In the blink of an eye, the blood-red little boat carrying the three blood-soaked youths vanished without a trace, covering a thousand li in an instant.
They had completely abandoned the ongoing battle here!
"You two go after those two fleeing human Body Integration cultivators. I will lead the army to capture Yitian City. The last one fled back into this city — I'll deal with him as the opportunity arises. He no longer has his Combined Breath Beast and has already suffered severe damage to his vitality. There's no way he can escape from my grasp. As for the one who fled, since Lord Xue Guang is personally giving chase, his death is all but certain." After his expression shifted between several shades, the black-armored giant spoke slowly to the white-robed youth and the petite woman.
"Will it be alright leaving Brother Cang here alone? What if the humans have some other hidden cards…" the petite woman asked, somewhat hesitantly.
"Rest easy! I have the Blood Transformation Dark Guards with me — more than enough to handle whatever comes." The black-armored giant answered without the slightest hesitation.
"In that case, we'll leave this place in Brother Cang's hands. I'll be back shortly!" The petite woman nodded upon hearing this, and with a roll of pink luminescence across her body's surface, she let out a sharp cry and pierced through the sky, vanishing.
Judging by the direction she left, she was heading straight for the spot where Fairy Yinguang had fled.
As for the white-robled youth, in the span of a few moments he had already forcibly suppressed the unusual poison within his body. Without another word, his figure shifted and he transformed into a streak of white light that shot away at tremendous speed, pursuing Fairy Linluan.
Having witnessed that the beings of comparable rank within the demon army had all departed, the black-armored giant raised both brows and suddenly let out a thunderous shout from high above: "The human Body Integration Elders have fled! If we don't seize this city now, when will we?!"
His voice, infused with the tremendous demonic power he wielded, reached the ears of both human and demon combatants below with crystalline clarity, making their ears ring.
The demon side erupted in cheers, their offensive suddenly surging to more than double its previous ferocity.
On the human side, seeing several Body Integration stage powerhouses flee from the battlefield one after another, every face turned ashen. Morale plummeted to rock bottom in an instant.
"Hmph! You demons actually believe we have no other cards left to play? If you want to break through Yitian City, then first get past our city's one hundred and eight Giant Sword Refined-Gold Puppets!" At this critical juncture, the booming voice of Qinglong Shangren suddenly echoed out from somewhere within Yitian City.
The moment his words fell, over a hundred golden beams of light erupted from every corner of the city in flashes. The light coalesced, and one by one they transformed into towering golden-armored warriors.
Covered head to toe in crimson-gold armor, each cradled a golden greatsword nearly as large as themselves. Their faces were likewise concealed behind visors, revealing only a pair of pale silver, ice-cold eyes.
These one hundred and eight golden-armored warriors, though simply hovering motionless in the void, radiated an overwhelming aura. Every single one of them possessed a terrifying spiritual pressure comparable to that of a Void Refining stage cultivator.
The human defenders, who had been at a loss moments before, naturally felt their spirits soar upon witnessing this sight. They once again drove their magical treasures and artifacts with desperate ferocity toward the demon forces below the walls.
The battlefield, which had grown momentarily quiet, once again erupted with killing intent piercing the heavens and thunderous roars that shook the sky!
High above, the black-armored giant saw this development and froze briefly, but disdain quickly surfaced on his face. With a sweep of his hand toward the Blood Transformation Dark Guards surrounding him, he issued a sharp command: "Your time is running short as well — join the siege army immediately! I want this city's primary defenses broken in the shortest time possible!"
The demon generals leading the groups acknowledged at once, and those demons, which appeared to be more phantom than flesh, let out piercing howls and hurtled downward.
In the blink of an eye they had merged with the demon army below and begun surging toward the colossal city walls.
The black-armored giant hovered in midair, watching calmly for a time.
With the addition of the Blood Transformation Dark Guards, the demons had instantly gained an overwhelming advantage. Some had even shattered the defensive restrictions and made it onto the ramparts.
Yet those hundred-odd golden-armored swordsmen of Yitian City still hovered serenely throughout the city, making no move to rush to the walls and lend aid — as if they had plans of their own.
The black-armored giant's pupils contracted upon witnessing this, but then something occurred to him. A cold laugh escaped his lips, and with a sudden flicker of his figure he shot backward.
In just a few flashes, he vanished into a colossal black warship that loomed like a small mountain.
The demon guards aboard the warship were startled to see the black-armored giant return. He offered no explanation whatsoever, striding swiftly forward until he darted into a sealed chamber and immediately activated the formations that had long been prepared within.
Layer upon layer of five-colored luminescence instantly materialized along the chamber walls, and a small, pale-white magic circle emerged upon the floor at the center of the room.