Seeing this, Li Guanqi could not help cursing under his breath.
"Just how many clones does Ji Yuchuan have that I don't know about?!"
"No wonder he could use Shenzha's Soul Release back during the battle at the Tianji Pavilion."
"The core essence of their divine souls is the exact same person!!"
With no time to dwell on it, Li Guanqi darted backward, tearing out of range of the elder's grand array.
Wielding his brush, Xi Yunhuai etched formations with astonishing speed, conjuring a grand array in the blink of an eye to counter it!
Li Guanqi raised his sword against the pitch-black grand array and struck.
"Heaven Breaker: Demon Subduer Slash!"
Boom!!!
Moving as one with his blade, Li Guanqi streaked forward as swift as a beam of sword light.
Vesting immense might, the single stroke carved an opening straight through the entire array.
Gu Li's figure shot out from within instantly!!
Shoving Li Guanqi forward with both hands, Gu Li hurriedly turned his head and shouted to Xi Yunhuai, who was still drawing arrays, "Run!!!"
The moment the words left his mouth, the old man seemed to sense something. He stowed Shenzha and turned to flee.
Spiritual light flashed beneath his feet; in just two strides, he formed an array that whisked him ten thousand zhang away.
A hand manifested behind Li Guanqi, dragging both him and Gu Li into the void interlayer.
The instant the three vanished, the Wang-tier assassin's expression warped. With a dazed look, he muttered, "It's over."
BOOM!!!!!
Explosive firelight illuminated nearly a hundred li of the void in blazing crimson.
The shockwaves rippled outward for more than a hundred and fifty li!!
Within the inferno, all manner of motley primal energies churned in utter chaos, and a tempestuous storm of energy surged thousands of zhang into the void.
With his back scorched pitch-black, Pengluo poked his head out of the void. Staring at the distant blast, his face darkened.
"Just how many explosive talismans did you damn well throw?!"
Gu Li shrugged, crushing an empty storage armlet as he whispered, "Well, I was safe inside anyway, so I just kept throwing... I'd already thrown over ninety thousand when you guys pulled me out."
The corners of Li Guanqi's and Pengluo's mouths twitched. Over ninety thousand...
Not a trace of bone remained of that Wang-tier assassin; his divine soul had been obliterated into nothingness by the cataclysmic detonation.
The massive blast had wiped out dozens of red-robed assassins alongside him.
Li Guanqi's eyes flickered. "How did you do that?"
With a flick of Gu Li's hand, a dense swarm of inscribed talismans floated behind him.
Taking one at random, Li Guanqi discovered that Gu Li's inscribed talismans were never just single sheets...
They were layered one over another, stacked at least three deep!!
Gu Li rubbed his nose and chuckled slyly. "As long as they brush against a single talisman, the stage is mine."
"Those forty-odd guys just now? I'd quietly slapped targeted teleportation talismans on every single one of them."
Li Guanqi nodded, his gaze turning razor-sharp as he scanned their surroundings.
The tide of battle had turned completely. Slaughtering the remaining assassins was now merely a matter of time.
With the Wang-tier assassins dead, the rest posed no real threat.
Narrowing his eyes, Li Guanqi looked toward Ye Feng, who was surging with ferocious battle intent. He sent a low, somber voice transmission to Gu Li.
"Have you sensed any unusual aura?"
"The way Ye Feng is right now... feels off."
To his surprise, Gu Li shook his head, murmuring with furrowed brows, "I haven't noticed anything. Cao Yan mentioned it earlier too, but I didn't spot any anomaly."
"My divine sense is far stronger than Cao Yan's, yet even after watching closely for quite a while, I couldn't find anything amiss."
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes. He still had no idea how the battle inside was unfolding.
Yet he did not believe any mishaps would occur. After pondering for a moment, he immediately said, "Finish the battle quickly!"
With that, Li Guanqi whispered a transmission into Gu Li's ear.
Gu Li's brow tightened, looking at Li Guanqi in disbelief...
"Are we really doing this?"
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing deep within them.
"It's a hidden danger. If we don't resolve it, I won't have peace of mind..."
"Just do as I said!"
Taking a deep breath, Gu Li hesitated no longer. With a wave of his hands, three archaic storage rings shimmering with radiant light appeared in his grasp!!
Catching Li Guanqi's glance, he shrugged. "That's just my nature. There's no way I'd use up everything."
Li Guanqi said nothing more, standing shoulder to shoulder with Gu Li.
