Published: February 11, 2025
From the moment Yangos and Ye Zhongming took advantage of the situation to attack, to the shadow's successive strikes, this process was extremely brief. At almost every moment, both sides were responding to the situation. The difference was that the shadow was in the dark, while Yangos and Ye Zhongming were in plain sight, leaving them somewhat passive.
Ye Zhongming used the space-time gate as bait, which was a risky move. He knew that the shadow would definitely appear when people began to leave one by one. He had confidence in his own strength and in the smooth communication with Yangos on a mental level, which is why he chose to do so.
However, the strength of the shadow, or rather its terrifying speed, really caught him off guard. He initially thought that the previous attack on Yangos was its speed limit. But it was obvious that the shadow had held back. After attempting and failing to kill one person and one dragon, it chose to break through again, but this time with more strategy than the first.
Ye Zhongming and Yangos followed into the space-time gate.
After a rather uncomfortable pulling force, Ye Zhongming and Yangos returned to Earth, where chaos unfolded before him. The Holy Maiden stood there with a serious expression, beside her were several core members of Cloud Summit. Further away, it seemed the entire villa was in motion, with voices filling the air.
"Did you not stop it?" Yangos spoke human language as it flapped its wings and soared into the sky.
Including itself, everyone knew how dangerous it was to let this shadow enter Cloud Summit Villa. With its speed that could make one's hair stand on end and a mysterious cold light that could easily penetrate Dragon Scales, even the Holy Maiden and Ye Zhongming couldn't guarantee their safety, and anyone who was alone had basically no ability to resist.
If they couldn't find it, to put it seriously, Cloud Summit could be destroyed by this shadow.
Ye Zhongming glanced at the Holy Maiden and noticed a tear in her white robe. He knew that this robe was called the Robe of Faith, a fine piece from the Dawn Divine Armory, and along with the crown of breaking illusions on her head and the staff of glory, it was her greatest reliance.
Previously, when he fought against the Holy Maiden, he had no good way to break this robe.
"Too fast, even with our preparations," the Holy Maiden did not answer, but Xia Lei, who held blue twin daggers, responded instead.
Ye Zhongming and Yangos had staged a performance, and naturally, they had made thorough preparations on the Cloud Summit side. The people who returned, led by the Holy Maiden and Yama Tree, had set up formations on this side of the space-time gate, waiting for a chance to strike if the shadow was not stopped over there.
They waited for the shadow, unleashed their attacks, but it did not stop.
The shadow appeared right before them and escaped.
His gaze scanned the ground, where there were several drops of that purple blood with silver specks.
"Collect this, and send someone to the Sanctuary to clean up the battlefield," Ye Zhongming issued orders methodically. "Be aware that there is some blood over there as well, make sure not to miss any. Also, deploy drones and special ability users to see where the monster army is. Once confirmed, return immediately; at that time, I will close the space-time gate."
Although Xia Lei and the others did not understand why Ye Zhongming wasn't looking for the shadow but instead was giving these orders, they still listened intently.
Ye Zhongming looked in one direction, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, and then said, “Tell everyone to remain calm and go about their business. It’s best to stay in enclosed spaces. The members of your respective teams inside the villa should be sent to protect the two laboratories and the core of the defense formation.”
After speaking, he turned to the Holy Maiden and Yama Tree, "Holy Maiden, Yama Tree, let's go kill this guy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without further explanation, he whistled at the flying Yangos and soared toward the direction he had just observed.