219: Chapter 219 The Threat After Being Defeated

Commander Su Qin's expression finally changed.

He stood on the cliff wall, his hand gripping the Lightning Whip tightening abruptly; the nonchalant smile at the corners of his mouth completely vanished, leaving only a gloomy look between his brows, and spiritual light condensed into a protective circle around him.

"Not a bad Divine Ability..."

"I really shouldn't underestimate you of the Yao Race."

Spiritual power erupted within Commander Su Qin's body.

The Lightning Whip in his hand instantly expanded, deformed, and reorganized, transforming into a phantom of a lightning flood dragon dozens of zhang long, its entire body wreathed in blinding lightning; its aura was completely different from the previous lightning snake, heavy and violent, like dark clouds pressing down on a mountain ridge before a storm.

"Lightning Flood Dragon Breaks the Heavens!"

The lightning flood dragon phantom, wrapped in violent lightning, charged toward the still-spreading Colorless Profound Light with a dull, rumbling sound.

Seeing this, Wu Li immediately went to meet it.

The moment the black Colorless Profound Light collided with the silver-white lightning, the ground shook violently, several columns of water exploded from the surface of the pool, and gravel splashed in the shockwave.

"Boom!!"

The two forces reached a brief stalemate in the center of the clearing, with arcs of electricity leaping wildly at the edge of the Colorless Profound Light, attempting to tear open a gap.

"Die for me!"

Wu Li increased his output of Demon Power.

The Colorless Profound Light surged continuously, like a viscous tide rising layer by layer, swallowing, covering, and extinguishing those arcs of electricity inch by inch.

Cracks began to appear on the head of the lightning flood dragon phantom, and it gradually disintegrated like a mud mold cracked by fire.

Commander Su Qin's expression grew increasingly gloomy; he yanked his right hand backward, and the lightning flood dragon phantom suddenly contracted, returning to a streak of silver-white lightning that was pulled back into his palm.

Commander Su Qin retracted the lightning flood dragon phantom, and the lightning coiled around his palm once before he clenched his hand, dissipating it.

He stood on the giant rock, just about to say something, when Wu Li's claw tip was already raised.

"And there's this too."

"Hum~"

The sacred flame pearl shot out from his fingertips; the bead was pale blue, and in mid-air, it suddenly exploded into a ball of crimson-gold flames, with a scorching shockwave pressing toward Commander Su Qin like a physical force.

At the same time, Wu Li pushed with his right claw, and the Colorless Profound Light surged from his palm, the pitch-black light wrapping around the flames like a tide intertwined with dark red and ink-black, sealing Commander Su Qin's retreat from the side.

Commander Su Qin's words stuck in his throat, and his expression changed abruptly.

He had not expected Wu Li to attack at this moment; the arcs of electricity beneath his feet had just condensed, and he had not yet managed to create distance, so in his haste, he could only reach into his sleeve with his right hand and draw a slender, dark cyan short sword.

The sword body was entirely dark cyan, the blade as thin as a cicada's wing, and the spine of the sword was engraved with fine thunder patterns that extended from the guard to the tip, like a solidified bolt of lightning embedded in the sword.

"Mysterious Thunder · Awakening of Insects!"

Commander Su Qin let out a sharp cry, and spiritual power poured violently into the sword body.

The thunder patterns on the sword spine lit up instantly, silver-white lightning burst from the sword body, and arcs of electricity danced on both sides of the blade, emitting a shrill hissing sound as the entire short sword was enveloped by lightning, forming a three-foot-long blade of light.

He hurriedly held the sword horizontally to block, and the lightning on the sword body condensed into a thin barrier of lightning in front of him.

The crimson-gold flames wrapped in black light slammed into the sword body; the moment the lightning and flames collided, a harsh, shattering sound rang out, like two iron plates being smashed simultaneously.

The lightning barrier trembled violently under the impact of the flames, cracks spreading from the center to the surroundings, and within a few breaths, it was covered across the entire barrier.

"Damn it!"

