A Chaotic World

Chapter 238: Rush of the Origin Core Realm Experts

The ground battle paused for a brief moment, with everyone shocked by what they had just witnessed.

After which, thunderous cheers erupted from the side of the Scarlet Moon Army.

How dominating!

The Thornback Tortoises had absolutely no way to stop the attacks of Nanlu Tianzi!

This is the strength of their top talent, the number one ranker of the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet!

"That show off!" Beimu Fei cursed under her breath, yet she could not help but smile.

She knew that even though they were supposed to keep a low profile during the battle, it was impossible for the rest to handle the Thornback Tortoises by themselves.

Thus, the first thing they should do was to stabilise the situation. In fact, she was rushing to the frontline at this very moment as well.

With Nanlu Tianzi's display of strength, he could further rile up the morale on their side, allowing them to fight with greater tenacity.

Along with Beimu Fei, the rest of the Scarlet Moon Army soldiers charged forward, all of them now infected by a sudden fervour for battle.

Roar-!

A mighty roar of a dragon resounded across the battlefield as Beiqian Ming pierced forward with his halberd, matching the Thornback Tortoise's tail swing blow for blow.

He was like an indomitable mountain, standing his ground as he blocked the advance of the powerful beasts.

As one of the Four Stars, his combat prowess could be considered as even above that of the current Nanlan Qianxue. It was only because Nanlan Qianxue had a lower cultivation level that resulted in her drawing this much attention.

Beimu Fei did not fall behind either.

Bamboo sprouts extended from the ground with every swing of her sword, disrupting the beasts and further controlling their already slow movements.

These unnaturally tough and flexible bamboo trees were like vines with a mind of their own, winding themselves around the monster tortoises' legs, reaching up from there and wrapping around their shells.

Beimu Fei might not have the spectacular physical prowess of Beiqian Ming, but her techniques disrupted the movements of multiple Thornback Tortoises at once, rendering them incapable of advancing further.

With the arrival of support, the pressure on Nanlan Qianxue naturally lessened significantly as well.

Only then did she have the time to realise that Lu Tianzi had arrived at a spot not far from where she was, fighting to clear out an area of safety for the Scarlet Moon Army.

However, that was all he could do.

Even though Lu Tianzi would not mind staying to continue slaying the Thornback Tortoises, there were simply too many of them. It would take a long time to get rid of them all, much longer than what he could afford right now.

After all, he had a more important job to do.

Now that the situation had stabilised to a certain extent, he had to move on to the next step.

Lu Tianzi took one last glance at Nanlan Qianxue to check that she was fine. Sensing his gaze, the latter gave him an assuring nod before hurriedly turning back to concentrate on her own battle.

With that, Lu Tianzi turned around and left to join his squad.

As though they had a prior agreement, Beimu Fei immediately retreated from the frontlines upon seeing his movements as well, joining up with his squad as they started converting the protruding rocks into formation nodes.

They did so as quickly as they could, fully understanding that every second that they spent right now was bought by their comrades' sweat and blood.

Not every soldier was a Nanlan Qianxue or a Beiqian Ming.

While those on the level of these two had the capability to stand their ground, the rest of the soldiers had to struggle with all their might just to survive against the onslaught of the Thornback Tortoises.

Thus the sooner the formation was completed, the fewer casualties their side would incur!

Lu Tianzi scanned the area with the Limitless Mirror Eye, immediately identifying the energy fluctuations in the surroundings due to the ongoing battle. Thanks to that, he was able to adjust accordingly, making slight changes to the formation as they progressed.

With Beimu Fei's help, the process was only hastened.

Up in the sky, the Origin Core realm experts were closely watching the battle on the ground as well.

When the Thornback Tortoises had appeared, the Origin Core realm experts of the Dragon Cauldron Army had smug expressions on their faces, as though they were already confident of victory.

Who knew that there would suddenly be a Nanlan Qianxue charging out of nowhere, followed by the ridiculous display of strength of Nanlu Tianzi once again?

This caused the balance to tilt once more.

Now, the line of engagement was kept in a delicate balance, with the Dragon Cauldron Army unable to advance despite revealing their trump card in the form of the Thornback Tortoises.

The expressions on the faces of the Origin Core realm experts turned extremely ugly as they watched on, finding it difficult to believe just how useless their juniors were in comparison.

"Isn't it too dangerous for you to look away in the midst of battle?" General Mojian asked mockingly as he slashed forward with his sabre, generating a keen mass of sabre light that travelled through the air towards his opponent.

"Worry about yourself! I have plenty of leeway to do as I wish when facing the likes of you in battle!" General Longming snapped in response.

He had been in a very irritable mood over the past week, having been blamed for his defeat at the Second Battlefront and causing the entire Dragon Cauldron Army to retreat to Rockfall Plain.

Even so, his emotions did not get the better of him in battle.

General Longming nimbly dodged out of the way, and the oncoming sabre light cut through nothing but air.

The battle of the Origin Core realm experts had always been like this. Since neither side was willing to commit too heavily, the attacks were generally difficult to land as well.

However, this time was slightly different.

After dodging the keen sabre light, General Longming suddenly felt an intense sense of danger.

Not wanting to risk it, General Longming shot backwards without taking a second look, retreating as quickly as he could.

Just as he moved away, a storm of flames burst forth, engulfing the exact spot where he had been standing. Had he hesitated for just a moment longer, General Longming would have been caught by this sudden attack!

"You sneaky bastard!" General Longming cursed out loud.

He could tell that it was General Mojian who had sneaked a secondary attack behind his sabre light, wanting to catch him unaware.

But when he looked up at his opponent, General Longming could not help but reveal a look of surprise.

General Mojian had actually disappeared?

No, that was not it.

