Chapter 221 : Third Slap (3)
"My next strike, will take your life." Long Qi said with narrowed eyes, in provocation at the Qing Yun Clan disciple.
The man's face darkened, unable to believe he was wounded by Long Qi.
"It's time to stop playing games, we should not waste our time with these trash. We should accomplish the Eldest Miss' orders first before we take out time to amuse ourselves with them." Seeing his comrade wounded, another disciple of the Qing Yun Clan stepped up to interject.
They had spent quite some time fooling around, they did not have much more time to waste.
"Do not kill that miserable mongrel , I need him alive as a test subject for some drugs....." The wounded disciple said in a low voice, and shot Long Qi a venomous look.
"As you wish."
The next moment, the four disciples of the Qing Yun Clan rushed at Long Qi.
Suddenly, he found himself under the attack of four green leveled spirits and Long Qi could not even afford the time to breathe.
A shrill screech sounded from above them, the Bone Crushing White Owl swooped in from the gates of the Lin Palace, and a tall slender form trailed in its wake!
"Father, I can't hold back anymore." Jun Qing had said the moment he made his move.
Long Qi was like a brother to him, and that brother was fighting to protect him. It was impossible for him to watch on while his brother fought for him.
Jun Xian sighed, but a flame lit in his eyes.
"Let's not hold back! Rui Lin Army to arms! Kill them all!" At Jun Xian's roaring command, the Rui Lin Army soldiers rushed at the ten men of the Qing Yun Clan!
The battle among hundreds of men raged in seconds, and the six men who had watched on silently made their move!
Jun Xian's fears had materialised, the six men might have been elderly, but their prowess and skills were above the four disciples! Five blue streaks of spiritual energies shot across the sky, and among them, a lone indigo streak stood out!
Just a level shy of the purple spirit, the mighty indigo spirit!
The moment the indigo light appeared, all Rui Lin Army soldiers felt an immense pressure upon them!
The might of the indigo spirit, caused all whose spirits were below green to have difficulty breathing. They were robbed of their ability to battle, and some could not even walk.
The indigo spirit glow emanated from head to toe on an elderly man with a greyish white beard. He held his hands behind his back and stood behind everyone, his wise eyes surveying the battle, his brow slightly furrowed.
The Qing Yun Clan had mobilized two indigo spirit exponents. One of them had gone with Jiang Chen Qing and Qin Yu Yan to the Imperial Palace to settle their scores with Mo Qian Yuan, and the other one stood before the gates of the Lin Palace!
Under the indigo spirit's oppressive pressure, the Rui Lin Army soldiers were largely incapacitated. Only Long Qi, Jun Xian, Jun Qing and a few more struggled in defiance. But they faced four high leveled green spirits and five overwhelming blue spirits at the same time!
Things could not get any worse!
The Jun Family were in a very tough battle, big and small wounds started opening up all over their bodies. The heavy stench of blood pervaded the air, further stifling the resistance they put up.
Right at that moment, a ear splitting roar cracked through the air!
A massive black streak rushed out from the gates of the Lin Palace, and a tiny figure sat, perched high upon its back.
"Who dares harm my Grandfather and Uncle!!?" Her bitter cold voice shot right into the ears of the men still in the frenzy of battle, and they subconsciously turned to see the source of that voice.
They saw a majestic black beast, with a peerlessly beautiful girl perched upon it, and her eyes stood out, bitingly cold!
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Chapter 222 : Third Slap (4)
Jun Wu Xie's frosty gaze surveyed the battlefield, her sight locked onto Jun Xian and Jun Qing and their wounds. An angry explosion went off in her mind.
She had intended to use the Qing Yun Clan's arrogance as a lesson for Mo Qian Yuan to learn how to be an Emperor, and was prepared to have Jun Wu Yao lend a hand to end the conflict with the Qing Yun Clan. She had not expected for her spirit breakthrough to come just then, and in the time that she had been unconscious, the Qing Yun Clan had brought their assault right up to their doors!
Jun Wu Yao had been preoccupied, with protecting her throughout her spirit breakthrough, and had no knowledge that the Lin Palace had been under siege.
And upon seeing the blood stained figures of Jun Xian and Jun Qing, Jun Wu Xie had only one single thought on her mind!
She wanted all within the Qing Yun Clan to die by a thousand cuts, and not a single one was to be spared!
The young girl and the black beast's sudden appearance had surprised the people of the Qing Yun Clan, and when they saw the youthful appearance of Jun Wu Xie, they heaved a sigh of relief.
