Trials of the Abyss

Chapter 50: Jumping into the Deep Hole



Chapter 50: Jumping into the Deep Hole

Chapter 50: Jumping into the Deep Hole

Dong Tianze continued his slaughter.

Pang Jian stared silently at Dong Tianze's every move from the bottom of the small hill, his hand clutching his Dragonwood Spear as he attempted to find a gap in his attacks.

The brutal slaughter of the Su Clan and the He Clan did not affect Pang Jian. His heart remained as unyielding as a rock.

All Pang Jian could think about was how to effectively counterattack while preserving his own life when facing Dong Tianze.

Dong Tianze had obviously mastered some kind of movement technique. His movements were as elusive and agile as lightning, making it hard to keep up with him.

The advantage of numbers was useless in the open terrain as he was able to attack them one by one with his swift speed.

He had to be confined to a narrow space!

While Pang Jian was calmly devising a plan to deal with Dong Tianze, Zhou Qingchen abruptly turned his head and shouted, "You two, be careful! I'll deal with Dong Tianze!"

A long saber gleaming with cold light appeared from the silver ring under his sleeve. Zhou Qingchen wielded the long saber and rushed straight toward the small hill!

The edge of the long saber did not look sharp. It even had many nicks. However, when Zhou Qingchen wielded it, there was a sense of added weight as though he was holding a mountain.

"That long saber was forged from cold iron. Cold iron, like black gold, is a type of high-grade metal," Luo Hongyan casually explained. Surprise flashed in her eyes as she watched Zhou Qingchen wielding the long saber, and she said, "He has a storage-type spirit artifact on him. There are very few people in the Fourth World who own storage-type spirit artifacts.

"Dong Tianze doesn't want to make Zhou Qingchen his first opponent because Zhou Qingchen, like him, has stepped into the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

"He's worried that we and Han Duping will support and attack from a distance if he fights Zhou Qingchen. So, he chose to avoid Zhou Qingchen and use his movement technique to kill the weaker ones first!"

Luo Hongyan had long seen through Dong Tianze's intentions. The corner of her lips twitched as she asked, "Were you trying to provoke him with the bamboo flute so that we could deal with him first?

"If we engaged him in battle, he would've found it difficult to break free from the encirclement, especially with Han Duping's support. Unfortunately, he managed to regain his composure and refrain from doing something foolish by biting that woman."

Luo Hongyan calmly offered her thoughts as she watched the battle in front of her. She believed she had seen through Pang Jian's intentions.

Seeing Pang Jian remain silent, she raised her eyebrows and chuckled lightly. "You're usually aloof and always ignore others. I didn't expect there to be a hint of arrogance lurking inside you."

"I wasn't thinking that far ahead. I just don't like him," Pang Jian replied.

According to Dong Tianze, those with an essence of the Celestial Phoenix would come to Central Lake Island and fight to the death here with him.

Pang Jian had acquired more than one essence of the Celestial Phoenix.

Since they were destined to fight to the death, Pang Jian naturally racked his brain to come up with a plan to eliminate Dong Tianze.

He would find a way to kill anyone who posed a threat to his life, ensuring that there were no lingering dangers.

Pang Jian soon noticed that Zhou Qingchen was much slower compared to Dong Tianze.

After arriving at the small hill, Zhou Qingchen ripped the Heartguard Mirror hanging on his chest and threw it to Han Duping. "Old Han, use this to protect yourself!"

He then darted toward Dong Tianze.

At that moment, the blood-soaked Dong Tianze was fighting barehanded with Su Yuntian and He Rong.

The black gold dagger named Ghost's Cry hovered in the sky like the Divine Spirit Pagoda, capturing both ghostly apparitions and Spirit Devils.

The more ghostly apparitions it captured, the more powerful it became.

When he saw Zhou Qingchen approach imposingly, Dong Tianze flashed a wicked grin. Ghost's Cry swiftly descended and hovered above Zhou Qingchen's head.

The numerous ghostly apparitions that were captured and stored inside Ghost's Cry flew out from the holes on its blade and swarmed Zhou Qingchen in a way reminiscent of the spirit turtle in the hollow skull.

