Barry finished speaking, swinging his large hammers, one in each hand, towards Ling Luoyi. One hammer was almost two-thirds the size of Barry himself. Barry wielded two, yet swung them with impressive force.
This time, Ling Luoyi didn't try to catch them directly like before. Her arms were still numb from the previous blow, and she couldn't exert full strength.
Ling Luoyi's figure darted between the hammer shadows. Although Barry appeared massive, his speed was not slow. Especially since Barry and Ling Luoyi were of similar cultivation levels, but Ling Luoyi was currently unable to unleash her full power, making evasion a struggle.
Ling Luoyi also attempted to counterattack, but Barry's defense was even more formidable than his offense. Her attacks on Barry felt like mere tickles, having no effect.
Barry was completely dominating Ling Luoyi!
If this were in the human realm, with the restrictions of decrees and the weakening of curses, Barry would definitely not be Ling Luoyi's opponent, or at least the situation wouldn't be so one-sided. Unfortunately, this was the Outer Realm! Moreover, Barry was in his prime, while Ling Luoyi was physically constrained.
Suddenly, Barry swung another hammer at Ling Luoyi. Due to her physical condition, Ling Luoyi couldn't react in time and was directly hit by the hammer, crashing heavily against the city wall and then falling to the ground.
Ling Luoyi spat out a mouthful of blood. From the few counterattacks she had managed, her body began to ache again, and her wounds showed signs of spreading.
Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Ling Luoyi stared at the mocking Barry, a wild idea forming in her mind. Before today, this idea had only been a fleeting thought, but now, she no longer cared about such things.
Ling Luoyi stood up, placing one hand on the city wall behind her. This city wall had been built by human powerhouses tens of thousands of years ago and was covered with various formations, including several defensive formations. It should be able to withstand the impact.
Confirming this, Ling Luoyi looked at Barry, who stood contemptuously a hundred meters away, with a wicked smile. She spread her hands, a silver-black flame dancing excitedly in her left hand, while a water-blue flame rested quietly in her right. kuAiδugg
Barry and those nearby saw this, but no one knew what she was about to do.
In the Outer Realm, all knowledge of the inner realms stemmed from the books collected by those who had died here over tens of thousands of years. Therefore, Barry knew the silver-black flame was the Ice Core Demonic Flame, but he didn't recognize the water-blue flame.
Barry, of course, did not know that Ling Luoyi's Glazed Sea Flame was a new flame formed by the fusion of two different fires, a flame not recorded in any realm.
Ling Luoyi merged the two flames, forming a small flower, no larger than half of Ling Luoyi's palm.
Fusing different fires required immense spiritual power compression, so Ling Luoyi felt another wound appear on her back, with the wound on her spine tending to spread upwards.
Ling Luoyi held the small flower and walked towards Barry.
"Do you know what this flower is called?"
Barry didn't know, but he could sense the extremely violent spiritual energy within the small object.
Ling Luoyi didn't expect Barry to answer and brought the small flower close to him.
Barry stared warily at the small flower before him, its petals slightly parted, clearly not fully bloomed.
Ling Luoyi spoke to herself, "This flower is called Xilin Grass. This is my first time making Xilin Grass by compressing different fires, I hope you like it."
Barry didn't understand why Ling Luoyi said that, but he wasn't foolish. This thing was very dangerous, and he didn't dare to touch it. While staring at the small flower, he also kept an eye on Ling Luoyi. He didn't know when the spiritual energy within this thing would erupt, but watching her movements was always wise.
As Ling Luoyi finished speaking, the petals of the Xilin Grass, made from different fires, gradually opened, its internal energy as violent as ever. Both Barry and Ling Luoyi saw it. Barry wanted to retreat, but seeing Ling Luoyi not move, he also stayed put.
Finally, the last petal of the Xilin Grass opened, but there was no change. Even the violent energy calmed down. Barry breathed a sigh of relief. He had truly thought Ling Luoyi intended to take him down with her, and he had been somewhat afraid. But now, it seemed like mere posturing.
Just as Barry was about to speak, he saw Ling Luoyi give him a strange smile before disappearing. Yes, she had vanished! Barry looked around but couldn't sense Ling Luoyi's presence.
Suddenly, Barry's body stiffened. He stared blankly at the previously calm fiery Xilin Grass, and to his horror, the Xilin Grass exploded!
A surge of energy scattered, emitting a massive roar.
This location was only two hundred meters from the wall of Xia Ning City. However, the material used to build the city wall was of excellent quality, and the defensive formations were indeed ancient. Such a large impact only left a fine, invisible line on the city wall.
Due to the invasion of Outer Realm demons, the sky above Xia Ning City was covered by various formations. Such a large impact did not affect the city. The injured soldiers inside only heard a loud noise.
The city was fine, but the situation outside was dire. Barry, at the center of the explosion, was reduced to scattered pieces of flesh. Those nearby were also caught in the blast, not just Outer Realm demons, but also humans.
Although it seemed like a long time had passed from Ling Luoyi being blown away to the explosion, it was actually less than ten breaths.
"What happened?!"
The explosion was so loud that it drew the attention of almost everyone, both humans and Outer Realm demons, towards the city gate. Even the Domain Lord and Noyce couldn't help but look. Upon seeing Ling Luoyi's absence at the city gate and not sensing her presence, the Domain Lord's heart tightened. Could Si Zhan have...
Before the Domain Lord could finish his thought, Ling Luoyi's figure appeared on the front line closest to the city gate.
Sensing Ling Luoyi's presence, the Domain Lord finally relaxed and resumed fighting with Noyce.
On the front line, after saving several human soldiers who were about to die at the hands of Outer Realm demons due to their distraction, Ling Luoyi shouted at them, "Those who can still fight, defend the city gate! Those who cannot, return to the city!"
For those caught in the explosion, Ling Luoyi could only offer her apologies.
Ling Luoyi, in her current state, certainly couldn't defeat the full-power Barry. So, she had to take a gamble. She gambled that Barry wouldn't flee before she did, so she waited until the moment before the fiery Xilin Grass exploded. In that instant, she entered the Fengxi Realm. Even if Barry reacted, the explosion of the fiery Xilin Grass would either kill him or severely injure him, allowing her to emerge and deliver a finishing blow.
Fortunately, her gamble paid off. Barry died directly in the explosion, saving her the effort of a finishing blow.
After saying this, Ling Luoyi charged behind the Outer Realm demons, threw a few Xilin Grass flowers, and returned to the city gate.
Creating fiery Xilin Grass required immense spiritual power. The few flowers she had just thrown had almost depleted her spiritual power. Ling Luoyi was now diligently recovering her spiritual power to continue participating in the battle.
She felt the wound on her spine creeping up towards her neck, but it was hidden by her long hair, and the surrounding bloody air meant it went unnoticed.
The battle between the human realm and the Outer Realm demons had reached a stalemate. The Outer Realm demons, who had previously held a slight advantage due to their numbers, lost that edge because of the few fiery Xilin Grass flowers.
On the ground, the human realm could still cope, but between Noyce and the Domain Lord, the Domain Lord's side was at a disadvantage. After all, their cultivation levels were different. The gap of two realms couldn't be compensated by numbers. At their level, there was no such thing as challenging higher realms.
If this continued, the Domain Lord would lose!