The black and red vertical pupils on the black stone gate were lifelike, capable of expressing a multitude of emotions. Before Ji Jiayu entered the demonic energy tornado, the black and red vertical pupils had only urged the dark bat demons to surround the light clan. They had extracted a large amount of black liquid from the black stone gate, splashed it on the dark bat demons, increasing their power and driving them even more frenzied. They then used it to slowly consume the spiritual power and divine power of the light clan.

Upon seeing Ji Jiayu, these huge vertical pupils flickered rapidly, and the originally surging demonic energy gathered in front of the black stone gate. Guided by some strange energy, they roared and drew a strange magic circle.

The entire massive demonic energy tornado trembled, and a pair of black magic hands with sharp nails suddenly protruded from the void, pushing them away like trash under the terrified gazes of nearly a hundred light clan members. They then swiftly reached out towards Ji Jiayu.

Seeing this, Ji Jiayu didn't hesitate to invoke a sacred technique: Demon-Breaking Aura!

A pink aura instantly emerged from Ji Jiayu's feet and spread in all directions.

Seeing this... scene, many members of the Guangming clan were shocked. This was the first time they had seen a fifth-level Ming Zun cast a seventh-level sacred technique.

Then, they soon saw something even more shocking.

Nie Lanhui, beside Ji Jiayu, also instantly constructed a sacred technique, and she was constructing an eighth-level sacred technique: Falling Stars!

A sharp sound of breaking wind rang out outside the demonic energy tornado. Everyone looked up and saw countless large meteorites trailing long golden tail flames descending, breaking through the outer layer of the demonic energy tornado and pouring in, instantly incinerating all the dark bat demons blocking their path. Finally, they transformed into flames that engulfed the sky, incinerating the pair of black demon hands. The entire demonic energy tornado nearly turned into a sea of ​​golden flames.

Facing Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi's counterattack, the black and red vertical pupils weren't overly surprised or angry, but continued to attack them. The demonic energy in the sky surged wildly, converging in front of the black stone door.

This time, the demonic energy formed massive heads with sharp horns, their faces covered in scale-like armor, and their blood-red eyes opened. They roared and rushed towards Ji Jiayu, opening their bloody mouths and spewing out suffocating green gas.

All the light clansmen who had inhaled the dark green gas were in a trance, their vision blurry, and they were deranged. When they looked at Ji Jiayu, they seemed to be looking at a black stone gate.

Just as they were about to attack Ji Jiayu, Ji Jiayu immediately activated the Holy Light Pearl, releasing a bright Holy Radiant Light. Illuminated by the Holy Light, many of the light clansmen suddenly returned to normal.

The black and red vertical pupils were somewhat disdainful, and similar mind control and demonization methods were essentially useless against Ji Jiayu.

"This black stone gate is stronger than the previous one, but not much stronger. It's just that its means can restrain you. Let's just kill as many Dark Bats as possible and save as many as possible. At that time, let's surround this black stone gate together to see if it works or if it remains. If it doesn't work, I'll be sure," Ji Jiayu said.

"Understood!"

Yang Jiong'er and the others heard this, woke up from their trance, and then began to construct sacred techniques.

"Kill as many Black Bat Demons as possible and get out." Ji Jiayu shouted to the members of the encircling squad, "We'll work with you to distract him."

It was truly very simple to distract the black and red vertical pupil. Ji Jiayu simply summoned the Holy Light Pearl and let it float to a position ten meters away from him, and the black and red vertical pupil immediately revealed a crazed greed.

The members of the Guangming Clan squad felt light, and the feeling of difficulty in constructing the holy technique instantly disappeared. They all looked at the Holy Pearl in unison, with mixed emotions in their eyes. They were still a little worried. Ji Jiayu was so far away from the Holy Pearl. Was he really not afraid that the Black Stone Gate would snatch the Holy Pearl and escape?

Ji Jiayu was truly fearless. The Holy Pearl had already recognized its master, and if he wanted to seize the Holy Pearl, he had to kill him first. Otherwise, no matter how far away he was, he would still be able to recall the Holy Light Pearl.

After a while, the two sides finally met, and the members of the nine Guangming tribes breathed a sigh of relief. In the previous battle, many of them had been injured, and if Ji Jiayu hadn't arrived in time, many of them might have truly died here.

Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi had become their saviors.

This change couldn't help but make them feel complicated, but now wasn't the time to think wildly. Therefore, they chose to continue eliminating the Black Bat Demon with all their might, lest the Black Stone Gate lose its protection and reveal its true form.

"Our strength is clearly stronger than his, but it still isn't working. It's clearly been affected by the Sacred Gem." Ji Jiayu came to a conclusion.

Immediately afterward, he began to think about how he could imbue all the members of the Light Clan with the aura of the Sacred Light Bead. Once the aura of the Sacred Light Bead on their bodies was enough to attract the black and red vertical pupils, they could seize the opportunity to destroy it. The crisis of the demonic energy tornado would be lifted immediately.

Would it be possible to shine a light? Ji Jiayu thought about it, ready to try it later.

Nearly a hundred members of the Guangming clan were performing sacred arts beside him, fighting fiercely, and Ji Jiayu suddenly had a feeling.

To be precise, it was the Holy Radiance Orb that gave him this feeling—it seemed to want to unleash something, but because he was too weak, it was holding back. Otherwise, a massive amount of divine power would flood his divine circuits, killing him.

"It seems like the sixth rank is enough..." Ji Jiayu pondered.

Originally, he had wanted to stabilize his cultivation and then advance to the sixth rank. But in this situation, if the Holy Radiance Orb's radiance couldn't imbue the light clan with the aura of the Holy Radiance Orb, then he had to try to break through to the sixth rank. Otherwise, for every minute of delay, the land of the Holy Kingdom would suffer an additional minute of demonic energy tornado.