The elder was horrified. Honestly, he was formidable and could not be compared by the Humans of this world.

Even if Wu Yuanwei—the imperial family's strongest powerhouse—had come, the elder could contend with him too.

Although the elder consumed essential Qi to form the interspatial shields, he could not have been depleted of the Qi so easily. Besides, if his essential Qi was truly exhausted, how could Ou Yangming have the vigor to release skills from pieces of equipment without an end?

It was true that much lesser essential Qi would be consumed for the release of skills from pieces of equipment, hence Ou Yangming saved a lot of his Qi. Nonetheless, the essential Qi difference between the elder and the young fellow was way bigger than the amount saved by the latter.

All of a sudden, the elder's eyes lit up as he was struck by a thought. He finally noticed Ou Yangming's trick, so he yelled fiercely, "You're using Master's power!"

Ou Yangming scoffed. When he previously used his military saber to devour energies from the Earthly Dragon Beast's flesh and blood, he tried to hide it so the energy fluctuation was not that intense. Since the young fellow's trick was now exposed, he no longer had to do it discreetly.

The piece of meat stabbed by his saber shrunk in an instant, allowing Ou Yangming to fully recover his essential Qi. As a result, his energy, essence, and spirit were at their peaks again.

Following that, a flash was seen coming from the saber as Ou Yangming slashed it at the elder without any hesitation.

"Wait, I have something to say!" The elder's face changed, and he shrieked.

"Okay, go ahead," Ou Yangming uttered. He stopped attacking with his military saber, but just as the elder sighed a breath of relief as he thought the young fellow would back away, the saber-light flashed again. Ou Yangming swung his saber faster than before.

The elder widened his eyes so much so that his eyeballs were going to drop out. He roared and crouched, then he flew backward to dodge the attack.

'This human is extremely shameless. I can't believe he's more cunning than I am!'

When the elder thought he had evaded the saber, it somehow glowed in green light and caught up to him at an unbelievable speed.

The change happened without warning, causing the elder to be caught off guard, by which he could not even use his interspatial shields in time. A sinister look was seen in his eyes as he lifted a hand to block the wind blade.

"Pow…"

The wind blade slit the elder's wrist mercilessly, leaving a bloody wound on him. It was so powerful that his hand was almost cut off from his body.

Nevertheless, the elder was unyielding. Without groaning at all, he attempted to flee the small alley as though he was wearing roller skates.

Ou Yangming was well-prepared. Once he shouted, every part of his body shone as he simulated various skills at the same time and aimed them at the elder.

Pieces of equipment with skills were unusually precious items. In particular, before Ou Yangming appeared in this world, it was incredibly difficult to obtain one of those in this world. If that was not the case, based on the imperial family's foundation and abilities, Wu Hanning would not have asked for her weapon to be enhanced in a specific way.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming did not cherish these pieces of equipment at all because he could smith them at any time if he wanted to.

Therefore, when he went all out, the power released was so unbelievable that the elder's paths were completely blocked.

Even so, this was only because Ou Yangming had limited pieces of equipment with him and could only selectively release the skills he had. If he retrieved every piece of equipment in his interspatial back, the outcome would be appalling.

Despite that, the elder kept swaying his body. His eyes were dark and hollow as if he could perceive every subtle change, such that could always dodge the attacks at crucial moments. The states of the integration of Heaven and man, as well as the thoroughly meticulous, were vividly displayed by him.

Having said that, Ou Yangming was patient. He knew very well how fearsome his opponent was, thus he never hoped to succeed in one move. The young fellow took the opportunity when his opponent was lacking essential Qi by making an all-round attack. He did this to set up a huge trap as he wanted to prevent the elder from escaping.

Only then would he use his ultimate trump card.

Ou Yangming roared and let his 99 points of mental power burst out like an erupting volcano.

The environment around them underwent a slight change as the Simulated Spiritual Fist was unleashed to an extreme at that moment.

Consequently, the elder trembled, and he lost sight of Ou Yangming. Instead, he noticed three Earthly Dragon Beasts taking earth-shattering steps toward him.

It was such an enormous threat that even the elder could not withstand the suppression.

Given a certain gap between sizes, it could not be compensated by ordinary cultivation bases anymore.

