"Uh..."
Yue Yan, who had been looking serious, almost burst into laughter at Ye Feng's words.
"No~"
Yue Yan took a deep breath and shook her head slightly. "Have you heard of the Twilight of the Gods… The War of the Gods. The twelve main gods, who were so powerful they were invincible before humanity, were all killed one by one by the God of War…"
"But there's a saying…"
A hint of helplessness flashed in Yue Yan's eyes. "That the main gods are immortal… They were merely sleeping… They will eventually awaken… And when that time comes, it will be the end of everything…"
"The return of the main gods… This… this is the final judgment day!"
Yue Yan let out a long sigh. "If Ares, one of the twelve main gods, truly awakens… then perhaps the other eleven main gods will also… The final judgment day is drawing nearer and nearer…"
"The final judgment day?"
Ye Feng frowned.
He had heard this before from Shen Botian in Mech City, but the other party hadn't elaborated, seemingly afraid that he and Shen Yun Yao would be too disheartened and give up.
At that time, Shen Botian had also mentioned the Doomsday Ark… saying that if he found it, he should take Shen Yun Yao with him…
"Ares gave the Spear of War to Tu Po, making Tu Po his divine envoy… He's probably determined to get Bing."
At this moment, Yue Yan spoke again, pulling Ye Feng's thoughts back.
"Ares is a bad guy…"
Little Xiao, who had been listening quietly, chimed in.
Although she didn't quite understand Ares or the twelve main gods, she understood that Ares wanted to forcibly take Bing away…
"The twelve main gods… Ares… I once encountered a group of people who used bloody sacrifices to summon a stone tablet called the Netherworld Divine Tablet… It seemed related to Hades, the King of the Underworld…"
Ye Feng looked at Yue Yan with a questioning gaze. "Could this be related to the awakening of the twelve main gods?"
"This…"
Yue Yan nodded slightly, her expression solemn.
"Is that so…"
Ye Feng took a deep breath and spoke again. "Um… Yue Yan, aren't you going to ask me about the two sealed divine artifacts?"
"Oh? You know the whereabouts of the two divine artifacts left by the Flame Ranger?"
There was clear surprise in Yue Yan's voice.
"Yes… a guess, perhaps…"
Ye Feng scratched his head. "But I do know the runes to unlock the divine artifacts' seals…"
"Boom! Rumble!~"
As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, the entire ground trembled violently, and the surrounding runic light intensified.
"What's happening? An earthquake?"
Xiao Xiao clutched the stone table, staring around in confusion.
"Hmm?"
Yue Yan frowned. "Someone is launching an attack!"
As she spoke, Yue Yan quickly ran towards the entrance of the teleportation array. Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Bing immediately followed.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Whoosh! Rumble! Rumble!"
Ye Feng and his group saw a flash of light before their eyes. Just as they exited the teleportation array and before they could steady themselves, an extremely blinding firelight struck them.
"Bang! Rumble! Whoosh!"
"Rumble! Whoosh! Boom!"
Amidst the deafening explosions, an intensely scorching blast wave swept out, and a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky…
"This…"
As the fiery blast wave subsided slightly, Ye Feng looked around, his brow furrowed.
The enormous explosion had almost leveled the entire City Lord's Mansion. Screams, cries for help, and the sounds of fighting echoed everywhere…
"Yo ho!"
"Look, the rats hiding have been roasted out!"
At this moment, a cold, sinister male voice, somewhat familiar to Ye Feng, rang out.
Ye Feng followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man with a chubby face and a body that was almost skin and bones.
"Tu… Tu Po?"
Ye Feng couldn't believe it.
Although the man's appearance was almost identical to when they were in the ancient ruins, his neck, arms, and legs were unusually thin, completely different from his plump appearance back then…
"?"
Tu Po looked at Ye Feng with some confusion. Because Ye Feng was disguised, and it was still dawn with many burning fires interfering with the visibility, he didn't recognize him…
"Ye Feng, that is indeed Tu Po, one of the Five Great Arcanists!"
At this moment, Bing emerged from a nearly burnt ice room and walked to Ye Feng's side, speaking.
"Whoa… it really is…"
Ye Feng said in surprise, "Did this guy succeed in losing weight?"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, Bing, who had been looking solemn, couldn't help but smile. Tu Po's eyes, however, turned fierce. "Ye Feng… kid, you're the treacherous brat who bombed me with a nuclear bomb in the ancient ruins, aren't you?!"
Ye Feng didn't respond. He scanned his surroundings, feeling puzzled because Yue Yan, who had arrived first, was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, Tu Po, since you've forced Bing out, hurry up and capture her!"
At this moment, an impatient voice sounded, and a figure flashed by. A white-haired old man with a greenish complexion and several centipede-like scars on his face appeared in everyone's sight.
"Lin Ba Sen, one of the Five Great Arcanists?"
Bing's expression changed. "Was this explosion at the City Lord's Mansion your doing?"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!~"
As soon as Bing finished speaking, the ground beneath her feet flashed with green light, and a large number of vines shot out, directly entangling Bing's feet. Many more vines then attacked Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying.
"This…"
Ye Feng was quite surprised. As he grabbed some of the vines, they immediately extended hair-like filaments that coiled around his hand.
The filaments emitted by these vines were extremely sharp, instantly slicing through Ye Feng's clothes and leaving red marks on his skin…
"Whoosh! Boom!~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao unleashed several blade-shaped flames towards the sharp vines attacking her, but they didn't cut through or destroy the vines. Instead, they were absorbed by the vines…
"Be careful, Lin Ba Sen's vines can devour arcane energy!"
Bing shouted urgently, simultaneously forming several hand seals.
"Triple Ice Shield!"
"Ice Breath!"
As Bing's low roar fell, a hard ice shield rapidly formed around her body, and a wave of coldness spread. The vines that had entangled her were instantly frozen.
"Clang! Crackle!"
"Crack! Boom!! Crash!~"
In less than a second, the three layers of ice shields Bing used for defense were pierced by the sharp vines, and the vines that had bound Bing's feet shattered the ice layer with a flash of green light.
Almost at the same time, green light surged from beneath Bing's feet, forming a circular rune array.
"Bad, it's a teleportation array!"
Upon seeing the rune array, Ye Feng immediately recognized it.
"Whoosh! Hum!"
At this moment, the vines that had bound Bing's feet suddenly pulled downwards, and Bing's feet were instantly pulled into the rune array…
…