In the next moment, the Half-Step Saint elder opened his mouth, his body splitting in two and collapsing to the ground. Until the moment of his death, he couldn’t understand how he died like this.
“Damn it, you deserve to die!” The First-rank Saint elder shouted in anger. As he shouted, he rushed towards Casey, raising his hand and unleashing a dozen fierce palm strikes, creating a wave of energy.
However, Casey didn’t choose to confront him head-on. He swiftly dodged the attacks, moving like a phantom.
“Have you broken through, Casey?” Azure Dragon shouted out loudly. Seeing Casey kill a Half-Step Saint, he believed that Casey must have reached the Ninth Rank.
“It’s a stroke of luck!” Casey replied loudly.
“That’s great!” Felicia’s eyes brightened when she heard his words.
Vermilion Bird and White Tiger also breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that even though Casey couldn’t defeat the First-rank Saint, now that he had broken through to the Ninth Rank, he would definitely be able to save his own life. In fact, their own situations weren’t much better. Each of them had suffered significant injuries. Especially Azure Dragon and White Tiger, their opponents were both at the late stage of the seventh grade, one level higher than them. Even though they didn’t confront their opponents head-on, they were still injured. No one knew how much longer they could hold on.
“You should think about whether you can survive first!” At this moment, the Eighth-rank Sovereign who was fighting Felicia coldly said.
“Heh, come and kill me!” Felicia glanced at him coldly. “Just shouting from over there is useless!”
The woman at the late stage of the Seventh Rank had already been pierced through the throat by Felicia’s sword and lay lifeless on the ground not far away. The man’s face showed a hint of fear. He vaguely felt that Felicia’s strength might be on par with his own, so he didn’t dare to attack rashly.
“Don’t worry, I’ll send you to meet the King of Hell right away!” The man responded angrily after taking a deep breath.
“So much nonsense!” Felicia looked at him disdainfully. “If you’re not going to make a move, I’ll send you on your way!” As soon as she finished speaking, she activated the full power of the Ether Mountain Sword Art, and a substantial sword aura shot out like lightning. The speed was incredible, like a fleeting white horse, passing in an instant.
The man’s pupils contracted slightly, and then he took a deep breath, wielding his big knife and forming an incredibly powerful net of knife strikes to meet the attack.
Swoosh! Without much surprise, the sword tore through his net of knife strikes and pierced through his left scapula. If he hadn’t slightly shifted his body at the last moment, the sword aura would have pierced through his throat. The man quickly retreated more than twenty steps before stabilizing himself, blood gushing from his scapula. What made him desperate was that just as he was catching his breath, Felicia’s second sword strike came. Just like the previous strike, it was incredibly fast, not giving him any time to react, only able to watch as the sword aura rapidly enlarged in his pupils. Just as he thought he was going to meet the King of Hell, a violent aura swept in from the side, blocking Felicia’s sword aura.
“Thank you, Lord Reed!” The man, who had just escaped from the Gate of Ghosts, turned his head to the old man who was walking towards him and expressed his gratitude.
“Ian!” Just then, the voices of Night Orchid and Frostblade rang out simultaneously.
Upon hearing their voices, Felicia turned her head and saw Ian lying on the ice surface, about two hundred meters away. He was covered in blood, with fresh blood constantly flowing from his mouth, and his breath was weak. It was evident that he had been severely injured. The one who had harmed him was the old man who had blocked Felicia’s sword energy, a Ninth-rank Sovereign practitioner. Ian only had the strength of the Seventh rank, so it was a miracle that he had managed to hold on until now. If it weren’t for the fact that his opponent was trying to save Felicia, Ian would probably be on the verge of death right now.
“Ian!” Felicia exclaimed and rushed towards Ian.
“You should worry about your own life first!” Just as Felicia was halfway there, the old man stopped her. Immediately, he raised his hand and unleashed a wave of energy towards Felicia, creating a howling wind. The old man showed no mercy in this attack, clearly not intending to spare Felicia’s life.
“Look out, Felicia!” Night Orchid and Frostblade shouted once again.
Ian, lying on the ground, wanted to remind them as well, but a mouthful of blood gushed out as soon as he opened his mouth.
Boom!
Just then, a wave of energy descended from the sky like a falling meteor, creating a piercing sound of breaking wind. Without any obstruction, it directly hit the old man. The next moment, the old man was blasted into the ice like a stake, with only his head remaining above the surface, continuously spewing out blood.
“Lord Reed!” The person who had fought Felicia earlier shouted in astonishment.
“Billy?!”
“Boss!”
Felicia, Casey, and the others looked up at the figure in the sky and shouted loudly. The weight on everyone’s hearts finally lifted. Billy landed not far from Felicia and raised his hand to strike at Felicia’s previous opponent.
“No…” The man’s soul trembled, desperately leaping aside.
However, it was too late to run at this point. After the wave of energy passed, a cloud of blood mist appeared in the air. The ninth-ranked practitioner had been obliterated by Billy’s palm! Seeing this scene, Felicia gasped, her pretty face filled with endless astonishment. After a moment of recovery, she spoke, “Billy, did you break through to the Saint Realm?”
Billy nodded in response and quickly walked towards Ian, telling Felicia in a solemn voice, “Felicia, go help Azure Dragon!”
The dragon imprint on Billy’s brow had disappeared, indicating that he had already suppressed his bloodline power. Just as Ivy had previously mentioned, he had already accumulated enough, but he had been suppressing the breakthrough himself. Under the influence of his powerful bloodline, the bottleneck that had been beyond his control had automatically been broken through.
“Okay!” Felicia nodded vigorously and quickly rushed towards Azure Dragon’s direction.
“Boss…” Ian looked at Billy, struggling to speak.
“Don’t talk, take this medicine first!” Billy took out a pill from his body and handed it to Ian.
Ian took the pill and swallowed it. Then, Billy took out several silver needles from his body and stabbed them into Ian’s chest, controlling the injuries to prevent them from worsening.
“Ian, rest here for a while. I’ll help heal your injuries later!” After saying that, Billy got up and hurried towards Casey’s direction.
Casey had several injuries, but fortunately, they were only flesh wounds.
“Casey, leave him to me. You go help White Tiger and Vermilion Bird!” Billy’s voice echoed.
“Boss, don’t worry about me. Elder Wood’s condition is critical. You should go check on him first…” Casey responded loudly.