Divide and conquer

"Boom - Ding-"

Amidst the swirling Yin energy and dazzling light, a fierce battle was taking place at the top of the pyramid-shaped royal tomb, which was shrouded in a thick layer of deathly black Yin energy. On the platform above, Fengyun Sanren wielded his crimson long sword as he fought against King Wu's corpse. In mid-air, my duel with Zhi Guang Lao Ren had reached its climax.

Due to her weaker strength, Xie Yilin was protected by my Heaven Covering Zero technique.

In this situation, JIETOU was our only mobile force. However, JIETOU's power is limited and most importantly he cannot fly; therefore he could not help me and could only watch me anxiously from below.

"Nine Yin Ghost Claw! Extreme Cold Freeze!"

With a cold snort, Zhi Guang Lao Ren easily caught my Flame Giant Blade with his Nine Yin Ghost Claw. Not only that but it seemed like he wanted to snatch away my Mercy Sword too!

"You old thief! You won't succeed!" I roared furiously as I activated my Ling Tai Secret Technique. The immense chaotic Qi gathered on the blade before exploding into flames that engulfed Zhi Guang Lao Ren.

"Boom - Sizzle sizzle sizzle-" A deafening sound echoed out as the destruction of both Yin and Yang energies created a blinding light that filled the air with green smoke. Finally seizing this opportunity to retrieve my Mercy Sword back from him.

"Not bad...quite interesting," chuckled Zhi Guang Lao Ren as he slowly emerged from within the green smoke while looking at me coldly with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"The real fun has yet to begin!" I sneered while glancing at my Mercy Sword in hand before rapidly formulating strategies in mind since there is no way for me to defeat him head-on or with a single fatal blow.

"QingYue, do you have any good ideas?" I secretly asked Yun Qing Yue.

"In the face of absolute power, any strategy is futile. His strength is too strong and we are like ants in front of him. He can crush us anytime he wants to. The only reason why he hasn't killed us yet is that he has some concerns; he's afraid that if his actions are too big, it will cause unexpected consequences," replied Yun Qing Yue.

Her words made me think immediately of something important: "Jiu Yin Huang Quan! He's worried about Jiu Yin Huang Quan!"

"That's right. The purpose of this royal tomb is actually to seal off Jiu Yin Huang Quan and prevent the massive outbreak of Yin energy inside it from connecting the human world with the ghost realm. If this royal tomb were to be destroyed, there would definitely be some anomalies occurring between these two worlds - maybe even vortex wormholes caused by spatial turbulence which not even Immortals or Gods could withstand against its space force. Even Zhi Guang Lao Ren cannot handle such an outcome as it might lead him into entering the ghost realm instead of ascending to heaven." explained Yun Qing Yue.

"Indeed...so now we can make use of his weakness!" With a long howl, I flew down while slashing my Mercy Sword towards him and Four Symbols Divine Weapon also took advantage by provoking Zhi Guang Lao Ren before controlling Bì Rì Chāng (Sun Covering Bell) quickly downwards.

"Don't run away!" Seeing my move, Zhi Guang Lao Ren couldn't help but feel anxious as he instinctively chased after me below while grabbing at me with a huge suction force that stopped my descent.

"Amazingly strong!"

I didn't expect that old guy's strength to be so powerful. With just a grab of his hand, he had already caught me. I gritted my teeth and activated the Sunshield Bell to barely stabilize myself.

"Hehe, in the face of absolute power, all efforts are futile. Come on, Immortal Soldiers and Divine Swords, they're all mine!" The Light Elder's hair was standing on end as if he had already won over me. He stood in mid-air and forcefully sucked me up while laughing fiercely.

It was very difficult for me to support myself, and I had to use all my strength just to barely resist the suction force.

"Huff huff -"

Under the huge suction force, the broken stones on the platform below began to rise up.

"Now is the time! Jietou!" Seeing this situation, I let out a strange cry and twisted my body suddenly to make way for Jietou below. Then Jietou understood what I meant and shouted out loud as his golden wheel shot out like lightning towards Light Elder's clawed hand.

"Sunshine Wheel Slash!"

The golden wheel rose rapidly under the influence of suction force at lightning speed until it reached Light Elder's front where it slashed directly towards his clawed hand.

"Boom-" A loud noise rang out as the golden wheel hit its target accurately causing an explosion that created a towering cloud of smoke completely engulfing Light Elder's figure within it.

"It's not over yet!"

I coldly shouted out while urging Sunshield Bell upwards at high speed with both Liqing Sword and Four Symbols Sword thrusting forward together towards him.

"Hmph! It's ridiculous; do you think you can hurt me like this? Get lost!"

Faced with my flying charge attack, Light Elder who had dispersed into smoke earlier snorted coldly before pressing down with one palm which sent me flying towards the ground like a rock.

"YiHeng, be careful!" Seeing my situation, Xie Yilin couldn't help but scream. She thought I was going to fall straight down.

I didn't have time to reply as my figure continued falling until it reached a height of less than one meter from the platform before suddenly propelling upwards with Sunshield Bell and then flew out like a cannonball directly towards Wu Wang's corpse not far away.

"Oh no!"

Seeing my actions, Light Elder who had just dispersed into smoke earlier darkened his eyes slightly. His figure flashed forward trying to intercept me but I managed to strike first before he could stop me. Both Liqing Sword and Four Symbols Sword slashed together landing on top of Wu Wang's corpse.

"Ding- Chi-"

Under the attack of Immortal Soldiers Divine Swords, even though Wu Wang Helu had golden armor covering his body, he still instantly turned into three pieces.

"Bang bang -"

The limbs were twitching and wriggling on the ground wanting to get up again but Fengyun Sanren followed closely behind delivering continuous blows that made those limbs completely lose their ability to move turning them into a pile of minced meat instead.

"Sss sss -"

With minced meat dripping everywhere and gold hair scattered all over the place, an intense black aura overflowed which finally condensed in mid-air forming a black human-shaped shadow with pale white eyes slowly opening. Then its figure flickered forward attacking Light Elder first while saying in an eerie voice: "You will all die!"

"You audacious thief! Imprisoning this king for more than two thousand years; today is your time for retribution!" The black shadow's Yin force was extremely powerful with exceptional speed as it appeared in front of Light Elder within moments before launching an ice-blue Yin Qi attack directly at his chest.