Chapter 448: Run

...There’s someone else here!

He Guang had set up a Barrier around this place, so outsiders couldn’t possibly get in.

What’s more, they hadn’t felt any fluctuations in the Barrier just now, so it couldn’t be an intruder from the outside. This person had been inside the Barrier from the very beginning!

It was just that he was hidden so well, none of them had noticed!

No... not one person, but three!

Lu Sangjiu and the others realized this at almost the same moment. Before they could think any deeper, they sensed an overbearing flame shoot straight toward He Guang!

The moment she saw the flame, Lu Sangjiu’s eyes lit up. She knew who had arrived!

It wasn’t one of He Guang’s helpers. It was clearly her third senior brother’s fire!

After Shen Yuzhao’s Abnormal Fire merged with the Samadhi True Fire, it became even more tyrannical. Not even someone at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage would dare to face it head-on.

He Guang’s attention had been entirely focused on Lu Sangjiu and Xie Ningyuan. He hadn’t been on guard at all, let alone expected a sneak attack.

In his haste, he scrambled to dodge, but this gave Xie Ningyuan an opening to land a direct hit on him!

Even with his defenses, he was still knocked back, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The injury wasn’t too severe, but he was injured nonetheless!

However, it wasn’t over. Immediately after, a Water Dragon wreathed in scorching flames shot toward He Guang.

He Guang had just regained his footing when the Water Dragon arrived. He had no time to ponder how someone could combine water and fire to create a Cultivation Technique; he could only hurry to defend himself.

But suddenly, his entire body stiffened, as if bound for a split second by some kind of Rule Power, causing his movements to slow by a beat.

As a result, the Water Dragon slammed directly into him, sending him flying a great distance in another direction.

Caught on the back foot for a moment, he was now at a disadvantage everywhere.

The group’s attacks came one after another, punctuated by that strange, momentary freeze. He Guang was beaten into a frantic disarray, unable to find any chance to retaliate.

Meanwhile, Lu Sangjiu hadn’t made a move, because she finally had the chance to gather power for her Immortal Demon Attraction!

Even Xie Ningyuan would find it difficult to truly kill He Guang.

But Lu Sangjiu’s Immortal Demon Attraction, given enough time, could stack damage to a terrifying degree. Killing He Guang would be no problem at all!

’I just hadn’t found an opportunity to charge it before. Now that my senior brother and sister have suddenly appeared and are helping to tie down He Guang, if I don’t seize this chance to strike, when will I?’

Forced to continuously parry, He Guang finally got a clear look at the three young people who had suddenly appeared.

To his surprise, however, the cultivation of the three newcomers was shockingly low!

To him, the cultivation of Li Qiancheng and the others was indeed far too low.

Previously, Li Qiancheng was at the Nascent Soul Stage, but after receiving the inheritance of the Demon God Hall, he has now comprehended the Rule Power of time on his own and broken through to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

The sudden freeze He Guang had felt just moments ago was Li Qiancheng’s handiwork.

However, with his Divinity Transformation Stage cultivation against the Transcendance Tribulation Stage He Guang, he could control his opponent for a single breath at most.

But with others present, his support-style ability proved to be particularly useful.

Next was Luo Linlang. After awakening her Phoenix Bloodline, she was at Late-stage Nascent Soul, and has now also broken through to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

She possessed the Jue Pearl and could wield the Phoenix True Fire. Thus, two Spirit Roots that should have suppressed each other were instead both brought to their peak within her.

She used this advantage to combine the two, creating her own Cultivation Technique that allowed them to complement each other and maximize the power of her moves.

While it couldn’t inflict much damage on the Transcendance Tribulation Stage He Guang, it was at least useful. Even just harassing him from the side was a help.

The last one was Shen Yuzhao. After fusing with the Abnormal Fire, his cultivation had reached Late-stage Nascent Soul, the lowest among the three.

But his Abnormal Fire was just too strong!

That flame was likely something that even Earth and Heavenly Immortals would have to avoid. Threatening someone at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage was naturally no issue.

All three had their own strengths, any one of which could force a Tribulation Crossing Stage Cultivator to give them a wide berth. But of course, this didn’t mean the three of them could actually fight a Transcendance Tribulation Stage expert with their Divinity Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivation.

In fact, if He Guang came to his senses, he could kill them with a casual flick of his finger.

For now, they were only able to put some pressure on He Guang by relying on Xie Ningyuan and the element of surprise from their sneak attack.

However, once He Guang got a clear look at the cultivation of the three, he immediately understood the situation.

Being hounded by three such low-level cultivators, He Guang laughed in fury. "Three ants dare to make an enemy of me? Die!"

He Guang’s eyes turned vicious as he launched an attack at them.

But Xie Ningyuan was faster, directly blocking the attack for them.

And so, the scene devolved into a stalemate once more.

He Guang attacked, Xie Ningyuan blocked. The other three continued to harass him, while He Guang attacked and blocked simultaneously.

In this repeating cycle, with everyone’s attention highly focused, no one could find an opportunity to break the deadlock.

Of course, Xie Ningyuan and his side had no need to break it. They were shielding Lu Sangjiu; as long as they continued to entangle He Guang, it was enough.

When the time came, the one who would die was He Guang.

Therefore, the only one who should be anxious right now was He Guang.

Since He Guang had dared to seek them out, he had naturally done his research on them. This, of course, included knowing about Lu Sangjiu’s move, the Immortal Demon Attraction.

So, as they stalled for time, his face remained impassive, but inwardly he was growing frantic.

’No... I can’t give her any more time!’

Suddenly, he activated the surrounding Array, squeezing out all of its power in a single instant!

In that moment, Xie Ningyuan felt as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on his entire body, rendering him completely immobile!

He immediately realized that his opponent had focused the entire power of the Great Array onto him alone!

This would leave him immobilized for about three breaths, after which the entire Great Array would completely shatter!

In other words, He Guang was going all-in. He planned to use these three breaths to kill every single one of them and then escape.

Otherwise, once the Great Array broke, the outside world would quickly notice the disturbance here. By the time anyone else arrived, He Guang would be as good as dead.

Victory and defeat, life and death, would all be decided in these three breaths!

This Great Array was meticulously arranged by He Guang. With his recent Tribulation Crossing cultivation, Xie Ningyuan couldn’t break free in time.

His eyes instantly turned red as he roared, "Run!"

The single word was meant for everyone.

Three breaths was an eternity for a Tribulation Crossing Stage Cultivator, more than enough time for him to kill Lu Sangjiu and then Xie Ningyuan.

And once those two were dead, the other three would pose no threat to He Guang whatsoever. He could crush them with a single, casual move.

In that split second, the only way he could think of to break the situation was for the others to run while he self-destructed on the spot. It might stall He Guang for a moment, buying the others a chance to live!