Splitting the Heave

As an old monster who has lived for over a hundred years, Yan Su’er didn’t need to hear Shang Xia preaching about how they would both be in danger if one of them were to die.

Moreover, Yan Su’er also recognized Shang Xia and his intentions the moment he arrived.

The Azure Spiritual World and the Azure Origin World had been fighting for the past 20 years or so. The enmity that existed between them couldn’t be eliminated in such a short amount of time, but because of that, they had a great understanding of how cultivators of the other world fought. Even though Shang Xia and Yan Su’er were working together for the first time, their cooperation was seamless!0

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Yan Su’er’s cultivation was at the large completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm, but she knew the difference between herself and someone in the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm. She also knew how powerful Cen Yu’s martial intent was.

The crimson wind swallow slammed into the fiery wings. Even though it was quickly incinerated and failed to push the wings back, it managed to waste a lot of its energy.

Unlike Shang Xia’s palm strike which was on the same level as Cen Yu’s Heavenly Flame Tearing the Void and could resist it head-on but failed to because of its lack of energy, Yan Su’er’s crimson wind swallow contained a huge portion of her inner qi. It greatly exhausted the power contained in the fiery wings.0

At the end of the day, Shang Xia’s move was impressive, but his foundations were nowhere as solid as Yan Su’er. After all, Yan Su’er was merely a step away from reaching the same level as Cen Yu.

Shang Xia retreated slightly and with Yan Su’er’s assistance, he managed to buy a little time to send out another Four Constellation Palm.

This time, the fiery wings became a lot more illusory than before. However, becoming less corporeal didn’t mean that it disappeared. From the looks of it, it wasn’t as nimble as before.

That wasn’t the end. Shang Xia saw Yan Su’er spitting out a mouthful of blood mist not too far away. Her blood extermination congealed before her and it was countless times smaller than the phantom of the wind swallow that appeared earlier. Compared to the illusory wind swallow earlier, it was much more solid and it seemed to possess its own consciousness. It dove into the void before slamming into the fiery wings in the void.

A look of shock appeared on Shang Xia’s face when he noticed the tiny blood swallow flying past him. He could tell that the blood swallow contained a huge amount of Yan Su’er’s essence blood. It was impossible to recover essence blood and it would definitely harm her foundations.

Also, Shang Xia could tell that the tiny blood swallow was created by a fusion of Yan Su’er’s extermination origins. In fact, Yan Su’er seemed to touch on the gateway of the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm after sending out her attack. 

With the fiery wings greatly exhausted, there was no suspense as the blood swallow destroyed them completely during their collision.

From the time Cen Yu unleashed his Heavenly Flame Tearing the Void, to the time Shang Xia and Yan Su’er joined hands to destroy it, merely a moment had passed. 

Despite the short time it took, Shang Xia and Yan Su’er paid a huge price in order to resist his attacks.

Yan Su’er greatly exhausted her inner qi and she even damaged her foundations by sending out the last strike. As for Shang Xia, he used up a great deal of his inner qi and he entered a state of weakness. He could still fight, but he wouldn’t be able to display the strength he had at his peak state.

If an expert who just entered the Martial Extermination Realm were to attack them now, Yan Su’er could only allow herself to be killed. 

Luckily, something like that didn’t happen.

Liu Yu fucked up yet again. She was extremely confident that Cen Yu would be able to kill both of them when he unleashed his martial intent, the Heavenly Flame Tearing the Void. She never expected him to fail and missed another opportunity to kill her enemies.

Shang Xia clearly wouldn’t give them a chance to capitalize on the weakness any longer as he grabbed Yan Su’er to fly away.

After realizing what had happened, Liu Yu, who was hell-bent on killing Yan Su’er earlier, charged at them. She tried to make up for all her mistakes and she wanted to stop them from running away.

Too bad for her, Shang Xia’s Abyssal Blade came crashing down while he made his escape.

The blade intent and death aura that had been gathering in the area erupted at once. Blade lights filled the air around them and their space around them turned blurry. Any signs of vitality from the world were extinguished as frost covered thousands of miles around them.

Shang Xia unleashed the latest blade art he comprehended, Extreme Frost!

If he could rank the power Extreme Frost possessed to be 10/10, Shang Xia’s use of Elementary Frost before and the favorable conditions with snow all around them only served to boost the might of his move. Adding everything up, Shang Xia’s Extreme Frost would be ranked 12/10 on the power scale!0

Extreme Frost was his final insurance against Cen Yu’s Heavenly Flame Tearing the Void. If Yan Su’er hadn’t risked her life and comprehended her final technique, Shang Xia would have used Extreme Frost to destroy the fiery wings.0

However, it seemed as though there was a better use for it now. Liu Yu failed to read the situation and delivered herself directly into his range of fire.

As they said, “I won’t beat the hard workers and I won’t beat the lazy bums. I’ll just beat the one who overestimates themselves!” 

When Liu Yu finally approached Shang Xia and noticed his falling blade, she discovered what was going on. At the end of the day, Liu Yu was a fourth layer Martial Extermination Realm expert. She was no fool! Realizing she wouldn’t be able to resist the terrifying blade art that had been unleashed, panic filled her heart and she desperately tried to resist while screaming, “Senior Cen, please… Please save me!” 

“Hmph!” Cen Yu nearly spat out a mouthful of blood in anger. With a useless teammate like Liu Yu, who needed enemies?! He wanted nothing more than for her to be swallowed by the terrifying blade lights so that she couldn’t annoy him and mess up his plans any longer.

However, that was merely a thought. He chose to save her in the end. 

