Chapter 574 - 572: Joining Hands to Kill the Enemy

Chapter 574: Chapter 572: Joining Hands to Kill the Enemy

Bing Xuanchen didn’t even have to think. His heroic spirit soared to the heavens as he declared wildly, "Good! That’s exactly what I was thinking!"

Jiang Jichen had only made the suggestion offhandedly. He hadn’t expected Bing Xuanchen to be so straightforward and fearless in the face of death, and he couldn’t help but feel a flicker of admiration.

"I am Jiang Jichen, an enemy of the Holy Mountain. I carry the Purple Jade Map, am being hunted by a group of people, and am heavily wounded!"

Facing Bing Xuanchen, Jiang Jichen spoke plainly, revealing his identity without hiding a single thing.

Most people, upon hearing he was an enemy of the Holy Mountain, would have been instantly terrified. Who would dare approach him then?

Let alone join forces with him to fight their enemies.

But Bing Xuanchen’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. His voice was clear and resonant as he said, "I am Bing Xuanchen, the leader of the Assassin Alliance. I was betrayed by my brother, hunted by traitors within the alliance, and I, too, am heavily wounded."

This exchange was frank and honorable, a clear display of their soaring heroic spirit and the sincere, loyal pact they were forging.

As soon as Bing Xuanchen finished speaking, one of Jiang Jichen’s pursuers laughed coldly. "Two broken men, and you still dare to spout such nonsense? You’re courting death."

"They’re just a couple of dumbasses. It’s fitting they should die together!"

"Bing Xuanchen of the Assassin Alliance, the King of Assassins in the Six Paths Illusion Realm... To think he’d see a day like this."

"Jiang Jichen and Bing Xuanchen... to think they’ll both die by our hands. This battle will grant us supreme prestige!"

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The crowd chimed in one after another, their words dripping with ridicule.

They could see that both Jiang Jichen and Bing Xuanchen had less than a tenth of their full combat strength remaining.

It was impossible for them to stir up any more trouble, so their pursuers had no fear.

They had already judged that the two men had no strength left to resist. They were dead men walking, free to be mocked as much as they pleased.

At that moment, Bing Xuanchen had already retreated onto the massive boulder to stand with Jiang Jichen.

Jiang Jichen transmitted his thoughts secretly. ’Brother Xuanchen, you’re the King of Assassins, a master of Assassination Skill. My defense can still hold. Hide behind me, and I’ll create an opening for you.’

Bing Xuanchen replied, ’Don’t worry, Brother Jiang. Give me the slightest chance, and the enemy will die!’

Although Bing Xuanchen looked wretched, his body covered in wounds and appearing exceptionally weak, he remained supremely confident.

His every word and action carried the air of the King of Assassins.

Jiang Jichen had heard before that there were three major Assassin Organizations in the Six Paths Illusion Realm.

They operated exclusively in the Darkness, practicing the Assassination Skill.

It was said that for the right price, they could assassinate anyone beneath the Six Young Venerables and the Nascent Soul Ancestors.

The Assassin Alliance was the largest Assassin Organization in the Six Paths Illusion Realm.

And Bing Xuanchen, as the leader of the Assassin Alliance, also held the title of King of Assassins of the Six Paths Illusion Realm.

So, naturally, Jiang Jichen had complete confidence in him.

’Besides, since we’re joining forces, we have to trust each other. Only then can we cooperate seamlessly and unleash our strongest combined fighting power,’ he thought.

Jiang Jichen laughed heartily. "Excellent! Let’s join forces and have a damn good fight!"

As he spoke, Jiang Jichen strode forward, brandishing Sinking Mountain, and took the offensive against the attackers surrounding the valley.

Bing Xuanchen became like a shadow from the Void, completely melting into the space behind Jiang Jichen as though he didn’t exist.

It was as if he had merged with Jiang Jichen’s very own shadow!

Surrounding the valley were a total of thirty people.

Fifteen of them had come to hunt Jiang Jichen.

They had managed to escape the pursuit of Fierce Beasts, bypass the Heavenly Dao Prohibitions, and track him here.

This was due not just to luck, but to their immense power.

