Because his divine sense caught that amidst the ruins near Zhang Kunlun, there was still a hidden presence!

Chu Xiu hurriedly focused to investigate, and under the scan of his powerful divine sense, more presences emerged!

Just as Chu Xiu was about to speak to warn someone, a figure with pink hair had already rushed forward impatiently!

Chen Yuan shouted loudly, drawing her samurai sword, which in an instant transformed into several dazzling sword auras stretching for hundreds of meters, all slashing towards Zhang Kunlun!

"Not good!"

Almost at the moment when Chu Xiu realized something was wrong, a whisper echoed in the scene: "I see the traitor soldier."

As those words fell, an unbelievable scene appeared. The sword light that Chen Yuan cleaved seemed to collide with some indestructible object and scattered around in all directions!

But it wasn’t over yet. The scattered sword qi bizarrely folded in mid-air and attacked Chen Yuan in reverse!

"?!"

The girl, eager to prove herself, didn’t hold back when she made that first slash! Seeing the sword aura about to backlash at her, a cold snort resonated in the air, and the surging demonic qi rolled out like waves, directly crashing into the reflected sword light!

Like the hardest contradictions clashing in the world, the tremendous energy wave exploded in mid-air like a tactical nuclear bomb! From a distance, it looked like a small sun rising above the district!

"Boom!!!"

The power of the shockwave uprooted the trees in the district, with visible airwaves even reaching streets several kilometers away!

When the light and heat dissipated, only a demon energy shield full of holes was left at the original spot, along with Chu Xiu standing before Chen Yuan, covered in blood marks.

"Qin, Qin..."

Chen Yuan was utterly stunned, stammering, unable to say anything appropriate. Before she could think of a suitable address, Chu Xiu raised his hand to stop her.

"No need for gratitude; I blocked that strike for you just because the sword aura couldn’t harm me, and there will be a need for you next."

As Chu Xiu’s words fell, his injuries began to heal rapidly.

However, in reality, he wasn’t as calm as he appeared. The fact was, even though the reflected sword light had been partially weakened, it still managed to shatter his demon energy barrier and injure someone with a constitution as high as thirty-five thousand and fused with four pieces of legendary equipment.

Although that demon energy barrier was hastily gathered and he hadn’t used his divine-demonic power, the light injuries were enough to shock him.

No wonder this girl dared to say she would spare his life the first time they met; it seemed she had indeed held back during their previous battle.

Also, no wonder the government would pull this seemingly dim-witted girl into their core plan; her combat strength was indeed stronger than the usual heroic spirit, especially in terms of attack power.

And to be able to reflect such strong attack power...

Chu Xiu’s serious gaze instantly locked onto a woman in the ruins not far away, who was now being protected in the center by two King Tiers, covered in eerie green patterns and with only whites in her eyes, with two frightening streams of blood tears flowing down her cheeks.

It was Su Jinyu!

As Chu Xiu locked onto her position, Su Jinyu’s vacant eyes also turned to look at him.

"I heard the heartbeat of fear," she said.

As the words fell, a look of pain appeared on Su Jinyu’s face, with two streams of bright red blood flowing out from her ears, while Chu Xiu felt his heart being tightly gripped by a giant hand!

He turned pale and actually fell from the air!

"Qin Yu!"

Chen Yuan urgently called out, hurrying to support him, but at that moment, a red light swiftly came at her. She hurriedly raised her sword to block, but the red light knocked her backward, almost causing the long sword in her hand to fly out!

The red light was a blood-colored throwing knife, and its wielder emerged from the other side of the ruins—it was Zhao Hong!

Clearly, Zhang Kunlun had long been in collusion with Extreme Dao, and this was another premeditated ambush!

Being an ambush, the opponent had naturally prepared well. As Chu Xiu fell, two figures charged at him from left and right—it was Zhang Kunlun and another heroic spirit!

Seeing Chu Xiu about to be killed by their combined attack, his eyes suddenly surged with intense golden light!

In the distance, Su Jinyu was first stunned, then showed an expression of disbelief: "Is it really you?"

