190: Chapter 190 Ambush During the Pursuit

Seeing the two assassins shift their forms as black energy surged, instantly surrounding the three of them, a powerful binding force squeezed in from all sides.

Ye Tian and his two companions immediately felt their movements grow sluggish, and the circulation of their True Qi was suppressed.

This was precisely their joint-attack Formation, the Shadow-Binding Killing Formation!

Lei Zhen roared repeatedly, his Tyrant Blade dancing wildly as purple Thunder Gang erupted; however, most of the force was dispersed and absorbed by the Formation, leaving him barely able to protect himself, unable to break the Restriction.

Luo Qiushui thrust her shadow sword repeatedly, targeting the nodes of the Formation, but the Formation was unpredictable, and her attacks missed time and again, causing her blood and Qi to churn from the Formation's counter-shock force.

Ye Tian unleashed a barrage of Starfall Finger and Heart-Piercing Finger strikes, but most were neutralized by the overlapping shadows.

Trapped in the Formation, a prolonged defense would inevitably lead to defeat!

"We cannot be trapped to death!"

Ye Tian knew he had to use his trump card.

He took a deep breath, and within his Dantian, the Origin energy obtained from the star core was fully ignited, causing his Five Elements Sword Body to erupt with a boom!

Five-colored radiance flared intensely around his body, shooting into the sky like a burning flame!

Gold, green, blue, red, and yellow lights swirled ceaselessly, emanating a terrifying Concept capable of destroying all techniques!

Five Elements Sword Body, full power eruption!

At this moment, Ye Tian's black hair danced wildly, his robes snapped in the wind, and five-colored vortices spun within his eyes; wherever his gaze fell, the wicked Shadow-Binding Killing Formation began to fluctuate violently!

"What is this Physique?"

The two Shadow Calamity Tower assassins were shocked, sensing a pressure that originated from the very source of life!

That five-colored radiance was actually able to suppress their evil arts!

"What a lousy Formation, break for me!"

Ye Tian roared, condensing his Five Elements Sword Qi at his fingertips, transforming it into a Chaos sword-shaped Gang Qi!

This Gang Qi was not a Martial Skill, but a manifestation of his Five Elements Sword Body's Origin power!

With a single finger strike, it seemed capable of slicing through the Void Realm!

"Rip!"

The Chaos sword Gang Qi slashed into the force field of the Shadow-Binding Killing Formation!

The binding force that was originally unshakable instantly disintegrated upon encountering the Five Elements Origin sword Gang Qi!

The balance of the Formation's core was broken!

The two assassins maintaining the Formation groaned simultaneously, their surrounding afterimages flickering and becoming unstable!

"Good opportunity! Thunderstorm!"

Seizing this split second, Lei Zhen poured all his lightning energy into his Tyrant Blade, merging with the blade to become a purple thunderbolt that struck at the Formation!

"Moon Phoenix!"

Luo Qiushui merged with her sword, blending into the dark sword light, and stabbed at another part of the Formation!

"Crack!"

Under their combined attack, the Shadow-Binding Killing Formation could no longer hold, and it shattered with a boom!

"Argh!"

With their Formation broken, the two assassins suffered a backlash, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, their eyes filled with astonishment!

The joint-attack Formation they relied on for their reputation had actually been broken by three juniors at the Early Stage of the True Martial Realm!

"Go!"

The tall assassin exchanged a glance, suddenly throwing several Yin Lightning Beads that exploded toward Ye Tian and the others, while his form turned into black smoke and fled toward the depths of Luoxia Mountain!

The short assassin did not hesitate either, suppressing his injuries, putting away his photography mirror, and fleeing in close pursuit!

"Want to run? Leave your lives behind!"

Lei Zhen was in the heat of battle; seeing the enemy fleeing in defeat, he didn't even think, roaring as lightning flashed around him, ready to pursue!

"Senior Brother Lei, beware of a trap!"

