A figure with blue light flashed by, kicking away Yawen. The dark figure snorted coldly, "Foolish!" With a turn of the curved blade in his hand, he slashed at the leg of the blue figure. Instantly, blood splattered and a deep wound appeared on the right leg of the blue figure, revealing bones. Although Yawen suffered from heavy blood loss and overused his mental power for the first time without restraint, causing severe mental exhaustion and a splitting headache, he was still able to clearly perceive that the person who kicked him to safety and took the slash for him was his third brother, Yaruo. Seeing the curved blade of the dark figure slashing towards Yaruo's neck, Yawen ignored the excruciating headache and his weak body, and shouted as he threw himself on Yaruo, intending to take the blow for him. However, the curved blade of the dark figure did not fall on him, because Yaruo and Yaxu, who had completed the resurrection technique and put on their armor again, had blocked the blow. Yaruo and Yaxu helped Yaruo and Yawen up respectively. Yaruo didn't even spare a glance at anyone else, just stared at Yulei sadly and said, "Yulei, I'm sorry." After speaking, he shouted, "Yahua, let's go!" "Anyone who dares to stop me will die!" The overwhelming killing intent made the hidden ambushes hesitate and let Yaruo and the others hurriedly leave. As soon as Yulei saw that Yaruo and the others were gone, he immediately put aside all external distractions and focused on dealing with the more than forty experts in front of him. As he noticed that Xie was about to chase after them, Yulei shouted loudly, "Come back!" A strong suction force forcibly pulled Xie, who was leaping forward, back. Xie exclaimed in amazement, "Impressive telekinesis! It's a pity that you have to die!" Yulei sneered, "Come and try!" Without even looking at the curved blade attacking him, Yulei waved his right hand and unleashed the Forceful Spear, aiming for Xie's head. Although Xie could pierce Yulei's abdomen with his blade, he would also be killed by Yulei's Forceful Spear. He was unwilling to engage in a life-and-death struggle with Yulei. He quickly stepped aside, retrieved his curved blade, and took a step back, allowing the situation to defuse.
And that's exactly what Yulai wanted. He saw the spear of power in his hand follow the momentum, making a big swing, sweeping through the two black guards closest to him.
At this moment, Hu Yi, who finally realized Yulai's intention, stretched out his hand in annoyance, disregarding the fact that this act was a bit of bullying and sneak attack, and emitted a white beam of light that seemed substantial, passing through Yulai's left shoulder, leaving a charred scar.
But Yulai didn't even groan. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that everyone was dazzled by Hu Yi's intense white light and used the spear in his hand to pierce the chests of three people.
Three miserable screams followed, and Weino finally woke up from his dream, shouting angrily, "You're all dead! Stand there and let them attack you, hurry up and form a formation to attack him!"
The black guards finally regained their senses and began to activate the Ten Absolute Formation.
But after all, Yulai had just taken the opportunity to kill five people, and the previously tight formation had already shown flaws. In less than three minutes, Yulai killed another five people among them, and the formation was no longer effective.
However, outside the battlefield, Hu, who was observing the battle, waved his hand again and said, "Dark demons, replenish the Ten Absolute Formation."
As soon as his voice fell, the ten black shadows that had been hidden in the darkness moved like ghosts, filling the gaps in the Ten Absolute Formation in an instant, forming a Ten Absolute Formation once again.
With the addition of these ten dark demons, Yulai couldn't help but feel a headache.
These ten people had cultivation levels higher than the black guards, and their elusive movements made the Ten Absolute Formation even more powerful, making it even more difficult for Yulai to deal with.
Moreover, the Ten Absolute Formation gradually turned into a deceptive formation, with these ten dark demons as the main attack, and the attack and defense formations as secondary.
Now Yulai was really in extreme pain. In less than ten minutes, he had more than a dozen wounds of various sizes on his body.
Seeing that the coordination between the black guards and the dark demons was getting better and better, if this continued, even if Yulai wasn't killed by the formation, he would die from excessive bleeding.
Gritting his teeth, Yulai ignored the two curved knives that the dark demons behind him were attacking with. He swung the spear of power in his hand with force, turning the two black guards in front of him, who were trying to distract his attention, into four pieces, splattering their fresh red blood on him. Along with the two deep wounds visible to the bone left by the curved knives of the dark demons behind him.
The blood stained Yulai's armor red, and he couldn't tell whether it was the blood of the enemy or his own blood.
Seeing this situation, even though he was an enemy, Hu Yi couldn't help but exclaim, "What a brave man."
