Lu Tian sneered, "Did you truly believe that in your current state, you..."
Thump!
An afterimage flickered. Lu Tian stood proudly in midair, gazing down at the man who had been blasted backward into the mountain peak, and said in a chilling voice, "...are qualified to speak to me?"
Ye Feng slowly climbed out from the pile of rubble. White bone from his fractured arm had pierced right through the flesh.
He smiled bitterly. "A regrown arm is so brittle..."
As the words left his mouth, he circulated his primal energy, and the broken arm knit back together at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Yet his heart settled slightly. It was just as he had expected.
Once the demon spirit had been annihilated, the suppression Lu Tian's Heavenly Demon Physique exerted over him completely vanished.
Lu Tian's silhouette blurred into an afterimage, bolting straight toward Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu!
Ye Feng's eyes flashed, and his figure vanished on the spot.
Two terrifying beams of sword light slashed down directly above Li Guanqi's head.
The sword light swept forward, yet right before it struck, a golden light arrived even faster, having moved after it was launched.
A longsword blocked horizontally before him. Sword radiance flared from Nu Sha as it unleashed several slashes in an instant!
Rumble!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A violent explosion rang out, and the surrounding ground instantly shattered into countless fragments.
Amidst the billowing dust, Ye Feng stood before the two figures, drenched in blood.
Yet the ground behind him remained completely intact, as though the crumbling, collapsing earth had not affected the people at his back in the slightest.
Ye Feng licked the blood seeping from the corner of his lips. His throat moved slightly as he forced down the surging blood, his sword-bearing arm trembling uncontrollably.
The skin between his thumb and forefinger was torn open, and blood trickled slowly down the blade.
Though his feet had sunk deep into the earth, he had not retreated half a step.
Seeing this, fury flared within Lu Tian!
"A mere ant..."
"Dares to block my path?!"
Boom!
Lu Tian shot forward once more. This time, he intended to hold nothing back. Once he butchered Ye Feng, he would seize Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu!
Whoosh!
Instead of retreating, Ye Feng advanced, raising his sword to meet him head-on!
The clashes of their longswords came as dense as a downpour, merging into a continuous roar.
Yet Ye Feng's strength was ultimately no match for Lu Tian's. Within mere breaths, a host of new wounds covered his body.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang!
Boom! Clang!
Lu Tian burned with wrath. He had never expected Ye Feng's Geng Metal power to be so ferocious.
Now that Ye Feng had lost the demon spirit, he was no longer suppressed by the Heavenly Demon Physique, and his power had actually grown several degrees stronger.
Moreover, Lu Tian had spared no effort in nurturing Ye Feng over the years, never stinting on the heavenly treasures that could increase his strength.
Yet the more he realized this, the angrier he became!
A mere ant, someone who had once bowed and scraped before him, was actually able to hold him off for over a dozen breaths!
Pouring more force into his sword, Lu Tian stomped violently down on the empty air.
At once, surging demonic qi transformed into countless demonic serpents that lunged to tear into Ye Feng!
Caught unprepared, Ye Feng had chunks of flesh bitten away by the demonic serpents, and he could only hack them down one by one.
A moment later, Ye Feng was dripping with blood from head to toe, his flesh mangled beyond recognition.
A sword slash caught Ye Feng across the waist, the hideous wound cutting right through his intestines.
Leaping back in violent retreat, Ye Feng's face turned pale as he panted heavily.
Yet only half of the half an incense stick had passed. Ye Feng gritted his teeth and actively surged forward to entangle him in combat once more!
Under the crushing weight of absolute power, the wounds on Ye Feng's body multiplied, his injuries growing ever more severe.
Lu Tian was infuriated to no end. Ye Feng clung to him like a maggot on a bone.
No matter how grievous his wounds were, he clamped down on Lu Tian again like a puppet devoid of pain!
Looking at the man whose eyes were growing numb and hollow not far away, Lu Tian's chest heaved violently.
Gradually, a hundred-foot demonic phantom rose behind Lu Tian!
"Heavenly Demon Soul Devourer!"
Boom!
By now, Ye Feng's left leg was broken, and both his arms were numb and lifeless.
He watched the sky-blotting demon souls surging toward him, blinking his one remaining eye that could still open.
