Fang Xiaoyu seized the opportunity, drawing his sword and slashing across the face of the Wood Lord. Instantly, a bloody gash appeared on the Wood Lord's visage.
Wan Lei stabilized himself, summoned thunderclouds, and condensed a ferocious bolt of lightning, which he hurled down at the Wood Lord.
Seeing this, the Wood Lord swiftly swung his Nanmu ruler, unleashing a pure torrent of法则之力 (faze li - power of law) that shattered the lightning bolt.
Seizing this moment, Fang Xiaoyu delivered a kick, sending the Wood Lord flying towards Wan Lei.
Wan Lei, his hand already holding the core of the Samsara Extinction Array, directly trapped the Wood Lord within it.
Sensing the array draining his vitality, the Wood Lord couldn't help but let out a sneer.
"This array, it's the one you used against Huo Liuli and the others, right? I heard it can absorb an enemy's life force.
What a pity, for I am the Wood Lord, and my greatest asset is my vitality. Let's see who runs out of life force first, me or you, brat."
"Strong vitality? It's precisely when your vitality is strong that I fear you."
"Blood Demon Art!"
From within both Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, colossal blood-colored demon heads emerged, opening their ravenous maws and lunging towards the Wood Lord.
An endless stream of cultivation power flowed into Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu through the Blood Demon Art. The Wood Lord's cultivation was simply too immense; how much could their nascent soul cultivator bodies truly contain?
Fortunately, they were both quite experienced with this situation.
"Summon Wind!"
"Call Rain!"
Ten colossal dragons materialized simultaneously, and deathly still, frigid winds swept ferociously towards the Wood Lord.
The purple rain in the sky, already pouring down like a deluge, was amplified by Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu's Call Rain.
The surging purple rain, akin to rivers pouring from the heavens, instantly drowned the Wood Lord.
"You actually possess a divine ability akin to this calamity? Is there a connection? Or did you cause this calamity?"
A wood-green protective shield formed around the Wood Lord, resisting the erosion of the purple rain.
Hearing this, Wan Lei let out a sneer.
"If I had a divine ability that could submerge an entire continent, wouldn't killing you be as easy as turning my hand?"
"Identical aura, identical corrosive and deathly stillness. It's just that your purple rain is many times more potent than this natural purple rain. Could it be that you're using this rain to comprehend and create your own divine ability?"
As he spoke, a flicker of apprehension flashed in the Wood Lord's eyes. To be able to create such a potent divine ability, just how powerful would Wan Lei be? This youth was not to be underestimated.
Wan Lei sneered, too lazy to explain further. Let the other party misunderstand; it was perfect for him to exploit this mindset to defeat him.
"What a shame. If you were a bit stronger, this divine ability could unleash its true power. If I had this ability, I would be invincible in battles against cultivators of the same realm.
And your ability to devour an opponent's cultivation is also quite peculiar. It seems I cannot kill you directly; I must defeat you first and then perform a soul search."
The Blood Demon Art continuously absorbed the Wood Lord's spiritual energy, cultivation, and vitality, then supplied it to the Summon Wind and Call Rain. Yet, despite this immense consumption, the Wood Lord remained unhurried, demonstrating his utter confidence in his own vitality.
"Wood Array, Soaring Heaven!"
The Wood Lord lightly waved his Nanmu ruler, and two powerful wood-attribute 法则之力 appeared, instantly engulfing the battlefield. Over twenty bare wooden sticks stood erected around the perimeter, each wooden stick…
To be precise, they were no longer sticks, but pillars reaching the heavens, each over three hundred Zhang tall and dozens of Zhang thick.
These wooden poles were connected by light screens, forming a barrier that trapped Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu within.
Suddenly, these twenty-odd pillars simultaneously emitted beams of light, shooting towards Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu inside.
Seeing this, the two dared not slacken, immediately summoning their Sword Immortal Dharma bodies to resist the attack of the wooden pillars.
Boom!!!
After a thunderous explosion, the light beams abruptly dissipated. Looking at the two Sword Immortal Dharma bodies, their auras were unstable, and they were covered in wounds.
"Hurry and break this formation, it's too powerful. Otherwise, we'll be killed before we can exhaust him to death,"
Fang Xiaoyu, checking his injuries, looked up at Wan Lei and said.
Wan Lei, seeing this, immediately activated the array eye, attempting to break the formation composed of pillars. However, after some analysis, he grasped its essence.
"This is not a formation at all, but a divine ability. It cannot be broken."
"Then we'll blast our way through."
"Alright."
Meanwhile, on the battlefield below, as the Thunder Beasts joined the fray, the Bai Ze Tribe was routed as if swept by a devastating storm. The Deng Yan Tribe was fighting against enemies several times their number, and their opponents' demonic beasts had already been brought under control by the Myriad Demon Array.
Wan Lei then summoned the Thunder Beasts, ordering them to charge towards his position.
Hundreds of Thunder Beasts charged, slamming against the wooden pillars with overwhelming force.
The Wood Lord's expression changed drastically. He immediately directed beams of light towards the charging Thunder Beast horde.
Twenty-odd beams of light instantly annihilated over twenty Thunder Beasts. However, the Thunder Beasts were too fast, leaving him no opportunity to launch a second volley. With just one charge, they shattered all the wooden pillars.
Freed from their constraints, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu immediately led the Thunder Beast horde to attack the Wood Lord.
The two of them were fast, but the stampede of the Thunder Beasts was even more ferocious. With lightning speed, they slammed into the Wood Lord.
The Wood Lord immediately spat blood and suffered fractured bones from the impact.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu seized the opportunity, charging forward and launching continuous attacks on the Wood Lord.
The Wood Lord, dazed by this series of attacks, suffered increasingly severe internal injuries.
Finally,
The Wood Lord retaliated.
He steadied himself in mid-air, and his Nanmu ruler suddenly transformed into a long staff, which he thrust into the ground.
In just two breaths, the Nanmu transformed from a staff into a lush, towering ancient tree.
"Nanmu Myriad Lives!"
The Nanmu blazed with light, its green radiance filled with vitality. It not only restored his own life force but also suppressed all the Thunder Beasts, including Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
The radiance was brimming with life. Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu could absorb some of it through the Blood Demon Art, but at this moment, they were unable to move, utterly suppressed by the domain.
"Chaos Domain!"
Chaos, Yin, Yang, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Eight Trigrams – the domain instantly filled the entire space, overlapping with the Wood Domain's vitality and initiating a confrontation.
"It's useless. Vitality encompasses all things. Your domain can overlap with mine, but it cannot suppress it.
Brat, do you understand now that the gap in cultivation realms cannot be bridged by merely using a few divine abilities? Hahahaha!"
The Wood Lord roared with laughter as his domain of chaos was pushed back inch by inch under suppression.