The super-warriors of the various nations on the Mafa Continent, wielding astonishing martial arts prowess and donning specialized Heavenly Demon Armor, were capable of unleashing terrifying power far beyond human limits.
They constituted the most formidable single-unit combat force on the battlefields shared between kingdoms.
Heavenly Demon Warriors were divided into two types: those exclusive to the Royalty, and those belonging solely to the Church.
Under normal circumstances, the Royal Heavenly Demon Warriors were composed of royal lineage members, while the Church selected exceptional warriors from the populace, subjected them to rigorous trials, and appointed those who passed to the role.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Like guided missiles in pursuit, two Blazing Fire Flying Wheels hurtled toward Jiuyao Chongyang, who had leaped into the air! The sheer terror of the magical energy combined with their astonishing velocity rendered the rapidly moving wheels a bizarre, distorted blur, making their unpredictable trajectory impossible to track.
Yet, no one doubted that if struck by those two Blazing Fire Flying Wheels, Jiuyao Chongyang would be utterly pulverized.
Zhurong Mingyang had been waiting for this very moment; there was simply no room for error!
“Ah! Your Majesty, watch out!” The sudden impact jolted Jiuyao Zhuyue; she gasped in alarm. The speed of the two Blazing Fire Flying Wheels was utterly breathtaking; even Jiuyao Zhuyue, poised for immediate support, could not intercept them in time!
Undoubtedly, this was a perfectly orchestrated kill-trap: four Heavenly Demon Warriors would force a weakness from Jiuyao Chongyang, allowing Man Cang Qinfeng to strike in that opening, grievously wounding him, after which Zhurong Mingyang would deliver the final, fatal blow!
Roar! Thrown airborne by the electrical blast, Jiuyao Chongyang glared fixedly at the rapidly approaching Blazing Fire Flying Wheels. He bellowed, forcing down the intense paralysis and emptiness surging through his body, forcefully channeling his battle aura to sweep out a crescent wave, intercepting the two swiftly closing wheels! No matter what, he could not die!
Man Cang Qinfeng’s earlier strike, though an electric bolt, had pierced Jiuyao Chongyang’s spiritual gate!
However, in an instant, relying on sheer instinct, Jiuyao Chongyang violently shifted his body aside. It was a minute deviation, a hair's breadth, but it kept the blow clear of his vital heart center.
If Jiuyao Chongyang hadn't reacted with such supernatural speed, that lightning bolt would certainly have pierced his heart.
But now, though the vital organ was spared, the terrifying electrical magical energy had left the Demon Luo Yinfeng severely wounded! This crescent wave was the absolute last burst of battle aura Jiuyao Chongyang could muster!
Without question, the Thunderflame Legion’s kill-trap had succeeded! It was a pity the lightning bolt missed piercing Jiuyao Chongyang’s heart by the narrowest margin.
Everything unfolded in a matter of seconds, each action interlocking with the next, seamless and without pause—perfectly executed!
Spirit Priestess, the rest is up to you!
At almost the same instant, capitalizing on the fleeting moment Jiuyao Zhuyue’s attention wavered, Demon Luo Yinfeng moved!
His imposing figure flashed with a bizarre white light, ghost-like, appearing abruptly before Jiuyao Zhuyue. The icy edge of his sword instantly hovered inches from her chest!
“Die!” Demon Luo Yinfeng’s grim face broke into a cruel smile! He had been waiting for this moment since the very beginning; everything unfolded precisely as calculated and rehearsed.
Jiuyao Chongyang’s severe injury had indeed thrown the Spirit Priestess off balance! And that was the opening!
In a contest between masters, even the slightest crack in defense could prove fatal! Jiuyao Zhuyue, whose aura had been calm and steady, registered only a minuscule tremor the instant Jiuyao Chongyang was struck.
But that fleeting flaw was instantly seized upon by the poised Demon Luo Yinfeng!
