With that voice.
The tall and imposing Dragon Bone Masked One plummeted like a meteor, crashing into the ground and raising a cloud of dust that filled the sky.
Even all the soldiers of the Jiacheng City Guard, who were kneeling and begging for mercy, couldn't help but cast astonished glances.
And the Manager Qian of the Four Seas Trading Alliance didn't say a word before immediately leaping away to escape. He abandoned everything in Qingshe Town and fled alone for his life!
He knew perfectly well how terrifying the Dragon Bone Masked One was. In his view, facing an Inner Fane realm powerhouse, Qingshe Town—at least at this moment—had absolutely no power to resist.
If he escaped too late, he would probably lose his life!
And there was no need to say more. Seeing that Dragon Bone Masked One's mask, Jiang Wang knew there was no room for negotiation.
But he didn't plan to flee.
Having just shattered the Horizontal Lines, pushed open the Heaven and Earth Gate, broken the Yin-Yang Roaming Kill Formation, and captured thousands of soldiers, he was at the peak of his momentum and intent.
There was no reason to retreat before fighting, even if... the opponent was an Inner Fane realm powerhouse!
"Heretic! How dare you boast!"
Jiang Wang stood in mid-air, channeling the power of the Carp-Patterned Crimson Banner, surging the Blood Sea toward his opponent.
Within the Blood Sea, flowers bloomed again.
A cold gleam from his sword shot straight at his opponent through the air.
Facing an Inner Fane realm powerhouse, he not only didn't retreat, but instead launched the first attack!
"How bold!"
The Dragon Bone Masked One extended a pair of massive hands. These hands were not human-like, with scales on the joints and claws on the fingers. They gleamed with a brilliant golden light, fierce and brutal.
He had already refined the White Bone Dharma Aspect into his own body.
His body was the dragon.
He stood motionless, pulling his hands apart to both sides.
The Flame Blossom and Illusory Blossom were torn apart, and the Blood Sea was also split open.
Rip!
Although it was the Blood Sea being split, the sound that rang out was like fabric tearing.
Looking again toward the direction where the Carp-Patterned Crimson Banner was planted.
The entire Carp-Patterned Crimson Banner was actually torn apart by force.
This banner had once been slashed by Jiang Wang's sword, later repaired, and restored to its original state. Now, it was destroyed in a single strike.
The Dragon Bone Masked One's eyes, as if dyed with gold powder, looked up at Jiang Wang, who was charging toward him through the split sea of blood and flowers.
He rose from the ground, already closing to melee range with Jiang Wang.
One ascending from below, the other approaching from afar.
Time seemed to freeze, and in the instant of their clash, life and death might be decided.
The Thorn Crown above Jiang Wang's head flashed briefly, and at the same time, the Dao Technique—Tiger Binding!
But the Dragon Bone Masked One's body flashed with golden light, and he continued to rush upward without any hindrance, raising his claw.
The Tiger Binding, empowered by the Thorn Crown, couldn't even trap him for half a breath!
The sword had already arrived. Jiang Wang knew clearly that in this situation, the Three Swords of Heaven, Earth, and Man could at most injure this opponent, but definitely couldn't kill him.
The Dragon Bone Masked One's single claw was enough to tear him apart. The physical body tempered by the Four Spirits Body Refining Art was completely useless against such overwhelming killing power.
And whether it was Xiang Qian, Zhang Hai, or Zhu Biqiong, none of them seemed to have the ability to intervene in the battle.
The situation had become critical.
Just as the two were about to determine life and death.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!
Fire-elemental essence solidified around Jiang Wang's body, exploding continuously.
Jiang Wang's entire being seemed to transform into a fireball, instantly rushing to the horizon.
This was also one of the gains he had won from Jiang Wuyong—the Fire Escape Art, Flame Meteor!
From a great height, having reformed his body, Jiang Wang still felt a lingering fear.
Too strong!
Although he couldn't be considered invincible in the Heaven Connecting realm, he was already approaching the limit, walking among the strongest.
With nearly invincible strength in the Heaven Connecting realm, he had pushed open the Heaven and Earth Gate. Having just entered the Soaring Dragon realm, he was immediately counted among the powerful of this realm. But he was still far from being a match for this Dragon Bone Masked One.
