Chapter 242

Seeing the brothers of the Jianghu Grand Alliance and the elite troops of the Prince's Manor about to finish withdrawing, the Royal Ancestor clasped his hands together again, and the bottomless crack on the ground was about to seal shut.

Countless corpses were crushed directly into powder.

Tianzai was helpless, having been entangled by Dongfang Wuji. 'Hehe, do you really think you can stop me?' Tianzai sneered.

'How would you know without trying?' Dongfang Wuji appeared extremely confident.

The Dongfang Clan's bodies harbor their own demonic blood, giving them a trait: the more they fight, the stronger they become; the more they lose, the stronger they become!

Every time they fail to be killed, they become even stronger.

Their strength will undergo a qualitative leap.

Dongfang Wuji, the mighty one returns.

'I can summon you forth, and I can send you back, you trash!' Dongfang Wuji even said that.

Chen Yi He had also intended to leave, but under the Royal Ancestor's strong insistence.

The Royal Ancestor said to him, 'You are the key, the key to this battle, but the timing isn't ripe yet; you must go!'

'But I can't just watch my companions die!'

'You are the key; we people, no matter how many die, it doesn't matter!' the Royal Ancestor roared at Chen Yi He, having never treated him so urgently before.

'If you all die, what's the point of my victory?' Chen Yi He asked, 'We are a team; no one can be missing!'

But at the final moment, Chen Yi He still stopped. Because he saw Nun Shang Rong, Hong Liang, Situ Qing, and others about to collapse.

The Dragon King and Xiao Yu were like perpetual motion machines, feeling no fatigue or pain.

Nun Shang Rong stabbed Xiao Yu repeatedly, but Xiao Yu showed no reaction, as if the blood flowing from her body wasn't hers.

'What is happening?' Nun Shang Rong exclaimed in shock, but instead received a palm strike from Xiao Yu. That palm shook her internal organs, causing pain as if her innards were being overturned.

'They should be just as the ancestor said—impervious to blades and spears, only their consciousness can be defeated,' Hong Liang told Nun Shang Rong, 'which means smashing their heads to stop them.'

'Smash their heads?'

'Hmm...'

At that moment, Chen Yi He joined the battlefield, shouting loudly, 'Dragon King, Xiao Yu, I am Chen Yi He. I know I shouldn't have betrayed you, leaving you in the dark world and fleeing on my own. Whatever grudge or hatred you have, direct it at me! Everyone else is innocent!'

"Chen Yi He!" The royal ancestor was furious beyond bearing, but things had come to this point; he could not well stop further, he had to prioritize the overall situation. He turned and said to Yan Shan Hai, "Take them and hurry to the palace; the mechanism is beneath the dragon throne!" Having said that, he flung himself to Dongfang Wuji's side.

Zhou Ke waved the prince's order in his hand, and a dozen or so elite soldiers ran to his side, hoisted him onto their shoulders, and hurried toward the palace.

Chen Yi He's call had effect; although the Dragon King and Xiao Xiao Yu had lost their own consciousness, they could still hear the three words "Chen Yi He". In unison, they turned their gaze toward Chen Yi He.

"Hurry..." Chen Yi He said softly to Shang Rong Shi Tai and the others.

"Can you manage alone?"

Chen Yi He said confidently, "Believe me." That was his guarantee!

"Go!" Shang Rong Shi Tai waved her hand, and the group hurried away.

"You think you can leave so easily?" Heavenly Disaster asked, "Shouldn't you pay a price?" He pointed a finger and shot forth!

The light was headed for Hong Liang, but Shang Rong Shi Tai leapt to block in front of him!

Shang Rong Shi Tai was shot through the body!

"Pfft!"

"Shi Tai!" everyone exclaimed in shock.

How could Hong Liang dare to look back?

The Heng Shan Sword fell to the ground. Shang Rong Shi Tai lay prone, already without breath.

Grief and indignation made Chen Yi He even stronger!

The others ran even faster.

"This way, the battlefield becomes simple..." Chen Yi He asked the two old acquaintances with a cold smile, "Heh, we can't turn back, can we?"

Chen Yi He spread his arms, opened his hands, and the two divine swords, the Heavenly Mechanism Sword and the Purple Tempered Sword, flew out from the ruins and corpses, landing in his left and right hands. "Heh, then let's have a good fight."

Chen Yi He is not the type who likes idle talk; he knows he cannot persuade the Dragon King and Xiao Xiao Yu with words alone, so only strength will speak.

The royal ancestor stood beside Dongfang Wuji; they both hovered in midair.

"Oh?" Dongfang Wuji didn't even glance at the royal ancestor.

"Having lured them out, we bear the responsibility of sending them back."

"Indeed, that's how it is; when the time comes, I'll come again to settle accounts with you..." Dongfang Wuji's gaze remained fixed on Heavenly Disaster, but his words were addressed to the royal ancestor.

"We'll see later; first, let's kill this monster."

"You really have a big mouth... hahaha!" This was Heavenly Disaster's first loud laugh. He pointed at the royal ancestor, then at Dongfang Wuji, saying, "You two, come at me together!"

In response to Heavenly Disaster, came Dongfang Wuji's demon sphere!

Dongfang Wuji directly hurled a massive demon sphere at Heavenly Disaster!

The power of that demon sphere could blast half of the imperial capital!

But Heavenly Disaster merely extended two fingers, pinning the demonic energy. The demon sphere fizzled out like a deflated balloon, dissipating at his fingertips. Yet he did not linger in this boredom, for the two opponents had already charged forward.

"Let you see the true power of the Heavenly Dao!" Heavenly Disaster shouted, only to see his two hands spread wide—one hand facing the royal ancestor, the other facing Dongfang Wuji!

That was hardly just one hand; it was literally countless hands!

Almost at the Wuying Sect!

In the blink of an eye, he unleashed millions of strikes! This is the strength of the peak of the Sevenfold Heaven!

A casual punch, a casual move, could shatter a mountain and sever a river!

Not to mention true qi, he could at any moment reshape the very fabric of heaven and earth. What tremendous power that is!

Whenever Heavenly Disaster struck, a beam of light constantly shone upon him from the heavens—that was the heavens calling.

The three of them fought from earth to heaven and back from heaven to earth. A casual move could destroy everything.

Chen Yi He's side was also affected!

Chen Yi He, Dragon King, and Xiao Xiao Yu were all flung away by the aura from the neighboring battlefield at the same time!

Chen Yi He, with one hand wielding the Heavenly Mechanism Sword against Dragon King and the other hand wielding the Purple Tempered Sword against Xiao Xiao Yu, employed his own newly created sword technique, holding his own for a moment. Precisely because of this, he even awakened the latent Heavenly Dao power hidden within their two bodies.

In that moment, two more beams of light fell from the sky.

Three heavenly lights.