Flames of Destruction! The Immortal Mountain Lord?

Raging flames roared without end, tearing the bandits ahead to pieces one after another.

Wu Yu stood behind Yu Tiezhu, continuously tossing out little stones engraved with the [Bi Fang Sigil]. Explosions thundered one after another, as if he intended to blast the entire Lostway Cave down.

The little stones in his inventory rapidly dwindled, while the ghost servant horde was slaughtered into a scattered mess. Even the more powerful Transcendent ghost servants were blown to death alive.

Yu Tiezhu stood at the front, using his towering body to block most of the arrows.

Yet the great battle he had expected never came. After only a short while, the incoming arrows stopped.

Large numbers of bandits were torn into fragments, and scorching heat waves crashed into him, making him tremble all over.

"What kind of Psionic Bombs are these?"

Yu Tiezhu glanced back, his lips trembling.

He was not stupid. He did not dare ask any further questions.

After a while, the explosions stopped.

In the depths of the darkness, only the Mountain Lord and several bandit chieftains beside it remained. Strands of black wind hid within the night, thick as ink.

Wu Yu panted heavily a few times, restoring himself to peak condition.

He did not dare deactivate the [Heaven-Earth State]. His vitality and blood were constantly being consumed, but fortunately, a cool breath flowed from the depths of his soul into his body, replenishing his vitality and blood and restoring his spirit.

Lostway Cave had nearly been blasted into collapse. Even the passage had widened by a full circle, and huge craters covered the ground.

Yet the Mountain Lord did not move. The bandit chieftains around it did not move. Wu Yu did not move either!

The atmosphere gradually turned strange.

Yu Tiezhu shuddered, as though he had sensed something.

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and steadied himself. His muscles bulged as he stood at the front like a city wall.

At some unknown moment, the Mountain Lord suddenly let out a roar, and the bandit chieftains could no longer wait to pounce!

Blood-colored energy covered their bodies. One drew his bow and aimed while sprinting, one charged forward with a blade in hand, and one leaped through broken rocks and pits like an ape, rapidly closing in.

Wu Yu did not panic at the sight. Instead, he swung his arm again!

Heaven-and-Earth Toss!

Little stones shot out one after another. Just as before, they changed direction in midair and smashed toward the charging bandit chieftains.

The archer chieftain ignored everything else and suddenly fired an arrow, aiming at Wu Yu's head!

Whoosh—!

The arrow brushed past the little stones, then exploded with a boom, blasting the archer chieftain away.

Yu Tiezhu had already been tensed up. The instant he saw the arrow fly over, he decisively lunged forward!

Bang—!

The arrow struck Yu Tiezhu. Its tip shattered, and green mist spread out.

Yu Tiezhu screamed. The moment his clothes touched the mist, they dissolved, and a large patch of his skin was corroded away as well.

At the same time, the other little stones rushed toward those chieftains.

The blade-wielding chieftain charged straight ahead, trying to break through the flames with his speed and vitality and blood to kill his way close!

But what greeted him was not one little stone, but more than a dozen!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The flames joined into a sea, and only half of the Iron-Headed Kid's charred arm was blasted away, falling to the ground.

The last bandit chieftain was incredibly fast and extremely agile.

With his exaggerated speed, he seemed to fly close to the ground. In the blink of an eye, he had leaped more than ten meters, avoiding the area where the little stones fell.

But... the little stones could turn!

Several little stones that had flown past suddenly accelerated, scattering down in different places and forming an area of firepower bombardment.

The agile chieftain's expression changed. Clutching a short blade, he sprang fiercely into the air, trying to escape.

But while he was in midair, terrifying flames exploded instantly!

Bang!

With a thunderous blast, the agile chieftain too was reduced to a charred remnant that fell down.

Seeing this astonishing result, even the injured Yu Tiezhu was thrilled, and his courage swelled considerably!

"Brother Wu, don't worry. I'll help you hold them back!"