Every one of them was a Nascent Soul Old Monster, with strength comparable to someone ranked twentieth among the top experts of the Six Paths Illusion Realm.

If Jiang Jichen were uninjured, killing these people would have been effortless.

But now, killing even a single one of them would be difficult; he could even be killed in a counterattack.

Another fifteen were hunting Bing Xuanchen.

They were all ace assassins from the Assassin Alliance—extremely powerful, masters of the Assassination Skill, and impossible to guard against.

Unfortunately for them, however, they had run into Jiang Jichen.

With his lightning-fast Shadow Step and a Divine Thought at the Seven-Colored Perfect Realm, all of their Assassination Skills were doomed to fail against him.

Seeing Jiang Jichen charge, the fifteen ace assassins from the Assassin Alliance melted into the Void, vanishing in an instant.

They had made their move, preparing to strike from the shadows.

But with a flicker of his Divine Thought, Jiang Jichen had already locked onto one of the ace assassins.

In the next moment, Jiang Jichen flashed sideways, appearing in a seemingly empty patch of the Void as he swung Sinking Mountain in a swift, horizontal slash.

BOOM!

The Void trembled. An ace assassin who had been hiding within it, preparing to strike, had his Invisibility shattered and was forced to appear.

At the same time, the power of Sinking Mountain, as heavy as a great peak, bore down, causing the pressure in that pocket of space to skyrocket.

The ace assassin tried to flash away and escape, but its influence slowed him down by a fraction of a second.

PFFT!

A mere fraction of a second, but it cost him his life.

A cold Sword Light stabbed out from nowhere, piercing him right in his Qi Sea.

Then, Ice Power surged forth, instantly encasing the ace assassin in ice.

Without pausing for a fraction of a second, Jiang Jichen accelerated and rammed straight into the frozen figure.

CRACK!

The frozen ace assassin shattered violently, turning into a pile of blood-red ice shards that scattered everywhere.

By now, Jiang Jichen had already appeared where another ace assassin was concealed. He brandished Sinking Mountain, unleashing a single technique: Suppression of the Eight Desolates.

In that instant, three ace assassins who had been approaching under Invisibility were revealed.

At the same time, suppressed by the Desolate Suppressing Power, their movements faltered for an instant.

But immediately after, three Sword Lights lanced out, and three ice sculptures appeared in their place.

CRACK!

CRACK!

CRACK!

Jiang Jichen followed up with his own technique, a move from the Great Wind Saber Technique. Swirling Wind Blades ground the three ice sculptures into dust and blew them away.

At that moment, however, Jiang Jichen was finally hit by the enemy’s fierce and terrifying counterattack.

A terrifying barrage of Ultimate Kill attacks washed over them.

Ace assassins from the Assassin Alliance also struck from their blind spots.

Jiang Jichen’s expression was cold and detached. He roared, "The path of a Cultivator is paved with bones! Who can stop me? DIE!"

Facing such an assault, Jiang Jichen neither retreated nor dodged. Instead, he charged toward the largest group of Cultivators.

"PFFT!"

Jiang Jichen took another terrifying hit. His injuries worsened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

But still, he did not retreat, charging with unstoppable momentum until he was in front of eight of the pursuing Cultivators.

Eight-direction Wind and Rain, Earth and Heaven Shaking!

The Holy Sword appeared in Jiang Jichen’s hand as he executed a Sword Technique.

Sword Shadows assailed them from all eight directions like a coming storm, trapping the eight men.

Faced with Jiang Jichen’s terrifying Sword Intent, they couldn’t possibly ignore it and prepared to block.

But just then, a figure abruptly detached itself from Jiang Jichen’s shadow, appearing before the eight men.

"Freeze!"

The one who appeared was, of course, Bing Xuanchen.

He had seized the perfect moment to strike. With a single move, the world around them froze solid.

The eight Cultivators, their focus split as they defended against Jiang Jichen’s Eight-direction Wind and Rain Sword, were momentarily encased in ice.

And this ’momentarily’ was an infinitesimally brief instant.

But in that instant, Jiang Jichen had already swung his Holy Sword, unleashing the technique: Star Destruction.

SLICE, SLICE, SLICE...

Eight heads flew high into the air as their owners died on the spot.