A dull pain instantly spread through the handsome young man's spine. If a person's spine was broken, they would suffer unimaginable pain. However, the handsome young man acted as if nothing had happened. He calmly turned around and struck the burly man's chest with his palm, leaving a burning mark on his chest.
The burly man staggered back a few steps and looked up at the handsome young man expressionlessly. Then, he pounced on the handsome young man like a hungry tiger.
The handsome man's body was like a soft viper, twisting and turning in a strange posture in the air, avoiding the burly man's fist. Then, a wisp of extremely deep black light suddenly flashed out from between his eyebrows, shooting out and enveloping the burly man, like an electric net covering his entire body.
The burly man grabbed with both hands and tore apart the energy net in an instant. When he chased after the burly man, the handsome young man had already taken advantage of the gap and retreated thousands of miles. His broken spine made a mechanical sound as he straightened his body and the broken bones reconnected. There was no pain on his face at all. Instead, there was an intoxicated smile on his face. "I didn't expect that the combined power of a group of ants could erupt with such great power. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much effect in front of me."
He raised his hand and a sharp, thin black sword appeared in his palm. It flickered with murderous intent and shot toward the crowd behind the empress like an inky light.
Zhuge Fan's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect this person to discover at a glance that the burly man wasn't a real creature. Instead, he was a specially refined fighting machine. His body was infused with the power of countless peak-level powerhouses in the empire behind him, which was why he could erupt with power comparable to an advanced Virtual Sky World cultivator!
If the great formation formed by the peak-level powerhouses behind him was broken, the burly man would naturally lose his power.
This was the biggest flaw of this formation. It couldn't be fixed. Therefore, this formation was rarely used in the past. Even when facing other forces, it was never used.
Among the Ten Great Empires, nine of them each had a set of formations like this. They were passed down from the Distant Past era.
The Great Empress stared coldly at the handsome man as she tightened her grip on the exquisite divine sword in her hand. The hilt of the divine sword was embedded with resplendent gemstones and engraved with many mysterious runes. Its might was unparalleled. This was the Heavenly Rock Sword, the Heavenly Rock Sword of the Stone God Empire!
According to the ancestral teachings of the Emperors, it was said that this sword was forged from a piece of Earth's Core Rock Essence and had been refined for ninety thousand years. It was the weapon with the longest endurance among the Nine Origin Void Artifacts of the Ancient Continent. The other Void Artifacts required a period of time to recuperate after being used to replenish their energy. However, this Heavenly Rock Sword was able to recuperate on its own. As long as the user stepped on the ground, it would have an inexhaustible energy!
Zhuge Fan noticed the look in the empress's eyes and was secretly alarmed. However, he didn't say much. Instead, he became even more alert and firmly guarded her.
The black slender sword that was rushing towards his back was suddenly blocked by thousands of figures that soared into the sky.
As soon as these thousand figures charged out, they joined forces to unleash a huge divine sword. Gathering the power of a thousand people, the divine sword flickered with a magnificent and vast aura. The biting cold Sword Qi was deeply felt even from afar.
The best defense was offense.
The black slender sword was blocked by the divine sword unleashed by thousands of people and couldn't be separated from its target.
The handsome man's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this.
He didn't have a chance to take another look before his body suddenly flashed and disappeared.
A figure viciously stomped down on the spot where he had been standing. The figure's majestic thigh stomped down on the void, creating a series of depressions in the air.
The burly man's figure followed the figure like a shadow and chased after the handsome man who had dodged his attack.
Just as the two of them were locked in battle, the boy among the two children who had been watching everything with a smile on his face took a step forward. He turned to the girl beside him and said, "I'm going to take a look first. Watch me."
"If you can't do it, I'm going to step in." The girl giggled.
The boy smiled unruly. He raised his head and looked at the thousands of experts behind the empress and the others. His body suddenly flashed as he dashed straight towards them.
Zhuge Fan frowned. Beside him, another guard who had been carefully selected had already rushed forward. Although their duty was to protect the empress, at this moment, he knew that they had no other choice.
The empress said calmly, "Don't be too restrained by my side. Once there's an opportunity, immediately take action."
The remaining four people looked at each other. Two of them rushed towards the boy to assist the first guard.
The three of them immediately blocked the boy with their weapons placed horizontally in front of them. Their bodies emitted a strong wave of energy like a turbulent sea as they stared coldly at the boy.
The boy stopped and grinned at the three of them. "Are you here to play with me?"
"Hmph!"
The golden-haired man in front said coldly, "Don't pretend to be naive and ignorant. Those who look innocent on the surface are often the worst. You must be a zombie shepherd created by the messenger of the Heart Realm. Don't even think of taking half a step forward!"
