Chapter 187. Confrontation

Nie Li narrowed his eyes slightly. For this palm strike, he had drawn upon every last ounce of the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Grand Formation's power, holding absolutely nothing back.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled. The terrifying sound became a shockwave of force that swept outward in all directions, instantly sending the powerhouses of every major family below tumbling head over heels. The surrounding buildings, unable to withstand the brilliance, crumbled one after another.

What terrifying power!

This was simply not power that any human being could achieve!

Whether it was Ye Zong or the numerous Black Gold rank powerhouses, their expressions shifted drastically. If any one of them had faced this force head-on, they would have been ground to dust in an instant—without a single trace remaining.

The moment Long Sha made contact with the force, his face turned deathly pale in an instant. The muscles along his arms split open in streaks of ruptured flesh. This power was more than enough to utterly annihilate his dragon race physique. Watching himself about to be swallowed by this overwhelming tidal wave of force, Long Sha hurriedly activated several treasures in his hand.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One treasure after another cracked apart and crumbled into ash. These were all Legendary-grade items gifted to him by the Demon Lord, including the Guardian God Armor, the Dark Light Shield, and others.

But after absorbing a portion of the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Grand Formation's power, every last one of them disintegrated into nothingness.

Long Sha had never imagined that the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Grand Formation could reach such a pinnacle of strength—even those Legendary-grade treasures had been unable to protect him.

Crack!

Long Sha's entire body was sent flying hundreds of meters before he finally came to a stop. His chest heaved ceaselessly, his robes had burst into tattered fragments, and his body was covered in wounds—a truly wretched sight. Had he not sacrificed those Legendary-grade treasures, Long Sha would have been dead long ago.

With his own Legendary-rank strength, he had been utterly helpless before the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Grand Formation!

A flicker of fear passed through Long Sha's eyes. He had overestimated his own power after all.

Ye Zong and the others hadn't expected Long Sha to be this powerful—and he was merely the Dark Guild's second-in-command. If the second-ranking figure was already this formidable, then what kind of existence was the Demon Lord, the Dark Guild's absolute strongest?

Long Sha clutched his chest. On that deathly pale face, a hint of genuine admiration surfaced. "That Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Formation truly has some tricks to it. If not for a few treasures to protect me, I'd probably have been obliterated. Since I've taken this strike, the Demon Lord and I will be waiting for you at the Dark Guild at any time! If we haven't heard from you within three months, we'll have no choice but to come fetch you ourselves!"

With that, Long Sha grabbed Gui Sha, and the two of them shot off into the distance, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Watching Long Sha and Gui Sha's departing figures, Nie Li's eyes narrowed slightly. If he continued to drive the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Grand Formation, he could still keep both of them from leaving. But if he actually killed Long Sha and Gui Sha, Nie Li feared it would draw the attention of the Dark Guild's Demon Lord. Long Sha alone was already this powerful—the Demon Lord would be even harder to deal with. And there was a strong chance the Demon Lord was a peerless powerhouse who had undergone multiple Spirit Host reincarnations, potentially even stronger than Ye Mo. Once the Demon Lord learned that Long Sha and Gui Sha had been killed, his wrath could plunge the City of Radiance into an even greater crisis.

Now that Long Sha held some wariness toward his strength, and they had agreed on a three-month window, it would be better to wait and deal with things after three months. Though three months was a bit short, it should be enough for Nie Li to advance his cultivation by several more levels. Besides, Lord Ye Mo should have returned by then.

Long Sha had mistakenly assumed he was a powerhouse who had undergone multiple Spirit Host reincarnations, and that gave the man pause. Since they had set a three-month deadline, Long Sha would certainly honor it.

"Then three months it is," Nie Li murmured to himself, raising an eyebrow.

Ye Zong, Ye Xiu, and the others landed beside Nie Li.

"That Long Sha is at least a three-star Legendary powerhouse. And above him sits a Demon Lord whose strength is strange and unfathomable. If all of them came to attack the City of Radiance, I'm afraid we would have a very hard time holding them off!" Ye Zong let out a heavy sigh.

Ye Xiu and the others were still shaken. That single strike Nie Li had unleashed moments ago had been terrifying beyond belief—and it still hadn't been enough to kill Long Sha. Long Sha's strength was truly astonishing. As for that mysterious Demon Lord, that was even more impossible to fathom.

"We may be wary of the Dark Guild, but they are equally wary of us. We have Lord Ye Zong and Lord Ye Mo on our side—both are Legendary rank. If it truly came to a fight to the death, they would suffer devastating losses as well," Nie Li said.