Chapter 6: Intense Battle (5)
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“Bastards! Bastards!”
“k*ll them! k*ll them!”
The disciples never imagined that the moment Master Sister Luo Ying successfully breached the formation, and they were cheering with joy, a traitor would sneak in to assassinate Elder Wang.
They had no idea what dirty and despicable means had been employed, but the ambush was successful.
Master Sister noticed something was off, but by the time she jumped next to Elder Wang, those traitors had already struck.
The disciples were furious beyond words.
They thought that with Master Sister joining them, along with Elder Wang, they had a slim chance of escaping, thanks to their top-notch combat power.
But now, they could only helplessly watch their one glimmer of hope snuffed out by the traitors.
How could they not be enraged? How could they not be filled with despair?
Those traitors appeared ready to charge into the ranks of the Fallen Species, but the multitude of disciples were not about to back down; they were willing to fight to the last breath just to ensure these traitors faced their reckoning.
“Get back here!”
Luo Ying’s cold command hit them like a freezing spell, sometimes even more effective than Wang Qianshan’s orders.
“But… Master Sister! They…”
“Back now! Right away!”
Having served as the head of the inner sect for a long time, Luo Ying’s authority was not lesser than that of the other elders in the Heavenly Sword Sect. At this critical moment, she didn’t hesitate to release her imposing pressure to calm these reckless disciples.
“Elder Wang has already encountered misfortune; the enemy wants to see us throw ourselves into chaos.
With me here, I won’t let the enemy have their way!”
“Yes… Master Sister.”
As the disciples slowly returned, heads hung low, Luo Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A major battle was almost set to erupt, and it was definitely not the right moment to confront them head-on.
Because her goal was different from Wang Qianshan’s. As the saying goes, when a tree moves, a person can survive. Rather than holding desperately to the Main Peak, it’d be better to pass on the spark of the Heavenly Sword Sect. If everyone dies and the sect goes extinct, that would truly be a disgrace to their ancestors.
As long as half of them survived this battle, they would have a chance to reclaim the Small Thousand World.
Thus, the upcoming battle strategy was not to hold the fort, but to figure out how to escape with minimal losses.
Before reaching the Main Peak, she had already discussed matters with the Male Character, who indicated that the Main Peak might be a crucial location connecting the Small Thousand World to the other dozen worlds; that was why the enemy was expending all their effort to occupy it.
The Heavenly Sword Sect just happened to be in their way.
And with their current strength, trying to clash head-on would only lead to self-destruction.
So, for now, preserving the spark of the Heavenly Sword Sect was of utmost importance; as long as the legacy remained, there was hope for revitalization.
Fighting to the d*ath was certainly resolved and full of fervor, but it would block the chance for the Heavenly Sword Sect to make a comeback.
With this thought, she suddenly realized that the Male Character had vanished since they landed.
She distinctly remembered him being right behind her; how had he disappeared in an instant?
He should be fine… No, he must have discovered something and left in a hurry; he would come back.
Luo Ying took the golden banner that Elder Wang had entrusted to her before his demise, her expression heavy with sorrow.
At this moment, there was no time to search for the Male Character; far more important things awaited her.
Meanwhile, just as everyone was focused on the assassination attempt on Wang Qianshan, the Male Character had quietly reached the cliffside near Mount Everest.
Since returning to the Small Thousand World, he had felt an inexplicable sense of palpitations.
It was something he had never experienced before.
Although the Female Character had promised Luo Ying and him not to randomly occupy the Male Character’s body anymore, there had still been a sharing mechanism between them that others were unaware of.
Even after the system completely malfunctioned, the sharing mechanism remained intact.
After all, the Male Character’s consciousness originated from the system, even if it was just a tiny thread; it had once been part of it.
So he and the Female Character could send messages to each other like texting on a phone.
Previously, with the teleportation array in the Small Thousand World rendered useless, compounded with his adventure in Animal World with Luo Ying, this sharing window had been stuck in a grey state.
However, after returning to the Small Thousand World, he realized that this window was functional again.
This meant that the Female Character had certainly entered the Small Thousand World.
However, he had sent her many messages, but not one had been returned.
At times, the sharing window even flickered like a TV with no signal.
Needless to say, something must have happened to her, but she probably was still on the edge of being saved.
After accompanying Luo Ying back to the Main Peak, that ever-shuddering sharing window surprisingly stabilized.
This indicated either he and the Female Character had closed the distance or she had escaped danger.
The Male Character leaned toward the former.
These countless Fallen Species had come from who knows where, and it was very possible that upon entering the Small Thousand World, the Female Character got trapped by them unintentionally.
Therefore, he needed to locate the Female Character.
He understood very well—she was his essence. If she died, he would lose all meaning of existence and would vanish as well.
To avoid the dense clusters of Fallen Species in the sky and the self-exploding beasts scattered across the mountainside, he chose to plunge straight down the cliff, feeling that the Female Character might be nearby.
It was a collision of souls; perhaps only he and the Female Character in this world shared such a unique bond.
They were once the same person, understanding each other thoroughly. Perhaps it was because of this familiarity that he felt no special feelings for her, viewing her merely as a close partner of shared life.
If memory served him right, according to the information previously shared with him by the Female Character, there was a cave located in the middle of the cliff of the Main Peak; it seemed that it had once imprisoned some Great Demons. However, when the Female Character, possessing Feng Yalin, went to check, they had long turned into white, bleached bones. Yet inside the cave, they had left behind some clues about the Monster Race’s training.
Though he didn’t know the origins of these Great Demons, the impression they gave him was that this winding cave that led down to the base of the Main Peak was likely not just a prison.
Moreover, based on his intuition, it seemed that the Female Character had been temporarily placed within this cave.
Without hesitation, he jumped off the cliff’s edge.
As he passed by the cave entrance, he looked for an opportunity to enter and explore.
But to his surprise, he thought this side of the cliff had no Fallen Species guarding it, yet when he fell one-third down the Main Peak, suddenly, over a hundred Fallen Species flew over from the other side of the mountain.
“Capture him!”
“Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame he’s a man; we’ve been tired of that lately.”
“A pretty boy like him should taste nice, hehehe.”
Seeing this scene, the Male Character felt his heart sink to the depths of despair, his face turning ashen.
d*mn it! Time to fight!
