Chapter 169 - Retreat (1/2)

A pale blue light shone on Xingyang Yi’s fearful face, flickering and shifting. If such a powerful lightning bolt were to strike down, it would not leave just a large pit in the yard, but the whole mansion would turn into ashes!

He was completely struck dumb, and he felt a chill rise from the bottom of his feet to the back of his head. Suddenly, his pupils constricted, and he bellowed, “There you are! You can’t hide from me!”

As electric arcs continued to gather, Xingyang Yi finally found where the enemy was hiding. He waved his hands crazily, and rings of powerful Primordial Qi exploded out of him, transforming into several shadows that took the shape of different demon beasts and rushed up into the sky while roaring and screeching.

Even in Firecrow Empire, a four-stars Martial Grandmaster was still a mighty existence.

Looking down coldly from his chariot, Yunxiao snorted and said, “He finally found us. But, so what?”

He performed an incantation gesture with one hand while the experts on the other eleven chariots walked to the front of their vehicles and performed the same gesture as well. Surrounded by the chariots was the pool of lightning filled with chaotic energy. A stone about the size of a fist could be seen hovering in the middle while constantly emitting wisps of cold air, turning the color of all the electric arcs in the pool aquamarine.

“Strike now, metal divine lightning and water divine lightning!” Yunxiao roared and sent an incantation seal into the pool of lightning. The tremendous and violent energy was triggered in an instant, turning into an aquamarine bolt of lightning that smashed down from the sky. The void was shaking and cracking as the bolt pierced through the air toward its target.

What he used was the principle of mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements. The bolt of lightning was the combination of the metal divine lightning and water divine lightning. Metal generated water, and water was best at triggering the extreme cold energy in the Outworld Dark Jade. The energy had fused with the lightning, which gave it its aquamarine color and made it even more powerful.

RUMBLE!

The attack unleashed by Xingyang Yi with all his strength dissolved in a flash under the divine lightning while the powerful blast generated by the explosion slammed onto the mansion, spreading out in all directions. But at the same time, there was a blast that bounced back into the sky and shook the edge of the lightning pool, rendering the stealth of the twelve chariots ineffective and revealing them to the naked eyes.

In the blink of an eye, all the buildings of the Xingyang family were swallowed by a sea of blue light: the mansion, which had stood for centuries, was completely enveloped in the explosion and clouds of dust and smoke. At length, when the smoke faded away and the dust settled, everyone was struck dumb, because almost the whole mansion was gone.

Fortunately, Xingyang Yi’s attack had countered most of the power, so even though the buildings were destroyed, most of the direct family members were saved by the experts in the family. However, almost all the branch family members, servants, and women vanished together with the mansion.

“Son of a bi*ch! No matter who you are, I swear I will kill you today!” Xingyang Yi walked out of the explosion, covered in dust from head to toe. Much of his skin was scorched, and there was even a thin layer of ice on it. Meanwhile, his eyes were shot with blood.

The Xingyang family had stood in Firecrow Empire for centuries, but never once had its mansion been completely destroyed by someone like today. Although there were not many casualties in terms of its core members, the humiliation was unprecedented.

Moreover, even if he managed to kill the foe today, he was certain that his title as the family head would be deprived of him, and he might even be severely punished.

“Elders of the family, let’s attack together! We must kill these people today!” He roared while leaping into the air and leading the attack.

In the Xingyang family, only Martial Grandmasters could become elders, so there were only a few of them. Although many of them were Xingyang Yi’s foes, they still united as one and listened to his order at the critical moment.

Several figures rushed out of the rubble and flew up into the sky after him. Together they released their auras, targeting the twelve chariots. Meanwhile, the lightning pool gradually calmed down while the energy inside stabilized.

“Where are they?” Xingyang Yi was startled. Under his divine sense, he found all twelve chariots empty.

Yunxiao and others had stealthily retreated right after the attack, abandoning their chariots and making them hover in the air. They even left the Outworld Dark Jade in the lightning pool, which was glowing with a strange light even now.

“Damn you!”

Boiling with rage and humiliation, Xingyang Yi threw his head back and screamed. His voice was so loud that it was clearly heard by everyone in the capital.

Suddenly, an elder cried out in a shocked voice as he stared in terror at the Outworld Dark Jade, “My lord! The…The level of this stone is very high! It is at least a seventh-tier object!” The reason he said that was because he could only identify items up to the seventh-tier.

Stunned, Xingyang Yi turned to look at the Outworld Dark Jade incredulously.