Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 556 - 29 Recurrence of Old Injury [Request for monthly ticket!]_1

Chapter 556: Chapter 29 Recurrence of Old Injury [Request for monthly ticket!]_1

"Shameless scum!"

Unlike the Thunder Fortress’ three brothers who were in the heat of the match, the audience on Emperor Qiu had a bird’s-eye view of the entire event and therefore witnessed the tragedy unfold.

First, Chu Liang encountered the decoy disciple of the Puppet Sect, which in itself wasn’t anything special. But when the people of Thunder Fortress entered the trap-laden valley of the Earthfire Door, things started to get interesting.

While a fierce battle was ensuing over there, Chu Liang stood leisurely watching for a long time, much like an audience member, only he was watching the spectacle from the stage itself.

And his teammates, they followed casually behind him, maintaining a safe distance that allowed them to dash forward instantly but didn’t alarm the enemy.

The more intense the clash between Earthfire Door and Thunder Fortress was, the more scheming Chu Liang’s actions seemed.

While he made the three severely injured players from Thunder Fortress meditate to recover, the teammates, who had been following him from a distance, suddenly picked up their pace. Even a fool could see what he was planning to do.

He obviously intended to use the guise of helping the injured to bring reinforcements.

"Not only taking advantage when they are vulnerable, but also bringing so many people. That is too much!" complained an audience member in rage: "Despicable!"

"Chu Liang, Chu Liang, utterly heartless!" This must be an old audience member who had been to the Shu Mountain Peak Conference before. He recalled the familiar slogan of the past.

"It’s not surprising that he could do such a thing, Hey, his master is Empress Feng after all". Some more sophisticated audience began tracing the origin.

"Truly a shameless scamp!"

"..."

The intense anger arose in the crowd partly due to the overt contrast of his actions with the honorable hard-core fight which had just taken place. But a significant part of the reason was that Thunder Fortress had shown profound strength this year and many spectators had bet on Thunder Fortress advancing to the Imperial City Battle.

This sudden ambush was beyond everyone’s expectation.

Every time there is an upset in the Immortal Sects Conference, the next day one can fish out numerous corpses from the big and small rivers outside Yu Capital City. The number of people who bet all their belongings and life trying to get rich overnight is not small.

Compared to the majority’s anger and contempt, a few people’s happiness seemed out of place. These people were either local natives of Shu Mountain, or a tiny minority who had placed their bets on Shu Mountain hoping for an upset. They couldn’t display their joy too openly though, and could only secretly smile, for fear of inviting hostility.

After all, during the Immortal Sect Conference, the fights amongst the spectators in Yu City were frequent.

However, there was a flamboyantly joyous woman of about eighty years but with youthful beauty.

She clapped her hands laughing, "Not bad, my disciple! Although he didn’t learn much in all these years, at least he inherited two-tenths of my wit. Ha ha ha ha!"

Elder Sun and Huang watched her, and thought to themselves that if she had had two-tenths of his wisdom, there would hardly be any room left for them in this world.

Naturally, they didn’t dare to say this out loud. Elder Sun only mused, "The combined power of the Earthfire Door brothers is truly terrifying. And the three young men from Thunder Fortress survived such a powerful self-explosion, showing their astonishing tenacity. If Chu Liang had attacked rashly by himself, they might have escaped. His little delay for encirclement is indeed a very smart move."

"Hmm." Elder Huang nodded in agreement, "It makes sense. No wonder he is Empress Feng’s disciple. There is indeed a great chance of him winning this time."

Elder Sun glanced at Elder Huang, who became obedient after being scolded and laughingly asked, "Didn’t you not place much hope on Shu Mountain?"

"What are you talking about?" Elder Huang hurriedly answered, "I’ve always been a die-hard Shu Mountain fan. I feel happy just watching Jiangjiang and Chu Liang together. Jiangjiang, Jiangjiang, a beauty of the nation! Chu chu chu chu, both talented and courageous..."

"Disgusting," Elder Sun snapped, unable to bear looking at his cheering pose.

...

Although the outside was in turmoil, Chu Liang and his team inside the Void Realm had no idea.

As soon as Monk Pu Shan landed, he saw soul crystals strewn all over the ground and the three heavily injured brothers. The disciples accompanying him all seemed surprised, but he was already used to it.

When teaming up with Chu Liang for quests, stumbling upon unexpected gains was common. Often, opportunities literally fell into their lap, and they couldn’t even dodge them if they tried.

