83: Chapter 83 The Magic Core is in Hand!

The Cult Young Lord's head was separated from his body.

It crashed heavily to the ground.

That dull thud...

...struck the hearts of all the cult members like a heavy hammer.

After a brief, dead silence...

...the City Defense Team side erupted in earth-shattering cheers!

"Great kill! Jiang Yun! Beautifully done!"

"So satisfying! Let these cultist scumbags keep acting arrogant!"

"Hahaha! What kind of bullshit Young Lord was that? He was nothing special!"

A reversal in a desperate situation.

A Bronze rank slaying a Silver Rank.

In the eyes of the City Defense Team, Jiang Yun was now like a God of War.

Morale was at an unprecedented high.

The remaining cultists were no longer a threat in their eyes.

In stark contrast to the City Defense Team's jubilation, the cult's side was filled with a despair and madness as if they had fallen into an ice cellar!

"Young... Young Lord!!!"

"Ant! How dare you! How dare you kill the Young Lord!!"

"Pay for the Young Lord's life with yours!!"

The three Gold Rank Cult Protectors saw the Young Lord's tragic death.

In an instant, their eyes nearly split from rage, and they went almost insane!

Especially the strongest one, the Gold Rank Eighth Order Great Protector.

Along with the other two Protectors.

They actually ignored the fierce onslaught from Xiao Zhan and Lin Hai, forcibly driving their Vicious Beasts to turn their targets even at the cost of being injured, forcing the beasts to condense their strongest attacks.

They swore to blast Jiang Yun, the main culprit, into dust!

Now that the Young Lord was dead!

They wouldn't survive either.

"You're looking for death!"

A cold light flashed in Xiao Zhan's eyes.

How could he miss such a perfect opportunity?

The Black Tortoise Dragon Turtle let out a low roar, and the long-prepared Earth Shockwave, combined with heavy earth-element spiritual power, erupted violently, slamming into the Great Protector and his Vicious Beast, whose defenses were greatly reduced due to their Divided Soul state!

"Pfft!"

The Great Protector was hit as if by a massive weight, coughing up blood wildly as he and his beast were sent flying, his aura instantly withering.

Lin Hai also seized the chance; the Winged Tiger's wings flashed with lightning, and an extremely condensed Void-Splitting Wind Blade, like the scythe of a death god, instantly swept across the neck of that Gold Rank Seventh Order Protector.

The madness and malice on that Protector's face instantly froze.

His head flew high into the air.

Almost simultaneously.

Another Silver Rank captain cooperated with his beast to completely finish off the Gold Rank Protector who had been heavily wounded by Xiao Zhan!

"Great Protector! Second Protector! Third Protector!"

The remaining cultists saw two of the three Protectors die and one get heavily injured in an instant; they let out wails of despair, and their last bit of will to resist completely collapsed.

The heavily injured Great Protector, blood constantly spilling from his mouth, watched the approaching City Defense Team.

Then he looked at the corpses of the Young Lord and his companions.

A twisted and mad smile appeared on his face:

"Heh... hehe... Hahaha! You... you killed the Young Lord! Very good... very good! The Cult Leader... will never let you go! The entire C City... will be buried with the Young Lord! None of you... will escape... Hahaha..."

The frantic laughter stopped abruptly.

His head tilted to the side, his life force completely extinguished.

At the cult stronghold.

The high-level combatants were all dead.

The remaining cultists scattered and fled.

All were killed by the other team members.

The cult's influence was gone.

However, Jiang Yun seemed oblivious to all this.

From beginning to end, his gaze was firmly locked on the magic core floating in the center of the altar!

The chaos was his best opportunity to seize the magic core!

His thoughts turned rapidly.

He immediately issued a command to Little Fire through their contract.

"Little Fire, target the altar, Dragon Flame Burst Kill! Create chaos!"

"Roar!"

Little Fire did not hesitate.

Before the dragon's mouth, a dark red fireball condensed once more. Although its power wasn't as concentrated as when it killed the Nether Bone Dragon, its momentum was still terrifying!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the fireball trailed flames and slammed violently into the base of the ancient altar.

BOOM—!!!

A violent explosion rang out again.

Broken stones mixed with destroyed ritual Materials flew everywhere, and thick smoke and lingering energy light instantly enveloped the entire center of the altar.

Now was the time.

Jiang Yun's figure was like lightning. Boosted by the subtle wind power of the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow, he charged into the smoke like a ghost.

The Manifestation of All Things Entries talent allowed him to accurately see the position of the magic core even in extremely low visibility.

He reached out, and the moment his fingertips touched that dark purple crystal, a cold sensation transmitted to him.

At the same time, he could feel the energy fluctuations contained within it, surging like a vast ocean yet chaotic and turbulent.

He did not hesitate.

With a thought, he instantly stored it into his Storage Ring.

"Got it!"

Jiang Yun was ecstatic. He suppressed his excitement and quickly retreated from the smoke, putting on a look of relief as if he had just destroyed the altar.

"The altar is destroyed!"

"The cult's plot has been crushed by us!"

"We won!"

The City Defense Team members saw the altar collapse in the explosion and erupted in even more enthusiastic cheers.

Celebrating this hard-won victory.

