682. A Golden Crystal Ball / 683. Breaking Through Shiliuye’s Defense

"This is really troublesome. You’re forcing me to show my true strength."

A faint smile appeared on Izayoi’s face. He did not want to waste time here; he still had many things to do. If he remained here, his wish would never be fulfilled.

At that thought, his heart tightened. He decided that even if he had to give it everything he had, he could not lose. There were still too many things he wanted to do.

Golden Crystal Ball

After thinking it over, Izayoi decided to flee first. He exerted all his strength to increase his speed, hoping to escape from the golden-armored guard. Yet despite wearing a heavy suit of armor, the guard was not slow in the slightest and pursued Izayoi at top speed.

As he chased, the golden-armored guard used the spear in his hand to summon various powers and attack Izayoi.

The spear in his hand swayed, and a dark cloud emerged from it, covering Izayoi’s head. Soon, torrential rain poured from the cloud, soaking Izayoi from head to toe.

Izayoi slipped and fell to the ground. He was shocked that the golden-armored guard was so powerful.

With that thought, Izayoi hurriedly summoned a fire dragon from his sword. The moment it appeared, it charged at the golden-armored guard with blazing heat.

However, powerful as the fire dragon was, it was still no match for the guard. The guard swiftly swung his spear.

A blue water dragon even larger than the fire dragon appeared above the golden-armored guard’s head, then lunged at Izayoi.

Izayoi hurriedly dodged, but after evading it, he realized he was already in danger. Then, with a bang, the golden-armored guard’s spear pierced Izayoi’s chest.

Feeling the pain of the spear piercing his chest, Izayoi gritted his teeth and endured it. Then he raised his sword and slashed at the golden-armored guard.

But the golden-armored guard swung his spear, blocking the sword strike. With a twist, he drove it into Izayoi’s left shoulder.

The pain was unbearable, and fury filled Izayoi’s eyes. Then the golden-armored guard suddenly yanked his spear again.

Izayoi felt as if the bones in his left shoulder had been torn apart. The piercing pain was more than he could bear.

Then the golden-armored guard pulled hard, throwing Izayoi forward. With another bang, Izayoi crashed to the ground. Intense pain spread through his whole body, and he could not even move.

With that thought, he hurriedly used Space Transfer and moved a short distance ahead. At that moment, the golden guard caught up again.

Izayoi’s heart tightened. He swung his sword and summoned a huge iron net, hoping it could restrain the golden-armored guard.

Yet the moment the net bound the golden guard, he viciously thrust his spear into it and shredded it apart.

Izayoi closed his eyes. He knew this could not continue; he had to think of another way. Just then, the sword in his hand began to shine with Golden Light.

At the same time, Izayoi’s injuries miraculously began to heal. Before long, all his bleeding wounds stopped bleeding.

Even the ribs that had been broken earlier miraculously healed. It was nothing short of a miracle.

Not only that, Izayoi felt his body fill with energy. His strength was now far greater than before, and he felt confident that he could kill this golden-armored guard.

With that thought, he turned around and viciously stabbed the golden-armored guard with his sword. The attack was so sudden that the guard had no time to react.

The Golden Light on the sword instantly destroyed the golden-armored guard. A massive wound appeared on the guard’s body, and he was completely pierced through.

Broke Through Izayoi’s Defense

After killing the golden-armored guard, Izayoi let out a sigh of relief and opened the room’s door. Once inside, he discovered a Golden Crystal Ball. He walked over and lightly touched it. In that instant, the crystal ball emitted a golden glow, and he felt a heaven-shaking change in the power within his body.

He had become much stronger than before. Just as he was about to study the crystal ball more closely, a group of golden-armored guards suddenly appeared outside the door.

One golden-armored guard summoned a huge fireball and sent it charging at Izayoi. The fireball grew larger and larger as it advanced.

Izayoi hurriedly swung his sword and summoned a rain of ice, hoping it could block the fireball summoned by the golden-armored guard.

However, the fireball was far too powerful. It easily shattered the icy rain and continued charging forward.

Izayoi immediately used wind magic to blow at the fireball, attempting to disperse it. But after passing through the icy storm, the fireball did not go out and continued rushing forward at high speed.

