Xiao You had a deep psychological trauma when it came to this Chaos Spirit King…
There was no helping it. This Chaos Spirit King had genuinely terrified him.
If one really traced the matter back to its root, Xiao You felt he had been thoroughly wronged.
That Supreme-grade Open Heaven Pill of the Chaos Spirit Clan had indeed been discovered by him, and he had certainly had designs on it — but in the end, hadn't he failed to obtain it? The Spirit Pill had been snatched away by that bastard Yang Kai from the shadows. And this Chaos Spirit King was a dim-witted fool to boot — Yang Kai, the true culprit, had gotten away, yet it had fixated entirely on him and refused to let go. How utterly brainless!
Before encountering Ouyang Lie, he had been hunted relentlessly by this Chaos Spirit King. He had barely managed to shake it off, and now, unexpectedly, the creature had shown up again.
He wasn't sure whether the commotion from the battle here had drawn it in, but that was most likely the case. With so many powerhouses from both the Human and Ink Races clashing chaotically, the disturbance was enormous. It would be perfectly normal for the Chaos Spirit King to detect it.
Which was why, the moment he sensed the Chaos Spirit King's appearance, Xiao You had nearly fled on the spot.
Fighting Ouyang Lie alone had already been an even match. If the Chaos Spirit King also intervened, he would have no way of handling both at once.
He had experienced the Chaos Spirit King's strength firsthand — it was at least thirty percent more powerful than either him or Ouyang Lie.
But soon, Xiao You composed himself. This Chaos Spirit King was dim-witted and lacked intelligence; otherwise, it wouldn't have kept pursuing him so relentlessly before. Now that it had appeared here — regardless of whether it had been lured by the residual waves of battle — the thing most attractive to it in this place was not the Humans, nor the Ink Race, but the aura of the Spirit Pill.
Having lost one Spirit Pill before, this Chaos Spirit King had flown into a rage. And now, with another Spirit Pill present here, would it attempt to seize it?
Xiao You suddenly realized that the Chaos Spirit King's appearance at this moment might not necessarily be bad news for the Ink Race. Perhaps the situation would develop in a direction that would leave the Humans in utter despair!
He reined in his impulse to flee. While continuing to entangle Ouyang Lie, he split his attention to monitor the Chaos Spirit King's movements.
Such a powerful aura manifesting suddenly and hurtling toward the battlefield naturally left both Human and Ink Race powerhouses shaken with uncertainty.
Before long, the Chaos Spirit King arrived at the battlefield. Without the slightest hesitation, without a moment's pause, it headed straight for where Xiang Shan stood. Along the way, the outer-ring Ink Race warriors scattered and gave it passage, while the Human powerhouses guarding the inner perimeter had no choice but to brace themselves and fight.
A Hexagonal Formation formed by six Eighth-Order Humans moved to intercept the Chaos Spirit King. After just a single exchange, all six Eighth-Order Humans went pale. The vast power of Heaven and Earth trembled. The Chaos Spirit King, momentarily blocked, grew clearly furious, emitting a sound like a beast's roar. Chaotic energy exploded outward in all directions, and it charged in again with its full body.
The Hexagonal Formation had no choice but to meet the attack head-on. In an instant, the Human powerhouses were driven steadily backward, completely outmatched. At this rate, the Hexagonal Formation would surely collapse within ten breaths. Once that happened, the Chaos Spirit King would charge straight through, and Xiang Shan's life would be in dire peril!
"Hahahaha!" Xiao You couldn't help but burst into laughter. This was truly a turn of fortune! He had harbored considerable resentment toward this Chaos Spirit King before, but looking at it now, the creature was nothing short of a gift from the heavens.
It had actually been drawn by the Spirit Pill's aura and gone to attack the Humans. That was equivalent to the Ink Race gaining a powerful ally for free.
Of course, it wasn't a true ally. If the Ink Race tried to obstruct it, the Chaos Spirit King would attack them as well. Its only target was the Spirit Pill.
But this was wonderful enough. The Human side was already at a disadvantage, and now with the Chaos Spirit King pressing down on them as well, their collapse was a matter of moments.
Across from Xiao You, Ouyang Lie was burning with anxiety. The Chaos Spirit King's appearance had undoubtedly made the already dire situation for the Humans even worse. He wanted desperately to break free of Xiao You's entanglement and go intercept the Chaos Spirit King, but Xiao You wasn't so easily shaken off.
Moments ago, Xiao You had restrained his attacks only to stay wary of the Chaos Spirit King. Now, seeing through Ouyang Lie's intentions, he launched into an aggressive offensive, keeping him entangled relentlessly while taunting: "Where do you think you're going? Today, you and I won't part until one of us is dead — nobody leaves, hahahaha!"
"Laugh again and I'll knock every last tooth out of your mouth!" Ouyang Lie roared. Under the surging tide of his vast power, his entire being transformed into a blinding mass of flame.
Was Heaven truly against the Humans? Why were there so many complications during Xiang Shan's advancement? His own breakthrough to the Ninth Order had encountered some turbulence, but on the whole it had gone relatively smoothly. Yet when it came to Xiang Shan, everything was fraught with obstacles — even the Chaos Spirit King had come to target him.
Ouyang Lie was so enraged he felt he might explode!
Xiao You's attacks grew ever more ferocious. To keep the furious Ouyang Lie pinned down, he had completely abandoned his own defenses, doing nothing but stalling him from going to help.
And just then, the void seemed to ripple with a faint shimmer. In the next instant, within Ouyang Lie's field of vision, a slender long sword slowly emerged from the void — silent as a whisper. Gracing the hilt of that sword was a pale, jade-like hand…
Where had that come from? Who was it?
Ouyang Lie was momentarily stunned.
The next instant, his expression turned to wild elation, for following the long sword and the jade hand, two figures stepped out from the void's ripples — both familiar faces!
And the previously arrogant Xiao You, as though struck by lightning, saw his expression change drastically.
A colossal sense of danger suddenly engulfed him. A powerful aura had locked onto him, giving him the unmistakable illusion that he was approaching his end.
There was no time to consider what had just happened. All he knew was that someone had ambushed him. At the very moment he had been carried away by his own triumph, giving everything to keep Ouyang Lie entangled, a powerful figure had torn through the void and attacked him from behind!
And the one who could produce such an overwhelming sense of crisis — their strength must be truly extraordinary.
The smile on Xiao You's face froze in an instant. With a furious roar, dense ink power surged out in torrents. In the span of a single breath, it coalesced into a thick mass of dark ink clouds, enveloping him entirely, using the shroud to conceal his figure.
But in the very next moment, that slender long sword still pierced with unerring precision into the center of his back, punching clean through. A devastating force erupted, blasting a hole straight through his body.