232: An era without saints!? (Chapter 31) (Please give a good review!)

Five Demon Venerables struck simultaneously, sending five powerful torrents of Law crashing fiercely toward the defensive line formed by the three Human Race Venerables.

The three Human Race Venerables resisted with all their might; the Formation's light curtain trembled violently as energy storms raged, resulting in a temporary stalemate.

However, Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable's goal from the very beginning was not a head-on confrontation.

Specializing in speed, its figure transformed into a streak of light the instant the Laws collided, moving with extreme swiftness.

It precisely captured the momentary flaw in the trio's Formation caused by the immense pressure they were under.

Its figure vanished in a flash, bypassing the frontal defense of the three Venerables like a ghost and lunging straight for Gu Yun in the rear.

“Not good!”

The three Human Race Venerables were pale with shock, but they were pinned down by the other four, unable to pull away to rescue him.

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable’s finger, which had long been gathering power, pointed toward Gu Yun, who was already at his limit.

That single finger seemed slow, yet it ignored the distances of space and time.

The moment it pointed out, the entire Black Wind Canyon, and even the world for ten thousand miles around, froze.

This was a Venerable's Domain, a power of Law that transcended everything in the God Realm.

Gu Yun was pinned firmly in place by that supreme power of Law, unable to move a muscle.

He was heavily injured, and his life force had weakened to the extreme; facing this world-destroying finger, he no longer had the strength to execute the 'Unity' sword technique.

He felt an unprecedented threat of death.

His consciousness began to blur, but his gaze remained unyielding.

“Lord!”

Gu Zhan's eyes were bloodshot as he let out a roar of grief and indignation, frantically circulating the Grandmist Chaos power within him in an attempt to burn his battle body's Origin to block this final strike for Gu Yun.

However, within a Venerable's Domain, everything was in vain.

In the canyon, all the surviving Human Race Prodigies fell into despair.

The three Human Race Venerables, who were struggling to hold on, could only watch helplessly.

However...

At the critical moment when Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable’s finger was about to touch the center of Gu Yun's brow,

An old and calm voice abruptly rang out.

“Bullying a child—does your Yao Race no longer care for its face?”

The moment the words fell,

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable’s finger, which could crush anything, suddenly stalled three inches from Gu Yun's brow.

It was as if it were blocked by an invisible wall, unable to advance even a fraction further.

This sudden turn of events left everyone stunned.

Screech.

Space was silently torn open.

An elder dressed in simple grey robes, holding an ancient sword scabbard, appeared noiselessly in front of Gu Yun with his back toward him.

Upon the elder's robes, a lifelike Dark Sparrow pattern was depicted.

“Who is it?!”

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable was both shocked and enraged.

However, the expressions of the other four Demon Venerables changed drastically in an instant.

They felt an unprecedented pressure emanating from this elder.

It was a suppression of Realm that, despite them also being Venerables, felt like an unbridgeable chasm.

Venerable Peak!

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable also realized this; he stared fixedly at the elder's back and said in horror,

“It's you! That old fossil from You Capital!”

The elder known as the “Great You Ancestor” paid no heed to their shock.

He merely lowered his head, glanced at the white-clothed youth behind him whose consciousness was already blurring, then looked at the sword scabbard in his hand and let out a long sigh.

Immediately after, he slowly turned around.

A pair of seemingly cloudy yet incredibly deep eyes indifferently swept over the five Demon Venerables in the sky.

“Begone.”

“Or die.”

The voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance.

When had the five Demon Venerables ever been so slighted? They immediately flew into a rage.

“Courting death!”

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable was the first to strike; the five Venerables joined forces, and five world-destroying Divine Abilities blasted toward the Great You Ancestor from five directions simultaneously.

However, facing the siege of these five Venerables, the Great You Ancestor’s expression remained unchanged.

He merely stomped his foot lightly.

Boom!

A terrifying divine body aura erupted from within him.

Behind him, two massive phantoms of divine birds soared into the sky.

One phantom was pitch black, radiating endless darkness and death—it was precisely the Dark Sparrow.

The other phantom was cyan, wreathed in an aura of life and nobility—it was the Qingluan.

Two completely different yet equally terrifying divine bird powers fused perfectly upon the Ancestor, firmly suppressing the five incoming Divine Abilities.

Looking at those two familiar divine bird phantoms, Gu Yun, who was already in a semi-conscious state, was deeply shaken.

Dark Sparrow, Qingluan.

In his mind, a person's figure uncontrollably surfaced.

You Chen.

You Capital? Great You Imperial Family? Could this old man be a descendant of You Chen?

At that moment, a cold snort came from the rear of the Yao Race army.

A terrifying Saint Might that transcended the Venerable Realm descended.

The hidden Saint Realm powerhouse of the Yao Race finally could not resist stepping in personally.

A massive palm of Demonic Qi, carrying the Laws of the Saint Dao, slowly pressed down toward everyone below.

“To actually deploy a Demon Saint—you've certainly gone to great lengths.”

For the first time, the Great You Ancestor’s expression became solemn.

He raised his hand and poured his Venerable Peak power without reservation into the sword scabbard.

Buzz!

Upon the scabbard, an illusory sword image composed entirely of pure Sword Intent coalesced.

The sword image soared into the sky and collided violently with the Demon Saint's giant palm.

The two clashed fiercely, the immense power causing space itself to shatter.

A terrifying energy storm swept through the entire Black Wind Canyon.

The Great You Ancestor’s body shook violently; he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura withered significantly.

But, in the end, he had blocked the strike.

With a Venerable's body and relying on a single sword scabbard, he had forcibly stood his ground against a Demon Saint!

In the rear of the Yao Race, the master of that Saint Might fell silent.

He seemed to have sensed that in the distant direction of the Central Continent, the aura of the Gu Family's Saint Ancestor was drawing closer and closer.

He knew that if they continued to fight, it would only escalate into a holy war between the two races, which would not be worth the cost.

“This battle is temporarily suspended.”

A cold voice was left behind as the terrifying Saint Might receded like a tide.

Seeing this, Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable and the other four Demon Venerables, though unwilling, could only lead the Yao Race army in a pathetic retreat.

“Did we... win?”

“We won! The Yao Race has retreated!”

Inside and outside the canyon, after a brief silence, the Human Race side erupted into cheers of survival.

The Great You Ancestor put away the sword scabbard and turned to support Gu Yun, who was about to lose consciousness completely.

Gu Yun forced his last bit of consciousness to look up at the aged face before him.

Between those brows and eyes, there was indeed a slight resemblance to the You Chen in his memories.

“So similar...”

“A descendant of an old friend.”