He had already realized that Yulai was willing to take these two blows in order to break through the impenetrable Ten Absolute Formation.
Sure enough, with this approach, Yulai found it easier to deal with the Ten Absolute Formation, although he still faced great dangers. However, he was able to find small gaps in the formation and avoid several life-threatening situations.
While Yulai was busy fighting the Black Guards and Dark Demons in the Ten Absolute Formation, Hu Yi and Wei Nuo became impatient. Hu Yi said, "If we let Yulai continue to hold off all of us alone, relying only on ordinary soldiers who are no match for Han Luo and his men, we won't be able to fulfill the mission given to us by His Majesty when it comes time for Han Luo and his men to escape. We can't afford to bear the responsibility."
Hu Yi and Wei Nuo, who had the highest level of cultivation among the three, both agreed that the most important thing now was to fulfill His Majesty's orders and capture the entire Stadak family, dead or alive. However, with all the arrangements in place, they couldn't send anyone to capture them because Yulai was holding them all back, and ordinary soldiers were no match for Han Luo and his men. But asking them to send out a team to pursue them was beyond their capability.
The most confident among the three was Hu Yi, as he could fight Han Luo to a draw at best, and he was slightly stronger than Han Luo. However, Han Luo had four grandsons with him, excluding the youngest Yawen. The other three grandsons were famous brave generals in the kingdom, and any one of them alone would not be able to defeat all of them.
Only by going together as a team did they have a chance.
Among the three, Wei Nuo was the least confident, as he had personally tasted the bitterness of Yawen's inexplicable abilities. He felt a bit uneasy about chasing after them with Hu Yi and Xu. Little did he know that Yawen had already fallen into a state of mental abnormality due to the outburst of his psychic powers.
As soon as Wei Nuo heard that Hu Yi and Xu were suggesting that the three of them pursue, he immediately objected, "I think it's not appropriate for the three of us to go after them."
Hu Yi and Xu raised their eyebrows, waiting for Wei Nuo to continue.
Seeing that Hu Yi and Xu did not immediately oppose, Wei Nuo continued, "We should know that the reputation of the Han Luo family is not unfounded. Moreover, it's night-time now, and the Han Luo family is like wounded beasts hidden in the darkness, with their danger increasing. Compared to the four grandsons of Han Luo who have each other's support, we are at a disadvantage. Not to be self-deprecating, but I know my own abilities. I am well aware that I am not on par with Han Luo, let alone with his assistance. And our assistance is being tied up. Even if we bring more soldiers, whether we can catch them or not is still a question."
Seeing Hu Yi and Xu deep in thought, Weino glanced at Yulei and emphasized, "As the saying goes, 'It's better to have one bird in hand than ten birds in the woods.' If we chase after Han Luo and the others now, what if Yulei escapes? And even if we catch up to Han Luo or catch them but can't keep them, won't it be too late to regret it?"
Hu Yi and Xu immediately agreed with Weino's reasoning, and Hu Yi said, "Alright then, let's capture Yulei first and then make further plans."
As the highest-ranked among them, Hu Yi's decision was accepted without any objections from Xu, and certainly not from Weino either. However, Weino had always been curious why he, who had never feared anyone in his life, had a feeling of not wanting to meet Yawen.
Little did he know that just moments ago, Yawen had unconsciously implanted a seed of fear in his heart using her psychic powers, which would eventually lead to an incredible event when he met Yawen again several years later.
Meanwhile, while Weino and the other three were discussing outside the formation, every word they said was overheard by Yulei inside the formation. This made Yulei's heart chaotic, fearing that they would really chase after him. Later, when he decided to deal with them before fleeing, Yulei temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. However, during this time, he had also suffered several injuries, but he was able to use his burning life force as an attack power, so the wounds on his body were healing at a hundredfold speed, without causing much harm to him.
But if he continued to be injured, his already depleted life force would be consumed even faster, so he had already made a decision in his heart.
Yulei suddenly released a much stronger wave of energy, forcibly pushing back the Black Guards and Dark Demons who were besieging him by five steps, buying himself some breathing time. He leaned forward, the spear of overpowering strength in his hand emitting a yellow light. With a sudden movement, he abandoned the spear and clasped his hands together, uttering a strange phrase, "Sasi Yan."
Immediately, a tremendously bright yellow light emanated from his body, and as Yulei spread his hands, the yellow light exploded, kicking up dust and scattering in all directions.
The seemingly insignificant dust and yellow light actually hid an unimaginable power, causing all the Black Guards and Dark Demons to stumble and leaving countless small wounds on their bodies, turning each of them into bloodied figures.
