"Good." Lin Lei was overjoyed in his heart. "Although I've had some conflicts with Emanuel, he is still of the same clan as me." Having used a drop of Lord God's power, Emanuel's strength had surged.
As for the opponents, both green-browed men were dead, leaving only Elder Bulu!
The situation was obvious.
Elder Bulu let out a low roar, the vertical eye on his brow turning blood-red. He suddenly swung his arm. The boneless, flexible limb slashed through the air, grabbing straight for Lin Lei. Wherever it passed, space itself trembled.
"Swish!" An eerie purple glow ignited.
Where the purple sword light passed, space cracked open, revealing fissures. The 'Purplish Blood' soft sword chopped directly onto the arm covered in black scales.
"Ssss~~" A piercing sound emanated from the long arm. The black scales cracked, and the 'Purplish Blood' sword sank into the muscle. But it could go no further — the flesh was incredibly tough.
"Ha!"
Lin Lei threw his right punch at the incoming long arm. A muffled 'thump' sounded as the arm deftly curved, its fingers closing around Lin Lei's forearm.
Lin Lei had no time to dodge and was seized by Elder Bulu.
Elder Bulu's fingernails were black and sharp as daggers. His left hand suddenly exerted force, the sharp nails threatening to pierce into Lin Lei's right arm. Lin Lei let out a low growl, the muscles of his right arm bulging.
"Ah!" Lin Lei viciously kicked at the long arm.
"Pow!" His toes connected with the arm's muscle, but it felt like kicking a sack of cotton.
Elder Bulu's arm gave a slight tremor, completely absorbing the force of the attack. "Whoosh!" Using the momentum, the elder lunged with terrifying speed, a colossal giant over thirty meters tall hurling himself at Lin Lei.
A foul stench also washed over Lin Lei.
"This Elder Bulu, his body isn't just incredibly tough, it's boneless and flexible like a snake. Truly strange." Lin Lei felt the difficulty of the situation. The Nether Serpent clan, capable of stalemating the Azure Dragon clan, certainly had its unique strengths.
"Emanuel, get over here! Together we can kill him!" Lin Lei immediately sent via divine sense.
Having used a drop of Lord God's power, Emanuel was immensely powerful now.
But Lin Lei was stunned to discover that Emanuel was pretending not to hear, instead chasing after the fleeing six-star demon enemies.
"Team up with you?" Emanuel sneered in his mind. "Keep dreaming. Let Bulu kill you first, then I'll claim the Azure Dragon Ring. True, you still have clones, so I can't immediately claim the ring with my blood. But... your remaining clones are so weak. How could they possibly compete with me?"
Lin Lei could only protect the Coiling Dragon Ring because of his own strength.
In Emanuel's view, once Lin Lei's strongest body was destroyed, how could he possibly protect the Azure Dragon Ring?
"Scoundrel!" Lin Lei cursed inwardly, both at Emanuel and at the Elder Bulu before him. In this pure physical combat, Bulu's attacks shifted unpredictably between rigid hardness and boneless flexibility, leaving Lin Lei completely at a disadvantage.
"Boom!"
The two separated once more.
"This Lin Lei is a real nuisance." Elder Bulu also found him headache-inducing.
In a pure physical fight, he was stronger than Lin Lei. However... within the Black Stone Space, he was already at a disadvantage. Worse, Lin Lei kept altering the direction of gravity — upwards one moment, downwards the next, pulling him in, then repelling him.
The bizarre shifts in gravity gave Elder Bulu a terrible headache, preventing him from gaining any upper hand.
"Emanuel, come! Together we kill him!" Lin Lei called out loudly.
"Emanuel?" Elder Bulu was horrified.
"Hm?" Emanuel turned to look.
He could ignore the silent mental transmission, but now Lin Lei had shouted it aloud. The surviving six-star demons from his clan and the intelligence personnel observing from afar had surely heard it.
If he didn't act now, and Lin Lei was killed, once the scouts reported back, he would be in trouble too!
"This Bulu, what an idiot." Emanuel cursed silently.
Shouting aloud takes time, and in the heat of battle, Lin Lei hadn't had the chance. If Bulu had managed to press his advantage and kill Lin Lei, Emanuel's plan would have succeeded.
But since Lin Lei was fighting Bulu to a near standstill, he had the opportunity to shout.
"Fine, Lin Lei, let's kill him together!" Emanuel declared loudly, deliberately.
This declaration finally pushed Elder Bulu to take the ultimate step — using the Lord God's power!
"Want to kill me? Hahaha..." An aged laugh echoed across the sky. Elder Bulu's body returned to its original size, and a cloak of black luminescence enveloped him. A terrifying aura began to emanate from him, rivaling Emanuel's.
"He also has Lord God's power?!" Lin Lei was shocked. "The Patriarch said our advantage as the Four Divine Beast clans is having more Lord God's power. I didn't expect Bulu to have some too. This is bad!"
The ancestors of the Four Divine Beast clans were Lord Gods themselves, so they generously ensured nearly every elder had at least one drop.
But the ancestors of the Eight Great Families weren't so powerful. Lord God's power was extremely rare, and only the very top elders possessed a drop. This Bulu happened to be one of them!
"Emanuel, hurry up and get over here!" Lin Lei transmitted anxiously via divine sense. But Emanuel was hovering in midair, making no move to rush over. Lin Lei instantly understood: "This Emanuel, he's planning exactly this!"
Emanuel sneered inwardly: "Using Lord God's power? Excellent. Go kill Lin Lei first."
"Lin Lei!"
With a low roar, Elder Bulu suddenly charged at Lin Lei.
Lin Lei's expression changed. "Hummm~~" The direction of gravity within the Black Stone Space abruptly reversed to repulsion! A powerful repulsive force pushed Elder Bulu outward.
However, the Lord God's power was too potent.
Even trapped within the Black Stone Space, Elder Bulu could forcibly resist the repulsion and still moved with terrifying speed, frantically chasing Lin Lei. Lin Lei turned and sprinted at full speed towards Emanuel.
"Since you won't come, I'll come to you!" Lin Lei thought.
In an instant, he closed the distance.
"Hmph, killing you first works too." Seeing Emanuel nearby and sensing the aura of Lord God's power radiating from him, Elder Bulu immediately switched targets to attack Emanuel.
After all...
Emanuel posed the greatest threat to him!