A Martial Odyssey Vol 3 Chapter 68

 The Divine Avant Sword

There were columns after columns of pillars in this vast hall and in the middle the brilliant stellar light of the Flower of Life lit the entire hall like the noon sun.

But no one dared to approach the Flower of Life yet!

It was because no one was confident of deciphering the powerful celestial formation that was in the middle yet and a wrong move could bring upon their own annihilation! 

They knew because some of them had been here for almost one month and several of the Heavenly Kings had already been pulverized because they were in a hurry to obtain the Flower of Life ahead of the others! 

Moreover at this pressing moment, they had to get rid of their opponents first!

Now everyone was fighting their own battles as they spread out between the pillars as they maneuvered against their opponents!

At this time, Xian’Er was fighting against three other Heavenly Kings on her own!

The Mars Heavenly King was tossed upside down and was hurled onto the ground with a rippling crushing impact by Xian’Er!

Disbelief greeted him as he refused that time and time again, he could not even handle ten strokes from her!

He howled angrily as he mustered his strength again, shaking the vicinity with his explosive martial force, “I can’t believe that the three of us cannot even handle her!”

In the same instant, the ground around her was fluttering with piercing ice and frost that were so bitter cold that its mere touch burnt through the inertia protective force of the three Heavenly Kings in the form of hissing condensation! 

The Avant-garde Heavenly King raised his Divine Avant Sword as he clashed with Xian’Er, “This is the Heavenly Tear Divine Sword? Do you know that this is the divine sword of the Great Goddess Fantian? Just because you have the Heavenly Tear Divine Sword, you dare to proclaim yourself as the Great Goddess Fantian?! Just who are you? Why is that I have never seen you before?”

Xian’Er raised her divine sword as she parried several times against the Avant-garde Heavenly. At the same time she raised her fingers in rapid succession as she fought against the encircling attack of the Mars Heavenly King and the Formosa Heavenly King.

Lifting her phoenix eyes, she answered with great composure. “I do not have to proclaim to be Fantian. I am Fantian!”

The Avant-garde Heavenly King shouted angrily, “How dare you address the Great Goddess Fantian by her name directly!”

The Mars Heavenly King shouted, “Why do you need to say the obvious? Since she is with the one that proclaims herself to be a Desolate Immortal then surely she must be our enemy as well!”

The Formosa Heavenly King shouted, “Unlike that Nuwa, she doesn’t have the Desolate Force. But no matter, she is just one and we are three now. It is just a matter of time before we can corner her! So what are we waiting for?”

The Avant-garde Heavenly King hummed coldly to the Formosa Heavenly King as he took a step back, “Who are you to command me? I fight as I please and that is none of your business.”

The Mars Heavenly King was now taking the blunt of Xian’Er blows as she had seized the opportunity to recover when the other two Heavenly Kings had suddenly paused in their tracks to argue. So he cursed aloud, “Our fates lie as one now. Stop talking! Hurry up and give me a lending hand!”

“An opening!” Xian’Er thought as she flashed like a rising phoenix from where she was standing as she displayed intrigue stokes after one another that was aimed at the Mars Heavenly King!

The Mars Heavenly King raised his battle axe to block her sword thrusts as he scurried backward but Xian’Er had totally switched to an offensive stance as she flashed forward with her body and with a dazzling blink of light, she had struck the forehead of the Mars Heavenly King with her left fingers!

There was a cracking sound and an explosive impact that sent the Mars Heavenly King flying upside down in the air before he slammed on the ground with a thunderous impact! 

The Mars Heavenly King coughed out a bout of golden blood. He was in complete disbelief and was stunned! 

The forehead was the most guarded and it was almost to attack without giving away an opening!

But this maiden had managed to engage him with her sword and even before her sword stance had ended, she had made another offensive stance with her fingers and had struck him!

Her movements and reflexes were simply too astonishing!

What he did not know was that Xian’Er had been slowly customizing to their movements and attacks. When she noticed that the Mars Heavenly King was momentarily distracted, she had already estimated her opponent’s moves to his next hundred possibilities and had taken a calculated move to attack by abandoning her Absolute Defense Stance!

With a wordless cough, the Mars Heavenly King’s golden eyes had turned gray and he was left shuddering uncontrollably on the ground. That was because his golden body had been broken through by her! 

He wanted to ask her, “What and who exactly are you!” But there was no sound that could be mustered by him! 

The Avant-garde Heavenly King and the Formosa Heavenly King were completely stunned as they abandoned their differences and redoubled their attacks on Xian’Er!

Xian’Er swung her sword at an incredible speed as her divine sword seemingly split into dozens of rapid arcs that exploded into sparks as the Avant-garde Heavenly King and the Formosa Heavenly King made contact with her, startling them!

It seemed that without the Mars Heavenly King to restraint her movements, her attacking speed had suddenly increased! 

The Avant-garde Heavenly King shouted, “Be careful! Don’t engage her directly! Encircle her!”

The Formosa Heavenly King rubbed the side of his bruised face as he panted, “She…she’s strong!”

The Avant-garde Heavenly King grew solemn as he rained upon dozens of thunderous blows on Xian’Er as he gave the Formosa Heavenly King a hint with his fingers.

The Formosa Heavenly King understood his hint immediately. It was because he used to fight alongside the Avant-garde Heavenly King. So he charged at Xian’Er with all his martial power that he could muster. This charge immediately exploded the ground behind him with thunderous impact as he shouted angrily, “Now!”

At the same time the Avant-garde Heavenly King had also charged flashed behind Xian’Er as he charged with all his martial power! 

Xian’Er gasped as she did several double flips in split second to avoid the tremendous attacks of the Formosa Heavenly King as the ground around her exploded with the divine power of his attacks! 

Chapter end