Chapter 1142: Idiot!

He's surrendering?

Meng Zhao looked at the Supreme Law Heart, stunned.

What is he doing?

"Put it down."

Zuo Xi's voice rang in his mind.

Meng Zhao snapped back to reality. Ye Guan was actually trying to put the blame on him. How vicious. However, Meng Zhao realized something just then—

isn't this an opportunity for me?

He just had to escape and this group of people from Otherworld City wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

With that in mind, he decisively put the Supreme Law Heart away. Then, he turned around and vanished like an arrow into the distance.

Seeing that, a flash of disappointment crossed Zuo Xi's eyes. Despite her soft and warm personality, she couldn't help but scold, "What an idiot!"

As soon as Meng Zhao disappeared, the black-robed men vanished and chased after him. However, the leader of the black-robed men stayed. He turned to look at the Otherworld God Heart with a gaze full of respect and a hint of complicated emotions.

The Otherworld God. In Otherworld City, the Otherworld God reigned supreme.

The black-robed leader suddenly began walking toward the Otherworld God Heart.

Zuo Xi's face darkened at the sight.

Swoosh!

Ye Guan appeared beside her and asked, "Shall we work together?"

Zuo Xi turned to look at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan calmly asked, "How about it?"

Zuo Xi decisively nodded.

Ye Guan said, "I'll go first, and you watch for an opening."

Swoosh!

Ye Guan transformed into a streak of sword light and rushed toward the black-robed leader.

In the distance, the black-robed leader stopped and threw a punch toward Ye Guan.

Boom!

Ye Guan's sword light was shattered, and he was forced to retreat nearly a thousand meters away.

Swoosh!

A ghostly blue beam of light shot toward the black-robed leader.

The black-robed leader frowned and crossed his arms in front of him.

A barrier materialized before him a few moments later.

Boom!

The ghostly blue beam of light stopped dead in its tracks.

Zuo Xi frowned deeply at the sight.

The black-robed leader didn't continue heading toward the Otherworld God Heart. Instead, he charged forward and headed straight for Zuo Xi. His charge resembled an overwhelming torrent. His powerful energy arrived before he did, suffocating Zuo Xi with its might.

Zuo Xi's expression turned unprecedentedly grave. She had still underestimated these heretics from Otherworld City.

Not daring to be careless, Zuo Xi chanted an incantation. The ancient lamp in her hand suddenly erupted with flames that blazed tens of thousands of meters high.

However, the black-robed leader's immense strength tore a massive gap in the flames, and he appeared right in front of Zuo Xi in the blink of an eye.

Zuo Xi's face changed as she summoned a shield that looked as delicate as glass.

Boom!

Zuo Xi was blasted thousands of meters away.

The black-robed leader was about to attack once more, but a streak of sword light rushed toward him from behind. The sword strike was as swift as a lightning bolt.

The black-robed leader frowned and turned around to throw another punch.

Bang!

Ye Guan was forced to retreat once again.

Just then, a fiery needle shot toward the black-robed leader from behind. He spun around, ready to counter, but the long needle trembled violently and split into countless fiery needles.

The black-robed leader's pupils contracted sharply as he crossed his arms to block.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, the black-robed leader was blasted away.

Swoosh!

A streak of sword light flew toward him before he could even stabilize himself.

A finishing blow!

Bang!

The black-robed leader was sent retreating thousands of meters.

Ye Guan was about to follow up, but his expression changed. He stopped and looked at the black-robed leader, who was being surrounded by an eerie black light. The strange light had absorbed the fiery needles' energy.

Ye Guan frowned. He hadn't expected him to be so formidable.

The black-robed leader looked up at Ye Guan and Zuo Xi. His gaze lingered on Ye Guan for a moment before settling on Zuo Xi, revealing his intent.

Like Ye Guan earlier, he decided to eliminate the Divine Mage first.

Just then, the black-robed leader's fleshly body became illusory.

Ye Guan narrowed his eyes and took a step forward. Two streams of sword intent surged into his Order Sword as he slashed out—Decisive Strike!

This attack was unlike any other attack that Ye Guan had unleashed so far.

A terrifying sword energy swept across everything as soon as it was unleashed.

Boom!

Both Ye Guan and the black-robed leader were forced to retreat. Shortly after, Ye Guan felt himself land on something soft. Turning around, he saw a gentle light supporting him. A greenish-blue light had engulfed him, rapidly healing him.

Ye Guan was astonished. The healing rate was faster than the Divine Tree of Nature.