The elder furrowed his eyebrows. He was also a powerhouse that used the Illusion Art, thus he knew he had fallen into his opponent's illusion. The elder sneered, then his eyes gleamed as he released great mental power as well.

With that, two similarly formidable mental powers clashed straightforwardly without being assisted by any techniques.

At the spur of the moment, the world through the elder's eyes shook. Numerous dense cracks akin to spiderwebs appeared out of thin air.

The spiritual world created by Ou Yangming was smashed as it could not remain perfect under the impact.

Even so, the elder was not delighted at all; he was taken aback. 'I exerted all my mental power to attack, but I couldn't break his spiritual illusion?

'How could this be?'

Just as the elder was stupefied, he noticed that instead of spreading further, the spiderweb cracks slowly disappeared.

After an absolute collision between mental powers, Ou Yangming, who was on defense, gained the upper hand instead.

The elder became dejected, and he sensed a penetrating chill in his body. It was as though he was naked in a severe winter, where there was no hint of warmth at all.

However, he was a resolute and courageous person, or he could not have gotten away from the little phoenix many times. Seeing as he was in a disadvantageous spot, he reached out to hold his injured arm and tugged it hard.

That arm was ripped where the wound was as he forcefully pulled it away from his body.

When the elder tossed his arm into the air, it exploded and resulted in a rain of blood, which painted the alley red.

Ou Yangming was immersed in executing the Simulated Spiritual Fist at that moment, but he was distracted when a blood-red color filled his mind.

A severe and chilly aura invaded his sea of consciousness, and it began to spread as if it was going to freeze his consciousness. This was an evil secret technique, which was impossible to guard.

Nonetheless, just as the chillness grew in all directions, two powers in Ou Yangming's sea of consciousness surged.

They were the purple Military Fire and the colorless Devouring ability.

The Military Fire dissipated the chillness wherever it flowed, whereas the Devouring ability simply devoured every bit of the iciness like a bottomless hole.

It took only a moment—a split second—for the intense chill, which could freeze a Supreme Great Ancestor, to vanish completely.

Subsequently, the Military Fire and the Devouring power hid one after another like they never appeared.

Ou Yangming came back to his senses and could see what was going on in front of him.

He escaped the Bloody Secret Technique, but he could not maintain the spiritual illusion anymore.

Blood was dripping from one of the elder's arms as he glared at Ou Yangming resentfully. "Very well, since you're not willing to inherit Master's power well, I can only kill you! Wait for me, I'll be back very soon..." He shifted backward and slowly disappeared in the dark, but his weird laugh echoed everywhere.

Ou Yangming wanted to stop him, but he stopped right after he took a step forward because he sensed the odd and dangerous power around the elder. If the young fellow acted rashless, he figured that it might cause a counter-effect.

Just when the elder's body slowly went away, the dark area lit up out of the blue.

A small fireball, which came out of nowhere, ignited that dark corner.

The elder's body, which was going to disappear, became clear again, and his face took on a ghastly expression.

"You! It's you!"

Accompanied by his shrieks, his body was burned by a blazing fire.

The scorching fire seemed to carry a unique ability, by which the elder could not break free at all no matter how he struggled. It was even more frightening when the elder tried to twist his body but was pinned to the ground, hence he was burned by the flaming fire as he could not leave. In the end, he could only let out spine-chilling screeches.

His voice died away very quickly, and it was evident that he was on the verge of death.

Ou Yangming took a step back. He knew this happened because the elder pursued a small gain and neglected the greater danger behind him. Nevertheless, the young fellow was surprised that he was not fearful of the fire, and he found it approachable instead.

It felt like the burning fire was his relative and would not harm him at all.

Soon after he had the thought, the purple Military Fire in his sea of consciousness swayed and resonated with it.

Seeing as the elder was slowly losing power, a thought crossed Ou Yangming's mind. He leaped forward abruptly and entered the flame. Sure enough, the fire was raging, but it did not hurt the young fellow at all, to the extent that even his clothes were not burnt.

Ou Yangming reached out to tap the elder's forehead.

Next, a bizarre and chilly mental conception gushed into his sea of consciousness.

It was the elder's soul and mental power, and they were preserved through the queerest secret technique.

However, they were surrounded by the greater Military Fire once they entered Ou Yangming's sea of consciousness.

Amid the shrill screams, another crystal ball floated in the center of Ou Yangming's sea of consciousness.