You Are Surrounded

"Lie Feng, that was a pretty powerful strike. You smashed that World Lord to death in one go; it seems your strength has improved once again," Kuin teased.

"No need to flatter me. Look at them—almost every one of them is covered in wounds. It's obvious they just survived a life-or-death battle and escaped from somewhere. We'd better stay alert and finish them off quickly to avoid any complications," Lie Feng said as he charged toward the group of Crystal Essence clan World Lords.

During this time, they had already managed to gauge the bottom line of this group of World Lords. Each one was injured, especially the one Lie Feng had just crushed with his blade; his aura was the weakest, which was why Lie Feng had succeeded in a single strike, leaving him unable to even dodge.

However, what made Qin Cang curious was what kind of opponent could have injured all of them, yet still allowed them to escape?

But right now, it was clearly not the time to dwell on that.

"Lie Feng, leave a few for me. You can't hog all the fun," Qin Cang said, equipping his Blazing Flame Claws before charging toward the group of Crystal Essence clan World Lords.

Lie Feng's targets were the weaker World Lords. As he swung his steel blade, an endless aura of sharpness manifested. This was the hallmark of the blade techniques Lie Feng practiced: using immense power to shatter the opponent's Law Domain, then relying on the sharpness of the blade technique to destroy the enemy's physical body until they were completely annihilated.

Seeing Lie Feng choose to charge into the encirclement of those ordinary World Lords, Qin Cang chose the leader of the Crystal Essence clan. This leader's aura was not only the strongest, but he also appeared to have almost no injuries. Either he was powerful enough to break through without getting hurt, or he had used up all the healing supplies of the entire team.

"Human, I am willing to give up all my assets, as long as you spare our lives," the leader said.

"Kill you, and I'll not only get all your assets, but also military merits!"

Qin Cang had no intention of wasting words. Wielding his Blazing Flame Claws, he charged toward the leader. Of course, if he unleashed his full power, the leader wouldn't even last a single claw strike. This battle was mainly to test how well the equipment suited him.

Seeing that Qin Cang had no intention of negotiating, the leader knew the only path left was to force a breakout. He stopped hesitating, drew his longsword-type Force weapon, and met Qin Cang's Blazing Flame Claws.

Although this World Lord's strength was decent—possessing the power of a World Lord General, even slightly stronger than Lie Feng and Kuin—unfortunately, he was up against Qin Cang.

"Shattered Shadow Void Breaker!"

Qin Cang started with the Shattered Shadow secret technique. "Void Breaker" was the first of the nine claw techniques of Shattered Shadow, and also the simplest, pursuing pure spatial tearing.

Only by achieving spatial tearing in a single strike could it be considered successfully mastered.

"Light Shadow Slash!" The Crystal Essence clan member had no intention of holding back either, immediately unleashing his ultimate technique to counter, but alas, it was all in vain.

The sword light was shadowless as it slashed toward Qin Cang, but when faced with his "Void Breaker," it was like winter snow meeting the spring sun, quickly being ground away.

But it wasn't over yet. Five claw shadows struck toward the Crystal Essence clan leader with lightning speed.

In an instant, the claw shadows hit the leader, leaving five claw marks on his chest!

Qin Cang frowned slightly at the result. In his original estimation, even though he had been very restrained and hadn't even exerted one or two percent of his strength, this strike should have at least severely wounded the leader if not killed him. How could this have happened?

"It seems you have a fine suit of armor protecting you. You must be someone of status within the Crystal Essence clan. However, with only this level of strength, you cannot change your fate."

The Crystal Essence clan leader's heart had already turned cold. This was the armor his King-level teacher had given him when he came to the Outer-Region Battlefield. Relying on this armor, he had managed to turn danger into safety many times.

"Crystal Light Armor. According to my teacher, it can completely immunize against attacks below the level of an Immortal God, and even weaken attacks from Immortal Gods to a certain degree. His claw strike just now clearly wasn't at full power, yet it left five claw marks on the Crystal Light Armor. One more attack like that and this armor will be ruined. Is this person an Immortal God disguised as a World Lord?" The Crystal Essence clan World Lord was terrified, planning how to escape. As for his other clansmen, he had no time to care about them—couldn't he see they were almost all being slaughtered?

"You blocked one of my claws; you're not bad. However, next, I want to see just how tough your armor really is."

At this point, Qin Cang's desire to fight surged. He couldn't miss out on such a good punching bag.

With one step, Qin Cang arrived in front of the Crystal Essence clan World Lord.

"Falling Star!"

"Void Slash!"

He unleashed two more forms from Shattered Shadow. Of course, he controlled his force better, much less than the first form, mainly because he was afraid of shattering this turtle shell; if he did, he wouldn't be able to find such a good punching bag again.

"Senior, spare me! As long as you spare me, I will do anything!"

"Extinction!"

"Collapse!"

"Void Domain!"

"Cosmic Silence!"

"Hahaha, again, again! 'Falling Star', 'Void Slash', die!"

Qin Cang never agreed to an enemy's request, let alone now. This was his first time killing aliens on the Outer-Region Battlefield, and it was the perfect opportunity to experiment with his claw techniques.

On the other side, the steel blade in Lie Feng's hand claimed the life of another World Lord, and he turned his gaze toward his next prey.

Just then, three sword lights suddenly struck from behind Lie Feng!

This was the weakness the group of Crystal Essence clan World Lords had identified based on Lie Feng's combat habits over this period.

Every time Lie Feng killed an opponent, he would temporarily relax his vigilance, and that was his greatest opening. If they seized this opportunity to deal him a heavy blow, the Crystal Essence clan's chances of escaping would increase!

Internally, these people might have had disagreements over the distribution of benefits, but in this situation, only by joining forces would they have a chance to break through.

Their leader was being toyed with by another powerful enemy and wouldn't die for a while, so they had to find an opening in the others. As long as they could kill one, or at the very least, render him unable to fight, their chances of breaking through would increase significantly!

Just as they were about to succeed.

"ROAR!"

A black giant beast, a hundred meters long, resembling a tiger with wings on its back, appeared and swiped a paw at the three longswords. The Crystal Essence clan's sneak attack failed instantly.

"Thanks, Xiao Hei!" Lie Feng naturally knew this beast. Kuin's contracted beast was this Dark Winged Beast, which was extremely powerful. In a one-on-one fight, even he might not be able to defeat this giant beast.

After all, the beast had thick skin and dense flesh, and its speed and power were almost on par with his own. But because of its massive size, while he might be able to suppress it at the start of a fight, in a prolonged battle, the giant beast would definitely have the advantage.

The Dark Winged Beast didn't seem to hear Lie Feng's words; it turned and charged toward another World Lord trying to escape. With a flap of its wings, it caught up to the World Lord, then swiped a paw, tearing the World Lord apart and swallowing him whole!

"That really is brutal..." Seeing this combat style, even Lie Feng, who had been fighting alongside them for a long time, felt a chill. Every time you couldn't win, you ended up as food—who could stand that?

Shaking his head, he stopped paying attention to the Dark Winged Beast and locked his gaze onto the last few World Lords. The golden light on his steel blade flared, and he slashed toward the remaining Crystal Essence clan World Lords. This strike clearly carried a bit of personal grudge.

They were merely a few ordinary World Lord Warriors. Even with their numbers, under the encirclement and slaughter of Lie Feng and the others, except for the last one with some background, they were all reduced to nothing!

Seeing that his companions were almost finished, Qin Cang also put away his playful heart and decided to give this guy a quick end.