CHAPTER 1647: CHAPTER 1647: DRAGGING YOU ALL TO DIE WITH ME!

The Houyi Bow is a Fire System Divine Artifact. Upon summoning it, Fang Bai infused it with both the Red Silkworm Spirit Fire and the Nether Spirit Fire, instantly causing heat waves to sweep in all directions.

Bao Zhenhai, Lu Xiongfei, and the Xue siblings all felt as though they were standing inside a sea of flames, an unbearable heat engulfing their bodies.

Seeing Bao Zhenhai being pushed back dozens of meters, Fang Bai exerted his arms, swiftly pulling the bow and nocking an arrow.

"Whoosh!"

With a shrill whistle cutting through the air, an arrow wrapped in blazing flames seemed to pierce through the void. One moment it was strung on Fang Bai’s bow, the next, it shot straight towards Bao Zhenhai.

Bao Zhenhai had been distractedly keeping an eye on Fang Bai, precisely to guard against a surprise attack from him.

However, Fang Bai’s movements from summoning the Houyi Bow to pulling the bow and shooting the arrow were smooth and seamless, completing in a flash of lightning, so it wasn’t until the arrow arrived in front of Bao Zhenhai that he reacted.

That arrow from Fang Bai felt like the reaper’s scythe swinging in, filling Bao Zhenhai with an intense sense of mortal danger.

Terrified, Bao Zhenhai’s body hair stood on end, and he instinctively flew backward with all his might, trying to evade the arrow.

Bao Zhenhai was retreating fast, but that arrow from Fang Bai was faster and stuck to him like a shadow, getting closer and closer.

The arrow carried with it an intense heat capable of melting steel instantly, and Bao Zhenhai could already feel burning pain on his skin.

Bao Zhenhai understood that, though strong and physically resilient, he could not withstand this arrow. If it struck him, he would surely be injured.

However, a Thunder Tribulation Expert being forced to retreat continuously by a mere initial-stage Martial Artist of Soul Severing, if this news spread, it would undoubtedly damage his reputation greatly!

Bao Zhenhai felt humiliated and so decided to counterattack.

"Get out of my way!"

Furious due to the humiliation, Bao Zhenhai summoned the Mountain Suppressing Seal, hurling it with all his strength at the arrow speeding towards him.

The arrow from Fang Bai’s Houyi Bow, although condensed from Fire Spiritual Energy and infused with a trace of his essence blood, was a virtual arrow rather than a real one, yet it was shot by an only partially awakened Divine Artifact, and its power was indeed not to be underestimated.

"Clang!"

With the sound of metal clashing, the flame arrow shot by the Houyi Bow vanished but its tremendous impact force knocked the Mountain Suppressing Seal flying dozens of meters away, causing a fine crack to appear.

Bao Zhenhai felt a slight pain in his chest, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, knowing his Spiritual Artifact was damaged, and he was amazed and frightened.

He could never have imagined that an arrow shot by Fang Bai concentrated with Fire Spiritual Energy would possess such tremendous power!

In usual circumstances, Bao Zhenhai would certainly have harbored a covetous desire for Fang Bai’s Spiritual Artifact, wanting to take it for himself.

But at this moment, surrounded by four strong adversaries, he was more concerned about whether he could survive, leaving him no mind for any other matters.

When Fang Bai launched his attack, Lu Xiongfei was not idle by his side either.

The moment Fang Bai’s arrow aimed at Bao Zhenhai, he knew Bao Zhenhai was bound to suffer, so he thrust his Fire Cloud Spear with full force, almost arriving together with the arrow.

Bao Zhenhai, having expended all his strength to counter Fang Bai’s arrow, even summoning the Mountain Suppressing Seal, was weakened and unable to resist Lu Xiongfei’s spear, who had a similar cultivation level.

"Puff!"

With a muffled sound, the sharp and fierce Fire Cloud Spear pierced through Bao Zhenhai’s left shoulder, bringing forth a splash of fresh blood.

