"Go!"

Elder Kaixiang shouted again, "The Heavenly Monarch orders that if this place is exposed, you must swiftly leave."

Saying this, Elder Kaixiang ran over the magma, heading towards the Annihilation Spear hovering in mid-air.

"After all, I couldn't destroy this evil weapon..."

With a sigh, he gathered powerful vitality in his palm, forcibly reaching for the Annihilation Spear surrounded by Divine Evil.

"Hiss—"

The contact between vitality and Divine Evil made a hissing sound as if being scorched by flames, and it quickly extinguished, yet the essence energy and True Qi around Elder Kaixiang burned like fire, though difficult, it enabled him to gradually approach the Annihilation Spear.

After all, it was a weapon without a master, and Elder Kaixiang had studied the "Jiuli Saber Scripture" and understood the warlord's ultimate skills, thus he had some countermeasures.

Just as Elder Kaixiang's hand was about to grasp the Annihilation Spear, suddenly, a sound like tearing silk rang out.

A deep crack tore through the sky, transmitting a mysterious great strength downwards, causing the Annihilation Spear's evil power to surge again, its overwhelming evil Qi exploded, forcing Elder Kaixiang backwards, leaving a long trail on the magma pool, eventually crashing into a mountain wall.

A long-fingered hand reached out from the crack, quickly enlarging, turning into a giant hand in an instant, reaching into the volcano mouth, grasping for the Annihilation Spear.

A majestic power descended from the sky, suppressing the mountain like falling heavens, stopping the magma instantly, the Flame Qi ceased to flow, and both Elder Kaixiang and the woman also felt a heaviness in their bodies, unable to move.

However, at this moment, the magma suddenly boiled, bubbles rising, an intense scorching sensation swept through everyone's hearts, in a trance, it seemed the earth had turned into scorched land, a terrifying figure rampaging across the ground, burning and ravaging.

'Drought Demon Ba!'

The name flashed instinctively in Elder Kaixiang's mind.

Having stayed in the Artifact Pavilion for years, even coming into contact with the Heaven and Earth Furnace for several years, how could he not be familiar with the Drought Demon Ba's aura?

Hardly expected that the Drought Demon Ba would appear at this moment.

"Boom!"

The magma pool split, revealing a figure enveloped in flames, its ferocious claws striking the heavens.

The Drought Demon Ba rampaged, burning and ravaging, leaving a thousand miles of scorched earth.

A presence capable of turning the earth to scorched land surged out, yet no flames were seen, only an extreme high temperature turning into red light, scorching everything above, even the space seemed to be melted and twisted like boiling phenomena.

"Drought God Palm? You can already use moves?"

A surprised voice came from the air, the familiar sound allowing Elder Kaixiang to recognize the person immediately.

——It was Jiang Li.

Simultaneously, the transformation of the Drought Demon Ba surprised Elder Kaixiang.

The Drought Demon Ba had long lost her mind, acting only on instinct, and although her strength remained formidable, it didn't do justice to her third grade perfection realm and nearly a thousand years of age.

But now, the Drought Demon Ba could already perform the Drought God Palm, her mighty power correctly applied, her combat power far exceeding the past.

The boiling twisted anomaly directly enveloped Jiang Li's hand, visibly, the space seemed to be wrapped around the giant hand like burning paper, the extreme high temperature incinerating every bit of matter, every ounce of power.

Yet, the hand remained unharmed, directly grasping the Annihilation Spear and pulling it back.

"Roar!"

The Drought Demon Ba saw this and let out a furious roar, its fiery figure rushing forth, where scorching heat flowed, there was only red light.

Whether air, Essence Qi, or pure power, they were all melted by the Drought Demon Ba's Flame Qi, turning into pure heat flow. Her Flame Qi, unlike Jiang family's Innate Qi which can transform all things, could refine all things, manifesting extreme dominance.

Meanwhile, yellow clouds gathered, the Heavenly Realm appeared, a blurry figure emerged within, delivering a palm strike.

A profound imprint appeared in the sky, mountains, rivers, and all phenomena present, the heavens and earth contained within one palm, pushing horizontally towards the crack.

Under the mutual assault, the situation immediately reversed.

Jiang Li could control the Drought Demon Ba, but couldn't ignore the Heavenly Monarch's palm strike, even though the Monarch's true body remained inside the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation, not here.

At that moment, the Heavenly Monarch's palm struck the crack, while the Drought Demon Ba attacked Jiang Li's hand, unexpectedly, suddenly the arm detached from the crack, growing golden scales, spreading wings, transforming into a dragon with wings.

With the hand transformed into a dragon, the palm became the dragon's head, biting onto the Annihilation Spear, and pulling away from the crack, causing the Heavenly Monarch's palm to strike empty.

"Boom!"

The crack collapsed under the impact of the palm imprint, while the Yinglong Dragon whirled around, avoiding the Drought Demon Ba, flying into the sky, its body unseen, rushing straight towards Elder Kaixiang in a flash.

This was to take Elder Kaixiang away.

The Annihilation Spear, Jiang Li wanted it, and Elder Kaixiang, Jiang Li wanted him too.

"Hmph."

A cold snort came from the air, behind Elder Kaixiang emerged a giant vertical pupil, yellow clouds swirling around him.

He wielded a Yanyue Blade, the blade moved with his body, dancing out an Azure Dragon, rushing fiercely towards the Yinglong Dragon.

