The appearance of a human race immortal-level venerable made everyone's heart tremble, and their faces showed joy.
In the absence of God-level existence, the Immortal-level Venerable has almost become the highest-end combat power in this war.
The appearance of any Immortal Venerable will tilt the balance of war.
The appearance of the Bloody Night Venerable before has already made the hearts of the ethnic warriors heavy, and it can be said that they are frightened, for fear that it will suddenly take action and affect the battle situation.
Until now, Wang Teng has another immortal-level venerable from the human race, and everyone is somewhat relieved.
At the same time, they finally knew why the Bloody Night Demon Venerable didn't do anything after he appeared.
It must have been aware of the Immortal Venerable around Wang Teng.
Le Yan, Dan Yuan, Gu Luo and the others breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Wang Teng with lingering fears.
"I almost forgot that there is an Immortal Venerable beside Wang Teng." Le Yan patted her chest, causing a wave of ups and downs.
"It's actually an Immortal Venerable." Dan Yuan was extremely shocked and asked, "How did you know that?"
"I've seen it before." Le Yan said proudly.
Dan Yuan opened his mouth and wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing that she didn't want to say more, he had to shut his mouth angrily, thinking in his heart that this beautiful genius of Lejia doesn't seem to be so good at talking.
The geniuses such as Li Jin and Mo Cheng on the side were also shocked. Looking at Wang Teng in the distance, their hearts were shocked.
"It's the Immortal Venerable beside Wang Teng!"
The three of Dan Chen Yuan Lao finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had received relevant reports long ago. After all, an Immortal-level Venerable appeared at the Deputy Professional Alliance headquarters and always attracted attention.
It's just that the situation was urgent, and they couldn't allow them to think too much, and they didn't remember it for a while.
Mingku's complexion was slightly dark, and the arrogance of this human race seemed to be a little unexpected to him, which made him suddenly feel a sense of detachment.
At this moment, the old man beside Wang Teng glanced around, looked towards Ming Ku, and said lightly, "Mingshen family! I haven't seen this old man for a long time."
"The tone is not small, I have seen my Mingshen family still alive, I really think who you are." Mingku listened to the old man with cold eyes, and asked in a deep voice.
The old man didn't take it seriously, and said lightly: "Those dark species of the Underworld God family were all killed by the old man, and the old man lives naturally."
"You!" Ming Ku's pupils shrank a little, not knowing whether it was true or not, but seeing the plain expression on the other side, he couldn't raise any doubts.
This person may have really killed quite a few dark species of the Underworld God clan!
"Cuckoo..."
A chuckle came from a distance, and the figure of Bloody Night Demon Lord slowly emerged beside Mingku:
"If I'm not mistaken, you should be the Red Demon Venerable Luo Fu, who is number 19 on the Human Race Immortal Venerable Ranking!"
"Scarlet Demon Venerable!!!"
For a moment, Venerable Tianyan, Venerable Aoki, and Venerable Jin Chen all fell into shock.
Although other people don't know the identity of Luo Fu, but when they hear the name of the nineteenth in the Immortal-level Venerable Ranking, they already know where the Venerable who just appeared in front of them is.
Immortal Venerable Leaderboard!
As the name suggests, this is a list that belongs to the Immortal-level Venerables alone, and all of them are the most powerful Immortal-level Venerable beings in the universe.
The venerable level claims to be the strongest existence among the immortal levels, but among the venerable ones, there are also high and low levels.
So the corresponding ranking came into being.
It can be said that anyone who can be ranked in the top 100 is an extremely powerful existence in the universe.
One hundred immortal-level venerables seem to be a bit too many, but the entire universe is vast, and there are naturally many existences that can advance to the immortal-level venerable level, and even far more than a hundred.
And being able to rank in the top 20 among these hundred Immortal Venerables is even more terrifying.
Among the 100, advancing ten places is a huge threshold, especially in the top rankings, advancing one place is even a huge gap.
So when everyone heard that the ranking of the old man beside Wang Teng was actually 19th, they were shocked to the extreme.
Even the three of Venerable Tianyan could not restrain their inner shock.
The three of them are all ranked beyond the 100th place, and they are really worse than the Immortal-level Venerable Luo Fu, who is ranked 19th... a bit too much!
