Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 170: Palace of the Spirit
"Third Chief, what's the situation?"
Xiao Nie had to deal with a little trouble at the emergency shelter and had just come together. Yet he saw some elders including the third elder were also still here signaling they had not moved completely.
"For the time being we're making sure there are five people who enter our territory without permission. They attacked the northern, western and eastern regions simultaneously. The area is now devastated and some of our members are dead."
Xiao Nie's hand shook at Xiao Zhiqian's report. As long as he was a patriarch or now after retiring, it was only the first time that such a problem occurred.
Previously no one dared to tease the Xiao Clan blatantly. Even attacking the territory of the Xiao Clan. And what made him even more curious, was how they found the coordinates of the hidden domain of the Xiao Clan.
Xiao Nie gritted his teeth then took out his sword before darting rapidly towards the north.
Xiao Zhiqian and a few other elders were surprised to see the move Xiao Nie took. They united trying to remind, but Xiao Nie had already gone there.
"Third Chief, you're coming with me to go after Patriarch Sepuh. The others for the group to go west and east."
"understand!"
Soon after that eight elders and a dozen administrators split up with the existing troops. It consisted of dozens of heavenly levels, thirty saint levels and fifty senior levels.
When Xiao Nie reached the north his footsteps were restrained witnessing such severe damage. Before long in her sight was seen a man wearing black clothes with a red moon motif.
"Spirit Palace!"
Xiao Nie was stunned on the spot when he recognized the clothing emblem. Spirit Palace, the power group that came from the Long Empire and was famous for experiencing forbidden techniques.
"What was the purpose of them coming here?!" The Xiao Clan was a respected force not only in the Yang Empire, but also in the Xuan Empire or the Long Empire. However, since the fading of the bloodline in the descendants of the Xiao Clan, the position of the Xiao Clan has continued to decline to the present stage.
"Patriarch Sepuh,"
The First Elder and the Third Elder had just arrived together with twenty troops. As they realized the existence of the figure of a man standing on top of the tallest building, one by one their expressions changed recognizing the clothes he was wearing.
"Spirit Palace! Aren't they from the Long Empire?"
"First Elder, Third Elder!" call Xiao Nie before giving orders to them.
"You better go split up to help you face four other people."
"What?" The moment the First Elder was about to say something sounded an extremely loud explosion coming from three different points.
Blars!
Blars!
Blars!
The smoke vapor soared as if to tell them how chaotic things were there. Xiao Nie again said, "You guys should hurry. The ones we are facing right now are likely Spirit Palace experts at the nine-star heavenly level. Go help another group immediately."
"But Patriarch Sepuh. How's yours?" asked Xiao Zhiqian.
"Just calm. You don't have to worry about me. Move quickly!" yelled Xiao Nie.
Although there was a sense of reluctance they went to follow Xiao Nie's orders. In an instant they disappeared from the northern region dispersing eastward and westward. Now only Xiao Nie and the figure of the black-clothed man were still in place.
"You must be Xiao Nie, the only person of the Xiao Clan who is at the half-eternal level."
Hearing the words of the man wearing the gloves made Xiao Nie's face gradually serious.
Even after knowing his strength level was at the half-eternal level he was still so confident. It was obvious that the man was also on the same level.
"What is the purpose of the Spirit Palace coming here?" xiao Nie asked calmly.
"I'll introduce myself first. I am one of the five leaders of the Spirit Palace faction. Wolf faction, Ning Fang!"
Although he had guessed this man had a high standing in the Spirit Palace, but he did not expect it to be the leader of the wolf faction that was among the five Spirit Palace factions.
"What made you come here? It had been decades that the Xiao Clan had nothing to do with the outside world. So don't bring up past problems because I'm sure that's not your goal!"
Ning Fang laughed. "You're too confident. It used to be that the Xiao Clan was indeed among the respected powers in the three Empires. But now the Xiao Clan was absolutely nothing compared to the forces in the Long Empire."
"We came here to capture the owner of the moon goddess' body."
"..."
Xiao Nie's eyes widened to hear Ning Feng's words. His hand that was holding the sword trembled withstanding anger.
"What do you mean? The moon goddess' body?" xiao Nie asked with a stifled voice.
Ning Feng laughed deliberately at Xiao Nie. "You might not know, but the Spirit Palace got this information from the members of the Xiao Clan. So this pretentious attitude of yours is completely useless."
"What's? The Spirit Palace got the information from the members of the Xiao Clan? Who?" Xiao Nie's face became extremely ugly. She tried to refute Ning Feng's sentence in her heart, but the fact that Spirit Palace knew the moon goddess' body shattered her expectations.
"Bad! Even if the Xiao Clan was not as strong as it used to be, but still the Xiao Clan was a large clan that had a long history. You Spirit Palace, coming to the territory of the Xiao Clan is making a mess. Don't think I'll let it!"
After saying that Xiao Nie concentrated his power energy. The aura of suppressing power felt very real, which even the ground trembled as those energy sparks fell from the tip of the sword in his hand.
Ning Feng smiled as if what Xiao Nie was doing was not at all surprising to him. He stretched his right hand to the side then a sword suddenly appeared within his grasp.
"I knew it would be like this. So that's why I came directly. Because I want to deal with a clan that has a long history."
"Whisper!" xiao Nie shouted then took out five silhouettes of slashes continuously.
Blars!
Blars!
Where Ning Feng moved the silhouette of the slash was chasing him. Right at the fifth strike he no longer dodged, but faced it with the power energy of his war.
Booms!
His voice was even three times louder than the previous explosion. The two attacks spread out then disappeared along with the smog that was slowly fading away.
But don't think the fight is over. Knowing his attack had been successfully restrained, Xiao Nie immediately darted from his spot with shadowy footsteps.
Wush...
In an instant Xiao Nie was already standing behind Ning Feng. Taking advantage of this situation Xiao Nie immediately released a slash towards the opponent's back. But who would have thought Ning Feng's reaction was fast enough to realize Xiao Nie's true intentions.
"It's not that easy!"
Trank!
Ning Feng held the attack perfectly. It was just that what he had not thought before was the difference in strength between them so as to make his hand feel numb from holding the attack head-on.
Xiao Nie smiled when he realized it. "This old man is still quite capable of protecting the Xiao Clan. You better get out of here before you regret it."
Xiao Nie sensed Ning Feng's strength was not so far away from him. He had the confidence to defeat him. But what about the four people who came with him? It would definitely be difficult to ascertain how the state of the elders and the Clan troops that went to hold them back.
Ning Feng remained silent for a long while, then smiled without saying anything. No one knows what he's thinking. Similarly, Xiao Nie was always vigilant and ready to fight at any time.