War God Long Ao

"Xia Army, you're looking to die."

Huo Teng stopped his junior brothers' angry outburst and said with a cold smile, "Don't be so indignant. I'm about to show you what a real gap in power looks like."

As he spoke, Huo Teng took a small bottle from his robes. He opened the cap, and a ray of light suddenly shot out from within.

"A Void aura."

Following the cry of alarm, and hearing Dugu Bai's shocked shout, Long Ao and Xia Army realized what was happening. A Void Spirit. They could hardly imagine how Huo Teng had managed to obtain a Void Spirit.

"HAHAHA, Dugu Bai, I have to say, your Sensing Power is quite sharp. That's right, this senior is a Void Martial Artist. I'd like to see how you three survive against a Void Martial Artist."

Only now did Long Ao and the other two finally understand why Huo Teng was acting so arrogantly this time. They had thought he'd gone crazy, but they never expected that he actually had an ace up his sleeve.

The three of them knew very well what a Void Spirit represented.

"Huo Teng, I'm very curious. Why are you trying to kill us?"

Dugu Bai's voice was extremely solemn. 'The Flame Sect and the Thunder Sect may be like fire and water, but they wouldn't dare to act so brazenly out in the open. Has the Flame Sect become so arrogant that it thinks it can dominate the entire Celestial State by itself?'

"HAHAHA, seeing as you're all dead men walking, I'll tell you. This senior is from the Blood Sea Sect."

'The Blood Sea Sect?'

They didn't ask any more questions, because Long Ao and the other two already understood what was going on. It seemed the Blood Sea Sect wanted to use the Kyushu Wind and Cloud Tournament as an opportunity to eliminate the three of them.

Long Ao couldn't figure it out. 'Isn't the Blood Sea Sect afraid of provoking the Thunder Sect?'

'Besides, if the Blood Sea Sect has such a powerful soul, why would they need to use Huo Teng to deal with us?'

After thinking it over, Long Ao came to a conclusion: the Blood Sea Sect still didn't dare to provoke the Thunder Sect lightly. So, instead of entering the Red Heaven Realm themselves, they had Huo Teng release the soul to deal with them. 'What a shameless Blood Sea Sect.'

Thinking of this, Long Ao, Xia Army, and Dugu Bai exchanged a look. Without a moment's hesitation, the three of them turned and fled.

A Void Hundred Tribulations Spirit. Even if its power was less than that of its original body, it still possessed genuine Void Hundred Tribulation Power. Even if the three of them joined forces, they might not be able to defeat it.

As the three of them fled, Long Ao pulled out the Godslaying Mirror. Activating its yin side, a strange power spread out, instantly enveloping Huo Teng and the soul. Time Reversal, three seconds.

With Time Reversal in effect, the Void Spirit's speed slowed, making Long Ao's group seem relatively faster. However, a Void Spirit was still fundamentally superior to Transformed Martial Artists.

The Void Spirit's face was filled with contempt. It suddenly unleashed a powerful Momentum, pressing down on them like a collapsing sky. Besides the vast difference in strength between a Transformed Martial Artist and a Void Martial Artist, Momentum was also a crucial factor.

Under the suppression of its Momentum, the advantage Long Ao's group had gained instantly vanished.

'In that case, why not fight?'

The three men looked at each other, seeing a trace of determination in one another's eyes. They knew full well that Huo Teng had come prepared. Even if they managed to escape this time, what about the future?

As the saying goes, you can run, but you can't hide forever.

Because of this, Long Ao, Xia Army, and Dugu Bai stopped trying to evade and chose to attack. But at that moment, Huo Teng burst out laughing as if he had just witnessed the most ridiculous thing in the world, his face filled with coldness and contempt.

"You're all going to die today."

As soon as Huo Teng's voice fell, the Void Spirit once again unleashed its powerful Momentum, wave after wave. The Void Spirit was no fool. It knew that in close combat, given the weakness of its soul form, it would be difficult to kill the three of them quickly.

However, both Huo Teng and the Void Spirit had still underestimated Long Ao.

He thrust out both fists. Without even needing to use his Divine Dragon Arm or Nether Tiger Arm, the mere Thunder Tribulation Power he possessed made the Void Spirit extremely wary, forcing it to retreat step by step.

Thunder Tribulation Power was the bane of all souls. This was true even for Void Martial Artists, who wouldn't dare to get close to it at all. The Void Spirit didn't even dare to counterattack; such was the might of Thunder Tribulation Power.

"Long Ao, you're courting death!"

Seeing that Long Ao could actually wield Thunder Tribulation Power, Huo Teng was completely taken by surprise. In a rage, he shot toward Long Ao, only to be met by Xia Army.

"You ill-bred animal. I'll be your opponent."

Since Zhang Zhihang had fallen, Xia Army's rank on the Wind and Cloud Ranking had risen by one place to fourth. As for Huo Teng, his rank had also risen one place, to fifth.

In truth, Huo Teng had never accepted this. He had always been looking for a chance to fight Xia Army and vie for a higher position on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.

'I'm not an idiot,' Huo Teng thought. 'If I can kill these three, my rank will shoot up to second place. And if I can kill my own senior brother, Miao Cheng, doesn't that mean first place on the Celestial State's Wind and Cloud Ranking will be mine for the taking?'

In the blink of an eye, Xia Army and Huo Teng were locked in a fierce battle. Their strengths were nearly equal, so it was impossible to determine a winner in a short amount of time.

Meanwhile, Long Ao and Dugu Bai focused all their efforts on the Void Spirit. With the suppressive effect of the Power of Thunder and Lightning, the two of them worked together, attacking from both the left and right. But the Void Spirit was illusory and ethereal; close-quarters combat was simply unable to destroy it.

The only way was to scatter its soul origin, or to use Thunder Tribulation Power to destroy it directly.

Long Ao knew very well that if this were a soul from the Transformation Realm, or even the Taoist Ancestor Realm, he would be completely confident. But the situation now was different. His opponent was a genuine Void Realm entity. As such, his Thunder Tribulation Power could only suppress it, not destroy it.

"HAHAHA, so you were just bluffing! Today, I'll see for myself if the combined power of the first and third on the Wind and Cloud Ranking is nothing but trash!"

The Void Spirit laughed manically, its voice filled with disdain and contempt. Its entire soul transformed into a streak of light and shot directly toward the two of them.

Both of them knew that if they were to get entangled by the spirit, their chances of survival would be slim. For this reason, neither chose to clash with it head-on, instead opting to constantly move and evade.

"Brother Long, go help Xiaojun. I'll handle this one."

"Brother Dugu, let me do it instead."

'You?'

Dugu Bai seemed very surprised. He knew Long Ao's strength better than anyone—he was only a Basic Level Earth Emperor. Even with Thunder Tribulation Power, it should be impossible for him to kill a Void Spirit.

But at that very moment, an aura of Destruction erupted from Long Ao's body. Sensing this Momentum, not only was Dugu Bai stunned, but even the Void Spirit was completely dumbfounded. It roared in disbelief, "Impossible! This is impossible! How can you possess Heaven and Earth's Momentum?!"