Charlie poured all his strength into this arrow, confident that even if he faced the Red Dust Immortal, a single shot would be fatal!
The light arrow condensed by the Bow of Radiant Light moved at the speed of light, making it a sure hit!
After the Bow of Radiant Light shot its arrow, Charlie had already envisioned Ye Ling's head exploding.
However, things did not go as planned…
The light arrow whistled towards Ye Ling but did not pierce his head as Charlie had imagined.
Ye Ling, with just one hand, calmly and steadily caught the light arrow!
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
Charlie's smile froze on his face, his expression becoming dazed.
"This, this… am I dreaming?" He blinked hard, staring intently at Ye Ling, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Not only Charlie, but even Chris and Lawson, who were preparing to watch the spectacle, thought they were mistaken and stood stunned, unable to react.
Ye Ling caught the light arrow condensed by the Bow of Radiant Light?
His speed was faster than light?
What a joke!
Chris and Lawson's minds became confused, and they instinctively attributed it to coincidence, to Ye Ling's good luck.
A human being could directly catch light… this could no longer be explained by reaction speed alone!
Monster was not a strong enough word to describe it!
Seeing the dazed expressions of Charlie and the other two, Ye Ling sighed slightly, easily crushing the light arrow, and mocked Charlie, "I thought you could give me some surprises, but I didn't expect such meager skills."
"If this is all you're capable of, then let's not waste any more time."
"You arrogant fellow… this was just your luck, a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse!" Hearing Ye Ling's mockery, Charlie was blinded by rage and drew the Bow of Radiant Light again, "Even if your speed can truly rival light, I'd like to see how many light arrows you can catch!"
"Witness my ultimate move, the Radiant Star Barrage!"
Charlie roared, unleashing all the power stored within the Bow of Radiant Light and shooting an arrow towards the sky!
A golden light shot out from the Bow of Radiant Light, piercing the dim sky and turning the dark clouds into gold.
Rumble!
Thunder boomed in the sky, and an exceptionally powerful aura began to gester within the thunderclouds.
Seeing the sky turn golden, Chris and Lawson's expressions changed drastically, and they cursed at Charlie, "Damn it! Charlie, are you crazy? We're within your attack range too!"
With that, they dared not linger and quickly fled into the distance, attempting to distance themselves from Charlie!
Others might not know, but Chris and Lawson, as fellow Knights of the Twelve, were well aware that Charlie's Radiant Star Barrage was his most wide-ranging and powerful killing move!
Charlie released all the spiritual power he had stored in the Bow of Radiant Light for the year, combined with the divine power of the Bow of Radiant Light itself, to unleash a devastating barrage of arrows within a certain range!
Except for Charlie, who was protected by the Bow of Radiant Light, all living beings within a ten-mile radius would be annihilated!
Charlie could only use this skill once a year, and its power was unimaginable.
Above Ye Ling, the sky turned golden, golden lightning roared, and countless light arrows rained down from the sky.
Although each light arrow falling from the sky was significantly weaker than Charlie's previous attack, the number of falling light arrows was over a hundred thousand!
It was as if a golden rain was falling in this ancient ruin, an exceptionally spectacular sight!
Protected by the golden light, Charlie glared at Ye Ling and laughed maniacally, "Chinese, dare you catch light arrows with your hands again!"
"In this arrow rain, let's see how you dodge!"
"One hundred thousand light arrows, I can shoot you into ashes!"
"Boring."
Listening to Charlie's taunts, Ye Ling yawned after glancing at the arrow rain falling from the sky, completely unconcerned by Charlie's area-of-effect attack.
After witnessing Charlie's attacks twice, Ye Ling had figured it out. Charlie's attacks relied entirely on the Bow of Radiant Light; he himself possessed no powerful offensive means.
The single arrow Charlie had shot with the Bow of Radiant Light earlier was already the single strongest damage output of that divine weapon.
However, even with Charlie's strongest single-target attack, Ye Ling's defense wouldn't be breached even if he stood still.
If Charlie's single-target attack was like this, let alone his current wide-ranging killing move.
If Charlie had used such a move during a battle between armies, it might have dealt a devastating blow to the enemy, but now… Ye Ling could find no other merit in Charlie's move besides its flashiness.
Of course, although Ye Ling could ignore this move from Charlie, it didn't mean he would let it fall.
After all, in this area, besides them, there were other innocent cultivators caught up in this.
Just as the arrow rain was about to fall and destroy all living things within range, Ye Ling's body erupted with monstrous demonic energy.
A colossal demonic statue rose from the ground, and surging demonic energy spread outwards, sweeping away all the light arrows in the sky!
Wherever the demonic statue touched, the light arrows were annihilated, without exception!
The massive quantity of light arrows dissipated completely within a minute, leaving only the surging demonic energy!
The golden thunderclouds returned to their dim state.
Charlie's smile froze once more.
His mind went blank.
"Wh-what is that…"
Thump…
He knelt on the ground, looking up at the demonic statue behind Ye Ling, his eyes filled with terror.
He slapped himself hard, trying to wake himself from a dream, but the burning pain in his cheeks kept reminding him that this was not a dream!
He had poured all his effort into storing a year's worth of spiritual power into the Bow of Radiant Light, which was supposed to be the strongest strike released by the Bow of Radiant Light…
But his strongest strike was destroyed by Ye Ling so easily in less than a minute!
Chris and Lawson, who had fled to a distance, were now staring at the towering demonic statue behind Ye Ling, completely stunned.
Lawson swallowed hard and asked Chris with a trembling voice, "Chris… are you sure we're not dreaming right now?"
Chris shook her head mechanically, "I don't know… but there's one thing we probably don't need to confirm."
Lawson instinctively asked, "What is it?"
"Charlie…" Chris looked at Ye Ling, who was slowly walking towards Charlie, a hint of terror flashing in her beautiful eyes, "He's dead!"
"Let's get out of here!"
With that, Chris fled without looking back, no longer glancing at Charlie kneeling before Ye Ling.
Seeing Chris turn and leave, Lawson glanced at Charlie again, and without hesitation, he quickly chased after Chris and fled with her.
Ye Ling watched the two abandon Charlie without hesitation and flee, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. He mocked the terrified Charlie, "It seems your two companions are not very reliable. They've both abandoned you and fled on their own."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Charlie trembled and prostrated himself before Ye Ling, shivering.
It was then that Charlie realized…
He was about to lose his life.
He looked up at Ye Ling and pleaded with a trembling voice, "M-m-mighty one… spare my life…"