Marley stepped forward, his figure leaving a fleeting trace in the night sky. His right hand formed a claw and reached directly for Leo.
A giant dark green flame claw formed in the night sky.
Before the claw even arrived, the scorching heat and impending corrosive force made Leo’s face tense up.
“Old thing, do you think I’m afraid of you?” Leo’s face turned icy as the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus in his dantian spun wildly.
Immediately, an ice armor, as clear as crystal, formed on the surface of Leo’s body.
The terrifying heat couldn’t penetrate the ice armor at all.
Then, Leo punched directly at the incoming flame claw.
Boom!
A huge ice crystal fist collided with the flame claw.
With a loud explosion, the flame claw turned into a rain of fire scattered across the sky.
Under the rain of fire, two figures shot towards each other, leaving trails of afterimages.
“You little brat, I’ll make sure you die without a grave!” Marley’s body surged with flames, all converging on his right fist.
“Old thing, it’s time for you to join your descendants!” Leo’s ice armor became even more solid, and the icy white light on his right fist grew more dazzling.
Marley, wrapped in dark green flames, looked like a green flame demon god.
Leo, on the other hand, resembled an ice war god clad in ice armor.
All eyes were on Leo and Marley as the decisive moment had arrived.
The explosion that followed was even more intense than before.
Dazzling dark green and icy white lights filled the night, causing everyone to squint their eyes.
Leo and Marley were both blasted out from the center of the explosion, retreating a thousand meters before stopping.
“Ugh…!” Marley spat out a mouthful of blood, his hair disheveled, his clothes tattered like a beggar’s, and blood dripping from his right arm. He looked miserable.
On the other side, Leo’s face also turned pale as he spat out blood. His ice armor shattered into pieces and fell from the sky.
Leo’s figure wavered slightly in mid-air, with blood seeping from his right fist.
“Leo!” Brycen, Wade, and others showed worried expressions on their faces.
“I’m fine. Mr. Watts, the old guy is seriously injured. Kill him now!” Leo wiped the blood from his mouth and said coldly.
At the same time, Leo commanded Puppet General to attack Marley.
Puppet General, surrounded by lightning, wielded a silver longsword and charged at Marley.
Brycen, Ramon, and Wade moved quickly, their spiritual power surging as they each wielded their weapons and attacked Marley.
A trace of red appeared in Marley’s dark green eyes; he was on the verge of collapse.
“Do you think you can kill me with just a few useless people!?”
Marley, like a wounded lone wolf, let out a chilling voice from his throat.
The dark green flames on Marley’s body surged again, forming four giant Evil Green Demon Lizards in front of him.
The Evil Green Demon Lizards charged at Brycen and the others as well as Puppet General.
To kill Marley, Brycen and the others had to first deal with the four Evil Green Demon Lizards.
Meanwhile, Marley’s dark green flames grew more violent, and strange green patterns began to form on his cheeks.
It wasn’t easy for human cultivators to refine a beast’s Beast Fire for their own use.
A beast’s Beast Fire contained a trace of its will. If not controlled properly, it would backfire.
The most severe consequence of this backlash was losing one’s sanity or even having one’s entire body burned to ashes.
Clearly, the heavily injured Marley was about to lose control over the backlash of his Beast Fire.
Marley let out an extremely painful scream. His voice was hoarse and eerie, almost inhuman.
Seeing Marley’s current state, Leo’s eyes flashed with cold light. He took a deep breath and swallowed three Primordial Spirit Pills.
Although Leo was also seriously injured and had expended most of his spiritual power, he was in a better condition compared to Marley who was suffering from the backlash of his Beast Fire.
Brycen and the others were entangled with the Evil Green Demon Lizards summoned by Marley. Only Leo could now try to kill Marley with all his might.
The medicinal power of the Primordial Spirit Pills exploded within Leo. The icy white light on his Dragon Sword shone brightly.
Then, Leo’s figure flashed closer to Marley and slashed down with his sword.
Marley’s face twisted as he resisted the backlash of his Beast Fire. He fiercely struck at Leo with his right palm from a distance.
After releasing this palm strike, Marley’s aura became even more violent.
The green patterns on his old face increased, and his aura showed signs of losing control.
Leo’s sword strike directly shattered the palm strike.
“You all wait! The pain I suffer today will be repaid a thousand times over!”
Marley let out a hoarse and painful roar as dark green flames completely enveloped his body.
He was seriously injured and suffering from the backlash of his Beast Fire. Staying here would mean certain death.
After his fierce declaration, Marley’s figure turned into a streak of dark green light and fled into the distance.
Leo’s expression changed. The Dragon Sword in his hand flashed and appeared under his feet.
The Dragon Sword carried Leo rapidly in pursuit of Marley.
Just as Leo chased for several hundred meters, Marley suddenly threw out a fireball from ahead.
The fireball exploded into a rain of flaming swords in all directions.
Leo’s speed slowed down as he summoned a giant ice wall to block the rain of flaming swords.
After blocking the flaming swords, Leo tried to pursue again but Marley’s figure had disappeared into the night, becoming a small dark green dot in the distance.
“Damn it! That old jerk still managed to escape!” Leo felt frustrated.
On the other side, Brycen, Wade, Ramon, and others finished off the Evil Green Demon Lizards and rushed towards Leo’s direction.
“Leo, Marley is seriously injured and suffering from Beast Fire backlash. He may not survive. Even if he does survive, his cultivation will likely be greatly reduced,” Brycen said solemnly.
Leo nodded. The best outcome would be for Marley to die from the Beast Fire backlash.
If Marley survived, he would remain a threat to the Watts family.
“Tonight, the Golden family has no chance of turning things around. For Marley to survive the Beast Fire backlash, it would take at least two or three Spirit Saint realm experts working together to heal him.” Leo thought for a moment before asking, “Where do you think he would go?”
Brycen pondered for a moment before replying, “Leo, I suspect there are two places Marley might go. The first is Bloodsoul Sect; the second is the capital.”