Among the Twelve Bone Masked Ones of the White Bone Path, although Jiang Wang hadn't seen them all, this person should be the first!
"What excellent escape art!"
The Dragon Bone Masked One's voice seemed to always carry authority and confidence.
Even though Jiang Wang had launched a powerful attack first, even though Jiang Wang had narrowly escaped from beneath his claw, it only earned a casual compliment from him, unable to change the outcome.
Boom!
With him as the center, while still in mid-air, semi-transparent ripples instantly spread outward.
He was already approaching again!
Without hesitation, Jiang Wang once again transformed into a Flame Meteor, escaping to a distant location.
"Let's see how long you can keep this up?"
The Dragon Bone Masked One's claw reached out again, and Jiang Wang once more burst into a Flame Meteor.
The two of them thus began an aerial chase.
Those kneeling City Guard captives didn't dare to move, but also didn't dare to completely leave their fate to heaven, so they could only crane their necks to observe the battle in the air.
The people of Qingshe Town Hall had just welcomed victory when they encountered such a powerful opponent. The flames of excitement that had just sparked were doused with a basin of cold water. Setting aside the three hundred warriors who couldn't influence the battle at all, if they weren't careful, those few transcendence cultivators from the Four Seas Trading Alliance had already taken the opportunity to flee.
Not only was everyone else's morale low, but even Jiang Wang himself couldn't be optimistic about the battle.
The principle of the Flame Meteor was to use continuously exploding fire-elemental essence to propel the caster, belonging to the category of short-range explosive escape arts. The speed was extremely fast, but it wasn't suitable for long-distance travel.
Compared to the current battle situation... it couldn't last!
And just at this moment, something even worse happened.
A scream was cut short as a fleeing transcendence cultivator from the Four Seas Trading Alliance shot toward them from a distance. More precisely, it was his corpse that was thrown back.
And a thin figure wearing a Monkey Bone Mask stepped down from the sky, treading on the body of another Four Seas cultivator.
Behind him, the Rabbit Bone Masked One walked slowly, carrying one corpse in each hand—the remaining two cultivators from the Four Seas Trading Alliance.
Thud! Thud!
Two corpses were thrown to the ground.
The Rabbit Bone Masked One dusted off her hands and looked at the aerial chase battle, saying in a delicate voice: "I was wondering why Brother Dragon hadn't finished the fight yet. This kid sure can run!"
The Monkey Bone Masked One also glanced at the sky, then grinned strangely: "What's so difficult about that?"
He tapped his toe, and his entire body shot toward Qingshe Town, his voice sharp and cruel, every word directed at Jiang Wang.
"Young man! Is this what you protect?"
"Have you fulfilled your beliefs? Practiced your principles?"
With his cultivation at the peak of the Soaring Dragon realm, he stirred the air currents, gathering a massive cone of air in front of him, smashing it狠狠ly toward Qingshe Town!
"Will you just watch... and let them die?"
This move by the Monkey Bone Masked One was an attack that forced the opponent to respond, aiming to make Jiang Wang turn back and submit to the Dragon Bone Masked One's slaughter. Or at least shake his will and slow him down.
However, Jiang Wang in the air was deaf to it all, keeping his eyes firmly fixed on the Dragon Bone Masked One, using the Flame Meteor to把握 every opportunity to evade.
It wasn't that he was cold-blooded, nor was he indifferent to the lives of the people of Qingshe Town.
But in this situation, useless hesitation was just a burden! His death couldn't save those people at all; only by living was there a chance to turn the tables.
Facing a powerhouse like the Dragon Bone Masked One, even a brief exchange had exhausted his mental energy. Thinking of anything else was just seeking death!
And Jiang Wang absolutely refused to die.
He absolutely refused to die, absolutely wouldn't die, even if... the Dragon Bone Masked One's strength was even greater, even more despair-inducing!
...
Zhang Hai was merely a Wandering Pulse realm cultivator obsessed with refining divine pills all day. Although Zhu Biqiong had reached the Heaven Connecting realm, her strength was far inferior to even Hu Shaomeng, and she didn't have the ability to fight across realms.
Let alone those ordinary warriors.
The Monkey Bone Masked One, at the peak of the Soaring Dragon realm, descended with overwhelming power, his momentum like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, on the verge of a massacre.
Suddenly.
A cold star appeared!