Due to the peculiarities of their growth process, these ninth-level peak split sacred beasts possessed the energy of ninth-level peak demonic beasts, but they lacked the combat experience and combat abilities of ninth-level peak demonic beasts. Even so, they were no match for a group of low-level Ming Venerables and seventh- and eighth-level Ming Saints.

Watching the gradually growing bodies of the Split Sacred Beasts, and listening to their increasingly piercing screams, the bodies of the humans and light races who had gone to deal with them trembled. In Qiming City, a large number of humans, light people, and hybrids were dying every minute and every second.

After Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi defeated the first split sacred beast, they quickly arrived near the second split sacred beast. Their arrival attracted the attention of many light clans and humans. In their eyes, Ji Jiayu, using the Holy Light Pearl as a booster, Nie Lanxi as an energy source, and themselves as an intermediate transformer, seemed to easily defeat the second split sacred beast.

However, in reality, both Nie Lanxi and Ji Jiayu's sacred circuits were severely exhausted, and their mental strength consumption was also extremely high. Given the current situation, they would be powerless to deal with three or five split sacred beasts at most.

And with five heads plus two heads, solving the seven-headed sacred beast was completely useless in the current situation in Qiming City. Ji Jiayu turned his head and glanced at Nie Lanxi. Right now, relying on Nie Lanxi wasn't enough. His strength was strong, but there were limits. The god-level divine power in his body couldn't be used up. Even if he could, his body wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"What should I do?" Ji Jiayu thought quickly.

Although the current situation in Qiming City was almost impossible to resolve, in fact, Ji Jiayu was absolutely confident that he would survive, and he could even save Nie Lanxi and several others, which was his confidence as the person in charge of the Sacred Radiant Pearl.

However, he didn't want to do this; he didn't want to give up the lives of millions of people to live in a world of his own. If he really did that, then in the days to come, he would live in nightmares and shadows, and the ghosts of millions of people would haunt him constantly.

Even if Wang Yinlan had once solemnly told him that if he truly faced a desperate situation, he could abandon anyone and resort to illegal and immoral means to survive, because he was the person in charge of the Sacred Gemstone and a very important person in the Sacred Kingdom. Anyone could die, but he couldn't.

But truthfully, when Ji Jiayu heard these words, he felt a deep sense of resistance in his heart, and he even expressed this resistance. But Wang Yinlan didn't elaborate, only telling him that it was a choice.

With no way to win, no way to escape, it seemed there was only one last resort left—a fight to the death.

Ji Jiayu touched his left forehead, where a strange scar lay quietly—a Yuan Mark. That was the immense bloodline power that originated from the ancestors of Blue City, and it was also Ji Jiayu's greatest trump card besides the Sacred Gemstone, and even the greatest hole card that surpassed the Sacred Gemstone.

Because the Holy Light Pearl is an auxiliary artifact, it can't explode with power instantly. However, the original pattern is different. The original pattern can forcibly control the elements in the void with bloodline power, causing them to explode instantly.

However, using the original pattern will consume life force! But then again, you have to fight to the death, what kind of life force do you care about?

After realizing this, Ji Jiayu only felt his spirit's lift.

Nie Lanxi sensed that Ji Jiayu's condition was amiss and glanced at him in surprise. Then, she saw his decision in his bright eyes.

"You don't have to come with me," Ji Jiayu said.

"Hmm." Nie Lanxi didn't say anything, simply nodding.

Although he hadn't expected it, his words were sincere, but Ji Jiayu still felt a moment of inexplicable sadness.

"Boom!"

The Holy Radiance Orb stopped firing beams, and not far away, the mountain-like Split Sacred Beast was struck, its body exploding, and it died. Ji Jiayu and the others once again flew into the distance in full view. At the same time, the sacred vacuum area in Qiming City continued to expand rapidly.

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and help!" Someone shouted, his voice anxious and hopeful. He was a member of the Guangming tribe, and he had fought Ji Jiayu not long ago, but at the risk of death.

It was as if he had forgotten that thought. Everyone who had been shocked by Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi awoke as if in a dream and went to other areas to help attack the Split Sacred Beast.

Soon, half an hour had passed.

The loss of a large amount of divine power had caused the number and expansion of the Sacred Vacuum Areas to increase, and the total area now accounted for one-tenth of Qiming City. The sacred buildings in the area had completely decayed and died.

The people in the city had completely given up on waiting for reinforcements. Whether they were Human Race, Light Clan, or mixed races, they all spontaneously attacked the Split Sacred Beasts, trying their best to prevent them from devouring divine power, but with little success.

They still woke up late. The millions of people in the city, more than half of whom were victims of the initial building collapse and the formation of the sacred vacuum zone, were scattered throughout the city. Furthermore, Qiming City was too large, and with the City Lord's Mansion nearly paralyzed, the rest of the people were unable to gather enough strength to form an effective fighting force.

Currently, the only people they could rely on were Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi.

Under the watchful eyes of the people, Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi solved one split sacred beast after another, giving them hope for survival. However, they were not blind, and it could be seen that Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi's condition was rapidly deteriorating. Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi were unable to finish off all the split sacred beasts at all, and their efforts seemed—

"We're dead, we're dead…" someone slumped to the ground and wailed. "How did it end up like this?"

"Ghost of the Radiance Supremacy Sect, you must not die well!"

"I don't want to die, woo woo..."

There were faint cries, but only a few people were crying, and most of them were still making their final attempts.

In the sky, hearing the whimpers in the city, Ji Jiayu, whose divine circuit was about to collapse, still had a bright look in his eyes. "No."

Ji Jiayu turned to look at Nie Lanxi. His divine circuit was completely unable to hold on, his divine skin and bones were about to collapse, and he couldn't mobilize even the slightest bit of divine power.

"Hmm," Nie Lanxi said softly.

"If I die, you go, go further away." Ji Jiayu said seriously, "It's not safe for you to stay alone in the Holy Kingdom."

"Hmm," Nie Lanxi continued speaking softly.

Ji Jiayu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.

He turned to look at the ninth-level broken divine beast crawling on the edge of the city in the distance, and the blood flowing in his veins suddenly seemed to burn.

It seemed like there were different sounds coming from every direction: the sound of exploding fire; the sound of thunder and lightning; the sound of heavy rain; the sound of shaking...

It was the fierce roar of the elements collectively!