Chapter 300 - 147: Stalemate, Part 3
Their eyes turned crimson. Their muscles bulged, and veins writhed like worms beneath their skin.
’A blood sacrifice enhancement...’
Liang Cheng’s heart tightened.
Moreover, the aura of this array felt familiar.
The Blood Sacrifice Array that Vice City Lord Situ Lang had set up for the Fire Worship Sect was strikingly similar to the one before him now!
That one had been much smaller in scale, using the Essence Blood of living beings as the sacrifice, but its aura was identical—sinister and unfathomable!
"Qian Wanjing, so you really were colluding with Situ Lang’s Fire Worship Sect all along!"
Liang Cheng said coldly.
Qian Wanjing stood in the center of the array, laughing maniacally. "Just figuring that out now? It’s too late! Liang Cheng, this is the Blood Evil Array! Fueled by the Essence Blood of twenty-four True Essence Realm Martial Artists, it can suppress any enemy within it by thirty percent while boosting our own strength by thirty percent! Today, there is no escape for you!"
’Twenty-four True Essence Realm Martial Artists?’
Liang Cheng’s gaze swept across the area.
At the base of each blood-red pillar of light, two men in black sat cross-legged, making a total of twenty-four.
Their faces were pale as paper, their vital energy being frantically drained by the array and converted into fuel.
’These must all be Qian Wanjing’s Death Warriors.’
’Such ruthless methods.’
Liang Cheng slowly tightened his grip on the Zhenxian Saber.
"Ruthless? It’s just winner-takes-all!"
Qian Wanjing sneered.
"Get him! I don’t care if he’s dead or alive!"
The two men in black moved at once!
Boosted by the array, their speed was more than thirty percent faster than before!
The tall man’s palms glowed red-hot, like branding irons. The very air seemed to twist and distort from the force of his strikes.
This time, his Yin Poisonous Fire Force was laced with a sickening, bloody Evil Qi!
The short, thin man, meanwhile, became a blood-red afterimage. His two Poisoned Short Blades glinted with an eerie green light in the moonlight as he stabbed straight for Liang Cheng’s eyes and throat!
His Body Technique was several times more deceptive than before. Each step left a blood-red afterimage, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the illusory.
Liang Cheng took a deep breath.
He pushed his Mixed Element Gang Body to its limit, and a pale golden Glazed Light Membrane covered his entire body.
Nine Heavens Mountain-Breaking Saber!
Broken Wave Style!
The light from his saber surged like a tide, crashing toward the tall man in black!
CLANG—!!!
The collision of saber and palm unleashed a deafening crash!
The ground beneath Liang Cheng’s feet cracked and splintered.
The tall man in black retreated a step, the red in his eyes intensifying!
’Such incredible strength!’
’The array suppresses me by thirty percent while boosting them by thirty. The disparity is immense!’
The short, thin man seized the opening, his blades already at Liang Cheng’s face!
Liang Cheng sidestepped sharply, reversing his Saber Momentum.
Broken Mountain!
The blow, heavy as a mountain, chopped straight down toward the crown of the short, thin man’s head!
But the short, thin man gave a strange smile as his body abruptly split into three blood-red afterimages, attacking from three directions at once!
It was impossible to tell which was real!
Liang Cheng’s attack didn’t falter; he continued his strike toward the middle afterimage.
PFFT!
The afterimage shattered. It was an illusion!
Meanwhile, the blades from the left and right afterimages had already struck Liang Cheng’s sides!
TING! TING!
With two sharp clinks, the blades struck his Mixed Element Gang Body, leaving only two shallow white dots!
A look of horror finally flashed through the short, thin man’s eyes.
’That defense is insane!’
Liang Cheng seized the fleeting opportunity, and the Sleeve Sword slid out from his left sleeve.
Profound Yin Sword Technique·Bone Penetration!
A bolt of intensely condensed, azure Gang Qi, like a viper striking, instantly pierced the chest of the afterimage on the right!
"Urk..."
The short, thin man’s true form appeared. He looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, his face filled with disbelief.
He hadn’t expected that Liang Cheng, even while suppressed by the array, could still so accurately determine the location of his real body.
But he didn’t fall.
Bloody light from the array poured into the wound, and it actually began to heal!
"Hahaha! Inside the Blood Evil Array, we are protected by the Blood Evil Power! Our injuries recover rapidly!"
Qian Wanjing cackled.
"Liang Cheng, your death today is certain!"
Liang Cheng’s eyes were glacial.
He could see it now. The array not only suppressed enemies and empowered allies, but also provided continuous healing to those within it.
If he didn’t break the array, this would become an endless battle of attrition.
And his Gang Qi, after all, was finite.
’I have to break this array.’
’But to do that, I have to get rid of these two assassins first, and then stop the blood sacrifice from the twenty-four True Essence Realm Martial Artists.’
Just then, the tall man in black charged again. This time, he held nothing back, his palms glowing an ultimate crimson.
"Blood Flame Palm·Heaven-Burning!"
He thrust out his palms, and his Gang Qi morphed into two blood-red fire pythons, which lunged at Liang Cheng in a crisscrossing attack!
The ground in their path was scorched black; even the tombstones began to melt!
Though the short, thin man had just been injured, the Blood Evil Power was constantly repairing him. He charged forward again, his blades like venomous snakes, aiming specifically for Liang Cheng’s joints and other weak points.
The two assassins coordinated flawlessly—one hard, one soft; one launched a frontal assault while the other harassed him from the side.
Liang Cheng found himself in a bitter struggle.
Flashes of his saber crisscrossed the air, constantly clashing with the blood-red fire pythons and the Poisoned Short Blades.
With every exchange, he could feel the suppression of the array.
His Gang Qi did not flow smoothly, making it difficult to unleash his full power.
Meanwhile, his opponents’ attacks grew increasingly ferocious, as if they were tireless.
If not for this, Liang Cheng would have likely already won.
Ten moves.
Twenty moves.
Thirty moves.
After his Mixed Element Gang Body was struck in the same spot, the Glazed Light Membrane flickered violently, leaving behind a scorch mark.
But Liang Cheng’s eyes remained calm.
He was observing them, looking for a flaw in their coordination.
The fiftieth move.
Liang Cheng finally noticed something.
Whenever the tall man unleashed his full power, the short, thin man’s attacks would slow for an instant.
And whenever the short, thin man executed his deceptive Body Technique, the tall man’s Palm Force would also weaken slightly.
Their minds were not linked; they had to consciously coordinate and compensate for one another.