178: Chapter 178 Instant Kill of the Demon Queen's Descendant

Several Great Sun Realm deities and demons had already suffered heavy injuries and were being protected in the center, breathing their last.

The light of their protective True Essence flickered everywhere, on the verge of being extinguished completely at any moment.

"Hold on! Reinforcements will arrive soon!" The Human Race captain swung his sword to cleave apart a fiercely crashing black demonic flame hammer wind, though blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

His voice was hoarse, carrying an unyielding spirit in the face of a desperate situation.

The surrounding team members had eyes filled with either determination or sorrow and indignation, but all gritted their teeth, remaining firmly rooted in their positions.

One team member's left arm had been torn open by the blade of the Peng Yao Lingfeng, creating a wound deep enough to see the bone, and blood had dyed half his body red, yet he still held his sword to block the poisonous whip of Youtong.

"Damn it, why are these Human Race members so much tougher than the ones we encountered last time?" The tiger Yao Xiaolie smashed his hammer into empty air, crashing into the ground and leaving a huge deep pit, with gravel flying everywhere.

His personality was irritable, and he was eager to destroy the Human Race formation before him.

"Hmph, it's just a desperate struggle!" The voice of the Peng Yao Lingfeng carried a piercing shriek, his figure remaining blurred with speed as he dodged the counterattacking energy erupting from the Human Race formation.

"Stop holding back!" The voice of the fox Yao Fuye rang out again, cold and urgent, carrying a trace of imperceptible anxiety. "Activate your Divine Ability! End the battle as quickly as possible! Delay leads to trouble!"

While casting spells to suppress the Human Race captain's counterattack, he vigilantly scanned the sky on the periphery of the battle circle.

That trace of unease in his heart lingered constantly.

After the Human Race consolidated their cities and counties, the defensive strength of each fortress had increased sharply, and the efficiency of reinforcements could also be faster—they could not afford to be careless.

"Brother Fu, you are too cautious! What are you afraid of?" The tiger Yao Xiaolie retorted indifferently. "Haven't we already figured out the distribution of those top-tier Human Race powerhouses? Even if the nearest reinforcements set out immediately, it would take them at least three to five minutes to arrive! Isn't three to five minutes enough for us to tear this group of stragglers to shreds?

With you and us here this time, plus so many elites, isn't it just a matter of reaching out and taking a fortress like this, which doesn't even have a true King-rank powerhouse guarding it?"

His voice was full of absolute confidence in his own strength and contempt for the Human Race.

"Exactly." The Peng Yao Lingfeng also chimed in arrogantly. "Brother Fu, rest assured. With the five of us working together, so what if we run into a Human Race King-rank powerhouse? Even if we can't beat them, with our methods, can't we still retreat calmly?"

His eyes carried absolute trust in his own speed.

"That's right, a quick battle to resolve it. Grab what needs to be grabbed, destroy what needs to be destroyed, and getting back early to report is the right thing to do."

The dull voice of Panyan rang out. Although his defense was peerless, his attack speed was on the slower side, so he just hoped to end the battle early.

The fox Yao Fuye looked at his confident and high-spirited companions beside him; the Yao Emperor Bloodline within them was currently seething with powerful and violent energy.

He sighed inwardly: "Sigh~ A bunch of brutes! Could the Blue Star Human Race have established themselves until today so easily? Every time we underestimate the enemy, we pay the price!"

He knew it was difficult to persuade these arrogant royal descendants to use their ultimate Divine Ability, which would consume their Bloodline Origin, to unleash their power without reservation.

He also could not activate his Innate Divine Ability alone.

Casting an Innate Divine Ability not only consumed vast amounts of True Essence, but more importantly, it required burning precious Bloodline Power of the Yao Emperor.

Once Bloodline Power was consumed in large quantities, although it could be slowly recovered, before recovery, their strength would temporarily drop from its Peak state. The longer they stayed in this dangerous place, the greater the risk.

However, the reason they dared to launch a surprise attack of this intensity this time was precisely based on extensive intelligence analysis. They were confident they had grasped the distance between the various Human Race fortresses, the configuration of the garrison forces, and—the time window for the fastest reinforcements to arrive.

As long as they resolved the battle within this time window, they would be safe.

However, it was precisely the momentary hesitation brought about by Fuye's suspicion, along with the arrogance and underestimation of the enemy by the other four Yao Emperor blood descendants, that caused them to miss the only opportunity to potentially detect the approaching fatal crisis and escape immediately.

Just in this moment of negligence, at the end of the skyline.

A streak of golden light, so faint it could almost be ignored, was piercing through ten thousand miles of clouds at a speed beyond the limits of imagination, hurtling towards this tragic Asura battlefield.

