Chapter 1048 Giving It Your All
Those currently surrounding and attacking the blood-qi monster couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness against the formidable foe before them.
Too strong!
These individuals, already at the pinnacle among martial artists, found themselves deeply powerless against this blood-qi entity.
The Grand Elder of the Sword Sect, Cang Jian, had already unleashed his life-bound treasure, a flying sword meticulously nurtured by his spiritual power over the years.
In the hands of the Sword Sect Grand Elder, this flying sword danced like a dragon.
The blood-qi monster, having been slain once before by ancient martial artists, had revived but was indeed somewhat weakened.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the martial artists, the blood-qi monster was greatly startled.
The blood-qi monster had initially intended to investigate who was absorbing the blood-qi from the ancient battlefield.
But now… escape was paramount.
If the previous combatants had allied with these newcomers, it was truly possible for it to perish here today.
The blood-qi monster possessed its own sentience and, naturally, was too intelligent to linger here.
However, Grand Elder Cang Jian of the Sword Sect, in conjunction with the strange, swirling ancient script around them, had cornered the blood-qi monster at the center.
The blood-qi from the monster's body was being chipped away, bit by bit, by the collective efforts of the group.
If this continued, the monster's blood-qi would be depleted before long.
The blood-qi monster, anxious to escape the martial artists who had surrounded it, was now extremely tense.
With every wisp of the monster's blood-qi they consumed, they themselves suffered the influence of the blood-qi.
Moreover, the rate of consumption was agonizingly slow!
Everyone could already feel the approaching threat of other monsters in the distance.
This was, after all, an ancient battlefield, where, besides this most powerful monster, countless other Grandmaster peak-level monsters lurked.
If they were soon to be surrounded by Grandmaster peak monsters, let alone dealing with this one, merely escaping with their lives would be a miracle.
"Daozhi, this is no time to hold back!"
"Let's finish this one off quickly and leave!"
Some individuals were visibly growing anxious. While seeking revenge was their initial purpose, none wished to forfeit their lives here.
Grand Disciple Daozhi of the Dao Sect heard the plea, his brow furrowed.
The blood-qi monster's strength clearly surpassed that of Grandmaster peak. Despite his own prowess, he had never engaged with such a powerful entity before…
Responding to the trust placed in him, Grand Disciple Daozhi of the Dao Sect produced a whisk.
The whisk, like a set of ropes, directly ensnared the blood-qi monster, immobilizing it.
Witnessing this, everyone's eyes widened.
Their combined strength had merely managed to restrict the blood-qi monster's movement.
Yet, Daozhi had actually managed to completely restrain it.
This was a monster a whole realm stronger than him!
"Good!"
Someone, it was unclear who, shouted "Good!" Daozhi was so angered he nearly spat blood. Did they think he was performing a juggling act?
Daozhi urgently reminded them, "Quickly!"
Daozhi looked at the taut whisk, his heart aching.
This object was one of the treasures of the Daoist school, a gift from the Celestial Master when he had just broken through to Grandmaster peak.
But now… its tensile strength was at its limit.
Grand Elder Cang Jian of the Sword Sect instantly appeared before the blood-qi monster, flicking his flying sword. A resonant hum erupted.
"Hum!"
The next moment, a stream of white energy shot towards the blood-qi monster's neck.
Sword Qi!
Everyone watched intently as the white energy emanated from the sword's tip. Grand Elder Cang Jian could actually unleash Sword Qi!
Unlike inner energy, Sword Qi was not a power that any martial artist could wield.
It was a unique force exclusive to the path of the sword.
The instant the Sword Qi sliced across the blood-qi monster's neck, a massive surge of blood-qi power drained from the wound.
Sensing the loss of its life force, the blood-qi monster roared, its body instantly swelling several times its original size.
"This is bad!"
Daozhi exclaimed in alarm, realizing his whisk was about to break!
The thought had barely formed when Daozhi found himself unable to retract his whisk in time.
As the blood-qi monster expanded, Daozhi's whisk snapped, its thousands of silver threads scattering through the air in a desolate spectacle.
Daozhi, his eyes reddened as he gazed at the whisk in his hands, uttered not a word. Instead, he adopted the Seven Star Steps, his hands seemingly dividing yin and yang, and charged towards the blood-qi monster.
The other martial artists also surged forward at that instant, the battlefield erupting with streaks of light. No one held back.
However, at this very moment, the blood-qi monster absorbed a newly arrived Grandmaster peak monster.
The blood-qi that had been depleted was instantly replenished.
"Ants!"
Everyone seemed to hear a mocking voice from the blood-qi monster, and in the next instant, they were all sent flying by a powerful force.
The only one who reached the blood-qi monster was Daozhi.
Daozhi's robes billowed violently in the wind, yet his advance did not falter in the slightest.
He injected the yin and yang energies from his hands directly into the blood-qi monster's body.
For a moment, as the yin and yang energies circulated, the blood-qi monster's form began to change, as if it were being absorbed by them.
Daozhi's lips curved into a slight smile, but the next second he suddenly retreated.
For the yin and yang energies on the blood-qi monster's body began to reverse. In an instant, their original nature was covered by blood-qi.
Furthermore, they were repelled by the blood-qi monster.
Daozhi, watching the blood-qi contaminate and reverse his yin and yang energies, shaped his arm like a crane, retracting it sharply upon contact.
"Boom!"
As the dust settled, Daozhi wiped a trickle of blood from his lips and chuckled, "Truly difficult to deal with!"
Although Daozhi had not defeated the blood-qi monster, he had bought everyone a moment to catch their breath.
Cang Jian re-condensed his flying sword and unleashed several streams of Sword Qi, his inner energy already depleted.
The Confucian scholars condensed several characters with their inner energy and sent them flying.
Having absorbed several Grandmaster peak monsters, the blood-qi monster no longer feared the martial artists before it.
The pervasive blood-qi shattered the flying sword and crushed the Confucian characters, surging towards the group.
Meanwhile, the other Grandmaster peak monsters had already surrounded everyone.
Just as they were in dire peril, a ray of auspicious light descended from the heavens.
The light pierced through the blood-qi, forcibly tearing a gap in the dense crimson mist.
Upon witnessing this, everyone froze.
So powerful!
However, as the auspicious light dissipated and the person enveloped within appeared before them, they were all stunned.
They had initially assumed it might be ancient martial artists, as they had encountered a few of them before. But upon clearly recognizing the individual, they all knew this was no ancient martial artist.
Because they all knew this person!
"Isn't that that Zhang fellow from the Confucian school?"
"I recall his name is Zhang Hua, a genius from the Confucian school's Danqing lineage. However, he had a falling out with the Confucian school long ago."