Wan Qianxin acted as a meat shield, drawing most of the firepower. Bao Bao continuously restrained and controlled the enemies, while Han Xiaoyun provided long-range suppression and debuffs. Xia Yubing, on the other hand, observed the battlefield and would immediately rush in to finish off any enemy that was weakened, severely injured, or exposed a flaw.
Facing eighteen enemies of the same level, the four of them didn't even use their divine abilities. Relying solely on their clear division of labor and tacit coordination, they routed the enemy.
Wan Lei had no time to watch Wan Qianxin and the other four fight, as he was facing a Lava Giant Beast with late-stage Tai Heng realm combat power, their strongest foe yet.
After the four left, Fang Xiaoyu and Dada's pressure increased dramatically. Fortunately, Wan Lei quickly moved to assist, sharing a significant portion of the burden.
Wan Lei, facing the ferocious three-headed蛟 (Jiao) that was attacking, raised his great hammer and smashed down fiercely. With a deafening roar, both Wan Lei and the giant beast were sent flying backward.
The giant beast's physical body was incredibly tough, its strength far surpassing human cultivators of the same level. It stabilized itself in mid-air, while Wan Lei crashed heavily into the lava.
Fang Xiaoyu immediately moved to engage, and Dada, a hundred zhang tall, rode on the giant beast, smashing it with his wolf-toothed club.
Even though Dada, as a divine race member, stood a hundred zhang tall, he still seemed somewhat small compared to the giant beast's massive size.
Despite its colossal build, the giant beast was not slow at all and was extremely agile.
Dada was desperately attacking the middle neck of the giant beast. This was an experience he had gained from fighting beast and divine beast type enemies in the past. It was difficult for beasts to attack enemies on their backs. As long as one didn't stand directly in front of them, the beast's power would be greatly diminished.
However, there were no absolutes.
Suddenly, the giant beast turned its left head, its scarlet eyes fixing on Dada.
"Uh... hehe."
Dada gave an awkward chuckle and prepared to run. The three-headed Jiao suddenly opened its maw, and a ferocious stream of flame instantly erupted, sending Dada flying.
At this moment, Wan Lei, who had returned to the battlefield, smashed the flame pillar with his hammer, saving Dada. Fang Xiaoyu also regrouped with them.
The three-headed Jiao unfurled its wings and instantly turned back, its three heads glaring at the three of them.
Three heads, three mouths, all opened simultaneously, unleashing furious flames that attacked the three of them separately.
The temperature of these flames was extremely high, distorting space itself, indicating their terrifying intensity.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu turned and dodged, but Dada remained in place.
Dada put away his wolf-toothed club and extended his hands forward.
Seeing this, Wan Lei frowned. Was Dada going to withstand it head-on again?
However, the reality surprised Wan Lei.
As the flames reached about ten feet from Dada, they were suddenly blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to advance any further.
The three-headed Jiao roared in fury and charged directly towards Dada. However, Dada remained motionless, merely extending his hands. The three-headed Jiao stopped three feet in front of him.
There was no impact, no sound, yet the three-headed Jiao could not break through.
"Space lockdown?"
Wan Lei pondered for a moment and arrived at this conclusion.
"Yes, I've sealed off space within a thousand-mile radius. It can't get out for now."
Dada nodded.
Fang Xiaoyu looked at Dada, then at the futilely raging three-headed Jiao within the barrier, marveling. His big eyes blinked.
"I truly envy your divine and demon races. You can just enact a space lockdown and trap enemies, whether you want to fight or flee."
Dada looked at Fang Xiaoyu with surprise, then continued to suppress the three-headed Jiao with all his might.
"It's as if your human race doesn't. We divine race has innate talent and great control over space. Basically, every member of our race can perform some form of space lockdown with varying degrees of strength.
The demon race's lockdown is a divine ability, usually simple, using demonic qi or blood qi as a catalyst to seal space.
Your human race also possesses divine abilities for space lockdown; it's quite common. Aren't your formations also a type of space lockdown?
Moreover, our lockdown can only seal, not suppress. Your formations, however, can seal, suppress, attack, and even create elaborate illusions to confuse the mind.
You envy us, but do you know how much we envy your human race's Dao techniques?
No matter how strong the divine race's physical body is, once invaded by your illusions, even the strongest body is useless. We can easily be driven mad."
Having said that, Dada spat.
"Pah, you damn humans."
"You two, hurry up and attack. It's a whole realm higher than me. My lockdown won't last long; it will tear space apart soon."
"Alright, hold on for five more minutes, and then there's no need for the lockdown."
Dada looked at Wan Lei in surprise, wondering what made him so confident that he could kill the giant beast within five minutes.
After speaking, Wan Lei produced many formation materials and quickly began arranging them around Dada's space lockdown.
"You're… using formations? You know this too?"
"Yes. Shrink the range of the space lockdown a bit; it doesn't need to be so large, a hundred miles is enough."
"Okay."
Dada immediately reduced the range.
Wan Lei's speed was remarkable. A hundred miles was traversed in the blink of an eye, even without using wind blade遁术 (Dùn Shù - escape technique). Five minutes passed, and his formations were also completed.
"Alright, you can retract the space lockdown."
Dada hesitated, frowning at Wan Lei, implying, "Kid, are you sure you can do it?"
"Don't worry, it's foolproof."
Wan Lei clapped his hands.
Hearing this, Dada immediately withdrew the space lockdown.
The three-headed Jiao roared and charged towards the formations, but what awaited it was a pillar of fire shooting into the sky.
The fire light was solidified, like a pillar piercing directly into the giant beast's body, hitting the rock crevices within it.
The giant beast let out a scream and struggled to break the pillar of fire. But in an instant, hundreds of fiery pillars appeared from the formations, immediately turning the giant beast into a hedgehog.
"Xiaoyu, come help me absorb the fire energy within it, just like when we dealt with Huo Qingfeng."
"Okay, coming."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded obediently and immediately flew to Wan Lei's side.
To Dada's dumbfounded gaze, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu each produced a ball of flame in their hands. With the appearance of these flames, the hundreds of fiery pillars piercing the giant beast's body all lit up brightly.
Then, the energy from the giant beast flowed through the fiery pillars, being continuously absorbed by the flames in their hands.
"What… are you guys doing?"
Dada's heart had already guessed what they were doing, but he still found it hard to believe.
Wan Lei replied without looking up,
"Absorbing its energy. When the energy is gone, it'll die.
Oh ho, still trying to struggle? You little imp, let me suck you dry today."