Weino walked up to Yawen and stretched out his hand. From his hand, three thin and needle-like tendrils extended, constantly swaying towards Yawen, creating a eerie scene. He sneered, "What a useless brat from the Stadak family. I think you are the most threatening person from the Stadak family. But unfortunately for you, you've encountered me today, and you're about to meet your misfortune without achieving anything. What a pity!" Yawen looked at Weino warily. His ancestors, father, and brother were all engaged in fierce battles, and there was no one present who could help him. Yet he had to face Weino, who was clearly the second strongest person present. Yawen mustered all his mental strength to confront him. Weino's right hand remained still, but the three tendrils on his wrist extended like whips. In an instant, they wrapped around Yawen's neck and wrists before he could react, lifting him into the air. The tendrils around his neck tightened, and Yawen's face turned red, struggling to breathe as he nearly choked. Weino grinned, "You're in luck today. Let me show you my Bloodsucking Body-Stealing Technique. It's the most painful way to die that I've researched over the past ten years." As soon as he finished speaking, the tips of the tendrils, resembling long needles, suddenly revealed countless small barbs, piercing into Yawen's arms and neck. Three streams of blood gushed out like fountains. As the spikes penetrated his flesh, Yawen felt a suction force as if all the blood in his body was being drawn to these three wounds, causing him to lose a large amount of blood and feel dizzy. At the same time, an indescribable sensation of tingling, soreness, and itchiness spread through his joints and muscles, as if millions of ants were biting him simultaneously. His muscles spasmed and ached due to the massive blood loss, sending warning signals throughout his body.
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Yawen seemed to be trapped in a hellish state, as if all the suffering in the world was concentrated in him. Despite his dire situation, Yawen's consciousness remained remarkably clear. He could discern exactly where the pain was coming from, but being in such a state made his suffering ten times worse than anyone else's. Amidst massive blood loss and excruciating pain, Yawen felt his blood and strength being slowly drained through the three long whiskers on his face. The shadow of death began to loom over him. "No! I can't die here, I absolutely cannot die." With a surge of strong willpower and mental energy, Yawen's formidable survival instinct kicked in, initiating his first conscious action. The center of his forehead started to throb slowly at first, then faster, emitting a silver light that grew stronger from weak to intense. In response, the Greedy Wolf Star, which was originally attached to his right arm, also emitted a faint silver light. Gradually, a silver wolf head appeared on Yawen's right arm, with the red whiskers of Weino inserted into the gaping mouth of the Greedy Wolf Star. A bizarre situation unfolded. The mouth of the Greedy Wolf Star closed, but instead of the whiskers being inserted into Yawen's arm, the Greedy Wolf Star seemed to be biting down on them, making a crunching sound as it chewed and swallowed the whiskers. By the time the Greedy Wolf Star completely detached from Yawen's right arm, reverting to its original form, Weino's three whiskers had been forcibly snapped and swallowed by the star. Now free from captivity, the Greedy Wolf Star was on the offensive against Weino, breaking all three whiskers in a matter of moments. Yawen couldn't help but kneel down on the ground, gasping for breath, while the Greedy Wolf Star stood in front of him, with its fur standing on end, baring its teeth and emitting a low angry growl at Weino. After finally catching his breath, Yawen stood up again, and that's when Weino noticed that Yawen's eyes were undergoing a transformation. With one eye turning golden and the other silver, his eyes emitted an increasingly intense and dazzling light. However, gradually, the golden light in his right eye faded, replaced by a brilliant silver light that shone on Weino's face, making it impossible for Weino to look directly at him. Suddenly, Weino felt a wave of panic, an indescribable strangeness enveloping his entire body. He felt as if he were a frog being stared at by a snake, afraid to make any movement, fearing that the slightest motion would bring disaster upon him.
With a shake of his head, Weino seemed to shake off the fear in his heart, and he raised his spirits, saying, "So, you have hidden this strange mythical beast. Truly worthy of being the ace of the Stadark family. But do you think that this little mythical beast that has only grown to the third stage can withstand my Blood Fiend?"
"My Blood Fiend does not belong to any of the six major attributes. It is a unique blood attribute. Any mythical beast that is injured by my Blood Fiend will have its energy drained by it. How long do you think your mythical beast can resist?"
At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared next to Weino, saying, "Weino, aren't you talking too much?"
Weino turned his head to look, and at some point, eleven people appeared beside him, each of them wrapped in dark clothes, their faces obscured.
Hearing the voice clearly, Weino was suddenly shocked and thought to himself, "Yes! Why did I say such words now?"
Although unwilling to admit it, Weino understood in his heart that he was unconsciously influenced by the strange gaze of Yawen, and he tried to bolster his courage.