As Jiuyao Zhuyue turned in horror, the cold sword point was less than two fingers' breadth from her chest!
A fierce killing intent pierced straight to her core; at this moment, Jiuyao Zhuyue was utterly unable to evade!
Roar! Jiuyao Chongyang, knocked flying across the mid-air, roared desperately, hacking out a final crescent wave toward the whistling Blazing Fire Flying Wheels.
Almost simultaneously, another earth-shattering tiger’s roar erupted!
The ground suddenly exploded! Amidst the spray of shattered rock, a massive white light shot out of nowhere, and within that sphere of white light, a golden rainbow streaked forth! Several beams of light flashed and shot away in an instant! Savage killing intent, erupting like a volcano, violently impacted every person present!
“Ah!” Man Cang Qinfeng, who had been moments from landing his killing blow, felt as if struck by a massive hammer in the chest! He was involuntarily sent flying! Moving impossibly fast, feeling as though his body was being shaken apart and on the verge of exploding, Man Cang Qinfeng glimpsed, through a haze, a golden light piercing through his right breast!
And another colossal white light materialized behind Demon Luo Yinfeng!
No one could accurately describe the speed involved! A massive steel claw swept out, seeming to tear faint rifts in space itself, and the claw was directed squarely at Demon Luo Yinfeng!
The Sacred Beast White Tiger! It was Jiuyao Zhuyue’s Sacred Beast White Tiger! And another Heavenly Demon Warrior! At that instant, Man Cang Qinfeng recalled a long-forgotten name—Jiuyao Zhutian!
The last Heavenly Demon Warrior of the Demon Dragon Empire. For years, the Demon Dragon Imperial Heavenly Demons, led by Jiuyao Tianmo, had dominated the battlefields, allowing the final warrior, who silently guarded the Heavenly Demon Sanctuary, to fade from general memory.
Fell into a trap! Man Cang Qinfeng instantly realized this was also a meticulously laid kill-trap!
Clearly, Jiuyao Chongyang had intentionally exposed a weakness to lure him into striking! This forced the Thunderflame Legion to reveal their strongest ace, the Dragonfang Sniper, prematurely.
The moment the Thunderflame Legion believed they had succeeded, victory seemed within grasp! But often, the closer one gets to the final triumph, the easier it is to let down one’s guard—a mistake the Thunderflame Legion had undoubtedly made!
Boom! The sudden, massive upheaval was unpredictable! However, the instant the light sphere burst open, every member of the Thunderflame Legion knew things had gone terribly wrong!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Three blazing attacks flashed through the air, flying towards Zhurong Mingyang and Gonggong Zhenqin inside the Myriad Flow Three Absolute Formation, and Chi Yue Qinshuang!
So fast! Gonggong Zhenqin and Zhurong Mingyang could only instinctively raise their magic shields while simultaneously fighting desperately to retreat! And Chi Yue Qinshuang’s Sacred Beast White Tiger threw itself recklessly in front of Chi Yue Qinshuang!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Within the Myriad Flow Three Absolute Formation, two figures, along with the massive white form of the Tiger, scattered like shrapnel from an explosion!
Who could have imagined! The seemingly solid ground concealed such terrifying assassins! And to be cornered by Heavenly Demon Warriors was fatal for them, being primarily mages and Daoists!
At this moment, their only thought was retreat—a desperate, all-out withdrawal!
Boom! Boom!
Even so! Gonggong Zhenqin and Zhurong Mingyang were directly hit by the sudden blazing sword-qi! Their retreating forms left behind two scarlet afterimages in mid-air!
And Chi Yue Qinshuang’s Sacred Beast White Tiger shrieked in agony from the impact! But in doing so, it intercepted the sword-qi attack aimed at Chi Yue Qinshuang! Even so, Chi Yue Qinshuang was violently shaken by the dreadful battle-aura explosion, spitting blood and sustaining heavy injuries.
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On the other side!
