Two of the warships among them didn't seem to be ordinary vessels either — they appeared to be avatars of some kind of divine spirit, their hide thick and tough beyond measure. Most of his attacks had been blocked by these two warships.
A cornered beast still fights — that was the best description of this Domain Lord's current situation.
He had attempted to break out multiple times, only to be intercepted by attacks from every direction. His heart seethed with frustration. He had arrived in high spirits to provide reinforcements, never expecting to end up in such a wretched state so soon after reaching the Longing Domain.
If his enemies were truly human powerhouses beyond his ability to rival, he could accept that — simply outmatched, nothing more to say. But the real question was, who exactly were these people?
Individually, he could kill any one of them with a single strike. But when these fellows joined forces, they were far too troublesome to deal with.
In this moment, the Domain Lord truly understood what it meant for two fists to be no match for four hands.
As he fought, a sudden, violent pain lanced through his mind. His divine soul felt as though it were being sliced apart by some force — a pain he had never experienced before. In that instant, he lost all self-control. Not only did his mind reel, but even the power in his body became difficult to consolidate.
Disaster!
Terror gripped the Domain Lord's heart. At this life-or-death juncture, even the slightest negligence could lead to eternal damnation, let alone this kind of pain emanating from his very soul.
He knew he had been ambushed, but how it happened — he had been completely unaware.
The next instant, countless attacks from every direction engulfed him.
Amidst the chaotic eruption of energy, the Domain Lord's aura withered in an instant!
The fourth Domain Lord — fallen!
From the moment Yang Kai had launched his assault until now, no more than half the time it took to drink a cup of tea had passed, yet the Longing Domain had already seen the tremors of four Domain Lords falling.
"Damn it!" From afar, Manaye's eyes had gone red with fury. He had summoned five reinforcements, fully confident in capturing Yang Kai — this big fish. Yet he never imagined that in such a brief span, only You Xiong would remain of the five.
Regret flooded him. Had he known this would happen, he should have brought the other Domain Lords along as support. But he hadn't expected Yang Kai to arrive so quickly, nor for the five Domain Lords he'd invited to die so decisively.
You Xiong's expression was grim as well, though relief dominated his features. Had he not fled swiftly just now, he would be the one dead.
That human... how could he be so ruthless? These innate Domain Lords had come from the Primordial Grand Seal, each possessing tremendous strength and viewing themselves as superior, dismissing any human Eighth-Order cultivator. Only Ninth-Order ones commanded their wariness. But today, You Xiong had witnessed it — on the human side, it wasn't just the Ninth-Order who could kill them. There was also that Eighth-Order whose power defied all imagination!
"Move!" At the forefront of the battlefield, Yang Kai's face was pale. With a low shout, he activated his spatial laws, enveloping a vast stretch of void, and led everyone in a rapid retreat.
They had to run. If they didn't, the situation would reverse.
Though their side hadn't suffered any casualties thus far, everyone was wounded. Some injuries were so severe they could no longer fight at full strength. The reason they had been able to kill four Domain Lords this time was twofold: excellent timing, and those four Domain Lords being far too careless. Had they not split their forces to pursue the Dawn and Bixi warships, Yang Kai wouldn't have had the chance to strike.
Now, with the fate of those four Domain Lords as a cautionary tale, the remaining six would not be so easy to deal with.
If those six Domain Lords caught up, everyone besides Yang Kai — who was confident in his ability to escape — would be done for.
So they had to run, and the faster the better!
Having successively activated three Soul-Sacrificing Spikes and engaged in varying degrees of combat with four Domain Lords, his injuries were far from light. Now, carrying three full squads through spatial leaps was genuinely taxing — not to mention that the Dawn Squad's roster was larger than an ordinary team's.
The more people there were, the greater his consumption.
If time had permitted, he would have opened his Small World to let everyone enter — that would have made fleeing far easier.
Fortunately, he wasn't the only one here who commanded the spatial laws.
Zhao Yebai was his disciple, born in a void world, innately possessing an extraordinary affinity for the spatial laws. Now a Seventh-Order cultivator, his attainment in the Dao of Space, while not matching his master's, was still commendable.
With Zhao Yebai's assistance, Yang Kai finally found some relief.
Having reunited with his master after so long, before they'd even had a chance to catch up, they were already on the run. Moreover, his master was seriously wounded — this was exactly when he needed to step up. Zhao Yebai gave it everything he had, pushing his mastery of spatial law to its absolute limit.
Between pursuit and flight, hundreds of millions of miles passed.
Behind them, Manaye and the other Domain Lords were beside themselves with rage!
They had expected to deal with a ragtag group of wounded stragglers with ease. Who could have guessed they would end up nothing more than eating dust behind them?
The King Lord's words rang true — this Yang Kai's ability to flee was extraordinary. No wonder even the King Lord's personal intervention at No-Return Pass had failed to do anything to him.
"They're going to leave the Domain!" one Domain Lord shouted in a low voice.
Yang Kai and his group's direction was unmistakable — they were heading straight for a Domain Gate of the Longing Domain. Their purpose was obvious.
This was a reasonable choice. With everyone injured and six powerful Domain Lords in pursuit, the priority was to find a place to recover as quickly as possible.
Leaving the Longing Domain was the best option. They could always come back once they'd recovered.
If they could kill four Domain Lords this time, find a chance to kill a few more next time, and come back again after that — just how many Domain Lords did the Mo Clan have for him to kill?