C138 The Reversal of the Situation!!
Ying Zhi, with a hint of concern in his voice, inquired, "Dean Hee Yan, is Mr. Qin okay?"
Hee Yan, with his gaze fixed on the center of the arena, responded, "He's still alive; his presence hasn't faded. The specifics, however, are unclear."
As everyone waited with bated breath, Qin Buyi emerged from the abyss, soaring into view.
Qin Buyi was in a dire state, his bones nearly pulverized throughout his body.
His golden blood flowed everywhere, cloaking him in a shimmering golden sheen.
His ability to fly was solely due to the formidable Divine Consciousness within his sea of consciousness.
Just as Qin Buyi made his appearance, the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise were quick to pursue.
The Thunder Dragon's head, split in two along with part of its body, was a sight to behold.
The essence of thunder flickered at the site of the dragon's wounds, as its head and the severed body portion gradually regenerated.
The Thunder Black Tortoise fared slightly better, its thunder-formed shell cracked, revealing glimpses of the head and limbs nestled within.
With a roar and a buzz, the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise rapidly closed in on Qin Buyi, whose combat strength was greatly diminished.
Feeling the chase intensify behind him, Qin Buyi grew increasingly restless.
His eyes scanned the area where the Thunder White Tiger had vanished after being besieged by the quartet of Annihilation Immortal Slaying Combination Skills, leaving behind a dense concentration of thunderous energy.
Upon witnessing this, Qin Buyi resolved to take a desperate chance, thinking, "It's now or never; I'll treat a dead horse as if it's alive."
He summoned all his Divine Consciousness and raced toward the thunderous energy.
Within a single breath, he was halfway to his target, with the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise two-thirds of the distance behind him.
After another breath, Qin Buyi reached the thunderous energy and a powerful suction emanated from within him.
He absorbed the energy into his body, and as the thunderous force melded with his golden blood, it surged with vitality, mending his wounds.
Qin Buyi's eyes brightened with realization: "Just as I suspected, my golden blood can heal my injuries by absorbing the thunderous power."
At that moment, the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise were still a third of the distance away from Qin Buyi.
Qin Buyi calculated that his internal injuries would begin to heal after ten breaths, with his combat strength returning to seventy percent after twenty breaths, and complete recovery would take about fifty breaths.
But the imminent attack from behind was only a breath away.
He directed his golden blood to focus on healing his right arm first.
The shattered bones in his right arm were fully mended by the potent healing properties of the golden blood in under a breath.
Within that single breath, the muscles and other tissues in the arm were also restored.
Qin Buyi called out, "Sword!"
With a "Whoosh!" the air split as the Killing Saber reached Qin Buyi's hand at an incredible speed.
As soon as Qin Buyi grasped the Killing Saber, the combined assault from the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise struck.
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slash!"
The dual blade lights fused, confronting the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise head-on.
Following that mighty slash, Qin Buyi's right arm, unsupported by the rest of his body, withstood the entire force of the Immortal Slaying Combination Skill.
A tearing sound echoed as the blood vessels in his right arm burst, spilling golden blood once again.
A resounding "Crack!" signified the golden bones in his right arm had shattered anew.
With the last ounce of strength in his right hand, Qin Buyi brought the Killing Saber to his lips, biting down on it as he propelled himself further away with the power of his Divine Consciousness.
The dark blade light detonated between the Thunder Dragon and the Thunder Black Tortoise, with the Annihilation Light flaring into existence momentarily.
The light bathed the Thunder Black Tortoise and the Thunder Dragon, reopening their freshly healed wounds.
A "Buzz~!" and a "Roar~!" followed as the Annihilation Light vanished under the onslaught of the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise.
They resumed their pursuit of Qin Buyi.
That strike had earned Qin Buyi a precious two breaths' worth of time.
In those fleeting moments, he harnessed his Divine Consciousness to guide the golden blood in fully healing the wounds on both arms.
He glanced back at the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise closing in on him, gripping the Killing Saber in both hands for another strike.
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
In an instant, Qin Buyi executed the Immortal Slashing combination technique three times.
His recently healed arms burst open again, hanging limply at his sides.
Clamping the Killing Saber between his teeth, Qin Buyi pressed on with his escape.
Three dark blade lights surged forward to meet the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise in pursuit.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The sound of explosions filled the air as three spheres of Annihilation Light burst forth on the field.
After five breaths, the light faded, revealing the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise with even graver injuries than before.
The Thunder Dragon's body had been cleanly bisected.
Were it not for the threads of lightning barely holding the two halves together, the Thunder Dragon would have dissipated into the ether of lightning.
Qin Buyi took advantage of those five breaths to stabilize his wounds, which ceased bleeding.
His shattered bones managed to knit together, restoring his combat strength to thirty percent of its prime.
With his Divine Consciousness back in the sea of consciousness, Qin Buyi no longer needed it to control his movements.
Undeterred, the Thunder Dragon and Thunder Black Tortoise resumed their relentless assault.
Observing the Thunder Dragon's wounds, Qin Buyi remarked, "To still be so lively despite such damage—truly, you are creatures without life."
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
"Killing Swordsmanship: Obliteration, Immortal Slashing!"
Once more, he unleashed three dark blade lights.
Qin Buyi's wounds were ripped open anew.
"This time it's not as severe as the last two. I reckon I'll recover in the span of a single breath," Qin Buyi mused.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Three blades of light slashed through the air, each one creating a sonic boom as they struck the Thunder Dragon's body.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The explosive sounds echoed as bursts of Annihilation Light detonated upon the Thunder Dragon's head, body, and tail.
"Roar~!"
With a defiant roar, the Thunder Dragon's massive form dissolved into the force of thunder beneath the onslaught of the Annihilation Light.
Freed from the Thunder Dragon's restraint, Qin Buyi breathed a sigh of relief as he faced the formidable shell attack of the Thunder Black Tortoise.
"Whoosh!"
Qin Buyi, exerting full control over his movements, narrowly dodged as the Thunder Black Tortoise's immense body hurtled past him, bringing a fierce wind in its wake.
"Boom!"
The Thunder Black Tortoise's colossal shell crashed into the earth, gouging out a massive crater a thousand feet across and several hundred feet deep.
Qin Buyi paid no mind to the Thunder Black Tortoise now embedded in the ground; the thunder power that had been healing his wounds was nearly depleted.
He soared to where the Thunder Dragon had vanished, and a surge of suction from within him drew in all the residual thunder power.
Having replenished his thunder power, Qin Buyi didn't launch an immediate counterattack against the Thunder Black Tortoise. Instead, he evaded the creature's shell assaults with the ease of a cat toying with a mouse. After ten breaths, Qin Buyi's injuries had begun to mend.
