Chapter 75: Assassinations
As Jia Yuan looped back around to rejoin the Spectres of
Wind, the fight between the special forces erupted in a giant explosion Songs.
In just a matter of seconds, over 100 Spectres of Wind had fallen, never to
stand up again, and a similar number of Storm Sentinels had fallen. However,
only a few of the Iron Guard had fallen.
Earth was just simply too strong of a defensive element. One
can try to batter a rock with wind, but unless sharp wind blades were formed,
how would one be able to penetrate such a solid defense?
In terms of raw form, water is clearly less of a defensive
element than earth, which is why so many of the Storm Sentinels were killed.
This was just the first exchange, however. Both sides
collided with each other, and soon the immediate vicinity soon resembled the
main battlefield. However, this scene was much more lively, albeit much smaller
in size.
In the midst of the fighting, Jia Yuan dashed in and out of
individual battles, casually killing those from the Water and Earth Kingdoms
easily. For those of the Earth Kingdom, Jia Yuan could blast apart their rocks.
For those of the Water Kingdom, he subtly used a bit of his own Song of Water
to cancel out the enemy fighter’s attacks or defenses, and then he would
swiftly use his Song of Fire to attack.
This sort of balancing two Songs playing in his soul was
very hard. If he let the two Songs merge together, his soul would likely
collapse. If Jia Yuan didn’t concentrate on keeping his Songs released, hje
could accidentally use the wrong Song while attacking or defending.
Meanwhile, some of the fighters from each side had handed
their bodies over to their Songs. In battlefields such as this, this wasn’t an
uncommon occurrence. If someone was being overpowered or saw their side being
overpowered, they would sometimes be willing to give their body to their Song
at the risk of their Soul being lost forever.
Jia Yuan had done the same before, although by accident.
However, he understood the process pretty well. Although those few were
wreaking havoc now, they would be severely drained after a few minutes.
But Jia Yuan still made his way through the field of battle.
He was looking for the two commanders he had scoped out earlier. If he could
kill the commanders, it would be fairly simple for the Spectres of Wind to keep
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the fight even or even to massacre the Earth and Water Kingdom forces.
There! There he is!
Jia Yuan spotted the commander of the Iron Guard, who was
singlehandedly fighting 3 Spectres of Wind.
Jia Yuan quickly popped a two pills in his mouth and quickly
felt the pills giving him additional energy. Although the fighting hadn’t gone
on for too long, Jia Yuan had exhausted a substantial amount of his strength.
After all, the Song of Swords used a great deal of energy to use.
Jia Yuan dashed in towards the Earth Kingdom commander.
However, one of the commander’s officers had noticed Jia Yuan!
As Jia Yuan neared the commander, this officer stepped in
Jia Yuan’s way.
Jia Yuan lifted up his black sword and chopped downward, not
even bothering to supplement his blade with the power of his Song.
The raw power of the blow itself crushed the officer into
the ground. He wasn’t dead, but he wouldn’t be able to obstruct Jia Yuan
anymore.
Rushing past the officer, Jia Yuan gathered up the energy in
his body and directed it into his sword.
At this point, the commander felt a twinge of fear in his
heart, a feeling of death…
He immediately retreated from the Spectres of Wind he had
been fighting against and looked back. The only thing he had time to see before
he died, was a giant flame in the shape of a sword descend upon him with all of
the pressure of a falling mountain.
Jia Yuan released a heavy shout as he thrust his sword down
with all his might. Even if he was a prodigy, if we wanted to kill someone in
the Manipulation realm in one strike, he would have to fiercely pour his energy
into the attack without holding anything back.
The resulting attack completely incinerated the commander’s
defense and disintegrated the commander’s body. Such was the world of
cultivation. Even a minute difference of strength could result in one side
being completely dominated and destroyed.
Everyone in the area looked at him in shock.
This…this runt of a soldier had actually instantly killed
the Iron Guard commander!
However, at the same time, a shout of pain sounded from the
side of the Spectres of Wind! Jia Yuan ate two more pills and flew into the
air.
Quan Zen was lying on the ground, with the Water Kingdom’s
commander standing in front of his body!