Chapter 1198: Intercept and Kill

Four figures stood in the air, mysterious green smoke shrouding their bodies, and beneath the smoke, what seemed to be cold, sinister eyes flickered.

Facing them, Niu Niu Biaobiao and Li Li Rouyun also wore grim expressions; they truly hadn't expected anyone would dare to make a move on Li Li Tianwang's flying ship.

"A few friends, you've got the wrong people, haven't you? If it's a mistake, you can leave right now. We don't want any more trouble—what happened earlier can be considered as if it never occurred." Niu Niu Biaobiao said in a low voice.

If it were only him and Li Li Rouyun here, even though the other side had come prepared, they could still retreat unscathed, but the key was that Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and Li Hongyou—three juniors—were also present.

So at this moment, Niu Niu Biaobiao didn't mind backing down a little.

However, in response to Niu Niu Biaobiao's concession, the four figures hovering in the air all let out a cold laugh. The next instant, the phase force within the four of them erupted explosively, and towering, majestic Feng Hou Platforms emerged one after another, like black holes devouring the energy between heaven and earth.

Mysterious green smoke also flowed atop these people's Feng Hou Platforms, making it impossible to discern the details of the other side.

"One Seventh-Rank Marquis, three Sixth-Rank Marquises!"

However, judging by the number of Feng Hou Platforms, Niu Niu Biaobiao assessed the opponent's strength, his face instantly grew uglier, and a glimmer of luck in his heart vanished.

The opponent's ambush was not a mistake—it was a premeditated attack!

The other side had come for them!

"A-Yun, take Xiao Luo and the others and go first!"

Fierce light blazed in Niu Niu Biaobiao's eyes. Even though the opponent's lineup far surpassed theirs, he felt no fear. He clenched his hand, and the blood-qi-emitting, gleaming slaughtering cleaver appeared in his grasp.

At the same time, on his seven Feng Hou Platforms, rolling divine smoke rose and directly transformed into two giant beasts.

A green ox with four horns on its head, and a golden giant bear with emerald eyes—they let out earth-shaking roars, terrifying power radiating from them, causing the void to tremble.

These were precisely Niu Niu Biaobiao's Four-Horned Divine Ox Aspect and Emerald-Eye Golden Bear Aspect.

Li Li Rouyun didn't hesitate either. Six Feng Hou Platforms manifested above her head, and the Feng Hou divine smoke swept up Li Luo and the other two, shielding them within, then she directly shot toward the distance at top speed.

"Want to leave?!" The leading figure in the distance let out a sinister laugh, then his hands flashed in a lightning-quick seal: "Feng Hou Domain!"

A point of spiritual light rose from atop his head, swelling in the wind, transforming into a field that expanded at astonishing speed.

This was the Feng Hou Domain, a technique only those whose strength had reached Seventh-Rank Marquis could unleash; within the domain, whatever the mind wills can be controlled—even the flow of heaven and earth's energy is within one's grasp, just as a marquis of the mortal realm rules his own fief, where he is the true master.

The Feng Hou Domain is the most signature technique of a high-rank marquis. Within the domain, anyone whose strength is lower than one's own will be subjected to tremendous suppression and binding.

Moreover, the domain is like a prison; once deployed, unless broken by force, there is no escape.

Clearly, the leader wanted to use this to trap Li Luo and the others, leaving them no path of escape.

Seeing this, Niu Niu Biaobiao let out a cold snort. Spiritual light also rose from the crown of his head, transforming into a domain that expanded, then directly collided head-on with the opponent's domain.

Boom!

When the two domains collided, it was truly like meteors crashing into each other; a terrifying energy storm ravaged outward, sweeping nearby mountain peaks into it and directly shattering them into countless fragments.

"Go intercept and kill them!" The leader, seeing the domain blocked, frowned. She wanted to conceal her strength so as not to be too obvious, so for the moment she couldn't crush Niu Niu Biaobiao's domain defense either.

The three Sixth-Rank Marquis experts behind her immediately complied, then transformed into three light rainbows that pierced through the air, in hot pursuit of Li Li Rouyun.

Seeing this, Niu Niu Biaobiao directly clenched his five fingers together and threw a punch.

Feng Hou Art, Ox Demon Power Fist!

As the punch shot out, the void ahead suddenly exploded. A heaven-shaking ox bellow rang out, and a domineering fist-light tore through the air. Within the fist-light, it seemed as if ten thousand oxen were charging, intent on destroying everything.

But the three Sixth-Rank Marquis experts paid no heed to this, because as the fist-light howled toward them, the void behind them suddenly turned crimson-red, intense heat radiating, as if even space itself were melting.

Crash! Crash!

The next instant, massive crimson chains shot out violently from within, like crimson dragons, directly colliding with that fist-light. As the chains collapsed, they also forcibly shattered the fist-light.

But immediately, even more crimson chains, seemingly flowing with lava, shot out from that crimson space, attacking directly toward Niu Niu Biaobiao.

