Chapter 86: Though there be thousands of people, I will go

  He Lianuo felt a chill in his heart as he spoke, knowing that Luo Tian was extremely stable and would not have been so panicked unless the situation was extremely urgent. Seeing that Luo Tian had already rushed past him, He Lianuo hastily drew out the Heavenly Wolf Dagger and swiftly chased after him!

  Just as Luo Tian's blade was about to strike the young tribal leader, three or four blades suddenly extended from different directions. Luo Tian was caught off guard and naturally retreated without success, being heavily repelled back. He Lianuo, who followed closely behind, grabbed Luo Tian, who had been repelled, and raised his dagger to look forward.

  Only in front of the tribal leader, more than a dozen burly men were standing sternly, unlike the others in the Ghost Refining Hell who had lost their will to fight. The expressions in the eyes of these dozen men were extremely resolute, looking even more ferocious than the others. Their clothes were extremely neat and tidy, clearly they had not participated in the previous melee. Seeing Helian Nuo trying to sneak past them to attack the tribal leader who was preparing for the Wan Lian Forest, one of the burly men suddenly swung his short club, effortlessly deflecting Helian Nuo's dagger, shouting: "You young whelp, your opponent is me!"

  He Lianuo was knocked back, and his heart was also secretly calling out in alarm. He had originally thought that these dozen or so people were just ordinary dead soldiers, but after exchanging blows, he discovered that the big man in front of him was at least a peak-level Da Huan Sheng, and looking over at Luo Tian's side, the battle was not easy either. It could be inferred that these dozen or so people must have been specially selected by Qian Huan Gongzi to protect the young clan leader and prepare for a secret technique. Originally, one young clan leader was already quite troublesome, and adding these dozen or so big men, the situation instantly became thorny. To know that soul servants of the Soul Servant level, although their strength far surpassed that of the Da Huan Sheng level, He Lianuo had repeatedly been severely injured and yet continued to fight, and now he could only exert a true strength that was probably not even half of his peak period. Luo Tian was even more so, able to exert only one-tenth of his true strength. Adding to that, the opponent was fighting with their lives on the line, and for a time, He Lianuo and Luo Tian fell into a relatively passive situation.

  Qian Huan Gongzi triumphantly picked up the teacup on the viewing platform, raised it in Ling Xiao's direction, and saw his angry expression. Qian Huan smiled satisfactorily and comfortably enjoyed the tea.

  Seeing the golden light in the hands of the minority leader growing stronger, Luo Tian's heart was also increasingly anxious. He looked at He Lianuo, who had already appeared with several wounds on his body, and he fought hard to swing a few knives to force back his opponent. He rushed towards He Lianuo and shouted loudly: "He Lian, retreat quickly!"

  Although he didn't know what Luo Tian was going to do, He Lian still subconsciously retreated a few meters. The several big men who were originally fighting him saw the situation and just wanted to pursue, but Luo Tian suddenly jumped over, sweeping his large knife to include all of them in his battle circle. Seeing that He Lian had already reached a relatively safe position, Luo Tian smiled slightly, then poured all of his soul power into the knife. Almost instantly, the originally over one meter long horse-slaying knife suddenly extended another two meters of golden blade! Luo Tian lowered his body slightly, loudly roaring: "You little ones, let me show you the soul technique of the Duan Jin clan! Qian Yuan Thirteen Slashes, begin!"

  These dozen or so big men suddenly realized that things were not going well, and hastily turned around to try to dodge, but the blade of Luo Tian's knife seemed to have a strange suction power. As long as the blade touched it, it was difficult to pull back. Several quick-witted men decisively threw down their weapons and tried to jump out of the battle circle, but unfortunately, it was too late. Luo Tian's blade had already started moving rapidly, unlike Lei Shuo's Whirlwind Slash, the direction of Luo Tian's swinging big knife completely defied any rules, yet none of the big men could escape, for only one reason: speed!

  Yes, fast, Luo Tian's knife speed had reached an extent that was hard to see with the naked eye, and the trajectory of his knife was extremely strange. Just a second ago, his knife was still swinging on the right side, but in the blink of an eye, the glittering blade appeared on the left side again. Thirteen knives, not more or less, exactly thirteen knives! After the thirteen knives, thirteen corpses fell into the pool of blood!

  Luotian didn't even bother to wipe the blood stains all over his face, he used his knife to prop himself up and shouted at Helian: "Helian, take this opportunity to go break his secret technique!"

  "Sorry, your movements are incredibly fast, but it seems you're still one step too late!" Just as Helian was about to move forward, the voice of the young clan leader rang out. Luotian looked up and saw that the young clan leader's face was pale as paper, with a streak of fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. It was clear that he had suffered a severe internal injury while preparing for his secret technique. Despite this, there was still a hint of a triumphant smile on his face, because his two palms were now fully joined together!

  "Damn it, I'm too late!", Luo Tian fiercely threw his large knife to the ground. "In that case, I have no choice but to use that move!", he tightly closed his eyes, and a faint golden light instantly radiated from his body.

