. It collided directly with the black claw. “Bam!” At the point of impact, cracks appeared in space.
“Linley, you can’t escape!” A furious roar echoed in Linley’s mind.
Linley glanced back.
He saw the soil underground churning, and five figures rushed over in an instant.
Linley’s expression changed: “They’re fast!”
Just because Linley had made one move, the five Elders behind him had immediately caught up. Leading them was the bearded Elder ‘Tanpu’. At this moment, Elder Tanpu’s entire body was shrouded in black light, and an aura of destruction filled the air.
His material attack power, combined with ‘Destruction-type Sovereign power’, was no weaker than Linley’s!
“This Destruction-type Sovereign power and Death-type Sovereign power are really troublesome.” Linley felt the pain from his severed arm. The combined attack from those two had also left behind Sovereign power that was eroding his body.
This also made his body repair extremely slow.
“If it were just this bearded guy, I could still fight. But those other four…” Linley found it troublesome. The five opponents were always together, not giving him a chance to pick them off one by one.
“Swoosh!” Linley suddenly shot upward.
“Boom!” Elder Tanpu and the other four Elders followed, rushing upward.
A large number of Azure Dragon clansmen, as well as the people from the other metallic lifeform, were all watching this great battle. At the most tense moment, “Bam!” The ground shattered, and Linley and the five Elders burst out one after another.
“Five against one?” Many people exclaimed.
“Hurry, record this!” Those people quickly used the ‘Floating Shadow Technique’.
The moment Delia saw Linley, tears streamed down her face: “Linley!” Because she saw Linley’s severed arm, still bleeding. There was a shocking, large wound on his chest, with white bone visible.
Black mist was on the wound. Linley wanted to repair it, but it was very slow.
“How come you haven’t caught up to Linley yet? Haven’t you killed him?” Elder Chabu, who was locked in a fierce battle with Bussuro, saw Linley and the five Elders emerge and became furious, sending a divine sense transmission.
“Elder Chabu, Linley’s Gravitational Space has too much pull. I also have to help the other four Elders resist that pull. Otherwise, Linley would pick us off one by one!” Elder Tanpu quickly sent a divine sense transmission in reply.
But as soon as he finished speaking—
“Bam!”
Elder Anixi fell from the sky—she was dead!
Elder Tevila roared: “Linley, I’ll help you!” He then charged straight over.
“Perfect timing.” Linley was overjoyed. Although he had the ‘Gravitational Space’, it was ultimately an earth-type technique. Using ‘water-type Sovereign power’ to execute it amplified its power, but not to an exaggerated degree. Fighting the five opponents alone was indeed difficult.
“Haha. Your Sovereign power is almost depleted. Let’s see how you can keep holding me back!” Bussuro’s triumphant laughter rang out. The ‘Dance of Life’ was a large-scale trapping technique.
Just maintaining those countless branches consumed a massive amount of Sovereign power. The consumption rate was astonishing.
“Tanpu! You MUST kill Linley!!!”
A shrill roar sounded. The elf Elder ‘Chabu’ let out a furious shout. His entire body began to emit countless shimmering green dots. These countless dots spread out in all directions at an astonishing speed.
“Pfft!” Bussuro finally, with difficulty, used his long awl to kill Elder Chabu, the strongest of the opponents!
But… those countless green dots shot out in all directions at extreme speed. Many people couldn’t dodge in time. The green dots entered their bodies, and they fell from the sky one after another.
“Delia, watch out!” Bebe quickly pushed Delia. Several green dots directly merged into Bebe’s body.
“Cendy.” Delia, however, ignored herself. She used her entire body to shield Cendy. Two green dots directly merged into Delia’s body.
At that moment, “Bam!” Linley and Elder Tanpu clashed in a mad exchange, and Linley’s body was sent flying backward. But as his body flew backward, Linley’s peripheral vision caught that scene—
Silently…
Her long hair flying, Delia shielded Cendy tightly with her entire body. There were still tears at the corners of her eyes, glistening under the refracted light. Delia, just like that, slowly drifted down from the high sky…
“Waa~” Cendy suddenly let out a cry.
The cry cut through Linley’s heart like a knife. Linley stood there, stunned, silent. Tears slid down his face.
“NO——” A piercing, mournful cry instantly shook the heavens and the earth.