Chapter 740: Earth Sovereigns of the Dragon, Tiger, and Bear
Qing Yanjing worked swiftly, constructing an intricate spiritual array. During Xiao Ze's earlier battle with the Tunmo Clan member, the rapidly shifting battlefield had left her with no time to complete a mid tier Grandmaster array.
This time, thanks to Xiao Ze's advance warning, she had enough time to fully prepare. A massive array began to form, stretching tens of thousands of feet in every direction.
At that moment, a booming voice echoed through the air.
"Haha! I was wondering why you didn't flee when we approached. So, you're a spiritual array master!"
Three figures appeared in a flash. They were towering and broad shouldered, wearing distinctive padded garments adorned with dragon, tiger, and bear patterns.
Each radiated a beast like aura, standing in midair with an overwhelming ferocity that swept across the area. Their presence felt less like humans and more like humanoid beasts.
Xiao Ze observed them calmly. The trio's energy seemed faintly intertwined, as though they were a single entity. Their cultivation techniques appeared unusual, and their synchronization was intriguing.
Even more surprising was that all three of them had reached the Upper Earth Sovereign level.
"Do they share identical talent, or is their cultivation method truly this extraordinary?" Xiao Ze wondered briefly before raising his hand.
With a flick of his finger, a platinum sword light materialized in the void, hurtling toward the man in the center with astonishing speed.
"Haha, good move!"
The man in the dragon patterned robe stepped forward. His arm transformed, covered in gleaming golden dragon scales, exuding an indomitable aura.
With unyielding strength, he swiped at the oncoming sword light.
Boom!
Crack!
The space around them trembled and fractured. The sharpness of the sword light tore through the terrain below, carving deep ravines into the ground.
When the dust settled, the dragon scaled man's hand was dripping with blood, his dragon scales cracked. Yet, with a faint glow, the injuries healed rapidly.
"Haha, not bad! But you went straight for the strongest among us. It's futile!" the man mocked as his wounds vanished.
"You might as well hand over your chaos crystals now," said the bear clad man.
"If not, we'll shatter your array and force you out of here," added the man wearing the tiger patterned robe.
"You speak as though victory is already yours," Xiao Ze said with a faint smile as he activated a spiritual array. "Such confidence is admirable, but it can border on arrogance."
The competition for chaos crystals in each fragment of the chaos continent was fierce. These precious resources were the key to delving deeper into the chaos continent. As teams ventured further, clashes became inevitable.
The deeper one ventured, the more intense the rivalries became. The chaos continent's trials inherently embodied elimination.
"Enough talk! Don't blame us for sending you packing!"
The dragon clad man gave a command. While he didn't aim to kill Xiao Ze and Qing Yanjing outright, he intended to drive them out of the fragment.
Young Earth Sovereigns like them likely carried significant potential, backgrounds, or opportunities, making them unwise enemies to provoke unnecessarily.
Xiao Ze turned to Qing Yanjing. "You handle one of them; I'll take care of the other two."
She nodded without hesitation. While she had successfully deployed a mid tier Grandmaster array, handling two Upper Earth Sovereigns simultaneously would be overwhelming. It was better to focus on one opponent and trust Xiao Ze to handle the rest.
Though worried about whether Xiao Ze could hold his ground against two formidable foes, Qing Yanjing chose to believe in him.
"Hmph, bold words! Let's see how you deal with my brothers and me," the dragon clad man scoffed. He gestured to the tiger clad man, who lunged at Qing Yanjing.
Their plan was straightforward: keep Qing Yanjing occupied while using a two against one advantage to eliminate Xiao Ze.
Xiao Ze flicked his sleeve, and an array burst to life. Hundreds of platinum sword lights shot toward the bear clad man.
The bear clad man tensed. A layer of fur covered his body, each strand glowing with spiritual energy as if alive. While he wasn't as strong as the dragon clad man, he exerted his full power to withstand the onslaught.
Meanwhile, the dragon clad man charged directly at Xiao Ze. His formidable presence bore down like a mountain, but Xiao Ze remained calm, showing no sign of fear.
A wave of golden clouds emerged from Xiao Ze's spiritual array, unleashing a vast sea of battle energy. From the midst of the ocean rose a blazing golden sun.
"Blazing Solar Annihilation!"
The sheer heat emanating from the golden sun forced even the dragon clad man to pause. He growled as golden dragon scales covered his body, exuding an unyielding strength.
"Roar!"
A deafening dragon roar shook the air as the man's scaled form radiated an oppressive might. With claw like hands, he lunged at the golden sun.
Xiao Ze narrowed his eyes. "This strength… It's almost at the level of divine techniques."
Clearly, the trio's cultivation method was extraordinary. But against the full might of Blazing Solar Annihilation, even such power was insufficient.
The golden sun crashed into the dragon scaled man. Its intense radiance burned through the seemingly indestructible scales, forcing the man to stagger under its searing heat.
"Do you think it'll be that easy to defeat me?!" he roared, unleashing an oppressive dragon aura. His body surged with energy, shattering the blazing sun.
"Impressive," Xiao Ze remarked with a calm smile. "But if you struggled with one, how will you handle hundreds?"
The battle energy sea surged once more, and the golden sun unleashed countless rays of annihilating light. Hundreds of beams shot toward the dragon clad man, enveloping him in a deadly glow.
A chilling sense of mortality gripped him. Without hesitation, he pulled out a Heaven Sovereign escape token and poured his energy into it.
The token activated with a burst of Heaven Sovereign power, dispersing the deadly beams.
Xiao Ze's gaze turned serious. "As expected of a Heaven Sovereign artifact its power is truly formidable."
Stunned by the sudden turn of events, the tiger and bear clad men hesitated.
"Your brother has already left. Do you wish to remain and force my hand?" Xiao Ze asked with a faint smile, as the radiant golden sun loomed menacingly behind him.
Without a word, the two men activated their escape tokens, vanishing in bursts of energy.
As the battlefield fell silent, Qing Yanjing let out a sigh of relief.
"Xiao Ze," she said, excitement flashing in her eyes, "I found a treasure trove in this fragment!"
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