Luo Qiushui's voice rang out, carrying a hint of a warning.

But Lei Zhen's killing intent was boiling; how could he allow these Shadow Calamity Tower villains to escape so easily?

Furthermore, if they didn't take this opportunity to heavily injure them, how would they uncover the conspiracy of the Shadow Calamity Tower?

"Pursue!"

Ye Tian made a decisive choice, retracting his five-colored radiance, and was the first to transform into a blue rainbow, chasing after them!

Lei Zhen followed closely behind.

Seeing this, Luo Qiushui sighed softly, sheathed her shadow sword, and followed as well.

The three pursued all the way, deep into the Luoxia Mountain range.

The two assassins fled at extreme speed and seemed extremely familiar with the terrain, specifically choosing steep, difficult, and densely forested areas to weave through, occasionally throwing Yin Lightning Beads and poison smoke bombs to hinder the pursuit.

After pursuing for about several dozen miles, a narrow gorge appeared ahead.

The two assassins dove straight inside.

"They've entered the gorge!"

Lei Zhen took the lead and charged into the gorge.

Ye Tian swept his Divine Sense across the gorge and vaguely felt something was wrong; the mist in the valley seemed to interfere with his Divine Sense, but they had already alerted the enemy, and if they let them escape, it would be very difficult to find their tracks again.

Luo Qiushui frowned slightly, but seeing the two had already entered, she had no choice but to follow.

The gorge was shrouded in mist, obstructing their vision.

The three chased for over a hundred feet, only to lose the tracks of the assassins.

"Where are they?"

Lei Zhen stopped and vigilantly looked around.

Suddenly!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Countless poisoned crossbow bolts shot out from caves and crevices in the cliffs on both sides, covering the entire gorge!

At the same time, runes suddenly lit up on the ground, and a powerful gravity Restriction descended instantly, causing the three to sink and their speed to be greatly reduced!

"It's an ambush!"

Ye Tian's expression changed, and he instantly erected his five-colored Gang shield to block the rain of arrows!

Lei Zhen roared, his Tyrant Blade waving frantically as lightning light wove into a net, shattering the crossbow bolts shooting at him!

But the force of the crossbow bolts was immense and contained potent poison, leaving him exhausted.

Luo Qiushui's movement technique was the most agile, weaving through the rain of arrows, her shadow sword tapping lightly to deflect incoming bolts, but the gravity Restriction also affected her movement.

That wasn't all!

"Boom! Boom!"

Giant boulders burning with eerie green flames suddenly rolled down from the cliffs on both sides, smashing toward the three!

At the same time, the two assassins who had originally been fleeing appeared from the mist, their faces twisted in cruel smiles!

The tall assassin formed seals with his hands, activating a trap Formation; a light curtain rose, sealing off the exit of the gorge!

The short assassin raised his evil photography mirror again, aiming the light at the three, whose movements were restricted!

"Hahaha! Fools! Did you really think we were afraid of you?"

The tall assassin laughed wildly, "This will be your burial ground!"

"Senior Brother Lei, watch out!"

Seeing a beam of light from the mirror shooting toward Lei Zhen, Ye Tian hurriedly warned him, while simultaneously firing a Starfall Finger at the short assassin.

Lei Zhen had just shattered a fire boulder and, caught off guard, was struck on the arm by the light from the photography mirror!

Although he used his lightning energy to protect his body and managed to dissipate most of the evil force in time, a trace of cold, sinister energy still invaded his Meridians, causing his entire arm to instantly turn black and numb as the potent poison spread rapidly!

He groaned, his Tyrant Blade almost slipping from his hand!

"Lei Zhen!"

Luo Qiushui cried out in alarm, wanting to rescue him, but was forced back by the dense rain of arrows.

"Worry about yourself first!"

The tall assassin sneered, manipulating the trap Formation to shrink, while simultaneously unleashing a fierce Ghost Shadow Slash toward Luo Qiushui!

