A trace of lingering fear flashed in Ye Jing's eyes. He had nearly been caught off guard; fortunately, his Indestructible Golden Body had reached the point where it could turn the tangible into the intangible.
He didn't even need to activate the Indestructible Golden Body technique. His golden body protected him on its own.
These Peak of Humanity masters truly lived up to their name. Every one of them had comprehended the Dao Principles, and their methods were unfathomable. The speed of this Lei Wujie before him was especially terrifying.
He didn't dare hold anything back. A curtain of light instantly rose around him, its radiance rippling in a dazzling array of colors.
Lei Wujie watched Ye Jing summon his domain. Though he didn't recognize it, he was already on guard, not daring to underestimate it in the slightest.
This Black Robe Guest was simply too strange. In their brief exchange, he had already displayed two peerless skills.
How simple could this unknown domain possibly be?
But Lei Wujie was not afraid. Throughout history, whether one was an unrivaled prodigy of peerless grace or a peerless genius, no Great Grandmaster had ever defeated a Peak of Humanity master.
What was more, he had comprehended the Lightning Dao Principles. He was no ordinary Peak of Humanity master.
Violet lightning flashed across Lei Wujie. The night sky, once filled with stars, was now alive with thunder and lightning. In the sea of lightning, nine bolts of varying sizes, each like a horned dragon, twisted and surged together.
Suddenly, the largest bolt, shaped like a horned dragon, struck him.
But it did not turn him into a charred corpse. Instead, the dragon-like bolt coiled around Lei Wujie, and he seemed to merge with the lightning itself.
Those who comprehended the Thunder Dao could draw upon the power of thunder between heaven and earth. Now merged with the dragon-like bolt, Lei Wujie possessed the power it contained.
In the blink of an eye, Lei Wujie raised his fist, wreathed in arcs of electricity and gleaming with a dark light. Moving at incredible speed, he drove it toward Ye Jing's crown.
But the moment he passed through the curtain of light, his expression changed.
Some invisible force seemed to trap him. His body was completely out of his control, and his speed had slowed to a crawl. What baffled him even more was that the techniques within his body were circulating extremely slowly.
After reaching the Great Grandmaster peak, Ye Jing's Time Domain had attained perfection, and his mastery over time had grown ever more precise.
Lei Wujie had comprehended the Lightning Dao Principles. His speed ranked among the top three in all of Dali, yet once he entered Ye Jing's Time Domain, he was like a man ensnared in a spiderweb.
His speed was as swift as lightning, yet in Ye Jing's eyes, he moved at a snail's pace.
Ye Jing stirred his Qi and Blood throughout his body, circulating the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Scripture to its limit. His vitality surged like an erupting volcano.
He concentrated all his Qi and Blood into his right fist and punched. Lei Wujie instantly turned into a mist of blood.
After taking care of Lei Wujie, Ye Jing paid no heed to the remaining eight Great Grandmasters. Like a tiger among sheep, he dealt with all eight in just a few exchanges.
Yao Qingyin was still dazed. The battle had been fierce and perilous, but it had all happened in the blink of an eye.
Only when she heard the iron-barred door opening did Yao Qingyin come to her senses and realize that the mysterious powerhouse before her was rescuing her.
Ye Jing opened the iron-barred door, forged from Millennium Meteorite Iron, scooped Yao Qingyin into his arms, and quickly left.
While dealing with the eight Great Grandmasters, he had sensed two powerful auras heading their way. If they lingered, trouble might arise.
Not even the time it took to drink a cup of tea after Ye Jing rescued Yao Qingyin had passed before two eunuchs, one fat and one thin, quietly appeared in the Great Li Heavenly Prison.
The auras these two gave off were no weaker than Lei Wujie's had been.
Seeing that Heaven Character Number One Prison was already empty, the fat eunuch's expression darkened. "Old Wei, we're a step too late. The Imperial Lord's guess was right. This man really did come for that young lady from Medicine Manor."
"I wonder who he is. He had the strength not only to rescue Yao Qingyin from the Heavenly Prison, but also to kill Lei Wujie on the spot."
"Lei Wujie was a real good-for-nothing. He'd comprehended the Lightning Dao Principles, yet couldn't even hold out for a quarter of an hour."
"If Lei Wujie had held out until we arrived, the three of us could have joined forces. No matter how powerful that man was, he would never have escaped our grasp."
When they received word that a Black Robe Guest had attacked the Heavenly Prison, the two eunuchs from the inner palace had set out from the Purple Gold Pavilion and rushed here at full speed. Yet they had still arrived too late.
"Old Gao, enough. Lei Wujie had comprehended the Lightning Dao Principles, and had entered the Peak of Humanity twenty years before us. If that Black Robe Guest killed him in a matter of moments, then the man must be one of the few in this age without an equal."
Eunuch Wei let out a heavy sigh. Then he suddenly gave a quiet exclamation. "Old Gao, you've had dealings with experts from the Sword Sect. See if you can sense any traces of Innate Sword Qi lingering in this Heavenly Prison!"
They had been so astonished by the Black Robe Guest's strength that they had paid little attention to anything else. Now, prompted by Eunuch Wei, Eunuch Gao focused his senses—and sure enough, he detected the Innate Sword Qi Eunuch Wei had mentioned.
"What powerful Innate Sword Qi! It's only a trace, yet it's still so pure. This man's understanding of the Thirteen Swords of Heavenly Annihilation may even surpass that of the Sword Sect Master."
Shocked by Ye Jing's mastery of the Thirteen Swords of Heavenly Annihilation, Eunuch Gao couldn't help but exclaim.
"Old Gao, do you think an expert from the Sword Sect could have done this?"
Once he knew his earlier guess had been right, Eunuch Wei voiced the suspicion on his mind.
Eunuch Gao nodded, as if only now realizing it. "Innate Sword Qi is the hallmark of the Thirteen Swords of Heavenly Annihilation. In all of Dali, only a few core members of the Sword Sect are qualified to cultivate it."
"Though I can't understand when the Sword Sect gained such a Peak of Humanity master, apart from the Sword Sect, no one in all of Dali knows this peerless skill."
Eunuch Wei agreed with Old Gao's reasoning. Then, as if he had suddenly remembered something, his expression changed drastically.
Eunuch Gao noticed the change in Eunuch Wei's face and hurriedly asked, "Great Wei, what's wrong? Why do you look so troubled?"
A trace of alarm flashed in Eunuch Wei's eyes. After a long pause, he finally said, "Old Gao, I just thought of something troubling."
"What is it?"
Confusion showed in the thin Eunuch Gao's eyes as he asked.
"Old Gao, do you remember what Manager Li said a few days ago about that Innate Dao Body?"
"I do. If we can find that Innate Dao Body, the people of the Grand Void Li Clan promised to give us two Pine Crane Pills. How could I forget something so important?"
"Otherwise, why would Manager Li, who serves the Imperial Lord day and night, accompany that lord to the Sword Sect to demand—"
As he spoke, Eunuch Gao abruptly fell silent. Seeing the gravity in Old Wei's eyes, he seemed to understand.
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