Tianyi, standing not far away, frowned as Mingqi casually dispatched the Green-Faced Commander. However, he held back. With another commander and the Celestial Witch Cult leader nearby, there was no need for him to act.
After instantly dispatching the Green-Faced Commander, Mingqi immediately unleashed his strongest Fire Ring, combined with his Protective Shield, determined to defeat the massive warrior in a single blow. Even if he couldn't kill him instantly, he would at least injure him severely. With their superior numbers, a prolonged battle would be unfavorable.
Seeing the Green-Faced Commander slain, Broken Dragon roared, brandishing his battle axe and charging forward. He resembled an ancient behemoth. Despite his immense stature, his speed was unwavering. In an instant, he was upon Mingqi, his massive axe looming overhead with the force of a mountain.
Ming Qi's Fire Emperor Sword was imbued with divine fire. While its rank might not rival the opponent's great axe, it would prove a different beast once imbued with divine fire. Once contaminated by the most powerful divine fire, even the sharpest divine weapon would be significantly weakened. This weakening and strengthening effect invisibly compensated for Ming Qi's weakness in weaponry.
A figure swayed, and dust rose in the entire underground space. Seeing Shattering Dragon stride towards him, Ming Qi suddenly moved, and four figures suddenly appeared before him. Shattering Dragon swung forward, landing right in the middle of them.
By then, the two were within striking distance. Ming Qi, with lightning speed, swung the Fire Emperor Sword and struck.
At the same time, the four figures surrounding Shattering Dragon struck down simultaneously.
The five swords, both real and fake, left Shattered Dragon momentarily bewildered. However, he was a Martial God-level warrior after all, and his bewilderment lasted only a fraction of a second. In that brief moment of confusion, five swords swiftly slashed down from five different directions with thunder and lightning.
"What an idiot!"
Tianyi, standing by, couldn't help but curse softly as he saw Shattered Dragon fall squarely into the trap and leap directly into the encirclement.
Shattered Dragon naturally had no time to pay attention to what others were saying. The moment he entered the encirclement, he realized he had been tricked, but it was too late to retreat. His only option now was to use force to break free and sever the clones.
Thinking of this, Shattered Dragon suddenly swung his great axe, no longer aiming at Ming Qi, but turning to strike at a shadowy figure to his left.
Seeing Shattered Dragon abandon his attack and turn on the shadow, Ming Qi chuckled to himself. This guy, despite being the commander of the Tianzui Camp, was so impressive in his battles.
Ming Qi had deployed four shadows to confuse his opponent, but more importantly, they possessed just as much lethality as his original form. All their attacks were real, and he intended to use them to achieve a one-hit kill!
He had initially assumed the opponent wouldn't be so easily fooled and would attack the original form the moment the shadow appeared, but the giant chose not to.
Since the opponent was so respectful, Ming Qi naturally wouldn't pass up this opportunity.
The longsword swung sideways, arriving in the blink of an eye.
Shattered Dragon's massive axe slashed directly at the shadow to his left. The shadow naturally didn't dodge, and Ming Qi's axe struck directly, but at that moment, Ming Qi's sword had already arrived.
Swish!
The longsword merely pierced Shattering Dragon's defensive defenses, inflicting little damage, leaving only a shallow wound. However, the pale divine fire was already swarming through the wound like a maggot in a bone.
While powerful Martial Gods possess a certain resistance to divine fire, this presupposes that the divine fire has not yet entered their bodies. Once that happens, it burns not only the flesh but also the soul.
Ming Qi struck with one sword, and then struck the remaining three figures with three similar blows. None of these strikes inflicted significant damage to Shattering Dragon, but in each case, the divine fire-infused blades had accomplished their purpose.
Having struck with one strike, Ming Qi quickly leaped away.
Sizzle!
The divine fire touched Shattering Dragon, instantly taking effect. Vast wounds began to form all over Shattering Dragon's body in a matter of moments, and pale flames emanated from them.
Though Shattering Dragon managed to hold on, his hands gripping the great axe began to tremble, and his face contorted in agony.
"You... are so... despicable!"
Smashing Dragon looked up at Ming Qi, uttering those four words with difficulty before collapsing to the ground with a thud.
The pain of divine fire burning the soul is unbearable. Even the strongest warrior, once their soul is successfully ignited by the divine fire, is doomed!
Seeing this, Tianyi, who had been sitting around, finally grew impatient. He waved his hand to stop the other commander and the leader of the Heavenly Witch Cult from charging forward, then stood up. In his eyes, this man was worthy of fighting him.
"Very good! Besides the gods, few in the world are worthy of my attack."
Tianyi said, slowly walking to the center of the space, his bewitching eyes calmly fixed on Ming Qi.
"Oh? So you haven't moved in a long time?"
Ming Qi was not afraid at all. No matter how powerful Tianyi was, he could never be stronger than a god, unless he was a divine villain like the Tiger Wood Lord, but that was completely impossible.
"That question isn't important. Actually, I'm a bit confused. Your reputation in Tianhuang doesn't seem good. Many people have died at your hands. What motivated you to decide to oppose me?"
Ming Qi frowned, pondering for a moment. Then, he raised an eyebrow and said, "My reputation is my business, and so are the number of people I've killed. Since you want to know, I'll tell you: Even if Tianhuang is destroyed, it can't be at the hands of outsiders like you, especially a bunch of weirdos like you!"
Ming Qi's words were quite harsh. The Tianzui Camp was originally a force formed by the gathering of numerous alien races, some from other worlds, others from the underground. Compared to Tianhuang, they were already outsiders.
And Ming Qi had already made it clear that even if Tianhuang was to be destroyed, it wasn't the Tianzui Camp's turn to intervene.
"Want to be the savior?"
Unexpectedly, Tianyi didn't get angry at Ming Qi's words. Instead, he smiled strangely.
"Stop talking nonsense! Today is your death!"
Ming Qi realized it was unwise to engage in a battle of wits with this fellow, so he simply kept silent. His point was already clear, and he didn't feel like discussing anything else.
Slowly retreating to create distance, Ming Qi carefully gathered his divine power. Tianyi was undoubtedly the strongest of the Tianzui army, aside from the gods who had challenged the gods themselves. Facing Tianyi, he dared not be careless.
In contrast, Tianyi seemed quite calm, unlike Ming Qi, who was on high alert.
"Yes, I too can sense my death approaching, but it seems it's not yours."
Tianyi spoke slowly, then opened and closed his right hand, revealing a golden-red ancient book in his palm.