“I’ll also stay,” Cai Junyang said.
He stayed, however, because he was itching to fight and see if all of them working together could defeat Tang Jie.
Shu Mingyang said nothing, but he extracted a stack of talismans, indicating that he was also choosing to stay.
Li Yijing and Yang Zhiyuan glanced at each other and simultaneously said, “We’ll chase after Wei Tianchong!”
Rather than saying that they believed that Wei Tianchong had the head, it was better to say that they were more willing to deal with Wei Tianchong than Tang Jie.
Ping Jingyue looked at Tang Jie and took a step back. “I don’t want to fight you, so I’ll fight Wei Tianchong. I hope he has the head.”
The last one, a student going by the name of Liang Shengxian, said, “I’ll go after Shi Meng.”
He was the weakest of the students and guessed that even if Wei Tianchong or Tang Jie had the head, he wouldn’t be in contention for it. Thus, he decided to take a gamble and go after Shi Meng, who was also the weakest and for whom he had no competition.
He was essentially placing his bets on a dark horse.
Alas, though they wanted to divide their forces, Tang Jie chuckled, “Did I let you leave? Even if you want to chase after them, you have to get past me first. Thousand Rupture Slash!”
He swung the Heartbreak Saber, unleashing a thousand waves of light aimed at all seven of the people surrounding him.
The waves of saber energy engulfed the area, and the one who took the brunt of the attack was Liang Shengxian.
Liang Shengxian was one of the weakest members of the Freedom Society, and he had never expected Tang Jie to target him. Aghast, he raised his sword to block.
But Tang Jie was so powerful that the wave of saber energy pushed back the sword, striking Liang Shengxian’s body with it and sending him flying. Tang Jie smiled and said, “I’m sorry!”
“Let’s go!” Ping Jingyue shouted as she ran out.
Liu Hongyan, Cai Junyang, and Shu Mingyang also began to attack.
The Pilewave Sword, Palm Lightning, and a Flying Sword talisman all flew at Tang Jie, the lightning illuminating the area.
“Raaa!” Tang Jie bellowed as he activated the Formless Golden Body. He decided to take on all three attacks, swinging his saber three times at Ping Jingyue’s group, not giving them the slightest chance to escape.
Durability-oriented warriors couldn’t actually display all their strength and attributes in a one-on-one battle. Only in these battles against multiple opponents did their formidable defenses prove their worth and importance.
The sight of him enduring three attacks while attacking the other group stunned Liu Hongyan and the others.
Cai Junyang roared, “Do you not care for your life?”
While he wanted to get the head, he had no intention of killing anybody, so he couldn’t understand Tang Jie’s insane actions.
Tang Jie laughed. “You need to have the ability first!”
He elbowed Cai Junyang’s sword, and when elbow collided against sword, Cai Junyang’s sword actually bent! Bang! The two of them parted as Cai Junyang rapidly retreated, but Tang Jie used the impact to lunge forward, slashing at Yang Zhiyuan. “Arm!”
He aimed his saber at Yang Zhiyuan’s hand, and Yang Zhiyuan raised his saber to block. Their sabers clashed, after which Tang Jie thrust out his hand. “Thigh!”
Yang Zhiyuan once more raised his saber to block, and Tang Jie drew back his saber and thrust it forward. “Chest!”
Bang! Bang! Bang! All three blows were blocked, but Yang Zhiyuan was forced three steps back, and his arms were numb. His mind was as shaken as his body when Tang Jie raised his saber and swung down. “Head!”
Yang Zhiyuan raised his saber to block, but then Tang Jie drew back his saber and gave a flying kick that sent Yang Zhiyuan rolling on the ground.
Yang Zhiyuan furiously said, “Tang Jie, you trickster!”
Tang Jie heartily laughed as he turned to Ping Jingyue and swung at her. At the same time, he sent a Silver Cloud Needle from his left hand flying at Li Yijing’s lower leg.
He was fighting in earnest right now.
The needle penetrated through Li Yijing’s leg, leaving a bloody hole. Li Yijing yelped and staggered. He tried to run, but he was now much slower.
“Mingyang, use an Immortal Bind Talisman on him!” Liu Hongyan shouted.
Shu Mingyang waved his hand, and a talisman became an Immortal-Binding Rope that sought to wrap around Tang Jie.
Tang Jie swung at it, but the rope was made from spiritual energy and unexpectedly difficult to cut. In a flash, Tang Jie was bound up.
Tang Jie’s arms quivered as he roared, “Break apart!”
His body erupted with energy, and the rope created by the talisman began to fray apart under Tang Jie’s exertions, spiritual energy dissipating from it.
“Damn!” Liu Hongyan shouted. She pointed a finger at Tang Jie and shouted, “Everlasting Lightning Snake!”
A lightning snake shot out from her hands and struck Tang Jie, rendering his entire body numb.
The Everlasting Lightning Snake was of average strength, but it had an extremely powerful numbing effect. Just like Shu Mingyang’s Immortal Bind talisman, it was excellent for suppressing foes.
They didn’t want Tang Jie dead, so they used restraining methods during battle.
With Tang Jie’s body numbed, his strength began to fade, and the Immortal-Binding Rope once more bound Tang Jie. Cai Junyang rushed up and shouted, “Tang Jie, stop struggling. With so many of us here, there’s no way you can beat us!”
“Is that so?” Tang Jie chuckled.
A golden light emerged between his fingers as a little golden knife formed. He swept the golden knife upward, and because he also used the Nullight spell, nobody was able to see it. All they saw was Tang Jie raising his arm up and then the rope falling into pieces.
The three were alarmed. “What is this?”
They had never heard of Tang Jie having a spell like this.