That rainbow light was so fast that by the time it entered the perception range of the powerhouses on the battlefield, the reaction time left for them was already less than a breath.

Fuye abruptly looked up at the sky. His fox eyes, which could perceive all things, suddenly contracted to the size of pinpricks. Reflected deep within his pupils was that brilliant golden rainbow that already filled the sky and tore through space!

A terrifying killing intent that made even his Divine Soul tremble, like billions of ice needles, instantly pierced through the noise and chaos of the battlefield, locking onto him with pinpoint accuracy.

That cold Aura, like death itself, made only one thought explode in his mind: "It's over!"

The fox Yao Fuye's Yao Soul trembled, and the cold premonition of death instantly seized its heart.

However, while its warning shriek was still rolling in its throat, a blazing golden light had already torn through the sky, descending upon the battlefield at a speed that exceeded the perception limits of all the Yao.

The air erupted in sharp wails due to the extreme friction, and the ground was gouged into deep ravines by the invisible air waves.

In the large pupils of the tiger Yao Xiaolie, the previous rage was replaced by pure horror.

Not just him; the speed-thinking that the Peng Yao Lingfeng prided himself on also fell into a stupor, the heavy armor of the Panyan turtle Yao seemed to lose its weight, and the cold vertical pupils of the Youtong snake Yao contracted rapidly.

King-rank!

In their extremely limited cognition, only those King-rank deities and demons of the Human Race who stood at the Peak could possess such terrifying speed that tore through space and time.

Despair, like a cold tide, instantly submerged the hearts of the five Yao Emperor descendants.

"Retreat!" Fuye's voice was shrill and distorted by extreme terror, almost tearing apart.

It did not hesitate at all, not even having the slightest thought of containing the Human Race garrison. The five streams of light turned in unison, fleeing madly towards that deep blue vortex leading to the Monster Realm—the Interstellar Gate.

Nothing was more important than surviving. Facing a King-rank existence, they didn't even have the qualification to struggle!

Unfortunately, their reaction was ultimately too late.

"Thinking of leaving only now?"

A voice, so calm that not a shred of emotion could be heard, exploded directly in the depths of the five Yao's Souls like a thunderclap.

The source of the voice was not behind them, but—right in front of them, on the only path leading to the Interstellar Gate.

The golden light that tore through the sky had dissipated at some unknown time, revealing the figure within.

It was a young figure wearing a simple deep purple robe. His black hair fluttered with the wind, and his face was calm, but those eyes were shockingly bright, as if they contained the entire starry sky, and they also carried a hint of—playfulness.

He stood there casually, holding a silver saber with a simple and streamlined design in his hand, its blade flowing with a faint luster.

Li Wen's mouth curled slightly, a barely perceptible arc hanging on his lips, but it was definitely not a smile; it was the cold scrutiny of a hunter seeing prey trapped in a net.

Fear almost suffocated the five Yao, but when their gazes subconsciously swept over Li Wen's body, within that despair on the verge of collapse, a spark of absurd—hope suddenly arose.

"Great Sun Realm—Middle Stage?"

The leading fox Yao Fuye, that Yao Race Genius who was most meticulous and had the keenest perception, was the first to confirm this fact.

Immediately after were Xiaolie, Lingfeng, Panyan, and Youtong; they confirmed it repeatedly several times. That's right, the purple-robed youth before them was not the King-rank deity or demon radiating great terrifying Aura as they had imagined; his Aura fluctuations clearly indicated he was only at the Great Sun Realm Middle Stage!

He was even one minor Realm lower than their current Great Sun Realm Peak Yao power Realm.

The huge contrast impacted the five Yao's cognition.

What was that speed just now that was as fast as a King-rank? An illusion? A special secret treasure?

No matter what it was, it absolutely couldn't last! Ecstasy instantly replaced the deathly silence of despair.

He was a Genius, that much was true! He must be a peerless Genius cultivated by the Human Race at a huge cost, possessing some incredible secret technique for speed bursts.

But to delusionally think that with mere Great Sun Realm Middle Stage True Essence cultivation, he could crush all five of them, Prodigies possessing Yao Emperor Bloodline, on the front lines of battle?

This was simply a huge insult! Did he really think their Yao Race Genius reputation was made of mud?

The Human Race has Geniuses, but does the Yao Race not have Prodigies?!

"Kill him!" Fuye instantly discarded all thoughts of fleeing, his shriek filled with the madness and greed of a desperate counterattack.

Capturing alive or killing such a Human Race Genius, the merit is far greater than destroying ten fortresses!

"Join forces! Tear him apart!"

