Chapter 465 Reversal (1/2)
Mist swirled around a giant mountain.
Ch!
The mist was suddenly torn apart as a glowing figure shot out. Two glowing figures were right on his heels, surging Genesis Qi pulsing outwards to scatter the nearby mist.
The figure at the front was naturally Zhou Yuan.
While the two chasing him were Chu Yang and Liu Xiang from Lu Hong’s faction.
“Genesis Breaker!”
Zhou Yuan cast a quick glance behind him as he suddenly tightened his grip. The Heavenly Yuan Brush’s snow-white hairs instantly took on a deep black luster, making it appear exceptionally mysterious.
Swish!
The brush shot forth as the surrounding Genesis Qi rapidly converged towards it, transforming into a thousand feet long tail of light. In the end, the brush pulsed with extreme sharpness as it thrust towards Chu Yang like a bolt of lightning.
Chu Yang’s eyes widened slightly as his hands formed a seal, causing a pillar of Genesis Qi light to dash out from the top of his head. The silhouette of a sword cried out from within the pillar, before moving to meet the Heavenly Yuan Brush.
Clang!
The sound of metal on metal rang out, the sound wave blasting apart the nearby cliff walls.
The sword silhouette was a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon. For the sake of this chief disciple selection, Lu Hong’s preparations had been perfect, even giving each of the participants a treasure like a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon.
However, it was after all only a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon, and there was still some disparity between it and the low grade Heaven tier Heavenly Yuan Brush. As a result, the sword was knocked away after the clash.
In addition, when the Heavenly Yuan Brush’s deep black tip swept past, it tore apart the Genesis Qi around the sword.
After pushing aside the sword, the brush once again began to draw in the surrounding Genesis Qi as if it had a mind of its own, before darting towards Chu Yang like lightning.
However, when it was dozen feet from Chu Yang, another sword shot over and collided with the brush.
It was Liu Xiang this time, also using a quasi-Heaven Genesis Weapon.
The brief obstruction allowed the other sword to recover and return to the fray. As the weapons clashed, earth-shaking Genesis Qi explosions occurred.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Yuan beckoned with his hand, causing the Heavenly Yuan Brush to return. As it landed in his hand, he frowned slightly while gazing at Chu Yang and Lui Xiang, who were only ten steps away.
Their teamwork was indeed very solid.
Moreover, they were extremely cautious, and refused to split up. Both attacking and defending were done with great coordination, and even while defending, their sharp eyes would constantly search for an opening. Once found, they would commit to a joint attack without any hesitation.
This was quite a problem for Zhou Yuan.
His gaze flickered in thought. Soon after, his speed suddenly increased as he dashed into the mist.
Behind him, Chu Yang and Liu Xiang let out an icy chuckle, before quickly giving chase. They had also realized that Zhou Yuan seemed to be quite powerless in the face of their formidable teamwork.
As long as they continued to maintain their vigilance while finding an opening, there would eventually come a chance for them to defeat this foe.
Hence, the three figures ended up shuttling through the mist at lightning quick speeds, fighting then pausing, then fighting again. Even so, anyone could tell that Zhou Yuan seemed to be quite powerless in the face of the formidable duo’s teamwork, unable to achieve the same overwhelming effect he had previously.
“Looks like Zhou Yuan has finally kicked an iron plate…”
“The Chu Yang duo are really smart. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before Zhou Yuan breaks. Once he shows an opening, the Chu Yang duo will surely strike like thunder.”
“That’s normal, Zhou Yuan is at most equal to either of them in strength. As long as he’s not given the chance to take them by surprise, how can he possibly achieve anything in a one versus two scenario?”
“…”
Numerous disciples whispered outside the chief disciple peak, feeling that it was such a pity for Zhou Yuan. Looks like this was where the furthest the dark horse Zhou Yuan could go.
When elder Lu Hong, who was closely watching at all times, saw this, a cold smile appeared on his face as he said, “Brat, this is the end of the road for you.”
…
Swish! Swish!
Three figures zipped past in the mist at lightning quick speeds, one a little to the front, while the other two were right on his heels.
Chu Yang’s gaze was locked on to Zhou Yuan as a voice wrapped in Genesis Qi was transmitted into his ears, “Zhou Yuan, you currently resemble a stray dog that has lost its home.”
However, the figure in front did not appear to be the least bit affected by such taunting, instead fully focused on dashing forward.
The mockery that hung from the corners of Chu Yang’s lips grew even greater. He turned his head to the side to exchange a look with Liu Xiang, as both of them increased their speed. They intended to be right on Zhou Yuan’s tail till the end.
Swoosh!
Their figures charged into the mist once again.
At that very instant, however, they suddenly felt a strange disturbance from the surrounding Genesis Qi. Mist began to swirl around them as the scenery rapidly changed.
In the process, the two of them lost sight of each other’s figures.
“A Genesis Rune Boundary?!”
Chu Yang’s expression immediately changed. This was clearly a Genesis Rune Boundary!
His expression turned somewhat ugly. That crafty Zhou Yuan! He had made it seem as if he was fleeing, but it turns out that he had in prepared a trap and was merely luring them into it!
Rumble!
Extremely berserk Genesis Qi rapidly began to converge as lightning and fire surged out from nowhere, looming towards him from all directions.
Chu Yang’s brows were tightly furrowed as a thousand foot pillar of Genesis Qi soared into the sky. The pillar blocked the lightning and fire as a sword shadow dashed forward and viciously slashed at the space in front of him.
Ch!
It was as if space itself had been torn open, revealing a crack that Chu Yang’s figure swiftly flew towards.
Once he was out, the surrounding Genesis Qi returned to normal as the familiar mist appeared once more.
Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Looks like he had managed to break out of the Genesis Rune Boundary. The trap Zhou Yuan had set turned out to be rather frail.
“Liu Xiang?”
However, he suddenly realized that something was amiss a split second later and violently turned his head around. The mist was churning wildly behind him, thunder rumbling and fire cackling madly, while he could just make out a silhouette trapped deep within.
It clearly was Liu Xiang.
It turns out that the boundary’s power was focused on Liu Xiang, hence why Chu Yang had managed to escape so easily.
“You’re finally alone.”
A calm voice echoed from in front of him. Chu Yang raised his head with a dark expression, only to find Zhou Yuan standing in the air, his emotionless eyes glued to the former.
He had set-up this Genesis Rune Boundary after defeating Wu Hai earlier with the intention of utilizing it to limit the numbers advantage the other side possessed.
Chu Yang glanced at the Genesis Rune Boundary behind him as he sneered and said, “Do you really believe your boundary will hold Liu Xiang for long?”
He clearly understood Liu Xiang’s strength, and although the boundary was no pushover, Liu Xiang should soon be able to free himself.