Chapter 210: I Really Didn’t Do It on Purpose

“Wang Xuanzhan!” Huang Shan roared angrily and glowered at the male who suddenly attacked him.

Who wouldn’t flare up in rage if someone tried to steal their spoils of battle just as they were about to succeed?

At this moment, an azure dragon projection floated from Wang Xuanzhan’s spear and pierced into Huang Shan’s lower abdomen.

Thrusting his spear as he charged forward, Wang Xuanzhan pushed Huang Shan thousands of feet back.

“An Lin! Hurry up!”

“Got it!” An Lin descended on his brick, and his eyes became a snowy white.

Divine Inspection Technique!

Instantly, the structural make-up and flaws of the restrictive spell formation all appeared in his eyes.

“Trying to snatch our holy grail? No way!” A thunderous roar boomed in the distance.

It wasn’t Huang Shan who roared this. Rather, it was Thunder Gemini who had broken free from Qing Xin and Dong Yan.

“Mysterious Sword of a Thousand Lightning!” Thunder Gemini’s body flickered as he moved, and the thunderclouds in the sky started to furiously swarm together.

Each bringing with them an astounding might, thousands of lightning swords fiercely stabbed down toward An Lin.

Boom!

The lightning swords blotted out the heavens, and they poured down like torrential rain. If ordinary cultivators of the Spirit Nurturing Stage saw this extraordinary scene, they would perhaps become weak at the knees in fright. An Lin, however, remained calm and indifferent.

He extended a finger and tapped at the void.

The thousands of lightning swords suddenly froze. Even the booming thunder softened into a quiet rumble.

Silence suddenly descended upon heaven and earth.

Lightning Manipulation Technique!

“Have it back!”

An Lin swiped his finger and all the lightning swords started to tremble. Then, they broke free from Thunder Gemini’s control and changed direction in mid-air, becoming tens-of-thousands of bolts of arcing electricity as they pierced back toward him.

“What’s going on?!” This was the first time that Thunder Gemini had lost control over his own lightning and had it arc back to attack him instead. The sight of this had him in great shock.

However, Thunder Gemini quickly came to his senses. He immediately formed a circular lightning shield and raised it to block the lightning bolts.

The lightning bolts rained down upon him, and he was instantly drowned in a sea of crackling lightning.

At this moment, Wind Gemini broke free from Qing Zhi and Hong Dou’s attacks. He ignored their pursuit and instead dashed toward An Lin. He knew that An Lin was the person they needed to deal with first!

A halo of light descended from the skies and snared the pouncing Wind Gemini. At almost exactly the same moment, a white beam of energy streaked toward his chest.

Boom!

Wind Gemini was caught off guard, and the powerful beam of energy exploded on his chest, causing him to spit blood as he was sent reeling back.

“An Lin, we don’t have much time!”

Liu Qianhuan let out a soft cry and charged toward the retreating Wind Gemini on her six-feathered staff.

An Lin knew that time was running out. He activated his Divine Inspection technique again and started searching for flaws in the spell formation which protected the silver holy grail.

“Here it is.” He flicked his finger and a burst of energy struck at the void somewhere above the holy grail.

Crack…

Fractures appeared in the wind barrier as it shattered, and the defensive lightning flashing amidst the winds also started to slowly vanish.

An Lin smiled faintly. “I’ll kindly accept this holy grail…”

Just as he grabbed toward the silver holy grail, a golden palm projection viciously swatted toward him.

“There’s no way you’re going to snatch away our holy grail!” a monk with finely chiseled features shouted. Without any hesitation, he launched an attack on An Lin.

This monk was the Buddhist Kingdom’s head representative, Qing Zhi, and his attack was not something to be scoffed at. His golden palm projection was swift and violent, and this attack gave An Lin little time to react. All he could do was reply with a Mountain Quaking Fist.

Boom!

The golden palm projection brought with it a vast and mighty Buddhist halo as it collided with An Lin’s Mountain Quaking Fist.

This palm projection contained within it the exquisite principles of Buddhism. Coupled with Qing Zhi’s cultivation base of Half-Step Soul Formation Stage, the power that this palm possessed was extremely terrifying. An Lin’s golden fist could barely hold up for a second before it was completely obliterated by this golden palm projection.

Without losing its momentum, this golden palm projection smashed into An Lin’s chest. The massive force of this strike blew him back hundreds of meters, and he felt as if his body was about to break up and fall apart.

Liu Qianhuan was surprised and angry when she saw Qing Zhi disengage from the battle with Wind Gemini. After she saw him blasting An Lin back, she became even more worked up. She completely ignored Wind Gemini and dashed toward the holy grail.

Seeing this, Wind Gemini also gave up on scuffling with Liu Qianhuan. His duty was to guard the holy grail, so his priority right now was to eliminate Qing Zhi!

Thunder Gemini had just recovered from being bombarded by thousands of lightning swords. Lightning snaked around his body, and he became a streak of lightning as he also bolted toward Qing Zhi.

