As he spoke, Ye Jingyu strode forward, snatching up Jiu Feng, Yao Rao, and Medusa in one hand, while kicking Ni Bo's ** with his foot, forcing him to carry Hei Ming Shi Xuan and Lin Xiaoyi and flee wildly into the distance.

While escaping, he continued to manipulate the grand formation, trying his best to divert the power unleashed by that single strike. Yet, even so, the rampant energy pulverized everything within several li radius. It annihilated the struggling soldiers, the rocks, and the vegetation—all turning to ash, leaving not even a trace of their weapons or armor behind.

At least over one hundred thousand soldiers of the Southern Cloud Empire vanished without a trace under the impact of this energy, as if they had never existed at all.

This was even within the confines of the Twelve Heavenly Witches Extinction Array. As for the seventy percent of the power diverted by Ye Jingyu, it instantly wiped out the remaining troops of the Fanlong Empire. The fierce black light swept across an area spanning over a hundred li. Within these hundred li—houses, villages, fields, forests, people, livestock, fowl, rock, water—everything vanished, completely erased without any trace of their former existence.

When this black light faded, what remained was an empty void, a space utterly devoid of anything.

Zhu Rong’s body was immediately blasted backward. His arm had completely disappeared, vanishing without a single drop of blood being spilled.

However, it was precisely because of his intervention that Yuan failed to completely evade the Heaven-Overturning Seal. One corner of the seal smashed viciously into his shoulder, causing his entire shoulder to shatter. Black blood sprayed out relentlessly, while the forces of Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, and Lightning poured into his body without restraint, wrecking his functions.

Yuan roared, his body transforming into a streak of flowing light that vanished instantly. Mu and Lin, who were fighting Liang Xiaoke, also simultaneously turned into streaks of light and disappeared into the void.

“Damn it! You pair of sluts! Weren't you so powerful? Now look at you, beaten into unrecognizable messes! Hell, now that you’ve seen my true strength, you’re running? If you have the guts, don't...” Liang Xiaoke, who had been forced into retreat by the duo, saw his two manifested clones beaten into ruin and cripple, and Blood Corpse Gongsun Lu nearly shattered, had been boiling with frustrated rage and was just preparing to unleash the Vast Heaven Bead when the two suddenly fled.

This infuriated him, and he couldn't help but unleash a torrent of curses. But he stopped halfway through his tirade, because the vast expanse of land that had existed moments ago had now vanished without a trace. Especially those hundreds of thousands of troops—the screaming soldiers of the Fanlong Empire—they had simply disappeared.

Before him lay nothing but a void, a hundred-li stretch of emptiness, and absolutely nothing else.

“This… this… what’s going on? Am… am I dreaming?” Liang Xiaoke took a deep breath and asked in disbelief.

Ye Jingyu and the others emerged from the array, looking out at the expanse of nothingness ahead. Their faces couldn't have been uglier. Was this merely the residual power? The aftershock alone possessed such destructive force. What if he unleashed his full power? How strong would that be? He glanced back at Zhu Rong’s missing right arm, and Ye Jingyu’s expression darkened further. While Zhu Rong, after manifesting his true form, was far from his peak strength, his command over fire and combat techniques was still top-tier. In a direct fight without relying on any magical artifacts, he could certainly obliterate Ye Jingyu easily. Yet now, even he had a limb destroyed by a single blow, and judging by his appearance, that arm wouldn't heal anytime soon.

The confidence he had held for a battle against an 'Archaic' level master was shattered in that instant.

Perhaps he could use the Heaven-Overturning Seal against him, but that required the Seal to actually land every time.

The Seal’s power was immense, but others weren't foolish enough to stand still and wait to be hit. This time, he had unleashed it while Yuan was caught off guard, and only with Zhu Rong’s interference had it managed to strike. What about next time?

If he missed, he still had the Eastern Emperor Bell to make an escape, but what about the others? Even Zhu Rong, at his current level, had an arm blown off by one punch; how could the others withstand such an assault?

At this realization, Ye Jingyu understood that it was no time for complacency, even with the three realms’ most potent magical artifacts in his possession.

“Big Brother, you’re not dreaming. This is the result of that demon’s aftershock!” Ye Jingyu told Liang Xiaoke in the void, while beads of cold sweat began to break out on Liang Xiaoke’s forehead.

My heavens, the aftershock. Just the aftershock turned over a hundred li into pure void, leaving not even dregs behind. If he attacked with full force, how terrifying would it be?

Perhaps he could sink the entire continent with one blow? Was this something that mere mortals could possibly oppose? No, they were far beyond ordinary mortals, and utterly incapable of dealing with this. No wonder the legends said that the powerful Primordial Heavenly Witches only managed to seal these demons in the abyss through near-mutual destruction.

Liang Xiaoke, who had been ready to swagger around as a Flying Night Yaksha, now looked like a deflated balloon, completely lacking spirit.

As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops, although they were enveloped by the Twelve Heavenly Witches Extinction Array, and most of the power was diverted and partially neutralized, their losses were still catastrophic. Apart from the one hundred thousand who completely vanished, the rest of the soldiers were so terrified by the intensity of that single strike that they had lost all will to fight.

Ye Jingyu understood that while these armies were elite, they were ultimately ordinary people, utterly incapable of resisting this level of conflict. The reason he had gathered them was initially to use them to govern this land. Since such a powerful demon was present, there was no point in them remaining here; it was better to retreat first.

He handed command of the million-strong army to Lin Xiaoyi, instructing him to lead the troops back to Jiuzhou, while he and Liang Xiaoke remained behind. Even knowing the enemy’s strength, they understood that this was the best opportunity to kill Yuan. Otherwise, once his injuries healed, they would never get another chance...

At this moment, Medusa should have been their strongest asset, but Ye Jingyu and the others were horrified to find that her life force was rapidly ebbing away. Even with Jiu Feng constantly pouring Water Elemental power into her via the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag, it was insufficient to counteract the power of destruction Yuan had implanted within her body.

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