Like a cat finally understanding the tricks of a mouse.
'You're finished.'
A claw flashed as Yu Ming found a gap while exchanging moves.
Slash—!
Jun Wuhen's body was sent flying backward, a deep gash tearing across his chest. Blood stained the ground as he collapsed heavily.
Yu Ming looked down at him, smile widening.
Just as Yu Ming laughed softly, raising his claw to deliver the final blow—
A red flare streaked into the sky, bright enough to be seen from kilometers away.
Yu Ming's pupils contracted.
Before he could react, a Yu Ritian's presence appeared behind him.
Yu Ritian arrived like a phantom, the air distorting as his figure solidified.
"Young Clan Leader," Yu Ritian said rapidly, his voice low but urgent. "The red flare means the worst situation has occurred. Titled Douluo reinforcements may already be on the way."
Yu Ming frowned, glancing down at Jun Wuhen's blood-soaked figure.
"Wait a moment," he said coldly. "Let me finish him."
But Yu Ritian suddenly grabbed Yu Ming's face, forcibly turning his head toward the horizon.
At that instant—
Yu Ming felt it too, Vast, oppressive auras was approaching from afar, the strength not far from his grandfather.
Yu Ritian's expression darkened. "Young Clan Leader, we don't have time."
Without further hesitation, he seized Yu Ming with one hand and lifted Chu Yue's unconscious body with the other.
He moved with ruthless efficiency.
A jade bottle appeared in his palm, and without hesitation he forced an antidote pill into Chu Yue's mouth.
He didn't pause to consider—
That ordinary antidotes had little effect against the Jade Phosphor poison permeating the poison barrier.
If not for Yu Ming's foresight in commissioning Yang Wudi, the greatest alchemist of this era, even entering this place would have been suicidal.
Yu Ritian spread his soul power fully.
Boom—!
The ground cracked as he shot into the sky like a lightning bolt.
Jun Wuhen, barely clinging to consciousness despite his injured body, saw Chu Yue being taken away.
His eyes widened in despair.
"CHU YUE!!!"
His scream tore through the valley.
---
High above, as Yu Ritian carried Yu Ming away at terrifying speed, Yu Ming turned his head and noticed violent fluctuations of soul power in the distance.
A massive cudgel descended from the sky.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Magnitude Alter!"
The cudgel expanded explosively in midair, slamming down like a falling mountain.
BOOM—!
Three Soul Kings of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were smashed into the ground, bones shattering as blood sprayed.
"ARRRGH!!!"
Jiang Mo stood firmly amidst the chaos, his expression icy.
He lifted his head and noticed a figure flying away in the distance.
His eyes sharpened and was about to give chase—
When a sharp, furious shout echoed across the battlefield.
"Bastards! Come one at a time!"
Tian Yue stood at the center of the fight.
Her Evolved Martial Soul—Golden Crocodile King—radiated terrifying defensive power. Golden scales covered her body like divine armor, and every strike against her rebounded violently.
Even if the attacks didn't injure her— No one wanted to be the one hitting her.
Jiang Mo clenched his jaw.
'The one escaping… is a Titled Douluo.'
With his current speed, pursuit was impossible.
And from this distance—
He couldn't see what Yu Ritian was carrying, so he made a swift decision.
Turning back, Jiang Mo rushed toward Tian Yue's side, his cudgel swinging as he entered the fray once more.
---
After sometime three powerful auras descended upon the Ice–Fire Yin Yang Valley.
The poisonous miasma lingering around the valley was stirred and pushed aside, by one of the owners of these auras. The three figures did not linger.
With a flash of speed, they crossed dozens of meters in an instant and appeared beside a blood-soaked figure of Jun Wuhen lying on the ground.
His breathing was ragged, his clothes torn, a deep gash across his chest and arms. The fractured bones beneath his skin were obvious even without careful inspection.
Dugu Bo staggered forward, his own condition far from ideal.
His robes were torn, his soul power unstable, faint traces of lightning still clinging to his body from his battle with Yu Yuanzhen. Despite that, the moment he saw Jun Wuhen, his expression turned serious.
He knelt down and placed two fingers on Jun Wuhen's wrist, jade-green soul power carefully probing inside.
A few breaths later, he exhaled slowly.
"His bones are cracked, not shattered," Dugu Bo said hoarsely. "The internal organs suffered shock, but his foundation is solid. With a high-quality Bone Replenishment Grass, he should recover within five days."
Only then did the tension ease slightly.
Standing nearby were two figures radiating cold killing intent.
She Long—Snake Lance Douluo, Level 96.
His spear was still faintly stained with blood, his gaze sharp and vigilant, scanning the surroundings in case the enemy returned.
Beside him stood Ci Xue, the Porcupine Fish Douluo, Level 95. His body was surrounded by a faint, bristling aura, as if invisible spikes were constantly ready to erupt.
Their arrival was no coincidence. They were Qian Renxue's bodyguards, but they never knew the person they were guarding was Eve the whole time.
Early in the morning, Qian Renxue had ordered the two to accompany Jiang Mo to the Ice–Fire Yin Yang Valley.
And now, their arrival had been decisive reinforcements.
It was their combined aura of two Super Douluo that had sent chills through Yu Ritian, forcing the newly advanced Titled Douluo to abandon everything and flee without hesitation.
( AN : Chu Yue was captured and Yu Ming did not consider anything wrong because Dugu Bo was not known to have affiliated with any force. For him at most she might be a talented junior Dugu Bo sought who he is sure is not his family member. Anyway his relation with Dugu Bo is strained, taking a civilian girl away is nothing new for him.)