The ferocity of the Xiao Lie Tiger Yao was completely ignited, and the anger after being stifled allowed it to erupt with unprecedented power.

Its massive body, wrapped in a bloody, foul-smelling Aura, turned into a streak of blood-colored lightning and lunged straight at Li Wen's face, its sharp claws tearing through the air and emitting a piercing sonic boom.

This was precisely its innate Divine Ability, and also its strongest pouncing and killing skill—the "God-Splitting Claw."

The Ling Feng Peng Yao let out a sharp screech and frantically flapped its wings; instead of charging forward, it instantly soared to its limit. Its sharp claws shone with destructive golden light, condensing into a "Void-Splitting Golden Gang" dozens of meters long. Like a spear of divine judgment, it bore the power to pierce through the Void Realm and smashed down fiercely from the sky.

Its target was locked onto the vital point above Li Wen's head.

The Pan Yan Turtle Yao let out a dull, low roar. Its massive turtle shell suddenly expanded and rotated, and the intricate earthy-yellow runes on it lit up, forming a huge vortex-like force field barrier—the "Thousand-Peak Defense Realm."

This barrier was not merely for defense; it firmly sucked and pulled at the surrounding space, locking Li Wen's figure tightly in place to create a perfect opportunity for its companions to deliver a fatal blow.

The You Tong Snake Yao's eyes became as deep as an abyss, and two points of eerie light lit up. An invisible Mental Energy spike—the "Soul-Snatching Gaze"—shot out silently, attempting to pierce directly into Li Wen's Sea of Consciousness and shake his Primordial Spirit while he was blocking the previous two fierce attacks.

And the strongest among the five Yao, Fu Ye, was even more ruthless. Pink phantom shadows surged around its body, and a thick, tangible pink mist rapidly spread out—the "God-Beguiling Heart-Confusing Miasma."

This innate Divine Ability could not only amplify the flaws in an opponent's mind but also interfere with their five senses and judgment, and even induce a backlash of the True Origin within their body.

It did not seek instant lethality; it only sought to ensure the opponent could not unleash even thirty percent of their full strength, trapping them in an irredeemable quagmire.

The five descendants of the Yao Emperors brought out their ultimate life-risking trump cards, coordinating perfectly to seal the heavens and lock the earth, with attacks, crowd control, interference, and fatal strikes interlocking seamlessly.

A scorching light reignited in their eyes, as if they could already see this Human Race Genius being torn apart and trampled underfoot, becoming the stepping stone for them to ascend to the Royal Court.

Arrogance will eventually pay the price!

Li Wen calmly watched the five fierce killing intents rushing toward him. The barely perceptible curve on his face vanished, replaced by an absolute indifference.

Facing Xiao Lie's terrifying "God-Splitting Claw," he did not choose to clash head-on.

He tapped his left foot lightly in the Void Realm, and invisible ripples seemed to spread out beneath his feet. The moment the ripples expanded, Li Wen's figure, like catkins floating in the wind, shifted slightly by a hair's breadth. The range of his movement was minimal to the extreme, yet it dodged the core of the claw shadow with exquisite precision.

Xiao Lie's sure-kill strike missed, and its forward-leaning figure instantly revealed a flaw.

At the same time, Li Wen's right hand moved.

The silver long saber was not raised high; it was merely extended casually toward the upper side.

The blade did not hack or slash; instead, like a nimble snake, it tapped extremely precisely on the tip of that astonishingly powerful "Void-Splitting Golden Gang" descending from the sky.

Clang!

An extremely crisp sound of metal clashing.

The violent metal-elemental Yao power infused into the "Void-Splitting Golden Gang" by the Ling Feng Peng Yao was gently guided and flicked by Li Wen's blade with an incomprehensible, clever force.

As if parting flowing water, the trajectory of that golden spear, which should have been unstoppable, instantly deflected bizarrely. Carrying even faster speed and even more ferocious power, it slammed diagonally toward a spot behind Li Wen!

It struck exactly at the core of the force field of the "Thousand-Peak Defense Realm" that the Pan Yan Turtle Yao was maintaining with all its might.

That thick, heavy force field, capable of firmly locking space, was ruthlessly pierced by the "Void-Splitting Golden Gang," an all-out strike from its companion, while it was completely unprepared.

"Awooo—!" Pan Yan let out a heaven-shaking roar of pain.

The runes on the turtle shell flashed frantically and instantly collapsed by nearly half. Its entire massive body, as if struck by a heavy hammer, tumbled and flew backward. The earthy-yellow barrier instantly dimmed and became chaotic, completely losing its locking ability.

