In the support of sufficient source matter, the speed of [Certain Hit] could be greatly improved.

Theoretically, a transcendent who comprehended and controlled this law could hit any "object" they wanted to.

So… Taotie turned himself into a bullet.

And shot towards Bai Xiu!

At the summit of the Kulong Snow Mountain, thunder roared. As the number one of the younger generation in Nagano, Bai Xiu, though not of the mental system, possessed top-notch reaction speed.

He raised his hands to block.

What could contend against the law was only the law!

It wasn't just Taotie who had a "fourth-order domain." The Thunder Realm Walker, at the moment Bai Xiu raised his hand, slashed down with the thunder blade. The majestic general's seemingly "slow" movements were actually faster than the thunder in the dome. The two domains erupted and roared at that instant. The briefest distance between Taotie and Bai Xiu transformed into a long chasm.

"Zzzzt!"

Electric arcs ejected.

Taotie raised his scarlet face, opened his mouth wide, and bit down fiercely on Bai Xiu's handsome face—

The second law, [Absorption]!

A vast suction force was born out of thin air. The "chasm" between the two was instantly broken by the second law. Along with Taotie's mouth opening, his scarlet throat seemed to turn into a black hole.

Bai Xiu narrowed his eyes, his feet firmly planted in the snow, his whole body leaning back.

The floating Thunder Light General pressed down on his shoulders with one hand.

The disrupted balance was restructured once more!

The [Thunder Realm Walker] held the blade in one hand, slashing at Taotie's [Certain Hit] law, while the other hand pressed down on his master, pulling him back from the edge of the [Absorption] black hole, bit by bit…

The next second, Bai Xiu abruptly shifted his head to the side.

The action seemed abrupt, but immediately afterward, an extremely fierce sound of wind breaking pierced the night sky of the Kulong Snow Mountain. A red-tasseled spear shot over fiercely. The killing intent of [Red Dye], merely grazing him, turned half of Bai Xiu's face blood red!

"Boom!"

This spear came without warning, directly piercing into Taotie's gaping maw!

Taotie had no time to defend. With a "Ugh," he swallowed the full force of Mu Qingyang's thrust. He suffered a considerable blow from this sudden stab.

"Uwa…"

Taotie coughed violently, his voice filled with pain and anger.

However, Mu Qingyang, who had thrust out his spear, quickly realized something was wrong. His Azure Flames blazed, originally intending to take advantage of the situation to kill, but after pouring out, the Azure Flame source matter disappeared without a trace in an instant, like a clay ox entering the sea!

On the other side, Taotie's scarlet teeth no longer resembled organs that could grow in a human… His mouth was full of steel teeth. After taking Mu Qingyang's spear head-on, not a single one fell out. Instead, they bit down on it tightly.

Flames boiled within his mouth, but that was all… boiling.

The [Absorption] law frantically absorbed Mu Qingyang's power!

Bai Xiu, with quick eyes and hands, immediately flicked his fingers on Mu Qingyang's forearm after Taotie closed his mouth. Then, while the latter's arm was numb, he took over the spear. Along with a knee strike from the Thunder Realm Walker, the great spear almost bent ninety degrees, the tip and tail of the spear almost colliding… like a fully drawn bow.

A look of "fear" appeared in Taotie's eyes for the first time.

Both were fourth-order.

Mu Qingyang couldn't hurt him.

But Bai Xiu could!

Even though Mu Qingyang had practiced spear techniques for many years, and Bai Xiu had never learned it for a single day… fourth-order combat was so cruel, only discussing lethality. The [Thunder Realm Walker] was much more tyrannical than the [Azure Flame]!

Taotie was the kind of ruthless person who wouldn't let go once he bit onto a target.

But this time, he voluntarily opened his mouth, but it was still too late… [Red Dye] exploded into hundreds of thunder lights in the hands of the Thunder Realm Walker, and these thunder lights burrowed into his body.

The gaunt Taotie quickly retreated backward, but a young figure enveloped in phoenix flames descended from the sky, attacking from the flank. Gong Zi, holding the semi-S-grade Sealed Artifact [Phoenix Bell], directly struck Taotie!

"Clang!!"

The great bell trembled, and thunderous sounds rolled.

Taotie roared and crashed into the great bell, then retreated violently in another direction. His two laws, whether [Certain Hit] or [Absorption], seemed somewhat dwarfed in front of the [Phoenix Bell]… In terms of strength, Gong Zi might rank behind the four, but once sealed artifacts were added, it was different!

With the addition of this semi-S-grade Sealed Artifact, he could almost stand invincible in the fourth-order battle.

Finally.

Taotie looked towards the north of the Kulong Snow Mountain.

