"Young man, you have some skills."

The Great Elder lifted his head and dusted off his clothes, a glimmer appearing in his eyes.

Ling Chen's moves, while seemingly powerful, were actually not very lethal, merely enough to forcibly shake off the opponent to gain time.

"Now's the chance, let's go!"

After driving the Elder Supreme of Ling Family back several miles, Ling Chen immediately turned and fiercely shouted at Hades Supreme.

Ling Chen did not believe that the power of the Human Emperor could defeat a saint above the fourth realm; that would be wishful thinking. Even if the Human Emperor's form fought with all its might, it might not necessarily overcome the opponent.

Moreover, Ling Chen simply didn't want to exhaust the power of the Human Emperor in a mortal struggle with the Elder Supreme of the Ling Family here.

Hades Supreme reacted quickly too, swiftly moving to the edge of the city wall, her gaze landing on the weak spot of the City-Protection Array, immediately shouting, "It's here!"

With that, she immediately struck out with her palm, pounding onto the City-Protection Array. With a boom, the array twisted, but just when it reached its limit, it rebounded without breaking.

"Keep attacking!"

Ling Chen fiercely shouted at Hades Supreme, then swiftly slashed out with the Thunder Sound Sword.

Hades Supreme simultaneously unleashed an attack, pounding onto the City-Protection Array with full force. The combined attack shattered the array.

A crack appeared in the City-Protection Array ahead, and Ling Chen and Hades Supreme rushed out one after the other. Just as they exited, the crack was swiftly repaired and vanished.

"You won't escape."

The Great Elder seemed not at all concerned that Ling Chen might escape. His speed was astonishingly fast; just as Ling Chen and Hades Supreme left the array, he followed closely. He passed through the array that took both Ling Chen and Hades Supreme's combined effort to break without any resistance. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Such strength was truly terrifying.

Outside Yanjing City.

Ling Chen rode the Thunder Sound Sword and used Sword-control Flight Technique to swiftly break through the air. But how could they outrun a powerful saint? Hades Supreme barely flew far before she was caught up by the Elder Supreme of the Ling Family. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly slashed a sword across the sky toward Ling Chen from afar.

Swish!

The Sword Light contained a destructive ripple, locking onto Ling Chen. It's said that even a first realm saint would be struck down by this sword.

As the sword headed towards Ling Chen, suddenly a shadow appeared behind Ling Chen and Hades Supreme. He raised his palm, ghostly wailing echoed around as a deep black True Qi vortex formed in front of him. The Sword Qi shot into the vortex and was swallowed.

"Who is this?"

Ling Chen was astonished. What is the power of the Elder Supreme of Ling Family? A superpower at the Fourth Level of Saint Dao. Yet, this shadow easily swallowed his Sword Qi?

This individual's strength is terrifying, no less than the Elder Supreme of the Ling Family.

Ling Chen's gaze landed on the shadow. As revealed in his sight, it was an old man whose aura was cold and ominous, much like the previous Left Guardian Law, notably different only by two hideously scarred lines across his face, almost tearing it apart, making for a horrifying view.

"It's Right Protector!"

Upon seeing the ugly old man, a smile emerged at the corner of Hades Supreme's mouth.

"Right Protector! Wasn't he severely injured and missing?"

Ling Chen exclaimed in surprise.

"The severe injury is true, but the disappearance was just him hiding away to recover."

Hades Supreme replied calmly.

"So it was the Witch Fiend Sect's Right Protector, hidden all these years, finally willing to show up."

The Great Elder only glanced at Right Protector, squinting coldly.

"But do you think you can be a match for me?"

A cold glint flashed in his eyes; he seemed not to hold Right Protector in high regard.

"Of course I'm not your match, but my duty isn't to defeat you, just to delay you for a sufficient time."

Right Protector grinned, showing rows of sharp teeth.

"Can you hold me back?"

The Great Elder's gaze remained cold. He grasped the sword's hilt and suddenly moved. This sword, drawing upon local energy within a ten-mile radius, created a cage that trapped Right Protector.

Then, with a stabbing motion, the Sword Light burst forth like a meteor falling, shattering the heavens and earth!

Sky-breaking Sword Technique, Celestial Space Technique!

This was the final killing move of the Sky-breaking Sword Technique!

Ling Chen only saw a flash of light, the Great Elder's Sword Light was already within an arm's length of Right Protector, seemingly possessing the power of spatial displacement.

"Great Witch Saint Statue!"

Right Protector formed seals with his hands, unleashing a torrent of True Qi, forming a Great Witch phantom behind him. The phantom swelled rapidly, pushing against the cage until bursting free. When the phantom grew to a hundred feet high, the cage exploded.

Whoosh!

Right Protector retreated, the enormous Great Witch Saint Statue blocked in front of him, pushed out its hands, clashing with the meteor-like Sword Light!

Chiii!

Intense sparks flew; the palm of the statue shattered, its entire arms disintegrating at visible speed. The Sword Light struck the statue's heart and pierced through.

Yet, instead of panicking, Right Protector smiled. The Great Elder frowned, discovering the sword was stuck in the statue's body like sinking into a quagmire, unable to pierce through completely nor withdraw.

At this moment, Right Protector's mouth revealed a cold, maddened smile, softly uttering a word,

"Explode!"

As the word fell, the immense statue started trembling intensely, causing the Great Elder's facial expression to change, but then the statue exploded.

A furious shockwave spread out, akin to a level ten typhoon sweeping across dozens of miles, uprooting big trees, sending stones and debris flying, shrouding the sky.

"Go!"

Right Protector reached out releasing two bubbles of True Qi, wrapping Ling Chen and Hades Supreme, swiftly retreating to the distance. His face appeared pale, blood at the corner of his mouth, showing the backlash from the statue's explosive gambit was significant.

Amidst the thick smoke, the silhouette of the Elder Supreme of Ling Family emerged. With a shake, he dispersed the smoke ahead, but Ling Chen and the others had already vanished.

His gaze deepened slightly; after failing to find Ling Chen, he abandoned the search and returned to Yanjing City.

Within Yanjing City now, many Witch Fiend Sect's formidable people were causing trouble. Although Ling Chen escaped, all those from Witch Fiend Sect must die.