The three of Dan Chen Yuan Lao naturally understood what it meant to be number 19 on the Immortal Venerable Ranking, and couldn't help showing a hint of joy in their eyes.
They originally only knew that Wang Teng was following an immortal-level venerable, but they did not expect that this venerable was the nineteenth-ranked existence on the immortal-level venerable list.
With the appearance of this person, there should be a little more hope on the Terran side.
Mingku stared at Luo Fu with a gloomy expression, and his eyes became solemn. Venerable Scarlet Demon... Hearing this name from Venerable Xueye, it knew that the other party must not be simple.
And this name... is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Demon, this word, many Immortal Venerables dare not use it, and those who can be called demons are all extremely powerful beings.
Even among the Immortal-level Venerables, there are very few strong people with the title of "Demon".
After all, other Immortal-level Venerables will definitely be dissatisfied, and thus challenge, and the existence of this title can naturally not be underestimated.
"I didn't expect that there are people in the dark species who know the title of the old man." Luo Fu looked at the **** night demon and said in surprise.
"I've heard the name of Venerable Chi Yao." Although Venerable Blood Night was smiling, his eyes were full of solemnity, as if he was afraid that the old man in front of him would suddenly burst into flames. .
"Haha." Luo Ford smiled lightly and said with emotion: "It seems that the prestige that the old man killed in the past has not completely dissipated."
"It's just that I didn't expect that the famous Scarlet Demon Venerable would actually serve as a protector for a cosmos-level warrior." Bloody Night Demon Venerable said with flickering eyes.
"You don't need to test anything, I appear here, and I have my own reasons." Luo Fu said lightly.
"It seems that this young man is very important." Bloody Night Demon Venerable's beautiful eyes glanced at Wang Teng, who closed his eyes and realized something, and repeated with a smile: "It's more important than I thought, and let it be I want him more."
The corner of Luo Fu's mouth twitched, and he glanced at the flesh and blood in the hands of Demon Venerable Blood Night, and couldn't help but mourned for Wang Teng.
Being stared at by such a demon-level dark species with special hobbies, Wang Teng may be in trouble in the future.
But this kid looks really handsome!
His eyes swept over Wang Teng's handsome face, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.
Even in his eyes, such a handsome young man is the only one among the people he has seen in his life.
"Cough cough." Luo Fu coughed dryly, and quickly got rid of the messy thoughts in his mind, looked at the opposite Bloody Night Demon and said: "You should die of this heart, different races will not have results. "
"If you can't get it, you can only destroy it." Bloody Night Demon Venerable said.
"You can try." Luo Fu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a dangerous air burst out.
Bloody Night Demon Venerable didn't speak again, just looked at Luo Fu with a light smile.
For a while, the atmosphere became tense.
The sword is drawn!
The surrounding space seems to have been solidified by an invisible force, even the slightest breeze or grains of dust will be banned once they enter this area.
Everyone held their breath and looked at the two strong men in the sky, nervous in their hearts.
Mingku's face was dignified, and he retreated to the rear. Even though its spiritual power was extremely powerful, it was still a little underwhelming when facing immortal-level venerables like Bloody Night Demon and Luo Fu.
As the realm is raised to a very high level, the gap between each realm is like a gulf, which is extremely difficult to bridge.
Its eyes turned to the Saint-level Rune Master at the headquarters of the Deputy Professional Alliance, and its face could not help sinking. These Human Race Saint-level Rune Masters have not given up, but they took advantage of the fact that everyone was attracted by the appearance of the Immortal-level Venerable, and quickly repaired again. array.
"Humph!"
A cold snort came from Mingku's mouth, it sneered, and the mental power swept out again.
The saint-level rune masters were already prepared, and several figures stepped out, and their spiritual power formed an invisible barrier, blocking the other rune masters who were repairing the formation.
boom!
A violent roar suddenly sounded, the void vibrated, and space cracks appeared unexpectedly.
The dark purple tornado formed by mental power stagnated in mid-air, tens of meters away from the holy rune masters, and could no longer advance an inch.
Boom!
Mingku's eyes froze, and a powerful mental power was injected into it, which made the dark purple tornado turn faster.
