Chapter 290: Ten Breaths!

As soon as the words were spoken, the killing intent from the six men surged fiercely!

Senior Brother let out a muffled groan and involuntarily stepped back a pace, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Xia Yanhuan immediately stepped forward in worry to support Senior Brother.

Just the killing intent released by the six was enough to injure Senior Brother!

“I’ll say it again—explain the reason you were able to kill so many people. If I’m in a good mood, I might spare your lives!”

After speaking, that disciple stepped forward, divine sense pressure bearing down in constant intimidation, clearly already treating them as fish on the chopping block.

At this moment, another disciple frowned and said:

“Why obsess over this? If not, just kill them all.”

Hearing that, the disciple who had just been questioning them rolled his eyes.

“What do you know? Their strength is nothing special, yet they were able to kill so many disciples. They must have relied on some external power or some treasure.”

“This time in the Trial Conference, our greatest opponent should be the Xuan Yu Immortal Sect. In a head-on battle, our chances of victory are at best fifty-fifty. If we can find out what external power these people used to kill so many, maybe we can learn from it and complete our crusade against the Xuan Yu Immortal Sect!”

When these words fell, the other five all showed expressions of sudden realization.

Indeed—whatever allowed this motley crew to slaughter dozens in an instant had to be a secret treasure or some kind of special external power.

Otherwise, with just this group from the Xian’ai Sect, there was no way they could have achieved such results.

Senior Brother’s expression darkened at these words.

They had no secret weapon, nor any so-called treasure. It was entirely thanks to Gu Fan’s special trump card.

Although no one had asked in detail about his trump card, after these few encounters, it was obvious to everyone that this thing required charging time.

The inability to attack instantly was the deadliest flaw!

At that moment, a voice from Gu Fan suddenly rang in Senior Brother’s mind.

“Senior Brother, help me hold them off for a while! I need ten breaths!”

Hearing this, he immediately understood Gu Fan’s plan and hesitated in his heart.

Ten breaths…

One-on-one, he could easily manage it, and even Nan Xuanrou could as well.

The problem was whether He Qing, Xia Yanhuan, and Qingxia Cangya could hold on!

That was the key!

“Not talking? Are you forcing us to make a move?”

Senior Brother was about to explain, but at that moment, he sensed Mysterious Power stirring behind him.

He knew instantly—Gu Fan was charging up!

There was no room for hesitation now. They had to buy those ten breaths!

“Everyone, defend yourselves with all your strength! Hold them for ten breaths!”

The six disciples opposite them froze for a moment, then sneered:

“You still dare resist? Courting death!”

Without another word, all six attacked at once!

Seeing this, Senior Brother cursed inwardly. These disciples from the great sects showed no slack—when they struck, it was with their full strength.

For all six to attack together—this left no room at all!

“So be it. Since you press us so hard, let’s see just how strong the so-called Six Great Sects truly are!”

Senior Brother’s expression suddenly became calm and detached. His gaze toward the incoming attacks turned ice-cold.

“Black Emperor Manor—you have truly gone too far!”

In the next moment, his Mysterious Power erupted like an inverted abyss, an oceanic momentum instantly stunning the figure charging at the front!

“Impossible! How could the Xian’ai Sect have such a powerful disciple!”

Another coldly snorted:

“So what if you’re strong? To stand against our Black Emperor Manor is to walk the road to death! Kill!”

With that, one disciple rushed straight at Senior Brother, engaging him in a fierce battle.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Nan Xuanrou slowly untied the ribbon binding her ponytail, her long hair cascading down her back.

“Then kill it shall be!”

The next moment, waves of terrifying soul-sound burst forth, rippling out in circles toward the opponents.

Gu Fan recognized this move—it was Nan Xuanrou’s unique bloodline divine ability, a type of innate talent.

It grew stronger alongside her cultivation level, an extremely useful skill capable of shaking the soul and causing dizziness.

Sure enough, caught off guard, the fierce offensive of the six attackers froze for an instant.

And that instant won Gu Fan another breath’s worth of time!

“Kill!”

Senior Brother and Nan Xuanrou deliberately chose the two strongest from Black Emperor Manor as their opponents.

But the remaining four disciples at the Celestial Heart Realm still charged toward the other four.

At once, He Qing and the others’ faces changed drastically.

“No matter what! We can only fight with everything we’ve got!”

“Hold out for ten breaths! Aside from trusting Gu Fan, we have no chance!”

Everyone unleashed all their trump cards and battle power without reservation.

Even the people from Black Emperor Manor were puzzled by the seemingly reckless behavior of the Xian’ai Sect.

But that did nothing to change the crushing superiority of their strength.

The instant the fight began, Cangya’s body was sent uncontrollably flying backward.

Blood mixed with bits of his organs sprayed continuously from his mouth and nose.

With the last of his strength, Cangya shoved a handful of top-grade pills into his mouth before charging back into battle!

Young Master Qingxia wasn’t faring much better—his azure domain was torn apart within just a second or two.

The powerful backlash made his soul feel as if it would split apart, nearly causing him to faint.

Xia Yanhuan and He Qing were in no better condition.

Only five breaths had passed, yet four of the six Xian’ai Sect members were already facing desperate situations.

Even though Senior Brother and Nan Xuanrou had impressive strength, they still couldn’t stop all six opponents.

This was the gap between the Celestial Heart Realm and the Solar Radiance Realm.

Even a half-step Celestial Heart Realm cultivator was no match—there was simply too much difference!

At that moment, He Qing coughed blood and shouted:

“Everyone, Ai Soul Technique!”

Immediately, Xia Yanhuan and the others’ eyes hardened, and they each formed a strange secret hand seal.

A phantom mugwort leaf appeared on their chests.

Without hesitation, they all reached out and yanked it free—then, as if time had reversed, every injury on their bodies vanished completely!

Even their depleted soul and Mysterious Power were fully restored!

The Black Emperor Manor disciples sneered coldly at the sight.

“A forbidden technique? Heh, it only means you’ll struggle a little longer. Stubborn to the end!”

But the disciple fighting Senior Brother felt something was wrong.

Logically speaking, if these people could burst out with this kind of power to hold them off, it would make more sense to use it to escape.

At least in his eyes, no matter how long they kept up this burst of strength, they could never defeat Black Emperor Manor.

The most important thing was—if they knew they couldn’t win, why persist? There had to be a reason…

The next moment, a possibility flashed through his mind!

The Xian’ai Sect members weren’t fighting desperately…

They were stalling for time!

And why would they be stalling…?

He recalled the Xian’ai Sect’s repeated, sudden leaps in strength…

They were preparing to use that instant-kill move capable of slaughtering dozens in one strike! They weren’t trying to flee or fight to the death—

They were buying time for a counter-kill!

In that instant, the chief disciple’s peripheral vision caught sight of a young man hiding at the side, keeping his presence as low as possible.

It was Gu Fan!

His hands were clasped together, and in his palms a black spherical energy was slowly forming and expanding.

Although no sense of danger emanated from it, his instincts screamed that he had to stop it—otherwise, they would be in unprecedented trouble!

“Stop him! Stop that disciple hiding at the side!”

The next moment, everyone followed his signal, turning their attention to Gu Fan.

At that moment, only two breaths remained of the ten!

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