The moment the red light flashed, Ye Feng's figure disappeared from his original position. The red light struck the boulder behind where Ye Feng had been, instantly reducing it to powder that scattered with the wind.
Ye Feng leaped back several meters. Number 11, wielding a curved saber that pulsed with blood-red light and was inscribed with strange runes, pursued him closely.
"Bang~Clang!~"
"Clang, clang~bang~kaching~!"
The sounds of metal clashing and fists and feet colliding echoed continuously.
Tu Gui did not intervene to help Number 11. A Jin, Xiao Xiao, and Shen Yun Yao also refrained from acting, instead taking a stance opposite Tu Gui.
"Tu Gui not only possesses a divine artifact but also knows how to use it!"
"However, there must be some sort of limitation, otherwise, we would all be dead by now!"
At this moment, A Jin's voice reached Ye Feng's ears again.
"Ye Feng, you killed the Dark Shadow Puppets in the secret chamber of the Suspended Waterfall. To deal with Tu Gui, you must use that special power!"
After a pause, A Jin spoke again.
"A Jin indeed saw the scene of the control core through some means!"
Hearing A Jin's words, Ye Feng immediately understood.
The strange eyes that Xiao Xiao had suddenly seen and then disappeared must have been A Jin...
"Kid, the saber in your hand is quite special!"
"A blood-corrupting talisman saber made from angel bones, and this is the first time it's been cut this much!"
After a bout of fighting, Number 11 stopped. He looked at the curved saber in his hand, which now bore numerous cracks, with a look of considerable surprise.
In fact, what surprised Number 11 even more was Ye Feng's mental power!
Every time he clashed with Ye Feng just now, he had infused his attacks with mental force, but it seemed ineffective against Ye Feng. Ye Feng hadn't even shown any signs of dizziness!
"That curved saber is made from angel bones? No wonder there was a fluctuation of angelic power within that dark, blood-colored attack..."
Ye Feng, bearing multiple bleeding wounds, narrowed his eyes, his expression grave. It wasn't just because of Number 11's peculiar attacks, but also because of what A Jin had mentioned about the divine artifact that Tu Gui likely possessed...
As for Number 11's mental attacks, Ye Feng actually didn't pay much heed to them. After all, the Tang saber possessed a rather peculiar characteristic: it absorbed the wielder's mental energy. Even just holding it without fighting... And along the way, he had held the Tang saber for so long that he couldn't even recall, his mental energy repeatedly drained and restored, had long since become extraordinarily powerful!
"I am also very special!"
At this moment, a somewhat awkward middle-aged male voice emanated from Number 11's direction, or more accurately, from behind him. It was Ji Hei, who had transformed into a Black Tengu. He had disappeared somewhere while the suspended island was tilting and partially disintegrating.
As Ji Hei's voice fell, Number 11 spun around abruptly, plunging his blood-corrupting talisman saber directly into the Black Tengu's massive dog-like head.
Ji Hei did not cry out or retreat. His black mist-shrouded limbs immediately latched onto Number 11, his sharp black claws digging deeply into Number 11's body. Number 11's flesh was torn open, and blood flowed freely, but this blood was instantly absorbed by the Black Tengu's body...
"Ji Hei, could it be... you intend to..."
Number 11 seemed to guess something, and a hint of fear crept into his voice.
"Sun Eater!"
The Black Tengu uttered two incredibly cold words from its mouth. As the words fell, the Black Tengu's body began to emit a strange black light from the inside out. This black light seemed to distort the very light around it...
As the black light intensified, the distortion of the light around the Black Tengu grew more severe, and Number 11's body started to emanate blood qi and blood beads, which were rapidly absorbed into the Black Tengu's body. At this point, Ye Feng and the others also felt their arcane energy within them becoming uncontrollable, on the verge of escaping their bodies...
"Rumble!~ Grinding!~"
"Bang!"
The people from the Brad Base, seeing their leader Number 11 trapped, immediately moved to rescue him, unleashing volleys of fire and metal attribute arcane energy, but it was all absorbed by the Black Tengu.
"You have quite loyal subordinates!"
The Black Tengu chuckled coldly. The black radiance on its body shot towards Number 11's subordinates, and those subordinates were instantly drawn towards the Black Tengu. Number 11's subordinates stumbled and struggled, their primal arcane energy seeping from their bodies and heading straight for the Black Tengu, where it was quickly absorbed... Following this, the blood and flesh of Number 11's subordinates, drawn by the Black Tengu's attraction, began to peel off and fly rapidly towards the Black Tengu...
"Ugh~ Ah!"
"Ah!~ Save me!"
Within moments, the people from the Brad Base brought by Number 11, screaming, were reduced to skeletal remains, falling to the ground and shattering into pieces...
"Stop it, damn it, stop it!"
Seeing this, Number 11 finally panicked completely. He desperately stabbed the Black Tengu with his blood-corrupting talisman saber, but to no avail.
"Blood Art · Netherworld Blood Coffin!"
At this moment, Number 11 roared, and an exotic, crimson rune formation instantly appeared beneath his feet. A giant blood-red coffin rapidly rose.
"Swish swish swish!~ Zzzt!~"
With a crack, the lid of the blood-red coffin opened, and a large number of blood-red tentacles shot out, piercing the Black Tengu's body. However, they had no lethal effect and were instead absorbed by the Black Tengu.
"Hah!"
Number 11's expression changed. He gritted his teeth and let out a low growl. The tentacles in the blood coffin shot out again, this time piercing Number 11's own body. Although the blood-red tentacles appeared to be flesh, they were extremely sharp, and within moments, they had dismembered Number 11's body. Number 11's dismembered body transformed into several large chunks, falling directly towards the giant blood-red coffin below.
"You wish!"
At this moment, the Black Tengu let out a cold laugh. The black light emanating from its body intensified again, drawing the half-fallen body parts of Number 11 upwards. The tentacles from the blood coffin desperately tried to drag Number 11's body parts into the coffin, even shredding them further, but they were absorbed by the Black Tengu into its black light, and at an even faster pace. Not only that, but the surging blood and bloody tentacles within the blood coffin were also being drawn up by the Black Tengu, rapidly integrating into its body...
Within moments, Number 11, along with the blood coffin, were entirely absorbed into the Black Tengu's body. The Black Tengu's already massive form grew even larger, and even more strangely, the suction force it emanated was now significantly stronger than before!
"Burp!~"
The Black Tengu seemed to have eaten its fill and let out a burp. The next second, its eyes narrowed, its massive form suddenly disappeared, and in an instant, it appeared beside Xiao Xiao, Shen Yun Yao, and A Jin. Simultaneously, black light erupted from its body, clearly intending to absorb and devour all three of them. Xiao Xiao, who was closest, had her arcane energy, along with blood beads, almost instantly escape her body uncontrollably...
"Ah!~"
Xiao Xiao immediately let out a pained groan.
"Xiao Xiao, get down quickly!"
The moment Ye Feng took a step forward, Ying Yue's voice rang out.
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