The blood-red coffin shattered, causing the Blood Futu mecha parts to fall to the ground and rapidly decay, becoming rusty in a short while.
At this moment, Ye Feng also saw Shen Botian, who had originally been placed in the blood-red coffin.
He was currently gripping the Wutong wooden sword in his right hand, surrounded by red flames. The red light that had pierced the blood-red coffin earlier was precisely from the Wutong wooden sword in Shen Botian's hand.
Shen Botian's breathing was rapid, his complexion also pale, and his skin was unnaturally white, as if his blood had been rapidly drawn from his body.
"The blood that seeped out of the blood-red coffin just now… couldn't that have been Shen Botian's?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but form a guess in his mind.
"Whoosh~"
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the red flames surrounding the Wutong wooden sword leaped across Shen Botian's arms and hands, actually burning him.
"Ugh!"
Shen Botian let out a pained groan, tightening his grip on the Wutong wooden sword. The red flames on the Wutong wooden sword then diminished considerably.
"Boom~ Crack!~"
Suddenly, Wang Batian, who had been sent flying by Shen Botian earlier, shot out from a strange angle, approaching Shen Botian and smashing his lightning-charged iron hammer towards Shen Botian's head.
Shen Botian held his breath, his eyes becoming sharp. A large amount of wood-attribute arcane energy surged from his left hand, forming a shield-like object that directly blocked the lightning hammer.
After blocking Wang Batian's lightning-charged iron hammer, Shen Botian didn't stop. Instead, he violently increased his force, and with a palm imbued with wood-attribute arcane energy, struck Wang Batian's neck.
"Bang~"
"Crack crack~!"
"Pfft~!"
Muffled impacts and crisp bone-cracking sounds followed in succession. Wang Batian spat blood from Shen Botian's palm strike and instantly plummeted towards the ground.
As Wang Batian fell, he gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with ferocity. He abruptly reached out and grabbed Shen Botian's thigh. A large number of green vines extended from his arms and chest, entangling Shen Botian.
At the same time, Shen Botian's body once again emitted a shattering red light from within, clearly intending to self-destruct as before.
"Holy crap!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng let out a startled cry and was about to pick up Shen Yunxiao and run again.
"Ugh~ Haa!"
But at that very instant, Shen Botian roared, and an intensely green light erupted from his body, shattering the numerous green vines wrapped around him and simultaneously blasting Wang Batian away.
Concurrently, the Wutong wooden sword in Shen Botian's right hand once again glowed with scorching red flames. These flames seemed unstable, flickering and coiling, burning Shen Botian's arms in multiple places.
But Shen Botian ignored it completely, wielding the Wutong wooden sword and slashing rapidly at Wang Batian!
"Whoosh~ Sizzle!"
In the blink of an eye, Shen Botian's Wutong wooden sword pierced Wang Batian's skull, pinning him to the ground. The scorching red flames on the Wutong wooden sword made Wang Batian's head sizzle.
Wang Batian didn't even have time to scream. With a single twitch, he became still. The shattering red light emanating from within him also rapidly dissipated.
"Hoo!~"
Seeing this, Ye Feng truly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he and Shen Yunxiao were too close to Wang Batian. If there had been another nuclear-level explosion like the one just now, let alone taking Shen Yunxiao, he himself might not have been able to escape.
"Yaoyao… Ugh, Ah!~"
Shen Botian's expression eased considerably. Just as he was about to say something to Shen Yunxiao, it suddenly turned into suppressed screams.
"What?"
Ye Feng's expression changed drastically because a dark shadow had suddenly appeared behind Shen Botian, and then Shen Botian's chest was pierced, seemingly by a dagger.
After the dagger pierced Shen Botian's chest, it instantly emitted a large number of black runes, forming a magic array!
"Ugh, Ah!~"
Shen Botian cried out in pain again and fell to the ground.
"Grandpa!"
Seeing this, Shen Yunxiao cried out in alarm. Water-attribute arcane energy appeared in her hands, and she immediately rushed towards Shen Botian, wanting to heal him.
When she was still about two meters away from Shen Botian, the dark shadow behind Shen Botian flickered, instantly appearing before Shen Yunxiao and striking out with a palm.
"Bang!~"
"Pfft!~"
Shen Yunxiao was hit by the palm strike, instantly spitting blood and flying backward.
The dark shadow ignored Shen Yunxiao, who had fallen to the ground. It turned its gaze towards Shen Botian, whose chest was pierced, his face extremely pained, and his breathing rapid. "Although the outside world rumors you are at the peak of Diamond, but… judging from just now, you are probably already half-step Epic…"
As he spoke, the dark shadow glanced at the super-explosive charred pit around them, looked at Sphinx, who was sitting on the ground with a pale face due to exhaustion, and at Wang Batian, whose head was pierced by the Wutong wooden sword and was motionless.
"This… This is the Devil… Devil Dagger…"
"Who… Who are you? Why do you have such a thing?"
As green light began to appear on Shen Botian's chest, trying to recover from his injuries, he suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. He looked at the dark shadow with disbelief.
"As expected of a half-step Epic expert… you actually recognize this Devil Dagger…"
The dark shadow was clearly surprised by Shen Botian's words. He looked at Shen Botian and continued, "The outside information is indeed not entirely reliable. If it weren't for this Devil Dagger with divine power today, the plan might have truly failed!"
"Hey, old ghost, why are you only making a move now? Wang Batian and I almost died at Shen Botian's hands!"
At this moment, Sphinx had recovered some strength, but his face was still as pale as paper. He looked at the dark shadow with dissatisfaction.
The dark shadow remained silent, instead looking at the Wutong wooden sword stuck in the ground. A deep sense of apprehension appeared in the depths of his eyes, but it quickly vanished.
"Sphinx, the pervert, is right!"
At this moment, Wang Batian's "corpse," which had been lying on the ground, suddenly spoke.
As the voice fell, Wang Batian's "corpse" began to move, its speed gradually increasing.
Before long, Wang Batian's head broke free from the Wutong wooden sword. Although his head was directly split in two as a result, it did not affect Wang Batian's movement.
"But it's finally worth it to be able to get rid of Shen Botian!"
Wang Batian stood up, and the split in his head squirmed, and in a short while, it recovered as before.
"Huh?! This guy…"
Seeing this, Ye Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, because he noticed that one of the red lights on the Black Mist Five Rings on Wang Batian's chest had disappeared again.
He remembered that after Wang Batian embraced Shen Botian and self-destructed earlier, although he appeared unharmed, one of the lights on the Black Mist Five Rings on his chest had also extinguished.
However, Ye Feng didn't pay much attention to Wang Batian or Sphinx, but instead looked at the dark shadow called the old ghost.
At this moment, Ye Feng was extremely surprised!
Because this old ghost, who had hidden until the very end, suddenly launched a surprise attack on Shen Botian, and used a weapon called the Devil Dagger, he had actually seen the other party's photo not long ago!
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