It was just a lass that looked barely fifteen. Even Jun Xian and Jun Qing were wounded by them, what could the tiny young girl do to them?
Among the aggressors, only the exponent with the indigo spirit remained wary of Jun Wu Xie's sudden appearance.
He had released his oppressive pressure on the battlefield, and all with spirits below the green level should be greatly affected by it. But this little girl had maintained her cold gaze and did not seems to be affected in the least. What baffled him further was that he was not able to ascertain the level of the jet black beast contractual ring spirit whom she rode upon.
The indigo leveled exponent frowned in thought, with his powers, he was able to determine Jun Wu Xie's spirit level with one glance, but what he saw, shocked him more.
The little girl, at such a tender younger age, had achieved a level orange spirit!?
With her age, her spirit must have just awakened, and within such a ridiculously short period of time, she had broken through from her red spirit to orange!? That was absolutely incredible!
A fourteen year old who broke through to attain an orange spirit, and withstood his spirit's oppressive pressure completely. He looked at her in awe and disbelief.
"Little Black." Jun Wu Xie called chillingly.
"Kill!"
At the drop of her command, Jun Wu Xie had jumped off the black beast. She might have just attained her orange spirit. But the sight of her family members wounded drove her hatred for the attackers uncontrollably forward.
The massive black beast roared as it leapt towards the Qing Yun Clan disciples. Its first target was one Qing Yun Clan disciple who was currently tangled with Jun Xian.
The man saw the black beast as the young Jun Wu Xie's contractual ring spirit, and had not paid much attention to it. But at the moment the black beast pounced on him, he was stunned!
How was it so fast!?
Before he could react, as he realised he had completely underestimated the beast, his neck was broken off with a crunch in a single bite!
"ROAR ! ! !" The black beast swung its head and threw the head in its jaws into the air.
The dismembered head sailed in a smooth arc through the air as the blood flow trailed in its wake. The fresh warm blood splattered on the other Qing Yun Clan disciples.
It had happened too fast, and they did not expect, that a ring spirit that possessed an unascertained level was capable of such speeds in its attacks!
"Today, none of you will leave alive." Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes and released her newly attained orange spirit to its fullest extent.
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Chapter 223 : Third Slap (5)
The orange spirit energy emanated from her body and spread out bathing her in a halo of light. The nine men of the Qing Yun Clan looked at Jun Wu Xie, shocked.
An orange level spirit user, was able to release her spirit energy to such an extent!?
Impossible!
The girl before them, had just a mere orange spirit. She was weaker than Jun Xian and many others. But for some unknown reason, when those bitingly cold eyes lock on you, you felt as if you had fallen into the depths of fiery hell.
An orange spirit that stretched its boundaries, a ring spirit of unascertained level, the combination was tad bit too much to believe.
Engaged in battle, Jun Qing stole a few glances at Jun Wu Xie, he distinctly remembered that Jun Wu Xie's contractual ring spirit had awoken merely months before, and she had already broken through to the orange level!?
The incredulous speed of her breakthrough had shocked Jun Qing as well!
Jun Wu Xie readied to make her move and had stepped towards the Qing Yun Clan disciples, when a white flash streaked past from behind.
"Leave the small fry to me, my Mistress. You should not dirty your hands." The youth's crisply clean voice reached Jun Wu Xie's ears, and the breeze brought a scent of fragrant wine wafting over, lingering under Jun Wu Xie's small pointed nose.
Jun Wu Xie stopped in her tracks, and stared after the white figure as he streaked into the chaos.
Drunk Lotus!
The youth's white flowy robes fanned out behind the handsome face that had been blessed with sharp features, his cheeks glowed, suspiciously pink, as he jumped right into the thick of battle. Where he passed, a hurricane seemed to trail. Many of them who were under attack, Jun Xian included, suddenly felt a brute force tug at their sleeves and before they knew it, they were flung out of the battlefield!
In moments, Long Qi and his comrades who had been surrounded found themselves flying through the air as well, having been thrown from the battlefield.
A lone youth dressed fully in white, stood within the circle formed by the people from the Qing Yun Clan. His loose robe was slightly open and it showed his clear and fair skin underneath. His slightly raised shoulder, propped up the his hand across his chest, and an intricate wine jar was held loosely in his fingers.
Drunk Lotus stepped upon the wet ground, his feet bare. The sticky blood had been smeared all over them. He raised his eyes, and his anger rose as he stared at the men from the Qing Yun Clan.
"Grandfather! Uncle!" When the Jun Family father and son had been thrown, Jun Wu Xie had extended her her spiritual energy and held them, and gently set them on the ground.
