I alone am the Honoured One!-Chapter 698: The Night of the Bloody Invasion - Paragons [5]

Floating in the air, Yan Zijin looked at Rhudamanth, who was standing there silent amidst this chaos.

She kept a keen watch on him to see if he was taking advantage of this chaotic situation while Ji Shuang was dealing with the Paragons.

...

Zhao Tian and Yao Jing moved through the ranks of the evil cultivators, severing limbs and cutting down enemies in their path.

Yet, even as Zhao Tian parried another blow, his instincts flared with an urgent warning—something was coming. Something deadly.

In the next instant—

SWOOSH!

A glint of steel flashed toward his throat and his body reacted before his mind could fully process the attack as he twisted sharply to the side.

Visit ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com for the 𝑏est n𝘰vel reading experience.

A cold kiss of metal grazed his skin as a single line of red appearing on his cheek.

No warning, no presence—just sheer killing intent.

Zhao Tian’s eyes flickered to the figure that had appeared out of nowhere.

A woman stood before him, and her stance is low, her twin sai weapons gleaming ominously in the dim light of battle.

Her black hair cascaded like a waterfall over her shoulders, and her violet eyes held a sharpness.

She was dressed in form-fitting assassin’s garb, her black-and-purple attire blending seamlessly with the shadows.

The way she held her weapons... with a casual, almost playful grip, told Zhao Tian everything he needed to know.

’Someone to assassinate me?’

Zaerina tilted her head slightly, amusement flickering across her face. "Not bad," she murmured.

"I was sure that strike would’ve taken your head."

Zhao Tian exhaled slowly, gripping his sword tighter, and in the next instant, she lunged.

CLANG!

Zhao Tian barely managed to raise his sword in time, his blade meeting both of her sai in a brutal collision.

Sparks erupted as the impact sent tremors through his arm.

But before he could push her back, Zaerina twisted her wrists and locked his sword in place.

SHINK!

A second blade flashed upward toward his ribs.

Zhao Tian wrenched himself backward, but the tip of her sai sliced through his robes, nicking the skin beneath.

Blood splattered onto the ground and she pressed her advantage with a flurry of rapid strikes, each one aimed for a vital point.

Zhao Tian was forced on the defensive, dodging and parrying, but Zaerina was fast.

Then—

BANG!

A fiery explosion erupted between them.

Yao Jing had entered the fight, sending a wave of burning flames toward Zaerina.

The assassin barely leaped back in time, flipping gracefully through the air and landing on the broken remains of a stone pillar.

Yao Jing stood beside Zhao Tian, her fingers glowing with ember-like energy. "Tian! Who the hell is she?"

Zaerina spun one of her sai between her fingers. "No one important. Just here to kill him."

Yao Jing’s eyes darkened. "You can try."

She launched herself forward as her fists striked out with the force of a raging inferno.

Zaerina, however, did not falter and dodged every move effortlessly.

Yao Jing’s punches struck only air as Zaerina weaved between them.

With each missed strike, she countered—her sai slicing dangerously close to Yao Jing’s exposed flesh.

A flick of her wrist, and the edge of a blade almost found Yao Jing’s throat.

Zhao Tian intervened.

CLANG!

His sword clashed against Zaerina’s sai, forcing her back before she could land a lethal blow on Yao Jing.

Zaerina exhaled faintly "Two against one, huh?"

Her violet eyes gleamed. "That hardly seems fair."

Hearing this, Yao Jing scoffed. "Then leave."

Zaerina laughed softly. "Oh, but I never fail my Highness’ order."

And then she disappeared.

Zhao Tian barely had time to react before she was behind him, her sai plunging toward his spine.

He twisted at the last second, and the steel screeched against steel as he barely blocked the strike.

But her second blade was already moving—aiming straight for his heart.

SHINK!

It never reached.

A flash of crimson intercepted the strike, metal meeting metal in a furious clash.

Velnorah’s red eyes burned with fury as she locked Zaerina’s sai in place, her own scythe pressing dangerously against the assassin’s throat.

"Zareina... the hell are you doing here?"

Zaerina leaped back a few steps and smiled faintly "Oh, isn’t this.. Lady Velnorah Di Gardia who betrayed her own kind."

"Ah, you are no more Di Gardia.. as the Patriarch has cut ties with you. You are just Velnorah."

Velnorah’s grip on her scythe tensed ’Why this bitch of all people targeting Tian?’

A faint purple glow passed through Zaerina’s eyes and her eyes shrunk in absolute shock. ’What the hell?’

...

With a flick of its fingers, the Eternal Paragon tore a rift in space.

Ji Shuang’s eyes narrowed as the space bent around the Eternal.

Before she could react, the space around her collapsed as her surroundings twisted into a spiraling vortex, pulling her toward the tear in space.

The Eternal was no longer fighting with mere chains and brute force.

It was manipulating the battlefield itself.

Her body flickered as she tried to escape, but the gravitational pull was immense.

Even as she struggled, the Paragon raised its hands, summoning a titanic spear of pure energy.

As the spear descended toward her, Ji Shuang gritted her teeth.

’Enough.’

She unleashed a pulse of pure destruction, her body becoming an incandescent star of violet fury.

*SLEEESHHHH* She tore through the collapsing space, shattering the Eternal’s trap with sheer force.

Then, with all the power of a raging storm, she shot forward—her body turning into a streak of blinding lightning—as she drove her fist directly into the Paragon’s core.

At the same time, the Ancestor Guardians redoubled their efforts against the Infernal.

The largest among them, wielding the massive shield, stepped forward once more.

Its runes blazed with power as it slammed the shield into the ground.

Instantly, a golden barrier erupted across the battlefield, pushing back the sea of fire and molten lava.

The Infernal roared in frustration as its flames were parted like storm waves.

Then, with slow, deliberate steps, the Guardian advanced.

The Infernal, sensing the shift in power, lunged forward with a final, desperate strike.

Its molten claws, capable of rending mountains, swiped toward the Guardian’s chest.

But the ancient warrior was unshaken.

With one swift motion, it raised its greatsword high. Experience more tales on novelbuddy

The blade gleamed with power as the runes inscribed along its surface ignited.

Then, with a single, decisive stroke—

SCHLINK!

The greatsword cleaved through the Infernal’s core, splitting it open from shoulder to hip.

A silence fell over the battlefield as the Paragon’s molten heart flickered violently.

"GURRRGGHHHH!" Then, with a final, guttural roar, it collapsed.

Its massive body crumbled like a dying star as its molten body sank into the scorched earth below.

And in the sky—

Ji Shuang’s final strike detonated within the Eternal’s core.

For a brief moment, there was silence. Then—

BOOOOOOOM!

A cataclysmic explosion rocked the battlefield as the light consumed everything in its path.

The Eternal’s body disintegrated into countless fragments that rained down like falling stars.

Ji Shuang emerged from the explosion, her figure silhouetted against the burning sky.

She rolled her shoulders "Haa.. That was quite tough."

-----------------------------------------------------

I hope you guys liked this chapter!