Luo Qiushui exerted all her effort in her movement technique to dodge, but due to the gravity Restriction, her movements were half a beat slower; the Sword Qi grazed her left shoulder, drawing a spray of blood. Although she wasn't heavily injured, it caused her to stagger, and her Qi became chaotic.

In an instant, the three were plunged into a desperate situation!

Lei Zhen was poisoned, his combat power greatly reduced.

Luo Qiushui was injured, her movement restricted.

Although Ye Tian was temporarily unharmed, he had to face the main attacks of the two assassins, the suppression of the Formation, and the constant stream of mechanisms and hidden weapons!

"Break out separately! We cannot all be trapped here!"

Ye Tian made a decisive choice, roaring as his Five Elements Sword Qi erupted fully, forcibly breaking through a patch of the arrow rain, and charging toward a relatively weaker cliff wall on one side of the gorge!

He had to break the trap Formation to have a chance of survival!

"Want to run? Stay!"

How could the two assassins allow him to escape easily? They exerted all their power to drive the Formation, concentrating their firepower on Ye Tian!

While dodging, Ye Tian continuously used the Heart-Piercing Finger, defeating or deflecting the incoming attacks one by one, but he was also shaken, his blood and Qi churning, and his five-colored Gang shield fluctuated violently!

"Senior Brother Lei, Senior Sister Luo, hurry and leave!"

Ye Tian shouted while struggling to defend!

Lei Zhen endured the potent poison, swinging his blade to hack at the trap Formation's light curtain, but as the poison took effect, his strength was greatly reduced, and he couldn't break through for the moment.

Luo Qiushui gritted her teeth, her shadow sword tapping repeatedly, attacking the Formation nodes to create an opportunity for Lei Zhen.

"Boom!"

Ye Tian withstood a Ghost Shadow Slash and several fire boulders, blood spilling from the corners of their mouth, but he finally seized the opportunity and struck a full-power Starfall Finger onto the Formation's runes!

"Crack!"

The trap Formation's light curtain flickered violently, and a crack appeared!

"Go!"

Seeing this, Luo Qiushui grabbed Lei Zhen and forcibly charged out of the gorge through the crack!

"Junior Brother Ye!"

Lei Zhen's eyes were wide with rage, and he wanted to turn back.

"Hurry and leave! I'll cover the rear!"

Ye Tian roared without looking back, striking out with his backhand to block the attacks pursuing Lei Zhen and the others!

Seeing Lei Zhen and Luo Qiushui escape, the two assassins burned with rage and concentrated all their attacks on Ye Tian!

"Brat, you want to play the hero, huh? I'll fulfill your wish!"

The tall assassin's face was twisted in a savage expression as he joined forces with the short assassin to launch their strongest attack!

Seeing this, a look of determination flashed in Ye Tian's eyes!

He knew that it would be difficult to escape unscathed today!

He exerted his Five Elements Sword Body to the limit, his five-colored radiance burning to the extreme, preparing to withstand this lethal blow to buy more time for Lei Zhen and the others to escape!

"Bang!"

An earth-shattering explosion rang out in the gorge!

Dust and smoke filled the air, and gravel flew everywhere!

When the dust and smoke cleared slightly, the two assassins looked intently, only to see a deep pit left in the spot, but Ye Tian was nowhere to be seen!

Only a gap forcibly smashed into the cliff wall and a pool of blood on the ground indicated that he might have broken through while heavily injured, but his direction was unknown.

"Damn it! He actually let him run away!"

The short assassin stomped his feet in anger.

The tall assassin's expression was grim as he looked at the pool of blood and said coldly, "He was struck by my Ghost Shadow Slash and the Formation's backlash, and then forcibly broke through; he must be heavily injured and dying! The depths of Luoxia Mountain are rampant with Yao Beasts; he won't get far! Pursue! I want to see him alive or see his corpse!"