The next moment, she screamed miserably, blood streaming from all her orifices as she fell to the ground!

And Chu Xiu’s shackles were instantly undone, with divine-demonic power surging wildly within him, his fists swung!

Chu Xiu actually used his fists to battle the blades of two heroic spirits!

However, the next moment, with a resounding boom, the two were unexpectedly sent flying backward by an immense force, their weapons even showing cracks!

Naturally, Chu Xiu wasn’t well off either, his fists a bloody mess, with deep cuts etched on his knuckles, and even the two pieces of legendary equipment fused in his hands were cracked!

Yet even so, it was enough to astonish and bewilder the two heroic spirits.

"Retreat!"

The two exchanged glances and decisively retreated at high speed, with Zhao Hong also grabbing the fainting Su Jinyu and fleeing into the distance!

At this moment, Ella finally arrived belatedly.

"Qin Yu!"

Chen Yuan also climbed out of the ruins, rushing towards Chu Xiu, but before she could speak, Chu Xiu swiftly transmitted, "I’m fine, hurry up and chase them!"

Chen Yuan cast a worried glance at him. After a slight hesitation, she launched herself, chasing after Extreme Dao, with Ella’s figure flickering behind her.

As for Chu Xiu himself, he wasn’t idle either, vibrating Garuda’s Wings once more. However, due to consecutive battles, his divine-demonic power was almost exhausted, making him slower than the other two.

But that was enough. The whole city had heroic spirits garrisoned; the battle occurring here would be instantly relayed by the Green Lady to nearby heroic spirits, making Extreme Dao’s lot like turtles in a jar.

But it wasn’t long before Chu Xiu’s face turned grim again because Extreme Dao had clearly prepared an evacuation plan!

They charged decisively towards a large mall a kilometer away, burst through the outer wall, and rushed inside.

At the same moment, a bizarre array lit up at the mall center, forming a barrier that blocked detection, followed by over a hundred Horned Demons rushing out from within!

These Horned Demons were all General Tier, yet it was unknown how they stealthily infiltrated the city, hiding with the array’s power!

Although only General Tier, they were evidently meant as nuisance cannon fodder, sacrificing their lives without hesitation under the Outer Realm Demon’s order!

With roars, the horns on their heads lit up with blazing light, devouring their flesh and blood, temporarily erupting with formidable power, forming a giant net to block the three!

Meanwhile, the transformed Horned Demon Zhang Kunlun suddenly stopped, showing a pained expression, yet in the next moment, he abandoned following the others and blocked the gap!

Evidently, after transforming into a Horned Demon, his life was no longer his own to command.

This inadvertently reminded Chu Xiu of his parents, jolting his heart, but he quickly dismissed these distractions, lowly shouting, "You pursue them; I’ll deal with these Horned Demons!"

If they let those guys escape now, it would be like suffering the loss for nothing!

Speaking, Chu Xiu mobilized his last divine-demonic power, transforming it into countless long spears that shattered the giant net formed by the Horned Demons!

Without hesitation, he charged towards Zhang Kunlun!

With an explosive sound, they clashed, with Chen Yuan and Ella continuing inside the mall without pause.

Chu Xiu, now without divine-demonic power, had considerably reduced strength. Meanwhile, Zhang Kunlun gained traits from being a Horned Demon, with hundreds of Horned Demons burning their lives to assist, making them evenly matched, their fierce collisions continuously demolished the mall.

However, Chu Xiu finally held a slight advantage with his powerful constitution; thirty-five thousand constitution made other Horned Demons’ life-burning attacks feel like mere tickles.

Seconds later, once the Extreme Dao crew likely escaped, Zhang Kunlun’s forced control was also released. He spun around and fled in a different direction.

Chu Xiu wasn’t in a hurry to chase him but instead unleashed a surge of demon energy, instantly killing the surrounding hundred Horned Demons!

[Life slain, experience +3]

[Life slain, experience +4]

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[Level up! Current Level King Tier Level 4!]