"Whoosh!"

The two bone spears shot from the Netherworld were forced to change direction and plunged deep into the bone stones in the Burial Dragon Abyss.

Although Li Yu's two arrows deviated from their intended path after being accurately intercepted, their momentum remained undiminished.

The arrow pierced through the thick bone and stone, whistling out from the other side before plunging back into the ground, leaving only two deep arrow holes.

The difference in quality is immediately apparent.

It was only then that Lu Fan came to his senses that Ming Yuan had attacked both of them at the same time.

Li Yu's reaction was even faster; he launched a counterattack almost at the same moment Ming Yuan made his move.

Not only did it block the attack aimed at it, it even intercepted the bone spear aimed at Lu Fan.

This series of exchanges was extremely fast; even with his pale blue lightning pupils, Lu Fan could only barely make out the blurry arrow shadows.

"That's too fast!"

Lu Fan stared in surprise at the arrows floating around Li Yu. Although he had already vaguely realized the gap between himself and Li Yu when he was vying for the Dragon Vein.

But he never expected that even after becoming a Star Lord, the gap in strength between the two would still be so huge, like an insurmountable chasm.

At that moment, a seemingly absurd yet perfectly reasonable thought suddenly popped into Lu Fan's mind:

Perhaps... the truly powerful one isn't Xingjun, but Li Yu!

Thinking about it this way, the ambiguous attitude of the Central Plains towards the Star Lord becomes understandable.

If Li Yu is just an isolated case, then the cold attitude of the Central Continent government towards the Star Lords is not hard to understand, since not all Star Lords possess the strength of Li Yu.

If it's just an enhanced version of an Awakened One, it's really not worth granting the Star Lord any special full power.

Considering the starkly different friendly attitude that City Lord Li Yang showed towards Li Yu, perhaps he had already seen through Li Yu's extraordinary strength!

Seeing that the two bone spear attacks were blocked, Mingyuan was not surprised, as if he had expected this outcome:

"very nice."

He didn't expect this attack to successfully defeat the two star lords; it was merely a test.

Mingyuan slowly turned his head, his gaze sharp as he looked at Li Yu, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes. He spoke with a touch of excitement:

"Next, it's our turn."

A strong fighting spirit emanated from Mingyuan.

"Okay." Li Yu nodded, her expression becoming serious.

He dismounted and patted Little Black's rump. Without a word, Little Black dashed off into the distance.

Only then did Li Yu slowly draw back the Phoenix Bow in his hand.

The Phoenix Bow came to life instantly in his hands, faintly emitting a cry.

The flames burned even more fiercely, and the firebirds danced around the bow, making a "whooshing" sound.

Seeing Li Yu preparing to make a move, Ming Yuan suddenly narrowed his eyes and warned him:

"Aren't you going to summon your nightmare beast?"

Last time, he suffered a great loss when he used "Thousand Illusions" to attack Li Yu because of the Nightmare Beast's abilities.

Mingyuan remembered that failure very clearly.

"Haven't I always been here?" Li Yu replied calmly.

"Where?" Mingyuan looked over in confusion, a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

Only then did Mingyuan finally notice that on the bow burning with flames in Li Yu's hand, there was a dark eye hidden in the flames, silently watching him.

There seemed to be a hint of longing in the Nightmare Beast's eyes.

At the same time, the skeleton beside him pulled out a new bone spear, and Lu Fan also picked up an invisible weapon, confronting the skeleton again.

Li Yu faces the Netherworld, Lu Fan faces the White Bones.

The heavy rain continued to fall, yet there was no sound, which seemed extremely strange.

In an instant, Lu Fan moved, rushing towards the skeleton like lightning, and they instantly engaged in battle.

The bone spears clashed repeatedly with the invisible weapons, producing crisp "clanging" sounds, and sparks flew with each collision.

The energy fluctuations emanating from the two spread outwards, causing the entire bone mountain to tremble.

However, this time, the skeleton dared not be careless in the slightest, as Lu Fan's counterattack had left him with lingering fear.

Moreover, the skeleton could no longer discern what Lu Fan was holding in his hand, which made him feel a vague unease.

Glancing at the battle nearby, Mingyuan remained in no hurry to intervene. Instead, he stared intently at the Phoenix Bow in Li Yu's hand, his eyes narrowing with a look of 'satisfied enjoyment,' and slowly said:

"The weapon of the Tenth Star Lord..."

He clearly recognized the bow, then tilted his head slightly, as if lost in memories:

"Thinking back to those days, it's just like this moment now, everything is still vivid in my mind."

"The weapons are still there, but the people have changed."

Mingyuan grinned at Li Yu, a complex look flashing in his eyes:

"This feeling makes even someone as sentimental as me reluctant to kill you."

Although he said that, the mist around Mingyuan increased, gradually enveloping the two of them, making them feel as if they were in an ice cellar.

"However, one needs strength to become a star lord."

The voice of the Netherworld echoed in the mist, sounding exceptionally ethereal:

"The previous generation of Star Lords was exceptionally powerful. They only needed to send three Star Lords to completely remove me from the struggle for the world."

When this matter was mentioned, Mingyuan's aura suddenly became melancholy again, like a person forgotten by the world, a savior who was wrongly accused and misunderstood.

"But they were wrong. Look at the world now, look at those refugees. It's worse than it used to be!"

"If I had been in charge of ruling Zhongzhou back then, I might have done a better job."

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