If this were a duel, he would have already lost.
At this moment, the gaze in Yawen's eyes had gradually disappeared, returning to its usual state. Just now, when the Greedy Wolf Star left his right arm and released him from his predicament, the center of Yawen's forehead throbbed violently at a speed he couldn't even count.
In an instant, Yawen suddenly had a strange feeling, as if he could see through the eyes of the Greedy Wolf Star what it saw, and could clearly feel that the Greedy Wolf Star was "analyzing" the tentacles of the Blood Fiend, while also creating the same abilities on its body?
This strange feeling seemed to be telling Yawen that he was transforming into the Greedy Wolf Star.
It wasn't until the Greedy Wolf Star "finished analyzing" that Yawen felt he had returned to his own body again, and it was also when Weino noticed that the silver light in Yawen's eyes had weakened.
Yawen later learned that at that time, he had established a strong mental connection with the Greedy Wolf Star, and the immense spiritual power emitted from it had caused Weino to instinctively fear, leading him to say those words.
Now that Weino had returned to normal, he finally had the presence of mind to focus on other matters.
"Xu, why are you here, and why did you bring ten dark demons with you?" Weino asked, looking at the ten mysterious figures behind him.
Xu shook his head coldly and said, "His Majesty is worried."
With just one sentence, Xu seemed unwilling to say more, and Weino, who seemed to be familiar with his temperament, didn't ask further.
Yawen sighed inwardly as he listened to their conversation. It was indeed the machination of the King of Deno.
But now there was no time to dwell on who was behind this, because another anomaly had occurred.
Yawen, who was in crisis, noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with his father and brothers because their beast armors seemed to be somewhat unresponsive and were gradually detaching from their bodies.
Noticing the unusual gazes from Yawen and Hanluo, Weino sneered, "It's time."
With a wave of his hand, the thirty members of the Black Guard suddenly abandoned their attack and retreated behind Weino, standing side by side with the ten dark demons.
Ho Yi, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Hanluo, also noticed something strange about Hanluo. When he saw Weino remove the Black Guard's siege, he also made a move to force Hanluo to retreat, then turned around and approached Weino, asking, "It's time?"
Yawen's family gathered around him when they saw their opponents inexplicably retreating. They couldn't make out what Ho Yi and Weino were talking about in their cryptic conversation.
But they soon found out, because the beast armors on their bodies began to detach from them one by one, reverting back to their original first form. As a result, a half-human-sized white tiger, a yellow giant bear, a half-human-sized red male lion, a fox as tall as a human, and a half-human-sized blue giant eagle suddenly appeared on Yawen's side.
At a glance, they were the ancestral, fatherly, and brotherly beasts - the Tiger of Light, the Bear of the Earth, the Lion of Fire, the Fox of the Furious Wind, and the Thunder Eagle of the Azure Waters.
After leaving their owners, the beasts were all listless and lying on the ground.
Hanluo and his companions were horrified. How could the beasts be like this at such a crucial moment? And why did they suddenly feel weak and powerless all over their bodies?
With a sudden inspiration, Hanluo's face changed and he said, "Weino, are you using poison?"
Weino laughed, "It's too late for you to know now. Just wait to die!"
Seeing Weino's teasing expression as if playing with a mouse, Yawen couldn't help but feel furious. Sensing Yawen's anger, the Greedy Wolf Star let out a howl of anger and turned into a silver light, pouncing towards Weino.
As the silver light approached, Weino was caught off guard and narrowly escaped being bitten by the Greedy Wolf Star. He blurted out, "Haven't you been drinking?"
Everyone only now realizes that the wine at the banquet earlier was tampered with. However, Yaxu says, "It's not just the wine, right? Otherwise, why is Prime Minister You fine?"
As everyone looks, they indeed see Houyi's magical beast, White Water, still attached to him in the form of a magical armor.
Weino laughs and says, "It's rumored that the second son of the Stadak family, Yaxu, is exceptionally clever. Today, it seems to be true. Fine then! Since you're all about to die, let me make you understand before you become ghosts."
"Prime Minister You, please call out your apprentice," Weino requests Houyi.
Houyi reluctantly says, "Weino, you always enjoy doing these meaningless things. Fine then! Naken, come out and pay your respects to your masters. Don't let people say that my apprentice is impolite."
Hansel and others can't believe what they're hearing. Could it really be Naken?
Sure enough, with a shout from Houyi, a person walks out from the darkness, and it's none other than Naken.
Hansel is heartbroken and asks, "Naken, why would you do this? Have we ever wronged you?"
Naken sneers and says, "Wronged me? Honestly, you haven't."
"Then why would you do this?" Hansel can't believe it.
