144: Chapter 144 Overwhelming Domination

Murong Xue's silver spear pierced into the surging wave of dark spiritual power from the Shadow Clan vanguard ahead.

The white-gold Power of Holy Light collided violently with the dark purple shadow energy, sparking blinding light at the spear tip. Before the Power of Holy Light, the shadow spiritual power melted like ice under the sun, and the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor shattered into snowflake-like fragments under the thrust of the silver spear.

However, the Barbarian General Rank 1 Shadow Clan warrior grabbed the spear shaft with a backhand grip the moment it pierced him. Shadow spiritual power surged from his palm into the silver spear, attempting to corrode the Holy Light Resonance runes.

Murong Xue violently rotated the silver spear while on her Barbarian Horned Horse, shattering the shadow spiritual power. White-gold light exploded from the spear tip, blasting a deep crack into the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor.

"Retreat!" Amidst the charge of the Holy Light Cavalry, the leader of the Shadow Clan vanguards emitted a sharp, shadowy screech. The five Shadow Clan vanguards simultaneously retreated toward the formation base, attempting to rely on the formation amplification of the shadow Spirit Rune for defense.

But behind them...

After dealing with the perimeter patrols, the Light and Shadow Legion had silently cut off their retreat route toward the formation base.

Liu Ruyan's Phantom Dagger lit up with silver light in the shadows. The five members of the Light and Shadow Legion stood like quiet yet sharp blades on the perimeter of the formation base, blocking the path between the Shadow Clan vanguards and the formation base.

Pincer attack. While the Holy Light Cavalry charged, Wang Sheng had already leaped from his Barbarian Horned Horse.

The golden spiritual power of a Tier 2 Barbarian General surged within his body, gathering at his shoulder blades. The spiritual power condensed into pure golden light at his shoulder blades, and two golden wings of light unfolded from them.

The moment the wings of light unfolded above the Upstream Ferry of Lingxi River, the mist within a hundred-meter radius was pierced by the golden light. The darkness of the pre-dawn night was torn open prematurely by the radiance of the wings of light, as if by the sun.

Supported by the spiritual power of a Tier 2 Barbarian General, Light Wing Flight carried him twenty meters into the air above the ferry. The golden wings of light resembled the wings of the sun unfolding in the savage sky amidst the mist. Golden light cascaded from high above, illuminating everything on the battlefield between the Holy Light Cavalry and the Shadow Clan vanguards.

The five Shadow Clan vanguards looked up at the golden wings of light in the high sky, their dark purple vertical pupils reflecting the golden sun.

"Holy Light Warrior!"

A flicker of terror flashed in the shadow vertical pupils of the Shadow Clan vanguard leader... Ying Wuyue had said that the Bright Tribe's Holy Light Warriors possessed Light Wing Flight, but he hadn't expected Wang Sheng to use Light Wing Flight to dive and launch a surprise attack from high altitude right from the start.

Wang Sheng's right hand retrieved the first holy light amplification elixir from a pocket inside his Savage Beast skin vest. The golden pill emitted a scorching light between his fingers. The spiritual power amplification, a fusion of the Power of Hundred Herbs and the Power of Holy Light, pulsed within the pill, triggering the explosive power of a Barbarian General 3rd Rank.

He swallowed the pill, and golden spiritual power exploded within his meridians. Under the impact of the holy light amplification elixir, his Tier 2 Barbarian General spiritual power barrier was washed over like a scorching golden tide. The instant his spiritual power surged in his meridians, golden light erupted from every pore on his body. With the enhancement of the holy light amplification elixir, Wang Sheng's spiritual power directly broke through the Tier 2 Barbarian General barrier, reaching the explosive power of a Barbarian General 3rd Rank.

Golden light gushed out from between his clenched fingers. Under the spiritual power boost, the wings of light expanded from twenty meters in the air to thirty meters. Every feather of the golden wings of light was condensed from scorching holy light, forming a blazing sun in the savage wilderness high above.

The mist at the Upstream Ferry of Lingxi River completely dissipated under the Barbarian General 3rd Rank golden spiritual power. The pre-dawn darkness was thoroughly torn open by the golden light, and the surface of the Lingxi River rippled with scorching heat under the golden illumination.

The wings of light slightly retracted at thirty meters high. Guided by the wings of light, his body dove downward at a nearly vertical angle. The wind shrieked by his ears, and the surging spiritual power gathered in his right fist amidst the acceleration of the dive.

The dive, enhanced by the holy light amplification elixir, was fiercer, faster, and more intense than in his normal state. The acceleration caused his body to carve a scorching golden trajectory through the air, and the Barbarian General 3rd Rank spiritual power pushed this strike to a certain scorching extreme.

Holy Light Judgment.

