Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two sides clashed again, with the dozen or so men and women on the other side all having cultivation levels below a Second-rank Sovereign. They were no match for Edie. In a short while, half of them were lying on the ground, convulsing for a moment before falling silent.
However, Edie Fennimore, who was already injured, had two or three fresh wounds torn open by the whip-wielding woman, and blood gushed out.
“I will definitely flay your skin today!” The whip-wielding woman never expected that her people would be defeated in such a short amount of time. Anger filled her face. As she spoke, she swung her whip and attacked again, creating a piercing sound in the air.
The remaining six or seven people gritted their teeth and followed suit. Although they knew it was futile to join the fight, they also knew the consequences of deserting in the face of battle would be worse than death.
At this moment, Edie’s strength had already diminished by one-third, making it difficult for her to contend with the whip-wielding woman. After another ten or so rounds of fierce fighting, Edie was sent flying, with about ten deep wounds on her body and blood spilling from her mouth. She crashed and tumbled for a hundred meters before coming to a stop, her body weakened, and her combat power reduced to less than one-third.
Apart from the whip-wielding woman, only one man and one woman remained on the other side with the ability to fight. The rest had perished.
“You will taste the agony of unbearable pain today!” The whip-wielding woman clenched her teeth and walked towards Edie. “I will cripple your limbs first, then flay your skin, and let you experience the taste of death in despair!”
After Edie struggled to get up, she spat out a mouthful of blood and said, “Stop the nonsense and come at me if you dare!”
The whip-wielding woman stopped speaking and her aura soared to its peak. The whip drew dozens of afterimages in the air. Then, the afterimages condensed into a terrifying force that shot towards Edie like a unstoppable force.
Sensing the power of this move, Edie’s pupils contracted. She knew that in her current state, it would be difficult to withstand this attack. She wanted to dodge, but her opponent’s speed far exceeded her reaction speed at the moment. In a breath, she was already in front of her.
Just as the opponent’s attack was about to critically strike Edie Fennimore, a powerful wave of energy, like a hurricane, swept in from the side. The wave of energy shattered the whip-wielding woman’s assault, crashing into her chest with force. Instantly, the woman flew into the air, her whip slipping from her hand, and a streak of blood sprayed into the air. She flew for three to four hundred meters before crashing into the ice, leaving a large pit. From the looks of it, she didn’t have much time left to live.
The one who made the move was Lady Noelle. However, just as she rescued Edie, she herself was sent flying by a punch from Gerry Xander. After falling onto the ice seventy to eighty meters away, she continued to slide for thirty to forty meters before finally coming to a stop. She spat out a mouthful of blood, her aura extremely weak.
“Noelle, are you okay?” Edie ran over with a worried expression.
“I’m fine.”
“Jenny!” At the same time, David saw the whip-wielding woman’s miserable state and rushed over, shouting in pain.
“You don’t even have the ability to save yourself, yet you have the audacity to save others. You must be tired of living!” Gerry walked a few steps towards Noelle and spoke coldly. “I didn’t want to resort to violence against you, but you brought this upon yourself. Don’t blame me for not showing mercy!”
At this moment, sound of footsteps echoed, and soon, around two hundred men and women from Northfortia briskly ran over from nearby. Each of them had a formidable aura, and their skills were no worse than the previous group of thirty or forty people.
Upon seeing these individuals, both Noelle and Edie’s expressions grew even more serious. Today’s challenge was tough!
“Jenny!” David cried out in pain again, as the whip-wielding woman lay lifeless on the ground. He turned to Lady Noelle and exclaimed, “You killed Jenny! You deserve to die, and I will kill you!”
As he spoke, David shouted loudly to the two hundred men and women, “Attack, all of you! Kill them!”
The crowd responded in unison, launching their attack.
“Edie, we can’t both die here!” Lady Noelle took a deep breath, looking at the approaching crowd. “You go first, I’ll hold them back!”
While speaking, she gathered the last remnants of her strength, preparing to fight to the death.
However, after her words hung in the air for a moment, she didn’t hear a response from Edie Fennimore. After a brief pause, she turned to Edie Fennimore and said, “Edie, don’t make a futile sacrifice. I can hold them off for a few minutes. You go quickly!”
Just as she said that, an overwhelmingly powerful aura erupted from Edie Fennimore’s body, instantly enveloping the surrounding space. Her cultivation at the fifth-ranked Sovereign Realm was revealed without a doubt, and she no longer exhibited the previous signs of despair.
“Edie, you’ve broken through?” Noelle, sensing the martial aura emanating from Edie, said with a hint of surprise. She clearly remembered that Edie Fennimore had only broken through to the fourth-ranked Sovereign Realm two months ago. It shouldn’t have been possible for her to break through so quickly without any special circumstances.
“Noelle… I really broke through!” Edie steadied her excited emotions and said. “I don’t know what happened exactly, but it’s as if that bottleneck suddenly loosened, and I…”
“Mm…” Before Edie could finish speaking, Noelle’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her aura suddenly became unusually chaotic, fluctuating in intensity.
“Noelle, what’s wrong with you?” Edie asked quickly, slightly taken aback.
“Edie, hold them off for me, give me two minutes!” Lady Noelle furrowed her eyebrows tightly and spoke in a low voice.
“Alright!” Edie paused for a moment, then took a few steps forward, shielding Noelle behind her, her gaze fixed on the approaching group. She didn’t know what had happened to Noelle, but she could guess that something was wrong with her body, as her aura was so unstable.
“You’ve actually broken through, huh?” Gerry Xander, sensing Edie Fennimore’s aura, exclaimed in surprise. At the same time, he instinctively glanced at Noelle, who was meditating behind her, and his pupils slightly contracted.
“Is it so unexpected?” Edie didn’t rush to attack. “You want to kill me, right? Come on!”
“Attack!” In the next moment, Gerry seemed to realize something and shouted loudly, “Lady Noelle is also attempting a breakthrough. Stop her, or none of us will survive!”
Although he didn’t know exactly what had happened, he could deduce from the fluctuating aura of Lady Noelle that she was most likely attempting a breakthrough.
Lady Noelle’s cultivation was already higher than his, and now they were evenly matched because of her injuries. If she were to successfully break through, none of them would be able to leave here alive.
“Kill!” John’s pupils contracted, and he shouted before swiftly rushing towards Edie Fennimore.
The others followed closely behind, each putting forth their full strength.