parentshiftbook Chapter 205: An Ran kills Xuan Hao, and the pillar of thunder and fire reappears!
Chapter 205: An Ran kills Xuan Hao, and the pillar of thunder and fire reappears!
No one expected such a massive volcanic eruption.
Even Steward Song, who had been quietly resting with his eyes closed for nearly a month, had a change in expression at this moment.
"It was the merfolk who did it!"
He closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then quickly gave his answer.
These words made everyone around them jump.
How could it be a mermaid?
The merfolk are not to be trifled with. They have been in a standoff with the humans of the Taihu Lake region for many years, and their strength is by no means weak. Moreover, they are ruthless in their pursuit of exterminating any humans within their territory.
Previously, the Qingdan Immortal Sect had never held an entrance trial on a large scale, but it had once set up the trial site near the Mermaid Sea.
I've been harassed before, but never this intensely!
A volcanic eruption of this magnitude would be very dangerous for martial artists whose cultivation level is still at the Refining Realm.
Brush brush!
Chunks of lava, engulfed in flames, fell from the sky.
The airship erected shields around itself to block the incoming fireballs.
When the Angu continent below could no longer stop it, a large number of fireballs fell on it, igniting the dense evergreen forest.
An endless fire began to burn, and in the distance, crimson lava could be faintly seen rolling and spreading.
Zhang Ping quickly calmed down. Now was not the time to think so much. Although the giant volcanic eruption was dangerous, it was nothing to cultivators of their level. What they really needed to be careful of were the mermaid warriors hiding in the shadows.
"Qingfeng, Li Shishi, come with me!"
At this moment, Song Shi suddenly spoke, his eyes sharpening, and flew towards one side of the Angu Continent.
Seeing this, Li Shishi and her companion understood. Without hesitation, they followed.
Some of the protectors on the flying boat hesitated briefly, then, finding their jade tokens unresponsive, followed Song Shi. Others waited without moving.
Zhang Ping was one of them.
"They must have discovered traces of the mermaid. Their strength is currently unknown, so there's no need to risk going up there." He shook his head and looked at the jade tablet in his hand.
At this moment, a distinct red line appeared on the jade tablet, pointing to a certain place.
Zhang Ping immediately set off and flew in that direction.
At the same time, the moment Zhang Ping left, five people gathered together on the flying boat simultaneously took out their jade tokens.
"Is it Hao'er?"
"Feiyu's is also moving outwards."
Xuan Zhanzhan is the team leader of the Xuan family's trial this time. His cultivation has reached the end of the Marrow Infusion Realm. He has been honing his divine sense for more than 30 years and is a high-level combat force of the Xuan family.
"They're heading in the same direction as that kid from before. Hao'er and the others must be chasing their target. Let's follow them and see."
After a moment's thought, Xuan Zhanzhan made a guess in his mind.
The five followed Zhang Ping.
Some of the remaining people also sensed the movement of the jade tablet and went in different directions, while others stayed in the flying boat to avoid the fire rain.
Shift in perspective.
Zhang Ping flew a distance and sensed the change in the red thread on the jade pendant, knowing that he and An Ran were very close.
Looking down, it was right at the outer edge, close to the inside.
The transition from dense evergreen forests to shrubs clearly delineates the boundaries.
Suddenly, Zhang Ping stopped and turned around.
Five streaks of light flew over and stopped not far in front of him.
"Young friend, are you Zhang Ping?"
Xuan Zhanzhan stared at Zhang Ping's face, then suddenly remembered something and looked enlightened.
In this way, Hao'er and his group's target becomes An Ran?
Xuan Zhanzhan smiled and didn't speak to Zhang Ping again, standing silently in mid-air with his arms crossed.
The four elders behind him glanced at him with suspicion. They didn't recognize Zhang Ping, but they didn't say anything.
Zhang Ping remained calm, but inwardly he was impatient: "Five members of the Xuan family? It seems that An Ran has been entangled with the Xuan family."
Zhang Ping naturally recognized the Xuan family members on the same flying boat.
Since the other party showed no intention of continuing, he naturally didn't bother to reply.
Both sides looked down at the Angu Continent, where a small, continuous mountain surrounded by dense evergreen forests suddenly exploded!
A huge boulder collapsed on the mountaintop!
An Ran appeared there, his clothes tattered and stained with blood.
However, his complexion was surprisingly good.
He held a long spear in his right hand and a bloody head in his left.
Just as Zhang Ping was puzzled, he heard a fierce roar filled with extreme anger coming from beside him!
"Hao'er!!!"
Xuan Zhanzhan lost his composure; he couldn't believe his eyes!
Behind him, a person trembled with fear after seeing the head in An Ran's hand.
"Xuanhao! How is this possible! That head is Xuanhao's! He killed Xuanhao?!"
Panic and rage burned in the minds of the five elders of the Xuan family.
They couldn't believe that someone could kill their Xuan family's number one genius, Xuan Hao, during the trial, and they couldn't imagine what kind of punishment they would suffer after the news reached the family.
Without hesitation, Xuan Zhanzhan's blood and energy erupted like a furnace!
The killing intent almost filled the entire surrounding area!
Locked onto by this killing intent, Zhang Ping snorted coldly, clenched his left fist, and instantly created a blank space around himself.
Below, An Ran clearly noticed the two sides clashing in the air, but he ignored them at the moment.
Having crossed the mountaintop, he casually tossed the severed head aside, brandishing his spear with domineering power.
Taking advantage of the blind spot over the mountaintop, he launched a surprise attack from behind!
"The spear moves like a dragon!"
The released blood energy formed the shape of a dragon's head, which pierced through the chests of the two Xuan family disciples who had just caught up to the top of the mountain!
"Wind!!"
Another mournful scream rang out. One of the people who had just been passed through the hall was a direct descendant of one of the five elders of the Xuan family who had come with them. He had placed great hopes on him, but unexpectedly, he was killed right in front of him!
No one could tolerate something like this!
The elder immediately brandished his longsword and thrust it fiercely at Zhang Ping!
A battle at the Marrow Marrow Realm can cause quite a stir!
With its full force, the entire sky within the affected area changed color.
A powerful surge of energy compressed the space, carrying an intense heat!
The Xuan family cultivates the three attributes of fire, wood, and earth, with fire being the most important.
This attack was imbued with fire-attribute energy and was delivered with full force. Any other cultivator at the Marrow Transformation Realm would have to take it seriously.
But Zhang Ping merely turned his head away indifferently, and two pillars of lightning and fire appeared out of thin air! Instantly tearing apart the sword light!
"Be careful!"
Xuan Zhanzhan's pupils contracted, and he quickly made a move to defend himself.
But the pillars of thunder and fire emerged from in front of Zhang Ping, almost without end!
Xuan Zhanzhan took out a bronze half-angled shield from his spatial storage bag, which activated a greenish-brown shield to block the pillar of lightning and fire.
However, the immense force still managed to push the two back a thousand meters, until the golden light in Zhang Ping's eyes gradually faded.
They were finally able to stop. Their clothes were charred black, and their skin was dried and wrinkled from the heat.
"Such immense power! This person will definitely be a major threat in the future. Let's join forces and kill him!"
Xuan Zhanzhan's hands, supporting the shield, trembled. While shocked by Zhang Ping's strength, he also felt a great sense of crisis.
As An Ran's protector, this person must be related to the An family.
At such a young age, a peak-stage Marrow Transformation Realm cultivator, and possessing both lightning and fire attributes, breaking through to the Divine Integration Realm in the future is practically a certainty! He must be killed here.
Otherwise, it will have unpredictable consequences for the Xuan family's grand plan!