Ping Jingyue’s group had taken the chance to pursue Wei Tianchong while Tang Jie was bound. The moment Tang Jie broke free, he jumped at and kicked a nearby tree, shouting, “Stay right there!”
A broken tree branch descended toward Yang Zhiyuan.
Yang Zhiyuan had no choice but to dodge to the side.
Tang Jie activated the Violet Lightning Lunge, rushing up to the wounded Li Yijing. He grabbed him and threw him at Ping Jingyue.
Li Yijing had split up from the others to escape, but Tang Jie had now ruined this plan.
Tang Jie then caught up to Liang Shengxian and threw him backward.
At this time, the attacks of Liu, Cai, and Shu arrived, but when they saw Liang Shengxian being used as a shield, they withdrew their attacks. Meanwhile, Tang Jie continued to charge up ahead.
Liang Shengxian fired off flames from his hands, but Tang Jie didn’t feel a thing, fully exhibiting the power of having a thick skin. So long as Tang Jie willed it, even if he couldn’t win, he could still last for a long time.
And the Violet Lightning Lunge was incredibly fast, his sprint kicking up gravel and shattering the paving stones beneath his feet. Tang Jie kicked several times, sending some of these stones at the three who were trying to flee.
These stones imbued with Tang Jie’s strength were something that Ping Jingyue’s group didn’t want to experience, even with protective spells.
Ping Jingyue fired off an attack in return, a wind vortex sending the stones flying. At the same time, she shouted, “You guys are doing a fine job of holding him down!”
Shu Mingyang waved a hand, sending out a talisman. “Ice Soul talisman!”
Frost shot toward Tang Jie, and at the same time, Cai Junyang used the Pilewave Sword, throwing the surroundings into turmoil and causing the air to solidify. Liu Hongyan also used her Everlasting Lightning Snake again.
All three of them had chosen to use methods that would slow down Tang Jie.
And with the three of them working together, Tang Jie really did slow down. Delighted, Ping Jingyue’s group hastened to flee.
But to their surprise, Tang Jie howled like a tiger, “Raooo!”
His body bulged with muscle, strength flooding through him.
He punched at the ground.
Kaboom! A powerful shockwave traveled along the ground, causing the surrounding earth to quake.
Ping Jingyue’s group’s footing became unsteady, so they jumped into the air.
Tang Jie waved his left hand, sending out another wave of Silver Cloud Needles.
“Wind Vortex!” Ping Jingyue hastily waved her hand, and a vortex blocked all the needles.
But a moment later, Tang Jie jumped into the air and swung his Heartbreak Saber at Ping Jingyue’s Wind Vortex.
Ping Jingyue hadn’t expected him to move this quickly and was struck by the saber. Fortunately, Tang Jie had used the back of the saber, but even so, she was still sent flying, her blood energy thrown into turmoil. She shouted in frustration, “Tang Jie, can’t you give it a rest!?”
“Let me delay you for just a little longer!” Tang Jie heartily laughed as he turned around and threw out a roof tile.
He didn’t seek to keep all seven here, only to slow them down so that Wei Tianchong and Shi Meng would have more time.
But at this moment, Ping Jingyue suddenly erupted with light, and a hurricane swept her high into the sky, accelerating her into the clouds!
“Hurricane Sweep?” Tang Jie was startled.
Hurricane Sweep was a true flight spell, but it wasn’t easy to cultivate. He hadn’t expected Ping Jingyue to have completely mastered it.
High in the sky, Ping Jingyue was no longer restrained. With a laugh, she declared, “I’m going first!”
She flew into the distance.
Tang Jie could no longer keep her, nor did he try to force the matter. He simply chuckled bitterly and went to intercept the others.
As they battled in the Xu Estate’s courtyard, they alarmed countless people. Spiritual light exploded within the estate, lightning crackled, flames burned, and winds collided, and in the midst of the pursuit, countless trees and buildings were felled.
In any case, this place would cease to be the Xu Clan’s after tonight, so Tang Jie destroyed as much as he pleased. They maneuvered among the roofs, moving up and down and exchanging blow after blow.
Although this battle was alarming, it wasn’t gruesome. Small wounds were sustained, but nothing fatal.
Beginning to panic, Cai Junyang shouted, “Tang Jie, don’t force me to get serious!”
“Do it if you’re going to do it! No need to be polite! I’m already using everything I have!” Tang Jie said as he swung his saber.
“You wanted this! Raging Wave Slash!” Cai Junyang’s sword transformed into a sharp beam that shot at Tang Jie. He truly did get serious this time.
Furious waves of sword energy swept through the area.
Blood gushed out from Tang Jie’s arm.
Liu Hongyan’s finger cracked with electricity. “Lightning Finger!”
The finger thrust at Tang Jie, blasting a bloody hole in him. Tang Jie groaned and backed away. Even with his tough body, it was still rather hard for him to take all this. He grinned and said, “You’ve made a lot of progress.”
While he had been making progress in this time, the other students hadn’t stopped either. While he had been held hostage by Gu Changqing, everyone else had been training hard, their strength soaring.
As Liu Hongyan unleashed her Lightning Finger, Shu Mingyang also threw out a Heaven Sword talisman.
This talisman transformed into a giant flying sword. Tang Jie laughed, and his body flashed with a bloody light as he activated the Blood Refining Spirit spell.
His strength swelled once more, and Tang Jie swiftly swung his saber at it. “Break!”
His roar resounded through the area. His saber swing obliterated the Heaven Sword, and with the remaining power, he charged at Shu Mingyang.
Liu Hongyan and Cai Junyang both shouted in alarm.
“Mingyang, dodge!”
“Tang Jie, no!”