When Hu Yi heard Yulei uttering the strange phrase, his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Not good!"
He immediately reached out and slammed his fist onto the ground, uttering another equally strange phrase, "Ei Ti Kui."
Part of the ground hit by his fist immediately sprouted five transparent ice pillars, as tall as three people and as wide as two people, emitting a chilling coldness, just in time to block the yellow light emitted by Yulei.
As the yellow light disappeared, the ice pillars also retracted back into the ground, as if nothing had happened, leaving only five holes on the ground and the Black Guards and Dark Demons lying in pools of blood, as well as seven corpses killed by Yulei while taking advantage of the opportunity.
Even someone as cunning as Weino or as ruthless as Xu, couldn't help but be dumbfounded by the sudden changes before their eyes, with their mouths agape in disbelief.
Hu Yi didn't even spare a glance at Weino and Xu, his expression was strange, a mix of shock, curiosity, and various other emotions. He asked, "I used the ancient magic of the ice element - Ice Pillar. Ei Xi Ke, what about you?"
Yulai gasped for breath and said, "I used the ancient magic of the earth element - Dust Burst. Sa Si Dong."
Hu Yi suddenly went mad, shaking his head vigorously and saying, "Impossible! Impossible! You're just a martial artist who cultivates qi, how could you have crossed the barrier of magic and martial arts? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Hu Yi repeated several times that it was impossible, showing his incredulity and shock, as if trying to convince himself.
Weino and Xu were also extremely shocked. Even when facing their mortal enemy Han Luo, Hu Yi could remain calm and composed, smiling and talking with him without revealing any intention to kill. It was evident that his cultivation had reached a high level of proficiency. But now, just because of the strange words and moves mentioned by Yulai, he lost his composure like this. Could it be that there was some secret hidden in the ancient magic they were discussing?
Without hesitation, the two of them shouted in unison, "Right Phase!"
Hearing the shouts of Weino and Xu, Hu Yi was suddenly startled. After a moment, he regained his composure, but still looked at Yulai with a shocked (?) expression.
He seemed to be asking himself and answering, "Since the ancient era of the gods, the gods had a sacred power, a magical power that could exert a power tens or even hundreds of times greater than today's magic in an instant. By using the divine tools of that time, the gods only needed to recite the key magical words, and they could instantly release powerful forces. It is said that they even had the power to destroy the world. However, after the war of the gods, the leader of the gods triggered the final and strongest sacred power - the power of destruction, which ended the war of the gods but also caused the so-called era of great destruction."
"Since then, many large and small divine tools have lost the power they once possessed. No matter how the gods try to trigger the sacred power, the divine tools still do not respond. In the end, the disappointed gods, who lost their power, could no longer be called gods. They became the ancestors of our human race, or you could say that all of us humans are the descendants of the gods who lost their divine power."
"Later, mythical beasts appeared, and humans began to use them. It is said that mythical beasts were the incarnations of the only divine tools that still possessed power at that time, but no one could prove it."
"Many years ago, by chance, someone discovered that mythical beasts could retain the sacred power of the divine tools from the era of the gods, although it was weak compared to the legendary power of destruction from the era of the gods, it was still a sacred power that should not be underestimated."
Later on, some people conducted research on this sacred power and found that the probability of this power appearing was extremely low, almost impossible. The mystery of how to trigger it remained unsolved, even for me... until I discovered that I possessed this power during a strange experience. Until now, I am still puzzled. However, despite this, some people have discovered a pattern, the only unchanging rule, which is that the magical armor known as the "Magical Enchanted Armor" is the only exception that can wield the sacred power without fail."
"The people who later learned about the existence of this power called it the 'Ancient Sacred Power' or the 'Ancient Magical Enchantment.' These are the teachings of my master, the Water Saint King."
The Water Saint King is the Water Demon King among the top ten experts, but he dislikes the term "demon," so he refers to himself as the Water Saint King. Of course, his disciple, Hu Yi, also addresses him as the Water Saint King.
Since it was spoken by the Water Demon King, at least eighty percent of it must be true, if not ninety percent. However, Wei Nuo couldn't help but ask, "Then why does Yulai use the Ancient Magical Enchantment? Isn't he supposed to use the Beast Enchanted Armor? And what is the Magic Martial Extreme Wall?"
