Splitting the Heave

“There seem to be some people fighting in the region. Should we head over to take a look?” 

After the Lightning Bird managed to advance thanks to Shang Xia’s Chaos Essence Lightning Palm that contained a trace of heavenly lightning, it seemed to have become more intelligent. The communication between the two became a lot smoother than before.

Sun Haiwei frowned and muttered, “Those around here can only belong to our Tongyou Peak! Let’s hurry up and head over!” 

The two of them used their movement arts and appeared outside the entrance to a valley. They heard the sound of battle echoing within.

Looking at each other, they tactfully hid themselves before making their way in.

“This…” Shang Xia looked at the vegetation that grew at the entrance to the valley. 

He might not be extremely knowledgeable in the field of herbs, but he could tell that many of them had faint wisps of heaven and earth qi swirling about the petals. They seemed to be undergoing some sort of transformation into precious herbs!

If that was happening at the entrance of the valley, what would be contained in it?!

Even someone like Shang Xia who had seen a lot of treasures felt his hands getting itchy. Greed threatened to fill his heart. At the same time, he cursed at the bastards fighting in there. 

Do you know how many resources you’re wasting by messing up the place?!

“This… This is a medicine valley!” Sun Haiwei exclaimed all of a sudden.

Even without her reminder, Shang Xia could have guessed as much.

All he wanted to do was to hurry up and enter the valley to stop those who were fighting. The faster the battle ended, the fewer herbs they would damage!

A medicine valley was a unique existence that existed in the battlefield between two worlds. There were countless herbs growing in the valley, and among them were even several precious herbs that couldn’t be found in the outside world!

Regardless of whether it was the Four Spiritual Peak or the Tongyou Peak, they tried endlessly to replicate a medicine valley in the battlefield between two worlds, but never once had they succeeded. The only way to obtain one was to find a naturally born medicine valley!

The appearance of a medicine valley was naturally a heaven-sent miracle. As such, the appearance of one would be a closely guarded secret by either party. As long as the medicine valley occupied by the other power was found, a bloody battle was bound to occur.

“There aren’t any beast cries and the only explanation is that the battle is between cultivators of our Tongyou Peak and the Azure Spiritual World!” Shang Xia exclaimed.

The two of them revealed their weapons and got ready to jump into the battle.

“Azure Spiritual World? Is the Four Spiritual Peak crazy? Why would they send their cultivators out now?” Sun Haiwei found it weird, but she didn’t slow down as they advanced towards the scene of the battle.

When they arrived, they watched the chaos from afar.

They could see that there were two groups fighting relentlessly in the middle of the valley, and there were several figures already lying motionless on the ground.

Indeed… It was a battle between cultivators of the Tongyou Peak and the Four Spiritual Peak! 

Even though the number of cultivators from the Tongyou Peak easily outnumbered that of the Four Spiritual Peak, they weren’t able to gain an advantage. 

There were more than a dozen cultivators at the Martial Realm on the Tongyou Peak’s side, and there were only three from the Four Spiritual Peak! However, all three of them were cultivators at the Martial Extremity Realm!

The strongest of the three had already started to use both types of qi he practiced! Shang Xia could tell that he had already reached the large completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm.

If not for the fact that there were disciples from the Tongyou Peak who knew how to use the five man formation used by the patrol squads to forcefully hold their opponents back, they would have lost a long time ago!

The Martial Realm cultivators could only try their best to encircle their opponents. 

Luckily for them, the two weaker cultivators from the Azure Spiritual World weren’t too strong. They were barely stuck in a deadlock.

However, Martial Realm cultivators were, after all, weaker than those at the Martial Extremity Realm. They were clearly out of steam.

“Hah… They’re pretty lucky…” Shang Xia snorted.

A chuckle left Sun Haiwei’s lips and she replied, “I’ll deal with the strongest of the three. You can sneak attack any of the other two.” 