"Wu Xie, who is that youth?" Jun Qing was supporting Jun Xian, as they looked at the surrounded Drunk Lotus. He had not even noticed anyone approach before he suddenly found himself flung into the air earlier. Looking upon the battlefield now, it must have been the work of that youth.
"That is Drunk Lotus." Jun Wu Xie replied offhandedly, her face in a frown as she surveyed the father and son bodies, only after she did not find any mortal wounds, did she heaved a sigh of relief. But her anger was ignited and stoked as the sight of their blood stained clothes and numerous more smaller wounds were located, her anger raged into a scorching inferno!
Jun Wu Xie turned to Drunk Lotus and the black beast on the battlefield and threw out her command in a chilly voice.
"Spare not a single one."
They dared wound Jun Xian and Jun Qing!? They shall pay with their blood!
"Yes! Miss!" A sinister smile curled up from the corners of Drunk Lotus' mouth. He reveled in the effects of the wine as he delved into a maniacal frenzy!
"Who are you!?" The youth had suddenly interrupted their fight and messed up their momentum. The Qing Yun Clan disciples were furious as they stared at the youth with unveiled malevolence.
First, it had been the lightning quick black beast, and next came the sudden appearance of this youth, with the series of unexpected occurrences, they were getting cagey.
If they were to say the black beast was too quick, they could at least see it. But when did this youth get here?
None of them had noticed!
Even the indigo spirit user, only noticed the additional presence of a handsome young youth after Drunk Lotus had stopped and stood still.
Drunk Lotus swept his eyes over the men around him and swung the wine jar to his mouth. He took a mighty swig and wiped the back of his hand across his mouth, before he coldly exclaimed: "Remember this. Today, the one to send you all to hell, will be this Lord Drunk Lotus!!"
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Chapter 224 : Third Slap (6)
"Brag while you can! You don't know who you are up against kid....." The Qing Yun Clan disciples taunted at Drunk Lotus. They didn't know from where and from when the arrogant little scoundrel had appeared from all out of a sudden.
Drunk Lotus raised an eyebrow at the man who spoke, and with a twisted smile, his snow white clothes billowed out, and a white torrential hurricane blew as Drunk Lotus shot towards him.
The man stood stunned, unable to see Drunk Lotus at all!
His speed..... was even faster than that black beast!
The white flash appeared in front of the man, Drunk Lotus' face was devastatingly drunk, and he raised a fist and swung at the man!
The Qing Yun Clan disciple smiled in glee as he saw Drunk Lotus' attack was a simple punch, and he gathered all his spiritual energy onto the gloves covering his fists. Throughout the skirmishes in the past one day, his weapon series ring spirit which manifested itself as combat gloves had defeated countless full grown men of the Rui Lin Army, he thought he did not have to worry about his current opponent as he was just a skinny weak boy!
Extremely confident, the man threw his most explosive punch, right into the fist of Drunk Lotus'!
At that moment, the ear piercing sound of shattering bones cracked through the air, the black gloved hand, had upon contact with Drunk Lotus' clear pale fist, shattered under the crushing force and warped grotesquely and the shattering of bones inched on as Drunk Lotus' fist continued on its path!
Alas, that was not the end. Drunk Lotus' smile grew more twisted and pushed further into his punch. The dominating brute force shattered his fingers and broke the whole hand.
The sharp cracking of bones pierced through the air. Drunk Lotus' single punch had pushed the bones of his opponent's forearm backwards, to pierce out through the elbow!
The whites of the bones stuck out awkwardly, and looked totally out of place. Blood flowed down the bone and pooled on the ground.
"Tsk, that's all you have?" Drunk Lotus jutted out his chin at the man howling in pain, as his mouth tsked in disdain.
The black beast who was engaged with another Qing Yun Clan disciple had seen the man's hand shatter and contempt showed on its furry face.
Even it was unable to withstand a punch from Drunk Lotus, and these men naively think they can?
"ARGHHHH !!" The Qing Yun Clan disciple lay in a pool of his own blood, losing all signs of his prior haughtiness and arrogance. His face pale, he lay trembling uncontrollable on the ground, howling endlessly.
His nightmare wasn't about to end and the white clothed youth squatted down next to the man howling and stared irritably at the disciple. Drunk Lotus' eyes were red and bloodshot from the wine and he held his fists up before he rained a flurry of punches upon the man.
Every punch, broke his bones and ripped open his flesh!
Fresh red blood splattered with his every punch, and they stained his clothes red. Warm blood flowed down his face, giving a devilish look to the handsome face.
