Cold, broken ground pressed against his cheek. Every faint breath tugged at tearing -level agony throughout his entire body. Tang Xiao Qi's consciousness bobbed at the edge of the abyss of darkness.
Sounds from the outside became blurred and distant. But a intense to the extreme smell of blood, mixed with fellow disciples' short desperate dying screams, fiercely pierced through his hazy barrier of consciousness!
His eyes snapped open.
Entering his sight, less than ten zhang away, was a small breach torn open. Three young inner disciples, back to back, desperately fighting off demons.
These disciples, Xiao Qi could even call their names. They were all young, only Qi Refining middle stage. Their swordsmanship had become messy. Spiritual power nearly exhausted.
"Hold on! Reinforcements arrive soon!" Brother Li shouted hoarsely.
The next moment, a bone spur beast found an opening. Its sharp bone claw slapped toward Sister Zhang's back heart!
She was fully guarding against front attacks, had no time to defend!
Time seemed to solidify at this moment.
Xiao Qi saw Sister Zhang turn her head. That freckled face's froze in astonishment, then turned blank.
Warm blood splattered across Xiao Qi's face.
Sister Zhang softly collapsed. The light in her eyes quickly dimmed.
"Sister Zhang!!!" Brother Li and Brother Wang let out heart-wrenching mournful cries.
That bone spur beast pulled out its claw covered with blood and flesh. Other demons also swarmed forward.
Finished. Despair, like a cold tide, instantly drowned those two young disciples, and also drowned Xiao Qi crouched on the ground.
In Black Wind Mountain Range, Second Senior Brother's resolute and frantic smile. Zhao Tiezhu's forceful push before falling. Master's tragic heroic shadow. Scenes flashedly through his mind!
Why?! Why must there be so much sacrifice?!
An indescribable burning emotions, like a volcano suppressed for ten thousand years, erupted in his chest! It was mounting fury!
"Ah!!!"
A inhuman roar burst from Xiao Qi's throat! This roar was hoarse and broken, yet carried the will to tear apart the sky!
His Crimson Flame Sword, as if sensing master's rage that could burn everything, violently trembled!
"Zheng!" A clear sword cry pierced the sky, drowning all battlefield noise!
Crimson Flame Sword rose on its own, turning entirely red! The sword body, abstruse flame patterns came alive, transforming into solid, burning crimson flames!
This fire was not ordinary, carrying a pure yet violent aura, as if able to burning away all filth in the world!
Even more, a faint yet resolute golden flowing light emerged from Xiao Qi's dantian, merging into the sword. The triggered guardian sword intent!
Crimson flame and golden glow intertwined! Anger and protection fused!
Crimson Flame Sword erupted blazing light soaring to heaven, illuminating Xiao Qi's entire body crimson!
He swayed, using Crimson Flame Sword to support his body, and stood up.
His tattered clothes fluttered in the flaming air wave. Revealing eyes blood-red, burning with endless fury!
"Die!!!" Only one word forced out from his teeth, yet carrying killing intent that could freeze souls!
He moved! No formations, no techniques, only the most pure, original, violent charge!
Holding the burning Crimson Flame Sword, Xiao Qi like transformed into a reverse-shooting meteor, slammed into that group of demons!
Where Crimson Flame Sword passed, those fierce bone spur beasts, as if encountering their nemesis, their hard bone armor quickly melted, carbonized, burned to ashes!
Xiao Qi's figure crashed left and right through the demon group. Every swing brought a wave of scorching wave of fire, turning several demons to ash.
He rushed to those two desperation disciples. A swept horizontally, intercepting the last demons. Flames instantly devoured their bodies!
Xiao Qi did not look back. His gaze cast onto those Shadow Snake Pavilion cultivators directing demon attacks with cruel smiles.
"Those who violate my sect, die!"
He growled lowly. Crimson Flame Sword pointed forward. A condensed sword gang energy, like an arrow from a bow, pierced and ignited one casting spells cultivator!
At this moment, the angry crimson flame bloomed its destructive light in this blood-soaked battlefield! Xiao Qi, trading on burning willpower, temporarily suppressed his injuries. Transformed into a flame of revenge.
However, this outbreak also immediately attracted attention of some powerful being. Several sinister spiritual senses, like cold poisonous snakes, instantly locked onto this flame.