Chapter 1172: The Battlefield Situation of the Water School
“Boom boom boom boom boom…”
Explosions rocked the world as greenish-violet lightning rained down from the clouds. Craters formed all over the earth like holes on a swiss cheese while the dust from the explosions clung to the air to obscure all vision.
Nightfall was already here but the battle showed no signs of slowing down. It was for a lack of a better word, a war zone. Elemental energy ran rampant across the battlefield along with earth tremors as if the end of the world was rapidly approaching.
All sorts of colored light filled the skies as several figures raced throughout the battlefield. Most of the figures were cloaked within a green or violet light as they left behind dazzling beams of light to shower onto the ground. Each ray of light exploded with the cracking sound of thunder when they impacted onto the ground.
A wave of multicolored light would always be left behind with each explosion, even after the explosion was gone. The light would linger there, changing color erratically as if the world couldn’t make up its mind of what color should be there.
There was a reason behind this strange phenomenom—the barrier protecting the Water School! It surrounded the entire school, preventing any damage to be done to the infrastructure behind it. This, of course, was what the Wind Lightning School was attacking right now.
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A giant three-pronged mountain stood behind the multicolored barrier. At the very top of one of the mountain peaks stood a giant hall. Dozens of people were gathered here to observe the situation outside. No one would be able to see inward, but these people were most definitely able to see the people attacking them.
These people were the key figures of the Water School.
Two figures stood shoulder-to-shoulder with one another. A gray-haired elder on the left and a blue-robed middle-aged man on the right.
They were the strongest fighters the Water School had to offer. The elder on the left was a Mid-stage Soul Emperor, Xu Yuanyang. The middle-aged man on the right was the current headmaster, Murong Xiao, an Early-stage Soul Emperor.
Behind the two stood two dozen Soul Kings. Some of those two dozen were newly-advanced students while the majority were elders of the previous generations. The Water School had more Soul Kings, but the majority of them were outside of the barrier seeking aid as Zhao Xiluo had done.
This was a fighting force that was no doubt weaker than the Beast Taming School. While the Water School hadn’t that strong of a force, they were definitely able to match the Beast Taming School if the Five Schools united.
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“Headmaster, the energy from the Five Elements Formation is close to being depleted! If this goes on then our barrier will soon collapse!!”
A white-haired elder behind Murong Xiao reported anxiously.
The Five Elements Formation was the strongest formation the Water School had to protect them. It was a formation created by the combined efforts of the Five Schools. Each of the five had one of these formations that’d gather the five main elements in a complementary fashion to create a powerful barrier. The formation was also capable of replenishing its energy by drawing on the ambient energy of the world, but not if the rate of consumption was far too high for the ‘core’ of the formation to sustain.
Over the course of their besiegement, the Water School hid behind the formation to recuperate. Whenever the formation was close to being depleted, the Water School would emerge from the barrier to force their enemies to retreat. That way, the formation would have some time to replenish itself.
But the formation was already close to losing the battle of attrition. This was the fifth attack by now, and the intervals between each attack were growing shorter and shorter. If they didn’t do anything, then the Water School would find themselves utterly defenseless after the next thirty minutes or so…
The entire Water School was exhausted. Their enemies had the luxury of resting whenever they were tired, but the Water School had to remain on high alert at all times. If not for their innate ability to treat wounds at an accelerated pace, the Water School would’ve succumbed to their wounds a lot earlier.
“......” Murong Xiao was silent for a moment. “There’s no helping it…prepare to force the enemies back again! Avoid battling by yourself or any injuries! Protect the main gates!”
The Soul Kings behind him stiffened at once. Prepared for battle, each one of the soul cultivators began to draw their soulforce to their bodies to fight.
“Headmaster…let us fight this time!”
A determined voice called out to Murong Xiao. Turning around, the Soul Kings and headmaster watched as a blue-robed and beautiful young woman approached them—it was Kou Tingting!
Kou Tingting at this point in time was an Early-stage Soul King.
“I agree! Headmaster, let us fight too! As students of the Water School, it is our duty to put our lives on the line for our school!”
Another female student cried out after Kou Tingting.
“Absolutely not, you are Early-stage Soul Kings. Coordinate with the relief efforts inside the barrier and heal our wounded.”
Kou Tingting bit her lip in reluctance, she did not like that plan at all. “But…” Another woman beside her began.
“I am aware of your feelings for our school, but now is not the time. We must hold out for a little longer, help will arrive soon.” Murong Xiao explained. He was grateful for their enthusiasm, but it was unnecessary at the current moment.
“Headmaster!!”
A student came running out from the main hall toward them. “Headmaster! We received a response on the communication array, the Wood School is sending reinforcements!”
“Oh?!” Murong Xiao grew joyous at once, “Where are they?!”
“According to our array, they’re a hundred kilometers away to the west!”
“The west…” Murong Xiao muttered, deep in thought. “Elder Qu,” He commanded an elder behind him, “Receive them from the back while we engage the enemy!”
“I’ll go with elder Qu!” Kou Tingting took the moment to request.
Murong Xiao hesitated for a moment, unsure of how to reply.
“Very well then, but be careful.”
The past battles had shown that the enemies were focusing their attacks on the front gates of the school. If he and the others engaged the enemies, then elder Qu and Kou Tingting should most likely be safe from any danger. If they could get the reinforcements through the barrier from behind then the school should be able to plan an easy plan to repel the invaders.
With time as the essence, elder Qu brought Kou Tingting and a few others through the back. Disguising their auras until they were close enough to the edge of the barrier, the group took off into the sky to fly as quickly as they could toward the reinforcements!
The barrier did little to stop them, and at this moment, Murong Xiao was leading the others to fight the Wind Lightning School!
Both sides of the battlefield already clashed multiple times by now. Communication wasn’t necessary for either parties to engage in. It was time for another fearsome battle!