After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Huo Yu saw that after Long Yucheng heard his divine sense transmission, the black light of his escape paused in mid-air, but then tried to follow the yellow-clad woman in the silver light.

With a sigh in his heart, Huo Yu moved and appeared behind Long Yucheng in the next second.

Although Long Yucheng sensed an unusual aura suddenly appearing behind him, he did not react in any way. His entire mind seemed to be drawn to the silver light that was about to disappear into the horizon, and nothing else mattered to him.

It wasn't until Huo Yu made a move, firmly restraining his left arm and fixing him in place, that Long Yucheng turned his attention to Huo Yu.

The black mist surrounding Long Yucheng seemed to come alive instantly, sweeping towards Huo Yu like a tide, but was blocked by Huo Yu's fire-attribute spiritual power, unable to advance any further.

At the same time, Huo Yu flashed forward, using one hand to firmly press down on Long Yucheng's arms from behind like an iron clamp, while his right hand nimbly went around Long Yucheng's left rib, through his neck, and accurately grabbed his jaw.

This action not only forced Long Yucheng to turn his head and face Huo Yu directly, but also forced him to open his mouth due to the clamping of Huo Yu's two fingers. The moment his tongue was exposed, a red light flashed across his tongue.

Strangely, Long Yucheng remained expressionless, his dark eyes like black holes that devoured all light, showing no trace of human emotion.

Even with his upper body firmly controlled, he continued to struggle, and the black mist around him churned even more violently, as if he were trying his best to break through Huo Yu's protective spiritual power.

Resistance was futile, and the black mist, which seemed to be churning like boiling water, was gradually melted away by Huo Yu's fire-attribute spiritual power.

Long Yucheng continued to struggle fiercely, as if he felt no pain.

Huo Yu had no doubt that if Long Yucheng hadn't been held tightly in Huo Yu's arms and unable to move, he would have broken his arms without hesitation to break free of the restraints.

When Huo Yu saw the red rune flash across Long Yucheng's tongue as he struggled, he understood everything and his gaze instantly turned cold.

Someone moved his pieces.

Huo Yu concentrated his spiritual power at the tip of his tongue, supplemented by the Divine Thrust formed from his divine sense, and spoke each word slowly and deliberately, his icy voice seemingly able to pierce the soul:

"Don't wake up yet!"

Upon hearing this, Long Yucheng's fierce struggle instantly froze. His lifeless eyes, which had been like those of a dead man, flickered slightly after a moment of silence, and the familiar light returned to them once more.

"...Senior Brother Huo?"

The moment Long Yucheng woke up, Huo Yu clearly saw in his divine sense that the Heavenly Dao Prism above his head had darkened even more.

Before he could ponder the cause and effect, Huo Yu maintained his current posture, letting the two land on the flat ground below, before releasing his grip on Long Yucheng.

Long Yucheng steadied himself and reflexively rubbed his arms. As the inhuman look in his eyes quickly faded, a hint of surprise finally appeared on his wooden face, and he seemed to come "alive" all of a sudden.

It's like someone who's sleepwalking being suddenly woken up.

The black mist, which Huo Yu had previously absorbed with his spiritual power, instantly surged and contracted inward, eventually merging completely into Long Yucheng's body without leaving a trace, as if it had never been there at all.

Huo Yu's gaze swept over Long Yucheng's elongated shadow. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the shadow seemed to distort for a moment in Huo Yu's eyes before quickly returning to normal.

Long Yucheng was completely unaware of this. He looked around, then at Huo Yu, and asked with some confusion:

"Senior Brother Huo, what are you doing here?"

Before Huo Yu could respond, another black streak of light rushed over; it was the mixed-blood dragon that Huo Yu had previously left behind.

Long Yucheng was also attracted by the commotion. He turned his head and saw another Huo Yu standing in front of him, which startled him so much that he almost jumped up.

He hurriedly turned around and saw that his senior brother was still standing in the same spot; when he turned around again, his second senior brother was indeed standing in front of him, giving him a wicked smile and sticking out his tongue.

Long Yucheng was quite frightened by this horrifying scene, but he quickly recalled something from the action and blurted out:

"You are that eel!"

Although the hybrid dragon knew nothing about the term "eel"—his ancestors had probably never seen such a creature either, and therefore no related memory remained in his bloodline—he instinctively realized it was no pleasant comment. After a moment of confusion, he angrily retorted:

"You're the eel! I'm a dragon!"

It took Long Yucheng a while to adjust to the many vivid expressions appearing on his senior brother's face before he heard the other's reply. He curled his lip in disdain and retorted:

"What dragon? With your size, calling you an eel is an understatement. I'd say you're more like a worm. And can you stop using my senior brother's face to talk, you imposter?"

Of course, the insect-hybrid Gulong had seen it before, and at this moment it was so angry that it was about to explode.

But it was still a newly formed being, and hadn't even uttered five hundred words in total. Naturally, it was no match for Long Yucheng in a verbal battle, and could only threaten him in a fit of rage:

"You! You! You mere Qi Refining stage human, I'll show you just how big my true form really is!"

He then revealed his dragon form to teach Long Yucheng how to behave.

The next second, both the man and the dragon were pressed back down by Huo Yu.

With just a glance from Huo Yu, the hybrid valley dragon, which had just taken on a dragon form, immediately shrank back to the shape of a small snake, flew back into Huo Yu's sleeve, and coiled around his wrist.

Long Yucheng couldn't resist adding insult to injury with schadenfreude, infuriating it to no end:

"Look at yourself! Is calling you an insect an insult?"

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Yu glanced at him, and Long Yucheng obediently shut his mouth.

After a while, he remembered the important matter before the mixed-race dragon came out to interrupt, and asked in confusion:

"Senior brother, what are you doing here?"

"Find someone."

Huo Yu's answer was concise and clear.

Upon hearing this, Long Yucheng nodded, then turned his gaze to the towering city wall standing not far away, and asked with some confusion:

"Why did you stop me just now, senior brother?"

Seeing that he knew everything that had happened during the chase of the woman in yellow, Huo Yu understood:

"This city contains the power of laws of Mahayana cultivators. Those below the Mahayana stage are no different from ordinary people when they enter this city."

Upon hearing this, Long Yucheng's eyes widened, and he felt a lingering fear in his heart.

If he had rashly pursued them, and had stepped into the city wall area, wouldn't he have instantly lost his spiritual power and fallen from a height of tens of meters, with unimaginable consequences?

"Then, that woman from earlier..."

Long Yucheng's words carried a hint of hesitation.

Huo Yu knew what he was thinking and explained:

"She is a Zoroastrian."