Chapter Eighty-Five: The Clash

“Attack!”

A sinister smile flickered across the face of the black-clad youth at the head of the group. He gave the fist wreathed in azure flame a cold glance, stomped hard with his foot, and shot backward, neatly avoiding the man’s incoming blow as he bellowed the order.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

At Du Leng’s command, the leader of the black-clad youths, the twenty-two geniuses from the Ancient Tang Base struck at once. In that instant, thick torrents of energy surged wildly from their bodies.

Every one of them was at the upper tier of the Transcendent Realm, and since they had been chosen by the Ancient Tang Base’s Genius Training Camp, their innate abilities were naturally far from ordinary.

“Move to the center!”

Bai Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, exchanged a glance with the other four, and barked the order to Luo Ling.

The four members from the Nine Rivers Genius Training Camp shook their bodies and stood like four iron towers, firmly shielding Luo Ling behind them.

“Fight these brats with everything we’ve got!”

After placing Luo Ling in the center, Bai Yong roared again. His fists clenched tightly, and a wave of gray-white energy burst from within him. In the blink of an eye, his hands turned the color of weathered stone; then his forehead, cheeks, and neck followed, until in moments his whole body seemed to have become hard rock.

“Stone Body!”

This was Bai Yong’s innate ability. Though it could not compare with Hei Qin’s Sharp Gold Body, it was even more overbearing than Xiao Jiu’s Diamond Body. The moment his flesh turned to stone, his strength surged explosively; his raw power was not far behind that of a high-ranking divine bloodline. Yet the true terror of the Stone Body was not its increase in strength.

What made the Stone Body truly fearsome was its defense.

Its defensive power was even more terrifying than Xiao Jiu’s Diamond Body. After all, Xiao Jiu had not yet reached the Transcendent Realm, and he could already rely on his Diamond Body to withstand the power of an ordinary divine bloodline. Bai Yong, however, was an upper-tier Transcendent Realm expert.

Once his Stone Body erupted, he was truly like an immovable boulder. Ordinary Transcendent Realm experts could not break his defenses at all. Even if he stood still and let you strike him, you still would not be able to budge him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The moment Bai Yong’s body became rigid as stone, a storm of attacks came crashing down like a tidal wave.

Fists gleaming with gold, fists wrapped in flame, fists carrying a bone-chilling coldness, and all manner of awakened abilities erupted together, the force slamming directly into Bai Yong’s gray-white body.

“Damn it, what a hard shell!”

After a round of ferocious assault, Bai Yong remained completely unscathed. Seeing this, the people from the Ancient Tang Base, who had been attacking madly, froze for a moment. Their throats bobbed as they swallowed hard, then they cursed under their breath.

“Hahaha! You brats, keep hitting! Hit harder! Damn it, haven’t you eaten yet?”

Bai Yong raised his gray-white shining fist and hammered his own chest with a loud thud, laughing wildly.

Though he looked utterly fearless, he was in truth growing increasingly anxious. He knew his own strength very well. His defense was indeed formidable, but his speed was far too slow, and he could not touch the enemy at all. More importantly, Luo Ling was behind him. He could not move, or that surging tide of attacks would rain down on her instead.

And it was not only Luo Ling. The other four from the Nine Rivers Base could still endure for the moment, but if this dragged on, disaster would be inevitable.

Precisely because he understood this, Bai Yong acted so arrogantly. He wanted to enrage the people from the Ancient Tang Base and draw as much of their firepower onto himself as possible.

“Take out those four first, then come back and deal with this one!”

A dark light flashed in Du Leng’s eyes as he shot Bai Yong a vicious look and shouted to the people beside him.

“Be careful with your aim. Don’t hurt that pretty little girl.”

Du Leng stared hotly at Luo Ling’s graceful figure and gave a low growl. A pale blue water orb formed in his palm and smashed fiercely toward the man on Luo Ling’s left!

A Thousandfold Water.

Du Leng’s innate ability was the water-type Thousandfold Water. The pale blue water spheres formed from his energy were astonishingly heavy; the small orb only the size of a fist weighed as much as a thousand catties.

Boom!

That seemingly ordinary blue water orb struck the chest of the young man in silver combat gear.

Crack!

A crisp sound of bones shattering rang out at once. The young man was blasted into the air by the tiny water orb, then crashed violently into Luo Ling.

“How are you?”

Luo Ling looked at the young man, blood staining the corner of his mouth, her brows knitting with concern as she asked anxiously.

“Damn it, I was ambushed. That bastard’s ability should be Thousandfold Water. Four ribs are broken! But I’m not dead yet.”

The young man casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, shot Du Leng a fierce glare, and, enduring the stabbing pain from his broken ribs, gritted his teeth and slowly rose to his feet.

But the instant he stood up, the attacks from the other people of the Ancient Tang Base came crashing in again.

A cold, glittering ice spike, a deep crimson flame, and four pale blue water orbs howled toward him once more.

“Damn it!”

The young man’s expression changed abruptly. Instinctively, he wanted to dodge, but the moment he moved, he remembered Luo Ling behind him.

“Damn it all, are they trying to take my life?”

He clenched his teeth. Deep blue-green flames suddenly burst from within him. Since he could not evade, he could only brace himself head-on. He knew perfectly well that he could not withstand it, but he had to.

Because there was a girl behind him, and she belonged to the Nine Rivers Base. If he dodged now, not only would he be mocked by the people of the Ancient Tang Base, but even after returning to the Nine Rivers Base, he would have no face left to show anyone.

The people from the Ancient Tang Base would never dare kill him. Since he would not die, what could be more important than the dignity of a man?

At worst, he would suffer a bit of flesh-and-blood pain.

...

At this moment, on the top floor of the Sky-Reaching Tower, Ke Bei had finally finished cultivating the first volume of the Indestructible Diamond Body. He let out a light breath, and thinking of Luo Ling’s adorable expression while standing on tiptoe waiting for him, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“Luo Ling must be getting anxious.”

Ke Bei smiled. When he had ascended the tower earlier, he had not taken much time; obtaining the Sky-Reaching Tower’s recognition had taken but an instant. But learning the first volume of the Indestructible Diamond Body had taken more than half an hour.

With a slight movement of thought, imagining Luo Ling’s lovely face, the events on the second floor of the Sky-Reaching Tower clearly surfaced in his mind.

Ke Bei saw an ice spike glinting with cold light, a blue-red flame, and four pale blue water orbs, all screaming toward the teetering young man.

And Luo Ling was right behind him, in danger at any moment.

“Seeking death!”

Cold light flashed in Ke Bei’s eyes. The words were forced out between his teeth, and a bitter killing intent erupted from him. Inner force surged, his foot stomped hard, and his body became a blur as he shot like lightning toward the second floor of the Sky-Reaching Tower.

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