That was the "large cage" in the Nagano encirclement plan, and also the direction he least wanted to flee.

Once he fled.

He could only be pressured again and again in the ever-shrinking encirclement, and eventually be killed.

But now… he had no choice, because there was an even stronger aura approaching!

A title!

Just as Taotie's eyes were red, changing direction, preparing to escape, countless cold blades suddenly appeared in front of him.

Gu Shen ascended the mountain peak, but did not strike immediately. Instead, he chose to go around, cutting off the most likely "escape" direction Taotie would choose. At this moment, the two collided head-on.

Gu Shen finally "saw" the true culprit who had ambushed and attacked him!

Without hesitation, he immediately unleashed the "Great Cold Domain"—

The phantom of the Jingtusushuxuan Tree rose from the ground, and the vast intent of annihilation instantly covered Taotie.

Gu Shen was extremely serious about this strike, directly condensing all of his mental power.

He knew very well… that without using forbidden sealed artifacts, his current strength should only be able to fight a Transcendent of Yuan Zhong's level on the eleventh floor evenly, and it would be very difficult to go any higher.

Taotie was a top fourth-order, only one step away from a title.

In the Great Accomplishment Domain, there should be two mature laws nurtured—

He was no match for a fourth-order of this level right now.

If he wanted to stop "Taotie" with his own strength, among the four people at the summit at this moment, only Bai Xiu should be able to do it.

Therefore.

Gu Shen's requirements for this attack were not high.

If they were to fight head-on, he only asked to be able to repel Taotie, so that the situation between the two could form a stalemate. Even if he was injured, it didn't matter… Anyway, there was the "fire of life," which could be used to repair injuries.

Tonight's "Kulong Snow Mountain" encirclement, the thirty-one locked targets were already in the bag. Their strengths were strong and weak, and if they were all taken down, it would be considered a "harvest."

But the real big fish was actually the Snow Cage number one in front of him!

As long as the four of them could hold "Taotie" back, Uncle Gao would arrive soon… At that time, it would be a real joint victory!

The big fish had already taken the bait, and he only needed to prevent it from breaking free from the net!

But he never expected.

Facing Gu Shen's full-strength strike… the latter actually didn't dodge or evade.

He didn't even try to defend!

Taotie's eyes were scarlet as he began to run. He directly rammed into the direction that Gu Shen was guarding… He just crashed into the Great Cold Domain containing countless intents of "annihilation"!

"Not attacking me head-on?"

"Want to take the attack head-on, determined to escape?"

Gu Shen was stunned at first, but instantly understood Taotie's thoughts. What he was most worried about before was that this guy would strike too hard, and he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Now it was completely different.

Taotie must have sensed Uncle Gao's mental aura, knowing that this place was not suitable to stay for long, so he directly started to escape. This was a desperate choice, allowing no hesitation. He also knew that once he fought with himself, no matter what the outcome, if the escape was interrupted, and the three people behind him caught up, there would be no chance!

And judging from the mental aura, his realm was the lowest among the four.

So he wanted to withstand his mental attack head-on.

"There's no such good thing in this world?"

Gu Shen's expression darkened.

Since Taotie was not fighting back, then he would open up his means!

His mental sea was instantly mobilized!

Although the previous battle was short, Gu Shen had been observing from the side, and had already seen roughly what Taotie's domain laws were… At this moment, Taotie's two laws were fully unfolded.

[Certain Hit] would send him to the next destination north of Kulong Snow Mountain.

[Absorption] would accept Gu Shen's killing intent indiscriminately, trying to convert it.

"Blazing Flame, come out!"

There were some things in this world that could be converted, and some… that couldn't!

Gu Shen directly summoned the Blazing Flame.

His idea was very simple.

Since Taotie only wanted to escape… and chose to ignore his attack.

Then he might as well seize the opportunity, use all his means, and directly defeat this super criminal who was the Snow Cage number one!

Blazing Flame, Pure Land, Suxuan Tree… His mental attack methods, even among the fourth-order, could be called top-level killing weapons.

Due to the special situation, and everyone present was an ally, Gu Shen stopped thinking after his thoughts were settled.

With a flip of his hand, Gu Shen took out the "Ghost Mask" and the "Light's Blessing Robe."

He put on the Ghost Mask.

Then he put on the Light's Robe.

The next moment, the exposed aura on Gu Shen's body became extremely contradictory, one side light, one side sinister… With the use of these two sealed artifacts, his mental power also ushered in a wave of skyrocketing!

Taotie, who had crashed into Gu Shen's domain, suddenly contracted his scarlet pupils!