Izayoi was greatly alarmed and hurriedly used Earth Release to evade the fireball, but it still grazed his arm.

A piercing pain shot through his arm.

Izayoi hurriedly canceled the Wind Style technique and quickly ran into the distance to observe.

A large portion of his arm had been burned black, and black smoke was still rising from it.

Izayoi frowned. What was this thing? How could it be so powerful that it even burned through wind magic? It was unbelievable.

Looking at his wound, Izayoi cursed inwardly. As expected of fire elemental power. It’s ridiculously overbearing.

At that moment, the fireball flew back and smashed toward Izayoi again.

This time, Izayoi did not dare underestimate it. He quickly summoned a wall of water in front of himself, blocking the fireball’s attack.

Boom! Boom! Explosions rang out beside Izayoi’s ears. When the fireball struck the water wall, it exploded, scattering tiny sparks that landed on Izayoi’s clothes.

Seeing this, Izayoi hurriedly took out some pills and swallowed several, beginning to recover.

But the fireball seemed impossible to kill. Even amid one explosion after another, it continued drawing closer to Izayoi.

Seeing this, he hurriedly summoned a water dragon.

The water dragon flew into the air and quickly condensed into a column of water, then charged at the fireball. The fireball was instantly swallowed by the water column and turned into nothingness.

Yet after the water column swallowed it, the fireball quickly gathered again, reforming into a fireball and attacking Izayoi once more.

Seeing this, Izayoi hurriedly summoned wind magic to resist the fireball’s impact.

But the fireball seemed to have eyes. It could always find Izayoi’s openings and continuously launched attacks at him.

Left with no choice, Izayoi used a freezing spell to freeze the fireball.

But the flames did not stop. Instead, they grew larger and larger, eventually enveloping the entire water prison.

The fireball burned the water prison red.

"Ah!" Seeing this, Izayoi hurriedly poured icy water over the fireball and extinguished it.

But as a result, the fireball only grew even larger and surrounded the water prison. At the same time, the other golden-armored guards charged in one after another.

They swung their spears and continuously attacked Izayoi, while Izayoi used his sword to block their strikes.

Man in Black in a Pitch-Black Room

These golden-armored guards were simply too powerful. Their spears broke through Izayoi’s usual defenses and struck him directly, leaving many bloody holes across his body. Izayoi flew into a rage at the sight and immediately unleashed a powerful force from within himself. He decided to fight these golden-armored guards with everything he had.

Izayoi stared at one of the golden-armored guards, then swung his sword and summoned a black dragon. The dragon spewed poisonous mist and looked incredibly powerful.

Seeing this, the golden-armored guard hurriedly summoned a fierce gale, hoping it could blow away Izayoi’s poison dragon.

Soon, the gale collided with the poison dragon Izayoi had summoned, triggering wave after wave of explosions.

However, Izayoi’s poison dragon was simply too powerful. The gales could not disperse it at all, and as time passed, more and more venom splashed onto the ground.

It corroded the soil, quickly forming patches of swamp. Under such circumstances, the golden-armored guard began to panic and thought of fleeing.

But how could Izayoi give him that chance? The poison dragon instantly transformed into a streak of light and charged straight at the guard.

The golden-armored guard was terrified out of his wits and fled with all his strength.

At that moment, Izayoi’s poison dragon caught up with him. It bit the guard’s neck and quickly devoured him.

Just then, the other golden-armored guards summoned many fireballs and launched them at the poison dragon. Yet the fireballs could not burn it away; instead, they only made it more excited.

After devouring one person, the poison dragon shrank by a circle, then continued flying toward another person.

Seeing this, that person fled in terror, but the poison dragon still bit his arm. Unable to endure the pain, the guard dropped to his knees and convulsed constantly.

"Ah, it hurts so much!" the golden-armored guard cried repeatedly. He sobbed without stopping as tears streamed from his eyes.

Seeing this, the poison dragon opened its mouth and consumed the guard’s blood.

The blood, once swallowed, immediately turned into dense poison that spread into the surroundings.

"Ah!" The man wailed endlessly, but he could not break free and could only roll around on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Izayoi sneered and ended the guard’s life with the sword in his hand.

