His companion, seeing the situation, wanted to come to the rescue, but was entangled by Shi Bingzhi and couldn't break free.
Although Shi Bingzhi couldn't defeat his opponent immediately, he was more than capable of holding him off.
"If you won't speak, then there's no need to say anything."
Yu Daochen narrowed his eyes, gripping the Kang Long Jian tightly, preparing to deliver the final blow.
"This is!"
Yu Daochen suddenly stopped and looked back into the distance.
It was during this moment of distraction that the masked man seized the opportunity, pulled a talisman from his pocket, and shot it over.
Yu Daochen, with his quick reflexes, condensed the Di Kun Hand with his other hand and grabbed the incoming talisman.
The moment he grasped the talisman, it instantly exploded.
*Bang!*
The talisman's power was immense. The shockwave directly severed the green silk threads in front, and the dust on the ground was kicked up.
Yu Daochen didn't rush to attack. Instead, he raised his hand to disperse the surrounding dust.
But by the time the dust settled, the masked man had escaped.
The companion fighting Shi Bingzhi also seized the opportunity of the explosion to escape with him.
"The power of this explosion is not small."
Yu Daochen remarked with a slight sigh.
If he hadn't condensed the Di Kun Hand just now, he might have been injured.
Shi Bingzhi came to Yu Daochen's side and looked at the two figures who had already fled, asking, "Aren't we going after them?"
Yu Daochen shook his head, glanced back again, and said, "No need to chase. I can feel that old fellow's presence."
Shi Bingzhi looked back, naturally understanding who Yu Daochen was referring to.
"However... escaping from my hands is not an easy feat."
Yu Daochen's lips curved upwards. He then traced his finger across the Kang Long Jian, igniting it with a fierce flame. Looking at the two figures who had fled ahead, he narrowed his eyes and slashed forward.
"Huo Li Zhan!"
A sword energy of flame, over five meters long, instantly shot forward. Where it passed, tea trees were severed and then ignited.
The two felt the heat on their backs and both looked back.
They saw the flame sword energy, over five meters long, approaching them.
One of the masked men, seeing no way to evade, roared, "We'll fight to the death!"
*Bang!*
The flame sword energy instantly exploded. The resulting energy wave was so powerful that even Yu Daochen and Shi Bingzhi, twenty meters away, could feel it.
Shi Bingzhi instinctively raised his hand to shield his face, his expression full of surprise, "This power is too much, isn't it?"
Dust billowed all around, making it impossible to see the situation ahead.
However, the flame sword energy traveling over twenty meters and the terrifying energy backlash were enough to indicate its immense power.
Looking at this masterpiece, Yu Daochen nodded with satisfaction.
This move, Huo Li Zhan, was performed using his Jiaolong power, and its might was as he had predicted, even slightly stronger.
Moreover, he felt no depletion of his internal energy.
Indeed, the result was exactly as he had thought.
"Master Yu, are they dead?" Shi Bingzhi asked.
With such a terrifying strike, even if they didn't die, they wouldn't live much longer.
Yu Daochen shook his head, "I'm not sure, but they're definitely dead. Even if they survive this blow, they'll only live a few more days. The outcome is the same."
Shi Bingzhi nodded, finding it hard to imagine that Master Yu had become this powerful.
Were Black List experts truly invincible to ordinary people?
Yu Daochen glanced back again and said with a smile, "Let's go too. I can clearly feel that old fellow's presence getting closer."
Shi Bingzhi nodded, and the two quickly fled down the mountain.
Not long after Yu Daochen and Shi Bingzhi left, Chen Guojun finally arrived with the Chen family disciples.
Looking at the tea trees, nearly thirty meters tall, severed by a single sword strike, Chen Guojun fell into deep thought.
With such terrifying destructive power, who could have done this?
Could it be Meng Da Long? Or the swordsman ronin Ge Zhou? Or perhaps the immortal fairy Cui Yiling?
No, did they have this kind of strength?
To unleash such terrifying magic, it must be a Black List expert.
But who could it be?
Could it be those old fossils from the previous generation of the martial world?
That didn't make sense either. Those with the strength to achieve this level in the previous generation were basically all dead, leaving only himself and that old scoundrel Yu Shuntian.
As for those who weren't dead, they were probably lying in the ICU drinking congee, completely unable to come to his territory.
Who else could it be?
The weapons and magic of other Black List experts didn't match this sword energy.
And although that old scoundrel Yu Shuntian could achieve this level, his signature magic and weapons were silver needles, so it couldn't be him.
Could it be... that little bastard Yu Daochen?
Chen Guojun's expression changed drastically.
It shouldn't be him, right? Had that little bastard's strength reached this level?
Just then, one of the disciples smelled the burnt wood in the air and couldn't help but say, "There's a really strong smell of burnt wood."
Hearing this, Chen Guojun frowned. He had smelled the burnt wood as soon as he arrived at the scene.
It was just that he had been too surprised earlier and had forgotten about it.
Chen Guojun walked to the severed tea trees, picked up a piece of wood on the ground that was almost charred into charcoal, and furrowed his brow, "This is fire magic. Could it really be him?"
On the other side, Yu Daochen and Shi Bingzhi, confident that Chen Guojun couldn't catch up, stopped running and leisurely walked back towards the village.
Shi Bingzhi looked at Yu Daochen beside him and slowly said, "Master Yu, do you think the skills of those two felt familiar?"
"Familiar?" Yu Daochen asked, a little puzzled.
Shi Bingzhi nodded. He felt like he had encountered them somewhere before, with every move aimed at killing, never holding back.
There were no shortage of ruthless individuals in the martial world, but they didn't always aim for vital points with every move.
Yu Daochen remained silent, lost in thought.
After Shi Bingzhi's reminder, he did feel a sense of familiarity.
Wait!
Yu Daochen suddenly thought of something, his expression becoming serious. He looked at Shi Bingzhi beside him and slowly said, "You mean the familiarity is from when we fought the apostles of the Divine Religion, right?"
No wonder he couldn't recall it for a moment. It turned out that after he became stronger, encountering opponents who were once evenly matched with him no longer gave him that sense of urgency.
Hence, he had forgotten.
Shi Bingzhi nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, that's the feeling."
"Wait!"
Shi Bingzhi suddenly realized, and his expression turned somewhat grim, "Master Yu, do you think those two are apostles of the Divine Religion?"
Yu Daochen didn't answer immediately. After a long period of contemplation, he shook his head and said uncertainly, "I'm not sure. After all, there are not a few ruthless individuals in the martial world. It's also possible that some people are taking advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble."
Shi Bingzhi nodded and fell into thought.
Yu Daochen then shook his head again and said, "However, we shouldn't be careless. If they are not people from the Divine Religion, as long as they don't conflict with our interests, we don't need to meddle. If they truly are people from the Divine Religion, then we will eliminate them all, leaving none behind!"