255: Bitter battle

Fighting head-on was definitely not the best strategy.

In the blink of an eye, ten ghost-like figures had already descended!

Silent and soundless, it was as if they had stepped directly out of the shadows.

They were entirely clad in matte black, tight-fitting soft armor, their faces covered by expressionless, pale masks, revealing only pairs of cold, indifferent, and lifeless eyes.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, and their auras were completely restrained; had it not been for the Asura Demonic Eyes perceiving their Origin, their presence would have been almost entirely overlooked.

The ten of them stood in positions that subtly aligned with a mysterious formation, instantly surrounding Di Lingxiao and Di Wushang at the center!

An invisible, suffocating Domain of slaughter instantly expanded, sealing off all avenues of retreat!

The leader was slightly taller, his aura as cold and heavy as ten-thousand-year-old frigid iron—he was the source of that terrifying Tong Tian Realm Tenth Level aura!

He didn't hold a conventional weapon; instead, he gripped an object that was pitch-black, about a foot long, and shaped like a coffin nail magnified several times—the Void-Shattering Nail!

The body of the nail was covered in twisting, writhing dark-red demonic runes, emitting an ominous aura that made the Divine Soul tremble and even caused space itself to warp!

"To think Old Ghost Dry Bone died at your hands; indeed, you cannot be allowed to remain," the Shadow Fang Leader's voice said, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"By our master's command, we take your lives."

"Bullshit!" Di Lingxiao roared like thunder. The dragon fall spear instantly erupted with a blinding golden light. His Army-Breaking Spear Intent, mixed with the majestic blood and Qi of the Tenth Level of the Purple Mansion Realm, exploded outward like a sweeping golden storm, violently clashing against the slaughter Domain of the Shadow Fang's encirclement!

"You want my life? You'll have to trade ten of your dog lives for it!"

Responding to him was the Shadow Fang's silent slaughter!

Among the ten Shadow Fang death warriors, the three on the left at the Tongtian Realm Fifth Level moved instantly!

Their movements were as fast as ghosts, yet possessed a strange sense of synchronization. Three oddly-shaped short blades, thin as cicada wings and coated in a faint blue poisonous glow, tore through the air from three extremely tricky angles, stabbing toward Di Lingxiao's vital points without a sound.

The viciousness of the angles and the precision of the timing far surpassed the previous Poison Fang brothers!

It was a combined attack technique—the Triple Phantom Shadow Kill!

"Get lost!" Sharp light burst from Di Lingxiao's eyes, and the dragon fall spear transformed into a sweeping golden arc!

The spear's momentum was majestic and overbearing, carrying a will that could crush everything!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three ear-piercing explosions rang out!

The three poisonous blades were forcibly knocked aside!

The violent force left the arms of the three Shadow Fang members numb, causing their movements to stall slightly!

However, at that very moment, two Shadow Fang members at the Tongtian Realm Sixth Level from the right closed in!

They whipped out two pitch-black, barbed chains—the Soul-Binding Ropes!

Like venomous snakes emerging from their burrows, the chains let out piercing whistles as they tore through the air, instantly coiling toward Di Lingxiao's arms and waist!

The chains were densely covered in tiny barbs and dark runes, clearly capable of sealing Spiritual Qi and corroding the Divine Soul!

"Tricks!" Di Lingxiao roared. Activating his Undying Battle Body, his dark-gold battle runes flashed wildly, and his arm muscles bulged as he prepared to snap the chains by sheer force!

"Watch out!" Di Wushang's cold voice rang out like a warning bell!

He moved!

As the Shadow Fang encirclement launched its attack, his Asura Demonic Eyes had already locked onto the movements of the three Shadow Fang members at the Tongtian Realm Seventh Level!

These three did not attack Di Lingxiao directly; instead, they stood in a triangular formation, their hands quickly forming seals!

A cold and obscure spatial fluctuation instantly took shape between them, its target being Di Lingxiao, who was just about to exert force to break free from the chains!

Space Imprisonment: Shadow Prison!

Three invisible spatial shackles instantly descended like transparent amber, intending to freeze Di Lingxiao along with the two Soul-Binding Ropes in place!

It was a critical moment!

