A deadly reversal!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Battle cries shook the sky!

Amid the chaos, seven Human Tier cultivators with immense auras struck at once.

Some fought barehanded, some wielded swords and sabers that were Mortal Shedding Treasures, and others swung massive hammers or spirit whips... in an instant, seven brilliantly colored attacks blasted toward Yang Yu!

All seven Human Tier cultivators attacked with everything they had, holding nothing back!

And their timing was almost perfectly synchronized!

If this blow landed, the combined attacks would possess destructive power no weaker than that of an ordinary Earth Rank expert!

Yang Yu was still only at the Human Tier.

Even with the Insect Codex strengthening him, giving him an innate physique comparable to Human Tier cultivators practicing the finest cultivation arts... he might have been much stronger than other Human Tier cultivators, but he still could not withstand such a terrifying attack!

One hit could very well inflict a fatal wound!

Time seemed to stop at that moment.

Yang Yu had yet to land fully. While still airborne, he had crushed the heads of two black-clad men at the mortal pinnacle beneath his feet. Now, in just one second, all seven devastating attacks would reach their target, slamming into him and crushing him mercilessly!

"Die!"

"Die!" Savage smiles spread across the faces of the seven Ghost Infant Sect Human-Tier Cultivators launching the ambush, as though victory were already in sight.

Seven against one.

Their levels of strength were nearly identical.

Moreover, the seven had launched a surprise attack... had any of them been in Yang Yu's position, they would have had absolutely no chance of survival!

Even Hong Tao, who was the strongest at frontal assaults and had the toughest body, could not possibly withstand an attack like this!

Amid the overwhelming killing intent, at the center of the surrounding multicolored attacks...

No one noticed Yang Yu's expression.

A cold sneer rested on his face, and his eyes remained calm and icy.

That expression and that gaze should never have belonged to someone driven into a hopeless corner... and in truth, Yang Yu was absolutely confident he could handle this situation. The moment he turned and charged back into the enemy crowd, he had anticipated this very scene.

After all, he already knew that experts of his own Human Tier were hidden among the enemy.

He had also learned quite a bit about the Ghost Infant Sect lately.

Putting all that information together, he had long since prepared for the worst.

He had even... considered the possibility of an Earth Rank expert appearing among the enemies sent to hunt him down.

Under these circumstances, if Yang Yu dared to take the initiative and counterattack, how could he possibly have come unprepared?

Yang Yu was no fool. On the contrary... he was cautious and alert.

"You idiots. You're exactly who I've been waiting for!" Yang Yu growled, a cruel sneer curling his lips.

In less than half a breath, he thrust a hand downward.

Boom!!!

A ripple spread through the empty air.

Then dozens of life signatures with terrifying auras began to flicker into existence.

All around Yang Yu, ripples spread through the air like those raised by stones dropped into water.

"Hahahaha... you idiots! Did you really think I was easy prey just because I was alone?"

"Kill!"

Yang Yu laughed viciously and took the lead, swinging his blade. A vast blood-red blade radiance surged like an ocean wave, smashing straight into an incoming fan-shaped sword radiance!

He completely ignored the attacks coming from the other directions!

It was as though he had the most dependable companions protecting him.

The next instant!

A group of enormous, hideous creatures emerged from the empty air around Yang Yu!

They were terrifying Insect Beasts covered in metallic carapaces that looked incredibly tough... ferocious creatures resembling mantises enlarged countless times over!

"Giant Mantis Beast Squad! Show them what you can do!"

"Kill them all!"

Yang Yu laughed wildly. His earlier slash had already shattered the sword radiance before him, dispersing it into a great, chaotic mass of raw cosmic force.

The attacks from every other direction were blocked by the Giant Mantis Beasts surrounding him.

Those attacks were fierce, but the Giant Mantis Beasts' bodies were as tough as alloy steel. After being transformed by the Insectoid Civilization's life energy, they had evolved into war machines perfectly suited for combat.

The attacks striking their bodies could only crack their carapaces.

The few Giant Mantis Beasts on the outermost edge that had blocked this volley merely shook their heads after landing. An instant later, they lunged into the flock of sheep around them like wounded lions!

In a flash, disaster struck the Ghost Shadow Gate's black-clad men at the mortal pinnacle.

The powerful modified pistols they took such pride in posed almost no threat to the Giant Mantis Beasts. Their bullets could do nothing more than leave faint white marks on the outer layer of the beasts' carapaces.

A single Giant Mantis Beast moved as swiftly as the wind. In less than a second, it could utterly destroy two black-clad men armed to the teeth, chopping their corpses into seventeen or eighteen pieces!

Everything happened with shocking suddenness.

All seven Human Tier cultivators who had launched their ambush from the air froze, momentarily stunned.

The crowd descended into chaos as well.

In an instant, twenty frenzied Giant Mantis Beasts wiped out fully half the force of Ghost Infant Sect Black-Clad Men.

"Elder!"

"Guardian, save us!" Some struggling Ghost Infant Sect Black-Clad Disciples cried desperately for help, only to be torn apart and killed in the midst of their screams. In the blink of an eye, their lines collapsed, and the battle turned!

The seven Ghost Infant Sect Human-Tier Cultivators landed.

Before they could make sense of the situation, Yang Yu seized the opening while they were still dazed and charged savagely toward them with fifteen Giant Mantis Beasts gathered at his side!

The other five Giant Mantis Beasts split up to hunt down the remaining black-clad men.

"Kill!"

Blood pooled into little streams, staining the wilderness soil and the grass beside the road red.

This was destined to be a bloody night!

"Die, you scum!" Yang Yu became a streak of scarlet lightning, charging straight up to a young Human Tier cultivator wielding a sharp sword. He raised his blade and slashed furiously downward, its scarlet wake stretching into a terrifying blade radiance more than ten meters long!

Amid the heavy roar of cleaved air, the young swordsman had no time to think of anything else and hurriedly defended himself.

A saber was an overwhelmingly domineering weapon to begin with.

Its strikes were heavy and powerful!

Carrying unstoppable momentum, Yang Yu unleashed this furious downward slash with forty or fifty percent more strength than usual.

And his physical strength already stood at the very pinnacle of the Human Tier.

With such a blow descending upon him while he scrambled to defend, how could the young swordsman possibly block it?

He unleashed all the cosmic force in his body, but could only form a layer of defensive light over himself. His sword likewise produced nothing more than a weak sword radiance five or six meters long.

Boom!!!

Saber and sword clashed!

The blood-red blade radiance faltered for only an instant before violently shattering the weak sword radiance barring its path. Then... the blade of the Yama Battle Blade itself slammed into the sword in the young swordsman's hands.

That sword was merely an ordinary Mortal Shedding Treasure. Under the savage downward strike of the supreme-grade Yama Battle Blade, it bent, and then... a tiny crack appeared along its length.

The crack spread, and within a tenth of a second, the sword shattered!

Whoosh!

Yang Yu's slash tore through the air and descended, and the young swordsman's eyes widened.

Then blood stained his forehead, revealing a scarlet line.

Rrrip!

With shock, despair, and disbelief filling his eyes, his entire body split apart. Yang Yu cleaved him cleanly in two, killing him outright!

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