Chapter 643: Artifact Showdown

When Tang Yao emerged from the black hole, only a dozen or so slightly higher‑level ferocious beasts remained, gathering together to resist his pressure.

When Tang Yao appeared, he did not suffer the brief dizziness that the previous three sect disciples had; instead he calmly surveyed his surroundings.

The stone giant launched an attack as soon as it saw a person, and the beasts followed suit.

Shards of stone rained down on Tang Yao like raindrops, and more than ten different True Essences also hurled toward him.

Tang Yao remained unhurried, raised his hand, and a Defense Array sprang around him, blocking all attacks.

Immediately, he waved both hands, using True Essence to draw two different Formations in the air, sending them toward the beasts and the stone giant.

The Formation aimed at the beasts fired fireballs, scattering them in all directions, while the Formation aimed at the stone giant continuously emitted Ice Power, freezing the giant piece by piece.

"This guy is way too hard to hit! Ordinary attacks can't even touch him."

From afar, Ye Liuyun activated his Golden Pupil, observing Tang Yao's battle.

"He can use Formations to make up for lacking attributes. Want a certain attribute? He draws a Formation of that attribute; he only needs to input True Essence."

"The most troublesome part is that his own realm is already high, and the added Formation makes his attacks even more powerful!"

Tang Yao's Divine Sense at that moment also detected Ye Liuyun and the Skeleton Puppet in the distance.

He used Divine Sense to send a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun: "Ye Liuyun, you gathered these worthless ones just to block me?"

Ye Liuyun heard this, merely smiled helplessly, raised his hand, and swung Yi Dao forward.

He let the stone giant and the beasts attack, merely to test his strength; he didn't expect to stop Tang Yao with them.

Now it was time for him and the Skeleton Puppet to take the stage.

Ye Liuyun's Yi Dao cut through the void, passed Tang Yao's Formation, and struck Tang Yao.

He thought that even if he couldn't severely wound Tang Yao, he would at least cause a small loss.

Unexpectedly, Tang Yao remained unhurried and took the blow head‑on.

"Boom—" a huge sound rang out. Ye Liuyun's Yi Dao solidly struck Tang Yao.

He indeed did not dodge.

Yet Tang Yao showed not a hint of injury, not even stepping back a single step.

"Ha ha, the artifact isn't the only one you have! I prepared one in advance too!"

Tang Yao shook his clothes and charged straight at Ye Liuyun.

The surrounding beasts had already been scattered. The stone giant was frozen, losing all combat ability.

"Clothes as a defensive artifact? No matter how you hit it, you can't hurt him!"

Ye Liuyun was also a little stunned.

Tang Yao's speed was extremely fast; he rushed forward in an instant. Ye Liuyun let the Skeleton Puppet go to restrain him, and at the same time drew out the Mourning Bell, hurling it at Tang Yao.

Since Tang Yao had used an artifact, he could only respond with artifacts.

He also retreated while continuously slashing blade intent. Though his blade intent couldn't wound Tang Yao, it could at least block him, especially the Blood Thunder Power, which would stall him for a moment.

The Skeleton Puppet fared even worse; it couldn't even pierce Tang Yao's Formation defense, let alone his artifact clothing.

Its only function was to stand in front of Ye Liuyun, shielding him. After all, it is at the Yin Yang Eightfold realm, wielding two high‑rank weapons, so it can still block a bit.

Facing the Mourning Bell Ye Liuyun hurled, Tang Yao calmly produced a folding fan, opened it, and swatted the bell away.

"Ha ha, I prepared this early! See the power of my Sealing Cloud Fan!"

The Mourning Bell was instantly halted by an invisible force in midair, locked in a standoff with the artifact Sealing Cloud Fan.

"Another little artifact?"

Ye Liuyun, seeing this, took out the Sealing Demon Tablet and smashed it toward Tang Yao.

The Sealing Demon Tablet proved unreliable; faced with a realm as high as Tang Yao's, it didn't stir its fighting spirit and showed no intent to attack.

Tang Yao used the same method, fanned the Sealing Demon Tablet back with his folding fan.

Ye Liuyun retrieved the Sealing Demon Tablet, holding it in his hand. Since this thing doesn't actively smash others, it can only be used as a shield.

Used to block Tang Yao's attacks, the Sealing Demon Tablet can still have some effect.

Ye Liuyun and Tang Yao thus remained locked in a stalemate.

However, Ye Liuyun had already exhausted all his tricks, while Tang Yao was handling it with ease.

"If this continues, it's not good for me!"

Ye Liuyun, while pondering a countermeasure, recalled the Mourning Bell to his side. Throwing it out can't hit anyone, so it's better used for defense.

"What's wrong, can't do anything now? Where's your Demon Beast, why doesn't it come to help you?"

Tang Yao was evidently worried that Lei Ming might have another ambush, so he didn't commit fully to the attack.

This battle is the hardest one for Ye Liuyun.

No matter what skill he uses, he can't hit anyone. Even with artifacts now, he still can't deal with the opponent.

He must constantly stay alert to the opponent's attacks; if he gets hit even once, he'll at least temporarily lose combat ability.

And that brief moment is enough for Tang Yao to launch another attack.

Ye Liuyun ignored the taunt and thought, "If I move his folding fan and clothes away, won't he lose most of his defense?"

At this moment, Ye Liuyun intended to use spatial translocation to move his folding fan and clothes away.

But the folding fan is in Tang Yao's hand; Ye Liuyun dared not try lightly—if Tang Yao notices and pays attention, and the move fails, the technique will be useless later.

"Right! First, while he's unprepared, move his clothes away!"

Ye Liuyun indeed dared to think; stealing someone's clothes in battle, from ancient to modern times, perhaps only he could pull off.

He accelerated, slashing three times in a row, simultaneously re‑triggered the Mourning Bell, tossed the Sealing Demon Tablet, and hurled them together at Tang Yao.

The Skeleton Puppet also accelerated its attack, darting before Tang Yao's eyes, obscuring his vision.

Ye Liuyun then activated his Golden Pupil, using spatial power to relocate Tang Yao's clothes.

"Useless! No matter how fierce the attack, it can't hurt me!"

Tang Yao thought Ye Liuyun had intensified the offensive, so he again swung the Sealing Cloud Fan toward the Mourning Bell and the Sealing Demon Tablet.

As for the other attacks, he didn't defend at all. Instead, he freed up his other hand to sketch a Formation, intending to attack the Skeleton Puppet.

That Skeleton Puppet, although it couldn't reach him, kept swaying back and forth in front of his eyes, blocking Ye Liuyun, delaying him from launching a direct attack on Ye Liuyun.

Therefore, he wanted to seize the moment and first cripple that Skeleton Puppet.

The Formation he sketched this time was still of ice‑type attribute, aiming to freeze the Skeleton Puppet.