Chaotic Sword God - Chapter 920

Chapter 920

Chapter 920: Hanging by a Thread

Thysnich was also covered in blood . Despite his powerful strength, he struggled to remain unscathed when faced with the attacks of so many beasts at the same level of cultivation . His burly body was covered with tooth marks and slashes from the beasts’ claws, while he had already been dyed red by blood . It was unknown whether this was his own blood or the beasts’ .

Nubis was also covered in injuries, becoming bloody all over as well . Perhaps only Jian Chen remained unharmed out of all hundred and sixty experts . The defense of Jian Chen’s Chaotic Body was so great that ordinary Class 7 vicious beasts were unable to cause him any harm, their sharp claws, and teeth unable to pierce his skin . Only the beasts beyond Class 7 could pose some threat to him but Jian Chen would kill them off as soon as possible whenever he discovered any .

Xie Wang, Mo Ji, and the others stuck closely to Jian Chen and Nubis’ back . They were relatively weak compared to Jian Chen and Nubis, so they struggled very much to fend off the attacks from so many beasts . As a result, they too were littered with injuries .

Battle cries resounded everywhere, while the violent rumblings from the collision of energy constantly rang out . Violent energy ripples wreaked havoc throughout the entire hall and the ground was dyed red with blood . There was so much blood that a small pool had basically been formed .

Suddenly, the amount of blood on the ground began to decrease rapidly . It sank into the ground quickly, before it all flowed toward the hall in the barrier .  

No one noticed this .

At the same time, an extremely powerful soul rippled through the hall as if a great, sleeping spirit was slowly awakening .

The rippling of the soul was blocked by the barrier so it did not make it out . None of the experts fighting outside could detect it .

“Twenty thousand years . People have finally come in . Kill, kill, kill to your heart’s content . Let the blood dye this divine hall red…” A hazy voice sounded in the empty hall . It was impossible to tell whether it was male or female but it was filled with malevolence .

No one knew about the weird phenomenon inside the hall . The experts fought with the thousands of beasts for three whole days before finally killing off all of them . Countless Class 7 beasts had died in their hands, while even the number of dead Class 8 beasts reached over twenty . However, they were all below the Fifth Heavenly Layer .

Currently, the ground was littered with beast corpses . Over a hundred experts sat on top of the corpses as they breathed heavily; trying to catch their breaths . Their faces were filled with exhaustion . They were covered with terrifying wounds and were currently in a horrendous shape .

The battle was extremely intense . There were many more beasts this time and they were all much more powerful than the horde they had encountered at the start . They had also struck exactly when they were all heavily injured, taking them by surprise . From that battle, almost everyone had expended all of the Saint King’s power stored within them, while barely any medicines and pills were left .

Over forty experts had died in the battle . They had all fallen to the claws of the Class 8 beasts, leaving a little over a hundred alive . If it were not for the armors condensed from the Saint King’s power among the people alive, they probably would have fallen long ago and be dead by now .

Jian Chen was in the best condition out of them all . Although he had been injured by Class 8 Magical Beasts, he could recover automatically without any medicines thanks to his Chaotic Body’s powerful regeneration . Currently, he worked at leisure through the mountainous piles of corpses to collect monster cores .

Thysnich sat cross-legged on the corpse of a Class 8 Magical Beast as he recovered silently . He stared at the busy Jian Chen as he said emotionlessly, “The ruler of the Turtle clan sure has great defense . I’ve witnessed it today . ”

Jian Chen raised his head to glance at Thysnich after hearing that but said nothing . He then continued his collection of monster cores; these monster cores seemed to be more important than leaving to Jian Chen .

At this moment, Jian Chen seemed to realize something . He froze as he cried out, “The blood on the ground has actually all disappeared . ”

When they heard this, all the remaining experts immediately flipped through the corpses as they ignored their wounds . They uncovered the tough ground after kicking aside a few dead bodies .

The ground was extremely dry . Other than a few pieces of vicious beasts, there was no blood at all, not a single trace .

“Odd . Where’d all the blood from the beasts go? There’s no formation on the ground either . Is it different to escaping from the maze?” said someone in confusion . His voice was very weak .

“Look everyone . There’s no blood in the bodies of the beasts either,” cried out another person . With that, a few people immediately chopped up a few beast corpses . As expected, they found that all the blood had disappeared, without even a droplet remaining .

Jian Chen’s expression changed . He immediately thought back to when he was removing the monster cores from the heads of the corpses . He did not realize it then but thinking carefully now, he actually did not see any blood either .

“Look, their blood has run dry too,” someone else cried out . An old man carried the corpse of a Sea race expert as his face was filled with shock .

All of their faces darkened severely . This was so odd that it had exceeded their knowledge . No one knew whether this event was good or bad .

“If my guess is right, the blood should have all been sucked away by the divine hall,” an old man hypothesised after a while . That was the only way to explain everything that had happened .