His legs felt as if filled with lead, and his dantian was utterly empty. He wanted to move, yet he could not.
He knew he had not bought enough time... not yet half an incense stick!
Ye Feng dragged his feet forward with immense difficulty, slowly placing himself between the threat and the two behind him.
Yet right then...
Two hands gently rested upon his shoulders!
Ye Feng turned his head. Li Guanqi's resolute profile came into view as he murmured softly, "Enough."
As the word fell, two rainbows of light charged straight into the sky-covering demon souls!
The boundless demon souls swept forward like an army storming a battlefield.
Yet the two of them tore into them like vanguard champions crashing through enemy ranks, ripping two massive breaches clean through the sea of demon souls!
Their assault was ferocious, swiftly boxing Lu Tian in.
Yet Lu Tian's strength was simply too vast—so vast that he fought the two of them with ease.
And Ye Feng's life-burning effort had held out for less than half an incense stick.
Thud!
Swaying in midair, the weakened Ye Feng could hold on no longer and collapsed to one knee on the ground.
In no time at all, Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu were wounded once more.
At this moment, Li Guanqi finally could not hold back a furious roar. "You bastard, how much longer will you take?!"
Pengluo's frantic voice suddenly rang in Li Guanqi's ear.
"Just the last bit!"
Suddenly!
A massive tear was violently ripped across the firmament of the domain shrouded in demonic qi!
A radiant white light was none other than Pengluo's form.
His hands gripped the rift, holding it open with all his might as his body erupted with immense energy.
His face flushed red, Pengluo roared, "Brothers! Come help!"
Hum!
A violent spatial tremor tore through the air!
Whoosh!
Li Guanqi took Meng Wanshu and guarded Ye Feng tightly behind them.
Immediately after, two plumes of flame—one purple and one green—bloomed from the void.
The moment Ye Feng sensed those familiar auras, he burst into tears...
Kneeling on the ground, blood blurred his vision. He desperately wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
Yet in the next breath, fresh tears welled up and blurred them again; no matter how he wiped, he could not clear them.
"Third Brother... Fourth Brother... Brothers..."
Sonic booms thundered from the void.
Immediately after, four figures burst forth from the emptiness!
Cao Yan wearing his arm bracers, Xiao Chen holding his blood spear, Gu Li covered in inscribed talismans, and Tang Ru grasping his abacus.
Powerful auras erupted from them. Cao Yan's face no longer held any of its former youthfulness, replaced entirely by iron resolve.
His features bore the weathered marks of hardship.
The instant he saw Ye Feng, his eyes turned bloodshot.
In a choked whisper, he murmured, "S-Second Brother!"
Clad in red robes, Xiao Chen's expression was grim and determined, bearing none of his former cynicism.
Yet when he caught sight of Ye Feng, he too could not hold back and burst into sobs.
"Second Brother... are you alright..."
"We're here! We... we've come!"
No one knew what he had endured these past few years; twisted, hideous scars crawled across his face like centipedes.
Gu Li and Tang Ru were equally stirred, their emotions surging wildly.
Though Tang Ru had not yet broken through to the Mahayana realm, he was already at the mid Body Integration Realm.
Holding a massive golden abacus, his eyes instantly locked onto the grim-faced Lu Tian in midair!
Right on their heels, a resonant dragon roar abruptly shook the heavens!
Jiuxiao's immense form soared into the sky!
Though the heavenly tribulation lightning was blocked within this domain, it did nothing to mask Jiuxiao's current might—a rank-eight mid-stage beast!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Everyone took to the air, surrounding Lu Tian in the center of the void.
Ye Feng watched with tear-filled eyes, the memories of all the darkness he had endured while hiding by Lu Tian's side flashing through his mind.
With a voice thick with tears, he threw his head back and laughed aloud.
"Wind and snow bore down on me for two or three years..."
Ye Feng's voice caught for a moment, his shoulders trembling slightly as his gaze swept across each and every face that could not have been more familiar.
His voice suddenly turned resounding and high-spirited!
"Yet I laugh at the blizzard... as light! as! cotton!"
Li Guanqi wiped the blood from his face, his blood boiling with fierce resolve.
"You dog bastard, today we settle our score once and for all!"
Seven people, one dragon, and one radish.
Chapter 1141