The immense lightning bolt, thick as a serpent, coiled tightly around the perimeter of the azure energy shield, as if seeking any opportunity to breach its barrier. Yet, against the formidable defenses of the Thunder Shield, the colossal bolt remained outside. However, at this moment, the Thunder Shield was bound just as tightly as the Yellow Spring Cult Master had been by that gigantic electric snake. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood's mages desperately hurled bolt after bolt of lightning toward the source—the mother charge hanging high in the air—which then coalesced into a massive surge of electrical energy, continuing its relentless embrace around our Thunder Shield.

We had to shake off that lightning; otherwise, withdrawing the Thunder Shield to launch our own attacks would be impossible. Everyone recognized the gravity of the situation. While the Thunder Shield ensured immunity from the Brotherhood’s magical assaults, its very light-wall simultaneously blocked our offensive spells—a perfect case of creating our own prison.

“Increase the intensity! Shake off that lightning!” Feng Qingtian roared.

“Yes!” Over five hundred elite disciples within the formation roared in unison. The light wall of the Thunder Array, originally a pale blue, intensified, becoming dazzling, like a miniature azure sun. The electric serpent coiled outside the shield writhed violently, appearing as though it might be torn free at any second.

Just as we believed we were about to break the serpent’s hold, countless lightning bolts suddenly shot into the sky, their clear target being the colossal electric snake ensnaring us.

“Ah, the mages of the White Tiger Alliance!” Xia Ya cried out in alarm.

“No!” Feng Qingtian turned ashen-faced. This was clearly the trump card of both the White Tiger Alliance and the Brotherhood. Combined, their mages numbered at least ten thousand. The power generated by ten thousand mages’ lightning combined was unimaginable; even the robust defense of our Thunder Shield could not withstand it.

Five hundred against ten thousand—it wasn't a contest. In that instant, I finally understood: the Brotherhood's mages had deliberately deceived us. Before we even entered the illusion, they must have rehearsed this massive, child-and-mother lightning convergence attack with the White Tiger Alliance mages.

But now, understanding was too late. We were completely entangled by the lightning. If this continued, those inside the formation were certainly doomed.

Damn it, I’ll risk it! In a flash, I pushed my entire Dòuqì, mixed with thunder energy, to its absolute limit, simultaneously activating the Gale Ring and Gale Necklace. I shot forward like a bullet leaving a barrel, straight toward the colossal lightning charge hovering above the energy wall.

Crack! Rumble! Almost simultaneously, the mother-and-child lightning, fueled by ten thousand mages, expanded exponentially. Yet, at that precise moment, my Blood Drinker cleaved into the giant lightning bolt.

Like two attracting magnets, the massive lightning instantly adhered to the Blood Drinker in my hand. Ssssss… I could actually feel the terrifying crackle of current wrapping around me. Even as a Demon Devourer Body, I was enveloped by a sensation of numbness and shivering, strongly reminiscent of accidentally touching an electrical source in my past life. However, this current didn't seem potent enough to harm me. But the lightning's pulling force was staggering; it felt as though the Blood Drinker in my hand had transformed into an incredibly strong, monstrous serpent, twisting and struggling frantically, trying to wrench itself free from my grasp so it could slam into the Thunder Shield’s wall.

Clang! Boom! My hand suddenly felt empty. The Blood Drinker had been violently shattered by the horrifying lightning magic. Like an untamed horse bolting loose, the massive lightning bolt charged madly toward the Thunder Shield wall once more.

Everything happened too swiftly. The Blood Drinker disintegrated almost instantly upon contact. If that bolt struck the Thunder Shield wall, the consequences would be unthinkable.

“Stop!” Mid-air and with nowhere to brace myself, I acted without thinking. My hands shot out lightning-fast, catching the massive, bucket-thick lightning bolt dead center.

Inside the Brotherhood's lines, everyone froze, faces etched with disbelief. The colossal mother-and-child lightning, the combined effort of all the mages from both the White Tiger Alliance and the Brotherhood, was now held in the hands of that blue figure suspended above. Not just them, but everyone present stood stunned. This sight was utterly terrifying—a man catching lightning mid-air without injury.

“Who is he?”

“Is he a monster?”

“That’s the Demon Devourer Body,” Jian Li murmured to himself.

“He can actually be immune to all magical attacks,” Qing Long and the others watched in horror.

