NOVEL NEXT Chapter 287: The Spirit Body is Used Up, Is the Mischievous Child Done For?
"No!"
Long Yukuang roared to the heavens, his feelings towards the Supreme Elder of Cangzhou weren't particularly deep, but after all, that was a Martial Emperor of the Cangzhou Prefecture. With his fall, the strength of the Cangzhou Prefecture would be significantly weakened.
He turned his head and glared at Long Yutu and the others, bellowing, "Why didn't you help?"
Long Yutu's gaze flickered slightly as he said, "Number Seven, it happened so suddenly, we didn't have time to react."
Long Yufan was less polite in his speech and said coldly, "Who knew your Cangzhou Martial Emperor was so weak that he couldn't even block a single strike."
"You!"
Long Yukuang, pointing at Long Yufan, was so angry he couldn't speak.
Even Liu Hongxu and Li Tiankuang glared at Long Yufan with rage, as that statement was an offense to all Martial Emperors of Cangzhou.
However, by the look on Long Yufan's face, he didn't care at all.
"Let's deal with these Spirit Bodies first," Lang Wudi interjected with a frown.
"Holy Master of the Celestial Wolf is right, our top priority is to eradicate these Spirit Bodies and kill those two devilish brats," Lei Zhan added.
All this talk of things happening too suddenly, or not having enough time to react, were just excuses.
Everyone present was a Martial Emperor; it was impossible that they didn't have time to react. But ultimately, teammates or not, with one fewer Martial Emperor, there was one less person to share the Divine Artifact. That was the real reason they didn't assist.
"Hmph!"
Long Yukuang coldly snorted and said nothing more. He was well aware of these truths, and further argument was pointless. He turned his gaze to the fourteen Spirit Bodies and said coldly, "Today, none of you will escape."
"Let's all attack together," Long Yutu said coldly.
"Alright!"
Everyone nodded in unison and unleashed their attacks.
"All of you together, what do I have to fear?"
The fourteen Chu Feng Spirit Bodies said in unison, and then they all rushed to meet the attack.
Twelve Martial Emperors and fourteen Spirit Bodies, in the skies above the Valley of Fallen Gods, initiated an intense battle; attacks transformed by the Rule Power flew chaotically, tearing through the void, shaking heaven and earth.
The terrifying aftershocks rippled out, destroying everything in their path.
"Auntie Uncle, let's go," Chu Xin waved and released the Divine Coffin, pulling Jin Hong with her as they jumped right into it.
The aftermath of the Martial Emperor's battle was more than they could withstand; it was safer to hide inside the Divine Coffin.
Boom!
The aftershocks swept over and struck the Divine Coffin with a roaring sound but were unable to damage it.
"This scene, it's a rare sight for thousands of years," Jin Hong remarked inside the Divine Coffin, his face full of shock. He now understood why that little milk doll wasn't worried at all—with so many Martial Emperor Spirit Bodies, they could hold out for a while.
Whether they could escape in the end would depend on whether his brother could refine the Divine Artifact before the Spirit Bodies expired.
"Ah!"
After an indeterminate amount of time, a scream suddenly pierced through the battlefield.
Chu Xin and Jin Hong looked up to see a Martial Emperor from Thunder State being besieged and killed by several Spirit Bodies.
"It's the big bad guy from the Divine Spear Sect," Chu Xin murmured, remembering this person, "Daddy is more formidable, it's just that Daddy's Spirit Body is running out of time."
Hearing this, Jin Hong turned to look at Chu Chen, who was sitting and refining the Breaking Sky Ring, sighed slightly, and said, "Let's hope your brother succeeds before the Spirit Body disappears."
Chu Xin thought for a moment and said, "While they're fighting, let's run first."
Having said that, she pinched her tiny, snow-white hand and the Divine Coffin rose into the air, heading off into the distance.
"Thinking of running?"
Long Yutu and the others saw this but did not try to stop them; instead, their faces filled with cold smirks.
Chu Fengling furrowed her brows slightly at the sight and turned to look over.
