Chapter 369: Encirclement Killing

Puff!

Yang Long spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. It was impossible that merely the force of a single hammer could revert him from his armored form back to his original state, yet that was exactly what happened.

Yan Buji's terrifying combat power was fully displayed at this moment; even though Long Batian and Zhang Yao were already late‑stage Golden Core cultivators, they did not expect Yan Buji's surge of aura to be not even a fraction inferior to theirs, and his destructive force even seemed to surpass theirs!

A single strike can shatter the Accumulation Beast armament, something even Long Batian cannot achieve—so this is Martial Cultivation?

"What's wrong? Can't move?" Yan Buji said, looking at the Sea Kun hammer and at Yang Long.

"You...."

"Oh? You still haven't lifted the bloodline restriction spell; I simply can't understand why you'd dare betray me. Didn't Wang Chao and the others give you a way to remove the bloodline restriction?"

Yang Long's pupils narrowed as he looked at Long Batian: "What is he talking about?!"

Long Batian said coldly: "Useless, can't even swallow his single strike."

"You all!"

"Yang Long, today only one side can leave this place alive. If you're not stupid, you'll know what to do," Zhang Yao frowned, emitting a gentle green light that healed Yang Long's internal injuries.

Yan Buji pressed his chin: "That's thorough. Your armament is composed of eight Accumulation Devices. Can you tell me how you assembled it?"

Zhang Yao replied coldly: "I'll tell you after you die!"

"I see, then I can only say..."

Yan Buji grinned, and his figure flashed!

Long Batian raised an eyebrow: "Well come!"

Hm?!

Yan Buji had just appeared before Long Batian when, in an instant, he sensed a deadly crisis.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji immediately activated Instant Shadow Step and vanished, only to see Long Batian simply lunge forward with his dragon claw, catching the spot where Yan Buji had just left!

No abnormality.

When Yan Buji returned to his original spot, he stared intently at Long Batian's armored dragon claw: "What is this?"

"You actually managed to escape? Your footwork is impressive," Long Batian said, not overly surprised that his strike missed.

If it were that simple to deal with Yan Buji, they wouldn't have set up such a formation.

Zhang Yao stood aside and transmitted: "Brother Long, he is using a method of retaining true Qi to arrange the flashing positions; it must be some Dao‑martial technique. There's also a hint of the Five Elements Evasion Technique, and his magical power contains Space Power, moving far faster than us. Only your 'Ripping Wind' can truly kill him!"

"Wait for my signal," Long Batian transmitted to the two, then immediately looked at Yan Buji.

"Do you think I came unprepared? Yan Buji, I admit you're strong. As Martial Cultivators we indeed know too little, but you rely on the subtlety of mysterious technique to unleash such power—how long can you hold out?"

Yan Buji stared at Long Batian's armored dragon claw; the sense of deadly peril emanated from that claw, yet Yan Buji could not discern what force caused it.

If it can make me feel such lethal danger, it must be a power that can kill me instantly!

With my current defense, could I really be killed in an instant?

Yan Buji was not arrogant; that extreme terror has been with him since his Martial Dao breakthrough—enhanced spiritual awareness is secondary, but the shiver of his soul is undeniable.

It is not mere intimidation, but a fear rooted in instinct.

Even though Yan Buji outwardly shows no fear of them, probing the unknown lethal method would likely require a huge price.

In other words, Zhang Yao's earlier warning to avoid close combat was clearly a ruse, deliberately luring me forward.

Had I not noticed in time and been caught by that dragon claw, I would probably already be dead.

Since that's the case...

"Heaven Gate Five Elements!"

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji abandoned close combat. Though this is his strongest technique, facing a strike that could kill him instantly, he needed another method to probe what killing move Long Batian truly wielded.

Qi Compression!

Thunder Spear!

As a multicolored Heaven Gate appeared, Yan Buji sent two secret arts into it.

"Hm?!"

Long Batian instantly sensed something wrong, turned and said: "Yao, be careful!"

"Ah!"

Yan Buji squinted, watching the Qi Compression and Thunder Spear secret techniques arrive before Zhang Yao, who was only slightly shocked, shouted and shielded herself with her wings!

With the Thunder Spear exploding, the air burst, yet she was unharmed.

Tsk.

His cultivation is insufficient; if a Golden Core Stage practitioner used magical power to unleash these two moves unexpectedly, they could probably kill Zhang Yao from afar.

The problem is, the Heaven Gate Five Elements Method has a very subtle effect: for any enemy within sight, as long as Yan Buji can calculate the distance between them, he can use the Heaven Gate to transmit the technique through the air onto the opponent's face!

If Yan Buji used even a slightly high‑damage technique, Zhang Yao would die before she could react.

But because his magical power is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he cannot harm Golden Core masters, so this strike was merely a probe.

For Long Batian and the others, it was also the first time seeing such a bizarre method—transmitting techniques through the void. If he could also appear beside Zhang Yao through the void, wouldn't that be...

"Way of Space!" Long Batian's face turned grim; evidently he did not know Yan Buji's background. He had thought that even with Martial and Law Dual Cultivation, Yan Buji could not employ two different system techniques simultaneously, but reality proved otherwise.

This made him somewhat hesitant, while Zhang Yao, regaining her senses, immediately said: "Brother Long, don't worry about me! We must restrict his movements, otherwise it'll be hard to kill him."

"Then what should we do?"

Zhang Yao thought carefully for a moment, then said: "Deploy a formation!"

"But... can you hold out?"

"We have no choice, Brother Long, we must eliminate him before the formation ends!"

Zhang Yao gritted her teeth and spread her wings again!

In an instant, within the entire cavern, surrounding skeletons scattered, followed by a surge of mysterious light that sealed the area.

Yan Buji frowned, feeling the surrounding water flow suddenly become stagnant, clearly indicating he had fallen into some formation.

They actually laid out such a massive formation?

This Age‑Flow Light Formation was laid out especially for you, Yang Long—let's go together!

Yang Long gritted his teeth; his gear had already been shattered, leaving him seriously wounded, but as they said, if they don't eliminate Yan Buji today, none of the three of them will stand a chance of escaping.

Long Batian, I'll support you on the flank!

You'd better do that!

Long Batian glanced at Yang Long, then charged into the formation as if it didn't affect him at all, triggering various techniques to strike at Yan Buji!

Yan Buji's speed was greatly reduced inside the formation; even if he burst True Essence, he could hardly break the restriction, so he could only dodge around within the formation, occasionally being successfully ambushed by Yang Long.

The situation instantly turned to their disadvantage.