Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 137 Collapsed to the Ground

Although Liu Sijun's spiritual power was weak, she was good at observation: "My lord, pay attention to Lin Yan's hands; his gestures may be the key!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Changzhou immediately focused his attention on Lin Yan's hand, looking for an opportunity to strike.

Just as Lin Yan was about to launch his next attack, Gu Changzhou seized the opportunity during the change of his hand gestures, and with a flash, he rushed towards Lin Yan like a blue streak of light.

He gathered all his spiritual power into the longsword in his hand, unleashing a dazzling light as he slashed towards Lin Yan's arm.

Lin Yan was surprised that Gu Changzhou would dare to risk a close-range attack. In his haste, he could only dodge to the side, but his arm was still cut by the sword energy.

"You think you can hurt me like this?"

Enraged, Lin Yan swung his injured arm, and a black flame shot out from his hand, rushing towards Gu Changzhou.

Gu Changzhou quickly retreated, while swinging his longsword in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

However, the black flames were extremely strange. When the longsword struck them, the flames only paused slightly before continuing to spread toward Gu Changzhou.

Seeing this, Liu Sijun was extremely anxious.

She knew that this strange black flame was no ordinary thing, and if she didn't stop it soon, Gu Changzhou would be in danger.

Without hesitation, she poured all the spiritual energy she had just recovered into the magpie feather fan. The fan shone brightly, and the phantom of the divine bird reappeared.

The divine bird let out a long cry, flapped its wings, and a powerful purifying force emanated from its body, colliding with the black flames.

When the black flames encountered the purifying power, they seemed to gain sentience, twisting their bodies wildly in an attempt to break free of the purifying power's restraints and continue their attack on Gu Changzhou.

Liu Sijun gritted her teeth, large beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. She exerted all her strength to control the divine bird phantom, increasing the output of the purifying power.

Seeing Liu Sijun resisting the black flames with all her might, Tong Lei did not hesitate at all.

He shouted, and his spiritual power surged and rippled outwards from him like a tangible silver wave.

As a master at the peak of the Integration Realm, Tong Lei's spiritual power was incredibly strong. Wherever he passed, the surrounding air was compressed and emitted a sharp whistling sound.

Tong Lei rapidly formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A massive spiritual rune appeared above his head. The rune shimmered with dazzling silver light, radiating an ancient and powerful aura.

The runes began to rotate, their speed increasing, and beams of silver spiritual energy surged from them, shooting towards the black flames like sharp arrows.

These beams of spiritual energy contained Tong Lei's powerful spiritual energy, and when they collided with the black flames, they emitted a series of deafening roars.

Each collision unleashed intense light and energy fluctuations, distorting the surrounding space.

The black flames paused briefly in their frantic writhing under the impact of the spiritual energy beams, but quickly resumed their struggle, continuing to try to break through the purifying power of the divine bird phantom.

Tong Lei frowned, his eyes revealing determination and resolve.

He knew how troublesome the black flames were; if they weren't extinguished quickly, not only would Gu Changzhou's life be in danger, but the entire team could also be in dire straits.

So he increased his spiritual energy output again, his hands formed hand seals faster, and his incantations became more rapid.

As Tong Lei continued to inject spiritual power, the huge spiritual power rune shone brightly, and the beams of spiritual power surging from it became thicker and more numerous.

In an instant, countless silver beams of spiritual energy rained down on the black flames, completely engulfing them. At the same time, Su Jinghuan and Gao Kuo were not idle either.

Su Jinghuan brandished his longsword, sending golden blades flashing like lightning as he slashed at the black flames, attempting to weaken their power from the side.

Gao Kuo then used his spiritual energy shield to protect Gu Changzhou and his teammates, preventing the aftershocks of the black flames from harming them.

Under the combined attack of everyone, the black flames finally began to show obvious signs of weakness.

Its frantically twisting body gradually slowed down, and the originally raging fire gradually weakened.

With the help of Tong Lei and the others, the purifying power of the divine bird phantom began to gain the upper hand, gradually devouring the black flames.

Seeing his prized black flames gradually dissipate under the attacks of the crowd, Lin Yan's anger intensified.

Ignoring the injury on his arm, he waved his hands again, attempting to cast a more powerful spell to turn the tide.

The black mist around him rapidly condensed, forming a huge black vortex. From within the vortex came eerie roars, as if countless evil souls were struggling within it.

Tong Lei noticed Lin Yan's movements and immediately turned to shout to the others, "Everyone be careful! Lin Yan is about to unleash an even more powerful spell! We can't give him a chance. Concentrate all your attacks!"

Upon hearing this, everyone intensified their attack.

Gu Changzhou also recovered from the crisis. Holding his longsword, he circulated all his spiritual power and unleashed his strongest sword move—the Star Sword.

A blue sword aura containing boundless power shot into the sky and slashed towards Lin Yan.

Liu Sijun also exerted all his strength, controlling the illusory divine bird to let out a high-pitched cry, and then suddenly rushed towards Lin Yan. Wherever the divine bird passed, space was streaked with a dazzling purple light.

Su Jinghuan and Gao Kuoze worked together seamlessly. Su Jinghuan unleashed wave after wave of golden blade light, echoing Gu Changzhou's sword energy, while Gao Kuoze continuously adjusted the spiritual energy shield to ensure everyone's safety.

Tong Lei went all out, slamming his hands together. The spiritual runes above his head instantly unleashed a powerful force that shattered the surrounding space.

A massive blue beam of spiritual energy shot out from the center of the rune, heading straight for Lin Yan.

Under the onslaught of the crowd, Lin Yan's black vortex was severely impacted before it could fully take shape.

The black vortex trembled violently, and the eerie roar emanating from it became increasingly shrill.

Lin Yan's face was pale, and he kept spitting out blood, but he still held on to the black vortex with all his might, his eyes filled with madness and unwillingness.

Finally, under the combined powerful attack of everyone, Lin Yan's black vortex shattered and turned into countless black fragments that dissipated into the air.

Lin Yan also suffered a severe backlash; his body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the castle wall. The castle wall, subjected to the immense impact, developed spiderweb-like cracks.

Lin Yan struggled to stand up, but spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground again.

He looked at the crowd, and the madness in his eyes was gradually replaced by fear.

He casually wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "You...you think this is the end of it?"

(End of this chapter)