“Alright!” Shang Xia laughed. With their strength, killing the three cultivators from the Azure Spiritual World would be as easy as flipping their palms. With the addition of the Martial Realm disciples of the Tongyou Peak, the fates of their opponents were practically sealed!

Regardless of whether it was Shang Xia or Sun Haiwei, they were terrifying existences in the Martial Extremity Realm. They would be able to kill any of the three in a single strike! Since they still had a mission to complete after this, they decided to deal with the problem as quickly as they could while wasting the least amount of energy.

Sun Haiwei appeared from behind a tree and dropped like a hawk on her target.

A pair of sharp spikes appeared in her palm as a trace of orange flame surrounded one of them. On the other, a chilling frost created a layer of ice on its surface.

Her target noticed her at the last moment and released an enraged cry.

Shang Xia smiled and made his move.

The disciples who were surrounding the two other cultivators of the Azure Spiritual World felt a breeze brush against them and before they could tell what happened, a massive blast rang through the air. One of the cultivators from the Azure Spiritual World was struck by the sudden explosion and he slammed into the ground with his skin burnt and his body twitching.

“Chaos Essence Lightning Palm! It’s Senior Brother Shang!” Someone exclaimed in shock.

Before anyone could react, the sound of metal scraping against metal rang through the air, causing the skulls of the Martial Realm cultivators to go numb. A miserable shriek filled the air before the sound stopped.

Everyone turned to stare at the other cultivator and saw Shang Xia standing there with his arms hanging casually by his side. The cultivator from the Azure Spiritual World was propping himself up with his weapon as he stared at Shang Xia with a gaze full of fear.

“Good… Good sword technique…” 

After the words left his lips, he crumpled to the ground in defeat.

Blood started pouring out of his wounds all of a sudden, and his body withered in an instant.

When the disciples of the Tongyou Peak were staring at Shang Xia incredulously, he was equally as shocked. Clearly, he didn’t know the effects of his sword art.

“What technique is this?” 

The question caused the group of disciples to move away, and Sun Haiwei could be seen approaching with a frown on her face. Examining the corpse, she muttered, “Looks like some sort of mysterious energy entered his body before igniting suddenly, pushing all the blood out of his body.”

Shang Xia didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he turned to look at the frozen statue that was the third cultivator of the Azure Spiritual World in the distance.

It was clear that Sun Haiwei managed to deal with her opponent when Shang Xia was busy with the two of them.

“Cloud Drizzle Sword Art… It’s my first time using it and I didn’t think that it would turn out this way.” Shang Xia smiled.

Nodding slowly, Sun Haiwei evaluated, “Yeah… You put too much into it.” 

A bitter smile formed on Shang Xia’s face. “Indeed… I didn’t know how strong he actually was. I could only give it my all… Who knew, he couldn’t even take a few hits! Hehe.” 

Only then did the disciples recognize Sun Haiwei. 

“Teacher Sun!” 

“Many thanks to Teacher Sun for lending a helping hand!” Many disciples started to send their greetings.

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After all, the number of disciples who were from the third outer division among them was numerous.

“Senior Brother Shang!”

“Chief Shang!” 

The disciples also greeted Shang Xia to express their gratitude.

“All of you are pretty lucky to locate a medicine valley!” Shang Xia laughed. “How did you run into cultivators of the Azure Spiritual World here?” 

“When we found this medicine valley, they were already stationed here. They probably hid in here when the beast tide broke out and we were ambushed by them! Several fellow disciples died! Luckily some of us here knew how to use the five man formation and stopped the strongest one among them. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have lasted till now!” 

“Dou Zhong?” Shang Xia was surprised when he recognized one of the disciples in the crowd. He no longer bothered about the explanation and he stared at the youngster with unwavering determination on his face.

The instant their gazes met, Shang Xia chuckled. A deep light flashed in Dou Zhong's eyes, and Shang Xia noticed it right before Dou Zhong could turn away.