Shang Xia could feel that Ran Biluo was sending a signal to the members of the Rose Party, hurrying them to take action.
Without a doubt, it was the best time to move now that Ji Wenlong and Liu Qinglan were both occupied.
Shang Xia hurried over to the bridge and he was greeted with a miserable cry coming from the other side.
“Huh? What’s going on?” He looked in the direction of the Mingxiu Peak and frowned.
All of a sudden, a wave of sword qi appeared on the other side and the heaven and earth qi around the area trembled.
Not good. Anyone who could unleash that kind of strength had to be in the Martial Intent Realm! Did the Rose Party start moving?!
Shang Xia unleashed his Irregular Steps and ran towards Tian Mengzi and Jin Guanchao’s location.
He was just about to greet them when he received the shock of his life. Jin Guanchao and Tian Mengzi turned to stare in the direction of the Mingxiu Peak when Jin Guanchao pointed at Tian Mengzi’s back.
“Ah!” Screaming in pain, Tian Mengzi fell to the ground.
Shang Xia stared at the scene before him in complete shock and he was at a loss for words.
He thought of many scenarios where the Rose Party would attack the bridges connecting the peaks. Never in his wildest imagination would he have thought that the spy from the Rose Party was right beside him!
No one expected Jin Guanchao to stab Tian Mengzi in the back! In the institution, there was a saying that the two of them had an unbreakable bond! However, the first person Jin Guanchao Betrayed was precisely his best friend!
Shang Xia recalled the scene where Jin Guanchao and Tian Mengzi rode into battle valiantly when they were attacked by the Wind Swallow Race previously. They bought him time to run!
Today, Jin Guanchao, who had been nurtured by the Tongyou Institution for so many years, revealed himself as a spy for the Rose Party!
“Clang!” The loud blast shook Shang Xia awake and he stared at Jin Guanchao who was attacking the bridge.
“Jin… Guan… Chao!” Shang Xia spat his name out word by word. However, he wasn’t the only one who saw what happened.
“Jin Guanchao, what have you done!” A sharp cry came from nearby.
“There’s someone else! Shit! The Rose Party might have sent someone else to attack the bridge and they were waiting for the perfect moment to do it!” Shang Xia exclaimed in his mind. His shock deepened when he saw the person who appeared. Sun Haiwei! It was the instructor of the third outer division and the upper division disciple who sent him to the Tongyou Peak in her stead!
When Shang Xia thought about the members the institution sent over, he wondered if Sun Haiwei had entered the Martial Intent Realm.
Shang Xia felt that it was extremely possible. After all, she sent Shang Xia over as she had to enter seclusion.
When his brain was operating in overdrive, she had already turned into a streak of light that appeared several feet away from Jin Guanchao.
“Hold it right there!” Her scream filled the air as a trace of orange flame surrounded her body. At the same time, a trace of jade-green frost appeared below her.
Sun Haiwei trained in the dao of ice and fire and it seemed like she had a deep understanding of it.
Even though she released her aura, the heaven and earth qi around her remained calm. Two streaks of qi intertwined to form a fire and ice snake that shot towards Jin Guanchao’s back.
Ignoring her attack completely, Jin Guanchao used his chance to slash at the bridge one more time.
“Clang!” One link of the chain snapped, and it fell straight down. Luckily for the Tongyou Peak, there were two other chains holding the bridge in place.
“Hurry up and dodge…” Sun Haiwen cried out instinctively. A trace of panic appeared on her face even though she was the one who unleashed the attack in the first place.
The moment the words left her lips, Jin Guanchao turned around and his fists slammed into the incoming fire and ice snake.
Jin Guanchao seemed to turn into a massive wall that stopped the attack.
As her ice and fire snake exploded, waves of qi swept through the area and flattened everything. When the dust settled, Jin Guanchao looked like he ate a faceful of dirt. However, there seemed to be no damage to his body.
Sun Haiwei took the chance to stand between the bridge and Jin Guanchao. She glared at him with endless rage in her eyes and her voice trembled slightly as she spoke. “Who would have thought that you have already consolidated your martial intent. Who the hell are you? Why will you betray our Tongyou Institution?” Sun Haiwewi waved her hand in the air and tossed the weapon she held to the side. As it was of too low grade, it failed to withstand her inner qi and the tip shattered.
Jin Guanchao didn’t dare to meet her gaze. He looked at Tian Mengzi lying down on the ground and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes. However, he slowly suppressed his emotions before raising his head. “Everyone has their own story. Haiwei, you might have comprehended your martial intent, but you’re not my opponent. Stand down and cease your helpless struggle. Leave the battlefield. Today, the Tongyou Peak will fall!”
“We entered the institution together and we were best friends ever since our time in the outer division. We saved each other countless times! Is everything a lie?!” Sun Haiwei cried.
Facing her question, Jin Guanchao nearly lost control of his emotions. However, he eventually managed to suppress them.
Sun Haiwei continued and she seemed to be on the verge of breaking down. “From now on, you’re no longer the friend I knew! Regardless of who you are, your plan to take down the Tongyou Peak won’t succeed!”
She raised her hand and condensed a ball of inner qi in her hand after she spoke. An orange ball of flame danced around on it. On her other hand, layers of frost started to appear.
Jin Guanchao knew that there was no avoiding the battle and his expression turned ugly. He was the first to leap into action.
His body seemed to split into two as a shadow appeared from behind him. It shot towards the bridge as he lunged at her.
With a cold snort, Sun Haiwei released the ball of frost in her other hand and the ground froze over.
The shadow summoned by Jin Guanchao dissipated from the shockwave released by Sun Haiwei. The only thing left was a set of footprints that was directed towards her, but there was no one to be seen!
“What’s fake cannot be real and what’s real won’t be able to hide from me!” Sun Haiwei screamed and the ball of fire in her hand exploded. It turned into a sea of flames that engulfed everything in a ten feet radius.
However, there was no one to be seen!
Her eyelids twitched and a sense of danger filled her mind.
“Above you!” A voice rang in her ears.
As soon as it did, a horrifying martial intent descended on her. The scene in front of her eyes changed. Everyone she ever loved had a sinister smile on her face as they lunged at her, swallowing her in a sea of betrayal.
Lucky for her, she snapped awake almost instantly due to the reminder from before. She clapped her hands together and fused the power of frost and flame before raising it above her head.
The two elements intertwined and every time it pulsed, the power of fire and ice would grow stronger.
In several short flashes, a massive sphere of energy appeared above her. It froze everything in its way, and a figure was eventually revealed within. It was none other than Jin Guanchao who had comprehended the dao of void and reality.