"Not good! Assume formation!"

With their cultivation locked at the Core Formation Realm, they knew that their individual strength wasn't anything impressive. Because of that, they had long since decided to use a combat formation to increase their power against strong enemies.

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Of course, the two other beings didn't wait for them to react as they struck straight away.

*Bang, bang!*

However, Fura blocked one of them while Heavin and Liriu attacked the second one. Fura was still taken aback as she lost in strength. As for Heavin and Liriu, the two were sent flying instantly. The only good thing was that both Heavin's Phoenix Puppet and Liriu's Dracophoenix Body had strong defense. Otherwise, they would have been seriously injured just now.

"Strong! Zuran, we won't be able to give you support with that one."

Heavin quickly came back and used his Mental Energy to assault the guy's soul. Liriu didn't waste time and charged forward in his Dracophoenix Form as well.

"Mental Chaos!"

"Dracophoenix Charge!"

Mental Energy converged before aiming at the guy's head. At the same time, Liriu used his body once more to physically attack the enemy.

However, Heavin's Mental Energy encountered a powerful Mental Energy Barrier. At the same time, that guy punched out against Liriu's attack.

*Boom!*

This time, Liriu didn't hold back, so both he and the guy separated due to the shockwave. Also, Heavin's Mental Energy might have been blocked, but it wasn't totally useless. It had some effect. However, the enemy suddenly screamed as a powerful Mental Energy assault came from him as well.

Heavin and Liriu's mind immediately understood that his Soul Cultivation Realm was much higher, so they protected their souls as well as they could.

*Bang, bang!*

*Argh!*

Liriu grunted in pain. Heavin, on the other hand, was able to block it successfully. That was to be expected since Heavin always had the most powerful Mental Energy among all their friends. Following that, he covered Liriu with his own Mental Energy, helping him fend off the enemy's Mental Energy attack.

"I'll give support against the Mental Energy. You focus on Spiritual Energy and physical attacks!"

"Alright!"

Liriu quickly recovered as he charged forward once more.

"Dracophoenix Supernova!"

At the same time, Heavin's wings began to shine purple as Tribulation Lightning ran through it. One must remember that Heavin's puppet could already store Purple Tribulation Lightning in the past before Krune left. Let alone now that his puppet was at a much higher level. He made sure to get a lot of it before Krune and Feifei went out of Dalin.

"Tribulation Lightning Movement!"

The restrictions of this planet had little use against Heavin to start with since he was a puppet. With Purple Tribulation Lightning, it was even more useless.

The enemy also used his own skill. Several black fireballs appeared around him, making it look a lot like Iem's Devil Sun attack. However, they were black because of the Fused Elements instead.

*Boom!*

Liriu and the enemy's attack hit each other. However, Liriu was obviously at a disadvantage this time, so he was sent flying back once more until his body hit the ruins' walls.

Nonetheless, that was the chance Heavin needed. His Phoenix Beak was still made with that God-Level Material from back then, so it was much stronger than any weapon in the Mortal Realm. Heavin also used his own Mental Energy at it as he flashed in the enemy's direction. At the moment, Heavin was as fast as an Early Divine Path Realm cultivator or demon beast. That made him even faster than Fura.

The enemy quickly turned around and used a part of his body with the dark crystals to defend.

*Bang!*

Unfortunately for the enemy, Heavin's fused mental and physical attack passed right through his defense and hit his body. The enemy was then sent flying back, just like Liriu. It was now possible to see a big hole on the left of his chest. That showed how superior God-Level material was for the attack. After all, he was the first one to really damage one of the enemies.

"Still, what tyrannical defense. He has both the mental and physical abilities of ghosts and crystal demon beasts."

Liriu quickly arrived by his side before saying.

"Nevertheless, it is working. It doesn't seem like these guys have intelligence. They looked even more like a puppet than you do."

Heavin nodded as they charged forward once more.

Meanwhile, Fura was having a heated battle against her own opponent.

"Divine Tide!"

Water Element and Laws gathered around Fura. They turned black due to the fusion with the other four elements as she attacked the enemy. Mental Energy also spread forward, fusing with her assault.

The enemy wasn't any slower and used a Lightning-type attack. Just like Fura, it also used fused elements and Mental Energy together.

