Chapter 91 — The Oriole Behind

Yet the huge pillar of light in the field did not abate; it poured unceasing from the Tianya divine sword, lightning flaring wild, striking down with fury. Yuyang Zi propped himself on his lone arm, his face growing grimmer by the moment. Had the Divine Sword, Thunder-Commanding True Art not been so mighty that the Orthodox disciples could not join in, a thousand blades and ten thousand swords would even now have been falling upon him, and in a blink Yuyang Zi would have been hacked to paste.

Yu Yangzi's eyes were full of venomous hatred. A moment later the muscles of his face twisted in a spasm; he bit down hard, biting through his tongue, and spat a mouthful of blood onto the Yin-Yang Mirror. For some unknown reason the mirror's radiance flared brilliantly at once, and it forced Lu Xueling's vast pillar of light back head-on.

Xiao Yichen and the others saw that something was wrong and rushed forward together. Yu Yangzi gave a shrill cry, leaped into the air, and swept the Yin-Yang Mirror behind him. The mirror, ignited by his own vital blood, poured forth a surging tide of spiritual light, and Xiao Yichen and the rest dared not meet it head-on, falling back one after another.

Mighty as this move of Yu Yangzi's was, anyone could see that after such violent fighting he had resorted to this vicious and uncanny art at the cost of grievous damage to his vital essence; even his steps faltered several times. Yet the man was truly formidable. Even in such a state he forcibly gathered his breath, leaped up, and at last vanished into the darkness.

Li Xun and the others wanted to give chase, but Xiao Yichen weighed the gains and losses in an instant and called out loudly to stop them. "Do not chase a cornered foe! The Dead Marsh is treacherous on every side, and we are unfamiliar with it. Caution above all!"

Though Li Xun was unwilling in his heart, Xiao Yichen had read the situation like a god tonight, and he genuinely felt some admiration for him, so at last he halted.

That night, that battle, ended at last in the crushing defeat of the Devil Sect's Longevity Hall.

It was only that in this clash between the righteous and the demonic paths, the righteous side too had suffered some losses—though compared with Longevity Hall, they had come off far, far better.