Gao Wu: I became the minor villain that the protagonist was about to destroy.

Ye Ming's figure, using the recoil from that violent stomp, moved like a black lightning bolt, aiming directly at the massive blood-red skull! The poisonous smoke was forcefully cleared, creating a straight passage, so fast that it left a faint afterimage in its wake.

Ye Ming gripped the jet-black spiked club tightly in his right hand, with fine black and red arcs of electricity crackling across its surface, emitting a low hum like the chirping of thousands of birds.

The soul fire in Cang Yi's eyes flickered violently, instantly igniting the terrifying memories deep within his bones. It was that blow! It was that seemingly casual blow that had utterly crushed him!

"Roar! Bloodbone Demon Armor!!"

Fear transformed into a frenzied defensive will. Cang Yi roared, and the blood mist around his body boiled violently. Instead of spreading, it surged back and condensed layer upon layer on every bone, instantly forming a thick, ferocious, dark red skull armor covered with eerie patterns. It enveloped his ten-meter-tall body completely, and even formed a blood energy shield in front of him.

At the same time, the black lightning that Ye Ming had transformed into arrived!

There are no extra techniques, only a swing that concentrates all strength, will, and speed into a single point.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

"Bang--!!!"

A deafening metallic explosion resounded! The point of impact emitted a blinding black and red light and a surging shockwave, sending up ripples in the air.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!"

A sickeningly loud scraping and shattering sound followed immediately. The seemingly indestructible Blood Bone Demon Armor instantly developed countless spiderweb-like cracks at the point where it was struck by the spiked club!

At this moment, the cracks spread outwards at an alarming speed. Cang Yi frantically urged his blood and qi to try to repair the armor. The newly formed blood-red substance had just filled the gap when it was torn apart again by an even more domineering and destructive force in the next instant!

The speed of repair was far slower than the speed of the damage spreading! Under the violent impact, Cang Yi's massive skeletal body began to creak and groan as it struggled to keep up.

With a crack, the crimson psionic shield shattered, and the spiked club landed squarely on the Blood Skull's body. The powerful force propelled the massive creature backward, its feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.

The blood armor on the bones shattered, turning into blood-red powder and dissipating into the air.

At this moment, Shi Xia roared, and a phantom of a giant stone man appeared on his body. Shi Xia controlled the stone man and threw a punch.

"Bang!"

Ye Ming stretched out his right hand to block the powerful punch, which slammed him from the air to the ground.

"Boom!"

The moment it landed, it caused a violent roar, causing the top of the hill to crack outwards. Shi Xia did not stop attacking, manipulating the stone golem phantom to smash it frantically into the ground. The hill began to shake continuously, and a large number of rocks slid down from the hill.

Shi Xia's right fist was filled with a large amount of spiritual energy, while the stone golem's right fist was covered by a layer of pale yellow light.

"A bombshell!"

Meanwhile, Ye Ming, who was in the deep pit, was completely unharmed. After breaking through to the fifth level of the Formless Body, his physique was further enhanced. Even without activating his inherent characteristics, this damage was completely ineffective against him.

Facing the extremely fierce fist, Ye Ming formed a hand seal in front of his chest with his right hand, pressing his thumb against his ring finger, binding the other fingers inward like locks, with only his index and middle fingers standing together like needles, a point of light at the fingertips, neither dazzling nor intense, yet illuminating his mind.

"The Fundamental Seal - Subduing the Three Worlds".

The sound was like a low chant, silent yet it stilled the howling wind. He met the collapsing stone fist head-on, pointed, and struck.

There was no roar, no gas explosion.

Time seemed to stand still. The moment the towering, mountain-like stone fist made contact with the slender, needle-like fingertip, countless spiderweb-like, pitch-black cracks suddenly erupted from the massive stone fist, centered on the point of impact. The cracks spread wildly, instantly covering the entire arm, shoulder, and even the massive body.

"puff--!"

In an instant, the stone building seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow, its entire body trembling violently. A mouthful of scalding blood gushed out uncontrollably, and its face instantly turned ashen.

He staggered back several steps, eventually kneeling on one knee and barely managing to stay upright by supporting himself with his fist.

The physical body is connected to the mind; since Ye Ming has so ruthlessly destroyed its own Dharma form, it will inevitably suffer a severe backlash.

Shi Xia struggled to lift his head and looked at Ye Ming in disbelief. It had only been a few months since their last duel.

"How...how is this possible..."

Ye Ming looked at the three people who were still standing: Su Xun, Cang Yi, and Tie Xian.

"I thought it would be a fierce battle, but you guys really disappoint me. Is this all the strength you have? You'd better tell me honestly who's behind you."

Tie Xian roared, "Don't even dream about it! I'd rather die than let you get away with this!"

At this moment, Su Yi condensed a blood bead and put it directly into Shi Xia's mouth. After swallowing it, Shi Xia's pale complexion quickly turned rosy.

Thank you.

Tie Xian shouted, "Old Shi, let's get this bastard!"

"Merge the soldiers!"

Then, Tie Xian's battle axe emitted a dazzling light, transforming into a stream of light that merged into Tie Xian's body.

"Whoosh—!!"

A sharp aura, several times stronger and more ferocious than before, burst forth from Tie Xian like a divine weapon being unsheathed! His skin, already covered by a layer of scales, now gleamed with a cold light.

At the same time, Shi Xia took a deep breath and clashed his fists together violently. The earthen-yellow light surged again, though not as solid as before, but a rocky Dharma image about ten feet tall rose from the ground once more, enveloping him within it.

"kill!"

Tie Xian roared and, holding nothing back, joined Shi Xia in attacking from either side.

Cang Yi slammed his hands down on the ground, and a blood-red phantom appeared above the skull—a blood-red bat ten feet long.

The blood bat's body emitted a faint red light, and wisps of blood energy, like countless blood threads, floated into the sky, condensing into a blood-red sphere.

It was like a red moon in the night sky.

Su Xun gathered dark power all over his body, and his body condensed into a small demon that was 2 zhang tall.

He then stomped his foot, and the shadow beneath his feet rapidly wriggled and split, instantly forming dozens of black arms around Su Xun's body.

As Ye Ming watched the two figures rushing towards him, he silently activated his special ability.

"Whoosh—!!"

An astonishing aura suddenly emanated from Ye Ming's body. Wherever the aura passed, the four people felt their bodies freeze, and instantly felt that they had lost almost all their strength.