Chapter 324: Volume-3 Chapter-26!
Ashen could see what Mao Lang was doing; however, he stayed still.
Rumble!
Soon, scarlet lightning rumbled in the sky, sending thunder rolling across the area.
It was at this moment Ye Chen's heart jumped, his senses warning him.
He had been suspecting that something was wrong when he noticed that the scarlet circle and whips hadn't disappeared, nor had the blinding light vanished.
If Lin Feng had died or was even injured, there should have been some change in them, right?
However, there was none.
He still didn't act rashly, suspecting that it was a trick to lure Ye Chen out in the open.
However, when he sensed the giant power concentrating around the area where Ye Ming and the others were, everything began to fit.
He instantly left all worries and moved at the fastest speed he could manage.
It only took him three seconds to reach Ye Ming's location as he directly appeared in front of Ye Ming inside the shields.
Since they were his artifacts, they didn't block his entry.
However, he was right on time when the lightning attack struck down from the heavens, or maybe he was too late.
Heaven's Wrath!
This was what Mao Lang liked to call this overpowered attack that could decimate an entire area in mere moments.
Rumble!
Crackle!
Boom!
The deafening sound of lightning striking the shields was enough to force everyone to close off their ears with their hands.
The sound was so terrifying that many emperor realm cultivators shivered from fear.
The first shield broke instantly without putting up any resistance.
The second shield lasted a second before shattering in the same manner.
The lightning was like a pillar that connected the earth to the heavens—like a laser beam fired from an alien spaceship.
The third shield, which already had cracks in it, was no better, shattering under the sheer force of the lightning strike.
The lightning strike was so wide that it covered the whole area in which Ye Ming and the others stood.
If it were to successfully strike them, the whole area might disappear into vapors.
However, Ye Chen wasn't one to just let it happen as he conjured up a dome of darkness around all of them, trying to take on the full force of the lightning strike to protect his son.
The dome held on for quite some time, and soon the lightning began to lose its force, dissipating in the next moment.
Ye Chen was relieved; however, the next moment, he coughed a mouthful of blood, falling to his knees as the dome around them disappeared.
It was then that the lightning whips returned to strike the already down Ye Chen.
Mao Lang was unrelenting in his methods, not even giving Ye Chen a chance to catch his breath.
"Argh!" Ye Chen groaned as he focused on channeling his remaining strength to conjure tentacles of darkness to defend.
However, he had been weakened by the lightning strike, and that made his tentacles fewer in number.
Boom!
Their collisions sent shockwaves rolling through the area as Ye Chen tried his best to defend against the tentacles.
Mao Lang let out excited laughter, sending whips from different angles to target the elders and Ye Ming.
"Hahaha, let me see how many you can protect."
He was enjoying seeing Ye Chen struggling against him, and at this moment, he moved at a terrifying speed, almost vanishing from sight before appearing near them.
Ye Chen's eyes widened as he saw Mao Lang's hand raised in the air again, preparing to send another lightning strike from the heavens.
It seems the lightning qi he sent before had not disappeared.
Once again the heavens rumbled with scarlet lightning while the whips continued their barrage of attacks.
"Damn it!" Ye Chen cursed under his breath.
If he didn't have to protect these many cultivators, he would have simply flown away to escape the lightning strike.
Moreover, because of the blinding scarlet light surrounding the area, Ye Ming and the others were currently blind and could not escape on their own.
At this moment, he had a daring idea.
He knew he couldn't endure another lightning strike from the heavens. It would be foolish to even try.
The best choice was to escape.
And since he could not save everyone, he would just prioritize the lives of the two most important people.
He moved in eerie silence, his speed too fast to react to.
Wrapping his hands around Ye Ming and Ashen, he flew away.
"Oh, so you are abandoning the others?"
Mao Lang commented with an amused expression as his whips moved to strike the escaping trio.
Meanwhile, the lightning struck the emperor realm cultivators without any mercy, bringing down the heavens' wrath.
Boom!
Ye Chen didn't even turn around to see what would remain of the emperor realm cultivators.
He only focused on defending himself and the two in his arms.
"W-What's happening?"
Ashen acted as if he was in panic even though he could see what had happened.
Ye Ming also had a similar panicked and confused expression.
"Please calm down. I will protect you both."
Ye Chen assured, continuing to block the various attacks of the lightning whips.
He then revealed an embarrassed expression while flying through the air, mumbling under his breath:
"To think all I can do is run and defend myself. No one has ever forced me like this."
Now, all he desired was to wait for the Dragon Emperor to arrive and, with him, kill this monster who was so devious and treacherous.
He knew that no matter how powerful Lin Feng had become, he would be no match for two upper-stage emperor realm cultivators.
With him, one of them could protect these two while the other killed Lin Feng.
It was because Mao Lang was constantly attacking Ye Ming and Ashen that he couldn't even use his full strength.
He just had to protect the ninth prince and his son until the dragon emperor arrived.
And as if the heavens had heard his plea, a deep voice resounded in his ears:
"Why is there so much light? It's annoying!"
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