A golden beam of light erupted from his right fist. The Barbarian General 3rd Rank spiritual power condensed into a scorching golden ray during Holy Light Judgment, striking directly at the leader of the Shadow Clan vanguards. Holy Light Judgment triples damage against the Shadow element. Under the enhancement of restraining the Shadow element, the Barbarian General 3rd Rank Holy Light Judgment reached the lethality of a Barbarian General 5th Rank. The golden beam of light pierced the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor as if the sun were penetrating a weak shell of shadows.

The leader of the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor melted and collapsed inch by inch under Holy Light Judgment, like ice under the sun. The dark purple spiritual power was purified into fine fragments within the golden beam—dust to dust, earth to earth—drifting away into the mist of the Upstream Ferry of Lingxi River. His shadow vertical pupils slowly extinguished in the scorching heat of Holy Light Judgment, and his body completely dissipated in the golden light like a shadow under the sun.

A one-hit purification.

As Murong Xue's silver spear pierced into a deep crack in the second Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor, white-gold Holy Light Resonance exploded from the spear tip. The Holy Light Cavalry's silver spear formation simultaneously pierced into the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor. The silver spears blasted the shadow armor into smithereens within the white-gold light.

The second Shadow Clan vanguard was thoroughly obliterated under the Holy Light Cavalry's spear formation, and the dark purple spiritual power dissipated in the white-gold light.

Liu Ruyan's Phantom Dagger stabbed into the back of the third Shadow Clan vanguard's neck from the shadows. Enhanced by Stealth Affinity, the Phantom Assassin's shadow spiritual power precisely cut into the Shadow Clan vanguard's spiritual core. Silver light exploded within the shadow spiritual power, and the Shadow Clan vanguard's spiritual core shattered under the cutting of the Phantom Dagger, his body falling silently onto the Savage Stones of the formation base.

Xiao Yuqing's arrows precisely shot and killed the fourth Shadow Clan vanguard, who was attempting to flee from the east flank. The spiritual arrows exploded into a silver-white rainstorm in the mist; each arrow precisely pierced the weak points of the Shadow Clan vanguard's shadow armor. Under the precise strikes of the Rainstorm Archer, the shadow spiritual power was riddled with holes, leaving him looking like a hedgehog.

Zhao Linger's Spirit Sound Technique precisely severed the shadow frequency the moment the fourth Shadow Clan vanguard attempted to send one last shadow communication. The communication was completely suppressed, and the call for reinforcements was thoroughly extinguished.

The fifth Shadow Clan vanguard made a desperate choice the moment his four companions were purified. His shadow spiritual power burned within his body like frantic fuel. Dark purple light exploded on the surface of his body, raising his shadow spiritual power to the limit of a Tier 2 Barbarian General. Shadow Self-Destruction.

This was the final resort bestowed upon the Shadow Clan vanguards by Ying Wuyue: at the cost of their own spiritual power and life, they would generate enough shadow spiritual energy to reach the level of a Tier 2 Barbarian General, attempting to fully activate the shadow Spirit Rune of the formation base through the self-destruction. Once the formation base completed activation within the energy of the shadow self-destruction, the Shadow Stronghold would be built in an instant, and the Shadow Clan would be able to teleport directly to the battlefield through the Shadow Stronghold.

"He's going to activate the formation base!" Zhao Linger's round, large eyes widened abruptly; her Spirit Sound Technique had captured the frequency of the surging spiritual power within the Shadow Clan vanguard. "He wants to use the energy from the Shadow Self-Destruction to complete the formation base! We cannot let him succeed."

The moment Wang Sheng's feet touched the ground after finishing his dive, he had already turned toward the direction of the fifth Shadow Clan vanguard. The effect of the first holy light amplification elixir was still burning in his meridians; the explosive power of a Barbarian General 3rd Rank made him twice as fast as he was at Tier 2 Barbarian General. His figure moved freely across the Lingxi River like a streak of golden lightning, dashing toward the fifth Shadow Clan vanguard, with the spiritual power of a Barbarian General 3rd Rank gathering in his right fist.

"Holy Light Slash!!" Two golden arcs of light slashed out in a cross.

The Barbarian General 3rd Rank spiritual power condensed into scorching golden arcs of light within the Holy Light Slash. The arcs of light precisely slashed into the vanguard's spiritual core the instant before his self-destruction could initiate.

The golden arcs of light cut through the weak hub of shadows within the shadow spiritual power like laser beams. The moment the spiritual core was severed, the Shadow Self-Destruction was like dynamite with its fuse pinched out; the dark purple spiritual power was purified inch by inch within the golden arcs of light.

The fifth Shadow Clan vanguard's vertical pupils slowly extinguished under the explosive spiritual power of the Holy Light Slash: Second Stage. The Shadow Self-Destruction was thoroughly extinguished within the spiritual core by the Holy Light Slash, and the dark purple spiritual power dissipated in the golden light. His body collapsed in an instant, his shadow armor shattering like thin paper, slowly dissipating into the mist.