Trapped in Peril

"Su Deyu, you're courting death!"

Yuan Pingtian roared in fury.

Clang!

A sword rang out, and a streak of sword light slashed toward Su Deyu.

Su Deyu snorted softly and threw a punch.

Zhang Xinyi struck out with his palm as well, shouting, "Su Deyu, if you want to die, we'll grant your wish! Today, we wipe out the Dao-Seeking Academy!"

Boom, boom, boom...

Three figures darted through the air like lightning.

Their speed had reached the absolute limit.

Explosions thundered incessantly overhead. Tiny rifts in the void healed in an instant, only to be blasted open again.

Invisible shock waves made the entire sky tremble.

Yuan Pingtian and Zhang Xinyi were astonished to discover that Su Deyu wasn't losing any ground, even fighting two against one.

"Well, well, Su Deyu! You've been hiding your cultivation realm?"

Yuan Pingtian was inwardly alarmed. Su Deyu had hidden his strength well.

The old man was at least in the Half-Step Sage Realm.

His true combat strength was certainly no weaker than that of an ordinary Sage Realm expert.

"Kill Xia Yu!"

Seeing that they couldn't deal with Su Deyu, Zhang Xinyi immediately roared down at those below.

More than a dozen Emperor Realm elders from the Martial Saint Academy immediately charged toward the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Su Deyu flew into a rage.

But Yuan Pingtian was also in the Half-Step Sage Realm. Although he wasn't Su Deyu's equal, with Zhang Xinyi's help, he could keep Su Deyu firmly tied down.

"Ten-Thousand-Poison Blood Pill!" Lin Xulun waved his hand, and poison pills shot into the sky.

"King Weapons, explode!" Zhao Sihai barked.

"Confucian Academy, attack!"

"Activate the formation..." Zhuge Busi shouted.

Everyone from the Dao-Seeking Academy struck together...

But every craft had its specialists.

In cultivation, the people of the Dao-Seeking Academy were far inferior to those of the Martial Saint Academy.

Despite the support of poison pills and formations, the people of the Dao-Seeking Academy were driven back coughing blood as soon as the two sides clashed.

In the blink of an eye, some from the Dao-Seeking Academy had already suffered serious injuries.

Su Xiang'er, Shen Yuxuan, and the others attacked desperately, their eyes bloodshot, but were forced back again and again.

"Kill!"

At the sight, Xia Yu's fury erupted.

With a roar and a flicker of movement, he appeared at the very forefront of the battlefield.

Divine Dragon Movement!

He shook the Sin Dragon Spear and lunged forward, thrusting fiercely at an elder of the Martial Saint Academy.

With this thrust, Xia Yu exposed nothing. He unleashed the Origin Force of seven small worlds, the full strength of his body, and the speed of Divine Dragon Movement-all at full power.

Heaven-Splitting Three Forms: Heaven-Breaking!

His spear shot out like a dragon!

Golden light flickered along its shaft.

Battle Intent amplified his attack!

A pinpoint of cold light shot straight toward his opponent's throat.

The Martial Saint Academy elder wore a contemptuous sneer.

He was an Emperor Realm cultivator, facing a mere King Tier cultivator.

So what if Xia Yu could kill Xu Weilin?

Xu Weilin had only been in the Half-Step Emperor Realm, after all, whereas he was at the sixth level of the Emperor Realm.

By killing Xia Yu, he would claim the foremost credit.

He stood where he was, neither dodging nor retreating, and slowly clenched his fist.

A vast amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth rapidly poured into his fist.

He intended to wait for Xia Yu's spear to reach him, then blast Xia Yu apart with one punch.

Divine Emperor Fist!

Just as he was about to punch, his body suddenly stiffened. An immense force descended upon him.

His body abruptly seized up, slowing his punch by a fraction.

Pfft!

The Sin Dragon Spear pierced his throat!

That fraction of a delay had cost him his life.

"Grav..."

As the elder died, his eyes were wide with disbelief. He had never imagined that Xia Yu could also wield a gravity domain.

He desperately wanted to say it, but it was already too late.

Without hesitation, Xia Yu pulled out the Sin Dragon Spear and stamped hard against the ground. At the same time, he activated Divine Dragon Movement, abruptly increasing his speed by thirty percent.

