On the Black Stone Platform in front of the gates of Haotian Fortress, the cold wind was torn to pieces by the violent clash of spirit power.
Huo Yuhao froze in place, listening to Tai Tan's ear-piercing shouts of "traitor" and seeing the undisguised killing intent in the eyes of the elders he once respected; his mind fell into a brief blankness.
"How can this be... Why would they rather believe I've colluded with outsiders than believe I've brought people back to save a life?"
Huo Yuhao's voice trembled in the wind, and his spiritual sea rippled with waves due to the violent emotional fluctuations.
Liu Yuan stood steadily in front and to the side of Huo Yuhao, his right hand pressing on his shoulder. The icy spirit power generated by the resonance of his Dual Soul Cores instantly calmed Huo Yuhao down.
"Yuhao, put away your meaningless sentimentality," Liu Yuan's voice was calm and cold.
"It's not that they don't believe you; they've received a death order from the God Realm to take my life and sever the possibility of Dong'er's resurrection. Stop being depressed. Move, and save her!"
"Once this matter is completely over, I will tell you the specific details of everything that happened."
As Liu Yuan's words fell, before Huo Yuhao could respond, the Level 85 spirit power within his body instantly erupted, and two powerful pressures soared into the sky.
"Everyone, strike! Stop them!"
At Liu Yuan's command, Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and the Snow Empress stepped forward together.
The Snow Empress was the first to act. Her long, deep blue hair flew wildly in the wind and snow, and the emperor sword in her right hand emitted a deep blue ghostly light.
She took a step toward Niu Tian, and the black stone floor beneath her feet was instantly frozen by Extreme Ice. The air within a hundred-meter radius was forcibly solidified into countless fine ice needles.
"emperor sword, Peerless Ice!"
A massive ice-blue Sword Qi, dozens of meters long, appeared out of thin air. Carrying a chill capable of freezing the Soul, it slashed straight toward Niu Tian's face.
Niu Tian snorted coldly. The black heavy sword in his hand swung horizontally, and cyan light transformed into a physical shield blocking his front.
However, before he could counterattack, hundreds of silver Space-Folding Spheres beside Kong Deming arrived in quick succession.
These spatial spheres constantly detonated around Niu Tian's body, and the resulting spatial collapse forces forcibly pulled at Niu Tian's limbs, making it impossible for him to move freely.
Jing Hongchen provided full output from the rear. Dozens of cannon barrels on the Red Dust Blessing Armor roared in unison. Ninth-level soul tool interference rays and destructive red light intertwined into a dense fire net, locking down all directions Niu Tian might use to retreat.
The three Peak powerhouses coordinated perfectly, forcefully pinning the unfathomably powerful Niu Tian in place.
On Liu Yuan's side, he held nothing back, directly activating his Dual Mythical Martial Souls.
"Primal Kyogre! Mega Rayquaza!"
Two deafening roars rang through the clouds, shaking the entire Haotian Fortress.
To Liu Yuan's left, the Void Realm fluctuated violently as a massive amount of deep blue seawater emerged from nowhere. Primal Kyogre's massive deep-sea overlord body surfaced from the waves, with dark red lines flashing with destructive light on its giant fins.
To Liu Yuan's right, emerald divine light pierced through heaven and earth. Mega Rayquaza's thousand-meter-long Dragon body was faintly visible in the clouds, with dark red lightning leaping between its horns.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao knew it was not the time for hesitation.
He took a deep breath, and the Spirit Eyes in his gaze flickered.
"Second Soul Skill, Simulate!"
Huo Yuhao's figure rapidly faded into the air, eventually disappearing completely.
He used the Simulate Spirit Ability to merge his presence with the surrounding cold wind, silently avoiding the core combat area and sneaking through the crack of the Haotian Fortress gates.
Although the ordinary Disciples inside Haotian Fortress were on guard, they couldn't detect a trace of him under the coordination of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes and Simulate Spirit Ability.
Huo Yuhao was like a transparent ghost, weaving through the intricate corridors, searching for that extremely cold aura of Ice Pith.
Tai Tan sensed Huo Yuhao's aura disappear and immediately realized his intention.
"Traitor, where are you running!"
Tai Tan spun around abruptly, his thick legs kicking off the ground and shattering several square meters of stone slabs. He leaped into the air, preparing to rush into Haotian Fortress to stop Huo Yuhao.
However, a pillar of bright white energy instantly cut off his path.
"Primal Kyogre, Hyper Beam!"
Primal Kyogre opened its massive mouth, and bright white light instantly converged into a single point before erupting. Wherever the light pillar passed, the air was instantly evacuated by high heat, slamming into the open ground directly in front of Tai Tan with an unstoppable momentum. The terrifying explosion's aftershock formed a visible shockwave, forcibly knocking the airborne Tai Tan back.
Next, Liu Yuan pointed toward the sky.
"Mega Rayquaza, Surf! Storm!"
Although Rayquaza is the lord of the skies, under the conversion of Liu Yuan's dual Soul Core energy, waves of black heavy water over thirty meters high swirled around it.
These waves were not ordinary water, but highly compressed spirit power liquid, incredibly heavy.
Coordinating with the heavy water waves, Mega Rayquaza's massive tail swung violently, and a tornado storm rose from the ground. The black water and cyan storm intertwined, forming a massive whirlpool that completely sealed off the hundred-meter area where Tai Tan was located.
Tai Tan was trapped in the center of the layers of water and storm. Massive pressure squeezed his body from all directions, making every step forward consume a huge amount of spirit power.
Liu Yuan hovered in mid-air with his hands behind his back, looking down at the furious Tai Tan below.
"Your opponent is me."
Tai Tan was completely enraged.
As the Second Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, when had he ever been suppressed to this degree? Especially sensing that this suppression came from a young man not even twenty years old, it felt like a great humiliation to him.
"Liu Yuan... you little brat!"
Tai Tan let out a shrill roar of rage. His eyes instantly turned blood-red, and his already burly body expanded once more.
The dark-gold giant ape phantom behind him suddenly shrank, then transformed into a stream of light that merged into his body.
"Martial Soul True Body, Primordial Titan!"
With a low growl from Tai Tan, his skin turned a pure dark-gold color, and his height instantly shot up to over ten meters. His muscles were knotted like the tangled roots of an ancient tree.
An extremely primitive and violent power erupted from his body, actually shattering the surrounding Surf water currents.
His massive fists clenched with a cracking sound, and the black stone ground beneath his feet could not withstand the heavy pressure, directly cracking and collapsing.
"Since you want to die so badly, I'll grant your wish!"
Tai Tan snapped his head up, his eyes filled with the destructive divine force fluctuations implanted by Tang San. He transformed into a dark-gold meteor, crashing straight toward Liu Yuan in mid-air.