Under the entanglement of vines, the power of fire was unleashed to its maximum.
"Ah! It... it hurts so much!"
"Quick... hurry up and save me! Ah! My... my hair is burning!"
Kaos's screams echoed incessantly. Fenrir, Misius, and Atos wanted to rescue him.
Unexpectedly, Ao Yuan's claws condensed slightly.
Shua shua shua!
Several more vines tore through the earth, all wrapping around the fierce flames.
They tightly bound Kaos within the fire.
"Want to save him!"
Ao Yuan coldly faced Misius, Fenrir, and Atos, saying, "You'll have to get past me first."
"As for... you thinking you can defeat me, it's no different from wishful thinking!"
Ao Yuan hovered in the void, his pale golden eyes emitting a chilling gaze as he swept over the three.
Sensing Ao Yuan's gaze, the expressions of the three suddenly sank.
With Ao Yuan blocking them, they truly couldn't extinguish the flames on Kaos immediately.
"Let's attack together!"
Misius glanced at Kaos, then his gaze returned to Ao Yuan. He said solemnly, "We must hold him back for now."
"Then whoever has a free moment will help Kaos extinguish the flames on him."
"We absolutely cannot let Kaos suffer too much damage!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Misius's aura erupted.
He stomped on the ground, his feet launching him high into the air as if they were springs, then he shot towards Ao Yuan like a cannonball.
At this moment, Atos and Fenrir also unleashed their ultimate skills.
Their power was immense, surging like a tidal wave, covering the sky.
This time.
Ao Yuan chose not to confront them directly but dodged.
If they wanted to entangle him, why would Ao Yuan let them have their way?
The next second.
Ao Yuan directly flashed to Atos's side and met his attack with his dragon claw.
Among this group, based on judging their strength earlier, Ao Yuan felt that Atos's close-combat ability was the weakest.
If he could inflict heavy damage on him at this opportunity, it would significantly reduce Ao Yuan's pressure.
"Hmph!"
Atos's expression changed drastically. He quickly flipped open the book in his hand and tore a page from it.
Huala!
As Atos poured his spiritual energy into it, the page floated in the air above his head, emitting a black light.
It enveloped Atos like a black cloth.
But!
Ao Yuan's power was incredibly terrifying, especially since this attack was delivered with the Dragon God Claw!
On the golden mountain's side, Ao Yuan's claw directly tore a crack in Atos's black cloth.
"Hmm?"
As he continued to probe, his claw landed on Atos.
Ao Yuan suddenly let out a surprised sound. He could clearly feel that his claw did not pierce any flesh.
Instead, it felt like he was drawing on a piece of paper.
Ao Yuan's gaze sharpened, and golden light flashed.
He saw that Atos was no longer there; it was clearly a yellow paper!
His formidable senses surged. At this moment, Ao Yuan found the real Atos a hundred meters away.
His face was pale, and the book in his hand swayed slightly in the breeze.
Even from a distance, Ao Yuan could see at a glance that two pages were missing from the book in his hand.
"This thing is quite good," Ao Yuan praised. "It even fooled me."
"But... how many times can you use an ability like this?"
"How many times can you use it with your abilities?"
Hearing this, Atos, whose face was already pale, became even more so.
The reality was exactly as Ao Yuan said.
Even though the book in his hand was as thick as a dictionary, in fact,
each page brought a different effect, and there were only a few pages that could create a substitute.
He had used it once before, and this time facing Ao Yuan.
Currently,
only two pages remained in this book!
This meant he could only use the substitute ability twice.
Before, when facing Atos from a distance, he hadn't felt much.
But just now, at close range, Atos had truly smelled the scent of death.
In other words, facing Ao Yuan this time, he felt that two pages were definitely not enough.
"Watch me!"
Fenrir's expression darkened, and he charged towards Ao Yuan like a cannonball.
"Ao Yuan! Take this!"
Fenrir roared, his face contorted, baring his teeth and flailing his limbs.
Facing Ao Yuan, he unleashed a killing move from the start.
Each of his fingers grew, instantly becoming slender and hard like ten blades, and he clawed fiercely at Ao Yuan.
"Do you think you can stop me with just this?"
Ao Yuan coldly snorted and met the attack head-on without dodging.
Bang bang bang!
Fenrir, in Ao Yuan's hands, only lasted a few rounds before being sent flying by a simple tail whip.
Although Fenrir was half-human, half-beast, his close-combat ability was the most formidable.
Compared to Ao Yuan, he was still far behind.
It could be said that in a one-on-one fight, Fenrir would be a bit more troublesome than Zeus for Ao Yuan,
but it would only be a matter of minutes, either a few minutes sooner or later.
Boom!
Seeing Fenrir flying backward, just as Ao Yuan was about to pursue,
the attacks of Atos and Misius came crashing in.
Bang bang bang!
Ao Yuan withstood both attacks with his own body.
He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. His body, which had just recovered, was now covered with more wounds.
Although Ao Yuan's physique was stronger than theirs, a Nascent Soul realm was still a Nascent Soul realm.
Their strength was still considerable.
"Roar!"
The pain from his body made Ao Yuan roar, his eyes wide.
He roared in anger and counterattacked against Atos and Misius.
Misius was alright; he could still take one of Ao Yuan's blows.
But Atos was in a miserable state.
A simple blow from Ao Yuan sent him flying backward frantically to dissipate the force.
Even so, Atos, who had retreated hundreds of meters, still spat out a mouthful of blood.
Compared to Ao Yuan, Atos's physique was far too weak.
"Ah! Help me!"
"I... I'm going to be burned to death!"
"Ah!!"
Just as the three converged, gasping for breath, Kaos, who was trapped in the sea of fire, suddenly let out a desperate scream.
Hearing such a tragic howl, the faces of the three changed slightly, their eyes becoming extremely solemn.
Ao Yuan!
He was truly too strong!
Even with their long cultivation in the Nascent Soul realm, fighting against Ao Yuan felt like a child's play.
In fact,
it was not entirely their fault. Having been on the Heavenly Road for tens of thousands of years, they had become accustomed to a life of ease.
How could they compare to Ao Yuan?
At this moment,
the three suddenly exchanged glances and nodded slightly, as if they had made a decision!
Seeing their actions, Ao Yuan's gaze narrowed.
Lightning arcs flickered around him.
Although he didn't know what they were planning, his intuition told him.
This matter was definitely not simple.