They had easily dispatched their major enemy, the Earthfire Door, and they now had three seriously injured players from Thunder Fortress waiting to be picked off like lambs for the slaughter. This naturally delighted the Shu Mountain team. As for the Yunque Temple members who had not yet made a move, seeing their unexpected windfall of rewards on the ground, they were understandably thrilled.

Perhaps the only unhappy ones present were the three lambs.

"No matter how many come, I will face them today!" Wei Tiandi bellowed, "Elder brother, third brother, you must leave!"

"With the Five-fire Divine Ape gone, my presence here is useless," Deng Yixiao roared painfully, "I will hold them off. Second brother, elder brother, flee now!"

"We must not let them underestimate our Thunder Fortress," Du Wuhen also declared valiantly, "Second brother, third brother, take care!"

As Wei Tiandi and Deng Yixiao charged at their enemies, Du Wuhen turned and withdrew.

He chose to retreat in the midst of battle.

But it wasn’t out of cowardice. What did death in the Void Realm matter? It’s just that the current hope of Thunder Fortress lies solely in him. If they were all to die first, and the team from Shu Mountain entered the top ten, it would take at least sixty years for Thunder Fortress to vie for a position in the Nine Heavens again.

The reason why the three brothers didn’t escape together was because of their tacit understanding formed from years of fighting side by side.

The Purple Lightning Divine Turtle and the Five-fire Divine Ape both perished in the earlier explosion, causing Wei Tiandi and Deng Yixiao’s fighting ability to diminish drastically. It would be better to burn their remaining strength to cover their elder brother’s retreat. If all three attempted to escape, the end result would be that none would be able to.

People naturally didn’t want to let Du Wuhen leave, but after Deng Yixiao charged forward and activated the Law of Heaven and Earth, he suddenly swelled in size and repelled two pursuers with a punch and a kick.

The same was true of Wei Tiandi, who rushed forward regardless of life or death.

At the brink of death, the two completely abandoned defense and launched desperate attacks. Their punches and kicks, as well as their Divine Skills, all carried a suicidal determination. A single man fighting desperately is hard to stop for even ten men, and they did manage to hold people back for a moment.

But it was only for a moment.

With the burst of light and Ten Thousand Swords Covering the Sky, in the blink of an eye, the two enormous figures were cut down by the combined effort of everyone, turning into Soul Crystals that fell to the ground.

However, all it took was that brief moment of respite for Du Wuhen to escape on the Qingfeng Profound Bird, disappearing without a trace due to his high speed.

"A pity." Chu Liang looked at the distant sky, "One of them still managed to escape."

"It’s fine, we’ve had plentiful gains this time," Jiang Yuebai said, looking at the scattered Soul Crystals, which included more than ten from Earthfire Door, plus the ones they had previously obtained. Even if they had to give half to the people from Yunque Temple, after Shu Mountain got their hands on them, they would still have more than twenty.

A number quite close to their target.

Things had been going smoothly these past two days, and each capture was a significant catch.

The folks from Yunque Temple seemed embarrassed. Monk Pu Shan scratched his head and laughed, "How can we accept this? We didn’t do anything, yet we are sharing half of the Soul Crystals with you. Why don’t you take the majority, and just give us a few?"

"Hey." Chu Liang smiled, "That’s not how partnerships work. You help me, I help you. This time I contributed more, so next time you can do more."

"Alright."The monk from Yunque Temple, Pu Cheng said, "In that case, Young Hero Chu, rest for a while and let my Junior Brother, Pu Shan, act as a scout."

"I am not..." Chu Liang was about to refuse.

Jiang Yuebai suddenly tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Let him go."

Chu Liang looked at Jiang Yuebai, and saw a hint of begging in her eyes.

"Alright then." Chu Liang had to chuckle, "Later on, we’ll let Pu Shan act as the scout."

"Ah?" Monk Pu Shan looked around at everyone, feeling somewhat wronged, and finally said, "Chu Liang, why don’t you come with me? It will be nice to have a companion."

"Uh ..." Chu Liang suddenly clasped his chest, "I think I’m injured, I’m afraid I can’t accompany you."

"Then, junior brother, you accompany me..." Monk Pu Shan turned to his fellow disciple, Pu Jing.

"Uh ..." Pu Jing also suddenly clasped his chest, "I think I also ..."

"You didn’t even lift a finger just now!" Monk Pu Shan shouted.

"It’s an old wound acting up!" Pu Jing replied firmly.