#68 - Chapter 68: True Dragon on the Left, White Bones on the Right

“Kill!”

In the roaring rainy night, in the dim valley, earth-shattering cries of battle erupted, as five blood-colored figures and one figure in green clashed.

The five blood-colored figures were none other than the five Wang brothers, each displaying their own demonic powers, relentlessly besieging Lin Changqing. With every move they made, streaks of blood-colored baleful energy tore through the surrounding space, demonic shadows engulfing the sky.

Lin Changqing's eyes were cold and sharp. His entire body surged with qi and blood, summoning the five strongest True Dragon elemental powers in the world—Ice Dragon, Fire Dragon, Wood Dragon… With each sword slash or spear thrust, he carried the elemental power of the five strongest True Dragons.

This battle was a form of training for Lin Changqing. He was not only accelerating the fusion of the World Tree fragment's spiritual power but also gaining insights into combat.

[Thirty minutes into the battle, you summoned the power of five supreme elements, with five Primordial True Dragons guarding your body. You fought the Wang brothers to a standstill.]

[However, in the subsequent thirty minutes, you were ultimately overwhelmed by numbers. In one defensive maneuver, Wang Wu and Wang Si desperately held you back, leaving you vulnerable. The eldest Wang brother seized the opportunity, using the Blood Demon Blade to directly strike your back!]

“Blood Demon Five Gods Kill!” Wang Yi attacked mercilessly. Seizing the moment when his two younger brothers restrained Lin Changqing, he moved behind Lin Changqing and unleashed five fierce slashes.

Each slash manifested towering demonic shadows, striking Lin Changqing's back. Lin Changqing coughed up a mouthful of blood as a large piece of flesh on his back was torn away, exposing the bone beneath.

This was unavoidable. With five people besieging him, Lin Changqing would inevitably be exposed.

“Die!” The eldest Wang brother pressed his advantage, crossing over to Lin Changqing's left side and unleashing another five slashes.

“Been waiting for you!” Lin Changqing, his green robes soaked in blood, charged forward, disregarding the attacks from the other four Wang brothers. He pulled out the Annihilation Spear and launched a counter-attack!

The spear was aimed directly at Wang Yi!

The other four Wang brothers landed blow after blow of bloody baleful energy on Lin Changqing, adding dozens of wounds and worsening his condition.

But Lin Changqing's thrust, aimed at Wang Yi, finally struck.

This spear strike utilized a divine power, summoning the Yellow River of Corpses, with its皑皑 white bones and countless ghostly soldiers, ultimately condensing into a bone spear that pierced Wang Yi!

Bang!

The spear shattered the five demonic shadow divine powers Wang Yi had unleashed, piercing Wang Yi's body, causing flesh to fly and a mouthful of blood to be coughed up.

“Let’s see how many more hits you can take!” The eldest Wang brother's expression was grim, displeased at being injured and forced to spit blood by a mere Core Formation Stage One cultivator.

Especially with the assistance of his four brothers.

[Several consecutive battles have improved your combat experience. You traded injuries for injuries, using your body to block the other four Wang brothers, and finally unleashed the Yellow Springs divine power, injuring Wang Yi to the point of spitting blood.]

[This was actually your initial plan. Among the five Wang brothers, Wang Yi posed the greatest threat to you. Being at Core Formation Stage Six, a single attack from him could severely injure you. The other four Wang brothers combined did not cause as much damage as Wang Yi.]

[So you chose to withstand the attacks of the other Wang brothers, focusing your offense on Wang Yi.]

[Overall, in the first hour, although you were at a disadvantage, the five Wang brothers were not having an easy time either.]

[You have become stronger than in the previous two battles. Whether it is spiritual power or combat experience, you have improved in all aspects.]

[In addition, after the first hour of bloody battle, your World Tree fragment spiritual power progress has reached 80%.]

[As the battle entered the second hour, you fell completely into a disadvantage. The longer the battle dragged on, the more flaws you revealed. The eldest Wang brother's attacks landed on you repeatedly, and your body was covered in wounds, with blood flowing all over the ground.]

“Kill! He can’t hold on for much longer!”

[The five Wang brothers saw your weakness and attacked you relentlessly.]

[In the previous two battles, you fought until you were exhausted in the second hour and began to break through, but this time you can't break through. Outside is the Five Elements Blood Demon Grand Array… ]

“As expected, I, at Core Formation Stage One, am still unable to kill the five Wang brothers.” Lin Changqing muttered to himself, holding a sword in his left hand and a spear in his right. The sword body faced forward, transforming into five True Dragons guarding the right side of his body, while the spear tip faced left, with white bone ghosts appearing to guard the right side.

He was now in a state of barely maintaining his defense. After two consecutive hours of bloody battle, his spiritual power and physical strength were exhausted, and he could no longer counterattack Wang Yi as he had in the first hour.

“Let’s see how much longer you can last?” The five Wang brothers shouted coldly, slashing down with their blades, carrying towering demonic shadows to attack the True Dragons and white bones on Lin Changqing's left and right sides.

“It’s a pity, if I had broken through to Organ Refinement from Bone Forging, perhaps I, at Core Formation Stage One, could have reversed the situation and killed Wang Yi at Core Formation Stage Six.”

Lin Changqing raised his eyes and glanced at the Wang brothers. The five Wang brothers’ attacks on him were very fierce. Perhaps the defenses on his left and right sides would not last much longer.

He felt that he was not yet at his strongest state in the same realm, because his physical body had not kept up. His divine soul and spiritual power had reached the Core Formation Stage.

But his physical body was still in the Bone Forging stage.

If his physical body were to break through to the progress of refining internal organs, then he, with a physical body and spiritual power both at the Core Formation stage, might be able to counter-kill the five Wang brothers even at Stage One.

“Fortunately, it's already at 90%. If I can't kill them at Core Formation Stage One, then I'll do it at Core Formation Stage Two!”

[You have completely fallen into a disadvantage, but you are very optimistic. Because the progress of the World Tree fragment's spiritual power has reached 90%, you are very close to breaking through to Core Formation Stage Two.]

[After another half an hour, your injuries became even more severe. There were more than a dozen large wounds piercing through your entire body on your chest, left leg, and shoulders, but fortunately, at this moment, the progress of your fusion with the World Tree fragment's spiritual power reached 95%.]

[The five Wang brothers were very excited because they felt that you were at the end of your rope. After another ten minutes, your situation worsened. In one of the Wang brothers' attacks, you were slashed to the ground, and the blood-colored demonic shadows devoured your body. You staggered to your feet.]

“We will kill you in another quarter of an hour!”

[The five Wang brothers spoke coldly. They saw that you could no longer completely block their attacks, and they felt that they could completely kill you in another quarter of an hour.]

“It seems that Lin Changqing, the number one prodigy of the righteous path, is still going to die. However, being able to fight the Wang brothers three times, and even kill the third and seventh brothers, is enough to make him proud of the world.”

“It's a pity that such a talented and stunning person is going to fall here today.”

[Someone watching the battle from afar expressed regret. The battle between you and the Wang brothers in Bright Valley lasted too long, and the momentum of the battle was too astonishing, attracting many people to watch.]

[Many people saw you heavily wounded and slashed to the ground. They all felt that you probably couldn't escape this time and were going to die.]

[Even so, many of the spectators were still amazed by you.]

[After all, you are at Core Formation Stage One, and you have fought the Wang brothers three times in one day, breaking through twice. Such achievements have earned the respect of many people, and even if you finally die in this battle, they feel that you are an unparalleled prodigy.]