Yu Tiezhu spoke in a trembling voice. The skin on his body was actually recovering at a visible rate.

Wu Yu did not answer. He only stared fixedly at the Mountain Lord.

Standing in the darkness, the latter suddenly paced over and opened its jaws to bite the wounded archer chieftain!

"Guwa—!"

The chieftain had no power to resist. With a scream, he was bitten into two pieces.

The Mountain Lord chewed as it watched Wu Yu's side.

The black wind around its body grew ever denser, like a suit of black armor.

Suddenly, a violent gale rose!

The bandits dissolved into light, and one illusory shadow after another flew up, falling into the Mountain Lord's black wind.

Yu Tiezhu could not see any of this, but Wu Yu saw it all clearly through his spirit eyes!

"Are those souls?"

"It commands ghost servants! While alive, they can surround and attack enemies; after death, it can even absorb their souls!"

"Is it strengthening itself? Or some demon art?"

"So sinister?"

Startled, he had no time to think of anything else and decisively swung his hand!

Whoosh—!

A mass of little stones flew out, smashing toward the Mountain Lord!

The latter roared, trying to withstand them head-on.

But blossoms of flame exploded one after another, forcing the Mountain Lord back. The black wind armor around its body shattered instantly.

"Roar!"

The Mountain Lord was beside itself with rage, yet it could only watch helplessly as the souls scattered away.

Seeing this, Wu Yu let out a breath of relief.

He was no ordinary person who knew nothing. Having studied cultivator knowledge at River City Advanced Academy for so long, his understanding of souls far surpassed that of ordinary people.

The souls of ordinary people, and even ordinary Transcendents, were extremely difficult to preserve for long.

Their souls were incomparably fragile. Even a light breeze could scatter them, much less the flames of the [Bi Fang Sigil].

Having ruined the enemy's scheme, Wu Yu naturally pressed the advantage and strode forward.

The Mountain Lord was already enraged. Seeing Wu Yu, the chief culprit, actually dare to come out, it immediately roared and lunged at him!

A foul wind swept over. Yu Tiezhu trembled uncontrollably, his entire body stiffening.

Wu Yu, however, stopped without changing expression and swung his arm again!

Heaven-and-Earth Toss!

Another pile of little stones flew out. The Mountain Lord had long been prepared, and its massive body suddenly leaped aside.

Yet the range of the explosions linked together into one continuous stretch. The Mountain Lord's body was too enormous, so it was still caught within them and retreated in a bedraggled state.

Only... its body was like high-grade alloy. No matter how many times it was bombarded, no new wounds appeared. Only the gathered black wind was blasted apart.

Wu Yu calmly pursued it, suppressing it several times with firepower. He even chased it to the cave entrance and used traps to give the Mountain Lord a vicious blow!

Yet even after suffering such a heavy loss, the Mountain Lord was not seriously wounded enough to collapse.

Instead, it grew even more cunning, staring at the two of them in the night and refusing to leave!

Night had fallen, and outside was somewhat deathly silent.

The Mountain Lord stood in the distance, patiently searching for a chance to launch a surprise attack.

This was a cunning and intelligent beast. It would slowly wear down its enemies' energy and fighting strength, then seize an opportunity to hunt them down.

After coordinating several times, Yu Tiezhu and Wu Yu also calmed down and cautiously scanned their surroundings.

At the same time, they recalled what had happened before, trying to provide useful information.

"Captain Liu tried using a pistol, bombs, and a beam weapon, but none of them could pierce the Mountain Lord's body."

"Its flesh, hide, and bones are even harder than metal!"

"The only time it bled during the previous attack was when the Mountain Lord crushed Captain Lu's weapon in its jaws and injured its mouth..."

Hearing this,

Wu Yu, who had been planning their route to the evacuation point, brightened and gave the Mountain Lord a once-over.

Then, he looked at Yu Tiezhu.

He smiled faintly.