A Righteous Gang Beating (Part One)
Four people surrounded and attacked him.
Duan Jian head-on, Lu Piao harassed him from the side, Du Ze targeted the joints, and Thunder Fire Fist punched the same leg repeatedly. Mingyu floated on the outside, occasionally adding a dark beam of light, specifically targeting the wound on Lü Qiansha's left shoulder.
Their teamwork wasn't exactly seamless. Sometimes Duan Jian would charge too aggressively, Lu Piao wouldn't be able to keep up, so Lü Qiansha would slap him back with a claw.
However, he had the advantage of having more people and more hands. Lü Qiansha's left arm was unable to exert any strength, and his right front leg was becoming increasingly stiff from Du Ze's Thunder Fire Fist. For a time, he was entangled and flustered. Not to mention turning back to support Lü Qianmo, he even had difficulty taking a few more steps forward.
The others already understood; the remaining people only needed to deal with Lü Qianmo.
But Lü Qianmo did not panic. In his view, a group of Black Gold Rank, plus a Legendary Rank Initial Stage Spirit God — Yu Yan Divine Spark was shattered—were indeed no match for him, a Legendary Peak being.
Let's just leave our eldest brother tied up. We'll deal with Yu Yan first, then we'll take care of those brats for him. It won't take long.
Another fireball slammed into Yu Yan. Dark red flames surged from Lü Qianmo's body, condensing into a huge fireball with a radius of several feet around him in a few breaths.
A fireball the size of a millstone spewed from his mouth, its surface churning with black and red flames, leaving a long trail of black smoke in the air as it headed straight for Yu Yan's face.
The pale golden flames surrounding Yu Yan suddenly contracted as the fireball approached, condensing into a small golden shield the size of a palm in front of her.
The fireball crashed in with a deafening roar, and dark red flames and golden light exploded outwards. The shockwave rippled outwards from the center of the collision, uprooting the surrounding trees and sending rubble and soil high into the air.
As the smoke cleared, Yu Yan remained in place without retreating an inch, but the surface of the small golden shield was covered with fine cracks, and the golden flames at the edges dimmed slightly. Yu Yan had barely managed to block the attack.
Nie Li unleashed Light and Dark Vitality Burst.
With his hands moving rapidly in front of his chest, he formed hand seals, and his Soul Force surged from his Dantian and gathered in his mouth, condensing into a dark golden ball of light. Inside, black and white light swirled, creating an extremely unstable balance.
He pushed the ball of light out, and it drew an arc in the air. The speed was not fast, slow enough that Lü Qianmo had plenty of time to react.
Lü Qianmo glanced at the incoming ball of light, but didn't take it seriously. He took a step to the side and easily dodged it. The ball of light flew past him and smashed into the ground behind him, exploding with a loud bang.
A dark golden shockwave spread outwards from the explosion's center, blasting a crater half a person's depth into the ground. Debris and soil were thrown high into the air, and the shockwave swept several meters away. Several small trees nearby were snapped in half by the shockwave.
The Light and Dark Vitality Burst behind him was immense, shocking the Demon Beast. The power of that sphere of light clearly possessed Legendary Rank strength.
A Black Gold Rank attack should theoretically create a crater the size of a washbasin, but the one just now created a crater nearly ten feet in diameter and more than half a person's depth. Although the speed wasn't fast, it's still best to be cautious.
He withdrew his gaze, and when he looked at Nie Li again, a hint of caution appeared in his eyes.
At this moment, the female protagonist fired Thunder Spear at him. Xiao Ning'er spread her Wind-Thunder Wings, and lightning condensed into a two-foot-long Thunder Spear in her palm. The spear tip gleamed with a dazzling white light, and she shot out of her hand with a whooshing sound, heading straight for Lü Qianmo's face.
Lü Qianmo tilted his head to avoid the spear tip, raised his left hand and slapped the Thunder Spear, Thunder Spear it into sparks.
She knew the difference in strength was too great; her Thunder Spear was no different from tickling Lü Qianmo. A direct confrontation was out of the question, so she could only try to restrain, harass, and find opportunities.
The Demon Beast stopped playing around with them and quickly approached Yu Yan, determined to kill her.
Lü Qianmo stomped his feet on the ground, and dark red flames exploded beneath his feet. He charged towards Yu Yan like a cannonball, covering the distance of several dozen feet in the blink of an eye.
Just as Yu Yan blocked a fireball, her golden shield shattered and hadn't yet reformed when Lü Qianmo closed in, his right claw, wreathed in dark red flames, aimed at Yu Yan's face.
Nie Li unleashed a Light and Dark Vitality Burst, forcing Lu Qianmo to halt his attack. The ball of light flew in from the side, its speed still not particularly fast, but this time Lü Qianmo dared not dodge again.
If he dodged, the ball of light would hit Yu Yan. He gritted his teeth, changed direction with his right claw, and slapped the ball of light, which exploded in his claw.
The dark golden shockwave jolted his right claw to the side, causing him to sway to the side and halting his momentum.
After landing, Lü Qianmo took half a step back to steady himself. His right claw was charred black, and blood seeped out from the rolled-up flesh.
The male protagonist slashed at him from the side. Shen Fei gripped the Ink Cloud sword; the dark patterns on its blade shone slightly under the infusion of Spiritual Power, and a dark light membrane enveloped the edge.
He circled around to Lü Qianmo's right rear and slashed down with all his might at the back of his right knee. But before the blade even touched him, a blast of air sent him flying.
That was the protective spiritual Spiritual Power of Legendary Peak, an automatically triggered defense mechanism that repelled the attack as it approached. The shockwave hit Shen Fei like a wall, sending him flying backward.
Shen Fei flipped backward half a circle with both feet off the ground. When he landed, his knees bent and the soles of his shoes plowed two deep furrows in the ground. He staggered back nearly two zhang before regaining his footing. He shook his right arm, which was numb from the impact.
Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun didn't give the Demon Beast a chance to breathe; their Thunder Spear and ice spikes immediately struck it.
Xiao Ning'er fired three Thunder Spear in quick succession, each one aimed directly at Lü Qianmo's eyes and nose.
Ye Ziyun stood a little distance away, forming hand seals to condense ice spikes half a foot long. The ice spikes gleamed with a pale blue cold light and shot towards Lü Qianmo's joints with a sharp whistling sound.
After he deployed his protective shield, Yu Yan fired a golden fireball at him, but he managed to block it.
The fireball was half the size of the previous one, only about the size of a washbasin, but it was much hotter. The color of the flames changed from pale gold to almost pure white. It sizzled and burned against the shield, leaving a charred mark on the surface, but it ultimately failed to penetrate it.
The relentless attacks irritated him. Thunder Spear, ice spikes, golden fireballs, and the sword-wielding kid occasionally stabbing him from the side—though none of the attacks directly harmed him, the sheer number of them was overwhelming.
It would be humiliating for a Legendary Peak his power to be surrounded and attacked by a group of Black Gold Rank warriors. Knowing that continuing like this would not make any progress, he immediately changed his tactics, intending to defeat them one by one.
His gaze immediately locked onto the female protagonist and Ye Ziyun, who were standing at the very back of the battlefield. Their cultivation levels were too low; they were only two Black Gold Rank 3-Star cultivators, so killing them would be incredibly easy.
Once he takes care of one of them, the coordination of the remaining few will fall apart, and then he can deal with them one by one.