35: incredible ability

"Ah, ah, ah, no, help!" The crowd was terrified, but it was already too late. Half a minute later, the magicians who had been pleading and wailing were gradually swallowed by the earth until they completely disappeared into the ground. The surface was empty, as if nothing had happened and these people had never existed.

Ravich's pupils dilated in shock, his eyes filled with a complex mix of staggered helplessness and unease.

Ever since Ravich had cultivated to the level of an Intermediate Magician, he had never seen such a powerful and cruel opponent. At this moment, looking at the slowly approaching Huang Yichen, it was like seeing the Grim Reaper holding a scythe. His hands trembled as he brought them to his mouth.

"Beep beep—" A sharp whistle sounded. Hearing it, Ravich's warhorse immediately bolted out, galloping toward him.

The date-red horse ran at top speed. It didn't slow down at all as it passed Ravich. Using his last bit of strength, Ravich leaped from the ground, flipped onto the horse, and fled toward Sentry Bridge.

Huang Yichen gave a low chuckle, his eyes full of contempt. With a slight exertion from his feet, his entire body soared into the air, slowly pursuing Ravich from the sky.

While riding, Ravich kept turning his head to look at Huang Yichen in the air. Pea-sized beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He swung his whip incessantly, shouting desperately, "Giddy-up! Giddy-up! Giddy-up! Run faster, horse!"

Huang Yichen enjoyed this feeling of the chase, much like a lion pursuing a wounded antelope. Finally, they reached the front of Sentry Bridge. Seeing that Ravich was about to cross, he applied a light force to his palm, activating his ability.

"It's time to end this. Die!" A wall of earth suddenly rose in front of the galloping warhorse. Ravich, focused only on his desperate escape, drove the horse straight into the earth wall. The fragile body of a magician crashed against the wall that was as hard as iron.

Both man and horse collapsed beneath the earth wall. Ravich's mouth was full of blood, and his eyes held a look of desolation. His mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Huang Yichen slowly floated down in front of Ravich, looking at him as if he were a bedbug. He asked unhurriedly, "Where is Carlos? Tell me, and I can let you die!"

Huang Yichen's words made sense. It wasn't difficult at all to get information out of Ravich; as long as Yuri stepped in, no secret would remain. Killing him now would actually be a form of release.

A trace of fatigue appeared in Ravich's eyes, and he slowly closed them.

"Is it me you're looking for?" A voice sounded behind Huang Yichen.

Huang Yichen turned to look. Under the dim sky, an old man with white hair and a white beard, wearing black magic robes and holding a magic staff, was suspended in mid-air. His eyes were bright and piercing, not looking like those of an old man in his decades at all.

"You are Carlos?" A sense of leisure revealed itself between Huang Yichen's brows, as if he didn't take this old man seriously at all. After all, he was now a World-Shocking Level Ability User.

"It is indeed I. Seeing your appearance, you have already cultivated to such a level. Why bother colluding with that little thief Wei He? Or is it that Wei He is one of your subordinates?" Carlos instinctively believed that a piece of trash like Wei He could never be Huang Yichen's master; it could only be a partnership or a subordinate relationship.

"Under your rule, the common people suffer unspeakably. They start working before dawn every day and haven't returned home by dark. Day after day, year after year, yet they still go hungry. The Commander is simply acting on behalf of Heaven. You hold a high position but know nothing of the people's hardships. You deserve to die!" When Huang Yichen mentioned the Commander, he cupped his fists before his chest with an air of deep respect.

"With such cultivation, you are actually willing to be the running dog of that little thief Wei He. It seems you are also a confused fool. Hand over Wei He immediately and leave the darkness for the light!" Carlos's patience was exhausted. His fingers tightened around his magic staff, making it creak.

"Haha, if you win against me, you'll be able to see him!" Huang Yichen laughed out of anger. His eyes widened with rage as his ability gathered in his hands, ready to be unleashed at any moment.

"A pity. You are so young, yet you will perish here!" With a wave of Carlos's magic staff, a bolt of lightning shot out from the magic crystal at its tip toward Huang Yichen.

A wall of earth rose up, shielding Huang Yichen. The lightning struck the wall, shattering it to pieces.

Huang Yichen didn't dare be careless. After all, he had only just upgraded to the World-Shocking Level and couldn't be compared to Carlos, a High-level Magician who had been famous for a long time.

Huang Yichen changed his palm into a fist and flew up to the same height as Carlos. Dust and gravel rose continuously from all directions on the ground, gathering in front of Huang Yichen to form a massive fist made of earth and stone.

"Blood Alliance! Fusion! Death Explosive Thunder!" Carlos didn't dare take things lightly either, as he was facing a World-Shocking Level Ability User. A blue Magic Array condensed in front of him, and a blue energy sphere slowly emerged from it.

"Ah!" Both men shouted simultaneously as they struck. The energy sphere and the fist left their respective masters, flying toward each other at extreme speeds.

Boom! A massive sound rang out as the giant fist and the energy sphere collided, shattering and splashing in all directions.

Carlos hung in the air expressionlessly, fine sweat slowly seeping from his forehead. At the same time, he was secretly shocked. He hadn't expected the opponent's energy to be so immense. Fortunately, his own foundation was deep; otherwise, he might very well have met his end here.

Huang Yichen, meanwhile, spat out blood and was sent flying backward until he hit the ground. His eyes were full of shock, but he still slowly crawled back up using his hands and feet.

At the same time, he finally gained a clear understanding of a High-level Magician's strength. Since reaching the World-Shocking Level, he had always been bullying weaker opponents. Now that he was facing a master of the same level, he had only two words—it hurts.

"Hmph, little friend, cherish your current cultivation. Hand over Wei He and you can leave. In time, perhaps you could reach an even higher level. It would be a great pity to die here!" Carlos spoke with forced composure, his hands tightly clasped together behind his back.

"Do you dare wait five minutes for me to think it over?" Huang Yichen's brow was furrowed, yet his words were light. This was because Wei He had ordered him to say this. Although he didn't know why Wei He wanted it, he followed the order unconditionally.

"Haha, even waiting five more days won't save you!" Carlos knew he couldn't afford to delay and was about to act.

"Wait five more minutes, and I'll tell you where Wei He is. I'll lure him over, how about that?" Huang Yichen's eyes were like torches, looking full of sincerity.

"Fine, I'll let you live for five more minutes!" Carlos also landed on the ground and waited quietly.

Meanwhile, back when Huang Yichen and Ravich were fighting, Wei He had already led the Red Alert Troops onto the armored personnel carrier. They were advancing at full speed toward the front of Sentry Bridge.

While Huang Yichen didn't understand why Wei He wanted him to wait, Wei He knew perfectly well that Huang Yichen was already a Three-star Soldier of the Red Alert Troops.

Although Huang Yichen's health bar had only a sliver of health left after the battle with Carlos, three-star red alert soldiers possessed the ability to automatically regenerate health with the help of the red alert system.

Five minutes passed quickly. Huang Yichen's health bar had only recovered by a small fraction, turning from red to yellow, but he no longer felt as miserable as when he was first injured.

Only now did he understand why Wei He had told him to wait. It turned out his body was rapidly self-healing. He actually possessed such a heaven-defying ability.