Over a hundred “Ants” rose like meteors from the ground, lunging toward Heavenly Ox in midair.

After all, they didn’t have precise coordinates and were merely leaping high with outstretched hands as if trying their luck, but the scene still gave Heavenly Ox quite a fright.

She shifted her form, carrying the massive “Door” while dodging everywhere in midair.

Precisely because the “Ants'” killing lunges had absolutely no pattern, Heavenly Ox couldn’t predict their movement paths. After several evasions, she was suddenly touched on the arm by an “Ant.”

That “Ant” didn’t have time to grab her, only extending sharp, long fingernails to leave a wound on her body.

Then the “Ants” fell to the ground one after another, scattering like insects yet also resembling a chessboard being reset.

They maintained a certain distance from each other, none touching one another.

Heavenly Ox covered her arm and fled in panic to the side, but everyone gave her no time to react—the offensive came wave after wave.

The numerous “Ants” leaped up like a true swarm of insects, then swept past like ocean waves.

Whether Heavenly Ox was on the ground or in the air, a large group of “Ants” would come lunging at her.

Although she hadn’t figured out exactly how this army operated, no matter how she thought about it, it had to do with those strange stones. Whenever stones of varying sizes fell to the ground, a large number of “Ants” would leap up nearby. But the stones didn’t fall in her direction at all—how were the “Ants” distinguishing positions?

Even someone as powerful as Heavenly Ox, a “Celestial Level,” had problems with her “Conviction” under these circumstances. Her first reaction was that her “Concealment” had disappeared.

Fortunately, she had been struggling through this place for decades and naturally knew what it meant to doubt her own “Immortal Art.” She could only interrupt her own train of thought multiple times and continue hiding her form.

Coming back to her senses, she stared at Old Sun, knowing that the primary objective now was to kill that person who could summon stones.

As long as no new stones appeared in the field, theoretically the “Ants'” offensive would be affected. This seemed to be a method of communication between them.

Heavenly Ox felt this was one of her few opportunities. Although she didn’t know how she would ultimately win this battle, killing that man first couldn’t be wrong.

By the time Heavenly Ox came to a position three steps behind Old Sun, he and the others were still looking blankly at the sky, seemingly searching for Heavenly Ox’s whereabouts.

Just as Heavenly Ox extended her hand from behind, preparing to snap Old Sun’s neck, she suddenly felt someone place a hand on her shoulder.

“…?!”

Heavenly Ox’s entire body trembled. She immediately looked back and discovered that standing behind her was a Black Sheep with a sinister expression.

“Did you forget… that your ultimate opponent is me?”

After these words, Old Sun and the others quickly turned and retreated, as if they had anticipated all this long ago.

Black Sheep also stepped forward at this moment, then swung his fist and viciously struck Heavenly Ox’s throat from the side, sending her flying.

A tremendous sound rang out. Flying through the air, Heavenly Ox’s “Conviction” completely collapsed. As “Concealment,” she had not only been seen by someone, but had even been solidly punched away. No matter how firm one’s “Conviction” was, one couldn’t help but doubt oneself.

Her form was instantly revealed. She rolled on the ground for a long time before slowly stopping. The heavy blow received at her neck made her unable to breathe for a moment.

Only now did everyone truly see Heavenly Ox’s appearance. She was a woman with a lean and muscular build. Although her muscle mass couldn’t compare to Xiao Xiao’s, she was still much stronger than ordinary people.

The “Door” in Heavenly Ox’s hand also fell beside her at this moment. Everyone looked at that “Door”—because it needed to allow over a thousand “Ants” to pass in and out simultaneously, this “Door’s” size was considerably larger than ordinary doors. It was entirely made of scrap iron and weighed quite a bit.

Seeing the “Door” also materialize, Auntie Tong looked back and exchanged glances with Old Deng and the others, then took a circuitous route from one side toward that “Door.”

Heavenly Ox climbed up with some difficulty and looked toward Black Sheep’s direction. Only then did she discover that the position where Black Sheep was standing had layers of ripples, as if standing on a water surface.

But how could a perfectly fine ground suddenly turn into water?

Was this how she had exposed her whereabouts? They seemed to have prepared this ground long ago, just waiting for her to take the bait.

Black Sheep took a step forward, stirring up ripples beneath his feet again. But these ripples were exceptionally quiet, not like ordinary water, but rather as if the ground had been “liquefied.”

“So you’re finally willing to show yourself.” Black Sheep clenched his fist and walked forward. “Is it fun killing people from the shadows?”

Just as Heavenly Ox opened her mouth to speak, she suddenly saw a large number of stone spikes appear above her head. She tried to move her feet to dodge, only to discover that her hands and feet couldn’t move at all.

“Damn…”

The stone spikes fell suddenly, creating countless wounds on Heavenly Ox’s body. But “Celestial Level” beings had formidable physical qualities after all—no fatal injuries were visible.

Immediately after, all kinds of bizarre “Echoes” began to concentrate fire on her. She even felt something grab hold of her heart.

Black Sheep also flew forward at this moment, launching a sacrificial attack and punching toward Heavenly Ox’s chest position again.

Heavenly Ox knew Black Sheep’s methods—he had always been attacking her vital points. If she took this punch, she would probably die here.

Thinking this, she widened her eyes, opened her mouth, and suddenly let out a sharp scream.

“Ahhh—!”

The tremendous sound exploded abruptly in the plaza. Yan Zhichun and Old Sun felt their eardrums in severe pain at this moment. The many “Echoes” pressing down on Heavenly Ox disappeared by more than half. With no time to dodge Black Sheep’s attack, she hurriedly threw a punch to meet it.

Black Sheep also had no way to dodge at this moment. The two used all their strength to strike each other’s chests, then flew away in opposite directions. A large amount of blood sprayed into the sky, but everyone couldn’t distinguish whose body the blood was from.

“Cough…” After landing, Black Sheep spewed out another large mouthful of blood. But after rolling on the ground for a few seconds, Heavenly Ox disappeared again.

Su Shan widened her eyes again, constantly wiping the blood from her face. She felt herself gradually losing normal vision—she could only see the glowing outlines of everyone.

Yan Zhichun took the opportunity to walk forward to check on Black Sheep’s condition, her expression extremely worried. Black Sheep’s body was covered with countless wounds, many bones broken. Whoever suffered such attacks should not have survived.

“Black Sheep…” Yan Zhichun reached out to press down on the bleeding wound on Black Sheep’s head. “Rest for a bit first… Our tactics are about to succeed.”

“Help me up…” Black Sheep said through gritted teeth. “I’m in a hurry… I still have a tiger to kill. I can’t die yet.”