At that moment, she was utterly speechless.
Ye Liang, whom she had always looked down upon, actually turned out to be this powerful!
Like a meteor suddenly flashing across the sky, Ye Liang's figure had already been deeply imprinted in Nao Uzumaki's heart.
Ye Liang stood up.
The Yomi Leader might have been careless, but that didn't mean he'd stop hunting Ye Liang.
Step by step, he charged toward Ye Liang. Each footfall shook the ground like a magnitude-3 earthquake, causing the entire land to tremble.
"You've gotta be kidding me! This beast makes the Yomi Guide look weak!"
Ye Liang began analyzing the differences between them.
The Yomi Guide, though formidable, paled in comparison to the Yomi Leader.
The former felt like a puppet controlled by someone else, but this one? It's got a mind of its own now!
[Don't Underestimate Intelligence].
Same weight class, same body type—the smarter fighter always wins.
Ye Liang patted his pocket—only a crude corpse-made bone dagger remained.
"Forget it. Since I can't return to the Living Realm anyway, I might as well go all-out and fight him!" He steeled himself, gripping the half-meter-long bone blade before charging straight at the Yomi Leader.
"Come back quickly! You're no match for it!" Nao Uzumaki shouted from behind, but Ye Liang ignored her completely, as if deaf.
"You're the first who made me risk my life and throw everything into the fight! I recognize you as my greatest foe!" Ye Liang's pupils widened, his previously unfocused gaze finally sharpening.
Gripping the bone dagger, he assumed a martial stance ready to counterattack.
The Yomi Leader charged too.
"Roar!"
Human and beast finally clashed on the Wilderness.
Ye Liang started sprinting forward.
Although the Yomi Leader was powerful, its massive body itself became a weakness. At the moment it swung its fist, Ye Liang leaped onto its arm.
Taking advantage of his opponent's slower reaction speed, Ye Liang rapidly advanced toward its head.
[Swift as a Gust of Wind], Ye Liang's speed almost left afterimages!
The Yomi Leader frantically swung its arms trying to shake Ye Liang off, but the latter clung on like a stubborn parasite, steadily maintaining his footing while advancing.
Soon, he reached the Yomi Leader's shoulder.
"This spot is just perfect!"
Smiling, he plunged the bone dagger directly into the Yomi Leader's eye.
Blood burst forth!
It burst like a ripe fruit smashed underfoot—the Yomi Leader's eye exploded instantly.
This move of Ye Liang's wasn't simple at all!
As he drove the dagger forward, he infused it with fresh Death Qi. With this strike, even if the creature didn't die, it would suffer backlash from the Death Qi.
[Pity! My Cultivation is Still Too Shallow]; otherwise, I could've blown off its head.
Ye Liang took advantage of the Yomi Leader's madness and jumped back to the ground.
Though he managed to channel Death Qi into the blade, his power still wasn't strong enough. While this attack's power was decent, it could only destroy an eye.
He hadn't yet reached his goal of blowing off the Yomi Leader's head—it was still far off in terms of [Cultivation Power].
"How is it? Did that thing have any weaknesses?"
Ye Liang turned to Nao Uzumaki.
Since she had lived in Yomibitaka for so long, she must understand Yomigami better than he did. The Yomi Leader's shell was too thick—if there were no weaknesses, he'd have no choice but to flee with Nao Uzumaki.
"There is one!" Nao Uzumaki nodded firmly.
"Inside every Yomigami's body, there's a red bead that acts as an energy core. If you puncture the bead, the Yomigami's body will suffer backlash and explode!"
A bead?
Ye Liang glanced at the raging Yomi Leader in the distance.
He had observed it for quite a while, but apart from its round, plump body, where was this so-called bead?
He looked back at Nao Uzumaki, who also shook her head.
Nao Uzumaki continued, "The bead of a Yomigami is hidden in the chest area, like a red gemstone. I've seen second-stage Yomi Guides—they also had one there. As for the Yomi Leader, I'm not sure."
Ye Liang helplessly shrugged his shoulders.
Indeed, what Nao Uzumaki said was correct.
When he encountered the Yomi Guide in the living world, the latter did have a bead in its chest. Back then, however, the Akatsuki organization had taken it away using a Sealing Technique, so he hadn't known about it.
"Well, this might be a problem then."
Ye Liang re-examined the Yomi Leader.
By now, the leader had recovered from the pain. It glared furiously at Ye Liang through the black hollow where its previously shattered eyeball had been.
It seemed to have barely been affected.
"Watch out!" Ye Liang muttered grimly before rushing toward the Yomi Leader.
At this moment, he no longer had any enhanced weapons, but the Yomi Leader wasn't in good shape either—it had lost one of its eyes, so naturally its combat power had decreased significantly!
While it was still recovering, Ye Liang decided to launch a fierce attack.
"Die!" he roared, clenching both fists and swinging them toward the Yomi Leader's leg bone.
The Yomi Leader was huge!
At a height of thirty meters, Ye Liang could only reach this part for now.
But that didn't matter!
He planned to damage its joints first!
The Yomi Leader had already lost its eyeball. If he could now break both legs, it would become like meat on a chopping block—no matter how powerful it was, it would be helpless against Ye Liang!
The distance between them rapidly closed!
From a distance, Nao Uzumaki gritted her teeth.
Right now, they were on the same boat!
If Ye Liang won, things would be fine.
But if he lost?
She would perish alongside him!
"Ye Liang! It all depends on you now!" Nao Uzumaki clasped her hands together, praying desperately.
In Nao Uzumaki's eyes, Ye Liang moved as agilely as a squirrel!
Leaping from side to side!
After striking the Yomi Leader's knee, he cleverly twisted his body to the left and slammed into the other knee—just like a grasshopper hopping about!
Dodging left and right, Ye Liang quickly destroyed both femurs of the Yomi Leader!
"Monsters will always be monsters! Even if they gain some intelligence, their combat experience will never surpass that of humans!" he taunted. Then, he dusted himself off and stepped back to a safe distance.
The Yomi Leader was now crippled—its arms flailing helplessly, with no way to fight back.
This was meant to be the final blow—but somehow, Ye Liang was the one in trouble.
The moment the Yomi Leader fell, he had already struck its heart, head, and neck—each with a powerful blow—but nothing worked!
It was like fighting an iron cocoon with no legs—though it couldn't fight back at all, and still, it wouldn't die!
"Damn it! This is going to be tough."
He furrowed his brow, thinking hard.
In the distance, Nao Uzumaki's eyes widened.
As Ye Liang tried to figure out how to defeat the Yomi Leader, she helplessly watched a faint red glow emerge from its throat—just like a Tailed Beast charging its Tailed Beast Ball.
A glowing sphere of energy began to form deep in the Yomi Leader's throat!
"Ye Liang, watch out!"
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