Niu Niu Biaobiao's eyes sank slightly. The opponent could so easily neutralize his attack—this level of strength was probably extremely formidable even among Seventh-Rank Marquises.

Niu Niu Biaobiao dared not be careless; he bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood mist onto the slaughtering cleaver in his hand. The next instant, the cleaver began to extend, directly transforming into a great ghost-headed blade radiating overwhelming malevolent qi.

Terrifying blood-red blade-qi rose up, filling this stretch of sky, as if forming a blood-red ocean.

And this entire ocean was formed from blade-qi.

Niu Niu Biaobiao's eyes were fierce and savage. A low growl emerged from his mouth. The blood-red ocean surged into towering waves, and a shadow like a demon god slowly rose from within, gripping a massive blade, resembling a world-destroying fiend.

The veins on Niu Niu Biaobiao's arms bulged as he gripped the hilt with both hands and slowly brought the blade down.

Spirit-Derived Grade Feng Hou Art, Berserker God Blade!

The demon-god shadow also brought its blade down. The two blade-lights seemed to converge, and the next instant, the void ahead split open directly, as if torn by a gash stretching ten thousand li, piercing through the long sky.

The green-smoke-flowing pupils of the leader reflected that massive blood-red blade-light, and her gaze seemed to grow even colder at this moment.

Because back in the day, Niu Niu Biaobiao had relied on this malevolent blade obtained from a ruin to leave her with a scar.

So she knew she must not underestimate Niu Niu Biaobiao's counterattack, lest she repeat the same mistake.

Thus, she ultimately abandoned the plan to conceal her strength. Her gaze suddenly turned icy-cold, and above her head, between the seven Feng Hou Platforms, another towering Feng Hou Platform emerged.

The eighth Feng Hou Platform!

At this moment, the phase-force might erupting from her body became even more terrifying, and the entire world seemed to tremble along with it.

"Eighth-Rank Marquis?!"

And when Niu Niu Biaobiao saw that eighth Feng Hou Platform, his expression immediately changed.

Originally, the collision between their two domains had been roughly evenly matched, but with the emergence of the eighth Feng Hou Platform, the leader's domain immediately began to gain absolute upper hand. The domain expanded, constantly crushing the scope of Niu Niu Biaobiao's domain.

As one waxed and the other waned, that Eighth-Rank Marquis domain already stood in this stretch of heaven and earth like an absolute behemoth!

And at this moment, the crimson blade-light Niu Niu Biaobiao had slashed out was also covered by that Eighth-Rank Marquis domain. Instantly, countless rifts split open in the void within the domain, and crimson chains flowing with lava kept shooting out from within, coiling toward the blade-light like crimson dragons.

Clang! Clang!

Piercing metallic sounds rang out; countless crimson chains were slashed to pieces, but leveraging the domain's advantage, they seemed endless. In the end, the blood-red blade-light was continuously weakened until its force was exhausted, no longer able to cut through the crimson chains, and so, under the entanglement of numerous crimson chains, it exploded apart.

Niu Niu Biaobiao let out a muffled grunt, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The leader's icy gaze fixed on Niu Niu Biaobiao, and a voice brimming with killing intent rang out: "If you don't want to perish here, get out of the way at once!"

A savage grin spread across Niu Niu Biaobiao's face as he said: "Looks like you're not here for me, then you're here for Li Luo and the others? Knowing his identity, you still dare to intercept and kill—your backing must not be weak either."

"Are you from Qin Li Tianwang's lineage, or Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage?"

"Seems you are better suited to being a dead man." The leader spoke no more; the next moment, eight Sealing Marquis Platforms rose slowly into the sky, emitting intense heat as if they were eight blazing crimson suns.

Eight crimson lights ascended and converged, forming a crimson bronze mirror roughly a hundred zhang in size, its surface engraved with countless ancient and profound patterns.

In the next instant, the bronze mirror gradually brightened, and at its center, a fiery red lion's head seemed to emerge.

The lion's head opened its fanged maw, wreathed in red light; immediately, a torrent of fiery red smoke rolled forth with a momentum capable of incinerating the firmament.

The fiery red smoke was utterly domineering; even the sky seemed ignited at that moment, crimson for ten thousand li.

Yet, even knowing the opponent's assault was terrifying, Niu Niu Biaobiao remained fierce-faced, showing no sign of retreat; he knew that if he allowed this Marquis of the Eighth Rank to free his hands, Li Luo and the others would have no escape.

Thus, seven Sealing Marquis Platforms erupted with beams of light ten thousand zhang tall, standing one by one in the sky like a continuous wall, blocking all assaults outside.

Boom!

The fiery red smoke rolled toward them.

The wall formed by the seven Sealing Marquis Platforms was entirely submerged within it.

Li Luo, watching from behind at that moment, saw with a dazed expression the flesh and blood on Niu Niu Biaobiao's burly body melting rapidly.