  The young patriarch was taken aback for a moment, then sneered and said: "Old but not dead, now that things have come to this, you still haven't given up resisting. You are indeed the descendant of the Duanjin clan, known for its tenacity! Unfortunately, in front of my life-risking secret technique, all resistance is futile! Wanren Forest!", The young patriarch's palms suddenly opened wide, a dazzling golden light column rapidly expanded, and then exploded violently in mid-air, dispersing into tens of thousands of needle-like golden lights that shot towards the Blood Refining Hell crowd.

  "Protect with gold!", at this critical moment, the golden light on Luo Tian's body suddenly surged and formed a barrier shape to protect everyone in Blood Refining Hell, fiercely rushing towards the sky full of light needles!

  Only a loud crash was heard, and the entire Blood Refining Tower seemed to tremble for a few moments. Luo Tian's golden light and the Shaozu's golden needle collided violently, causing the hard green bricks on the arena floor to shatter into powder, filling the air with dust. Luo Tian, who was barely holding back against the needle, gritted his teeth and urged his own golden light forward, as blood slowly flowed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The situation of the Shaozu master from the Ghost Refining Hell was even more dire - his originally black hair turned white at a visible speed, and wrinkles quickly appeared on his face. It could be seen that using such an astonishing secret technique had caused extreme damage to both parties' bodies!

  Seeing his own light needle unable to break through Luo Tian's defense, the young tribe leader gritted his teeth and bit his tongue, dripping a few drops of fresh blood onto his hands. In an instant, a light pillar several times thicker than the previous light needle was heavily launched, violently colliding with Luo Tian's golden barrier!

  The golden barrier shook violently for a few moments, then transformed into a sky full of golden light that slowly dissipated. Although the momentum of the golden needles had slowed down somewhat after losing their blocking power, they still flew rapidly towards the Blood Refining Hell crowd!

  Luo Tian, with his soul technique broken, spat out a mouthful of blood and saw the sky filled with flying needles. With great effort, Luo Tian raised his left hand and barely managed to create a small golden barrier that enveloped himself and He Lian Nuo. The capacity of this barrier was extremely narrow, and although Luo Tian had intended to save a few more people, he was already at his limit.

  The golden needles pierced through the bodies of almost all the Blood Refining Hell's strong men without any obstruction, and easily pierced through. The small wolf at the back of the team saw the light needles flying over, and without hesitation, it knocked down Lei Shuo and Sang Xiao to the ground in an instant. It then pressed its body tightly on top of the two, helping to block most of the light needles for the heavily injured duo. Although the small wolf's defense was astonishing, the penetrating power of the light needles was also extraordinary. Hundreds of light needles were deeply embedded in the small wolf's body, and it let out a dull hum before fainting.

  Luo Tian, whose soul power had almost been completely depleted, saw that the light needle had dissipated and his body, which had been barely holding on, could no longer withstand it, and he heavily fell to the ground. He Lian Nu quickly rushed forward to help him up, took out a Soul Origin Sacred Fruit from the Heavenly Gift Space, and secretly stuffed it into his mouth.

  "Damn it! Such a good opportunity and yet we still couldn't annihilate those pigs from Blood Refining Hell, useless, truly a bunch of useless people!" Qian Huan Gongzi heavily placed the teacup on the table. Although his face was extremely angry, to Ling Xiao's eyes, Qian Huan Gongzi's action seemed to be for show, and that anger was more like he was mocking Ling Xiao's Blood Refining Hell for being unable to withstand a single blow!

  This Wan Lian Forest is indeed one of the Duan Jin clan's secret techniques, and even if the young master's cultivation isn't particularly high, the destruction it causes when unleashed is still extremely massive. The Blood Refining Hell originally had over 300 people surviving, but after the Wan Lian Forest was unleashed, there were less than ten left who could still breathe. Luo Tian was already exhausted to the point of collapse and would likely need some time to recover before he could fight again. Lei Shuo and Sang Xiao were injured from the start, and although Xia Lang had blocked most of the light needles for them this time, it was uncertain whether they could make any contributions in the next battle. Apart from that, there were three or four lucky big men who survived, plus He Lian Nu, who Luo Tian had protected with his life - the Blood Refining Hell's combat strength was almost completely depleted.

  In contrast, the Ghost Refining Sect had over a hundred people still alive, and although their leader had almost completely lost his fighting strength after using the life-threatening secret technique, they were undoubtedly much better off than the Blood Refining Sect which had suffered heavy losses.

  He Lian saw Luo Tian's breathing gradually calm down, and his heart finally fell. He called over the few surviving men and ordered them to carry Luo Tian to the rear with Lei Shuo and Sang Xiaoan. After finishing, he slowly stood up, inserted the Tianlang dagger into his waist, picked up Luo Tian's dropped Zhanma long knife from the ground, and walked slowly towards the direction of the Gui Lianyu crowd.

  Under the astonished gaze of the crowd in the Ghost Refining Hell, He Lianuo slowly walked to a position about four or five meters away from them and stopped. His right hand tightly grasped the horse-slaying knife, the cold light flashing on the blade tip pointing diagonally at the ground, making him look like he was emitting a fierce killing aura.

  "Come on, all of you!", Helianuo slowly raised his right arm, and a drop of bright red blood fell to the ground with a faint sound from the shining knife tip!