Seeing Liu Qianhuan and the Wind and Thunder Geminis aggressively charge toward him, Qing Zhi became numb with fear. If he didn’t snatch the holy grail now, then there would be no more opportunities for him to do so! Without any further hesitation, he grabbed the holy grail and dashed toward Huang Shan’s location.

They could immediately leave this region of wind and thunder once he handed this holy grail over to Huang Shan.

“Catch!”

Qing Zhi tossed the holy grail toward Huang Shan who was a thousand feet from him.

Huang Shan’s speed was unmatched by anyone else present on this battlefield. Seeing the holy grail flying over now, a look of delight spread across his face.

“Congratulations! The Buddhist Kingdom has received two points!”

At this moment, a dignified and majestic voice suddenly resounded across the skies.

An Lin: “…”

Qing Zhi: “…”

Huang Shan: “…”

Dong!

The silver holy grail smashed into Huang Shan’s head then clunked down onto the floor. Huang Shan was paralyzed to the spot in shock as if he was still trying to process the message which boomed down from the skies.

Almost everyone in the region of wind and lightning fell into a daze. This news came way too suddenly.

An Lin quickly came to his senses.

That was right! The ownership of the holy grail wasn’t determined based on who was in possession of the holy grail. Rather, it was determined based on which person touched the holy grail first. The first person to touch the holy grail would earn points for the force they belonged to…

By the looks of it, the representatives of the Buddhist Kingdom had wanted to help the representatives of the Hall of Creation snatch this silver holy grail. However, the way that things panned out really did make one feel a slight sense of melancholy.

This ending was unexpected yet reasonable. An Lin and the others had complicated expressions on their faces, and there was a hint of sympathy in their eyes as they looked toward Huang Shan.

Qing Zhi slapped his head in realization. Then, he put his palms together and said apologetically, “Amitabha, I’m so sorry… This humble monk was far too careless in his actions. I really didn’t do it on purpose…”

His apology sounded genuine, and even the apologetic look on his face was sincere and convincing.

M-hm, he truly didn’t do it on purpose. However… just because it wasn’t on purpose, it didn’t mean he could do this!

Huang Shan bent down and picked up the silver holy grail. His eyes were bloodshot, and he didn’t know whether to feel angry or sad.

Realizing that the reward for all his efforts and hard work had been reaped by others, he was overcome with sadness.

A look of anguish in his eyes, he eventually managed to stammer a few words in grief and indignation.

“Y-you guys are bullying us!”

Blue Sky Plaza.

The members of the Hall of Creation all wore dark expressions on their faces as they glowered toward the Buddhist Kingdom camp. Meanwhile, the Buddhist Kingdom members were bewailing, “Amitabha, praise be, praise be…” This infuriated the Hall of Creation entourage, and they almost vomited blood in anger.

The students of the Heavenly Court remained relatively calm throughout all this. Although An Lin and the others didn’t obtain the holy grail, they had come to interfere and steal anyway.

If they successfully snatched the holy grail, then that would be their good fortune. If they failed to snatch the holy grail, then they would accept it calmly and wouldn’t feel too hung up about it.

As for the cooperation between the Buddhist Kingdom and Hall of Creation, they had seen it all play out loud and clear.

In the end, the Buddhist Kingdom mysteriously became the biggest winner. Qing Zhi had acted in desperation, and his actions didn’t really deserve any criticism.

At most, one would slander him as “scheming monk” or “brainless idiot”. At the very least, it wouldn’t result in him being condemned by everyone.

M-hm… The Hall of Creation was definitely feeling extremely distressed and frustrated. They were clearly first to discover the silver holy grail and had even battled so hard in order to obtain it. In the end, however, the points had gone to the Buddhist Kingdom…

Countless sympathetic gazes turned toward the crystal screen where it was showing Huang Shan, who was on the verge of a breakdown.

Hong Dou was unable to control his emotions, and he leaped toward Qing Zhi in fury.

“Stop! Benefactor Hong Dou, please calm down! This humble monk can help you obtain iron holy grails!” Seeing Hong Dou charge over in rage, Qing Zhi immediately made an offer to help.

“Trade a silver holy grail for an iron holy grail… Do you think I’m retarded?!” Crimson flames burst from Hong Dou’s body, and he was like a ball of fire as he leaped fiercely toward Qing Zhi.

“Ah… You really are a retard. He didn’t say that he would only help you guys obtain one iron holy grail. Wouldn’t everything be even if he helped you guys obtain a few more iron holy grails?” An Lin shook his head and started adding fuel to the fire.

Hong Dou faltered momentarily. Anger boiled in his chest, and he felt that he had to let this rage out. Thus, he charged toward Qing Zhi even more ferociously.

He was in an extremely bad mood right now and could only be pacified if he beat the sh*t out of the monk in front of him.

Right at this moment, the Wind and Thunder Geminis suddenly ascended into the sky slowly. They put their palms together and started chanting in a bleak and distant voice.

“The holy grail has been stolen. None of you can leave.”

“Divine Wind and Thunder Extermination Formation, activate!”