"What if I insist on taking over?"
The smile on the boy's face disappeared. His gloomy eyes stared at the three of them. "Do you think you can stop me with just the three of you?"
Before he finished speaking, his body flashed and appeared in front of the golden-haired man. Their noses were almost touching each other. They could even smell each other's warm breath.
The golden-haired man's pupils suddenly shrank. Then, he felt that all the time around him was rapidly receding. The blood in his body rapidly turned cold and flowed towards his chest. There, there was a cold and smooth palm that seemed to have penetrated his chest and stroked his ribs and soft heart …
Bang —
A sound that sounded like an explosion came from his chest.
The golden-haired man's eyes quickly dimmed. They lost their luster and became empty. The last thing he saw before he died was a treacherous smile on the boy's face.
The two guards beside him were shocked, but their reaction was not slow. The swords in their hands were like two wings as they slashed towards the boy from the left and right.
The boy quickly got up like a fish and stood a few dozen feet away. He put his small hands behind his back like a child who had stolen something. He looked at the two with a sly and innocent smile.
The two guards were shocked. Looking at the boy who was as short as a baby, it was hard to imagine that the golden-haired man would be instantly killed by him without being able to fight back.
They knew very well how powerful it was to become the Empress's personal bodyguard. The six bodyguards present were not much weaker than the temple masters of the Ten Great Temples.
This was the true power of an empire that had stood tall for countless years!
"Are you ready? I'm coming again."
The boy said with a smile. Then, his body suddenly disappeared. The moment he disappeared, his face quickly turned gloomy and flashed with cold killing intent.
The two guards quickly released their respective domains and sensed everything around them. As experts in the early stages of the epoch realm, their domains evolved from the universe domain to the time domain. In this domain, they could reverse the flow of time, revive the dead, reverse the flow of the river, and reverse the sun and moon!
The time and space in this domain could be controlled at will. They could speed up or slow down things in the domain by a hundred times.
Similarly, they could slow down enemies by a hundred times or even ten thousand times.
The two of them had a tacit understanding. They pushed their domains to the maximum. The two domains overlapped. The time inside was like a gear that was pulled by countless thin lines. It could not move forward. Time slowed down by two times in the outside world and rapidly increased until it reached twelve times!
At this point, it was as if time was suddenly stuck. There was no way to reverse it any further.
The two guards' hearts sank.
Usually, they could use the strength of their domains to slow down the time in the domain by ten thousand times when they practiced in an empty space!
Now, time was stuck at twelve times.
Whoosh —
A black shadow flashed and appeared behind a man with long brown hair on the left. When he appeared, he was already close to the brown-haired man.
The two of them noticed it but could not avoid it.
Puff!
A strange blood-red saber light flashed, and the brown-haired man's head was cut off and thrown away.
Thick blood flowed out from his neck like lava, but his body still maintained the posture of holding the saber, not moving at all.
The other person immediately felt that the layer of space superimposed on his domain had disappeared.
He looked at the boy floating behind the man with brown hair in horror. The latter was looking at him with a smile. The white and tender little hand was holding a dark dagger with blood flowing from the blade.
"Aiya, I accidentally killed him.
This [Soul Devouring Dagger] seems to be able to devour a person's soul. His head seems to be unable to be reborn. "
The boy looked at the dagger in his hand with regret. It seemed that he felt sorry for killing the man with brown hair.
In an instant, only one of the three was left. The man's delicate eyes were full of horror. Finally, he gritted his teeth and fiercely slashed at the boy with his blade.
The boy's figure flashed and dodged easily. He looked at him with a smile. "Your speed is too slow. Without that person's domain superimposition, you can only slow down the time by four to five times. The effect of the domain superimposition is …" The voice suddenly stopped.
His eyes were wide open, full of disbelief and horror. He looked down with difficulty at the sharp sword piercing through his chest. He could not help but look up.
A beautiful figure stood behind him, looking down at him coldly. It was the Empress, who was protected by Zhuge Fan and other guards. The sword in her hand had penetrated the boy's body. "The person who created you seems to have forgotten to tell you not to expose your back to the enemy. Unfortunately, some mistakes can only be made once." She raised her other hand and slapped the boy's head.
The boy clenched his teeth. He did not know where he got the strength, but his body suddenly exerted a force and he escaped from the Empress's hand. He rushed to the girl in the red hood not far away and weakly held her shoulder. He panted and said, "That sword is strange. It cut off the core meridian of my corpse talisman. I need some time to recover. You are not their opponent. Take me away first and wait for 'them' to come."
"Well, okay."
The girl in the red hood responded with a smile. Her hand suddenly stabbed into the boy's wound like a knife and pinched something soft.
(To be continued.
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