Naken says coldly, "It's nothing. I just wanted to make a name for myself. This opportunity came up, so I used it a little. I should thank you all for giving me this chance!"
Yahua angrily laughs and says, "Just for this ridiculous reason, you would betray those who have nurtured and taken care of you since you were young?"
Naken laughs again and says, "Nurtured me? Taken care of me? In reality, it's all for yourselves. You took care of me because you didn't want others to say that you were heartless and didn't take care of your servants. You nurtured me because you wanted me to take care of your useless younger brother, Yawen, at school. What kind of nurturing is that? Even if you really wanted to nurture me, I would never be able to escape from the shadow of the Stadak family for the rest of my life."
Yahua is speechless, not knowing why his goodwill has been turned into something so despicable by Naken.
Yaxu, who has been silent, asks calmly, "It's too late to talk about these things now. Naken, I only have two questions for you. Did you steal the letter, and how are you involved with the poison in our bodies?"
Naken laughs wildly and says, "It doesn't matter if I tell you now. Although I didn't steal the letter, I deceived Grandfather to get it for me. I put the poison in the soup yesterday, and I also overheard what Yulai and someone named Leon said that day, and I reported it to the emperor. I did all of this, including revealing your plans to the emperor by eavesdropping."
Everyone finally realizes that the reason for their failure lies with the person they trusted the most.
Houyi says coldly, "Have you finished asking all your questions? Then it's time to leave. Hansel, I'm sorry you didn't die by my hands in the end, but it's almost the same. Weino, take action."
Weino smiles lightly and says, "Yes, Prime Minister You."
At the same time, Yulai, who had been standing silently all along, chanted in a high voice: "Oh mighty beast, possessing courage, wisdom, and beauty combined, under the witness of the heavens, I, Yulai Stardark, shall form an eternal blood pact with you through the deepest spirituality. From this day on, you and I shall be lifelong allies, bound by oath."
"The Resurrection Technique," a supreme skill used by the Stardark family to return from death on the battlefield.
Hanluo, Yahua, Yaxu, and Yaruo couldn't help but change their expressions. Hanluo exclaimed in shock, "Yulai, how could you use this move? Don't you know that you've..."
Yulai chuckled bitterly amidst a white light, "Father, please do not stop me. Today's crisis is caused by my own misjudgment of people. Let me atone for my sins. You take Yahua and the others and leave, I will stop them."
Even the tough Hanluo couldn't help but shed tears at this moment.
Yulai, who had already used the Resurrection Technique five times before, used it for the sixth time, which instantly ignited all the vitality in his body. Although the power would increase exponentially, it would also be like the last drop of life force from the setting sun in the western frontier, entering eternal slumber after blooming.
Upon hearing from his younger brother that their father was using the Resurrection Technique for the sixth time, Yawen was excited and wanted to go forward to stop him. But damn it, a wave of excruciating headache struck him at this moment, far more painful than the previous few times, causing Yawen to roll on the ground in pain.
At this moment, Yulai finally completed his sixth use of the Resurrection Technique. All the white light on his body transferred to his beast, the Earth Divine Bear, and the Earth Divine Bear immediately appeared very spirited after obtaining Yulai's energy. Yulai, who had lost his energy, not only did not appear weak as expected, but rather looked very determined. However, Hanluo and others knew that this was his last gasp, and after his life force burned out, he would die.
The stronger he is now, the faster he will die, how ironic.
But Hu Yi and Wei Nuo, who were watching, did not know this. They saw Yulai suddenly returning to normal and were secretly shocked.
Wei Nuo shouted loudly, "Black Guards, launch the Ten Absolute Formations at full power!"
Yulai also shouted loudly, "Armorize!"
Instantly, the Earth Bear once again attached itself to Mylai's body. After completing its transformation, Mylai's hands each emitted a yellow light, forming an intangible yellow light barrier. It resisted the attacks of the Black Guard, Ho Yi, and Wei Nuo. At the same time, Mylai shouted loudly, "Why are you still here? Leave now!"
Huan Luo and others immediately joined in unison, "Under the witness of the heavens, O mighty beast that embodies courage, wisdom, and beauty, magical beast! I, Huan Luo (Yahua, Yaxu, Yaruo) Stardark, beseech you with the deepest spirituality to listen to my confession. I, Huan Luo (Yahua, Yaxu, Yaruo) Stardark, will form an eternal blood covenant with you, and only you and I shall be lifelong allies, bonded forever."
As the Resurrection Technique was about to be completed, a dark figure that had been hidden in the darkness all along began to move.
In a swift motion, a black robe revealed a pitch-black curved blade, silently aiming towards the motionless Yaheng lying on the ground.
The long blade was less than thirty centimeters away from Yaheng's chest.