Boom!
An explosion of lightning and fire blasted out in all directions, ravaging the already destroyed land on which hundreds of fresh corpses rested, blood still flowing from their bodies. The corpses were all human except one, which was a slain genius of the monster race. The others all belonged to the Honorable Alliance, a testament to the brutal slaughter that had recently occurred.
Bang!
Another explosion of lightning and fire blasted out as two powerful battle arts collided, the power of the explosion turning many of the weaker corpses to ash, erasing the physical proof of their existence forever.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!.
Sword and spear collided hundreds of times in quick succession as the battle between the fire cultivator and lightning cultivator raged on. The fire cultivator was a Monster Race youth, who unleashed devastating fire attacks with each thrust of his spear, while the lightning cultivator was Lily of the Heavenly Lightning, who was the strongest remaining cultivator of the sect other than John.
Lightning nodes filled the sky as Lily unleashed her Heavenly Lightning Domain, doing her best to contain the Monster Race genius. At the same time, dozens of attacks from all directions blasted towards the Monster Race genius from other Honorable Alliance youths who were fighting for their lives as well.
The battle had started out when two Monster Race geniuses had ambushed a group of hundreds of Honorable Alliance youths, and through the course of the battle, ninety percent of the Honorable Alliance youths had perished, while only one of the two Monster Race geniuses had perished. Such was the difference in combat prowess between the two groups.
Were it not for Lily, all the Honorable Alliance race youths would have already perished, as her ranking of top one hundred on the Jade Dragon List was well earned. Sadly, her combat prowess was only equal to one of the enemy youths, and not both at the same time. With the other hundreds of Honorable Alliance youths being much weaker than her, the other Monster Race youth had been free to slaughter wantonly, as the others were helpless against such power.
Lily, with the help of several others, had in the end managed to kill one of the youths, but by that time the carnage had already been done. The remaining Honorable Alliance force fought bravely against the remaining monster youth, resulting in a stalemate between the two sides.
The monster race youth scoffed as the dozens of attacks from the other youths collided against his domain which was spread out to its maximum range. His domain was an inferno of hellish temperatures; an inferno that incinerated all the weaker battle arts that entered it. With such a domain art, the Monster youth was free to fight Lily one on one, as the others were too weak to enter it.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The battle between the two raged on for quite some time, with both youths fighting for their lives. A resolved look appeared on Lily’s face as she seemed to make up her mind on something, and suddenly pointed a finger at the Monster youth before her.
“Lightning Essence Scorches All!”
Bang!
A horrifying blood-red lightning beam pierced out from her finger containing unimaginable power. Her face instantly paled and Lily fell from the sky, as the final area of the Jade Dragon Empire Realm did not have any flight restrictions as the other areas had previously had.
The Monster youths eyes widened as he felt the horrifying power of the lightning battle art, and unleashed his own attack to counter it will his full might.
Bang!
A horrifying explosion blasted out in the sky and ravaged the land below. The explosion eventually faded, revealing the monster youth falling from the sky, leaving a smoky trail behind him. A large, charred hole was clear to see on his chest, as Lily’s battle art had done fatal damage to the monster youth.
The youth’s body slammed onto the earth and did not move anymore, as his life was finally claimed. The Honorable Alliance youths breathed out a sigh of relief before they rushed over towards Lily, who was lying on the ground. Of the thirty remaining Honorable Alliance youths, ten were of the Heavenly Lightning sect, and the other twenty were of other alliance powers.
“Lily!” one of the youths cried out in panic. The youth was a girl wearing the Heavenly Lightning Sect robes, and was clearly someone close to Lily.
“I’m….I’m fine,” Lily barely managed to mumble out as she sluggishly moved to her knees. Her breathing was heavy and her face incredibly pale as she struggled to maintain consciousness.
“Why’d you burn your blood essence!” the girl asked with great concern.
A fatigued smile appeared on Lily’s face as she gazed at her nearby friend.
“To keep us all alive,” she replied while doing her best to maintain her composure. She had burned her blood essence, and quite a lot of it in that attack. Unless she found a heaven defying treasure in these lands, her combat prowess would be crippled, and she would no longer be able to fight with nearly as much power as she had previously been capable of. However, such a sacrifice was the only way to ensure their safety in this battle.
“You!” the girl replied, sad tears forming in the corner of her eyes. Even if they survived this perilous ordeal, Lily would most likely never fully recover her spent blood essence, and her talent would permanently be a level lower. Such a sacrifice was beyond immense for a cultivator.
Clap!
Clap!
Clap!
The sound of clapping drifted out from the distance, causing all the Honorable Alliance youths to look over towards it. Grave expressions instantly appeared on their faces as they noticed who was clapping.
“That was quite the show you put on,” the clapping Monster Race youth said with an impressed look on his face. “I thought Zerax and Huxen would be enough to handle the lot of you, but it seems as though the Honorable Alliance has some fangs afterall.”
“Run!” Lily whispered to the nearby youths, as the situation was no longer in her control. Even if she had her full strength, she would not be able to do anything against the three Monster Race youths approaching them, all radiating aura’s more powerful than the two Monster youths they had slain.