"Come and die!"

He roared to draw the enemy's attention, then brought the Sin Dragon Spear cleaving down through the air.

An elder of the Martial Saint Academy who was about to kill Su Xiang'er suddenly saw a streak of cold light and hurriedly punched upward.

Pfft!

Blood splattered everywhere!

The elder stared at his arm flying into the air, shocked.

"That spear of yours is a Saint Weapon?"

He cried out in alarm.

Xia Yu remained silent, lunging forward with a thrust. His spear shot out like a dragon!

Heaven-Breaking!

This time, to save Su Xiang'er, he unleashed not just one thrust but dozens in an instant.

He knew he truly couldn't defeat an Emperor Realm elder of the Martial Saint Academy in a head-on clash.

But to save Su Xiang'er, he had no other choice.

Boom...

The Martial Saint Hall elder retreated frantically while repeatedly punching with his left fist. Fist imprints forced Xia Yu back despite himself.

"He has a Saint Weapon!"

Enduring the pain, the one-armed Martial Saint Hall elder shouted loudly.

At that moment, he was drenched in cold sweat. A junior had nearly caught him off guard and killed him.

An utter humiliation!

Upon hearing the Martial Saint Hall elder's words, two more Martial Saint Hall elders immediately charged over.

A Saint Weapon was a treasure indeed.

Even in the Martial Saint Academy, Saint Weapons were exceedingly rare.

"Elder He is dead! He killed Elder He! Be careful!"

Everything had happened in the flash of lightning and the strike of flint.

Only now did someone discover Elder He, whom Xia Yu had killed earlier, and hurriedly cry out in alarm.

The two Martial Saint Hall elders closing in on him remained astonishingly fast, but now each held a King Weapon.

Saber light and sword shadows!

In an instant, they lit up the night sky.

At the same time, both men punched with their left hands.

Punches launched across the distance!

Divine Emperor Fist!

Though their fists were only the size of an ordinary person's, Xia Yu didn't dare meet them head-on.

The Sin Dragon Spear in his hands scattered several streaks of cold light.

Only by unleashing Heaven-Splitting repeatedly did he manage to block the two elders' saber and sword.

And that was only because neither elder would clash directly with the Sin Dragon Spear.

At the sight, both elders frowned slightly.

"Don't hold back! Kill him with everything you've got!"

One elder shouted and slashed, unleashing a saber ray several dozen feet long.

His Divine Emperor Fist shot out abruptly, bearing straight down on Xia Yu.

At the same time, a ring of light lit up beneath his feet as he directly activated his emperor domain.

In an instant, it enveloped Xia Yu.

The next moment, Xia Yu felt flames surging within the domain.

This elder's emperor domain was a flame domain.

The saber ray merged with the flames, its power terrifying.

The other elder rose into the air and stabbed repeatedly with his longsword, sending several rays of sword light to envelop Xia Yu's entire body.

His Divine Emperor Fist likewise attacked a spot Xia Yu had no choice but to defend.

The domain beneath his feet also engulfed Xia Yu.

At that instant, Xia Yu felt a fierce wind sweep past, and the flames swelled explosively.

The attacking longsword was like a gale rising without warning, exceptionally savage.

The full-powered attacks of two Emperor Realm elders had plunged Xia Yu into peril in a single instant.

"Junior brother, be careful!" Su Xiang'er couldn't help shouting.

"You people from Martial Saint, have you no shame? Two elders ganging up on a junior!" Su Deyu roared in fury.

He drew his longsword, and sword light instantly filled the sky.

Yuan Pingtian and Zhang Xinyi hurriedly retreated. A Half-Step Sage Realm sword cultivator was simply too powerful.

Besides, neither man had any intention of fighting Su Deyu to the death.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, a furious shout rang out from the void.

But the two elders attacking Xia Yu wore vicious expressions, and their attacks didn't pause in the slightest.

In an instant, saber light and sword shadows struck Xia Yu's body.

"Junior brother!"

"Xia Yu!"

"Teacher!"

Su Xiang'er, Seventh Princess An Qing, and Lin Xulun cried out in anguish together.