Yin & Yang Pleasures of Cultivation

Chapter 227: Reverse Positions

A blindingly bright orange glow covered most of Darcel, Aniela, and Masami's vision. There was a hint of wonder bursting into their eyes as they witnessed the Golden Crow Leaders combined Martial skill.

Up a couple of miles in the air was a vast golden sun intensely pulsating. 

Golden sun rays of light streaked across the sky and had even covered up the sight of the sickly yellow sky for Darcel's group.

For several dozens of miles, the whole snowy forest maze was burned to an unfathomable degree. Most of the snow instantly melted under the tremendous heat of the Crow Leader's golden sun.

Even Darcel, Aniela, and Masami felt the immense heat genuinely affect them. It was all the more surprising for them since, in their souls, they all have a great affinity to the Element of Fire.

In the second, the trio all notice the tremendous Golden Sun; their minds began to rapidly turn for any way to counter-attack. 

They all wanted to move their bodies but found an immediate problem when doing so.

The immense prowess from the Crow Leaders Heavenly Rank Martial skill was far more than they could ever expect! 

The massive pressure wracking their bodies was actually making it hard for Darcel, Aniela, and Masami to gather up their bloodline powers.

Inside their Martial Veins, their souls did try and to destroy the suppression weighing down on them. But every time the suppression in their Martial Veins were cleared up, the pressure from the Crow Leader's Martial Skill would immediately fall again.

It created a never-ending loop of pressure and suppression as the Golden Crow Leaders combined Martial Skills were just that powerful. 

Aniela and Masami didn't get at first on just how these mere tenth-level Heavenly Kings were emitting so much power even as they're joining together.

But Darcel's eyes widened as he knew exactly why this Heavenly Rank Martial skill was so powerful. 

Those Crow Leaders had actually achieved the Perfection Stage! 

Just like how he has reached the Perfection Stage with his Martial Skill, the Crow Leaders could feasibly exude a prowess far beyond what's originally intended of their Martial Skill.

"Tch!" Darcel, Aniela, and Masami all clicked their teeth as they started to frantically surge as much bloodline power they could. 

Admittedly, this was incredibly unusual for them. 

They would usually always be in a position where their foes could barely move under their powerful auras.

However, not even a full ten minutes after coming to the Mercenary Exchange Event, they already fought with some crazed Spirit Monster that had equally matched all three of them.

And now, they were experiencing an immense suppression that was legitimately making it hard for them to move. 

This kind of unbalance situation only fueled an intense drive in the trio to be back on their usual dominating side!

However, in the very next second, the trio tried to break free of the Crow Leader's Martial Skill pressure; they heard all their combined booming voices shout out loud, 

"First Order Sun!!"

Crow Theo, Apollo, and Joe's voices carried an unfathomable majestic power that shook the ground for several miles! 

Their prowess had climbed beyond their absolute peak, and small ripples in spatial space became distorted.

'Chi!' 

The massive Golden Sun shot down at Darcel's group and the Spirit Monster Hawk at speeds surpassing the rate of actual Lightning! 

Previously, even though the Crow Leaders were entrapped by the Spirit Monster Hawk Wind Qi tornadoes. They all could sense that unfathomable battle occurring from under them. 

And in all honesty, they felt a genuine fear from both Darcel's group and that Spirit Monster Hawk. They felt the most threaten by Darcel specifically.

The prowess both sides had exuded was enough for the Crow Leaders to decide to eliminate both of them right now! 

The Crow Leaders didn't question where the hell Darcel's group came from or their actual cultivation realm.

All they focused on now was eliminating any and all potential threats just so they secure their victories in this year's Mercenary Exchange Event. Being this cruel and decisive were how those in the Golden Crow Circle all operate.

Their eyes watched on with blazing killing intent as their First Order Sun attack nearly instantly reached the ground. 

In just a mere split second, the vast Golden Sun already crossed a couple miles of distance!

And even before touching down on the ground, numerous enormous trees were lit to a blazing fire and were immediately burned to ashes. 

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami felt as if everything slowed down for them just before the massive Golden Sun swallowed them whole.

If they were to fully take this Martial Skill without any preparation or defense. None of them were sure they could escape without taking at least one serious injury. 

And in this far more harsh environment, that was a risk none of them would dare to take.

In the second, the massive Golden Sun was about to crash down on them. Darcel, Aniela, and Masami had overdrawn on their souls, granting them an overabundance of power so they could move their arms.

Simultaneously, their arms reached into their pockets, violently clenching down on something. 

And right then, the vast Golden Sun crashed onto the ground! 

'BOOOM~!!!' 

A violent golden Fire explosion burst out like a mini Fire nuke!

The whole ground ferociously quaked as if the entire world were getting shredded into pieces. The spatial space fell into a slightly greater distortion as the Crow Leaders powers touched upon a higher level than mere tenth level Heavenly King prowess for a brief split second.

Far up in the sky, the three Crow Leaders indifferent watched their blazing destruction. 

They couldn't believe that they would need to unleash a power like this after only a short time of coming to this independent realm.

But for the greater good of their Mercenary group, it was worth it. And this was also a potential threat to their lives, making this attack a necessity. 

After a few seconds, their golden Fire explosion had finally died down.

The Crow Leaders already sensed the aftermath, but their eyes still observed the after destruction. 