Click!
A crisp sound suddenly came out, and the invisible spiritual barrier shattered in the next moment.
puff! puff! puff……
Those saint-level rune masters were struck by lightning, all of them spurting blood, and their bodies were shaken back thousands of meters by the dark purple spiritual tornado.
"Hahaha..." Mingku couldn't help but let out a smug laugh, and pointed at the holy rune masters who were repairing the formation in front of him: "Go!"
The terrifying tornado of mental power quickly swept forward, and wherever it passed, there were dark cracks in the surrounding space.
"How dare you!" Those saint-level rune masters who were shaken back were shocked and angry, but it was too late to stop them.
"Why don't I dare." Ming Ku sneered: "A group of incompetent people also want to stop me."
All the saint-level rune masters were trembling with anger. They stopped their retreating figures and wanted to rush to rescue, but it was too late.
Luo Fu couldn't help frowning and looked at the situation over there.
"You can't make it through." Bloody Night Demon Venerable smiled faintly.
Luo Fu did not speak, but stared indifferently at the blood demon in front of him, but the corner of his eyes swept over Wang Teng.
In the high sky, Yuan Lao and the others were furious, but they were unable to take action. Resisting the cracks in the space had already involved all their strength, and they had no time to care.
They could only watch the dark purple spiritual tornado swept away towards several holy rune masters.
"hateful!"
A saint-level rune master could not help but let out a roar, and his mental power burst out madly, completely ignoring the rune being inscribed in front of him.
"Don't be impulsive!" The expressions of the other saint-level rune masters changed slightly, and they shouted loudly.
In fact, no matter who was obstructed again and again, the runes that were finally inscribed were destroyed again, I am afraid they would be extremely angry.
What's more, they also knew that in this case, it would be futile to persist.
"Don't worry about me, you continue." The saint-level rune master shouted angrily.
He stepped out and blocked the dark purple spiritual tornado.
Bang!
The next moment, his unfinished rune was instantly out of control, and the energy in it exploded.
In the next moment, the dark purple spiritual tornado on the opposite side had also arrived, colliding with the spiritual power of the holy rune master.
boom!
In just an instant, the spiritual power of the holy rune master shattered directly, and the dark purple spiritual tornado slammed into the opponent's body.
puff!
A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the holy rune master was severely injured, his face instantly turned pale, his brows were wrinkled, and the sharp pain in his head made him unable to help but let out a scream: "Ah!"
"Holun!"
Several saint-level rune masters in the back looked worried and shouted.
There was a hint of dark purple in the eyes of the saint-level rune master called Hou Lun, his eyes were confused, and it seemed that the spiritual power of Mingku had invaded the sea of knowledge.
"Take care of yourself first." Ming Ku smiled coldly.
Without any obstructions, its dark purple spiritual tornado slammed into the last holy rune master.
Seeing that it was about to hit them, the smile on the corner of Mingku's mouth became more and more proud and hideous.
It once said that what was destroyed by him cannot be repaired at will.
The three of Dan Chen Yuan Lao couldn't help but closed their eyes, sighed deeply, and a sense of powerlessness flooded their hearts instantly.
Is there really no hope?
It is not that there are no other powerhouses in the deputy professional alliance headquarters, but those powerhouses guard extremely important places, and it is impossible to appear easily.
But once they can't hold it here, I'm afraid those strong people will have to move.
It's just that by then, the Holy Land of the Professional Alliance Headquarters may not be able to be preserved.
It can be said that the god-level formation in front of them is almost their last chance.
If the formation can be repaired, there is still a chance.
If it can't be repaired...
That kind of consequence, Dan Chen Yuan Lao and others did not dare to think about it any longer.
Venerable Tianyan, Venerable Aoki, and the others looked extremely unsightly. Looking at the situation below, they felt helpless for a while.
"Hahaha..." Seeing this scene, Blood Slaughter Demon Venerable couldn't help laughing.
Even the Bloody Night Demon Venerable showed a playful arc at the corner of his mouth, looking at the famous Red Demon Venerable among the human race in front of him.
It seems that he wants to see what kind of expression he will show on his face when facing this situation?
