A Last-Second Rescue

Gu Yuan was no novice. Over the long years, he had accumulated an exceptionally rich wealth of combat experience.

None of these experts had stood at the pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent from the moment they were born.

They had all fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Even if the lives on their hands did not number in the hundreds of millions like Soul Heaven Emperor's, they were at least counted in the tens of thousands.

The instant Zhu Kun changed, Gu Yuan noticed it.

"Brother Zhu Kun!" Gu Yuan had never imagined that, despite not entering the Wild Wilderness, they would still fall victim to the Bodhi Ancient Tree's dirty tricks.

If they lost a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng combatant here, it would be a fatal blow to the allied forces.

After all, among the allied forces' four Late Nine-Star Dou Shengs, Zhu Kun could be said to be the strongest.

Nor was it as simple as losing one combatant. While their side was weakened, the enemy would gain another Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

In that case, the Soul Clan's top-tier strength would faintly surpass that of the allied forces.

With Zhu Kun and Soul Heaven Emperor, two Late Nine-Star Dou Shengs, along with Feng Qing'er and Nihility Devouring Flame, both Nine-Star Dou Shengs, they had more than enough strength to defeat the Pill Tower Ancestor, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan.

This was the ebb and flow of power!

Zhu Kun, who had returned to human form, gathered a mass of purple-gold energy in his palm.

Though it was tens of thousands of times smaller than the previous pillar of purple-gold light, the energy it contained had not diminished in the slightest.

If it truly hit, even Gu Yuan would lose half