After midnight

A few cold stars appeared in the deep blue sky, and Su Ziling and An Yan walked through the deep valley like shadows. Su Ziling looked up, and the sky before dawn in the west mountain was dimly hidden in the darkness.

After that meeting, the rest of January whizzed away like the wind. Those days passed quickly in tireless debates, and the plans were overturned and re-established again and again. By the time the plan was finally finalized, the New Year had just passed.

Today is February 11th, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

In the dead of night, Su Ziling and An Yan walked cautiously on the forest path in West Hill. They wanted to find the house hidden alone in West Hill, which was the residence of the previous 'guardian' Zhang Yang.

"Zi Ling, are you scared?" An Yan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and asked him in a low voice.

"Not afraid." Su Ziling shook his head. He was never afraid when he was with An Yan.

"That's good." An Yan's smile flashed by, not very clear.

After An Yan finished speaking, he looked down at the map in his hand, thought for a moment and continued to move forward. Su Ziling followed behind him, keeping alert. What Su Ziling said was true, he was not afraid. Now compared to here, he was more worried about the situation of another group of people. Yin, Lin Nuan, Lu Li, Song Xinjun, Zhou Chen and Shangguan Can. He had just separated from them.

After walking for only two minutes, An Yan stopped again. He looked straight ahead and could already see the house. The house made of blue bricks stood far away in the valley, surrounded by bushes.

"Zi Ling." An Yan reminded him.

Su Ziling nodded, bent down and quickened his pace. When he got closer, Su Ziling could tell in the dim light that the door of the house was red. The inferior red paint had rusted and corroded, revealing large patches of rust.

"An Yan, the door doesn't seem to be closed."

"Well, be careful."

The two of them entered carefully, and before they could stand still, the electric current in front of them began to crackle, and the light of lightning flickered in the darkness, as if waiting for them to go in. An Yan and Su Ziling looked at each other, straightened their backs and walked in.

"I was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night. It turned out that a distinguished guest came to visit. 'Son of God', I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

As An Yan and Su Ziling stepped into the courtyard, the light bulb suddenly lit up, emitting a bright white light. The two could see clearly that the person sitting in the courtyard with his back to them, wearing a black suit, was Zhang Yang.

"Did you know we were coming?" Su Ziling looked at An Yan and asked him loudly.

"I've known this day would come for fifteen years." Zhang Yang stood up and faced them.

"In that case, stop talking nonsense." Su Ziling didn't want him to have too much communication with An Yan. Every second he stayed here was cruel to An Yan. Su Ziling lit up the fire and hit him hard.

The blazing red flames encountered a fierce ambush and burned out almost instantly. But what Su Ziling didn't expect was that it was not pure power that extinguished the flames but ordinary, sharp and fast electric currents.

Su Ziling's face darkened. He changed his body shape and continued to attack Zhang Yang alone, but the result was the same. Before the scorching flames could touch him, they were dispersed and annihilated.

Zhang Yang was no pushover. After repelling Su Ziling's attack once again, he stared at him fiercely. This legendary "guardian" seemed to be fighting with extra caution. The advantage of Liehuo was not revealed at all in his hands.

Fire needs something to attach to in order to burn. But Su Ziling only aimed at him, and never attacked the plants and trees around him. What was he doing? Was he playing? Zhang Yang was tempted. Su Ziling came again and again, so he blocked him again and again. However, during this back and forth, he quietly moved to the big locust tree in the courtyard. This locust tree was quite old, tall and strong.

When Su Ziling attacked him with fire again, Zhang Yang took a step back to the left. The tree caught fire and burned fiercely. The bright red light instantly illuminated the whole house. The flames quickly jumped up, three meters high, and went outside the green wall.

Damn it, Su Ziling thought to himself. Just as Su Ziling was getting nervous, a blue light flashed and disappeared in an instant. Soon, the crackling sound of the burning trees stopped, and the dancing flames were extinguished. In the courtyard, the locust tree reflected a dim white light under the illumination of the electric lamp.