Hu Yi explained, "That is also something I find hard to accept. The so-called Magic Martial Extreme Wall refers to the phenomenon where a person, who focuses on cultivating Qi or magic power, may be able to cultivate both martial arts and magic, but can never reach the pinnacle of either. This phenomenon was eternal and unchanging before the appearance of Ancient Magical Enchantment. Since the emergence of Ancient Magical Enchantment, anyone who possesses the Ancient Magical Enchantment can only specialize in magic. Even someone who has practiced martial arts for just one day would never be able to learn the Ancient Magical Enchantment. This phenomenon is referred to as the 'Magic Martial Extreme Wall.' The most obvious example is my master, the Water Saint King. He cultivated both martial arts and magic, but throughout his life, despite his deep cultivation and progress in his cultivation level, he could never cultivate the Ancient Magical Enchantment. On the other hand, many of us disciples who specialized in magic under his tutelage, except for a few who are new to the practice and have insufficient magical cultivation, seven or eight out of ten have inexplicably cultivated the Ancient Magical Enchantment."
"As for why he can cultivate both martial arts and the Ancient Magical Enchantment, you can only ask him. He is probably the first person in thousands of years to do so!"
Upon hearing Hou Yi's words, Yu Lai's expression remained unchanged on his face, but he inwardly chuckled bitterly. He didn't really know the ancient magic of the Dust Burst, despite being familiar with its name. He had only learned about it from his family's history, where he discovered that one of his ancestors had possessed the ability to use the Dust Burst. This ancestor had passed down the method of using the ancient magic, and Yu Lai had come across a technique related to the Dust Burst in his records because he possessed the Earth attribute and thought it might be helpful. He had memorized it, but it hadn't been of much use for decades. However, just now, he had tried to unleash his full power by accumulating the life force within him, intending to use it as a finishing move to heavily wound his enemies. But for some reason, the forgotten ancient magic of the Dust Burst had surfaced in his mind, causing his finishing move to falter and not go as planned. However, with the arrow already released, the energy within him had to be unleashed, so he had no choice but to use the Dust Burst according to the ancient magic, and unexpectedly, it had gone smoothly and had a far better effect and power than expected. Of course, he wouldn't tell Hou Yi and the others about this.
As Hou Yi narrated these secrets about the ancient magic, Yu Lai used the opportunity to regain his composure and let his injured Black Guard and Dark Demon recover their mobility. Yu Lai was aware of this, but he had intentionally acted as if he didn't know, as he had intended to delay them and buy time for his father and sons to escape. While listening to the secrets, he also focused on recovering his own strength and assessing his condition.
After listening to it all, Yu Lai realized how fortunate he was to be able to use this move. After examining himself, he found that he had more than forty wounds of various sizes on his body, making him doubt how he was still alive. However, the most serious part was not that. The recent use of the Dust Burst, which had surpassed his limit, had caused over 20% of his body's Phantom Beast Armor to necrotize. He began to feel dizzy and lightheaded, and standing upright seemed to be getting difficult.
It seemed that his time was running out. He smiled bitterly and assessed his condition. It seemed that he could still use the Dust Burst four more times, enough to severely wound more than 80% of the people in front of him and prevent them from catching up to his father before tomorrow, if he could still use the Dust Burst!
Almost simultaneously, Yulai, Weino, and Xu moved at the same time.
Weino shouted loudly, "Ten Absolute Deadly Strikes."
Leading the charge, the Black Guard followed behind him, all twelve of them simultaneously raised their weapons, creating an immense energy ball from the convergence of endless energy. Weino extended over a dozen blood-red tentacles from his wrists, weaving them into a net that enveloped the energy ball formed by the twelve people. In half a second, the tentacles transformed into a monstrous blood-red spear, measuring seven to eight meters in length. Faint blood light emanated from the spear, indicating the immense power of forcibly compressing the energy of the twelve individuals within it.
After releasing all their energy, all twelve members of the Black Guard fell unconscious to the ground.
Xu, on the other hand, displayed even more uncanny abilities. Without moving a muscle, he casually grabbed a Dark Demon and roared, "Dark Demon Sword."
In an instant, starting from the person in Xu's hand, the Dark Demon grabbed another Dark Demon, one after another, until nine Dark Demons were strung together in a chain. Xu shouted loudly, and his whole body was enveloped in a thick black mist, completely surrounding the ten people, including himself. In the black mist, the nine Dark Demons emitted a piercing scream, with the screams growing more intense towards the end, as if enduring unimaginable pain.
As the black mist dispersed, it revealed that the nine Dark Demons had all severely contorted into a large, exceptionally terrifying demonic sword, held in Xu's hand, composed of the nine living individuals.
