Meanwhile.
While Bai Feng and Ye Nantian were resisting the endless corpses.
Ao Yuan was exploring deeper into the white smoke.
At this moment.
His hurricane was dispelling the white smoke very, very slowly.
And as he got closer, the speed became even slower, until finally, it seemed impossible to slow down at all.
"Hmph!"
"Hurricane isn't working?"
Ao Yuan stared intently at the dense, impossibly dense white smoke. His eyes flickered, and without hesitation, he abandoned the smoke and plunged directly into it.
*Whizz!*
In the blink of an eye, Ao Yuan's figure was swallowed by the white smoke.
Instantly!
The corpses that had been charging towards Bai Feng and Ye Nantian seemed to notice Ao Yuan's intentions. They all turned and headed towards him.
Ao Yuan swept his gaze, then ignored them, casually unleashing a Dragon God's Claw!
The dragon claw expanded against the wind in mid-air and crashed down with a roar.
Dragon God's Claw!
It was a heaven-sent divine ability Ao Yuan obtained from the system, its power terrifying.
With Ao Yuan's current strength, a full-power strike could easily obliterate half a city!
And this Dragon God's Claw was no match for these corpses.
The moment they touched it, all the corpses fell to the ground.
"Petty trick!"
Then, Ao Yuan continued to probe deeper into the white smoke.
Not long after.
Ao Yuan bypassed the corpses and continued deeper.
He could feel himself getting closer and closer to the end.
The white smoke here was extremely dense. Previously, at the outer edge, he could see the outlines of figures several meters away.
But now, it was impossible to see anything even with outstretched hands.
His entire body felt as if it were enveloped by the white smoke.
After facing several more assaults from the corpses, Ao Yuan, still flying slowly forward, suddenly noticed a glimmer of light ahead.
The light flickered in and out of existence with the white smoke, and at first glance, it made one think they were mistaken.
However, Ao Yuan did not think so. He took a breath and flew rapidly towards the location of the light.
Upon reaching the source of the light, Ao Yuan's eyes brightened slightly, and he muttered, "Found it!"
Ao Yuan found a terrifyingly ferocious skull placed before him, still stained with blood.
The blood did not look old; it seemed as if it had been spilled not long ago.
It was intensely red, and if one sniffed carefully, they could even detect a faint scent of blood in the air.
On either side of the skull were pieces of yellow paper, as if commemorating someone.
But these were not the most important things.
The most attention-grabbing feature was that a candle was lit on each side and above the skull. The light Ao Yuan had seen earlier emanated from them.
The candles were pure white, including their wicks, and the flames flickered, seemingly unremarkable.
But Ao Yuan saw a wisp of smoke slowly rising from above the candles.
The smoke was white and slowly ascended, perfectly merging with the white smoke!
"Could this white smoke be caused by these candles?" Ao Yuan scanned his surroundings, saw nothing unusual, and then looked back at the three candles, feeling a slight shock.
After all, this was within an ancient battlefield.
It had been steeped for thousands of years.
And here were three candles.
And the candles were burning!
Could it be that these three candles had been burning here for thousands of years?
"Whatever!"
Ao Yuan shook his head and stopped dwelling on the eerie mystery.
After all!
The immediate priority was to blow out these three candles!
Only by doing so could the white smoke disappear, and they could gain safety.
"Extinguish!"
Ao Yuan opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and blew directly at the candles.
The next second, Ao Yuan became somewhat astonished.
Because!
His breath had no effect on the three candles whatsoever.
The flames remained still, completely unaffected.
"Wind cannot extinguish them?" Ao Yuan's expression changed slightly.
He was a dragon!
An ordinary breath could stir up a breeze, let alone a breath with all his might.
Without exaggeration, with Ao Yuan's strength, in the outside world, one breath could plunge an area into a gale.
...
Meanwhile.
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian were still fighting valiantly.
Although a large portion of the corpse horde had been drawn away by Ao Yuan.
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian, still resisting the remaining corpses, found it incredibly difficult.
This horde of corpses was like an endless stream.
They only stopped attacking when their bodies were completely shattered.
But under the cover of the white smoke, even the shattered corpses quickly recovered.
This directly made the situation for Bai Feng and Ye Nantian increasingly perilous.
After all.
These corpses were tireless like robots, but they were humans.
It was fine when their energy was abundant at the beginning, but how could they resist as their energy waned?
*Bang bang bang!*
As one corpse after another attacked, the thin film covering the two men began to tremble violently.
It seemed as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Are you okay?" Bai Feng noticed the anomaly in the film and asked.
"I..." Ye Nantian scattered the nearest corpse and gritted his teeth, panting with difficulty: "I... I can hold on for a while longer."
"Condense!"
With Ye Nantian's light shout, the trembling film solidified slightly.
Ye Nantian's face turned several shades paler, but he managed a weak smile at Bai Feng.
He said nothing.
Bai Feng understood the meaning.
It meant, "I'm still here!"
Bai Feng looked at Ye Nantian, then silently turned his head towards the corpses before him, rapidly unleashing punch after punch at the charging corpses!
He naturally knew that Ye Nantian was not in good shape.
He also knew why Ye Nantian was fighting so desperately.
It was precisely because he knew that he did not try to persuade Ye Nantian further.
Because!
Their belief was the same: to escort their teammates out of this ancient battlefield alive!
Bai Feng continued to strike. During this time, he noticed Ye Nantian's complexion growing worse.
Like a flame in a cold wind, it seemed like it would be extinguished at any moment.
"I'll deal with the corpses!"
Bai Feng couldn't help but grab Ye Nantian, who was still fighting the corpses, and said, "You just maintain the protective shield!"
Seeing Ye Nantian open his mouth to speak, Bai Feng said directly, "Only this way can we maximize our endurance!"
With that, Bai Feng said no more and directly shielded Ye Nantian behind him.
He faced the corpses attacking from all directions alone.
Ye Nantian looked at Bai Feng, opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.
He had reached his limit. If he continued to maintain the film while fighting the corpses, he truly wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
Ye Nantian slowly withdrew his gaze and was about to adjust his body with peace of mind.
Suddenly, he seemed to notice something and exclaimed in surprise, "Director Bai!"
"These corpses... they seem to be retreating!"