222: Chapter 222 Fifty Spider Guards, Bravely Facing Death!

Below, the six knights had already split up.

Two charged toward Shanhui, while two locked onto Tiger Fiend.

The last two, carrying dark gold greatswords, headed straight for the area where Ye Canglan, Night Crow, Ye Xiao, and Young Master Gu Lingfeng were located.

Seeing the two iron cans charging at him, Shanhui's golden beast pupils widened.

"Damn it! I have no grudge against you Divine Court Empire!"

The two Abyss Knights did not respond.

"All within the formation are heretics."

"I don't care about this or that; just purify them and be done with it!"

Shanhui had no choice but to fight, but after seeing how the six were divided, he was instantly enraged.

"Why do I have to fight two of you by myself?!"

Tiger Fiend raised a claw to block a greatsword strike, his body pressed close to the ground, his claws scraping across the rock layer and dragging out four furrows.

He had long since greeted Shanhui's ancestors eighteen generations back in his heart.

Hearing the big gorilla's complaint now, he almost laughed in anger!

"...How about I let you have these two as well?!"

"Get lost!"

Shanhui smashed his fists into the ground, and his blood-colored manifestation pressed down with four arms.

The two knights did not take the hit head-on.

One stabbed their greatsword into the ground, opening a semi-circular light shield.

The other grazed the edge of the manifestation, the blade cutting toward Shanhui's knee.

The cross patterns on the two sets of dark gold armor lit up simultaneously.

The holy radiance adhered to Shanhui's body surface, peeling away the beast Source Energy covering his joints layer by layer.

The giant ape manifestation behind him swayed, and one of its energy arms rapidly dimmed.

"Divine Court scum!"

Shanhui swung his arm in a sweep.

The semi-circular light shield shifted sideways to meet the fist.

Boom!

One knight slid over twenty meters along the ground, their back smashing through a rock pillar, gravel clattering against their heavy armor.

Just as Shanhui was about to pursue, another greatsword hacked into his back shoulder.

His keratin armor cracked, and beast blood flowed down his black fur.

Shanhui reached back to grab, but the knight stepped on his wrist, using the force of the giant ape's arm swing to flip away.

The previous knight had also regained their footing.

The two's offensive did not break.

On the other side, Tiger Fiend was even more frustrated.

He was fast enough, and his single-target burst was not weak, but the two knights simply wouldn't chase.

One blocked the path, while the other closed the combat circle.

Whenever Tiger Fiend turned into a silver flash to escape, a dark gold greatsword would always land at his destination a step early.

The holy radiance released by the armor brushed against his silver fur, causing his Beast Emperor Bloodline to slow down by half a beat.

That half-beat was enough for the greatsword to fall.

Tiger Fiend's flank had just been cut open, and the sound of wind pressing in from behind came again.

He had no time to turn, so he could only lower his body.

The greatsword smashed down, grazing his spine, tearing open a blood groove in his silver-white fur, and his limbs went weak.

"Shanhui!"

Tiger Fiend gritted his teeth and roared: "Find a way to break the barrier!"

"I have two here too!"

"Aren't you trying to build the Throne of Ten Thousand Beasts?"

"At a time like this, you're still bringing that up?!"

Shanhui forced the knight back with a punch and cursed.

"The throne isn't even warm yet, and the Divine Court is already putting torture devices on me!"

Ye Xiao heard this from across the battlefield and couldn't help but chime in.

"Lord Beast Emperor, times have changed."

Shanhui swept his peripheral vision toward him.

"You little brat, say that again?!"

"Look behind you!"

Shanhui didn't turn around, instead swinging his hand behind him.

But the knight was only feinting; the real greatsword had already cut in from the other side.

Bang!

The twelve-meter-tall giant ape stumbled two steps, a large patch of black fur on the back of his head shaved off, revealing the bleeding scalp underneath.

Not long after, Shanhui's left shoulder was pierced by a greatsword, and blood-colored Source Energy sprayed out from the wound.

Tiger Fiend also had a hind leg severed, and could only drag the stump, relying on his remaining three legs to dodge.

What made their injuries worse was...

The two Beast Kings that were chasing Su Ming's party three minutes ago were now actually holding back four Abyss Knights for them.

And on Ye Canglan's side...

The situation was even more perilous.

"Come!"

