Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System - Chapter 246: A battle breakout!

Chapter 246: A battle breakout!

At that very moment, Li Yun made his move.

From the instant the Giant Bat Beast had chosen their group as its target, he had already been preparing to strike.

His sword blazed with crimson flames as he slashed downward in one fierce motion using his 30% Flame Intent.

A flaming sword light tore through the air and struck the Giant Bat Beast head-on.

Though the attack was not enough to kill such a powerful creature, it struck with enough force to heavily injure it and momentarily stun it in midair.

Its descent faltered.

That single instant was enough.

Han Li seized the opening and retreated from beneath its claws, while Han Xue’s crescent blade attacks crashed into the beast immediately afterward.

“Quickly, attack!”

Wu Lin shouted as he and Shi Mo immediately launched another wave of powerful strikes toward the wounded Giant Bat Beast.

The others followed without delay.

Only Fan Qing, Xue Ming, and Yan Luo held back, their attacks lacking true force. In their hearts, they were hoping the Giant Bat Beast would kill Li Yun and his companions before being brought down.

At that critical moment, a jade-green flash cut through the air.

Mu Lan had appeared above the Giant Bat Beast’s upper right flank without anyone noticing when she moved.

Her jade-green scythe descended in one smooth and merciless arc.

The blade carved deep into the beast’s wing, nearly severing it completely, and a torrent of blood burst into the air like crimson rain.

Li Yun’s eyes narrowed sharply.

’What terrifying power! Her strength should already have reached the level of geniuses in the Hidden Dragon Rankings.’

Mu Lan’s strength was undoubtedly the greatest among all the Qi Sea Realm martial artists he had encountered so far.

Of course, he knew this judgment was limited by the fact that he had not yet seen many of the true monsters hidden across the Southern Martial Domain.

With one wing nearly destroyed, the Giant Bat Beast lost balance in midair.

Its body lurched violently, and because of the momentum from its dive, it could no longer recover control.

It crashed into the ground with a thunderous impact and slid across the earth in a trail of shattered stone and torn soil.

Once grounded, the Giant Bat Beast lost its greatest advantage.

On land, it could use at most thirty to forty percent of its true combat power.

Under the combined assaults of the group, it was quickly overwhelmed and slain.

After cutting open its body, however, they found no demonic core inside.

That discovery disappointed everyone, but there was no time to dwell on it.

As they continued onward, they encountered several more Tier 4 High-Grade demonic beasts.

Some were stronger, others weaker, yet with their combined strength, they managed to kill them all without suffering any major losses.

Without the heavy mist obstructing them, the route marked on the map became far easier to follow.

After half a day of travel, they finally reached the entrance to the tomb.

The entrance was built into the side of a small mountain.

The mountain itself appeared to have been hollowed out from within, and at its center stood a massive metal gate. Two ancient stone pillars flanked the gate, rising like silent guardians over the entrance.

The moment they arrived, the fragile alliance shattered.

“Kill!”

Almost instantly, Li Yun’s group and Yan Luo’s group attacked each other.

Li Yun, Han Li, and Han Xue had chosen Xue Ming as their first target.

At the same time, Yan Luo, Fan Qing, and Xue Ming aimed directly for Han Xue.

Yet what they had not expected was that Li Yun’s group had already anticipated this move.

The three had arranged themselves in a defensive formation, with Li Yun and Han Li standing in front and Han Xue positioned behind them, forming an inverted triangle that protected her completely.

The first exchange was brutally direct.

All six fighters immediately threw out their deadliest prepared weapons.

Li Yun cast dozens of Heaven-Shaking Thunderbombs into the air, each one worth an enormous amount of contribution points, together amounting to hundreds of thousands.

Heaven-Shaking Thunderbombs were artificial bombs made by martial artists for their aid in group battles. Though in Li Yun’s mind, it was like a grenade with lightning effect on it.

Han Li and Han Xue threw iron spheres.

These spheres were specially crafted explosive weapons that detonated the instant they encountered unstable air currents, releasing swarms of crimson steel pellets.

Those tiny pellets streaked through the air like miniature meteors, each carrying terrifying penetrating force.

On the opposite side, Fan Qing and his companions also hurled their own Heaven-Shaking Thunderbombs without hesitation.

The destructive power of a single Heaven-Shaking Thunderbomb was enough to kill an ordinary low-level Qi Sea Realm martial artist on the spot.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A chain of violent explosions erupted one after another, shaking the ground without pause.

Within a hundred-meter radius, the entire area was swallowed by fire and bursting flames. Countless crimson steel pellets shot wildly in every direction like a deadly storm, tearing through the air and riddling the earth with dense holes.

Mu Lan and the others had already withdrawn far from the battlefield.

After taking one brief glance at the chaos behind them, they quickly lost interest in watching the clash and turned their attention instead toward the massive metal gate.

When the smoke and flames finally began to clear, the devastation before the gate became visible.

The ground was shattered and scorched beyond recognition.

Dozens of meters away, Li Yun and his two companions stood together behind large shields, the three shields joined tightly to form a protective hemisphere around them.

Across from them, Fan Qing and his group looked far less composed.

They too had used shields, but unlike Li Yun’s side, they had defended separately rather than as a unified formation.

Because of this, the combined force of the Heaven-Shaking Thunderbombs barrage had caused them considerable trouble.

Yan Luo had suffered the worst as her cultivation was the weakest among them.

Several bloody holes had been torn into her body, and thin streams of blood were still slowly seeping from the wounds.

It was clear that neither side had achieved their intended objective.