Chapter 251: A Deadly Battle With the Reapers
"Get lost!" Elder Hua's domineering words resounded throughout the sky, followed by a terrifying palm attack.
**Boom!**
The two powerful strikes collided, and a deafening boom echoed in the sky. The space vibrated vehemently, and the shockwaves from the attack destroyed all the buildings in a five-hundred-meter radius.
Instantly, the miserable screams of people caught in the aftermath of the collision wriggled on the ground with blood gushing from their major orifices.
Some unfortunate ones were hit by debris from the collapsed buildings, while those inside, their fate was unknown.
However, those responsible for this didn't seem to notice, as they fixed their gaze on each other.
In the sky was a man dressed in a black robe, and standing behind him were a hundred men in the Core Refining realm.
On the ground, the usually calm Elder Hua, dressed in a loose gray robe, looked at those in the sky in anger, but the pride on her face told another story entirely.
She was only a Foundation Building realm stage 2 expert, but her arrogance soared high into the sky.
"Do you think because you're in the sky, you are some kind of god? Puny trick," she spat in disdain.
"Get down here!" She commanded dominantly.
Before those in the sky could react, a terrifying pressure fell on their bodies, and they lost control of their Qi, beginning to fall.
**Hmm!**
The Golden Core expert was shocked. He widened his eyes, wondering what just happened to his body.
Even though he didn't lose his flight, he felt a powerful suppression on his body, down to his dantian.
He had to use all his might to withstand the terrifying suppression.
As for those hundred Core Refining men, they crashed to the ground heavily, the sound of their bones breaking to pieces.
A slight whimper of pain escaped from their mouths, while the look of confusion and shock still lingered on their faces.
Meanwhile, many people had their attention on the battle and were watching hundreds of powerful Core Refining experts crashing to the ground like a pile of logs.
They were stupefied, but the miserable screams that came after jolted them back to their senses.
While they were still shocked by the sudden fall of the Core Refining experts, Elder Hua had made her move.
She moved at a breathtaking speed toward the direction of the hundred fallen Core Refining experts.
**Bang!**
She swung her fist, crushing a head in the most gruesome possible way.
The brain juice splashed everywhere, leaving the body headless. However, she didn't bat an eye as she moved to the helpless men on the ground.
**Bang!**
Another head was squashed to pulp.
"You dare!" The Golden Core expert in the sky shouted with veins protruding from his forehead.
"Devil's Heart Claw."
Instantly, a mass of black claws appeared in the sky and rushed toward her, full of killing intent.
Elder Hua halted in her track and responded with a deadly fist.
"Gray Sky Three Layer Punch."
The dark Devil's Heart Claw reaped through the air, sending shivers down the spine of the crowd watching from a distance.
But the roaring sound of the three layers of punch did not lose to the horrifying power of the claw strike.
**Boom!**
The strike collided, sending ripples everywhere. The space shook vehemently, forcing Elder Hua and the man a couple of steps backward.
Her expression turned sour as she felt her innards shake vehemently. She felt a rush of liquid in her mouth but forcefully swallowed it.
The man in the sky trembled and fell a couple of meters from the sky, only managing to stop his descent when he got his erratic Qi under control.
'How is this possible?!' He exclaimed in his heart.
He was fighting a woman of the early Foundation Building realm stage 2.
How absurd was this?
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He, an esteemed expert of the Golden Core realm stage 3, couldn't defeat an ordinary Foundation Building cultivator.
There was a massive two realms separating them, and yet, she was fighting head-on.
A Core Refining expert wouldn't be able to withstand a single strike, not to talk of a weak Foundation Building realm cultivator.
It was Elder Hua's cold arrogant words that jolted him out of his stupor.
"Old man, let's take our battle out of the city."
**Bang!**
With a powerful palm strike, she sent dozens of the frozen Core Refining experts flying, and their fate was unknown.
After that, she took to the distance. She moved at a breathtaking speed, leaving tens of afterimages.