Bang!
No sooner had she turned around than she saw the Divine Coffin crash into a Barrier, rebounced.
"Magic Array Barrier?"
Chu Fengling's face darkened.
"Little piggy, give me your Rule Power."
At this moment, from within the Divine Coffin, Chu Xin defiantly shouted.
"Okay, Big Sis."
The twin-headed piglet stood suspended in the air as the pitch-black Silent Annihilation Thunder Rule Power surged out and entered Chu Xin's body.
Chu Xin channeled this Rule Power, pouring it into the Divine Coffin.
Hum!
The Divine Coffin flashed with pitch-black Runes,
"Suppress!"
Chu Xin shouted loudly, steering the Divine Coffin to break through the sky again.
With a thunderous bang that shook the earth and mountains, the impact was huge, yet the Barrier remained intact, and the Divine Coffin was once again sent flying back.
"An Array laid by the combined efforts of thirteen Martial Emperors has extraordinary power. With our strength alone, it's feared we'd have a hard time breaking out," Jin Hong remarked with a light sigh upon seeing this.
"Is that so? Then, bring in two more."
Speaking in her childish voice, Chu Xin loudly called out, "Daddy, come back with two more."
Her voice emanated from the Divine Coffin, reverberating across the battlefield.
Upon hearing this, one of Chu Fengling's battling the Martial Emperors immediately split into two and returned to the side of the Divine Coffin, where Chu Xin absorbed them inside.
Long Yutu and others wanted to stop them but were entangled by other Spirit Bodies, unable to escape for the moment.
Their Cultivation might be stronger than the Spirit Bodies, but with fourteen of them, even with two gone, there were still twelve left, still outmatching the Martial Emperors by one—holding them off for a while was not difficult.
"Little one, what ingenious plan do you have now?"
Inside the Divine Coffin, Chu Fengling looked at his daughter Chu Xin and smiled as he asked.
Chu Xin took a sip of Beast Milk and said with a grin, "Daddy, your Spirit Bodies are about to vanish, and my little brother hasn't refined the Breaking Sky Ring to traverse the void. Therefore, we need to use your and the little piggy's Rule Power to control the Divine Coffin and break through the Barrier here."
"Good!"
Chu Feng's two large Spirit Bodies began channeling their Rule Power into Chu Xin's body.
Together with the twin-headed piglet's Silent Annihilation Thunder Rule Power, Chu Xin now held three major Rule Powers within her, and she directed them all into the Divine Coffin.
Hum!
The Divine Coffin vibrated, the pitch-black Runes becoming multicolored, with powerful waves of energy radiating out.
"Suppress!"
Chu Xin shouted loudly, and the Divine Coffin broke through the sky once more.
With a resounding crash against the Barrier, this time it was not immediately repelled. One end of the Divine Coffin had penetrated deeply into the Barrier, seemingly on the verge of breaking through at any moment.
Long Yutu and others, who had been partly paying attention to the scene, also felt their hearts jump. That was an Ancient No-fly Array, forbidding not only traversing the void but also any entity entering or leaving the Array. Yet this little tyke controlling the Divine Coffin appeared to be on the brink of breaking out?
"Just a little more," Jin Hong said with a gleam of excitement and anticipation in his eyes. They were just a little short of breaking through the Barrier to escape.
However, at that moment, the two large Spirit Bodies channeling Rule Power into Chu Xin suddenly dissipated, and the Spirit Bodies fighting the Martial Emperors outside also vanished.
Suddenly without opponents, the remaining eleven Martial Emperors were initially bewildered, then overjoyed. These troublesome Martial Emperor Spirit Bodies were finally gone.
Without the augmentation of the two large Spirit Bodies' Rule Power, the suppressing power of the Divine Coffin greatly weakened and was immediately bounced back by the Barrier.
"You little hellion, do you have any more Spirit Bodies? Call them all out now."
"Brats, this time you're surely dead," the eleven Martial Emperors laughed heartily to the heavens, their excitement uncontainable.