At that moment, the other guards summoned a bolt of golden lightning and launched it at the poison dragon. The poison dragon flicked its tail, shattering the golden lightning, then continued hunting the others.

Izayoi’s attack also stunned everyone else.

This… this is too monstrous! This is just too heaven-defying! they could not help crying out inwardly.

"What kind of monster is this? How could it be so terrifying?" they exclaimed in shock.

At this time, the other golden-armored guards also realized something was wrong. This poison dragon was too formidable. Its attack power was even greater than that person’s, and its movement speed was extremely fast.

It could pursue them across such a long distance. It was simply too terrifying. Only then did they realize how far their own strength still fell short.

"No, this thing is too dangerous. No matter what it is, we have to destroy it!" one golden-armored guard roared.

The other golden-armored guards all nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Izayoi summoned another poison dragon and sent it flying toward that person. It opened its mouth and swallowed him whole, and the man turned into a cloud of black mist that drifted away.

Then Izayoi controlled the poison dragons and killed all the golden-armored guards. After leaving the room, he discovered a pitch-black room beside it. It looked quite strange, so he walked inside.

Another Group of Men in Black Arrives

Suddenly, a group of men in black appeared before Izayoi. The moment they saw him, they attacked without a word. One of them summoned a rain of ice and launched it at Izayoi. The icy rain carried powerful cold energy and was extremely formidable.

Izayoi was shocked and hurriedly summoned a huge fireball, hoping to use it to completely melt the icy rain.

However, the icy rain was far too powerful. The fireball could not resist it at all and was instantly frozen into a block of ice.

Seeing this, Izayoi quickly summoned several sword qi.

All of the sword qi was condensed from ice swords and moved extremely fast as they shot toward the man in black.

But the icy rain was simply too powerful. The ice swords froze into blocks of ice the moment they touched it, ultimately vanishing into nothingness.

Izayoi was shocked. What an incredible defense!

At that moment, the man in black had already rushed to Izayoi’s side and reached out to grab him.

"Ah!!!" Izayoi shouted as his body suddenly exploded, turning into hundreds of blade auras that attacked the man in black.

The man in black snorted coldly and struck in every direction with both hands. The blade auras shattered into ice fragments in midair and fell to the ground.

"How is this possible?" Izayoi said in shock.

Just then, the icy rain finally struck Izayoi, slamming his entire body into the wall.

Boom!!! A thunderous crash rang out as the wall shattered. Izayoi fell out from within the rubble.

His body had been smashed into a bloody mess, yet he still stood firmly in place.

The icy rain stopped spinning and slowly returned to the man in black’s hand.

Izayoi watched this scene in utter shock. He could not even withstand a single move from the other party. How could that be possible?

Seeing that Izayoi was injured, the man in black prepared to continue his attack.

But at that moment, Izayoi narrowed his eyes slightly. He took out a pill from his chest and swallowed it. In an instant, all his injuries healed, and his strength surged.

Feeling the endless power coursing through his body, Izayoi snorted coldly and unleashed a sword qi strike at the man in black.

The man in black hurriedly raised his sword to block it, but the sword qi was far too powerful and instantly pierced through his body.

It pierced straight through him. Blood sprayed everywhere, and after twitching twice on the ground, he lost all signs of life and became a corpse.

A smile appeared at the corner of Izayoi’s mouth when he saw the result. Just then, the other men in black all pounced toward him, furious beyond measure.

Izayoi was not flustered in the slightest when facing them. He lightly swung the sword in his hand and summoned a fire dragon, sending it soaring toward the men in black.

When the men in black saw the flames flying toward them, fear appeared on their faces, and they scattered in every direction.

"Hmph, you want to run? It won’t be that easy. All of you are staying here today!" Izayoi snorted coldly.

Then he drove the fire dragon after the men in black. They fled in all directions, but the fire dragon burned them until they were covered in wounds. One after another, they fell to the ground and wailed miserably.

Seeing the men in black collapse, Izayoi nodded in satisfaction and continued driving the fire dragon after them. He intended to teach this group of men in black a proper lesson.

His figure darted rapidly through the area as he killed one man in black after another. Before long, he had slain most of them.

The Men in Black Who Were Killed Instead