But victory also brought death. Scanning the battlefield with his spiritual power, Lu Hao saw an elderly Rank Six martial artist from Magic Martial University drag a Rank Seven and several Rank Six opponents into his self-detonation. The blast severely wounded the Rank Seven and killed several of the Rank Six fighters. A human Rank Seven then killed the gravely wounded Earth Cave martial artist with a single saber strike.
Many students from Magic Martial University had also been injured, some severely. In the end, Lu Hao still intervened at the last possible moment. Whenever an Earth Cave martial artist was about to land a fatal blow on someone fighting on the battlefield, some mishap would befall the attacker. But Lu Hao would only help each person once. After that, whether they lived or died depended on their own fate. Martial artists, after all, had to fight their way through slaughter and transcend themselves in battle.
He glanced at the five Earth Cave Rank 9s opposite him. Although life essence had restored their bodies during this time, it could not restore their spiritual power. The worst injured was an Earth Cave city lord. Whether he was out of his mind or simply stupid, he had actually attacked Lu Hao with spiritual power during their last assault. Lu Hao had not even actively retaliated; the automatic backlash from his spiritual power had nearly reduced the opposing Rank 9 to an idiot. Even now, that Earth Cave city lord remained dazed. Lu Hao had no idea how someone with that brain had reached Rank 9. Had the man not noticed how extraordinary his spiritual power was when he killed that Demon Plant just now? Lu Hao stopped paying attention to anything else. "Fight!"
Lu Hao roared, his golden bones radiating dazzling light