Immediately after, both Cao Yan and Xiao Chen wore far graver expressions, giving an imperceptible nod.
By this point, Ye Feng's eyes were completely crimson. Even his left eye had turned bloodshot without him realizing it.
The bloodstains on the blade of Nu Sha grew brighter and brighter, and Ye Feng fought like a madman.
Catching hold of a red-robed assassin, he hacked away relentlessly, completely oblivious even when sustaining heavy wounds himself.
Ye Feng's ghost hand had swelled considerably larger than usual, making his left arm look as thin as a reed by comparison.
Yet this granted him terrifyingly augmented strength.
Facing a Wang whose cultivation had been suppressed, he showed no fear, even holding a slight upper hand!!
Li Guanqi closed in at top speed, roaring abruptly when he reached a hundred zhang from Ye Feng!!
"Strike!!!"
Buzz!!!
The four heavenly flames transformed into fiery chains that plunged from the sky!!
Nearly a hundred chains pierced through the heavily wounded Wang in an instant, then dispersed and pounced straight toward Ye Feng!!
A red glint flashed in Ye Feng's eyes. Demonic energy surged beneath his feet, and he darted backward over a thousand zhang, cleanly evading the binding fiery chains.
The chains wheeled around and shot toward Ye Feng, with Cao Yan and the others hot on their heels.
Meng Wanshu raised her hand, raising several walls of ice along Ye Feng's path to bar his retreat.
Thick saliva dripped from the corner of Ye Feng's mouth as he let out a low snarl.
His eyes were icy cold, devoid of their usual warmth—just as Cao Yan had anticipated!!
Clamping an inscribed talisman between his fingers, Gu Li said coldly, "Spatial Displacement!"
Swish!!
An invisible talisman burst into flame on Ye Feng's back, and his form twisted slightly as it attempted to swap places with Gu Li in an instant.
Right at that moment, an illusionary phantom opened its maw wide upon Ye Feng's right arm, violently swallowing the talisman whole!!!
Gu Li's body was forcibly cast out of the spatial fluctuations.
Simultaneously, Ye Feng spun around and unleashed several slashes in quick succession!!
Terrifying golden sword qi mingled with eerie demonic energy, tearing straight through Meng Wanshu's wall of ice.
Braving the tempest of primal energy, Cao Yan teleported to Ye Feng's right side and threw a punch!!
"Fist Shatters the Nine Heavens!!!"
Boom!!!
A massive fist projection of primal energy erupted instantly, only to be cleaved apart in a flash by a golden arc of sword qi. A sudden searing heat bloomed across Cao Yan's chest as blood splattered!!
The bizarre demonic energy was actually corroding his flesh!!
Cao Yan's expression changed. Tearing away the necrotic flesh on his chest, he shouted a warning, "Watch out for Second Brother's sword light!!"
A flicker of worry crossed his eyes as he darted backward.
Xiao Chen gripped the She Shen spear. In his Apocalypse form, he resembled a god of war, thrusting his spear like an emerging dragon!!
"Second Bro Ye, wake up!!!!"
Even as he shouted, Xiao Chen dared not hold back in the slightest, putting his full strength into the thrust!!
Thump!!
The void shattered. The blood-red spear glow, imbued with the power of the Great Sky Haze Flame, surged forward unstoppably.
A terrifying ray of sword light arrived in an instant, sundering the spear glow!
Immediately following it, a massive hand crashed straight into the spear's sharp point. Though the palm was impaled, it clenched fiercely around the spear tip!!
No matter how hard Xiao Chen pulled, he could not wrench it free!!
At the same time, a surge of boundless flame abruptly manifested within everyone's dantian, threatening to consume them from the inside!!
The Yinming Profound Flame!!
Ye Feng's face—at once familiar and alien—loomed through the smoke and dust of the blast right before Xiao Chen!!
Those blood-red eyes stared straight at Xiao Chen, jolting his heart.
With no time to think, seeing the ghost hand drawn taut like a full bow and chopping down toward his head, Xiao Chen teleported away!!!
Splat!!!
An arm flew high into the air. Xiao Chen clutched his shoulder, his eyes wide with utter disbelief.
"Second Brother..."
Nu Sha came slashing down toward Xiao Chen's head!!
In the nick of time, a flash of red streaked past!
Clang!!!
Li Guanqi knocked away this altered Ye Feng with a single sword strike, his face grim as stagnant water!!
Chapter 927