"Roar—"

The Azure Dragon roared in anger, the Yinglong Dragon soared, the two dragons collided head-on, magma surged in waves, crashing to both sides, where strength reached, the ground shattered, the mountain cracked like a spiderweb.

Elder Kaiyang was once again knocked back, his figure slamming straight into the mountainside, shaking half of the mountain range.

Meanwhile, the Drought like a shadow followed closely, crashing in like a shooting star of fire.

However, another Dragon Roar sounded.

Half of a Heavenly Mirror appeared out of nowhere beside them, and a golden dragon claw reached out from it, with wind, rain, thunder, and lightning all appearing in its grasp. The blazing dragon might immediately captured the Drought's attention.

"Yinglong Dragon!"

The divine monster within the flames hissed, calling out the name "Yinglong Dragon" without hesitation, its figure twisted, and both palms struck towards the dragon claw.

Drought God Palm·Thousand Miles of Barren Land.

Extreme high temperatures transformed into flame winds, colliding with wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Instantly, thunder and fire intertwined, wind and rain surged. White mist expanded like a tide, and the sound of the roar formed a substantial tide, mixed with Qi Force, jointly ravaging.

"Boom—"

The mountain shook violently, and the vast mountain cracked open with a gigantic fissure, spreading upward from both sides, and then it split into two halves.

The Drought roared furiously, the Flame Qi continually erupting, seemingly endless, refining and incinerating everything, about to fiercely strike the dragon claw. Unexpectedly, another Yinglong Dragon turned and collided with the Drought, then the dragon shadow flashed, directly charging into the half Heavenly Mirror, disappearing along with the dragon claw.

Only two breaths of time had passed, yet the fierce confrontation had ended.

The Yinglong Dragon that had turned from Jiang Li's arm, although losing the crack to return, left through another passage, taking the Annihilation Spear with it.

As the Heavenly Realm fell from the sky, the vague human shadow within only saw this scene.

"——"

A sudden silence descended, instantly erasing all the surrounding clamor, seemingly reflecting the Heavenly Monarch's silent rage.

Even with such a mental state, upon suddenly discovering a patch repaired on the enemy side, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

A moment later, the Heavenly Monarch's voice sounded, "I can't help but question whether our collaboration is still reliable?"

To whom is this question directed?

This abrupt statement startled everyone present, especially Elder Kaiyang who was embedded in the mountainside. His gaze subtly flickered, seemingly silently observing the surroundings.

Then, he noticed.

——The roaring sound of the Drought had ceased at some unknown time.

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Half of the Heavenly Mirror lit up, and Primordial Lord Rain Master retracted the dragon claw, scales disappearing into the arm, revealing a snow-white lotus arm, once again covered by the hanging long sleeves.

Then, a Yinglong Dragon flew out from within, landing to Jiang Li's right side, transforming into an arm.

Within the five fingers, a simplistic bronze long weapon was held. Similar to a long stick, but its top had edges and points, leaving a sharp tip. It was the oldest piercing weapon—Spear.

The Annihilation Spear ultimately landed in Jiang Li's hands, the process surprisingly smooth.

In this way, the Military God's Five Weapons were finally gathered in Jiang Li's possession. Although not yet refined by him, the extremely destructive Evil Qi began to resonate and seemed to want to merge.

But at this moment, Jiang Li seemed a bit distracted, his thoughts not focused on the Annihilation Spear.

Recalling the earlier battle, he was able to confirm that the Heavenly Monarch had no intention to deceive. He was caught off guard by Jiang Li's sudden assault.

After Jiang Li remotely activated the Annihilation Spear, he immediately used the Heavenly Mirror to transmit power and seize the Annihilation Spear. The process was swift and filled with clever maneuvers. However, if the Heavenly Monarch had anticipated this, he could have effectively countered, preventing Jiang Li from easily succeeding.

This indicates that the previously leaked Evil Qi was not activated by the Heavenly Monarch; it might have been an accident, or possibly······

Jiang Li inhaled lightly, then exhaled, using a breathing technique he hadn't used in a while.

It was a method learned from Elder Kaiyang for stimulating blood and utilizing physical body strength.

Earlier, when the Yinglong Dragon claw and Elder Kaiyang collided, Jiang Li sensed that the other's blood seemed to have a familiar frequency······

As he pondered, Jiang Li's blood surged, emitting a sound like rushing waves. When connected continuously, the sound could subtly formulate a phrase.

"The reason for the external leakage of Annihilation Spear's Evil Qi seems to be figured out."

Jiang Li's blood stabilized, a mysterious expression appearing on his face, "But a new problem has arisen."

The Heavenly Monarch already possessed the ability to assimilate others, altering their consciousness using his own will, causing changes in their personality without losing intellect. Once, Ling Wujue became the devoted follower of the senior brother Yun Jiuye because of this, and later, Elder Kaiyang followed suit, having his consciousness and personality altered by the Heavenly Monarch.

However, from the current situation, Elder Kaiyang might still retain his self··· or perhaps he has broken free from the Heavenly Monarch's control.

But how did he manage to do it?

As for why he only helped Jiang Li secretly till now, it seems to have an answer. It's due to Jiang Li and the others disrupting destiny simultaneously.

Only under such circumstances, Elder Kaiyang wouldn't need to fear his actions being discovered by the Heavenly Monarch.

The premise is——he truly acquired freedom.

Besides······

Jiang Li thought of the message conveyed by Elder Kaiyang, squinting slightly, "There might be a hidden powerful figure, someone worthy of collaborating with the Heavenly Monarch."

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