In a blink, she had disappeared out of the city. Up in the sky, the man was furious by her ruthlessness and could only groan before dashing after her.
As for the thought about the city, he wasn't worried. He believed she must be the strongest person in the city, and therefore his remaining men would be safe.
So, he thought.
Just after he left, ten soldiers dressed in strange armor marched toward the remaining Core Refining men.
Anyone from the Barren Land would know what this strange armor was and what it stood for.
These were the Elite soldiers, and every one of them was at the peak of Qi Refinement.
Though they were only in the Qi Refinement realm, their suffocating aura was another story entirely.
The Core Refining men regained control of their Qi, and a look of confusion and anger flashed on their faces.
Just before they could spring into rage, they saw the Celestial Heavenly soldiers marching toward them.
Filled with burning fury, the men didn't even think twice before they sprang into action.
"Die!" They shouted.
The air was palpable, filled with strong suffocating tension.
What was in their minds was to wash away the shame with the blood of the incoming soldiers.
They each went out and attacked with their ace strike. As for the soldiers, their steps didn't slow down a bit, but the only movement they made was to shift shields to the front.
"Defensive Formation," The squad captain shouted.
All the soldiers stopped and took a defensive Formation.
The tens of raging inferno attacks swarmed toward them, twisting the air like the belly of a massive python ready to swallow them whole.
**Boom!**
A deafening sound echoed, shaking the city to the core. Everyone watching the battle sucked in a cold breath.
However, what happened next turned them speechless.
**Whoosh!**
Like loose arrows, all the Celestial Heavenly soldiers sped out of the massive cloud of dust toward the still smiling men.
"W-What the..." One of them managed to utter before the blinding cold blade severed his head from his neck.
Their attack might be intimidating and filled with dread, but seeing the action of the ten soldiers, they were dumbfounded by their terrifying killing spree.
Meanwhile, outside Baiyun city, a terrifying battle was going on.
Behind Elder Hua was a phantom nine-level pagoda, and she was at the early Golden Core realm stage 2.
Her usual calm expression was replaced with terrifying killing intent.
The air crackled with energy as Elder Hua, clad in a gray robe, faced the ominous black cultivator from the Golden Core realm stage 3.
Spiritual energies clashed, and the sky overhead turned into a canvas of swirling dark and vibrant light.
The battleground outside Baiyun city echoed with the roars of the combatants, shattering massive trees like brittle twigs.
Elder Hua's every movement was a dance of calculated precision, her techniques weaving through the air, while the black cultivator unleashed raw, chaotic power that befitted a Golden Core realm.
The clash of their forces sent shockwaves that reverberated through the land, uprooting green vegetation and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
Witnesses could hardly fathom the intensity of the conflict, realizing with awe that this wasn't a mere skirmish but a battle of titans.
Elder Hua, though a Foundation Building realm stage 2 cultivator, exhibited a mastery that defied her lower cultivation level, while the man's prowess manifested as a tempest of darkness.
The unexpected clash had turned the serene surroundings into a chaotic spectacle, as two realms collided in a terrifying dance of power, leaving Baiyun city in the shadow of an unforeseen and ominous confrontation.
As the titanic clash persisted, the toll on both Elder Hua and the black cultivator became increasingly evident.
Deep wounds adorned their bodies, marking the intensity of each strike.
The air, once filled with the sound of powerful blows, now resonated with their labored breaths.
Trees, now shattered and uprooted, bore witness to the ferocity of the battle.
Despite their weakening states, neither cultivator displayed any intention of yielding.
The once lightning-fast exchanges slowed down, but the determination in their eyes intensified.
Each strike carried the weight of their accumulated injuries, and yet, they pressed on, fueled by an unyielding resolve.
Elder Hua's robes, once a plain gray robe, now hung tattered and stained with her own blood.
The black cultivator's aura, ominous and dark, flickered with the ebbing strength of a Golden Core expert pushed to the brink.