In the air, the blue figure was wreathed in terrifying arcs of electric energy, a bizarre and unsettling sight. An ordinary person subjected to such power would have been reduced to charcoal instantly, but the blue figure seemed utterly unaffected, as if the arcs of lightning around him were nothing more than trivial, colorful ribbons of magic. The only real factor affecting him was the sheer inertial force carried by the immense lightning bolt.

“Damn it, it’s him,” Mo Ling shrieked in fury. “Blue Lightning.”

“Don’t stop! Keep blasting!” Mo Yin was terrified. The only option left was to continuously increase the lightning’s power, using its immense inertia to keep him pinned and drive him toward the Thunder Shield. They absolutely could not let him break free; if he breached their formation, everything would be lost.

If he broke through, he alone would be enough to wipe out the entire Demon Sealing Brotherhood. Mo Yin and the others could not allow him to get close.

Swish, swish, swish… Countless bolts rained down like a violent storm. While they didn't affect me, I could distinctly feel the struggling power of the giant lightning bolt clamped in my grip growing stronger. I wouldn’t be able to hold it for much longer.

“You all fall back!” Hugging the massive lightning beam, I was involuntarily hurtling toward Xia Ya and the others.

“Retreat!” Feng Qingtian understood my intention in an instant. Xia Ya and the others leaped back without hesitation.

Smash! Rumble! Losing my leverage, I crashed heavily onto the ground, but I still held the thick lightning bolt tightly.

“Hah! Now watch this.”

The moment I landed, I sprang back up and charged rapidly toward the formation of mages from the Brotherhood and the White Tiger Alliance opposite me. Being firmly on the ground, unlike my helpless state mid-air, was completely different. Although the lightning’s traction was powerful, the moment I hit the ground, I had broken free from the mother charge’s control. However, because I held it, the energy couldn't dissipate and retained its lightning form—like a colossal whip made of pure electricity grasped in my hand.

“Stop him!” Mo Ling and the others were aghast. The members of the Brotherhood and the White Tiger Alliance turned pale. There, Xing Chen charged forward rapidly, carrying the writhing giant electric serpent. Even from a distance, everyone was shaken by the horrifying might and the bizarre spectacle.

Was this man even human? To grasp the super-giant lightning bolt created by over ten thousand mages—no one would believe it without seeing it.

“A-Jiang, stop him!” Luo Xiao roared in shock.

“Roar!” With an earth-shattering bellow, a figure clad in blood-red lightning shot forward—incredible speed.

Blood Tiger Luo Jiang!

In this world, who else could possess such staggering speed besides Blood Tiger Luo Jiang? Under the state of the Eye of Death Desire, I immediately locked onto Luo Jiang’s form.

Hah! Without hesitation, I swept the giant light-whip in my hand out.

Roar! But Luo Jiang’s speed was astonishing. The light-whip struck only an afterimage. Though my mind reacted, my body couldn't keep up, and I could only watch helplessly as Blood Tiger Luo Jiang’s enormous Frost-Congealing Sword lunged toward my throat.

“Ah! Damn it!” I desperately raised the lightning light-whip in my hand to block the sword that pierced toward me like lightning. But I knew well that this was a hasty defense, severely disadvantaged in power. Even if I blocked this one strike, I wouldn't be able to block the follow-up.

Boom! Rumble! With a violent roar, amid a blinding flash of light, the blood-red figure of Blood Tiger Luo Jiang was flung back like a soccer ball kicked hard, tracing a crimson streak across the sky before crashing heavily onto the ground.

The giant light-whip in my hand vanished. Looking at the electric arcs continually twisting around Luo Jiang’s body, I immediately grasped what had happened: Luo Jiang’s sword strike had been parried by the giant light-whip. Although I was completely outmatched in raw force, the lightning's unique paralyzing and electrical effects had traveled up the Frost-Congealing Sword and into Luo Jiang. Consequently, that astonishing surge of electrical energy was fully discharged into him.

All of this occurred in mere moments.

Luo Xiao could scarcely believe his eyes. His most prized weapon, Luo Jiang, had been sent flying in a single exchange. Luo Jiang, having landed, roared madly but was quickly turned into a charred corpse by the terrifying current.

That lightning energy must have been tens of thousands of volts at least. Blood Tiger Luo Jiang had died a truly miserable death. Still, I had narrowly escaped death myself. Under normal circumstances, I would never have been a match for Luo Jiang. I never expected him to die so foolishly by my hand—it must have been fate.