For miles, there was absolutely nothing. All bushes, trees, and snow were vaporized to ashes. And there were several long fissures splitting the ground open.

The only thing visible in this area was, surprisingly enough, was the charred bone corpse of the Spirit Monster Hawk. 

Even after a massive Fire explosion like that, the Spirit Monster Hawk's body didn't even get turned to dust.

The Crow Leaders only felt more assured of their ideas of unleashing that attack while staring at that beast charred bone corpse. If given a chance, who knows how strong that beast could feasibly become.

Crow Theo shook his head at such a potential chilling thought. His mind had then shifted to another topic of interest. 

Without taking his eyes off the Fire destruction scene, he asked his fellow Crow Leaders, "Those three Masked people.just what was that power?"

Crow Apollo and Joe didn't take their eyes off the Fire destruction scene. But their minds did divulge in wondering just what the hell kind of freaks in cultivation were those masked people. 

None of them could even sense their original cultivation realm, only their unfathomable aura. But for sure, the Crow Leaders didn't sense any Heavenly aura coming from the three Masked people.

"Could they possibly be from a Mercenary group or this independent realm?" Crow Apollo threw out a question. Though he quickly shook his head afterward.

"No.it's impossible for any of us Mercenary groups to come with that kind of power. And there is this strange change in the sky."

Crow Joe just shook his head at all of this. He started to say, "No matter what, they're all dead now. So let's-" 

Whatever he was about to say couldn't make it through as Crow Joe abruptly snapped his attention right above him.

Crow Apollo and Theo had to snap their attention above them as well. 

Completely out of nowhere, an immense aura erupted onto them! The Crow Leaders all felt their minds explode in shock.

The aura crushing down on them is precisely the same as the three Masked people they believed they already killed. And when snapping their attention above them, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami had magically appeared!

It was like they were actual ghosts coming back from the dead! 

Though Darcel, Aniela, and Masami's current appearance had shown that they somehow got through the Crow Leaders immensely powerful Martial Skill.

All of Darcel's right sleeves had been entirely burnt off, revealing his slightly charred arm. His mask as well got partially sizzled, showcasing just a part of his true face. 

However, none of his injuries or appearance mattered to Darcel now.

A ferocious killing intent discharged from Darcel as his bloodline arm was covered in an entirely profound Darkness glow. 

Aniela was above Crow Theo, being in the same state of injury as Darcel. 

With one of her sleeves burnt off, part of her mask vaporized to dust, and her bloodline arm was glowing up in a blinding white light radiance. 

This state of injury holds true for Masami as she was above Crow Joe. Although for her, both of her sleeves were burnt off, and more of her mask had gotten burnt to a crisp. And on her right arm, an intense shade of blue Fire was burning on there.

"Tch!" 

The Crow Leaders only clicked their teeth at Darcel's group's apparent survival. They as well erupted with all of their strength, pushing their Heavenly aura to its fullest!

However, not even that could relieve the immense pressure of Darcel, Aniela, and Masami's bloodline aura. 

The Crow Leaders had the threat of imminent death wrack their minds. But, they didn't stop from that fear and formed a golden Fire shield in front of them before Darcel Aniela and Masami attacked them.

Yet, neither Darcel, Aniela, or Masami cared for the Crow Leaders' attempt at defense. 

At the same time, they crashed their bloodline arms right on the Crow Leaders golden Fire shields!

'Ka-Cha!'

The Crow Leaders Fire shields instantly shattered, bursting into tiny specks golden Fire wisps! 

"Wha?!" The Crow Leaders felt their arms violently tremble as Darcel, Aniela, and Masami powers shredded their protective Heavenly aura.

Without giving them a chance to react, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami didn't slow down their attacks and savagely struck their fists onto the Crow Leaders' chest.

'Bang!'

The Crow Leaders got sent flying back like a missile as they felt tremendous pain from having multiple bones in their chest brutally cracked. 

Blood spewed from their mouths, and the Crow Leaders couldn't stop their quick descent towards the ground.

Although as they shot towards the ground, the Crow Leaders forced past the immense pain, raised a single finger, and surged a small golden Fireball at the tip of their fingers.

Instantly when it had formed, the small golden Fireball vanished. 

And the three Crow Leaders violently crashed into the ground, skidding along it for dozens of feet without stopping.

At the same time, up in the air, Darcel's group didn't have the chance to relax either. Their eyes dangerously narrowed as their Spirit Sense frantically went off.

Without looking up, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami formed an instant Qi barrier as an incredible surge of power immediately appeared above them. 

'BANG!' 

A more minor golden Fire explosion erupted from right above the trio, releasing wild storms of golden Fire into the wind.

"Nng!" 

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami grunted as they took the full brunt of that surprise attack. The sheer force behind the golden Fire explosion blasted them straight towards the ground like a speedy rocket.

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami had to grit their teeth while their feet tore through the ground as they crashed into it. 

Unlike the Crow Leaders, the trio was at least able to negate most of the force behind that golden Fire explosion before hitting the ground, allowing them to stand up straight.

"Fuuu." They all had to let out a small breath, though, as their legs felt wobbly after an intense crash like that. 

Suddenly, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami forced their attention forward. 

They had sensed the Crow Leaders auras frantically surged, reaching explosive new heights.