Chapter 449

"Come again!"

Once!

Twice!

Thrice!

"Ultimate Skill: Halberd Shadow - Blood Dragon Wild Dance!"

"Ultimate Skill: Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plains!"

"Ultimate Skill: Twin Swords Wild Dance!"

"Ultimate Skill: Green Dragon Crescent Blade Break!"

"Ultimate Skill: Swallow Cloud Angry Lion Slash!"

Reckless charges, one after another; the release of ultimate skills, time and again.

Under the maximum output of damage, even with the blessing of the Dunjia Heavenly Book, Su Li's stamina was slipping.

It was not just him; the condition of Zhao Yu and the Crimson Blood Dragon Cavalry was also continuously declining.

Meanwhile.

The trio of Liu, Guan, and Zhang were having an even harder time.

They had already consumed a great deal of stamina just resisting the Nine-Nine Heavenly Constellation Great Array and breaking through the encirclement; now, attacking Zhang Jiao with all their might pushed their stamina to the edge of exhaustion.

But even so, they could not stop.

Once they stopped, Zhang Jiao would restore the momentum of the 【Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Art - Nine-Fold Lei Jie】, letting the might of a full nine layers of heavenly thunder descend.

The first layer alone was more intense than the heavenly thunder of yesterday.

If all nine layers of heavenly thunder were to fall.

It was not hard to imagine how terrifying the power would be.

By then, it would not just be a matter of stamina running out; everyone would be buried right here!

Of course! 883

Su Li and the others were not having an easy time.

Zhang Jiao was not having an easy time either!

In truth, he was already at the end of his rope; he was only barely maintaining his current power by disregarding the backlash of the demons and forcibly borrowing the demonic power within the Taiping Essential Arts.

But every charge from Su Li and the others suppressed the demonic power on the 【Taiping Essential Arts】 by a fraction.

And as the demonic power on the 【Taiping Essential Arts】 was suppressed.

Zhang Jiao's reason, eroded by that demonic power, actually began to return.

But this also caused Zhang Jiao's power to gradually weaken.

Once it weakened to a certain degree, he would be unable to control the heavenly thunder.

By the time Su Li and the others seemed to be reaching their limit...

Zhang Jiao was also on the verge of being unable to hold on...

He had never thought the enemies would be so tenacious and formidable.

There were at least three who had reached the level of Peerless Generals; that erupting momentum was enough to shake the demonic power!

"It is time, it is fate!"

"Perhaps this is destiny!"

"I had long calculated that this day would come, but I simply refuse to accept my fate!"

At this moment, an image surfaced in Zhang Jiao's mind, and he secretly mused, "Old Immortal Nanhua, are you an immortal or a demon, and where are you now? Back then... when you handed this demonic book, the Taiping Essential Arts, to me, had you already foreseen this moment?"

"Since you foresaw it, why did you have to give it to me?"

"Or is it that... from the very beginning, this was your layout?!!"

"No!"

"Though there be thousands, I shall go!"

"Nine-Fold Lei Jie - Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Attraction!"

"I must break this realm!"

Accompanied by Zhang Jiao's roar toward the sky.

"Boom—!"

Floating above the sky, Zhang Jiao, who had condensed the Profound Thunder of the Nine Heavens, reached the final step: he combined himself with the thunder, transforming into a terrifying thunder dragon that roared as it descended from the sky.

At this moment, the entire world felt like the apocalypse, emitting a thunderous boom, as if the sky itself were about to be overturned at any moment.

To be honest, facing such majestic power that did not seem to belong to this world, Su Li truly did not know how to respond.

But at this point, he could only bite the bullet and push forward.

He couldn't very well turn deserter at this critical juncture.

However, it was also at this time.

Liu Bei suddenly approached Su Li and said, "Brother Su, Bei and my two younger brothers wish to execute a combined attack technique once more!"

"I hope you and this female general of yours can lend us a hand!"

Su Li's gaze froze for a moment, and he subconsciously asked, "How should we assist you?"

The primary goal now was to defeat Zhang Jiao; who cooperated with whom was no longer important.

"The combined ultimate skill we release in the Three Talents formation requires (dafj) a massive amount of internal Qi as a foundation."

"But our stamina is currently insufficient to maintain the internal Qi consumption of the Three Talents formation; this requires you, Brother Su, and the female general beside you to stand within the Three Talents formation and cooperate with us to execute it together!"

Liu Bei explained.

Alright!

Su Li's gaze flickered; he hadn't understood a word about the Three Talents formation and could only awkwardly say, "Brother Xuande, just tell me how Xiao Yu and I should cooperate with you?!!"

Now that Zhang Jiao had transformed into a thunder dragon and was about to descend, he couldn't be bothered to beat around the bush with Liu Bei.

"No special cooperation needed; once the three of us initiate the formation, you and the female general beside you just need to stand in the center of us three and pour in your power."

"Hmm..."

Although Su Li understood now and nodded, a black line appeared on his face.

Oh my!

He really wanted to slap Liu Bei across the face right now.

Wouldn't it have been better to just say it so straightforwardly?

Why all this talk about Three Talents formations, making it sound so professional?

Do you really have no sense of crisis?

The thunder is about to strike our heads!

"Good! We shall initiate the formation now!"

Seeing Su Li finally nod to indicate he understood, Liu Bei did not delay and immediately exchanged glances with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Then, the three began to coordinate and initiate the formation.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately turned back, flashed behind Liu Bei, and formed the Three Talents formation with him.

The next moment.

The three clearly made no extra movements, yet the three spirit weapons in their hands—the Twin Swords, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and the Serpent Spear—suddenly moved without wind, clashing and intertwining.

And several streams of different-colored Qi erupted from the center.

Once this Qi emerged, carrying immense power, the world, which had become dim due to Zhang Jiao's sorcery, suddenly became colorful, forming a huge vortex.

The vortex spun and condensed frantically, eventually forming a golden, five-clawed soaring dragon at its center!

It was just that...

This time, the five-clawed soaring dragon condensed by the trio of Liu, Guan, and Zhang was significantly weaker than the last time.