On second look, he could see that General Mojian had strangely chosen to abandon their fight, and was flying straight up at this moment.

Wait a minute. It was not just General Mojian?

From where he was, General Longming saw that many other Origin Core realm experts from the Scarlet Moon Army had abandoned their respective fights at the exact same time as well, all of them heading straight up just like General Mojian.

A quick count showed that there were at least twenty of them, and all of them were true experts with cultivation levels at least at the Fifth Origin Cycle!

All of them heading up at once could it be?!

General Longming's eyes widened in shock as realisation dawned upon him.

If they were all heading upwards, then there was no doubt about it. After all, there was nothing else above their battle in the sky.

Those crazy bastards!

They are actually targeting Marshal Shengding!

Indeed, just as General Longming had deduced, the Origin Core realm experts of the Scarlet Moon Army were indeed aiming for the enemy's overall commander, Marshal Shengding.

A rush for the enemy's leader, this was the plan of Scarlet Moon Army's own commander, Marshal Xianming.

For this plan, he had involved only the generals who truly belonged to the original Scarlet Moon Army, choosing to exclude those who had been recruited solely for the sake of this war.

By doing it this way, he could ensure that the assault party had optimal teamwork, allowing them to burst forth with the greatest strength possible.

At the same time, the remaining Origin Core realm experts on their side would act as deterrence, causing the experts on the other side to think twice before chasing after the assault party just in case they got attacked from below.

And the moment to strike would be when the ground soldiers displayed their shocking level of strength, a feat that Marshal Xianming was confident someone like Nanlu Tianzi would be able to pull off perfectly.

This would create a small window of distractions among the enemy Origin Core realm martial artists, giving them time to break away.

Just like that, Marshal Xianming would attack from the front, while his close aides would attack from below.

As long as they were able to pull off this two-pronged attack, Marshal Xianming was confident that they would be able to at least inflict severe injuries upon his counterpart from the Dragon Cauldron Army!

"As if I will let you!" General Longming roared in rage as he shot up as well.

He was not the only one either.

There were many Origin Core realm experts in the Dragon Cauldron Army who were loyal to their leader, Marshal Shengding.

All of them immediately charged upwards, many of them ignoring their opponents altogether despite being still in battle.

However, the Scarlet Moon Army experts had quite a headstart.

Even if they had rushed to their marshal's aid the moment they understood the situation, it was already one step too late.

"So this is your plan?" Marshal Shengding narrowed his eyes at the calm white-haired figure that was standing in the air not far from him. "Do you really think this will work?"

"You might be strong, but even you will not be able to get out of this unscathed," Marshal Xianming let out a faint smile.

He gave off a feeling of absolute composure at this moment, as though the battle had been playing out exactly the way he had expected it to.

"Do you understand that if you fail, you and your close aides will end up being the ones who are surrounded by my men? Even so, you chose to take such a risk? This is really unlike you!" Marshal Shengding harrumphed.

"Thank you for your reminder, but since I chose to carry out this plan, I naturally understand the risks. Of course, I also know the chances of success," Marshal Xianming stretched out his arms to his sides. "Now then, will you be able to prove me wrong?"

The Ninth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist drove the Slaughter Essence in his inner world to the limit, concentrating Essence energy on both his palms. The illusory figure of a white falcon shimmered into existence behind him, stretching out its wings as bright light shone down from its entirety, basking General Xianming in it.

At the same time, a scroll floated up and unrolled itself in front of General Xianming, immediately releasing an ancient aura that applied an intense pressure upon his surroundings.

Winds howled as the energy undulations from Marshal Xianming actually conjured up a storm around him, causing his robes to flutter wildly in the wind.

His outstretched palms were each engulfed in a white ball of unimaginably dense Essence energy by now, waiting for just the right moment to unleash everything upon his target.

Looking from below, he was like an angel who had descended from the skies, ready to pass judgement upon the world.

Faced with such a scene, Marshal Shengding was cautious, but not afraid.

After all, Marshal Xianming was not the only Ninth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist here!

Driving his own Slaughter Essence to the limit, he too unleashed a terrifying aura that was by no means weaker than that of Marshal Xianming. The illusory figure of a battleaxe shimmered into existence behind him, and a pitch black version of the same battleaxe appeared in his hands as well, coated in its entirety with his Essence energy.

World Origin Energy in the surroudnings churned as the inscription symbol on his battleaxe let out a dim glow.

Marshal Shengding had just activated the inscription skill of his treasure battleaxe, ready to match his opponent in a head on clash!

However, his opponent was not just Marshal Xianming.

Below him, around twenty Origin Core realm martial artists released their Origin Totems all at once, emitting an intense pressure that engulfed the entire sky!

"Come at me!" Marshal Shengding roared, bracing himself for the clash.

But right at this moment, as though having noticed something, the stern expression on his face actually lightened up slightly.

On the contrary, Marshal Xianming seemed to have lost his composure for the first time, his expression turning dark in an instant.

"Do it, now!" Marshal Xianming bellowed.

"Yes, Marshal!"

Even though they were still not at the optimal range, his subordinates dared not question his orders. They blast forth with their strongest attacks all at once, lighting up the skies with a myriad of colours.

From above, Marshal Xianming did not keep watching either.

He slammed both of his palms onto the treasure scroll before him, allowing the treasure scroll to amplify the white Essence energy countless times before firing it out once again, aiming straight at Marshal Shengding.

It was an intense ray of light that possessed enough power to even alter terrains.

Even though he was just one person, his full power attack was actually no weaker than the combined attack of his twenty subordinates.

In fact, no matter how one looked at it, his attack seemed to be the stronger of the two!

From afar, it seemed as though two rays of of light crossed the skies.

The two-pronged attack intersected at the point where Marshal Shengding had been floating, mercilessly engulfing the entire space!