Almost at the moment Pan Yan was blasted away, the You Tong Snake Yao's insidious "Soul-Snatching Gaze" followed like a shadow and pierced into Li Wen's Sea of Consciousness.

A slight fluctuation finally appeared in Li Wen's eyes—not pain, but an endless depth like the Universe.

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the sitting figure of his Primordial Spirit shimmered with golden light, and a majestic, tenacious, and extremely condensed Saber Intent of the Dao spontaneously rose, transforming into an invisible, solid wall.

Pfft!

As if a steel needle had pierced into ten-thousand-year-old black ice, the insidious Mental Energy transformed by the "Soul-Snatching Gaze" collided with this Saber Intent wall, and without even causing a ripple, it quietly vanished.

The You Tong Snake Yao felt as if its gaze had collided with an invisible iron wall. The backlash caused its snake body to tremble violently, and for the first time, a look of utter horror appeared in its cold, vertical pupils.

How is this possible! Its Soul attack couldn't even shake the opponent?

And Fu Ye's "God-Beguiling Heart-Confusing Miasma" had already completely enveloped Li Wen.

That pink mist was pervasive, attempting to drill into Li Wen's seven orifices, permeate his skin, stir up the negative emotions in his heart, and interfere with his control over his power.

However—

The space around Li Wen fluctuated slightly, and an indescribable, profound Dao charm permeated the area.

Upon touching this layer of invisible Dao charm, that beguiling pink mist, like snow meeting boiling oil, emitted a sizzling sound and rapidly dissolved and evaporated.

It didn't even have the qualification to get close to him.

The smugness and madness on Fu Ye's face instantly froze, turning into extreme bewilderment and fear. Its Bloodline Divine Ability, which it relied on for fame, had actually—ineffective?!

The five Geniuses had unleashed all their killing moves, with an earth-shattering momentum.

Yet before Li Wen, it was like a child's juggling act, effortlessly resolved by him in an instant with unimaginable composure, countering move for move, borrowing force to strike back, and even using their own methods against them.

Xiao Lie, whose claw missed; Ling Feng, affected by its own golden light; Pan Yan, tumbling backward; You Tong, suffering mental damage; and Fu Ye, whose Divine Ability was ineffective—

The fanaticism and hope on the five Yao's faces were drenched by ice water, shattering inch by inch, replaced by an uncontrollable, bone-chilling cold that seeped out from their very bones.

They finally understood that the opponent's composure did not stem from secret techniques, but from a thorough and absolute mastery of power.

That speed was not some secret treasure, that Primordial Spirit defense was pervertedly strong, and the Dao charm around him isolated all interference—this person simply could not be measured by common sense.

Despair instantly swept through every one of their nerves again.

Having resolved the trouble of imprisonment and interference, Li Wen's gaze finally settled.

On the blade, mysterious silver-purple lightning patterns instantly lit up, emitting a faint sizzling sound. The surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Qi began to frantically converge toward the blade, and a terrifying Aura capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth rapidly condensed.

"It is over." His voice was as indifferent as water, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

The blade light was like a purple lightning bolt instantly breaking through the long night.

The first slash was fast to the limit of time. "Mysterious Firmament · Star Gallop."

The target was none other than the Xiao Lie Tiger Yao, which was close at hand and had lost its composure! The blade light was not a straight line; rather, like an antelope hanging by its horns, it cut in from an impossible angle.

Xiao Lie's proud, formidable Yao body defense was as fragile as paper before that blade light, which condensed extreme speed and penetrating power.

The massive tiger body didn't even manage to let out a scream before it was split in two along the central axis, and the remains were instantly scorched by violent thunder and fire, turning into fly ash.

The second slash had not yet fallen, but the pressure had already arrived.

"Mysterious Firmament · Thunder Strike!"

It locked onto the Ling Feng Peng Yao, which had just forcibly stabilized its figure and was attempting to condense an attack again.

Before the blade arrived, a giant phantom blade, spanning the sky and condensed from pure destructive thunder, had already taken form, slamming down with the will to judge all things.

The power of Heaven and Earth was frantically drawn, and this slash was like acting on behalf of Heaven to execute punishment.

The Ling Feng Peng Yao's proud speed became a joke before the pressure of Heaven and Earth, and it only had time to let out a scream so shrill it was distorted.

Then it was engulfed by that massive thunderous light blade, and its formidable Yao body and magnificent golden wings disintegrated and melted away inch by inch under the absolute energy annihilation, like thin ice under the scorching sun.

The third slash—

No, there was no third slash.

When Li Wen's gaze, like a cold blade, swept toward the remaining You Tong Snake Yao and Fu Ye Fox Yao, both Yao had already completely collapsed.

Run! Must run! At all costs!