The two sides immediately formed a battle circle. Each attack, each method of Shen Mu Feng and Lan Si, carried the power of destroying the heavens and earth.
The two slashed at each other and one side of the peak of the mountain was cut in half.
Peng Yang looked at the surrounding battlefield in shock and said to Gu Xiu: “They actually really started fighting because of what Junior Sister Lou said.”
Lou Mu Yan glanced at him and said: “It’s not that they listened to my words and started fighting, but because they were bound to have this fight. It was just because of my words that they did it earlier.”
If she hadn’t just asked Shen Mu Feng and Lan Si to compete with each other before the birth of the Obsidian Fluorite, then the two parties would probably have waited until the real birth of the Obsidian Fluorite to attack.
No matter what, if a powerhouse died from one of the two parties, it would count as one powerhouse gone, so it would be beneficial to them.
“PU!!”
When the two sides fought, because their cultivation base was too strong, with just any sword auras, it would spread and affect the pupils of the five Sects. Some of the weaker pupils couldn’t help but spit out some blood when being shocked by the energy.
“Brother Chi, what should we do now?” Han Yi pressed his lips together and looked at Ming Xiu.
At this time, the pupils of the five Sects all pinned their hopes on Ming Xiu. Otherwise, if they just stood here and didn’t move, they were afraid their lives would be affected.
Ming Xiu didn’t want the pupils of the five Sects to fall here either, so he quickly took out a set of Array Flags and moved them to an open space far away from Falling Ghost River, then quickly arranged them.
Then he waved his hand and thousands of Low-Quality Spiritual Stones fell into the soil around the Array.
His hands constantly changed and countless transparent runes flew out of his palms and entered the Array.
“Rise!” He shouted and a solid defence Array was successfully constructed.
“You can all hide in the Array.” Ming Xiu said to the pupils of the several Sects after arranging the Array.
Currently, among the pupils of the five Sects, even the leaders like Gu Xiu were affected a lot. Their hearts and lungs were severely squeezed by the might of the Sword Saints, and they quickly leapt into the Array. Only Lou Mu Yan stood, unmoving.
After all the pupils of the five Sects entered the Array, Ming Xiu recited a few words and a golden Array Flag spun up and slowly unfolded in mid-air.
A layer of soft golden light fell into the Array little by little, and the transparent runes and golden light merged to form an indestructible light cover.
This was a Grade 5 highest-level defensive Array. Even if a Sword Saint powerhouse used their full-strength attack, it would take three days to blast it open, so it was more than enough to resist the aftermath of the battle between the Sword Saints.
“Junior Sister Lou, why are you still standing there? Come in quickly!” After Jin Se entered the Array, she discovered that Lou Mu Yan was still far away, and shouted urgently.
Gu Xiu and the others also looked at her anxiously and said: “Junior Sister Lou, come in quickly.
Hearing the voices of the several people, Lou Mu Yan turned around and saw their anxious expressions. A hint of warmth rose in her heart. She smiled and said: “I won’t come in. I have something to do.”
“You’re crazy! Even we can’t resist the residual energy of the Sword Saint’s battle. Come in quickly.” Gu Xiu’s expression was cold and stern. In his eyes, Lou Mu Yan was just mucking around.
Ming Xiu chuckled: “Junior Sister Lou is standing here unscathed right now, proving that she isn’t afraid of the effects of the battle between Sword Saints. Brother Gu doesn’t need to worry.”
Now wasn’t the time to expose his relationship with Lou Mu Yan, so they pretended not to be very familiar with each other.
“Mm. Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, don’t worry. I know my limits.” Lou Mu Yan turned on her Elemental Energy shield and said to the several people calmly.
The several people didn’t have a deep relationship with her, but from their recent interactions, they also knew that this Junior Sister’s temperament appeared gentle and soft on the surface, but she was actually very headstrong and indifferent. No one could change her decision.
“Then be careful. Come in quickly if something happens.” Gu Xiu said with slight worry.
He, himself, admired Lou Mu Yan, this person. Her talent and temperament were all extraordinary that even he, as a proud child of Heaven, had to admire her.
She was already a Grade 5 Array Master before she was even twenty years old. Among the Six Major Sects, such talent was probably only attained by Ming Xiu, and he also had the heart to love talents.
Another point was that Lou Mu Yan was a genius pupil that the Sect Leader and several Elders attached great importance to. If she was lost here, they wouldn’t be able to explain at all when they returned.
“Alright!” Lou Mu Yan nodded, then turned her attention to the battle between Lan Si and Shen Mu Feng.
The five Sect pupils who entered the Array saw Lou Mu Yan leap onto a big tree and lean on the tree trunk with her arms folded, calmly watching the battle in the distance, and couldn’t help but twitch the corners of their lips.
Why was it that they, whose cultivation base was higher than her, would be affected and deeply injured by the battle between Sword Saints and be in such a sorry state, yet she was completely unscathed?
There were only two possibilities. One was that her cultivation base wasn’t high, but her strength had far surpassed them, while two, she had a high-level defence-type Saint Treasure on her, so she wasn’t afraid of the impact of the battles between Sword Saints.
Between the cases, they automatically chose to believe the latter.
After all, Lou Mu Yan had only been in the Sect for a year, and was only at Sword Sovereign cultivation base. She only successfully violently beat the leading pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect last time because her body was stronger.
They knew that Lou Mu Yan was very strong, but they never thought that she could surpass all the pupils present.
She stared intently at the two people in front of her. The other pupils quickly returned to their senses and turned their attention to the Sword Saint battle.
They benefited a lot from being able to watch the battle between Sword Saints at a close range. They were scared and worried about their lives earlier before, so they didn’t have the heart to watch carefully, but now that they were protected by Ming Xiu’s Array, watching it was also more relaxing.
Ming Xiu looked indifferently at the two who were fighting, estimating the time inwardly.
[PU PU!!]
Suddenly, one after another, water columns spewed up from the Falling Ghost River, dissipating all the water mist curling around the river.
Shen Mu Feng was just stabbed in the chest by a sword, and a wound with open flesh and blood was revealed.
“The Obsidian Fluorite is born.” He ignored the wound on his body with glee in his eyes. He tossed a handful of black powder on Lan Si, then turned into a black light and rushed towards the Falling Ghost River.
Lan Si narrowed his eyes, flipped his palm, and a cluster of ice-blue flames burned the black powder into black smoke along the river.
He didn’t hesitate either and plunged into the Falling Ghost River, closely following.
At this time, after the battle just now, the powerhouses of the Sea Race and the Devil Race both suffered losses, and both sides even lost a Sword Saint powerhouse.
Both sides fought so hard that they only stopped when they saw the two disappear into the river, then instantly followed into the Falling Ghost River.
Their goals were the Obsidian Fluorite. Since the outcome hadn’t been determined earlier, then they would settle it underwater.
Ming Xiu and Lou Mu Yan glanced at each other and tacitly exchanged an expression.
“You can all stay in the Array to recover your injuries that were caused by the remnant energy earlier and wait for the Elders of the five Sects to arrive. I’ll leave for a bit.” Ming Xiu said to the people in the Array, then he disappeared in place, plunging into the water.
Lou Mu Yan gave Jin Se and the others a reassuring smile, then jumped into the Falling Ghost River without hesitation.
