As the Blood Ancestor leaped out a few steps, several red rune claw hands he had condensed arrived before Xiao Xiao. Some aimed for Xiao Xiao's neck, others flew towards her legs, and some coiled around her arms—clearly intending to snatch Xiao Xiao away.
"Whoosh! Clang!~"
"Clang! Bang!~"
The Tang dao in Ye Feng's hand flashed with light, shattering all the red rune claw hands controlled by the Blood Ancestor.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed because he sensed something was wrong with the ground beneath his feet.
The next second, the stones, soil, broken machinery, and bullet casings on the ground beneath his feet flashed red, rising up as a whole. They coiled around Ye Feng, following his feet.
"Grind grind clang!"
Immediately after, a series of red chains shot out from the ground, wrapping around Ye Feng like an octopus. It was Xue Jiu, who had just been smashed into the gravel by "Shen Botian."
The series of red chains grew from Xue Jiu's back. The red chains were covered in strange black runes, extremely similar to the iron chains made by Sphinx in Mech City that Ye Feng had seen before.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
At this moment, the runes on the rune iron chains growing from Xue Jiu's back flashed, and countless hair-like fine needles appeared, about to pierce Ye Feng's spine and the back of his head.
"Ye Feng, be careful! Xue Jiu is a King-level fusion! He can fuse with everything around him. He wants to fuse and absorb you!"
"Shen Botian's" urgent voice rang out.
As the words fell, "Shen Botian" appeared in front of Ye Feng, his flame-wielding straight blade slashing rapidly towards Xue Jiu's head.
"Sizzle!~"
Suddenly, a deafening crackle of lightning exploded from the sky, and a colossal humanoid figure, seven or eight meters tall with three heads and six arms, materialized.
"Bang!~"
"Shen Botian" was struck by a punch from the suddenly appearing colossal humanoid figure and was smashed directly into the ground.
"Bang bang bang!"
The colossal humanoid figure did not stop there. It continued to smash the ground where "Shen Botian" had fallen with fists the size of small cars, causing the entire earth to tremble and large amounts of gravel to splash outwards.
At this moment, Ye Feng was already tightly bound by Xue Jiu's red rune chains. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and the strange internal energy surged forth.
"Bang!"
After a huge explosion, a large amount of gravel and steel burst outwards. Ye Feng broke free from the embrace of Xue Jiu's red rune chains.
But before he could take any further action, a strong sense of crisis suddenly came from behind him. The Blood Ancestor had already appeared beside him, his fist imbued with spatial energy smashing towards him at an extremely high speed.
"Bang! Puff!~"
"Ugh!~"
Caught off guard, Ye Feng was hit squarely by the Blood Ancestor's fist, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
As Ye Feng was sent flying forward by the punch, he suddenly discovered a spatial energy barrier rapidly appearing in front of him, blocking his path. The Blood Ancestor's rune halberd was slashing towards him at high speed.
"Ah~ Crack!~"
At this moment, Xue Jiu let out a strange cry. The rune chains on his body transformed into weapons like cleavers and bows, attacking the Blood Ancestor.
Simultaneously, his body, fused with a large amount of stones and mechanical parts, slammed towards the Blood Ancestor.
"Bang!~"
"Rumble! Crack!~"
The Blood Ancestor was hit squarely. However, the opponent quickly broke free from a pile of rune cleavers, stones, and steel bars. The slightly damaged rune halberd in his hand once again attacked Ye Feng.
"Clang! Bang! Chime!"
A series of crisp metal clanging sounds echoed. It was Xiao Xiao and Ling Xi who had finally arrived, deflecting the Blood Ancestor's rune halberd attack.
"Caw!~ Ah!"
At this moment, the colossal and extremely bizarre Xue Jiu suddenly turned around and lunged towards Xiao Xiao and Ling Xi.
"Bang!~ Crack!"
"Rumble!~"
Amidst the loud noises and billowing dust, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Ling Xi quickly retreated to a large rock.
The Blood Ancestor also had no time to continue attacking Ye Feng and the others because Xue Jiu, for some unknown reason, had become abnormally large, with dozens of heads growing from his body. He was now frantically attacking the Blood Ancestor with blood arts, venom, machine guns, and various elemental arcane energies.
"I'm going to kill you..."
"Become a part of me! Hahaha!"
"I'm the boss... The fire-attribute arcane energy is mine..."
"Don't absorb me, I'll tell you a secret, the Netherworld Script Divine Monument... Ah..."
Xue Jiu's dozens of heads and dozens of mouths shrieked madly, their faces extremely ferocious. Among them, Ye Feng actually heard a familiar voice, that of Su Jianying, whom he had met in the desert...
"Big brother, what happened to Xue Jiu?"
"Aren't he and the Blood Ancestor allies? Why is he attacking the Blood Ancestor?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's puzzled voice reached Ye Feng's ears.
"A King-level fusion has lost control!"
At this time, "Shen Botian" walked over. The colossal humanoid figure that had attacked him earlier was now trapped by him within a massive fire wall formed by a magic array.
"Both Xue Lu and Xue Jiu are King-level fusions. Xue Lu must have fused with a giant, while Xue Jiu fused with various Oshu users, enhanced blood serum injectors, and even firearms and artillery..."
"Although King-level fusions far surpass other fusions in combat power, they are not very stable. Without a regular intake of certain special supplies, they can easily lose their minds and go berserk!"
"That's probably why Sphinx liked to eat raw human brains back then!"
"Although Xue Lu and Xue Jiu are much stronger than Sphinx, the high-intensity combat combined with their injuries has caused them to lose their sanity!"
"Shen Botian" quickly explained to Ye Feng.
...
On the roof far from the courtyard,
"Without divine stones or the ancient artifact No. 1, it's indeed not enough... The experiment has failed..."
Koleji frowned slightly as he watched the rampaging Xue Lu and Xue Jiu.
Immediately after, his gaze fell upon Xiao Xiao. "Why didn't that Blood Ancestor attack the angel just now, but instead attacked that little girl... Is there something on that little girl that attracts the Blood Ancestor more than the Angel Origin Source... This is quite interesting!"
...
"Whoosh! Bang!~"
"Hiss~ Crackle~ Splash!~"
At this moment, Xue Jiu's massive body was pierced by a red light.
Large amounts of flesh, stones, and mechanical parts scattered, while Xue Jiu, located at the very center, had his neck gripped by the Blood Ancestor.
The next second, the Blood Ancestor's mouth opened wide, his lips splitting apart, and his sharp teeth bit directly into Xue Jiu's carotid artery.
"Ah! Ah~! Ah!"
Xue Jiu's shrill screams grew fainter and fainter, disappearing after a moment. His body then turned into a mummified corpse.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!~"
The next moment, the Blood Ancestor stepped sideways in mid-air, his figure instantly disappearing, and appeared before the severely wounded Xue Ba.
...