However, the middle-aged man made the same mistake as the two young men before him. They habitually underestimated the power of close combat.
Although in theory close combat can indeed reach the attack power of ordinary talismans, there are not many people who can actually do this.
Therefore, the middle-aged man and the two young men before him thought that even if their defense could not completely block Ye Li, it could at least ensure their own safety for the time being.
Especially the middle-aged man, who thought he was one major realm higher than Ye Li, and underestimated Ye Li's attack. He thought that even with low-level talismans, he could still defend against Ye Li's attack.
However, his idea was too naive. With the dual blessing of the Fire Casting State and the Sun-Swallowing Incarnation Power, Ye Li's physical strength had also reached the late stage of the Deification Period.
His dual strength of the late stage of descent to the spirit, plus the full power of the Sun-Swallowing Avatar that was highly concentrated in his hands, exploded with such power that in an instant it was close to the gestational stage.
When Ye Li's heavy punch hit the middle-aged man's relatively fragile defense, the blazing white flames exploded instantly and smashed a hole in the middle-aged man's defensive talisman.
The middle-aged man was caught off guard and never expected that Ye Li could break his defense with just one strike.
There was no time to draw any talismans for defense. Ye Li's second punch had already penetrated through the hole in the defense and smashed hard into the middle-aged man's body.
At this time, in the nearby jungle, five figures quickly ran over from a distance. When the leader saw the middle-aged man in desperate situation, he exclaimed: "Qi Huan!"
Before he could finish his words, Ye Li's heavy fist, which contained all his strength, had already hit the middle-aged man's chest hard.
The powerful impact of the explosion, with the intense heat of the blazing white flame, instantly acted on the middle-aged man's body.
Even though the middle-aged man had reached the early stage of the fertile period and his membrane had reversed its innate properties, making his defense much stronger than before, he was still unable to withstand Ye Li's powerful attack. A big hole was blown in his chest by the punch.
The blazing white flame flowed into his body through the hole in his chest.
The middle-aged man's scream came to an abrupt end as flames burst out from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, instantly burning his flesh and internal organs to ashes.
“Damn it!”
The five people in the jungle's faces suddenly changed drastically when they saw Ye Li kill the middle-aged man with one punch.
"He killed Qi Huan, so where is the young master!?"
One of them couldn't help but ask a question loudly.
The other four were all stunned when they heard this, and then their expressions suddenly became filled with fear.
"The young master may have died at his hands. We must catch him and kill him. Otherwise, we won't be able to explain to the master when we return this time!"
The leader spoke loudly while releasing a golden talisman to attack Ye Li.
As soon as he made a move, he was also at the early stage of the gestational period, and his strength was much higher than Ye Li's.
The four people behind him also reacted immediately and attacked Ye Li together.
It turns out that all four of them were at the early gestational stage of strength. When the five of them worked together, their attack power was astonishing.
When Ye Li killed the middle-aged man with one blow, he had already noticed five people rushing out of the jungle next to him. When he saw that the five people were all at the gestational stage, the expression on his face changed suddenly.
Without any hesitation, facing the attack of five people, Ye Li twisted his body, exerted all his strength, jumped sideways and rolled to the side, barely avoiding the sudden attack of five people.
However, the attacks of the five people landed on the ground next to him, causing a violent explosion. The energy rushed to the defenseless Ye Li, blowing him away. A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth and nose, and he was seriously injured.
"Catch him, we must kill him to avenge the young master!"
One of the five men saw a few pieces of burnt cloth on the ground and immediately recognized that they were the handsome young man's clothes. The expression on his face became extremely ferocious.
Ye Li, who was blown away, rolled on the ground. He did not dare to stop. He used up his last bit of strength to turn over and rushed into the woods next to him.
He just dodged and rolled into the woods, and the place where he fell was hit by several talismans, causing mud and rocks to fly everywhere.
"Chase him, don't let him get away!"
The leader roared with his eyes wide open.
The five masters in the early stage of the gestational period immediately chased in the direction of Ye Li's escape, attacking him continuously while chasing.
After all, the five of them are at a higher level than Ye Li. Although their speed may not be faster than Ye Li, it will not be much slower than him.
Under constant attack, Ye Li couldn't run at full speed. He could only endure the injury and circulate his spiritual energy to cast the strongest defensive spell, the Black Rock Flame Talisman, to resist the bombardment of the spells that kept passing by. Without the protection of the defensive spell, these spells that passed by, even if the residual force affected him, could make his injuries worse.
At the critical moment of life and death, Ye Li once again added a pair of Vermillion Bird Wings to his hand. With the flaming wings that continuously spewed out balls of fire to accelerate, Ye Li's speed increased even more.
The five people saw that Ye Li was about to escape from their pursuit range, and one of them immediately cast a wind-moving spell on himself.
"I'll chase him first, and you guys follow closely behind. Don't let him get away!"
After all, the speeds of the five people were different. The one who possessed the Wind-Running Talisman Root was obviously faster than the others, and he was the first to chase after them.
Ye Li could hear the noise behind him and knew that the five people had not given up the pursuit. One of them was even faster than him. At this critical moment, he could only suppress his injuries and run wildly forward.
Fortunately, although the fastest person on the other side was slightly faster than him and the distance between them was gradually narrowing, the opponent's speed was not much higher than his.
Between the chase and the escape, they are unable to get close for the time being.
The person behind him could only keep attacking Ye Li with talismans, trying to interfere with his movement.
However, the Vermillion Bird Wings behind Ye Li were very good at dealing with such situations. At the critical moment, they could always suddenly accelerate Ye Li forward or allow him to move sideways for a distance.
This sudden acceleration or change of direction always allowed him to avoid the attack of the talisman at the last moment and continue to run forward at the fastest speed.
However, Ye Li's expression did not show any sign of relaxation, and in fact became more solemn.
How long can he keep running like this? The person behind him is faster than him and will catch up with him sooner or later.
Once the opponent gets close to him and attacks, no matter how fast he disguises himself, he will eventually be unable to dodge.