Tower of Heaven

[Harvest Moon]

A clean crescent was cut through the air. As Atlas pulled back, a portion of the air itself was ripped away to reveal the form of a dim yellow moon. It didn’t look alarming from a distance, but that was only when it hadn’t yet found its targets.

One of the two enemy men was a target found easily by the attack that was executed on his position. The moment it appeared, he tried to push back, but he found himself trapped in a strange suction.

His feet dragged across the ground as he tried to plant them in the mud, and in the end, when he realized that he couldn’t escape, he put up his qi defenses to save him from injury.

However, the sharp blade of the harvest moon was not planning to let him off easily. It cut through his qi defenses like butter and slashed his body. It bore deeper and deeper, creating a bloody hole until–

Bang!

A burst of qi came from the side and shattered it, freeing the man from his misery. He stumbled back, holding his stomach and glaring at the one who attacked him.

In fact, everyone’s eyes were on him now.

Atlas turned to Feng Ziran and shrugged his shoulders.

It was enough to bring her back to her senses. Without hesitation, she charged at the wounded man with intent to kill.

At the same time, Atlas rushed over and supported the other phoenix woman in her battle against the second enemy.

He was the one who freed his friend. At the end of the day, Atlas didn’t actually tear apart the fabric of reality. It was only a manifestation of qi. Once it was shattered, it meant nothing.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

It was strange. The two were fighting somewhat one-sidedly in the enemy’s favor, but he could tell that the phoenix woman wasn’t any weaker than Feng Ziran.

There was something holding her back so she couldn’t fight him with her full power, but what was it?

Atlas only questioned it for a moment before stepping in. Whether she was going to win or lose, he had to take control of the battle. After all, he needed these two men to live so they could run back to their base.

Boom!

A huge impact rang out that separated the two fighters from each other. The moment it happened, Atlas took his chance.

The other man had been watching for him ever since his first surprise attack, so he wasn’t caught unprepared. He had been fighting unarmed, but the moment Atlas came close, he drew a sword.

Clang!

The blade of Atlas’ sickles clashed against the enemy’s blade. At the same time, he stomped his foot into the ground.

[Earthen Spires]

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several sharp protrusions of earth burst from the ground where the two were standing. Without hesitation, the man jumped back several steps.

He narrowly dodged the first three spires before the fourth grazed his side. He looked up, knowing that Atlas would be approaching him again, and raised his blade to slash preemptively.

Shing!

The blade slashed through the air in a clean arc, making the wind tremble. A qi blade shot from its edge as a protective mechanism in case the original attack missed, but both of them were fated to never find their target. Read the latest on empire

Rather than jumping up, Atlas slid to the side and approached from the man’s blind spot. He raised a sickle and slashed out, cutting into the enemy’s waist.

Of course, his presence was also revealed.

Bang!

As if he was desperate to make distance, the man threw his sword. It, at the very least, forced Atlas to move.

But it did not stop him from attacking.

He changed his trajectory, prepared himself again, and drove himself forward with his fist pulled back.

The man watched him with much less fear in his eyes. He had been waiting for this moment. Qi answered his call and gathered at his fingertips. The energy of the Dao filled the air around him.

His hands raised in the air amidst this great scene of gathering energy. He raised them exactly as Atlas approached to…

Bang!

…do nothing?

Atlas’ eyes widened as his enemy stood completely still and allowed his fist to slam into his face.

He watched as the same man went flying with blood spurting from his mouth and nose, a similarly shocked expression on his face.

’Did something just happen?’

Booooom!

He didn’t have the time to think about it. Feng Ziran was currently in the process of slaughtering the second target.

Atlas gritted his teeth.

’If she kills him, it may provoke his friend into running, but it also changes his predicted path.’

If he ran to a place where more of his comrades weren’t congregated, it would be a problem. Atlas had to make sure that the two of them were wounded enough to need aid from others, but not enough that they accepted death.

’If she keeps going, he’ll just accept death and kill himself.’

What was the quickest way to distract Feng Ziran long enough to give her opponent time to run, while also preventing her opponent from realizing he was trying to trace them…?

’I’m sorry for this.’

Well, they had no idea who Atlas was, so the answer was obvious. He planted his foot into the ground and propelled himself into the air. He put his arms out to the side and summoned his qi.

[Infernal Dragon Dance]

Voom!

Huge waves of flame billowed out of his body in every direction, forming the images of roaring dragons that charged towards all four people in the vicinity.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The flames hit the ground like comets. Everywhere they went, they created small craters reminiscent of the large craters all around them.

The timing couldn’t be more perfect for a reminder of their current situation. Just as Atlas let his attack loose, an array of meteors fell, crashing all around them and sending compounding shockwaves at their group.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Atlas’ attack ended, but the impacts didn’t. Feng Ziran, her friend, and both enemies were forced to focus only on protecting themselves.

Until Feng Ziran was forced to face something more.

The man hovering in the sky shot down and followed the trajectory of his attacks to reach her. He’d put away his sickles, but his body was enough of a weapon to make anyone weary.

[Dominating Fist]

Boom!

Feng Ziran’s eyes widened as she was forced to quickly put up a qi barrier. She looked at Atlas with questioning eyes, but he didn’t mind her and kept attacking.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

She was forced into a battle she did not want. Seeing the masked man suddenly change his target, the other phoenix rushed over and entered the same fight.

Suddenly, Atlas found himself facing both of the phoenixes at once. He was being cornered, but he wasn’t completely overpowered.

And while he was well aware that all of this was for show, both his enemies and his comrades were not.

So, while Feng Ziran and the other phoenix battled him, led by his momentum, the enemies chose not to question the person who interrupted their fight.

They looked at each other with expressions that instantly reached an agreement. They moved separately, but they planned to regroup at a later time.

While flames raged behind them, the two illusion practitioners fled.

Just as Atlas had been hoping they would.

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