Ye Canglan let out a low shout, and a mental command spread along the spider swarm's consciousness network.

Fifty crippled Tier 6 Magic Spiders at his feet raised their bodies simultaneously, their remaining legs scraping across the rock layer as they lunged toward the two approaching Abyss Knights.

Fifty mental links pressed into Ye Canglan's consciousness.

Every move of each Magic Spider was personally controlled by him.

In the first round, eight Magic Spiders split into three directions, pouncing toward the left knight's knee bend, underarm, and neck.

"Clang!"

The dark gold greatsword swept across.

Three Magic Spiders were sliced in half at the waist, green bodily fluids splashing onto the knight's breastplate, only to be evaporated by the holy radiance before they could corrode it.

A second sword followed immediately, and two more Magic Spiders toppled to the ground.

These Magic Spiders had already been squeezed by Su Ming once before, and many had broken legs or cracked armor.

Now facing Peak Tier 7 Abyss Knights, even holding back one sword required sacrificing their lives.

Ye Canglan clenched his teeth.

At this rate, fifty wouldn't last two minutes.

Night Crow cut in, sticking to the shadow of a Magic Spider, [Dawn] avoiding the frontal heavy armor and stabbing straight into the gap between the knight's helmet and neck guard.

Ding!

Sparks splashed past Night Crow's cheek.

The tip of the dagger chipped, and the knight didn't even turn around.

Night Crow retreated as soon as he landed, the web of his hand already split from the impact.

On the other side, Ye Xiao gritted his teeth and blasted out a [Nine Heavens · Thunder Pillar].

The blue-white lightning struck the right knight's back, crawling all over their body along the dark gold heavy armor, emitting a series of crackling sounds.

The arcs dispersed.

Not even a scorch mark was left on the armor plates.

Ye Xiao was silent for half a second.

"Good news, it's electrified."

"Bad news, it didn't break the defense!"

The knight walked toward him with sword in hand.

Ye Xiao silently withdrew his hand, limping backward.

The cold wind blowing into his crotch crawled up his inner thighs, and his brain became much clearer.

If he made any big movements now, the Ye family's "future" would easily catch a cold.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng glanced at him sideways.

"Where are you going?"

"Old Gu, hold them off!"

Ye Xiao clutched his torn pants, his expression extremely serious.

"I'm not afraid of death, but the Ye family is a single line of succession for three generations; the family line cannot end in the Source Abyss. This is being responsible to my ancestors!"

"Get lost!"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng had no time to deal with him, pressing his hands heavily onto the ground.

His SS-Rank Talent [Mystic Gold Flowing Sand] was activated at full power.

The rock layer beneath the two Abyss Knights loosened rapidly, turning into a viscous golden sand pit.

As soon as the heavy dark gold armor stepped in, their feet sank up to their calves.

Hum—

A three-meter-high Mystic Gold Sand wall rose from the ground, blocking in front of a Magic Spider about to be slaughtered.

The greatsword hacked two-thirds into the wall, the blade gripped layer by layer by the Mystic Gold Sand.

One and a half seconds.

Ye Canglan seized the opportunity, controlling three Magic Spiders to circle behind the knight, their spider legs interlocking, locking the opponent's arms tightly.

The knight paused for three seconds.

The next moment, the cross pattern on the armor lit up.

Holy Source Energy exploded outward from the gaps in the armor plates, and the three Magic Spiders, along with the sand wall, were shattered, the broken spider legs crashing down at Young Master Gu Lingfeng's feet.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng stopped trying to attack the heavy armor.

He only stared at the two knights' feet, constantly turning the rock layer into sand, solidifying it, and then turning it into sand again.

Every step the knights were slowed, the Magic Spiders could live one second longer.

Earth-type abilities were the only means among this group that could cause substantial interference to the knights.

But the mental consumption was also huge!

His ten fingers pressed against the ground began to tremble, and the golden sand at his palms gathered and dispersed intermittently.

Ye Xiao continued to release lightning from the rear, his Source Energy now also hitting rock bottom!

"Bang!"

A Magic Spider was nailed into the ground by a greatsword.

Thirty-one left.

...

Another sword sweep, five mental links disconnected simultaneously.

Twenty-six left.

...

The Spider Guards were still continuously decreasing...

The remaining energy spider legs behind Ye Canglan tightened, and the last row of Magic Spiders at his feet crawled forward again...