Bao Zhenhai grunted softly, his form being knocked back a dozen meters by the strong penetrating force, before barely managing to stabilize himself.

For a Thunder Tribulation Expert like Bao Zhenhai, this kind of injury from a Spiritual Artifact wasn’t considered a serious wound, and would heal in no time.

However, at this crucial juncture of a great battle, losing the use of his left arm temporarily reduced his combat effectiveness by at least twenty percent, which was enough to be fatal.

Fang Bai and Lu Xiongfei exchanged a glance, attacking even more fiercely and rapidly, following the principle of "striking when he’s down."

Their cooperation with one spear and one arrow was extremely tacit, and each attack inflicted some damage on Bao Zhenhai.

Although furious and frustrated, Bao Zhenhai was helpless; he was tightly entangled by Fang Bai and Lu Xiongfei, with Xue Tianyi and Xue Tianchang blocking on the side, leaving no escape. He could only grit his teeth and fight desperately.

In this way, fighting one against two, his Spiritual Energy was rapidly consumed.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Fang Bai shot out another series of three arrows.

These three arrows instantly drained half of his Spiritual Energy, and the glimmer in his eyes dimmed considerably.

"Die!"

Lu Xiongfei also followed up with a series of three spear thrusts right after Fang Bai.

Both of them intended to end Bao Zhenhai with this series of attacks.

Bao Zhenhai’s pupils contracted suddenly, showing a look of sheer terror, knowing that even if he didn’t die from this, he would be severely wounded.

His Spiritual Energy was already largely depleted, and if heavily injured again, he would be in grave danger; at that time, even a casual move from the Xue siblings could easily end him.

"You want my life, then I’ll drag you down with me!"

Bao Zhenhai, knowing he was doomed, resolved to go down fighting, his eyes instantly bloodshot, his body inflating rapidly like a balloon, visible to the naked eye, a terrifying aura spreading everywhere.

"The old guy’s gone mad! Retreat!"

Seeing Bao Zhenhai about to Self-Detonate, Lu Xiongfei was shocked, caring nothing for the Fire Cloud Spear he had thrust out, his figure retreating like lightning, pulling back a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

The explosive force produced by a Thunder Tribulation Expert’s Self-Detonation is more terrible than a full-force strike from a two-tier Thunder Tribulation Expert. If he couldn’t retreat in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Yet Lu Xiongfei knew that no matter how fast he was, he couldn’t outrun the fierce shockwave generated by Bao Zhenhai’s Self-Detonation, so while retreating, he formed a Qi Shield around himself for protection.

As for the safety of Fang Bai and the Xue siblings, he could no longer concern himself.

The Xue siblings and Fang Bai also retreated almost simultaneously, employing every means possible for self-preservation.

"Boom!"

When Fang Bai’s series of three arrows and Lu Xiongfei’s series of three spears were still several meters away from Bao Zhenhai, his body reached its limit of inflation and then exploded.

With a sound that shook the heavens and the earth, the surrounding atmosphere seemed to dim for a moment, then a ring-shaped shockwave, with the sound of the explosion, expanded outward at an incredible speed.

The arrows condensed by Fang Bai’s Fire Spiritual Energy and Lu Xiongfei’s Royal Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Fire Cloud Spear, in the impact of that shockwave, vanished into nothingness, while the spear, like a leaf in the wind, tumbled and rolled, falling hundreds of meters away.

If not for the fact that the Fire Cloud Spear had been refined by Fang Bai into a Royal Grade Spiritual Artifact, it would certainly have been damaged by that intense shockwave, thus injuring Lu Xiongfei.

At the moment the shockwave reached him, Fang Bai hid inside the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron for shelter.

The Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, immensely sturdy, had never sustained damage in any of the numerous battles Fang Bai had experienced, being truly his foremost artifact for dealing with formidable foes.