The Colorless Profound Light covered everything crazily.

Commander Su Qin had no way to cope for a moment and was forced to retreat repeatedly by the Colorless Profound Light; the cracks on the lightning barrier expanded larger and larger, and almost the entire barrier was disintegrating.

Arcs of electricity darted about beneath his feet as he tried to create distance, but the pitch-black light clung to him like a viscous tide, and the flames of the sacred flame pearl closed in from the side, sealing off his route to dodge toward the stone wall.

Commander Su Qin gritted his teeth and stopped retreating; he gripped the sword hilt with both hands, steadied his stance, and spiritual power poured into the sword body like a tide. The thunder patterns on the sword spine lit up again under the infusion of spiritual power, brighter and deeper than before, and lightning sputtered from the sword body, shattering the surrounding gravel.

He bit his tongue tip and sprayed a mouthful of vital blood onto the sword spine; the blood mist seeped into the thunder patterns, and the sword emitted a low hum, like a beast that had been thoroughly awakened.

"Mysterious Thunder · Heaven's Punishment!"

"Boom!"

He slashed with the sword, and the moment the blade descended, lightning condensed on the edge into a silver-white pillar of light as thick as an arm, carrying a sharp whistling sound as it slashed head-on toward the approaching Colorless Profound Light.

The pillar of light collided with the Colorless Profound Light, emitting a dull, thunderous sound, like two huge stone slabs being slammed onto the ground simultaneously.

A crack was split open on the surface of the black Colorless Profound Light, spreading to both sides like cracks blooming on an ice surface; under the simultaneous impact of dozens of arcs of electricity, it shattered into countless tiny black light spots, scattering into the night wind like a broken mirror.

The Colorless Profound Light was finally split open, but before Commander Su Qin could breathe a sigh of relief, the sacred flame pearl was already suspended directly above his head.

"Boom~"

The line of Mysterious Cyan True Fire inside the bead's core quickly traced a circle along the inner wall of the bead, then locked onto its target.

Wu Li stood at the edge of the clearing, watching Commander Su Qin's disheveled posture, a layer of coldness rising in his blood-red pupils.

He raised his right hand and pointed with a sword finger into the air. The moment his fingertip fell, a low voice rang out in the night: "Burn."

The pale blue luster on the surface of the sacred flame pearl suddenly dimmed, then exploded.

Mysterious Cyan True Fire poured out from the bead's core, like a furnace with its lid removed, and crimson-cyan flames poured down, covering the sky and earth.

The moment the firelight fell, the air began to distort, and the gravel on the ground began to crack, turn white, and become brittle before the flames even touched it.

A layer of white mist steamed up from the surface of the pool, but the mist was scorched away by the waves of fire, turning into dry, cracked earth.

"Not good!!"

Commander Su Qin's pupils reflected the curtain of fire descending from the sky; he hastily unleashed all the spiritual power in his body, condensing it into a thin layer of protective spiritual light around him. The silver-white light covered his body like a sheet of iron about to be melted by heat, wrapping him from head to toe.

He took half a step back, holding the short sword horizontally in front of him, and raised it another half-inch, as if wanting to use this meager resistance to block something.

He opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and hurried, carrying uncontrollable panting and a trace of a tremor he hadn't even noticed himself: "This official is Commander Su Qin of the Yuexuan Guard of the Youyue Dynasty, patrolling the border under orders from the Imperial Court."

"If you kill me, the Yuexuan Guard will definitely investigate to the end, and at that time, none of you in this nest of the Yao Race will be able to escape."

"If you let this official go today, this official can choose not to report the matter of the teleportation array; if you insist on attacking, it will mean becoming an enemy of the entire Youyue Dynasty."

As he spoke, the Mysterious Cyan True Fire continued to pour down, the scorching firelight burning his protective spiritual light until it turned white. Under the licking of the flames, the protective spiritual light became thinner and more brittle, like a sheet of iron repeatedly licked by tongues of fire, curling and peeling from the edges, shattering and falling away layer by layer.