Although both Yulai and Xu used the combined strength of all the people at their disposal, Xu's method was much more potent than Weino's, both in terms of effectiveness and brutality.
Yulai had no time to mourn for the twenty-one Black Guards and Dark Demons, as Weino's blood spear and Xu's dark demonic sword were already attacking him from all directions, with no distinction between front, back, left, right, up, or down.
It seemed that Weino and Xu had made up their minds to kill him here and now, after all, they had no idea that he only had one move, "Dust Burst." Who knew if he had any other tricks up his sleeve?
Seeing the spear and sword coming at him simultaneously, but unable to retreat, because the consequences of retreating would only be to be fatally struck by the subsequent attacks without any chance of counterattack.
Since he couldn't retreat, he could only face it head-on!
Taking a deep breath, Yulai once again threw the powerful spear, Force Overlord, to the ground. Recalling the feeling of unleashing Dust Burst, the energy on his body emitted a light that was more than twice as intense as before. He clasped his hands together and then extended them, forcibly gathering the energy that should have dispersed in all directions into his hands, creating two beam-like columns of golden jade-like energy towards Weino's spear and Xu's sword.
As the gun, sword, and pillar of light collided, there was a deafening roar, like thunder shaking the heavens. The light pillars, blood spear, and magic sword in the hands of Yulei, Weino, and Xushi turned into dust in an instant, disappearing without a trace, and the aftermath of the impact leveled the surrounding area for a thousand meters.
The three of them each spewed at least a liter of blood as they were forcefully pushed back in three different directions.
Hu Yi, who was waiting to strike on the side, immediately pursued Yulei as he flew backwards. In an instant, he arrived in front of Yulei and slammed his palm onto Yulei's chest before he could regain his footing. Immediately, an extremely cold white light pierced through Yulei's chest, and his heart stopped beating instantly, shattered by the force of Hu Yi's power. But in that moment, Yulei's dust explosion technique unfolded again, and before he could even express his triumphant smile, he was struck by Hu Yi's dust explosion technique. Hu Yi screamed in agony, just like Weino and Xushi, and flew backwards with severe injuries.
At this time, Weino and Xushi had just landed after being blown away.
A miracle happened. Despite his heart being shattered and his life force extinguished, Yulei, who should have been a dead man, not only did not fall, but instead chased after Hu Yi from behind, emitting that yellow light that almost made them lose their courage, and the unstoppable power of the dust explosion technique reappeared before their eyes. Hu Yi and the other two felt despair in their hearts as the shadow of death enveloped them.
Yulei came to a stop in front of the three of them and shouted to the sky, "Father, my children, I'll go first, see you in the next life."
He lowered his head and revealed a smile that was not quite a smile. "Receive my final dust explosion technique, Yulei Stadak!"
Although Hu Yi and the other two wanted to escape, their severe injuries made it impossible for them to move. Each of them thought to themselves, "My life is over."
The yellow light surged, far stronger than the previous few times, by a thousandfold.
Overnight, a legend of "Black Night, Blazing Sun" spread throughout the city of Shucheng.
After a long time, as the light faded, Hu Yi and the other two opened their eyes in surprise and realized that they were still alive.
But what about Yulei?
They looked and saw that Yulei was still standing in front of them unchanged. The evening wind brushed by, and strands of golden sand-like substance floated out from Yulei's body, gently carried away by the evening breeze to a distant place, until the entire person disappeared with the night wind.
How long had it been since Hu Yi and his two companions watched Yu Lai disappear into the night wind? They didn't know. They just stared blankly as the dawn broke around them.
King De Ye led his thousand-strong Black Guard, along with countless commoners and nobles, standing by their side, but they didn't know when they had arrived.
The three of them didn't know who was the first to regain their senses, but the first thing they did after snapping out of their daze was not to report to King De Ye.
Instead, in front of the thousand eyes watching, they performed the highest form of ritual, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, towards the final resting place of the person named Yu Lai Stadak and the direction in which he had vanished.
It was a ritual reserved only for offerings to the supreme god.
With each kowtow, a bloodstain was left on the ground, their devotion surpassing even that of when they offered sacrifices to the highest god, the Primordial Sun God, Jie Fan Di.
Despite King De Ye's immense anger and resentment in his heart, despite the countless questions, the three of them unanimously buried the events of the previous night in their hearts. Because only Yu Lai Stadak's family had the qualification to know, only they had the right to seek revenge. King De Ye did not have the qualification to inquire about it.
All grievances no longer mattered.
Because they could never forget the scene of Yu Lai Stadak passing away with the wind.