It's a pity that it only sees an extremely flat face in its eyes, and there is no fluctuation in even its eyes, as if it does not take all of this into its eyes.
All the human race warriors felt that the atmosphere was not right at this time, and there was a hint of despair on their faces.
Is there really no hope of repairing the god-level formation?
This thought flashed in everyone's mind, but there was no way.
They could only watch the dark purple spiritual tornado swept away towards the remaining few holy rune masters.
boom!
Suddenly, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out in the void in front of several holy rune masters, as if penetrating space, appearing directly in front of several people.
The next moment, the space fluctuated violently, and a huge nine-story pagoda appeared extremely abruptly in front of the dark purple spiritual tornado, blocking its way.
Above the pagoda, all kinds of strange and mysterious creature totems are about to emerge, hideous and majestic, like an ancient giant.
Thunder and flame secret patterns spread all over the tower, and a trace of ancient vicissitudes burst out.
A loud noise came out, and the golden light of the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda collided with the dark purple spiritual tornado.
A strange scene appeared in the sky. The dark purple light and the golden light each took up half of the sky, like two stars of different colors hanging in the air, extremely dazzling.
"How is that possible?" Ming Ku's eyes widened slightly, and the hideous smile on his face suddenly stiffened.
It was the remaining rune masters, who were a little dazed at the moment, looking at the nine-story golden pagoda in front of them with stunned and sluggish faces, not knowing what happened.
"That's..." The three of Dan Chen Yuan Lao looked down, and a strange light suddenly erupted in their eyes.
"Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda!"
"That is the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda!"
Yuan Bias seemed to recognize something, and suddenly said in shock.
"Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda!" Dan Chen Yuandao's eyes flashed, and his face was also shocked: "There is actually someone who has practiced this spiritual practice, and looking at the appearance of this nine-story pagoda, it has condensed into an extremely The level of power, who is it? Which powerhouse did it?"
The eyes of the three Yuan Lao suddenly glanced around, looking for the strong man who shot.
"The pagoda where spiritual power is condensed." The Blood Slaughter Devil's eyes narrowed slightly, his complexion slightly darkened, and his eyes were also scanning below, looking for the owner of the pagoda.
There was a meaningful smile on the corner of Luo Fu's mouth, and he looked at the black-haired young man beside him.
At this moment, Wang Teng's eyes suddenly opened, and two brilliant golden rays of light burst out from his eyes.
"It's him!" The Bloody Night Demon Venerable on the opposite side suddenly opened his eyes slightly, looking at the black-haired young man in front of him in disbelief.
That nine-story pagoda turned out to be condensed by him!
This son's mental power is actually not weaker than Mingku!
"Impossible!" Ming Ku's eyes turned around immediately. When he saw Wang Teng's appearance, his eyes instantly showed an incredible color.
This young Tianjiao, who he had never taken seriously, actually possessed such a powerful spiritual cultivation.
"Wang Teng!" The three of Dan Chen Yuanluo were stunned. The spiritual master they were looking for was Wang Teng? !
real or fake?
This is incredible!
Totally beyond their expectations.
In their eyes, a junior who was supposed to be the younger generation of Tianjiao actually possessed such a good spiritual cultivation.
Moreover, the other party has also practiced spiritual exercises such as the [Buddha Mantra], which are almost unpracticed in legends, which is truly beyond their imagination.
But thinking about Wang Teng's performance along the way, they felt a little relieved.
Judging from the opponent's demonic performance, it seems that he will go to practice the [Buddha Mantra], which seems to be understandable.
After all, only evil people can do evil things.
Ordinary people will never choose the [Buddha Mantra], which is difficult to cultivate, and it is even almost impossible to collect a complete spiritual practice.
The reason why no one dares to practice the [Buddha Mantra] is because this practice is too mysterious, and only some martial artists with good luck may occasionally obtain some incomplete practice methods, which are not complete.
Just like this, it is impossible to cultivate at all.
No one will bet on their own cultivation path.
Because spiritual practice is too important.
Ordinary people, if they can't get the complete exercises, rashly practice, and when they switch to other exercises, there will inevitably be situations where they can't be converted.
If it's a similar exercise, it's better.
