Night Orchid, who had broken through to the seventh-rank Divine Realm, was able to contend with those in the ninth-rank Divine Realm at full power.
The elder, after ten minutes of battle, had diminished in strength and needed to divert some of his energy to resist the poison in his body.
Therefore, at this moment, he could only unleash the strength of a late-stage eighth-rank Divine Realm.
As expected, after a few rounds, when Night Orchid once again activated the Celestial Blade Art, the opponent’s arm flew off his body and crashed to the ground.
Just as he touched the ground, Alex Long dashed over and made his move.
In the next moment, a blood hole appeared in the elder’s throat, and fresh blood gushed out.
“Felicia, are you okay?”
Night Orchid landed in front of Felicia shortly afterwards.
“Night Orchid, I can still hold on… Don’t worry about me, go help Judge and the others,” Felicia responded.
“Alright! You take some rest!”
Night Orchid briefly checked Felicia’s injuries and, finding no immediate danger to her life, did not stay any longer.
Subsequently, she instructed about ten Skydragon Dark Guards to watch over Felicia before rushing towards the battlefield of Judge and Soul Chaser.
Judge and Soul Chaser’s opponent was also a half-step Sacred Realm expert. At this point in the battle, both Judge and Soul Chaser were already nearing exhaustion, with less than thirty percent of their strength remaining.
Without assistance, they wouldn’t last more than a minute or two.
“Judge, Soul Chaser, take a break and let me handle this!” Night Orchid’s voice echoed.
“Be careful, Night Orchid!” Judge and Soul Chaser said simultaneously.
“I’ll be fine!”
After his remark, Night Orchid wielded her curved blade and charged towards the opponent.
Judge and Soul Chaser didn’t linger either. They took out a Chi Condensing Pill from their bodies, swallowed it, and then landed on the ground to rest temporarily.
Meanwhile, while Felicia and Night Orchid were teaming up against the half-step Sacred Realm opponent, Frostblade and Stout were engaging in a fierce battle with another half-step Sacred Realm expert not far away.
Both Frostblade and Stout were covered in wounds, blood continuously flowing from their mouths, their faces filled with solemn expressions.
With a loud crash, Frostblade and Stout were sent flying like leaves.
Flying out for a kilometer, they barely steadied themselves, only to spew out another mouthful of blood, their strength rapidly declining.
“I underestimated the two of you, being able to hold on for so long!” the half-step Sacred Realm opponent remarked as he strolled towards them.
He was indeed surprised.
Originally, he thought that dealing with two fighters at the sixth-rank Divine Realm, even if he could only unleash the strength of the ninth-rank Divine Realm, would have ended in three moves at most!
Yet, after battling for some time, they had exchanged blows for more than a dozen rounds, and the two opponents were still hovering in the air.
This naturally caught him off guard!
“Stout, are you alright?” Frostblade asked as she slightly caught her breath and arrived at Stout’s side.
“I’m fine, I can hold on!” Stout wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and asked, “Frostblade, how are you?”
“We can’t hold on any longer,” Frostblade replied without directly answering his question.
She gazed solemnly at the approaching half-step Sacred Realm opponent in the sky.
She knew very well that if there was no other way, they could only hold on for a few more minutes, but it wouldn’t change the outcome.
“Frostblade, can you hold him off for two to three minutes alone?” Stout furrowed his brows and asked with a serious look.
“Do you have a plan?” Frostblade asked, slightly surprised.
“I once learned a needle technique from my sister that can elevate a person’s cultivation level by one rank in a very short period of time!” Stout nodded.
“There must be side effects, right?” Frostblade looked at Stout.
She didn’t need to ask to know the answer to this question.
If there were no side effects, Stout wouldn’t have brought it up just now.
“I can’t afford to think too much about it!” Stout spoke up, “It’s better than being killed by that old guy. Frostblade, you just need to stall him…”
“I can’t stall him for three minutes!” Frostblade interrupted Stout directly, “You give me the needle, I’ll break through!”
“Then you can use poison techniques to stall him for two or three minutes, right?”
“But…” Stout hesitated slightly.
“There’s no time, hurry up!” Frostblade said firmly again.
“Then… okay!” Stout didn’t insist anymore.
He knew very well that with Frostblade’s current state, she might really not be able to hold the opponent for two or three minutes.
By then, it was likely that both of them would die!
And if he used poison techniques, it was possible to stall the opponent for a few minutes.
With time running out, Stout didn’t waste any more words. His wrist continued to flip, and nine silver needles shot into Frostblade’s body at nine major acupoints.
“Er…” At the next moment, Frostblade frowned, a look of extreme pain flashing between her eyebrows.
“Frostblade, focus on your lower abdomen, circulate your Chi through meridians, and turn the Chi around!” Stout said.
“Okay!” Frostblade took a deep breath and began to do as instructed.
After a few breaths, her breath became extremely unstable, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.
At the same time, the half-step Sacred Realm opponent had already arrived a few hundred meters in front of the two of them.
“I underestimated you, you even know the secret method to improve your cultivation!” The old man could roughly guess what might happen from the chaotic Chi on Frostblade’s body.
“However, I’m sorry to inform you that you are out of time!”
Before he could finish his sentence, Stout had already taken the lead.
He quickly flipped his wrists, and rows of silver needles shot towards the opponent like rain.
From the shiny liquid on the silver needles, it was evident that they were coated with highly toxic substances.
“Just a petty trick!” The opponent naturally didn’t take these silver needles seriously.
As he spoke, he raised his hand and sent out a strong palm wind, immediately blowing away the silver needles.
However, at this moment, he faintly sensed a few wisps of a faint fragrance entering his body through his nose, refreshing his heart.
“Damn it!”
At the next moment, the old man knew he had been poisoned.
Moreover, he could clearly feel that these toxins were several levels stronger than the toxins in the valley.
Without thinking much, he hurriedly activated his internal energy to suppress the poison.
Stout didn’t give him any breathing room and shot out the remaining dozen or so silver needles.
At this moment, the old man, who had to mobilize his energy to suppress the poison, dared not use his Chi power recklessly and could only dodge the needles.
Stout once again moved up close and unleashed a series of punches with his remaining strength.
His purpose was to prevent the opponent from concentrating on suppressing the poison, thereby delaying some time.
Just as he intended, the old man didn’t directly confront him, dodging his attacks.
“You can die now!” a minute or two later, the old man said in a deep voice.
Immediately after, an extremely powerful wave of energy swept towards Stout.