It was An Yan! He actually froze the entire locust tree in an instant!

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes at this scene and said, "I'm afraid there are more than two of you here. What do you want to do?"

Zhang Yang looked back and forth at the two of them, but found nothing. The Son of God and the Guardian had the same expression, both ready for battle.

"Heh." Zhang Yang chuckled. He found this look eye-catching no matter how he looked at it. So he raised his hand like An Yan did, and the huge ice spikes wrapped around the locust tree shattered and fell under the violent impact of lightning. The ice spikes hit the ground piece by piece and broke into pieces.

This sound and this scene seemed to make Su Ziling smell the smell of burning trees in the air.

Zhang Yang was provoking them, and Su Ziling knew that he should give someone a taste of his own medicine.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Come and fight." Su Ziling said.

"You don't know your own limitations." Zhang Yang stood where he was, looking at Su Ziling with contempt.

Su Ziling was unmoved, and he gathered his strength again. A ball of bright fire suddenly attacked Zhang Yang. Seeing this, Zhang Yang summoned his power, and when lightning flashed in his fists, the ball of fire suddenly disappeared in front of Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, and the movement of his hands also stopped there.

Not good! Zhang Yang immediately released his ability almost instinctively.

However, the next second the flames began to burn on his body.

Su Ziling's eyes widened, and before he could experience the joy of success, something wrong happened. Zhang Yang took a step back in fear, but he did not panic as Su Ziling imagined and rolled on the ground. The flame burned for a while and then quickly went out.

How is it possible? How could this happen? Su Ziling looked at Zhang Yang in horror.

"Your moves are quite interesting. It seems I have to get serious now." Zhang Yang said as he stretched his muscles on the spot.

Su Ziling looked at him from a distance and calmed down. What just happened could only be explained by one reason, that is, Zhang Yang used pure power to perform "absolute defense".

"An Yan." Su Ziling called him.

After waiting for a long time, An Yan did not respond. Su Ziling turned to look at him, only to see An Yan walking forward solemnly. "How did you know that move just now?"

"Which one?" Zhang Yang asked knowingly.

"Even if the ability does not evolve into pure ability, it can be derived into the most primitive state as a defense. I just asked you, how did you know?" An Yan seemed to be particularly patient.

"Don't you understand? Do you have to let me tell you in person? The last time you saw me, you wanted to kill me, but you looked better than you do now."

Zhang Yang was still provoking An Yan, but Su Ziling had already understood that what made the flames that had touched his body disappear strangely was not pure ability, nor was it "absolute defense". It was just within the scope of his ability. Su Ziling had never heard of such a move before. He stared closely at An Yan who was standing in front of him.

"Since you won't give up until I hear it, I'll tell you. Your uncle, An Ran, told me that move himself. He couldn't wait to share everything with me. An Yan, he is really a genius. You are far behind him."

"Yes, you are right. I think this is the only thing we have in common. But Zhang Yang, this will be the last time I hear his name from your mouth. Su Ziling, is it about time?"

When Su Ziling was called, he immediately glanced at the watch on his wrist. If we count from the time when he separated from the main group, then it was just now that he had reached the agreed half an hour. So, Su Ziling nodded.

"Su Ziling, step aside."

Su Ziling obediently withdrew and walked out the door. From the beginning, he knew that this was a matter between the two of them. All he could do was to buy this half an hour, and all he had to do was to ensure that An Yan would not be disturbed by a fourth person other than them in the next battle.

The moment An Yan opened his hands, icicles rose from the ground. They grew in the courtyard, the house, and the woods outside the house, and they pierced straight into the dark air above their heads. Surrounding the house, within a radius of a hundred meters, the woods, the air, and the ground were shaking.

At the upper entrance of the prison, Yin felt the power vibrating from the deep earth.

He took a deep breath and pressed down the stone protruding from the rock wall.

The final battle is about to begin.