The goat-bearded elder’s golden phantom was practically a decorative piece in front of the other man. It was pierced through in a single strike.
However, the goat-bearded elder was extremely experienced in battle. He had long anticipated the other’s move. The moment the black-robed elder vanished, the goat-bearded elder teleported forward, narrowly evading the blow.
“You Shadow Lotus cultists... after all these years, it’s still the same two tricks over and over again.”
The goat-bearded elder’s tone was disdainful, yet he did not relax in the slightest.
“Then have you seen this one?”
The white powder on the black-robed elder’s body detached itself and drifted toward the goat-bearded elder.
“Dispel!”
The golden phantom erupted with light, but it was completely unable to block the white powder, which clung to its body.
“Hehehe... a Sequence 4 body. I think the god will like it. Don’t you?”
The goat-bearded elder jerked his head up, wanting to pull away, only to find that his body was becoming somewhat uncontrollable.
“Hahahaha!”
“I didn't expect a vessel to deliver itself right to my door!”
The black-robed elder laughed uproariously.
Rumble!
The black clouds in the sky condensed once more, and the lightning within them gradually turned red.
Hum—!
The golden phantom swung its paired maces down with all its might!
Although the goat-bearded elder could not move, the golden phantom was unaffected.
The black-robed elder was forced to engage it because he carried the Execution Brand. The moment he tried to flee or showed cowardice, it would trigger.
The white-browed elder frowned and threw a calm punch.
The black-robed elder parried, thinking it would be the same as before, but to his surprise, the white-browed elder’s second punch followed immediately.
Just as he planned to use his old tricks again, the golden phantom attacked, causing a momentary lapse in his defense.
And that single moment was all the white-browed elder needed.
Third punch, fourth punch, fifth punch!
By the third punch, the black-robed elder could barely parry. By the fourth, his defense was completely shattered.
The black-robed elder knew he couldn't let this continue. Even as a Sequence 4, he wouldn't survive many more of these blows.
Thus, as the fifth punch approached, he tried to transform into a shadow to evade the attack.
But while the thought was beautiful, reality was cruel.
Bang!
The fifth punch landed!
A single opening was all it took for the white-browed elder to successfully utilize Technique.
The black-robed elder was now completely trapped in the white-browed elder’s rhythm of attack.
On the other side, the goat-bearded elder struggled with all his might, but he still couldn't control his body. His frame drifted inch by inch toward the dark clouds.
“Aaaargh!”
He roared. The golden phantom retreated to stand before him, pointing the right golden mace at his chest.
Upon contact, a piece of paper flew out.
It was the very paper he had used to threaten the two earlier!
Buzz—!
The energy of the golden mace was rapidly absorbed by the paper. The paper began to burn, but the characters upon it started to glow, completely ignoring the flames.
Once the fire had consumed the paper entirely, only the characters remained, floating in mid-air.
There were only seven simple words.
The Master did not speak of wonders, strength, disorder, and spirits.
The moment the white-browed elder saw these seven words, his body went limp, and he was knocked directly out of his Technique state.
Logically, this should have been the black-robed elder’s best chance to counterattack.
But at this moment, his state was even worse than the white-browed elder’s. He couldn't even maintain flight and was in a free fall.
The wind whistled past him, and his heart filled with terror.
The goat-bearded elder’s eyes were bloodshot as the white powder clinging to his body was incinerated.
But because of this, the word ‘Wonders’ lost its power, turning into a blot of ink and vanishing.
The goat-bearded elder’s face twisted in agony.
“You all deserve to die!”
As he spoke, he chased after the falling black-robed elder.
If not for that man, he wouldn't have had to use his life-saving trump card so easily!
The golden phantom smashed its mace down. This time, the black-robed elder was powerless to resist and could only watch as the golden mace fell.
Bang!
A black light flared on his body, protecting him like an eggshell.
Crack!
The eggshell shattered instantly. However, it had managed to deflect some of the force, allowing the black-robed elder to barely twist his body and save his life.
His left arm, along with a small portion of his shoulder, was completely gone.
The black-robed elder groaned, but his expression grew even more frenzied.
“Idiot, the time is up!”
Hearing this, the goat-bearded elder looked up at the sky. He saw that the black clouds, which had already condensed to a kilometer, were now shrinking further. The diameter was now less than a hundred meters, and the color was like a mass of churning ink.
“#%@#”
A series of whispers rang out, making the goat-bearded elder’s scalp tingle!
Strong!
Unusually strong!
The evil god the Shadow Lotus Church summoned this time was significantly stronger than the avatar of the Thousand-Eyed Evil God he had dealt with before.
The white-browed elder was also retreating, though he did not flee.
Because he belonged to the Martial Artist pathway, and the Sequence 6 of the Martial Artist pathway was called Hero!
Buzz—!
The first four characters—‘The Master did not speak’—floated toward the sky, and the whispering voices were instantly sealed.
Seeing this, the goat-bearded elder felt even more pained, and his attacks grew more ferocious.
The black-robed elder, however, had regained his mobility and dodged decisively.
‘Has Wan Tianqing already reached this level of strength?’
The goat-bearded elder attacked relentlessly, knowing full well that these characters wouldn't last long.
The characters for ‘Strength’, ‘Disorder’, and ‘Spirits’ also flew into the air, firmly surrounding the mass of ‘ink’.
Even so, a distorted divinity began to emanate from it.
“Die!”
Striking while the enemy was down!
The goat-bearded elder hammered at the black-robed elder. The black-robed elder was still partially sealed by Wan Tianqing’s character for ‘Wonders’ and hadn't fully recovered his strength. How could he stand against the goat-bearded elder?
Subconsciously, the thought of evading the brunt of the attack arose in his mind. And this triggered the goat-bearded elder’s Execution.
“Cowardice!”
Hum!
The divinity on the black-robed elder’s body distorted, then combined with the brand the goat-bearded elder had placed, transforming into a massive blade that fell from above.
Splat!
Nearly half of the black-robed elder’s neck was sliced open, yet he did not die immediately.
It was simply too difficult to kill a Sequence 4!
Just as the goat-bearded elder was about to deliver the finishing blow, a vertical eye opened in the ink mass in the sky!
The eye was about three meters long. Within its pupil were countless smaller eyeballs, rolling around chaotically—an extremely unsettling sight.
The goat-bearded elder and the white-browed elder felt their bodies go numb, as if they had been licked by a venomous snake.
They felt that if they moved even slightly, the snake would pounce!
And this was just the peripheral gaze of the vertical eye. What would happen if it looked at them directly?
...
Great Wei camp.
Yin Yang, who was currently eating, suddenly jerked his head up and looked toward the ‘egg fried rice stove.’
He sensed that something was peering at him!
Before he could figure out what it was, a majestic voice echoed in his mind.
“Sacrifice pathway? Are the remnants of the Yin Shang not yet extinct?”
The voice was incredibly grand, as if it were about to burst his brain!
Yin Yang turned pale. He had already guessed the speaker’s identity.
The egg fried rice!
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