*Zap! Shuwa!*

Mental Energy and Fused Elements hit each other, creating a wave of destruction around them. Sadly, Fura didn't get the upper hand. Both of their attacks were evenly matched.

It was then that Fura's Divine Tide attack made a sudden turn, going behind the enemy and hitting its back. Surprisingly, it worked as the enemy's body was knocked down.

'Indeed, they have no intelligence. Any other cultivator or demon beast would have counter-attacked or dodged that. But this guy didn't even see it coming.'

Heavin, Liriu, and Fura's battle was still going relatively well, but the same couldn't be said for the rest. Even with the combat formation, their enemy was just several times stronger. All they could do was hold its attacks back. Besides, the enemy kept assaulting their minds with Mental Energy, which made them grunt in pain every time. Their souls simply wouldn't last long like that.

While all of that happened, Zugen observed it from far away through his Divine Sense.

'Sure enough, they are definitely related to Soren. That Puppet's Soul Manifestation Energy is especially refined. Even though those three bodies have a higher realm in Soul Cultivation, he can still deal with it. However, it won't be that easy.'

*Roar!*

Suddenly, Heavin's group and the others heard a Spiritual Wave Sound that they didn't want to hear at all. The ghost and crystal demon beasts finally caught up to them and were approaching at high speeds.

"Fuck! There's no choice. We need to retreat again."

"How? These guys are much stronger and undoubtedly several times faster than us. If we turn our backs to them, we will surely be slaughtered."

"If we stay, we will die regardless. We might as well spread in several directions and count on our luck!"

Heavin narrowed his eyes as he looked at the incoming mob.

"That won't work."

He quickly scanned his surroundings as he looked at the passages. He soon found the smallest one and made his decision.

"Everyone! Retreat that way! Liriu, hold this guy for a second. I'll go all out."

Liriu knew what Heavin was going to do and nodded.

"Alright!"

Liriu once more charged against the enemy with his Dracophoenix Body. After Heavin's successful attack, the enemy's power dropped considerably. Still, it seemed to be a lot warier of Heavin, which made it difficult to land another attack like the one that injured it.

As soon as Heavin arrived in front of the enemy, he opened his Dracophoenix Mouth.

"Tribulation Dragon Breath!"

Liriu connected to his Tribulation Fire Source and used one of the Dragon Race's signature attacks. The enemy didn't just stay there either. It charged against Liriu as it also used its own strongest attack. However, it still kept Heavin's presence in its Mental Energy Perception out of fear. It didn't want to be taken by surprise anymore. It might not be very intelligent, but it still feared death.

Nonetheless, it didn't matter anymore.

Heavin's Phoenix Puppet flashed in the enemy's direction with his Purple Tribulation Lightning Movement once again. The guy, who was facing Liriu's Dragon Breath, immediately gave up the exchange and retreated... or so it tried.

Heavin's Mental Energy spread like tides. The world around him changed as the Mental Energy took on a murky composition, enveloping everyone close. The enemy was obviously caught by it.

"Mental World Domain!"

Zugen, who was calmly watching from a distance, suddenly had a change of expression.

"What?! Impossible!"

As Zugen refused to believe what he was seeing, Heavin's Mental World Domain took effect against the enemy. Immediately, the Mental Energy inside the enemy went into chaos. That black figure couldn't control its own Mental Energy at all, which immediately decreased its combat power even further.

A Mental Energy Domain was created to deal with Mental Energy. Heavin never thought he would need to use it so soon since only his friends were supposed to know about it. Still, he predicted that the Soul Cultivation Technique wouldn't be hidden forever, so he came up with his own Domain-type.

If others wanted to counter-attack his Mental Energy Domain, they would have to use a Mental Energy Domain of their own. It was extremely effective against other Mental Energy users. Of course, that wasn't the only thing it was good at. As mentioned in the past, Mental Energy was a different type of Energy where Spiritual Energy had a hard time defending against. Naturally, it also affected the Spiritual Energy Flow of one's body.

Heavin's enemy didn't have a chance to protect himself before Heavin's Puppet arrived once again.

"Mental Phoenix Pierce!"

This time, Heavin hit the black guy's head. It broke through the paltry amount of defense the enemy could muster like a hot knife through butter. Its head was then hit by both Heavin's Mental Energy and God-Level Beak straight on. As one could imagine, it didn't last even a fraction of a second before Heavin's attack passed right through it.