“But why does the divine hall have to suck away the blood?” A few confused voices rang out . They could not work it out no matter how hard they thought .

At this very moment, the ground trembled gently once more . Heavy steps rang out from the distance as several vast presences filled the entire sky .

This sudden activity caused the relaxed experts to raise their awareness . When they looked over in the direction that the activity originated from, each and every one of them became pale . Five beasts, all over thirty meters in height, slowly made their way toward them . Each beast radiated with a terrifying aura, all at the 16th Star . They were all of the Fifth Heavenly Layer or greater .  

“This bloody Octoterra Divine Hall . Why’re there so many beasts in here? Now we’re done for, we’re doomed . ” Every person became despaired . Even at their peak, they would not be able to defeat the five 16th Star beasts, let alone now when they were all exhausted . They did not even have the power to deal with a single one, much less five .

Jian Chen also became grim . His eyes flickered as he secretly ordered the artifact spirit to awaken the white tiger within the saint artifact . If the situation took an irrecoverable turn for the worst, he would use the white tiger to pass through the barrier .

The white tiger’s ability to ignore all formations and barriers was Jian Chen’s greatest trump card . Unless he was forced into a situation with no other choices, he definitely did not want to reveal the white tiger before all these people .

“Jian Chen, what do we do? Those five vicious beasts are not magical beasts we can handle . If we stay here, there’ll only be death . Why don’t we enter the artifact space?” Nubis sent a mental message to Jian Chen . His voice was stern .

Jian Chen stared fixedly at the five beasts as an idea suddenly flashed through his head . He called out, “Everyone, we need to get through the barrier if we want to live . These beasts don’t possess any intelligence . If we use them correctly, we can completely rely on their strengths to break through the barrier . ”

Everyone’s eyes lit up when they heard this . Thysnich turned toward Jian Chen and growled, “Ruler, how much confidence in success do you have?”

“Do you have any other better ways then?” Jian Chen countered with a question .

“Alright, since we’re going to die anyway, let’s try it . This is the only way we can live,” boldly said a middle-aged man that was covered in blood . He acted like he had reached the end of his life, about to make one last struggle .

“Alright, ruler of the Turtle clan . I’ll believe you once . I wonder what you would like us to do?” Thysnich said . He thought secretly, “If he can break the barrier, then that would be for the best . Otherwise, I can only use this power to break through for myself . ”

Jian Chen said with a deep voice, “We need to split up into two groups . Those who can use Tian Level Saint Techniques will form one . They will cast their techniques simultaneously, while the second group will stand before the barrier and attract the beast’s attention . We need to get the beasts to attack us with their strongest strikes, before immediately dodging out of the way and attacking the barrier as well . When the attacks from the beasts hit the barrier, the first group will immediately strike it with their Tian Level Saint Techniques as well . I believe that over twenty Tian Level Saint Techniques along with attacks from five 16th Star beasts will be enough to break through the barrier . ” 

Everyone could not help but secretly nod when they heard Jian Chen’s plan, agreeing to it in their hearts . They immediately moved in accordance and all the people who could use Tian Level Saint Techniques gathered together . They took large quantities of medicines that recovered their energy, before beginning to charge up their Tian Level Saint Techniques .

The remaining people stood in a formation, firing off powerful attacks after each other at the beasts that rapidly drew closer .

With the violent booms, the five beasts were immediately enveloped by several dozen powerful ripples of energy . Although the attacks struggled to cause them any harm, it deeply aggravated them .

The five beasts all produced deafening roars, charging toward the people wildly .

The distance between the two groups rapidly decreased . However, just when the beasts were about to collide with the people, everyone dodged to the sides as fast as they could at the same time .

Boom! The five beasts collided heavily with the barrier, producing a violent rumble . At the same time, everyone’s attacks and the Tian Level Saint Techniques landed heavily on the barrier with an aura of destruction . The violent ripples of energy shook up the void, knocking everyone into the air . They all spurted blood wildly, worsening their injuries .

No one paid attention to their wounds . Instead, they all stared unblinkingly at the barrier . It shook violently, before a ten-meter-wide crack finally appeared . It began to close up slowly .

Everyone’s eyes lit up with joy . Without any hesitation, they climbed to their feet as fast as they could and charged recklessly at the crack . The crack was closing up slowly and it would completely recover in a short time . Everyone grasped every moment to charge at the crack . This was their only hope for survival .

Jian Chen was the least injured, so he was the fastest as well . Grabbing Nubis and Xie Wang by the shoulders, he used the Illusory Flash . He left behind a blur and traversed several hundred meters through the crack .

Afterward, the other experts elbowed their ways into the crack as well . However, there was not time for everyone to enter as the barrier healed up very quickly . It blocked the slower, heavily-injured people outside and they were consumed by the beasts in the end .