However, if the two exercises are far apart, they cannot be connected at all, and changing the exercises rashly will only put the cultivator in danger.
Mental power also involves the soul of the living body. A little carelessness may cause the backlash of mental power.
At that time, it will definitely hurt the soul body!
Severely injured!
Severely die!
"Damn it, it's him again?!" The Blood Slaughter Devil wanted to scold someone angrily, why is it that kid every time?
It has never felt so helpless and depressed for a human warrior, but this human warrior is only a cosmos-level warrior. In normal times, it can pinched it to death at will with one finger.
But now, the other party is constantly dangling in front of it, like a fly, poking its nerves again and again, challenging its patience again and again.
And it was helpless.
This feeling made the Bloodslayer want to rush down and kill Wang Teng directly.
"Luo Fu, thank you!" The golden light in Wang Teng's eyes did not subside, but he smiled at Luo Fu who was beside him.
Although he was in the comprehension just now, he was not ignorant of the outside world.
And the reason why he dared to comprehend recklessly under the siege of so many dark species was because he knew that Luo Fu was by his side.
An Immortal Venerable, he can hand over his safety to the other party.
However, Luo Fu's identity really surprised him. He really didn't expect that his daoist would be the 19th place on the Immortal Venerable Ranking, which was really incredible.
Nineteenth!
This ranking is too high!
The Virtual Universe Company really values him a little bit.
Is this kind of strong person a bit overkill for him as a protector?
At that moment, Wang Teng couldn't help but think with a little self-deprecation.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, even if something goes wrong, Wang Teng is absolutely sure that he can save his life.
Within his space fragment, Xiguang Slug, Black Giant Ape, and Ant-Man Mother Ant Elizabeth are all his cards.
Unless it is the Immortal-level Venerable who does something to him, it is impossible to hurt him at all.
"Go do what you want to do." Luo Fu smiled at Wang Teng.
Wang Teng nodded, his figure flashed, and he directly used [Empty Flash] to appear behind the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda.
Point to the front.
"town!"
boom!
A more dazzling light suddenly erupted above the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda, and the lightning and fire secret patterns on it seemed to come alive, which was very strange.
"Not good!" Mingku's complexion changed greatly, and his own mental power immediately burst into the dark purple spiritual tornado.
Too bad it's still a step too late!
Boom!
Under the suppression of the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda, the dark purple spiritual tornado finally couldn't hold it any longer and burst open.
The evil and chaotic mental power contained in it was suppressed by the Nine Treasures Buddha Pagoda, as if it had encountered a nemesis, and could not make any big waves at all.
Under the dazzling golden light, the dark purple mental power turned into light spots that dissipated in the sky.
"You!" Ming Ku's face was ugly, and he felt that he had been slapped hard.
Snapped!
Extra loud!
It could feel that Wang Teng's mental power should not be as good as it, but the other party's spiritual practice was extremely special, more solid than the tornado of mental power it condensed.
In addition, it did not use its full strength, so it was directly suppressed.
But that's no excuse.
The fact is that the young Tianjiao that it looked down on, directly smashed his mental attack in front of so many people at this moment, what is this not a face-slap?
My face hurts!
Wang Teng glanced at it, then ignored it, his eyes suddenly turned to the entrance of the space where the ore star was, and voice transmission said solemnly:
"Bairs Yuan, please fully open the space channel of the mine star."
"Open the space channel of the mine star!?" Yuan Yuan couldn't help but froze for a moment, opened his mouth, and wanted to ask something, but seeing his serious look, he finally didn't ask, just nodded.
Then I saw that he flicked his hand, and a stream of light suddenly flew out of his sleeve, galloping towards the entrance of the distant mine star space, and the speed was extremely fast.
Wang Teng's eyes flashed, and he saw a token in the stream of light.
Mingku, the Blood Slaughter Demon Venerable and the others immediately noticed this scene, and their brows could not help but wrinkle, but they couldn't figure out the purpose of Bias Yuan.
What's more, the speed of the streamer is too fast, directly penetrating the space, and entering the space entrance of the mining star in the blink of an eye, it is too late for them to stop it.
"What does he want to do?" Mingku couldn't help but look at Wang Teng, suspicious in his heart.