They didn't know that the most core trophy had already been quietly taken by Jiang Yun... Meanwhile.

High in the sky over ten miles away, Elder Li was riding the Eternal Ice Star Dragon, joining forces with Principal, Su Chengtian, and Lei Lie in a fierce battle against the Cult Elder and his Soul-Eroding Demonic Skeleton Beast.

Attributes clashed, and the weather changed drastically.

The aftershocks of the battle swept in all directions.

Suddenly, the Cult Elder's expression changed abruptly as if he sensed something, and his offensive slowed down.

He looked down toward the stronghold. Although they were far apart, the special energy disturbance caused by the destruction of the altar, and... a soul jade that instantly shattered in his robes, clearly told him a terrifying fact.

"Young Lord!!!"

A shrill, furious roar filled with endless killing intent exploded like thunder.

He didn't even care about the attacks coming from Elder Li and the others.

He forcibly endured them with the powerful defense of the Soul-Eroding Demonic Skeleton Beast. Black-red Evil Qi burned wildly around him, turning into a streak of light that tore through the sky, rushing toward the stronghold at a speed beyond everyone's understanding.

"What is he trying to do?"

Elder Li frowned, sensing something was wrong.

"Pursue!"

The Mayor was worried about the safety of the City Defense Team.

He immediately shouted.

The five of them immediately rode their beasts.

They gave chase... Above the ruins of the altar.

Space seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and that thin, black-robed figure, carrying a terrifying pressure that could crush everything, suddenly descended like a demon god!

The pressure of the Amethyst Ninth Tier Peak was released without reservation, like a physical mountain, pressing heavily on everyone's heart.

The City Defense Team members who were just cheering...

...had their voices cut off abruptly.

Their faces turned pale as if their throats were being strangled, and even breathing became extremely difficult. The weaker ones even slumped directly to the ground, and their beasts let out fearful wails, trembling uncontrollably.

The Cult Elder's cold gaze swept over the ruined altar without lingering for long, but when his eyes fell on the remains of the Nether Bone Dragon and the decapitated corpse of the Young Lord...

...his towering rage and killing intent instantly erupted like a volcano, causing the surrounding air to solidify and freeze.

His gaze.

Like two poison-dipped swords.

Instantly locked onto Jiang Yun, who was standing at the edge of the altar, closest to the Young Lord's corpse!

"Little beast! It was you! You killed my Sacred Cult's Young Lord! Die for this old man!!!"

There was no nonsense.

Extreme anger made him strike directly.

It was clear that this Young Lord's status in the cult was extraordinary.

Next.

The Soul-Eroding Demonic Skeleton Beast beneath his feet let out a destructive roar. A giant ghost claw that blotted out the sky, condensed from countless skeletons and resentment and entwined with dark red Evil Qi that could corrode the Soul, grabbed down toward Jiang Yun like a judgment from the Nine Netherworlds.

This strike contained the killing intent of an Amethyst Peak powerhouse. Its speed was extreme, and its power was enough to level a small mountain.

Jiang Yun's hair stood on end, and his pupils constricted to the limit.

Under that terrifying pressure and killing intent lock-on.

He felt so small and powerless that even his thoughts seemed to have stopped!

The shadow of death had never been so clear!

He wanted to move, to dodge, but his body was as if nailed to the spot, and he could only watch helplessly as that destructive ghost claw rapidly enlarged before his eyes.

The opponent was too strong!

He had no ability to resist, not even the ability to run... "Jiang Yun!!"

Lin Wei let out a heart-wrenching scream.

She wanted to rush over regardless of everything, but she was pinned down by that terrifying pressure and couldn't move.

Xiao Zhan, Lin Hai, and the others also had their faces change drastically. They wanted to rescue him but simply couldn't make it in time.

Their hearts!

Instantly sank to the bottom!

It's over!

This was the only thought in everyone's mind.

Once this strike landed.

Most of them would probably die...

However.

At this critical moment, just as Jiang Yun could even feel the death aura emanating from the ghost claw and was about to be torn to pieces.

"Buzz!"

A crystal-clear, heavy ice wall emitting extreme cold appeared out of thin air in front of Jiang Yun like the most loyal bulwark.

Ancient star patterns flowed on the ice wall, emitting an indestructible elemental aura.

BOOM!!!!

The skeletal ghost claw slammed violently into the ice wall.

Making a deafening roar.

Ice shards flew everywhere, and an energy storm swept through.

But that ice wall only vibrated violently and developed countless cracks; it didn't shatter immediately.

Immediately after, four powerful auras descended in front of Jiang Yun like four giant pillars supporting the heavens.

Blocking all the rampaging energy aftershocks.

Elder Li's beard and hair fluttered as he stood atop the head of the Eternal Ice Star Dragon, looking coldly at the Cult Elder.

Principal, Su Chengtian, Lei Lie, and their Amethyst beasts simultaneously erupted with earth-shaking power, standing their ground against the Soul-Eroding Demonic Skeleton Beast.

"Old geezer! Trying to kill someone my academy has its eye on right in front of me? Do you really think I'm made of clay?!"

Elder Li's voice was like ten-thousand-year-old ice.

Resonating through the heavens and earth.