"Roar!~"
As a peculiar connection formed between Ye Feng and the power within the Tang saber, a high-pitched, resonant dragon's roar suddenly erupted. A tremendous force exploded from his body, flinging Old Ghost far away...
"Ugh~ Ah!~"
Ye Feng had no time to check on Old Ghost.
The Tang saber in his hand was continuously pouring immense power into his body. In a brief moment, the bloody wound on his arm, inflicted by Old Ghost, healed...
But before Ye Feng could rejoice, he cried out in pain. The power surging from the Tang saber into his body was too potent, causing intense swelling and pain throughout his entire being, as if he were about to explode...
Especially, Ye Feng felt his internal organs being fiercely scorched by flames, to the point of near unconsciousness. Yet, the power from the Tang saber prevented him from succumbing, making him even more lucid...
"Ugh!~ Hooo!~"
The intense burning sensation in his chest made Ye Feng groan and exhale sharply in one direction. To his surprise, a burst of immense flames shot out.
The flames were extremely hot, and where they landed, they instantly melted the exposed steel bars of several pillars...
"Damn..."
Seeing this, Ye Feng was astonished and also very worried. After all, if it could melt steel bars, such high temperatures... what about his own body...
His heart filled with urgency, Ye Feng quickly calmed down. He realized the pain in his body was subsiding. Looking down, his stomach and chest weren't burned through or anything similar...
"Big... Big brother... You... you can breathe fire?"
Xiao Xiao, who had been forcefully pushed a good distance away by Ye Feng, stared at the scene in stunned silence for a moment before murmuring.
"Burp..."
Just as Ye Feng was about to reply, he let out a sudden burp, spitting out a few flickering flames from his mouth.
"Wh... What's happening?"
Shen Yun Yao, not far away, had been cut by the Demonic Dagger, dark energy coiling around her wound and blood flowing uncontrollably. But upon witnessing this, she momentarily forgot the pain of her injuries.
She stared at Ye Feng, who was engulfed in leaping flames with golden light flowing around him, a look of utter astonishment on her face.
"Is this the mysterious power I sensed within the Tang saber?"
Ye Feng was inwardly amazed. Not only did he feel a powerful surge of force throughout his body, but his vision had also become strangely clear. He could even see a fly hundreds of meters away, noticing one of its legs was broken and parts of its wings were scorched, making its flight unstable...
"Crackling!~"
"Hoo~ Hah~ Clack clack clack~!"
At this moment, Old Ghost, who had been thrown far away by Ye Feng, formed a hand seal. Two distortions appeared in the space beside him, and then a sound that was quite familiar to Ye Feng echoed – the sound of zombies.
"A fifth-tier initial stage zombie!"
Seeing the zombie with its head almost fully armored emerge from the distorted space, Ye Feng narrowed his eyes. "That hand seal seems to be some kind of teleportation formation..."
"Was it this old ghost who inexplicably summoned the fifth-tier initial stage zombie behind me earlier?"
"And the sudden attack by a fifth-tier zombie that Shen Yun Yao encountered a few days ago... was it this guy too?"
Upon seeing the two fifth-tier initial stage zombies teleported by Old Ghost, Ye Feng began to understand.
"Hoo~ Hah~ Clack clack clack~!"
The two fifth-tier initial stage zombies emitted strange guttural sounds and quickly charged towards Ye Feng.
Ye Feng frowned slightly, and the golden light on his Tang saber glided lightly.
"Swoosh!~ Shriek!~"
The white armor of the fifth-tier initial stage zombie, capable of withstanding bullets from a Barrett M82A1, was instantly cleaved through. With a flash of golden light, the zombie's body was split in two, falling to the ground.
Ye Feng showed no excessive surprise at this, as if it were as commonplace as eating or drinking.
Immediately, he looked up at Old Ghost hovering in the air not far away. He frowned slightly, and then, as if stepping on invisible stairs, he lifted his leg and stepped onto empty space.
The space instantly rippled outward...
"What?"
Shen Yun Yao, Xiao Xiao, and even Wang Ba Tian were greatly astonished, for Ye Feng was walking in mid-air as if there were truly invisible steps beneath him.
Under their shocked gazes, the space continued to ripple like drops of water falling into a lake...
In a short while, Ye Feng arrived before Old Ghost.
"Kid, I truly underestimated you!"
"I never expected such a powerful force to be hidden within your body! No wonder that old bastard Shen Bo Tian placed his hopes on you!"
Old Ghost glanced at Shen Bo Tian, lying pale on the ground, as he spoke the last part.
Ye Feng didn't respond immediately. He stared at Old Ghost's blurry silhouette for a long moment before slowly saying, "Joseph?"
As Ye Feng's words fell, Old Ghost's pupils contracted sharply, and his blurry form visibly wavered.
"Kid, who are you? Where did you learn that name?"
Old Ghost's tone was extremely sinister, and his face turned serious.
"It really is him. Joseph, who researched the Divine Stone at the Red Shore Ruins... and became a 'ghost'!"
Old Ghost's reaction undoubtedly confirmed Ye Feng's earlier speculation.
"Divine Stone?!"
Upon hearing this, a fierce light erupted in Old Ghost's eyes. The demonic runes on the devil dagger in his hand surged, and he instantly slashed towards Ye Feng.
"Clang!~"
"Bang!~"
After a clear metallic impact, the space at the point of collision between golden and black light actually distorted slightly, and the outward propagating shockwave carved massive gashes into the ruined buildings on the ground.
"Clang!~ Clang!~"
"Bang~! Bang!~"
"Clang!~"
....
The sounds of metal clashing continued, two figures leaped through the sky, golden and black lights flashing incessantly. Massive cracks appeared on the ground, making the already chaotic ruins even more disordered.
"Sizzle!~"
At this moment, a loud crackle of electricity suddenly sounded. Wang Ba Tian had moved with incredible speed behind Xiao Xiao, his thunderous hammer slamming down towards the unprotected left shoulder of Xiao Xiao.
"Clang!~ Clang!~"
Simultaneously, a clear metallic collision sound came from the sky, and a figure bathed in golden light was sent flying backward – it was Ye Feng.
Clearly, in the exchange with Joseph just now, Ye Feng had fallen at a disadvantage...
Just as Wang Ba Tian's thunder-charged hammer was about to strike Xiao Xiao, Ye Feng's golden light flashed in mid-air, and his figure instantly vanished from the sky, reappearing beside Xiao Xiao.
"Bang!~"
"Sizzle sizzle!~"
"Roar!~" Amidst the dull thud and piercing electric crackle, a high-pitched dragon's roar was heard. Ye Feng had directly caught Wang Ba Tian's thunderous hammer with his left hand.
"No... Impossible..."
"Ah!~"
Just as a look of shock appeared on Wang Ba Tian's face, he suddenly let out a shrill scream. Ye Feng had pierced his chest with the Tang saber in his right hand.
.......