“Hmm?”
Seeing Billy take a hit from him without falling down, Jared Byrne’s face showed a hint of surprise.
He was well aware of the power of his earlier move. Even though he hadn’t fully utilized his strength in haste, even a fourth-rank Divine Realm opponent, when hit unprepared, would at least be severely injured if not killed.
Yet from Billy’s appearance, it seemed like he had only suffered minor injuries!
“No wonder you dare to break the prison, quite skilled!” Jared Byrne looked at Billy and then added, “I’ll play with you later!”
Phew!
With that, he dashed towards Casey’s direction.
Boom!
At the same time, a loud noise came from Opal’s battle ring, followed by her being blasted out by Elder Sergio’s palm, leaving a trail of blood in the air.
Despite having the strength of the Heartless Sword, even if she unleashed the Ether Mountain Sword Art, it would only reach the power of a second-rank Divine Realm.
While Elder Sergio had already reached the late stage of the third-rank Divine Realm, making him naturally not someone she could contend with.
“Opal, are you okay?” After stabilizing his position, Billy shouted towards Opal.
“I’m fine, don’t mind me!” Opal shouted back loudly, “Don’t let him catch up to Casey!”
“Alright!” Billy replied as he took out a Chi Condensing Pill from his body and tossed it into his mouth before heading towards Jared Byrne.
At the same time, he shouted, “Opal, don’t linger in the battle, you can retreat!”
“Got it!” Opal replied.
With that, she got up from the ground and swiftly dodged to the side.
“Still trying to escape, can you get away!” Elder Sergio naturally wouldn’t let go so easily, as he sternly spoke before chasing after her.
Glancing in Jared Byrne’s direction, he knew that even if he caught up, it wouldn’t be of much help, so he abandoned the idea.
Opal was already injured, her teleportation speed decreasing, and within moments, she was chased to within four to five hundred meters.
“Hold still!”
Elder Sergio shouted and then swiftly released a powerful surge of energy towards Opal like a hurricane.
Knowing she couldn’t take it head-on, Opal dodged to the side.
Boom!
Despite reacting in time, she was still struck by the residual energy and sent flying.
With prior injuries, she was already in a weakened state, and after flying four to five hundred meters, she plummeted to the ground.
Crashing heavily, she spat out a mouthful of blood, looking extremely weak, the Heartless Sword slipping from her hand and falling to the side.
“This is the consequence of daring to barge into the Prison, die!”
Subsequently, Elder Sergio arrived above her, without the slightest hesitation, and struck down with a palm.
“Opal, watch out!”
Just then, the voices of Harleen and Ivy sounded simultaneously, followed by the two quickly darting over.
Ivy formed the ‘Phoenix Blade’ in her hand, condensing the Heavenly Unity Sword Technique, swiftly attacking the opponent.
While Harleen rushed towards Opal’s direction, raising her hand and sending out gusts of wind to counter the opponent’s palm strike.
As Elder Sergio hadn’t expected anyone to come to the rescue, his previous strike hadn’t been full force, and his attack was blocked by Harleen.
The reason they appeared there was because they had just rushed over from the royal palace.
According to Billy’s plan for the day, he and Opal and Casey were rescuing people at the military camp.
Harleen and Ivy, on the other hand, with the others, caused a disturbance near the royal palace, diverting Jared Byrne’s attention.
Stout and Judge and a few others with relatively lower cultivation levels were stationed near the valley with Danica Byrne to provide support.
Originally, according to the initial plan, Harleen and her group could leave once Jared Byrne left the royal palace for the military camp.
But the opponent’s forces at the royal palace exceeded their expectations, and it was not realistic to withdraw in time.
Apart from Jared Byrne’s trio, there was also a second-rank Divine Realm and two first-rank Divine Realm powerhouses.
Fortunately, among Rayan Byrne and his group, there was also a first-rank Divine Realm expert, or else the situation would have been much worse.
After a bitter battle, both Rayan Byrne and the first-rank Divine Realm expert were seriously injured.
In the end, the first-rank Divine Realm self-detonated, severely injuring the second-rank Divine Realm opponent.
At the same time, it bought some time for Harleen and the others to quickly evacuate with the injured Rayan Byrne.
Then, they found a place in the royal city to settle Rayan Byrne before planning to enter the valley.
However, as soon as they arrived near the military camp, they witnessed the situation there and rushed over.
“Opal, how are you?” After landing on the ground, Harleen picked up the Heartless Sword and ran towards Opal.
“Why did you come, you’re not his match, go quickly!” Opal struggled to get up from the ground and spoke.
At that moment, she was extremely weak, her battle power not even reaching thirty percent.
“Azure Dragon, you and Vermilion Bird take Opal and go!” At the same time, Amber, Azure Dragon, and Vermilion Bird rushed over.
“Got it!” Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird responded simultaneously.
With that, the two landed on the ground, helped Opal up, and flew away.
“Amber, Harleen, don’t linger in the battle!” Opal shouted loudly.
“Understood!” Amber and Harleen replied in unison.
Boom!
Just then, not far away, Ivy was swept away by Elder Sergio’s palm, crash-landing on the ground heavily, also heavily injured.
“Damn, you actually used poison?” Elder Sergio’s voice resounded, his expression turning sullen.
Clearly, he had fallen for the trick!
Ivy’s trump card wasn’t just her swordsmanship!
As a princess of the Secret Essences Sect, her poison techniques were not to be taken lightly.
Although Elder Sergio was several ranks above her, catching him off guard and poisoning him wasn’t particularly difficult.
“Is that all you got?” Ivy wiped the blood from her mouth and stood up.
“Ivy, are you okay, not hurt?” Amber and Harleen hurried over.
“I’m fine!” Ivy shook her head.
“I will kill you!” After taking a brief breath, Elder Sergio angrily roared.
The fact that he had been poisoned by a mere eighth-rank Saint realm made him furious.
“Amber, Harleen, he’s already poisoned and won’t last long, don’t confront him head-on!” Ivy looked at the two and spoke.
“Got it!” Harleen nodded before looking at Amber, “Amber, you watch Ivy, I’ll deal with him!”
“Don’t be careless, let’s handle this together!” Amber responded.
“Don’t worry, I’ve got this!” After saying that, Harleen grasped the Heartless Sword and charged towards him.
Next moment, she directly activated the ‘Thousand Afterimage Technique’, creating four illusionary figures from her side.
Then, the four illusions along with herself all attacked Elder Sergio.
Seeing this scene, Amber, who was about to join in, held back.
She understood Harleen’s intentions, as the four illusions were enough to delay the opponent for a while.