He looked at Gu Shen, and on that Ghost Mask and Light Robe, he seemed to see some incredible secret, and his expression was shocked to the extreme.

"Buzz buzz buzz."

In just an instant.

Countless dark and blazing flames shot out from the robe, turning into dazzling beams of light, enveloping Taotie.

This beam of light almost extracted 80% of the vast spirit in Gu Shen's heart sea—

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On Kulong Snow Mountain, a dark blazing light swept out from the top of the mountain.

No one would think that this beam of light was related to "Light City"… Although it was with the help of the robe's power, Gu Shen's spirit, and the amplification provided by the Ghost Mask, completely changed the inner spiritual power of the beam of light.

But this was still a vast and shocking blow.

The scarlet night sky was torn apart by the dark light. It was hard to believe that this was the power that a "fourth-order" could unleash. The other three people on the mountain top had expressions similar to the previous Taotie.

The only one who was still relatively calm was Bai Xiu.

However, Bai Xiu's expression was also very complicated… He looked at Gu Shen in the distance, shrouded in the snow and dust. Just now, in the flash of lightning, he clearly saw Gu Shen take out some "forbidden sealed artifact," but after the light and dust gradually dissipated, the latter was clean.

It should be two "sealed artifacts" that had a miraculous effect when paired together.

At this moment, it had been put away by Gu Shen.

"What was that thing just now?"

Mu Qingyang's expression was pale. He also saw Gu Shen's action of taking out the item… Judging from the effect of the attack, could it be a semi-S-grade sealed artifact?

"Brother Gu is an S-grade, of course he will have his own treasures…"

Gong Zi said, "Remember to keep it a secret later, that thing's level is probably not inferior to the [Phoenix Bell]…"

The scene just now was really shocking.

It was not just a flowery stand with a loud thunder and little rain.

But… it was really amazingly lethal!

Even with the [Phoenix Bell] protecting him, he didn't have much confidence that he could withstand this attack completely.

"Yes… I will keep it a secret."

Mu Qingyang nodded quickly.

He looked at his already ruined [Red Dye], his mood complicated.

High-level sealed artifacts were really important.

In the fourth-order battle, B-grade sealed artifacts were already difficult to take on great responsibilities… After only two rounds of fighting with Taotie, his beloved spear had been completely damaged and could be declared scrapped.

However, the strength of the Transcendent himself seemed to be even more important… If he remembered correctly, in the camp battle at the beginning, Gu Shen didn't use any sealed artifacts at all, and only used an iron knife to take down Poison Ghost and Silver Eyes.

"Was the thing just now Gu brother's trump card 'forbidden sealed artifact'?"

Mu Qingyang murmured in his heart.

"So, was Taotie killed just like that?"

Mu Qingyang pursed his lips. With the rise of this thought, a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

Not far away, at the location hit by the beam of light, a large amount of snow and dust filled the air.

He couldn't see the scene in the snow pit clearly.

The vast mental power had almost turned that area of ten meters into nothingness… But as the strong wind blew, the true face of the snow pit gradually revealed itself—

A huge pit, nothing else.

"Wait… escaped?"

Not only Mu Qingyang, but also Gong Zi, was also very surprised.

The light of the attack just now was too dazzling, and mental power could not capture the movements on the scene.

"Yes. Escaped."

A calm and indifferent voice rang out on the top of the snow mountain.

The four of them greeted each other.

"Uncle Gao."

"Uncle Gao."

The person who came had a ponytail, elegant demeanor, wearing a simple suit, and holding a long umbrella in his hand. Although he looked unhurried, it was not difficult to guess from the "snow crumbs" on his body… that he had actually rushed to the top of Kulong Snow Mountain with all his strength.

Gao Tian came to Gu Shen's side and asked softly, "How do you feel?"

"I feel like my whole body has been emptied…"

Gu Shen smiled and said truthfully, regretting, "It's a pity that I still didn't kill him."

"Being able to do this, you are already very strong, very strong, very strong."

Gao Tian, who never praised people, used three "very strong" for the first time to comfort him.

"It's a pity that you overlooked one thing… The reason why a super criminal like Taotie desperately escapes is not because of carelessness, nor because of underestimating the enemy." Gao Tian said slowly, "In addition to fear of me, there is another reason."

"He escapes because he only follows his instincts."

Gu Shen sighed softly, took over Uncle Gao's words, and said with emotion, "You're right… I did overlook a possibility."

"Taotie is a person who has lost control. For a madman with an extremely chaotic mental sea… no matter how powerful a mental attack I launch, as long as it does not exceed the fourth-order's limit of tolerance, the effect that can be achieved is very limited."

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(Happy New Year's Eve, everyone)