“Ah! Jiang’er!” Luo Xiao screamed in anguish.

The situation had taken a sharp turn. The White Tiger Alliance and the Brotherhood were paralyzed with terror! No one had expected Luo Jiang to be electrocuted into a husk in a single pass.

I didn't pause for a second, charging straight toward the combined forces of the White Tiger Alliance and the Brotherhood.

“Roar! White Tiger Howling Heaven!” Suddenly, a dazzling beam of light shot toward me. Although this energy was not on the same level as the previous giant lightning bolt, the fierce Dòuqì fluctuation and the familiar radiance allowed me to react instantly: this was a Dòuqì attack, not the previous magical energy.

A giant sword of light sped toward me with astonishing velocity. In terms of attack angle, force, and speed, it was perfect. Even more frightening was that this White Tiger Howling Heaven was a combined assault launched by Grandmaster Luo Xiao, utilizing the strength of the White Tiger Alliance's senior elders. Under Luo Xiao’s control, even the Woma Cult Master had been struck by it. Now, I had no lightning light-whip in my hand; if I was hit, death was certain.

Hah! The Gale Ring and Gale Necklace activated instantly, and my Thunder Dòuqì was immediately pushed to the seventh-level limit!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Rumble! The Sword of Light struck only a blue phantom. No one could describe the speed displayed by that blue silhouette in that instant—it seemed to vanish into thin air, reappearing fifty meters away in a blink.

“Ah!” Luo Xiao and the others were horrified.

Clang! Rumble! With a violent tremor, relying on the explosive burst acceleration I’d perfected while racing against the Yellow Spring Cult Master, I narrowly dodged the interception of the White Tiger Howling Heaven.

However, this infuriated me to the core. It turned out that the Azure Dragon Gang and the Black Tortoise Coalition had taken advantage of my departure from the Thunder Array to suddenly attack Feng Qingtian and the others! Not only that, but several Elder-level experts were also charging toward me, clearly intending to intercept and kill me before I could return to the formation.

The situation was now starkly clear: blocked by the White Tiger Howling Heaven, I stood no chance of penetrating the Feng Mo Brotherhood's formation. Luo Jiang’s death had significantly weakened the Brotherhood. The Azure Dragon Gang, the Black Tortoise Coalition, and the other five families of the Six Great Clans had all launched coordinated attacks against us at this critical moment—caught between the wolf in front and the tiger behind, the danger was extreme.

The shift in circumstances was breathtakingly fast.

A dazzling azure light dragon roared toward me—Azure Dragon Rises from the Sea. I already knew the terror of this move from my battle with the Woma Cult Master; even while moving at high speed, it could constantly adjust its attack trajectory and angle based on the target’s movement, much like my Dragon Shadow, though significantly more powerful.

I dared not be careless. In the state of the Eye of Death Desire, I locked tightly onto the incoming azure light dragon while calculating the necessary evasive angles.

In the time it took to blink, the azure dragon was twenty meters away. Then, I felt another powerful and familiar Dòuqì fluctuation. Crash! Rumble! Nine small golden dragons shot out like lightning, slamming into the roaring giant light dragon.

The astonishing Dòuqì energy exploded instantly. Being relatively close, I was involuntarily knocked back several steps. Only then did I clearly see that the nine small golden light dragons were, in fact, the Dragon Shadow attack unleashed by my master, Jian Li.

What surprised me was the immense power held in my master’s Dragon Shadow. I glanced instinctively toward him, only to see Master Jian Li, Jian Qiu, and Jian Fei standing in a strange inverted ‘pin’ formation, apparently utilizing some unique combined technique. At that moment, the three of them were encased in a golden light wall, resembling a small, golden magic shield. I hadn't realized that the Dragon Shadow Villa possessed such a coordinated move; why hadn't they used it before?

In an instant, I understood. Just as the White Tiger Alliance had held back a trump card, my master and the others had done the same.

“Hurry back to the formation!” After intercepting the Azure Dragon Rises from the Sea, Master Jian Li roared at me. It was obvious his intent was to cover my retreat back into the Thunder Array.

“Yes!” I dared not delay. I immediately unleashed an explosive burst of speed, vanishing and reappearing inside the formation in the next breath.