Chapter 323: Volume-3 Chapter-25!
Mao Lang let the darkness approach him as he ignored his surroundings and fixed his gaze in one direction—Ye Ming's.
Ye Ming was a weakness that held back Ye Chen, and Mao Lang knew how to exploit weaknesses.
He instantly struck his palms together in a thunderclap, a bright scarlet light enveloping the area once more.
However, this time it shone with much brighter intensity.
It even enveloped Ashen's group along with Ye Ming, while at the same time trying to chase away the darkness around Mao Lang.
Ashen had been fed up of getting his sight snatched away by this move, so he had already bought a skill to allow him to keep his vision even among the brightest bursts of lights.
As for Villain Points, he had already acquired many by now, and they were not going to stop coming.
Only he and Ye Chen saw what happened next.
Mao Lang's whips moved with terrifying intensity, at a speed normal cultivators were unable to keep track of.
And they were all targeting one person—Ye Ming!
Ye Chen's eyes widened as he realized Mao Lang's plan.
His darkness moved even faster than the whips before appearing before Ye Ming.
Ye Chen rose from the darkness and summoned a huge bell artifact.
It was a defensive artifact that instantly created a shield around Ye Ming and the others.
The whips struck the shield created by the bell artifact and let out a deafening sound.
Boom!
The whips were thrown back from the impact; however, more whips emerged from behind, containing the power of the upper-stage emperor realm.
Under their onslaught, thin cracks began to develop on the shield, sending shivers down Ye Chen's spine.
He looked at the floating Mao Lang with disbelief written all over his face:
"Just how strong are those whips? Don't tell me they are growing stronger with time?"
And he was right.
As Mao Lang's upper-stage emperor realm strength was slowly taking over the qi of the whips, they were growing stronger.
Since they had been conjured by Lin Feng, they contained his intermediate-stage qi; however, as Mao Lang continued to supply his own qi, the whips began to grow stronger and more powerful.
It was only a matter of time before the shield would shatter under their onslaught.
Ye Chen looked at floating Mao Lang and muttered in a worried tone:
"How can he be this much of a monster?"
His mind couldn't comprehend what was happening.
This was the first time he felt this cornered.
He couldn't use his strongest attacks because Ye Ming was here.
If he went on the offensive, that Mao Lang would target Ye Ming to draw Ye Chen out.
And staying on the defensive would not get him anywhere.
Moreover, darkness was weak against light, and lightning was a source of light; of course the tentacles he conjured wouldn't be able to hold off against his whips.
He hadn't expected to find himself in such a predicament after he challenged Lin Feng.
The cracks had begun to widen and were on the verge of shattering.
Therefore, he summoned two more defensive artifacts, creating two more shields around them.
He could only hope these shields would last long and keep Ye Ming safe until he returned.
He had made up his mind.
He would try to finish Lin Feng in one strike while the shield kept Ye Ming and the others protected.
As the three shields surrounded Ye Ming and the others, Ye Chen disappeared into the darkness.
Even though Ye Ming needed darkness to dive into, Ye Chen, on the other hand, could use dark qi to create it out of nothing and use it.
He wasn't bound to the same rules as his son.
It was because of that reason that despite the bright scarlet light blinding everyone, he could still make use of darkness.
He left all pretense of caution and instantly sent dark qi into a tidal wave around Mao Lang's floating body.
As darkness began to revolve around Mao Lang's body, his eyes widened.
His heart jumped as a bad premonition enveloped him.
His whips moved frantically in an attempt to chase away the darkness; however, it was futile.
As soon as darkness would fade, new dark qi would emerge and mend the darkness.
"Damn it!" Mao Lang cursed.
In the next moment, solid spikes made of darkness erupted out of the darkness, piercing everything the darkness surrounded.
Ye Chen smiled, thinking that Mao Lang had been killed by that strike.
However, he didn't know that Mao Lang had moved at an extremely high speed to leave his previous spot to rush into another darkness.
The reason why Ye Chen misunderstood was because of the scarlet circle of lightning remaining in the same spot, getting pierced by darkness spikes.
He thought that Lin Feng couldn't move away from the scarlet circle of lightning, and it was true.
Lin Feng was attached to his killer move, and to maintain and control it, he had to be in close range with it.
However, Mao Lang was different.
His attainment in the lightning path and his potent qi allowed him to surpass those limitations.
He had taken advantage of that fact and had sneaked out of Ye Chen's attack's range before it could even activate.
Currently, he was moving at lightning speed in a single direction—towards Ye Ming.
Ye Chen didn't even notice that something was wrong until it was too late.
Mao Lang was already in front of Ye Ming, and seeing the three shields, he frowned.
He knew time was of the essence right now as he acted fast.
He raised his hands to the sky, his palm sending lightning qi in a tidal wave that was getting concentrated in the sky above the shields.
The bright scarlet light still shone brightly due to Mao Lang maintaining control of the scarlet circle.
This didn't allow Ye Ming and the others to see the scene in front of them; however, they could sense power concentrating around them.
It was only because of the shields that they were protected.
Ashen could see what Mao Lang was doing; however, he stayed still.
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