It can see clearly that it is this kid and the old guy Bias who are transmitting the sound. Since this kid shot, Bias has had other actions.
If the two are not related, it won't believe it if killed.
Boom!
A terrifying vibration suddenly came from the void, and the space entrance of the mine star seemed to be pulled open by a big hand, expanding continuously. Just a moment of effort, it turned into a huge space entrance.
Wang Teng did not hesitate at all, and his mental power swept out instantly, wrapped in another powerful domain force, like the tentacles of an octopus, rushing into the entrance of the space.
That is the power of Yuan Magnetic!
boom!
A terrifying giant earthquake came out, and the entire entrance of the space seemed to be shaking.
Everyone looked at the space entrance in astonishment.
"What is Wang Teng going to do?" The eyes of the three Yuan Lao fell on the entrance of the space, and their faces could not help but show a look of surprise.
Venerable Tianyan, Venerable Aoki, and the others were also full of suspicion and surprise.
"This kid..." Ming Ku's face was gloomy, and his heart felt more and more wrong, and he snorted coldly: "No matter what you want to do, don't try to succeed."
boom!
The voice fell, and a powerful spiritual force swept out of his body again.
Not enough just now...
call out! call out! call out!
The sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded, and I saw that there were golden rays of light flashing out of Wang Teng's body suddenly, galloping away towards Mingku.
The phoenix dance and the golden sparrow feather!
Wang Teng had long expected that Mingku would not be peaceful, so he had already prepared a means to deal with it.
"Huh?!" Mingku's complexion changed slightly, and he had to turn his mental power to deal with the golden streamer that was galloping from all directions.
It actually felt a hint of threat from the golden streamer.
This kid has so many unexpected means!
"Humph!"
A cold hum came from Mingku's mouth.
The next moment, dark purple rays of light flew out from its body, and under the control of mental power, they greeted those golden streamers.
If you look closely, you can find that the dark purple streamer is actually a dark purple flying knife with a strange shape!
boom! boom! boom……
The golden streamer of the phoenix dance and the golden bird feathers collided with the dark purple flying knife controlled by Mingku in an instant.
The roar erupted!
Whether it is the golden streamer or the dark purple streamer, the speed of moving in the air is getting faster and faster, and finally only the afterimage is left, and it is not clear at all.
They collided constantly, bursting out the sound of gold and iron clashing, and sometimes one or two sparks could be seen blooming in the void, gorgeous and dangerous.
confrontation!
This is a confrontation between two spiritual masters!
Everyone was dazzled, and a look of shock gradually appeared on their faces. Is this the method of a spiritual teacher?
"How can this kid's mental control be so strong?" Ming Ku's face was gloomy as if water was about to drip.
Obviously its strength is stronger than Wang Teng, but the other party has advantages in all aspects, and it is on par with it.
In a short period of time ~www.novel35.com~ it could not help the other party.
"So strong!" The eyes of Le Yan, Dan Yuan and the others were full of shock, and they couldn't believe what they saw.
That guy, Wang Teng, doesn't need to be strong in martial arts. He even has the ability to control mental power to such a degree. Is he still a human being?
On the other side, Gabriel, who was fighting fiercely with the dark species, suddenly turned blue and white.
He suddenly felt like a clown.
That guy is too perverted, he can't compare with the other party at all.
Letun, Gu Luo, these martial arts geniuses have extremely solemn eyes and extremely complicated expressions.
Wang Teng's strength really refreshed their cognition again and again, making them unable to see through his true cards and strength.
Boom!
Suddenly, an extremely violent roar came from the space entrance of the mine star, shaking the world.
Everyone felt that the void was squeezed and vibrated, and dark space cracks even spread around the space entrance of the ore star.
This is torn apart!
Yuan Lao Bias was shocked, he couldn't believe what Wang Teng was going to do, but he soon knew.
"Give me... out!"
Wang Teng's face was extremely serious, and there was even a fine layer of sweat on his forehead, and a loud shout came out of his mouth.
rumbling...
Under the incredible gaze of everyone, within the giant space entrance, a huge planet was actually pulled by an invisible force, and it was forcibly... squeezed out!
... move the stars! ! !
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