Seeing Ye Xuan full of murderous intent, swinging his blade towards him, Hei Qilin's face changed dramatically. Without time to think, he once again urged his spiritual power into the ring in his hand. A flash of dark light, and a semi-transparent black shadow emerged, enveloping him completely.

In the next moment, he turned to flee swiftly into the distance. With a few leaps and flickers, he disappeared, actually scared off into running away!

Seeing this, Ye Xuan was momentarily stunned, and after his mouth twitched several times, he cursed under his breath, "Coward."

However, he did not pursue, because he simply couldn't catch up. The semi-transparent black shadow that Hei Qilin summoned, he knew what it was, could in a short time increase the user's speed to nearly the Grandmaster Realm. Even if he used all his strength, he might not catch up.

Given that, he was too lazy to chase further. Besides, there was still a bunch of Hei Qilin's men eyeing them covetously, and Natasha was also badly injured. He definitely couldn't leave her and go after the pursuit alone, in case anything unexpected happened, something he didn't wish to see.

Considering comprehensively, he could only allow the guy to escape, waiting for another chance to deal with him! For now, protecting Natasha was the most important thing.

And seeing Hei Qilin escape, his men panicked, losing their will to fight and scattering away in all directions with their feet! Even their leader fled, why would they stay to be dealt with?

Just a bunch of useless lackeys, Ye Xuan didn't bother. If they escape, let them escape, handling them would be a hassle, unnecessary to act on.

Turning back, he returned to Natasha's side, shaking his head with some regret, saying: "I originally intended to kill that brat, didn't expect he had so many means to save his life. Fought for so long, yet still let him escape, really wasted my effort."

"Black Emperor, what means did he use that even you couldn't deal with him?" Natasha asked puzzled.

"The black shield he just used, you saw it, right? That's the defensive ultimate move of the Dark Council's three council heads, Netherworld Hades, called 'Absolute Protection,' the Netherworld King's Shield, combined with his Damocles' Netherworld King's Sword, forming an integrated offense and defense, able to withstand a Grandmaster's attack! Of course, this move wasn't wielded by Hades himself, so it didn't reach the Grandmaster Level, that's why I was able to break it."

Ye Xuan explained lightly: "As for the semi-transparent black shadow he last summoned, it's of the same level as the Netherworld King's Shield, is another ultimate skill of another council head, the Netherworld God, known as the 'Absolute Speed,' Shadow Cloak! It can in a short time increase the user's speed to near the Grandmaster level, incredibly perverse, that's why he escaped."

"Speaking of which, this guy's actual strength is average, only by relying on some external objects was he able to hold out against me for so long! Otherwise, I would have knocked him down long ago." He shrugged, expressing with a look of amazement.

This guy indeed has deep pockets, various trump cards emerging one after another, forcibly enhancing his strength a lot through these external means!

"Listening to you, seems like he's not as strong as I imagined, just a reputation without merit." Natasha smiled.

"Of course, not everyone is as strong as me! Unluckily for him, he met me, so he could only be crushed."

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows, full of pride, "Though that's true, the external force in this guy's hands is indeed eye-opening, having both Damocles' Sword and being able to release 'Netherworld King's Shield' and 'Shadow Cloak' at any time, even I'm a little jealous. If I could like him, release my master's ultimate move at any time, why would I need to fight so hard? I could easily obliterate him, even if I came across a Grandmaster, I wouldn't be afraid!"

Hearing this, Natasha became very curious and asked, "Black Emperor, why can he use others' ultimate moves, such a thing should be very hard to achieve?"

"With his ability, he certainly cannot achieve it himself! He has a storage spirit device, moreover, it's at least a Half-Saint level spirit device, earlier storing those council heads' ultimate moves within, so in critical moments he can trigger them at any time." Ye Xuan helplessly said.

"Storage Spirit Device? Didn't expect there to be such a thing, can store others' ultimate moves." Natasha showed a look of astonishment.

Then, as if thinking of something, she continued, "Black Emperor, you just said his storage spirit device is a Half-Saint Artifact?"

"Correct, the skills he just used are extremely close to Grandmaster level! Only a Half-Saint level storage spirit device can achieve that."

Ye Xuan explained to her once over and asked, "You wouldn't be unaware of a Half-Saint Artifact, right?"

"Of course I know, in our Dark Temple, there exists a Half-Saint level spiritual artifact, it's our Dark Temple's prized treasure! However, even I can't use it lightly, yet Hei Qilin actually carries such a precious Half-Saint Artifact with him, the Dark Council's foundation is truly unimaginable." Natasha couldn't help but exclaim.

"The Dark Council's foundation is indeed substantial, after all, it's one of the top forces in the Western Dark World, if they didn't have a few decent Half-Saint Artifacts, that would be strange! Moreover, Hei Qilin holds a significant status in the Dark Council, he's an outstanding figure among the younger generation, obtaining a Half-Saint Artifact is not surprising. Alright, enough about this guy, I'll go check how your subordinates are doing."

Ye Xuan didn't share her level of emotion, saying lightly, and then walked towards Natasha's few subordinates.

Natasha's subordinates, due to being controlled by Hei Qilin's mind, lost their independent consciousness, so when Hei Qilin fled, they stood there dumbly like marionettes without a puppeteer, their eyes vacant, without any action.

Ye Xuan walked up close, surveyed them for a while, then stretched out his finger to press against their foreheads, checking their condition. Quickly he understood, these people were just under a kind of spirit secret technique, making them completely mentally controlled by others for a certain time, their minds lost!

However, as time went by, the control of this spirit secret technique would gradually weaken until it completely disappeared, and they would regain consciousness.

Furthermore, this spirit control secret technique was also affected by range, only within a specified range could the caster control others, if exceeded, it naturally wouldn't work.

"Black Emperor, do you have a way to rescue them?" Natasha asked worriedly.

"They don't need rescuing, this is just a temporary spirit secret technique, once time's up, the spell on them will automatically dissipate." Ye Xuan smiled.

"Then how long will it take?"

"Quickly ten minutes, at most no more than half an hour!"

As he spoke, Ye Xuan simultaneously acted, individually pressing on an acupoint on the back of their heads, knocking Natasha's group of subordinates unconscious.

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