A Chaotic World

Chapter 160: Battle at the Origin Core Realm

On General Nanbai Zhaoyu's orders, the demon forces charged forth.

"Hold your ground!" someone commanded from behind the defensive line of the human soldiers. This person was none other than Cui Yuanping, Head of the Military District. "For humanity!"

"For humanity!" the soldiers roared in unison, their weapons at the ready as they braced themselves for the incoming clash.

The human soldiers stood firm, but the demon forces were similarly undaunted. They answered the call of their general, advancing without a tinge of fear.

Just like that, the two sides collided.

Blood spilt in all directions as weapons eventually found their way through the tiny openings in each other's defences.

But unlike the scene that had taken place in the other parts of Ivory Rock City, this time the battle was much more evenly matched between the two opposing sides.

The human soldiers here were the elites of Ivory Rock City, and would definitely not fall as easily.

"Go!" Hu Yuanbo pointed towards General Nanbai Zhaoyu who was hovering in the sky.

As though it understood Hu Yuanbo's words, the shining sword of energy that had been hovering above the soldiers instantly shot upwards, heading straight towards the flying General Nanbai Zhaoyu.

The speed of the shining sword was fast, incredibly fast!

In fact, it was so fast that General Nanbai Zhaoyu immediately gave up any thoughts of evading it.

Even if he tried his best to do so, it was not certain that he would be able to escape. In that case, he might as well just face the attack head on!

This way, he could also see for himself just how strong this attack truly was!

He drove the Slaughter Essence in his inner world to the limit, channelling all his strength before smashing out towards the sword with his palm.

Behind General Nanbai Zhaoyu, the illusory form of a giant palm shimmered into existence.

This illusory palm created a formless pressure upon his surroundings, as though there was a sudden increase in the force of gravity. Just by looking at it, his enemies would feel their bodies getting heavier, and their legs about to give way.

It was as though the illusory palm was the avatar of force itself.

And along with the appearance of this illusory palm, General Nanbai Zhaoyu's aura suddenly erupted!

Bang-!

His all out palmstrike produced a thunderous clap, his Essence energy formed into the shape of a palm imprint that exploded towards the shining sword of energy, clashing with it with such impact that summoned howling winds cutting across the entire main square.

The forces of both sides slowed significantly.

In this battle between Origin Core realm martial artists, it was risky for them just by being near.

Apart from battling with the opposing force, they now had to contend with the ruthless force of the winds as well.

It was as though if they just slacked off ever so slightly, the powerful winds would either send them flying or knock them off their feet, allowing their opponents to reap their lives as they pleased!

In the air, the shining sword and the palm imprint remained in contention for a few moments. But just as everyone was wondering what the result would be, the shining sword actually started to pierce through the palm imprint, continuing straight towards General Nanbai Zhaoyu!

However, General Nanbai Zhaoyu still had a calm expression on his face.

By now, the other Origin Core realm martial artist had already risen into the air, and was hovering beside General Nanbai Zhaoyu.

Behind this other Origin Core realm demon, the illusory form of an ancient mountain shimmered into existence.

He, too, was driving his Slaughter Essence to the limit at this moment.

A grand halberd appeared in his hands, smashing out towards the incoming shining sword. In the eyes of everyone present, this halberd strike seemed as stable and indomitable as a mountain, as though nothing could ever overcome its might.

But how would it fare against the powerful shining sword birthed from the Formation of Heaven's Blade?

Bang-!

There was yet another thunderous collision as the halberd met the sword.

This time, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the shining sword of energy was finally sent flying back to the ground.

The halberd strike withstood the might of the shining sword of energy!

Or rather, it should be more accurate to say that General Nanbai Zhaoyu's palm strike had reduced the strength of the shining sword, allowing the halberd strike to deflect whatever remained of the attack.

Even so, after being sent back down by the halberd strike, the shining sword of energy did not dissipate.

Instead, it continued hovering above the heads of the human solders, seemingly ready to jump into the thick of action once more.

"Hahaha!" Hu Yuanbo laughed out in satisfaction. "It took the two of you just to handle my Formation of Heaven's Blade. Just what makes you think you will be able to grasp victory here in my Ivory Rock City?"

The Formation of Heaven's Blade bestowed upon its controller the power to contest against Origin Core realm martial artists.

When placed under Hu Yuanbo's personal control, the strength it was able to manifest would be amplified severalfold, allowing Hu Yuanbo to battle even Origin Core realm martial artists who were much stronger than himself.

From the looks of it, even though he was originally weaker than either of his opponents individually, as long as he properly utilised Formation of Heaven's Blade, he should still be able to stand his ground against them in this fight!

What is a homeground advantage?

This is it!

"Ignorant fool," General Nanbai Zhaoyu snorted in disdain. "You still haven't realised it yet?"

"Hmm?" Hu Yuanbo narrowed his eyes cautiously.

Not even a moment later, his eyes shot wide open in shock!

There was someone else in the air above him!

Shit!

Hu Yuanbo looked up in terror, at the newcomer who had gotten so close without him realising it.

The illusory figure of a flaming sword shimmered into existence behind Hu Yuanbo as he pointed up towards the sky.

