Chapter 620: Luo Yao Arrives
Yang Haoran knew that even if he used every trick in the book, it would be impossible to escape from the young woman's grasp. However, whether he could successfully escape was one thing; whether he would try to escape was another.
Given his personality, even knowing escape was impossible, he couldn't give up. The most crucial point right now was to confirm that after his internal power converted, he could regain his strength.
Although the Talisman Spirit Power within him wasn't strong—a vast difference compared to his Yin Spirit Power—activating the Ground-Escaping Talisman required only a sliver of power.
The idea of this escape method flashed through his mind, and Yang Haoran made his decision in but an instant. As he decided, the previous Spirit Master had already departed, and the one behind him immediately stepped up to fill the void.
This fellow was a ruthless character. His face was covered in fresh blood, yet he showed no inclination to wipe it away. With an indifferent expression, he abruptly pulled out the dagger embedded in Yang Haoran's body, then plunged it in with a savage thrust!
Yang Haoran endured the searing pain from his wound. He ignored the thrusting dagger, paid no heed to his assailant. With his decision made, he prepared to instantly convert the power within his body. He wanted to test if, after the power conversion, he could break free from the shackles the young woman had imposed upon him.
Yet, at this crucial moment, a violent ripple suddenly surged through the space above his head, and a spatial rift tore open.
The instant the space ripped open, Yang Haoran suddenly felt the sealed power within him reawaken. His first reaction was to immediately activate the Ground-Escaping Talisman he clutched in his hand in his pocket. But this thought only existed in his mind for a single second before he directly erased it!
He didn't activate the Ground-Escaping Talisman in his hand, nor did he immediately dodge. Instead, he struck like lightning with the fastest possible speed, his five fingers forming claws, reaching out towards the man in front of him!
As he struck, the dagger in the Spirit Master's hand had already plunged into his body, but the movement of his hand did not halt. Frowning against the pain, his lightning-fast arm then pierced through the opponent's chest. A heart was seized in his hand, then directly crushed by him.
All of this happened too suddenly. By the time the surrounding Spirit Masters reacted, Yang Haoran had already crushed the Spirit Master's heart. Immediately afterward, his arm vibrated, his Yin Spirit Power erupted, and the man's body was torn apart, while Yang Haoran himself moved backward.
As his body retreated, the Remnant Moon, embedded in the ground, received his summons and burst back to life, transforming into a black streak that slashed towards Mo Jingnan!
At this moment, Mo Jingnan had no time to react whatsoever. The incident was too sudden, and Yang Haoran's attack was both swift and vicious, granting him no opportunity to respond.
In that instant, every hair on Mo Jingnan's body stood on end, and a feeling of extreme danger welled up in his heart. Although his strength far surpassed Yang Haoran's, the sense of peril Yang Haoran exuded at this very moment was even greater than what he had felt from Huo Laoban during their previous confrontation.
In a flash, he knew he was finished. No matter what happened next, he feared his physical body wouldn't survive this time!
The scene he feared didn't come to pass. Just as the Remnant Moon was about to pierce his neck, it suddenly froze in mid-air, then burst apart with a bang.
Huo Laoban, who had been lying prostrate on the ground, also regained his strength the moment Yang Haoran's power reawakened. The shackles on his body shattered, and he immediately sprang upright, manipulating his Soul Armament, the Eye of Petrification, to launch an attack on all the Spirit Masters present.
His movements were a half-beat slower than Yang Haoran's. By the time he activated the Eye of Petrification to attack the Spirit Masters, Yang Haoran had not only dealt with one Spirit Master but had already manipulated the Remnant Moon to attack Mo Jingnan.
The Remnant Moon shattered, failing to claim Mo Jingnan's life, but Huo Laoban's petrification power suddenly caused all the Spirit Masters present to rapidly turn to stone.
However, the petrification power on everyone's bodies was then brutally broken by a powerful force, and this force, moving at an incredibly fast speed, forcibly transferred them to the high platform.
