Chapter 1436: Fortune's Wheel Turns

"Lord Divine Officer, catch!"

Ye Yuan urged with his palm force, and the extremely heavy purple-gold sand flew directly toward Duan Fei.

Duan Fei's face changed color several times, but he finally caught it and stored it in his storage ring.

At this moment, however, everyone's expressions turned extremely grim.

Ahead of the bridge and behind it, all were blocked by giant flame stone men.

Each of these giant flame stone men exuded a powerful aura, clearly not easy to deal with.

"This... there are usually only one or two giant flame stone men around purple-gold sand, how can there be so many?"

"These giant flame stone men have such strong auras, many of them are even at the Heaven-Gazing realm! This... this is certain death!"

"Look, there are more below! They... they're climbing up!"

Everyone looked down from the bridge and saw many giant flame stone men climbing up the rock walls.

In an instant, they were surrounded on all sides by giant flame stone men!

A cold smile flickered at the corner of Ye Yuan's mouth, and he shouted fiercely, "Follow me, charge through!"

With that, Ye Yuan thrust his Zhuxie Sword forward and charged at the giant flame stone men ahead.

The experts of the White Night Sacred Palace followed Ye Yuan without hesitation, charging toward the depths of the Divine Ruins.

"Ding!"

Ye Yuan raised his hand and executed Starfall, but when it struck the giant flame stone man, it only sent sparks flying.

The giant flame stone man raised its fiery fist and smashed it toward Ye Yuan.

Before the fist arrived, a terrifying flame law pressed down on Ye Yuan.

So strong!

Ye Yuan's heart tightened; this was just a Heaven-Gazing initial stage giant flame stone man, yet its strength was so formidable, almost instantly killing cultivators of the same rank!

Though startled, Ye Yuan remained calm and raised his hand for another Starfall!

"Bang!"

The stone fist, which had been whistling with power, exploded directly.

With one strike, Ye Yuan disabled one of the giant flame stone man's arms.

"Elders and I will hold off the stone men; the rest break through first!" Ye Yuan roared.

"Yes!" Everyone immediately responded.

Behind them, Duan Fei's face darkened and he said, "We go too!"

"Thump!"

Before his words faded, an even more massive giant flame stone man flew out from the magma and landed directly in front of Duan Fei.

Duan Fei's expression tightened as he exclaimed, "A Guixu realm giant flame stone man!"

The giant flame stone man gave him no chance to be surprised; its fist was already smashing toward him with brute force.

"Boom!"

Forced to clash with the giant flame stone man, Duan Fei was knocked back more than ten steps.

Before he could recover, the giant flame stone man's fist came again.

"Damn it, he set me up! How did he discover this giant flame stone man?"

Duan Fei ground his teeth, now fully aware that Ye Yuan had dug a pit for him.

Ye Yuan had given him the purple-gold sand at the first opportunity precisely to lure this giant flame stone man to attack him.

At this moment, Duan Fei was surrounded by the most giant flame stone men.

Most of the stone men climbing up from under the bridge were encircling him.

But those giant flame stone men were nothing to him; the most terrifying was the Guixu realm giant flame stone man before him!

Though Duan Fei knew he had been tricked by Ye Yuan, he could only swallow his grievance.

After all, there was no fault to find in Ye Yuan's actions.

Ye Yuan and his group had been treated as cannon fodder, at the very front of the team.

But now, they had the fewest giant flame stone men on their side!

They had reached the end of the bridge, where a large cave lay ahead.

These giant flame stone men had all emerged from the cave, only five or six of them, while the rear force had to face dozens.

These giant flame stone men were extremely formidable; Ye Yuan could already hear screams coming from behind.

"Finish this quickly, don't linger!" Ye Yuan said loudly.

He also summoned Guiyun, whose Nether Ghost Claw was ferociously powerful, striking at a Heaven-Gazing late stage giant flame stone man.

Ye Yuan had made breakthroughs in both law and realm, so executing the full version of Starfall was no longer as strenuous.

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

Ye Yuan unleashed three consecutive sword strikes, directly blasting the upper body of that giant flame stone man to pieces.

But after these three strikes, Ye Yuan's divine essence was mostly consumed.

He quickly took a pill to restore divine essence, not bothering to refine it, and directly covered Bai Chen and the others as they passed through the gap.

"Bang!"

The Nether Ghost Claw struck down, smashing that giant flame stone man to pieces.

Looking at the others, including Bai Xiu, they were all locked in bitter combat.

"Go help Bai Xiu; I'll help the others!" Ye Yuan said to Guiyun.

"Yes, master!"

Guiyun responded and went; after cultivating the Ghost Path Hundred Talismans, his combat strength was now extremely formidable.

Though these giant flame stone men were strong, they couldn't hold out long under his hands before being blasted apart.

Fortunately, there were no Heaven-Gazing Great Perfection giant flame stone men on their side, making the battle not too troublesome to resolve.

In no time, with Ye Yuan and Guiyun's cooperation, those five or six giant flame stone men were all shattered, scattering into balls of fire on the ground.

He had no intention of going back to rescue anyone; he directly led the experts of the White Night Sacred Palace deeper inside.

"Ye Yuan, how dare you!"

Duan Fei, locked in fierce combat with the Guixu realm giant flame stone man, sensed something and shouted at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Divine Officer, it's not that I won't help you, but this Guixu realm giant flame stone man is too powerful; I'm truly powerless! As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. We'll continue scouting ahead for you. Farewell if fate allows!"

"Boom!"

Ye Yuan's words distracted Duan Fei, and the giant flame stone man's fist came smashing past, grazing his cheek.

Though Duan Fei dodged, the law force still burned off a patch of his skin, leaving it charred black.

"Ah!"

Duan Fei screamed in agony; he was now disfigured.

Burns from flame law force were not easily healed.

"Bai Chen, does the White Night Sacred Palace intend to oppose the Divine Palace?" Duan Fei ignored his facial injury and shouted sternly.

Bai Chen's expression changed, and he indeed halted his steps.

"Master..." Bai Chen hesitated.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Let him threaten us after he gets out alive! If we don't leave now, we'll all be buried here. Let's go!"

Bai Chen's gaze hardened, and he gritted his teeth, "Let's go!"

Bai Xiu and the others also understood this reasoning, and moreover, they harbored resentment toward Duan Fei and the others.

When Duan Fei used them as cannon fodder, no one spoke up.

When they were attacked by lava flying monsters, no one lent a hand.

Their resentment had long reached its peak.

Without Ye Yuan, their group would likely have been wiped out by now, let alone standing here watching the show.

Hearing the screams from the other seven sacred palaces on the bridge, everyone felt great satisfaction!

You were watching the show just now; now fortune's wheel turns—it's our turn!

"This Divine Ruins seems to have some anomalies; the path ahead may not be safe either. Everyone be careful and don't fall behind!" Ye Yuan warned.