In a blink of an eye, a living man, had under the fists of Drunk Lotus, been pounded to mash, and not a single bone in him was intact.
That gory scene, drove the Qing Yun Clan disciples to nausea, and even Jun Xian, who had seen countless deaths in his decades of killing and slaughter on the battlefields paled at the sight. He turned to Jun Wu Xie, his face in shock, but found Jun Wu Xie's expression cold, her clear eyes frigid, and she did not seem to be disturbed in the least.
"Grandfather, they deserve it." Jun Wu Xie seethed in anger. If she was strong enough, she would have broken their bones and scattered them as ashes herself.
Satisfied, Drunk Lotus stood up. The maniacal smile remained on his face as he cracked his knuckles. He stretched his neck and stared at the stupefied group from the Qing Yun Clan and his words made the men's skin crawl when he asked: "Next. Whose turn is it?"
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Chapter 225 : Third Slap (7)
Drunk Lotus' words, had made the faces of the men from the Qing Yun Clan turn white as sheets. The disciple that was now a pile of mashed up flesh and bones on the ground might not have been their best fighter, but he had the most powerful fists among them. He had prided himself on his mighty fists but those very fists had been utterly crushed and his bones shattered by the youth with a single punch to them! They could not even imagine, just how incredibly strong the youth's punches were!
All of them possessed at least a green leveled spirit and none of them dared to face up to those fists.
But, Jun Wu Xie's command had been given. There was nowhere to hide, as Drunk Lotus would not allow that to happen!
Drunk Lotus had turned his eyes on another disciple of the Qing Yun Clan. A chill ran up his spine and he started screaming. "Kill him! Senior Wen! Make your move! NOW!!"
When that man shouted, the skilled indigo spirit user was feeling conflicted. He had no dealings with the Qing Yun Clan before this. He came here against his wishes as he had needed the help of the top clan throughout the lands. He had received an invitation to join the delegation to come to the Kingdom of Qi and had been forced to accept. Hence, when they had faced the Rui Lin Army soldiers, he had not lifted a finger, and only when they were rushed by the Jun Family's father and son and the Rui Lin Army had he reluctantly made a move and only released his spirit's oppressive aura to stop an all out attack from their opponents. He had resisted from making a move against the Lin Palace till the last moment, and it was not because he couldn't, but because he wouldn't.
For anyone to attain the indigo spirit, they were usually people who were extraordinary in their gift and character.
Having lived close to a century, he had seen and heard much of the world. The righteous reputation of the Jun Family had not escaped his ears either, although their might did not take one's breath away, their upright and noble integrity had him respect them a lot, and he was extremely reluctant to raise his hand against them.
If the Qing Yun Clan disciples were able to handle the situation on their own, he would just remain a bystander to their atrocities, but the tide had turned, and faced with the joint assault of the black beast and Drunk Lotus, two of the Qing Yun Clan disciples had been killed in a blink. The other invited expert exponents had had to move in and begin their attack on Drunk Lotus and the black beast, but based on the capabilities displayed by the youth and the beast, the answer was clear how this would end.
To make a move, or to refrain?
But, remembering the wounds of a member of his family back home, he sighed in resignation, and turned his eyes on to Jun Wu Xie.
He could see that the one who had command over the youth and the black beast, was this little girl standing in the distance.
"Hand over the Soul Jade and this will end here." He said to Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie snorted coldly at him, and took a step forward: "You dare harm my family, and smear the Jun Family's name. This will not end that easily. Today, I proclaim the Qing Yun Clan as my enemies. Not only the Qing Yun Clan people in the Kingdom of Qi will die, soon I will show up myself at the doors of the Qing Yun Clan! And none in Qing Yun Clan will live!"
The indigo spirit user looked in surprise at Jun Wu Xie. He saw her chilly gaze, her determined dominance and could not believe he was seeing all this coming from a little girl! Her proclamation was a mountainous task to undertake, was it even possible!?
Take down the top clan under the skies? The little girl was being rather arrogant!
"Ignorant junior, do you know what you are up against?" The indigo spirit user asked gently.
Jun Wu Xie said coldly: "You should ask that of the Qing Yun Clan. Do they know who they are up against?"
Jun Wu Xie continued: "I saw that you had not made any moves against us. If you leave now, I'll spare your life. But those who harmed my Grandfather and Uncle, shall leave their lives here."
The indigo spirit user was taken aback. Not even in his dreams, had he expected that he would one day be threatened by a little girl who had just broken through to the orange level.
While he stood in astonishment, Drunk Lotus had obliterated and mashed up another disciple of the Qing Yun Clan to a pulp of flesh and bones into the ground!