A loud explosion echoed from the sky. A force attempted to annihilate Mo Jingnan and the other Spirit Masters, but before it could descend, it was intercepted by another power. The two forces collided, resulting in a violent explosion.
From the reawakening of Yang Haoran's internal power to the collision of the two forces in the sky, all of this happened in an extremely short span of time—so brief that he hadn't even stabilized his retreating body when the explosion occurred.
Yang Haoran steadied himself amidst the strong winds generated by the explosion. He paid no mind to the dagger still lodged in his body, but immediately cast his gaze upwards.
Under his watchful gaze, a figure slowly stepped out from within the spatial rift above.
This person was dressed in black, appearing to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, yet his eyes constantly exuded a sense of weathered age.
He was none other than Yang Haoran and Huo Laoban's superior, one of the nine Guardians of Jingling Continent, Luo Yao!
If it had been in the past, Yang Haoran would have felt a surge of excitement seeing Luo Yao in such a desperate situation, for Luo Yao's appearance would surely break their predicament and bring him hope of survival.
But now, having just faced a brush with death, his mindset had subtly shifted without him realizing it. He had become calmer in the face of events than before, or perhaps, more indifferent. This indifference wasn't just directed at outsiders; it extended to himself, even his own life.
This indifference of his wasn't a disregard for his own life, as if anyone could just stab him; rather, it was the courage to confront his own mortality, something he hadn't possessed before.
Ever since he embarked on this path, he had been prepared for death. Yet, when truly facing life and death, he couldn't help but feel some internal turmoil. Now, however, that had changed.
It was precisely because of this subtle shift in his mindset that he appeared so calm upon seeing Luo Yao emerge.
His power had just reawakened because the newcomer had acted in an instant, breaking the shackles of power the young woman had imposed on him, thereby freeing the sealed power within his body.
Why didn't he immediately use the Ground-Escaping Talisman to flee? Because he knew the newcomer was likely Luo Yao. The moment the spatial rift appeared, he sensed the powerful Yin Spirit Power emanating from the other party's body.
Even if the newcomer wasn't Luo Yao, they were still from the Underworld Office, a friend not a foe. Therefore, he wasn't going to play the shrinking turtle in front of such a powerful figure, as it wouldn't benefit him.
In that instant, he decisively changed his mind, brutally revealing his ruthless and resolute side. At the cost of enduring another stab, he instantly eliminated a Spirit Master, then attempted to dispatch Mo Jingnan with a lightning-fast maneuver, but the young woman thwarted his plan.
Only the young woman, apart from the newly arrived Luo Yao, possessed the strength to shatter his Soul Armament in an instant. Luo Yao certainly wouldn't do such a thing, so it could only have been the young woman.
Not only did the young woman instantly shatter his Soul Armament, but she also moved Mo Jingnan and the others to the high platform with extreme speed, and even blocked an attack from Luo Yao. Otherwise, Mo Jingnan and the rest would surely have died from Luo Yao's strike, if not from Huo Laoban's Eye of Petrification.
As Luo Yao landed, Yang Haoran and Huo Laoban successively flashed to appear on his left and right. Compared to Yang Haoran, Huo Laoban's expression was calm, yet his eyes held an undisguised excitement. Yang Haoran, conversely, was still as stagnant water, both in his face and his gaze.
At this moment, Luo Yao paid no mind to Yang Haoran or Huo Laoban. His gaze settled on the young woman, his brows slightly furrowed, his expression grim.
“Luo Yao, one of the nine dignified Guardians of Jingling Continent. To see you tonight is truly both unexpected and an honor. ”
It was the young woman who spoke first. Her words seemed to lavish praise on Luo Yao, yet her expression remained calm, and her tone even hinted at mockery. Her surprise at Luo Yao's appearance might have been genuine, but her "honor" at meeting him was clearly sarcasm.
“It has been a long time since I last saw a Great Spirit Caller. To encounter one tonight, I too feel greatly honored,” Luo Yao responded, his gaze fixed on the young woman. His words were equally sarcastic towards the young woman, but beyond that, his tone also carried a chilling killing intent.
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