As Long Yi and Kong Wenbin spoke quietly to the side, while the other two watched them from afar, an inexplicable fluctuation suddenly swept through.
"Not good! Someone's attacking!" Long Yi shouted, his entire body erupting with a powerful aura. Kong Wenbin also reacted belatedly, looking towards his two companions in the distance.
"Bang!" Just as his words fell, in the distance, the bodies of his two companions instantly exploded. Two Emperor-level powerhouses died on the spot.
"Ahhhhh!!! Brothers!!!" Seeing this, Long Yi and Kong Wenbin's eyes turned red. In the blink of an eye, they had been laughing and joking just moments before, and now it had come to this. It sent their minds into an uproar.
"Kill!!!" Kong Wenbin roared. He had only just joined the patrol team, and Long Yi and the other two treated him like a younger brother, taking good care of him. Yet, now, two of them had died vividly before his eyes. This was too much for him to bear, and his mind went wild.
"Wenbin!" Long Yi stopped Kong Wenbin and then stood in front of him, looking towards the opposition.
In the darkness, eight figures appeared where his companions had just died. Their auras were released without restraint – eight Emperor-level powerhouses! Four in the mid-Emperor stage and four in the early Emperor stage!
Long Yi's expression was grave. He quickly calmed down. The enemy had sent eight Emperor-level powerhouses to deal with their four. Even if they had attacked head-on, the four of them wouldn't have been a match, let alone with the initial sneak attack that had already killed two of their own.
Now, only he and Kong Wenbin remained. They had no confidence in escaping. Eight against two, the power disparity was too great.
"A bunch of old bastards! Eight of you attacking four of us, and with a sneak attack!"
Kong Wenbin cursed, his expression ferocious. He had calmed down, but his heart was filled with rage. The deaths of his two companions were too sudden, too unfair. To be ambushed by eight equally powerful cultivators, how could they possibly evade it?
"Wenbin, calm down. I'll do my best to hold them off. When there's an opportunity, you escape and go straight back to the capital!"
Long Yi stabilized Kong Wenbin, transmitting his voice. His tone was filled with gravity. Facing the ambush of eight Emperor-level powerhouses, he had no confidence. The fact that these people appeared here meant that Zheng City was probably in danger too.
But Kong Wenbin couldn't die. The other party was from Gu Village. If he died in the capital shortly after arriving, how would his family view their Great Qin?
"Brother Long Yi, I'm not escaping. At worst, I'll die, but I'll avenge our two brothers. Besides, I'm not weak. Even if I die, I'll take a few of them down with me!"
Kong Wenbin said, his eyes ferocious, his entire body filled with killing intent.
"Hum!"
The eight figures moved instantly. Their target was clear: to eliminate Long Yi's patrol team as quickly as possible.
"Kill!" Long Yi and Kong Wenbin roared, charging forward. The terrifying fluctuations of the exchange instantly swept through the surroundings.
However, Long Yi and Kong Wenbin were ultimately only in the early Emperor stage. If it were one-on-one, they wouldn't fear a cultivator in the mid-Emperor stage. But now, their enemies outnumbered them four to one. Soon, both of them were injured, their auras weakening.
"Bang!" Long Yi punched an early Emperor-stage cultivator, sending him flying. But immediately after, he was hit by three or four attacks. Before he could recover, three more figures charged at him head-on.
At this moment, Long Yi was being besieged by five opponents, blood spilling from his mouth, making him appear utterly battered.
Kong Wenbin, on the other hand, was surrounded by three people, and his situation was even more perilous. His body bore several wounds, and blood spurted from his mouth continuously.
Although his strength might have been slightly superior to Long Yi's, this was his first life-and-death battle with enemies. His combat experience was too lacking, making him no match for the three opponents before him.
"Ah!!! Kill!!!" Long Yi roared, his eyes red with bloodlust. He wanted to go to Kong Wenbin's rescue, but he was already in a difficult situation, utterly powerless.
Long Yi grabbed an early Emperor-stage cultivator and, like a hungry wolf, bit through the opponent's neck, causing blood to gush out.
But at this moment, he felt a terrifying aura from behind him, and then his body was directly blasted away, spitting blood profusely.
"Brother Long Yi!" Kong Wenbin roared, but in that moment of distraction, his body was struck by a punch, and he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
At this point, both of them were like lambs awaiting slaughter, with only death seemingly awaiting them.
As if by coincidence, after being blasted away, Long Yi and Kong Wenbin's positions drew closer.
Simultaneously, the seven Emperor-level powerhouses rapidly approached them, each holding gleaming, cold weapons, their killing intent palpable.
As the seven drew nearer, Long Yi and Kong Wenbin exchanged glances. Then, a long spear suddenly appeared in Long Yi's hand, erupting with world-shattering aura. At the same time, Kong Wenbin's aura also surged, as he activated his invincible bloodline.
"Kill!" Long Yi roared, piercing the body of a mid-Emperor stage opponent with a single spear thrust. With a violent shake, the opponent's body instantly exploded.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Kong Wenbin charged towards an opponent, his invincible bloodline erupting. His body flashed with red patterns as he directly smashed the opponent's head with a punch.
In a mere instant, two Emperor-level powerhouses perished.
At this moment, the remaining five Emperor-level powerhouses halted, their faces filled with shock.
"Celestial Weapon! Descendant of Invincibility!!!"
This was the first thing they said since appearing. They had initially intended to quickly eliminate Long Yi and the others, ending the battle swiftly. But who would have thought these two would give them such a great surprise.
Long Yi and Kong Wenbin stood back to back, panting heavily. When the opponents first appeared, Kong Wenbin had handed his long spear to Long Yi. They had waited in secret, all for this one strike.
But even so, they still had no confidence in escaping, as they were at the end of their strength, and their opponents were too numerous.
"Disable the Descendant of Invincibility, kill the other one, and seize the Celestial Weapon!"
Someone among the five opponents spoke, a glint of greed flashing in their eyes. They dared not kill the Descendant of Invincibility, fearing a curse. But Long Yi was of no concern, let alone the Celestial Weapon in Long Yi's hand, which was a great temptation to them.
"Wenbin, go!" Long Yi roared, pushing Kong Wenbin away forcefully, then turned to face the enemies alone.
"Brother Long Yi!" Kong Wenbin panicked. If he stayed, perhaps the combined strength of the two could create a sliver of hope. But if he escaped, Long Yi would surely die!
"Escape! Escape back, and avenge me in the future!!!"
Long Yi shouted, burning the energy within his body. The long spear in his hand erupted with world-shattering might as he charged forward.
"Go, two of you, disable that Descendant of Invincibility and finish the fight quickly!"
Someone commanded. Two figures chased after Kong Wenbin. Seeing this, Long Yi's eyes turned red, and he tried to intercept them, but the opponents were faster than him. The three of them instantly became entangled.
"Ahhhhh!!! I'll fight you to the death!"
Long Yi roared, his spear thrusting out rapidly. Simultaneously, his body began emitting "drip, drip, drip..." sounds.