Zhou Qingchen found himself ensnared in a quagmire of ghostly apparitions. Anguish could be seen in his eyes as he fought desperately against the encroachment of the ghostly apparitions on his soul.

"Dong Tianze is different from Ouyang Duanhai. Although they both obtained a drop of the essence of the Celestial Phoenix, Ouyang Duanhai's heart was devoured by it while Dong Tianze maintained his spiritual consciousness. This means that he has refined the essence of the Celestial Phoenix, making him much more terrifying as a Divine Guard!"

Luo Hongyan watched with growing unease as Dong Tianze killed He Rong and Su Yuntian with his bare hands.

She had always known that He Rong harbored subtle hostility toward her, but she had paid it no mind.

The deaths of He Rong and Su Yuntian did not stir any ripples in her heart. It was exactly what she had anticipated.

However, she never thought that it would happen this quickly.

While Su Meng cried, Han Duping activated the Heartguard Mirror that Zhou Qingchen had thrown earlier. A towering red mountain appeared above his and Su Meng's heads.

The red mountain resembled the peak at the Red Mountain Sect, radiating a deep crimson light that enveloped the two.

Dong Tianze had smashed He Rong's eyes with his punch and wiped the bloodstains from his fists with the sharkskin. He then stood up and walked toward Han Duping and Su Meng.

Han Duping hastily transformed himself into a silver ball, then said to Su Meng from inside, "Young lady, we're both in the Meridian Opening Realm. I can't protect you. I'll be rolling down the mountain soon. I won't be able to take care of you."

Han Duping held Zhou Qingchen's Heartguard Mirror, so the towering red mountain would follow him wherever he went.

The towering red mountain suspended above his head was capable of fending off the mental attacks. Having curled up into a silver ball, he could also fend off Dong Tianze's barehand attacks.

His words were to remind Su Meng to follow him in fleeing the small hill, so the towering red mountain could also help shield her.

However, seeing her father brutally murdered in front of her, Su Meng no longer cared about Han Duping's words. In her grief, she even attempted to break free from the protective shield of the towering red mountain.

Han Duping reached out from the silver ball and grabbed her, angrily asking, "Do you want to die too?"

"Pang Jian, aren't you going to save her?"

At the foot of the small hill, Luo Hongyan cast a strange glance at Pang Jian and said, "That little girl is quite cute, and she hasn't been annoying. She's about to be killed by Dong Tianze. Aren't you going to lend a hand?"

Pang Jian stayed silent as he jumped into the deep hole.

Luo Hongyan was stunned.

On the top of the small hill, Dong Tianze had been walking toward Su Meng and Han Duping when he suddenly stopped in his tracks!

He had been closely monitoring the entire island and was alerted when Pang Jian unexpectedly jumped into the deep hole.

His expression changed as he glanced between Han Duping, now transformed into a silver ball; the floating crimson mountain; and the temporarily restrained Zhou Qingchen.

After a fierce internal struggle, he roared, "He just loves courting death!"

Whoosh!

He stomped the ground with his feet and soared into the sky. Like a hawk diving for prey, he aimed straight for the deep hole.

He did not even spare a glance at Luo Hongyan or Shangguan Qin even though they were both next to the deep hole.

In his eyes, both women were insignificant side characters. Whether he killed them now or later was inconsequential.

"Curse you!"

Luo Hongyan acted as though she was unaware of Dong Tianze's rapid approach. She angrily leaned over the deep hole and yelled, "Don't you realize you're also putting me in danger by constantly provoking him?"

"I was hoping you would come down too," Pang Jian shouted from below.

"You want me to come down too? Who told you I was planning to fight him? Do you think I care about the Su Clan or the He Clan or even Zhou Qingchen?" As Luo Hongyan cursed Pang Jian, she nimbly moved aside to avoid blocking Dong Tianze's descent into the deep hole.

Boom!

Dong Tianze collided with something hard, leaving him dizzy and disoriented, and was forcefully ejected from the deep hole.


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