In a mist-shrouded space...
"Hahaha! True Lord Ziyang! You're finished! This is retribution! Retribution!!! Gahaha!" Lord Illusion Spirit ranted and laughed wildly, relentlessly mocking True Lord Ziyang's furious roars. Toward the end, even his voice grew distorted and savage. Clutching two hammer treasures crackling with gray lightning, he unleashed countless bolts of gray light at True Lord Ziyang...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Dark Cyan Poison Venerable remained silent, his hands swiftly forming seals as he released enormous dark green roses, each dozens of yards across. Rings of frenzied dark green spiritual light runes rippled outward from them, transforming into eerie dark green light waves that flickered through the void. One moment they vanished; the next they appeared from directions True Lord Ziyang never expected. Their power was far beyond ordinary...
True Lord Ziyang fought two opponents alone! An enormous purple spear unleashed a dazzling storm of purple-light flame, while spheres of purple-light flame circled before him, protecting him as he fought and retreated. Although his cultivation surpassed both Lord Illusion Spirit's and Dark Cyan Poison Venerable's, fighting two against one was still extremely difficult...
A battle between Nascent Soul Realm cultivators truly was frenzied. Earth-shaking explosions, flames, and light waves filled hundreds of yards around them. Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was churned up, as endless, furious explosions erupted skyward...
Elsewhere within the Heaven-and-Earth Hell Demon Ring Formation, most of Cloud Nation's Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had fallen under the combined assault of two or more opponents of the same realm. They could not advance and genuinely seemed unable to hold out much longer.
The Five Great Sects of Cloud Nation had also encountered considerable resistance as they split up to launch surprise attacks and break through the Heaven-and-Earth Hell Demon Ring Formation. Had their cultivators joined