"Retreat!"

The martial artists realized that the blood contained an extremely terrifying aura ripple and immediately dodged backward.

"Boom! Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"

The next moment, a dense rain of blood-colored droplets exploded in midair!

"Whoosh!"

Amid the blood-colored explosion, Fang Heng opened his right hand.

After the blood droplets burst, they rapidly condensed back into his palm, forming a long blood-colored scythe.

The high-tier martial artists gathered around Fang Heng immediately showed signs of caution.

Who exactly was this guy?

Compared to his terrifying strength, what was even more frightening was his defensive capability and self-recovery ability.

The ice spikes and spatial spikes had clearly pierced his body.

The ice spikes, besides dealing massive damage, carried a strong ice crystal effect, capable of freezing enemies. The spatial spikes, once embedded in the body, caused small-scale spatial explosions.

If it were any ordinary martial artist, they would have lost their combat strength long ago.

Yet Fang Heng seemed to withstand both types of damage completely, unaffected.

Nearby, Miguel checked the wound on his chest and immediately felt a sinking sensation, his expression shifting several times.

This special strength attribute carried a corrosive effect, a type of power he had never encountered in any discipline before.

Vampires of the Land of Ice Soul?

Miguel immediately tended to his wound, looked at Fang Heng under siege, and coldly commanded, "Take him down, try to keep him alive!"

"Charge!"

Just as everyone launched another attack, suddenly, a thick black aura seeped out from the two magic arrays—one blue, one dark—beneath Fang Heng's feet.

It's here!

Tree Realm descent! Death Realm descent!

The two skills fused!

Almost simultaneously, deathly, lifeless strength mixed with dense vines overflowed from the magic arrays!

The spreading vines and root spikes instantly surged toward the surrounding martial artists!

What?

The two martial artists rushing to attack Fang Heng felt the terrifying change in the surrounding domain laws and were shocked.

Not good!

With the domain ability empowered, Fang Heng flashed and disappeared before the martial artists.

Year Ring-Acceleration!

Whoosh!

In the next moment, Fang Heng appeared right in front of a martial artist.

Whoosh!!!

The death scythe slashed!

The high-tier martial artist targeted by Fang Heng, trying to dodge the vine entanglement, suddenly saw Fang Heng appear beside him. Surprised, he raised both hands to release an ice barrier in a desperate attempt to block.

"Boom!!!"

The ice barrier shattered instantly!

The cold, silent aura outside and the surging lifeblood ripple within formed a stark contrast. The high-tier martial artist spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward!

"Whoosh!!"

Landing a successful strike, Fang Heng vanished from sight again.

Terrifying domain ability!

Who exactly was this guy!?

"Stop him! Don't let him reach the sacrifice platform!"

Miguel shouted, appearing at the edge of the sacrifice platform, blocking Fang Heng again.

This time, Miguel was fully alert, constructing layer upon layer of earthen barriers to lock down Fang Heng's attack route.

Miguel admitted to himself: one-on-one, he absolutely could not match that guy.

But they had numbers!

Martial artists remaining in the surrounding caverns quickly rushed to reinforce them upon hearing the commotion.

The ice soul domains and spatial domains released by his allies added a powerful counterforce against Fang Heng, affecting his movement and attack strength.

"Bang!!"

The terrifying aura erupted again!

Miguel watched in disbelief as his carefully constructed defenses were shattered layer by layer by Fang Heng.

Simultaneously, several martial artists who came to reinforce struck Fang Heng from behind, enduring the Death Domain and vine entanglements, breaking through the layers of vines to hit Fang Heng's back.

"Pfft!!!"

Fang Heng spat out blood from the repeated impacts on his back but swung his scythe, striking back and violently sending Miguel flying!

"Bang!!!"

Miguel felt a chilling force surge through his body while his blood boiled uncontrollably. Two opposing forces, one cold, one hot, collided violently inside him, forcing him to spit out blood.

Even so, Miguel forced himself to stay calm, observing the battle as he was propelled to the side.

Not good!

"Stop him!"

Seeing Fang Heng flash toward the bronze sacrifice platform, Miguel shouted.

But it was too late.

Fang Heng vanished from midair once again.

Year Ring-Acceleration!

Whoosh!

The high-tier martial artists chasing him lost Fang Heng's aura in an instant. When they saw him again, Fang Heng had already appeared atop the bronze sacrifice platform.

"Bang!!!"

The explosion of spiritual energy lifted the cloth covering the bronze platform, revealing a bronze-colored stone tablet underneath.

The stone tablet lay flat on the sacrifice platform.

That was...

Fang Heng furrowed his brow.

What the hell was this?

It looked like an old relic. The tablet was covered in dense inscriptions, but he did not sense the oppressive aura or terrifying pressure from it.

So what exactly was it?

Forget it!

Just take it!

In urgency, Fang Heng did not have time to think and instinctively made the decision.

Take it!

However, the moment his hand touched the black stone tablet, his heart jolted.

What!

An extremely strong spatial ripple suddenly erupted from the tablet.

Not good!

In the next instant, the spatial ripple pulled Fang Heng entirely inside, and his domain power and all aura completely disappeared within the cavern.

The martial artists who had been attacking Fang Heng stopped in their tracks, dissipating their domain power, exchanging glances, each seeing a hint of caution in the other's eyes.

The entire cavern regained its calm.

Everyone looked back at Captain Miguel.

Another high-tier martial artist skilled in healing checked Miguel's condition, then looked up with fear in his eyes and said, "It's a type of strength we've never seen before. This power is consuming the captain's vitality. Natural energy can only dispel a little; the majority must be removed using the captain's own ability."

The other martial artists were astonished.

The residual power remaining in Miguel was far more significant than he had described. Even if Miguel spent some time dispelling it, the force had already caused permanent damage.

"I'm fine."

Miguel took a deep breath, forcing himself to brace against a nearby stone wall with one hand, slowly standing.

In fact, after Fang Heng was absorbed by the stone tablet, the boiling sensation in his blood had subsided greatly, far better than the extreme discomfort that had nearly brought him to the brink of death.

"Report everything that happened here truthfully to the spawns."

Miguel inhaled deeply, looked around at everyone, and said, "The intruder has been sealed within the stone tablet. The crisis is temporarily resolved, but do not let your guard down..."

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