Since it had received its order, the shining sword immediately shot back up into the sky, heading straight for its new target.

And in the direction where it was headed, Elder Diansheng hovered in the air with a dark expression on his face.

This damned General Nanbai Zhaoyu just had to expose his position with his pointless banter. Otherwise, it might even have been possible for him to take the head of the human leader without being discovered!

But everything was too late now.

Watching as the shining sword of energy pierced towards him, Elder Diansheng sighed.

An illusory form of a dark spectre shimmered into existence behind him.

It was as though a baleful spirit had descended upon the battlefield. Everyone present in the main square felt like the temperature in the air had suddenly decreased by a notch.

With how the spectre hovered menacingly behind Elder Diansheng, had one not known better, it would even seem like the spectre was about to devour the Origin Core realm martial artist. But for those who did, it only served to further amplify the imposingness of Elder Diansheng.

The appearance of the illusory spectre caused Elder Diansheng's aura to erupt as well.

A sword appeared in his hand, engulfed with dark and baleful energy as he slashed down towards the incoming shining sword.

Sword against sword.

One light and one dark.

Bang-!

This time, the winds resulting from the collision was even stronger than those before.

The battle below was forced to a momentary stop as everyone sought to stable themselves, maintaining their balance under the assault of the powerful winds.

In this clash, Elder Diansheng managed to single handedly deflect the attack from the shining sword of energy, but he was also forced back a good distance in the air as a result.

"What a powerful formation!" Elder Diansheng could not help but sigh in admiration.

For a mere human settlement to develop to such a point, it was truly quite an impressive feat!

However, in the face of absolute power, this was still far from enough to save their puny lives.

General Nanbai Zhaoyu and the other Origin Core realm demon were not just watching patiently by the side while Hu Yuanbo struck out against Elder Diansheng.

They took this opportunity and charged forward, rapidly closing the distance between them and Hu Yuanbo.

Beside Hu Yuanbo, his many subordinates attacked all at once, trying to lend their support to their beloved City Lord.

But in the face of these Origin Core realm demons, their attacks seemed ever so insignificant.

The illusory palm behind General Nanbai Zhaoyu glowed with a brilliant light, and these subordinates felt a ridiculous pressure pressing down upon them, directly forcing them to their knees.

Around General Nanbai Zhaoyu, there was now a domain of greatly increased gravity, enveloping everyone within.

Trapped by the domain of gravity, there was simply nothing they could do to resist!

Not just him, but each of the other three Origin Core realm martial artist burst forth with their own domains as well, the illusory figures behind them glowing in response.

Each of these domains held their own properties and strengths.

Hu Yuanbo's was not only the weakest of them all, he even had to face the pressure from three opponents at once!

"Damn it!" Hu Yuanbo cursed.

The shining sword of energy quickly returned, piercing towards the two advancing demons in a bid to keep them at bay.

But at the same time, Elder Diansheng had recovered from the earlier clash and was now moving to attack from above.

At this moment, Hu Yuanbo finally felt a sense of trepidation fill his heart.

Handling two Origin Core realm opponents was already his limit. But the appearance of that third Origin Core realm demon had decisively tilted the situation in favour of his opponents.

If things continued at this rate, there was no doubt that he would be the one to fall in the end!

Something

There must be something he could do to turn this situation around!

But what exactly could he do in this situation?

Hu Yuanbo's mind raced, desperately trying to find a way of survival even in this situation where defeat was imminent.

Of course, that was only because he was unaware of the situation beyond the scene in front of him.

If he had known that there were four other Origin Core realm demons guarding the exits of the city, Hu Yuanbo would have already fallen into complete despair!

In the crowds below, Lu Tianzi had already arrived at the main square of the Officials District.

Staring at the scene before him, he could not help but take a deep breath to calm his heart.

The battle between soldiers did not interest him the slightest. What drew his attention was the fight between Hu Yuanbo and the three Origin Core realm demons.

After all, this was a battle at the Origin Core realm!

Lu Tianzi peeled his eyes wide open as he activated the Limitless Mirror Eye, carefully observing the fight from a distance.

Lu Tianzi had met quite a number of Origin Core realm martial artists before. But other than the time when he was living out the memories of the Lifebrand Ancient Tree, he had never truly seen them go all out in a fight.

Even the two swordsmen in the memories of the Lifebrand Ancient Tree had not truly used everything at their means, relying solely on their swordsmanship as they tried to best the other party.

So now that there was finally such an opportunity, Lu Tianzi definitely would not waste it.

Who knew what kind of insights he could glean from observing such a fight firsthand?

Unfortunately for him, there was little more to be seen in this battle.

Elder Diansheng swooped down from the air, joining the two other Origin Core realm demons as they forced Hu Yuanbo further and further back.

Even with the support of the Formation of Heaven's Blade, Hu Yuanbo had long been forced into a defensive stance. It took everything out of him just to fend off the combined attack of his three opponents.

But at this moment, Lu Tianzi suddenly noticed the four District Heads each pull out a paper talisman from their spatial rings.

Hmm?

Lu Tianzi's eyes lit up in surprise.

These paper talismans were something that Lu Tianzi was more than familiar with. After all, he, too, had once used this paper talisman in battle!