Zuo Xi glanced at Ye Guan without saying a word.

Ye Guan turned to look at the black-robed leader in the distance and found the latter to be staring at him as well. The moment their gazes met, both vanished from their original spots.

Meanwhile, Zuo Xi opened her palm, revealing an ancient bronze mirror. The mirror shot out a beam of bronze light that melted into Ye Guan. The next moment, his fleshly body was engulfed in bronze flames.

Ye Guan's eyes widened in astonishment as he swung his sword fiercely.

Boom!

With one strike, the black-robed leader was sent flying thousands of meters.

The black-robed leader was stunned.

And Ye Guan was stupefied as well.

He stared in disbelief at the flames around him, realizing his strength had increased by at least forty percent. The enhancement wasn't limited to his fleshly body; his sword had become stronger as well.

This is absurd!

Ye Guan looked at Zuo Xi in shock.

Zuo Xi remained calm, merely glancing at him.

Ye Guan couldn't help but feel shaken. He realized that he had greatly underestimated the techniques of the Divine Ruins' Divine Law Academy. Their methods were indeed otherworldly.

The black-robed leader's expression turned grim. His eyes revealed thick, killing intent as he became illusory once again.

Ye Guan's expression shifted as he transformed into sword light, soaring upward.

He knew that the black-robed leader's goal was to take out the Divine Mage, Zuo Xi. Of course, he couldn't let that happen.

Although the black-robed leader was fast, Ye Guan was just as fast. With the enhancement provided by Zuo Xi's divine technique, he became extremely speedy and strong.

Just as the black-robed leader neared Zuo Xi, Ye Guan's sword was already behind the former.

The black-robed leader frowned. He had to turn around and punch Ye Guan.

Boom!

The black-robed leader was blasted backward. His strength could no longer contend with Ye Guan.

Ye Guan followed up with another strike, becoming a streak of sword light as he charged forward.

The black-robed leader's eyes narrowed. He summoned a sheathed curved saber and rushed forward before unsheathing the saber in an upward slash.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Bang!

The sword and the saber clashed, generating an explosion that affected everything within dozens of kilometers of the two. At the same time, they were forced to retreat from each other.

Just then, the black-robed leader stopped in midair. Before he could do anything, however, an ancient lamp appeared above him, and a terrifying pillar of blue light shot straight down on him.

The black-robed leader's expression changed. He raised his saber to defend himself.

Boom!

An overwhelming saber energy rushed out of him, forming a thick shield.

Swoosh!

Ye Guan vanished once again. Instead of attacking the black-robed leader, however, he charged toward the distant Otherworld God Heart.

The black-robed leader's expression changed drastically at the sight. He tried to shatter the fiery pillar of light with a slash, but it only cracked slightly.

By then, Ye Guan had reached the heart.

Zuo Xi became afraid that Ye Guan would take the heart and flee, leaving her to face the black-robed leader by herself. She knew she would not be able to deal with the black-robed leader alone.

While she was hesitating on whether to let the black-robed leader out or not...

Ye Guan grabbed the dark-red heart and turned around, transforming into a beam of sword light that made a beeline for the black-robed leader.

Boom!

The fiery pillar of light shattered, and the black-robed leader was blasted away.

Ye Guan appeared beside Zuo Xi in a flash. "Let's go."

He dragged her into the tiny pagoda, and then he took to the sky on his sword.

Left all alone, the black-robed leader stared at the distant sword light with a dark face.

***

Zuo Xi was frozen as she looked around her surroundings with a mix of astonishment and confusion.

Instead of fleeing, Ye Guan looked around, and sure enough, he heard an ongoing battle on his right. He adjusted his course and made a beeline for the battlefield.

Before long, he arrived to find Meng Zhao locked in a life-and-death struggle with the black-robed figures. Although they were not as strong as the leader, they were still formidable.

Meng Zhao was gravely injured.

Meng Zhao froze, and his expression turned grim upon seeing Ye Guan.

Ye Guan looked at Meng Zhao and sternly said, "If you don't want to die, hand over the Supreme Law Heart."

Meng Zhao glared at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan turned around to leave when Meng Zhao shouted, "Wait!"

Then, he hurled the Supreme Law Heart to Ye Guan. Although it was tempting, Meng Zhao valued his life more than the Supreme Law Heart.

After putting away the heart, Ye Guan said, "If you had given this to those heretics, I would have been in trouble. Anyway, good luck, idiot!"

With that, Ye Guan turned around and left.

Meng Zhao had no idea what to say.