Di Wushang's figure cut into the fray like a ghost!

The asura god-slaying spear in his hand struck like lightning at the middle of the two Soul-Binding Ropes coiling around Di Lingxiao!

Pfft! Pfft!

The two seemingly indestructible Soul-Binding Ropes shuddered violently, and the dark runes flowing upon them instantly dimmed and fell into chaos!

"Break for me!" With his exceptional combat instincts, Di Lingxiao instantly seized this fleeting opportunity!

His entire body's strength erupted!

The dark-gold battle runes seemed to burn!

Crack! Crack!

The two Soul-Binding Ropes, stripped of their rune empowerment, were snapped by his raw physical strength! The shattered chains flew off like dead snakes!

"Courting death!" A cold light flashed in the eyes of the three Seventh Level Shadow Fang members whose spell had been disrupted, and the spatial imprisonment force instantly shifted toward Di Wushang!

Simultaneously, the four Shadow Fang members at the Tongtian Realm Sixth Level who had remained stationary moved like four bolts of black lightning, their poison-coated short blades turning into a lethal net of faint blue light that shrouded Di Wushang from all directions!

The offensive was continuous and perfectly coordinated, instantly forcing Di Wushang into a desperate situation!

Di Wushang's face was as calm as water, and the bloody light of his Asura Demonic Eyes flared intensely!

The trajectories of the intersecting short blades and the fluctuations of the spatial imprisonment were crystal clear in his eyes!

His footwork underwent a mysterious change; his figure seemed to transform into willow catkins in the wind, or a fish blending into the space itself!

Shifting Shapes and Changing Shadows!

Several afterimages, difficult to distinguish between real and false, were left in his place!

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!

The lethal net of blue light instantly shredded all the afterimages! The spatial imprisonment force also missed its mark!

Di Wushang's true body, as if possessing foresight, appeared in the blind spot of one of the Sixth Level Shadow Fang members!

The asura god-slaying spear was thrust out silently, its tip spinning as it stabbed directly toward the man's back!

That Sixth Level Shadow Fang member reacted extremely quickly; sensing the fatal danger, he forced his body to twist, attempting to avoid his heart.

But the timing of Di Wushang's strike was perfect!

Pfft!

Blood-colored energy pierced through the right chest of the Sixth Level Shadow Fang!

A bowl-sized bloody hole appeared, transparent from front to back!

The violent power of slaughter instantly invaded his body, frantically destroying his life force!

The Shadow Fang member let out a muffled groan, the life in his eyes rapidly dimming as he collapsed to the ground like a tattered sack!

A kill in a single strike!

However, the moment Di Wushang killed the man, an unprecedented sense of fatal crisis, like ice water being poured over his head, instantly enveloped him!

The source was none other than the Shadow Fang Leader, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines while holding the Void-Shattering Nail!

"An ant's struggle only increases the pain," the Shadow Fang Leader's cold voice rang out.

He finally moved!

Without any fancy movements, he simply flicked his finger toward Di Wushang's direction!

Buzz—!!!

The Void-Shattering Nail in his hand emitted a sharp, piercing shriek that made one's scalp tingle and the Divine Soul feel as if it were being torn apart!

The twisting, writhing dark-red demonic runes on the nail's body suddenly lit up!

A spatial rift appeared silently in front of Di Wushang!

This The crack appeared without any warning.！

Wherever it passed, space shattered silently like fragile glass!

A terrifying suction force emanated from it, as if it wanted to drag everything around into eternal nothingness!

This was precisely the terrifying power of the Void-Shattering Nail!

Di Wushang's pupils shrank!

His Asura Demonic Eyes instantly contracted to their limit!

He clearly saw the destructive spatial Law contained within that rift!

This was a rare Demonic Weapon that contained spatial power!

It was purer and more lethal than Old Man Dry Bone's Domain!

Taking it head-on meant certain death!

The speed at which the rift appeared and the strange suction force almost sealed off all paths of retreat!

"Wu Shang!" Di Lingxiao's eyes were nearly splitting!

He had just repelled the siege of two Sixth Level Shadow Fang members when he saw Di Wushang fall into a desperate situation!

The aura emitted by that pitch-black rift made his Soul tremble!