“Roar!”

Wu Xiong’s pupils constricted.

Pop! Crackle!

When he turned his shining head to Ji Ye, the two trees simply fell apart.

Even a rock further behind, which had been hardened by years by the wind, had a sharp mark that was multi inches deep when the golden light cut into it!

That golden light was definitely destructive!

“Is it the power of gold?”

Ji Ye, who had dodged the golden light from Wu Xiong’s head through Distance Reduction, didn’t even bat an eye.

Having fused the Five Thunder Heavenly Spirit Technique, he had a very deep understanding of the power of five elements.

From the way it appeared, this golden light could be categorized as the power of gold in the five elements.

Then, those Eagle Men might not be from a certain “fantasy” plane as he speculated before, but one that was close to “cultivation”.

Pa!

While he was thinking, the yellow light flashed on Ji Ye again as he appeared behind the Eagle Man’s back and pressed his palm on Wu Xiong’s back casually.

Although a layer of intimidating golden light instantly appeared on Wu Xiong, it was pointless.

That was because the metallic light melted under Ji Ye’s hand like snow under the sun.

The Nine Yang Divine Art was in the nature of the sun and belonged to fire in terms of five elements. Fire was the bane of gold. Wu Xiong wouldn’t be able to resist it even though his golden light was superb!

Pa!

As a result, Wu Xiong was flung away in the next moment. Even the blood that he uncontrollably spat out while he was flying was steaming.

However, the golden light had partially blocked the attack anyway, and this “Wu Xiong” was extremely hardy. Even though smoke was popping up from his eyes and ears and flood was spurting out of his mouth, he was able to activate the green light again and dash into the wood out of the Twin Dragon Mount fort with the counterforce of Ji Ye’s attack.

Because of the complicated terrain in the wood, and since the earthen energy was insulated by the copious fallen leaves, Ji Ye’s Distance Reduction and Rock Relocation were partly restricted.

Covered in the green light, Wu Xiong seemed to be leaping among the branches and in the sky as if he could ignore gravity, making it impossible for Ji Ye to shorten the distance between them yet.

While they moved at a high speed, one running and the other chasing, they had come to the north side of the fort from the south side.

Whoosh!

Wu Xiong, covered in the green light, simply ran towards the cliff.

As if knowing that the cliff was garrisoned, he soared the moment he broke out of the wood, attempting to cross the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s defense line from above.

“Don’t go!”

However, exactly at this moment, a voice echoed behind the defense line.

Boom!

A cannon was fired, and a black cannonball was launched to Wu Xiong who was still in the sky.

As the closest spot to the Eagle Men, the cliff was defended by Lu Zhishen, an Extraordinary Rank-5 hero, and Ling Zhen, who had been cured by Ji Ye and advanced to Extraordinary Rank-4.

Because it was an emergency, Ling Zhen simply launched the cannonball with his ability of air control!

Boom!

With his precise control over the cannonball, Wu Xiong couldn’t dodge despite his astonishing speed. Hit by the cannonball, he couldn’t take it anymore, especially with the heavy wounds on him, and the green light on him died out.

He fell from the sky when he was only several meters away from the cliff.

After a yellow flash, Ji Ye approached the cliff too.

Whoosh!

However, exactly at this moment, a streak of green light suddenly cut the mist apart from the other side of the cliff and came at him quickly.

Ji Ye’s pupils constricted.

Pew!

The long arrow with runes that was almost four feet long hit Wu Xiong’s head in midair. After piercing through his head, the green light on the arrow disappeared, but it kept flying.

Pa!

The arrow was grabbed by a hand that was covered in a yellow light and couldn’t move any further.

“What’s the meaning of this? Kill him to keep his mouth shut?”

Ji Ye frowned slightly.

It was because the arrow wasn’t aimed at him but at Wu Xiong.

Of course, it could be a mistake!

But Ji Ye didn’t think that the archer Eagle Man would have such a huge error.

Same as human beings, the Eagle Men had set up a line of defense on the opposite side too.

However, the arrow that had shot through a head from two hundred meters away with such a huge remaining force couldn’t have been launched by a regular Eagle Man!

Ji Ye looked toward the opposite side and saw an alien whose three eyes were emitting familiar coldness on the other side of the cliffs.

It was the Commander Eagle Man!

Hum!

At this moment, an earsplitting noise burst out as a cannon was fired!

A cannonball, propelled by both “red powder” and “air control”, crossed the two hundred meters between the cliffs from the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s position and flew a little longer, before it hit where the Commander Eagle Man was standing.

Boom!

An explosion happened a second later, and a tremendous amount of blue and gray shrapnel splashed out.

However, after the white smoke caused by the explosion dispersed, it was only the plants and the ground that were reduced to smithereens by the explosion, but not the Commander Eagle Man.

It was because the Commander Eagle Man had dodged Ling Zhen’s bombardment with the green light on him.

Then, the green light instantly turned golden, blocking the sharp metal shards caused by the explosion of the cluster bomb.

“Extraordinary Rank-5… or even higher?”

Ji Ye and the Commander Eagle Man looked at each other again.

It wasn’t surprising that the Eagle Men leveled up quickly as a species of cultivators. Besides, from his observation on the sea last time, this Commander Eagle Man must be as powerful as Ji Ye in his settlement, and he had enough resources at his disposal to improve his strength.

However, faced with Ling Zhen who had raised his cannon again, and the other artillerymen who were activating and aiming “Heaven Shaking Thunders” that were built after the Metal Men’s settlement was conquered in even greater sizes, this Commander Eagle Man eventually chose not to declare war on human beings.

Instead, he grabbed his bow and disappeared from the sight of everybody from the Twin Dragon Mount while covered in a green light.

“Master! Huh, isn’t he Wu Xiong?”

Lu Zhishen, who had arrived while holding his Frost Metal Meditation Staff, was greatly surprised.

Because Wu Xiong was covered in a green light, and he was very fast, few people at the defense line recognized him.

Only Ling Zhen, whose eyesight was no weaker than Ji Ye’s as an artilleryman, was able to see him clearly and tried to stop him. Also, because he recognized Wu Xiong, he went easy on the target and didn’t aim at Wu Xiong’s head. But he didn’t expect that the Eagle Man on the other side would kill him to keep his mouth shut!

“It’s hard to say.”

Faced with Lu Zhishen’s question, Ji Ye shook his head.

This “Wu Xiong” was the “spy” that Su Nongying mentioned. She noticed that something was wrong with him when he snooped around last night after his shift while he reported his work at the Temple of Providence.

Then, she checked his information with the Registration Book, only to find that Wu Xiong had turned into Ordinary Rank-3.

A level-up was nothing to be surprised at, but a level-down could be very strange.

After all, Wu Xiong was only an Ordinary Rank-6 soldier who had never cultivated any inner strength. It was unlikely that he had lost control of himself and therefore got weakened.

Also, Ordinary Rank-3 meant that he was even weaker than an ordinary person!

Of course, that wasn’t enough to confirm that something was wrong with Wu Xiong.

Therefore, Ji Ye had tested him by offering to treat him. Wu Xiong’s reaction and the abilities he showed were definitely not something that an Ordinary Rank-3 person was capable of!