However, just at that moment, a green bamboo suddenly appeared in Jiang You’s hand. The bamboo was made of extremely special material. As soon as it was taken out, it bloomed with brilliant cyan light. The cyan light was like divine radiance illuminating everything, instantly brightening heaven and earth.
Jiang You swung it casually. Peerless cyan radiance erupted, surging with extremely terrifying fluctuations, immediately smashing towards Ying Yi.
On the other side, Hong Lie’s blood-soaked body suddenly burst with powerful momentum. His right fist punched out fiercely. Terrifying fist radiance was like the rolling Yangtze River, like a torrential great river, carrying the immense power of a Martial Saint, immediately bombarding Ying Yi who had stepped into the array barrier.
On the other flank, Yi Zhigong used his palm as a sword, striking out with a sword palm at the first instant. A sword radiance burst forth with dazzling brilliance, slashing towards Ying Yi simultaneously.
Three forces, from three directions, bombarded Ying Yi at once.
“Feigned injury!”
Ying Yi’s expression changed dramatically. He had not expected that, under the terrifying attacks of that killing array, the three still possessed such powerful striking power. The three had clearly pretended to be injured. They were not truly crippled to the point of having no strength left for a blow.
If the three each had one strike remaining, he might still endure it.
But the critical issue was that one strand of cyan radiance was terrifying beyond measure, far surpassing the combat power of the other two, even exceeding his own.
In the crisis, Ying Yi hurriedly thrust out both palms. Peerless palm force erupted, blocking the three incoming powers.
Alas, their forces were too overwhelming. They instantly shattered Ying Yi’s defence, striking his body.
Behind him was the array barrier. The three forces, carrying Ying Yi along, slammed into the barrier, erupting with rolling air waves and power fluctuations.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Vast, ocean-like air waves and fluctuations once again submerged everything within seventy li of the array. The other three, along with everyone else, were engulfed in the rebounding surges.
Seeing this, the people from the three states were overjoyed.
The three still had fighting strength. A sudden ambush had struck Ying Yi. This blow would surely gravely wound him.
They still had hope of turning defeat into victory.
“God-Beating Bamboo! That is the Jiang family’s supreme treasure, the God-Beating Bamboo!”
An elder close to sainthood from Tianji Holy Land exclaimed in shock.
“No wonder! No wonder the three survived. Jiang You brought the Jiang family’s supreme treasure!”
“The God-Beating Bamboo’s might is terrifying. Legend says it has ancient origins and can even strike gods. Though exaggerated, it still shows the immense power of the God-Beating Bamboo.”
Knowledgeable onlookers chimed in agreement.
The God-Beating Bamboo was the Jiang family’s supreme treasure, boundless in might. It could also shield its wielder.
Inside the array, the three must have regrouped. Jiang You had used the God-Beating Bamboo to protect them, barely allowing survival while preserving strength for one final strike.
No wonder they endured such a horrifying killing array. Without the God-Beating Bamboo, the three would already be corpses.
Lin Xiao was also startled, yet inwardly elated. Though the three had one strike left, it was likely their last. After unleashing it and suffering the backlash, they would have no strength remaining.
If Ying Yi suffered heavy injury, both sides would be crippled.
In that case, even if the Blood Demon Body was not Huo Ruyan, even if Ying Yi and Mu Bosang wished him harm, they could no longer threaten him.
Mu Bosang’s killing array was spent. His personal combat power was uncertain, but he could not possibly retain strength far beyond a first-level Martial Saint.
When the air waves cleared, the scene inside came into everyone’s view.
All four had been hurled to the edges of the array barrier. Ying Yi half-knelt on the ground, covered in blood, his aura feeble, clearly gravely wounded.
Yi Zhigong and Hong Lie seemed even more severely injured, struggling to rise from the ground.
Yet sinister smiles adorned their bloodstained faces.
Jiang You appeared shielded by the God-Beating Bamboo, untouched by the backlash.
But perhaps from activating the treasure, his aura had weakened further. This time, he truly seemed to lack strength for another fight.
Still, a satisfied smile crossed his face as he spoke. “Ying Yi, how does the God-Beating Bamboo taste?”
“Pfft!”
Ying Yi spat a mouthful of blood, his body nearly collapsing.
“Ha ha ha. I wonder how the Array Saint’s personal combat power fares inside the array?
Without the array’s aid, can you overcome the combined forces of our three states?”
Hong Lie laughed too, though the effort was strained.
As Hong Lie said, an Array Saint’s formations indeed wielded Martial Saint power.
But their focus lay in array dao. Their personal cultivation almost never reached Martial Saint realm.
Like dual cultivation of yuan spirit, it was nearly impossible for someone to be both an eighth-grade initial spiritual controller and a Martial Saint.
Formations required time and materials to prepare. If Mu Bosang lacked further Martial Saint-level means, entering the array himself would leave him unable to withstand the three states’ onslaught.
After all, Tianji Holy Land still had a near-saint powerhouse. Even if the three had no strikes left, killing them would be impossible.
Once they recovered, the situation would shift again.
This was likely the true reason Mu Bosang sent Ying Yi in rather than entering to attack himself.
“Ha ha ha…” Yet at that moment, Mu Bosang hovering in the air burst into loud laughter.
The smile on Hong Lie’s face froze instantly.
Jiang You, Yi Zhigong, and the onlookers outside all darkened their expressions.
It seemed Mu Bosang held a powerful hidden card.
“To be frank, your survival in the array was purely because I held back. Otherwise, even with your so-called God-Beating Bamboo, you could not have lived.”
Mu Bosang spoke in a mocking tone.
At these words, Ying Yi’s expression changed drastically. He roared in fury. “You betrayed me?”
“Indeed, Elder Ying Yi. Only with your death will the items in the Blood Demon Body’s possession include a share for me. What you offered is far inferior to those treasures!”
Mu Bosang replied.
“Pfft!”
Ying Yi spat another mouthful of blood in rage. He had schemed against everything, yet failed to anticipate Mu Bosang tampering with the array, plotting against him too.
Everyone was stunned. So the Array Saint Mu Bosang had deliberately held back, allowing the three Martial Saints to survive.
His intent was to eliminate even Ying Yi.
“Think carefully. If anything happens to me, my Ying family will never forgive you!”
Ying Yi growled, brimming with killing intent.
“You underestimate the array dao masters of my Southwest Domain!”
Mu Bosang shook his head, his face thick with confidence. “I excel in array dao. Even if your Ying family patriarch arrived with supreme treasures, he could not trap me. Naturally, I fear no reprisal from your Ying family.”
“Moreover, the item in the Blood Demon Body’s hands is worth the gamble!”
Pausing, Mu Bosang added, “More precisely, both items on the Blood Demon Body will be mine. You have no means against the Blood Demon Body, but I have ways to force her to yield them.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiao’s face immediately darkened.