After unleashing his martial intent, Heavenly Flame Tearing the Void, earlier, his body would have to bear a huge burden. If he forcefully made another move, he might risk his inner qi getting out of control.

Regardless, he couldn’t watch on as Liu Yu was slain by the other party’s blade art without doing anything!

In his mind, he was cursing her to no end. If she acted dumb the whole way and remained by his side silently, the situation would be much better!

There was only one slightly more fortunate point about everything that was playing out currently. Luckily for her, she hadn’t moved too far away from Cen Yu, giving them enough time to react.

In order to save Liu Yu, Cen Yu had to take on the blade strike Shang Xia had been gathering for some time now. 

While making his move, Cen Yu found it extremely strange. He couldn’t understand how the young cultivator was able to release so many palm strikes earlier and even a final blade strike under the pressure of his divine perception.

Cen Yu might not have seen through the principles of Shang Xia’s Four Seasons Samsara Art and how it could cycle without end, but he could tell that Shang Xia’s extermination origins were pretty special.

It was a pity he wouldn’t get a chance to clear things up.

As his Phoenix Wing Halberd tore through the air with a whistle, the space that had been frozen by Shang Xia’s frosty qi shattered instantly. The powerful frosty aura immediately receded but Cen Yu felt a strong backlash from his continuous overexhaustion. Even his innards felt like they had shifted.

“Divine weapon!” A strange light flashed in Cen Yu’s eyes and a wave of impulse filled his heart. However, both Shang Xia and Yan Su’er were nowhere to be seen. He eventually suppressed his thoughts on the divine weapon seeing as his enemies were gone.

“Pfft…” Blood sprayed from Liu Yu’s lips when the blade intent finally faded. She had been holding on forcefully all along as she fought back against Shang Xia’s Extreme Frost. Fear lingered in her heart even after she was saved by Cen Yu.

“Where did they go?!” Liu Yu roared with reluctance as a ruthless light flashed in her eyes.

Too lazy to glance at her, Cen Yu felt a wave of exhaustion overwhelming him. A huge part of it was because of his shitty teammate. Turning around, he returned to the pillar of light that had become significantly thinner.

Liu Yu also started to make her retreat, and she glanced at the clouds in the air while muttering something to herself. Only after a period of time did she quickly rush after Cen Yu.

Earlier, when Shang Xia grabbed Yan Su’er, the cloud Yan Ming was on started approaching them at a rapid speed. After Cen Yu shattered the layers of frost created by Shang Xia’s Extreme Frost, the 2 of them were swallowed by the fluffy cloud created by the Auspicious Cloud Cape. The next moment, they blended in with the clouds in the distance and disappeared.

After they arrived tens of miles away, Shang Xia was no longer in a rush to leave. Instead, he controlled the cloud to drift casually through the air.

He started to adjust his condition and recover his exhausted inner qi while resting on the cloud.

Earlier, the battle was extremely risky. Shang Xia and Yan Su’er’s lives were threatened and Shang Xia used up a great deal of his inner qi. Luckily, he didn’t suffer any injuries or long lasting effects and he would be able to restore himself to his peak state after recovering his energy.

Thinking back to the exchange he had with Cen Yu, an expert at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm, a trace of lingering fear remained in his heart. The entire process was extremely dangerous and if he was slightly careless, he would have gone down a path of no return.

Luckily for Yan Su’er, she managed to improve at the very last second. It was also fortunate that Shang Xia refined a little more of his Four Seasons Extermination Origins in the past months, raising his combat capabilities. The Abyssal Blade also played an important part in their escape. Like they said, a broken divine weapon was still a divine weapon!0

After recovering slightly, Shang Xia thinned the veil of mist around him and 2 figures quickly appeared in front of him.

Seeing the pale Yan Su’er circulating her inner qi, Shang Xia turned to look at Yan Ming before asking in a low voice, “How is Senior Yan’s condition?” 

Yan Ming shook her head and her worries were displayed on her face as she replied, “She has been vomiting blood the moment she sat down. However, she said that her life was not at risk.” 

Shang Xia nodded slightly and he tried to comfort her, “Relax. Senior Yan’s cultivation foundations are strong and she came into contact with the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm. The moment she recovers, she will improve and reach a new level of personal strength. You can say that she managed to profit from this disaster.” 

A look of joy flashed across Yan Ming’s face when she heard Shang Xia’s evaluation, but her worry quickly returned.

Just as Shang Xia thought about leaving them to continue his recovery journey, Yan Su’er opened her eyes. She stared straight at Shang Xia and muttered, “I’ve seen you before. You’re Shang Bo’s grandson.”

Not a trace of emotion could be seen in her eyes, but Shang Xia felt a trace of danger hidden in her gaze. 

“I greet Senior Yan! The situation was too urgent earlier and I didn’t explain myself properly before entering the battle. I hope Senior Yan will forgive my reckless actions.” Shang Xia was naturally willing to lower himself in the face of this super senior. After all, she was a famous expert in the older generation and even the old Ji Wenlong, Shang Bo, and the rest showed her a lot of respect.

Yan Su’er continued to look at Shang Xia while speaking in a neutral tone, “Brat, let me ask you something. Why did you appear in this region?” 

Shang Xia wasn’t surprised that she would ask that question and he replied truthfully, “I was ordered by the institution to guard the area.” 

“There was a massive battle that broke out in the Southwestern direction of this place 2 months ago. Do you know who did it?” Yan Su’er asked another question.

Chuckling softly, Shang Xia replied, “Senior Yan, are you suspecting that I killed that person?”