Whoosh! A white light flashed! Demon Luo Yinfeng’s intent-driven sword, aiming for a certain kill, was about to stab Jiuyao Zhuyue! Yet, she seemed utterly unfazed by this lethal strike.
Her previously horrified eyes suddenly flashed with a cold killing intent, mixed with an indescribable mockery and pity—a look that struck Demon Luo Yinfeng as if hit by lightning!
He was tricked!
Roar! Savage killing intent swept over him, accompanied by a deep, roaring whistle. Demon Luo Yinfeng felt an astonishing force rapidly approaching! This presence alone felt capable of tearing him to shreds.
“Ah!” It was the Sacred Beast White Tiger! Such terrifying killing intent, such a dense energy fluctuation, could never be emitted by a mere human!
Without hesitation! Demon Luo Yinfeng, mid-strike, suddenly shifted sideways, executing an L-shaped arc step, instantly changing his startling direct approach!
Whoosh!
At almost the exact same moment! The Sacred Beast White Tiger’s massive steel claw swiped past him. It missed narrowly, but the powerful suction created by the claw’s sweep scraped painfully across Demon Luo Yinfeng’s entire body!
A hawk landing after taking flight! All these changes happened simultaneously within that brief instant!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four figures, plus Chi Yue Qinshuang’s Sacred Beast White Tiger, all tumbled to the ground at nearly the same moment!
Thud! A dull impact.
In mid-air, Jiuyao Chongyang, whose crescent wave had dispersed the two Blazing Fire Flying Wheels, was also unavoidably smashed onto the ground!
In the span of a single breath, Demon Luo Yinfeng and his four comrades had skirted death simultaneously; however, Man Cang Qinfeng, Zhurong Mingyang, and Gonggong Zhenqin were all gravely injured!
And on the other side, Jiuyao Chongyang was no better off. While that earlier electrical strike hadn't claimed his life, it had still wounded him significantly! And after expending the last of his strength for that crescent wave, he was utterly depleted!
Only now did everyone clearly see the suddenly intervening Jiuyao Zhutian! His golden Heavenly Demon Armor, his powerful physique, and his resolute face radiated peerless confidence and an air of sweeping dominion. His snow-white Frost-Congealing Greatsword flowed with a shimmering light, its dense energy fluctuation akin to the dark currents of a deep ocean, capable of raising a monstrous tidal wave at any moment.
This was the final Heavenly Demon Warrior of the Demon Dragon Royalty—the Sanctuary Heavenly Demon who silently guarded the Heavenly Demon Sanctuary—the mentor to all Demon Dragon Imperial Heavenly Demon Warriors—Jiuyao Zhutian!
The imposing, murderous Sacred Beast White Tiger of Jiuyao Zhuyue stood respectfully at his side, only enhancing Jiuyao Zhutian’s unparalleled, majestic aura.
“Your Majesty,” Jiuyao Zhutian, who had suddenly appeared, swiftly helped the fallen Jiuyao Chongyang to his feet!
“Hmph! Ha! Remarkable tactics!” Demon Luo Yinfeng struggled to calm the violent surging in his chest. “As expected of the Spirit Priestess, to lay such a devastating trap.” Zhurong Mingyan and Yin Nu Qu Lei also gasped in shock and quickly retreated to stand before Demon Luo Yinfeng and the others! They formed a defensive line!
“Those who scheme against others are themselves schemed against!” Jiuyao Zhuyue stated calmly. “Demon Luo Yinfeng, no matter how intricate your plots, in the end, it was all for naught.”
“All for naught?” Demon Luo Yinfeng scowled. “That remains to be seen. The Thunderflame Legion never engages in a losing venture.”
“Interesting,” Jiuyao Chongyang gasped faintly. “Are you suggesting you still possess trump cards?” Jiuyao Chongyang, struggling for breath, passed the Blade of the Overlord to Jiuyao Zhutian as he spoke. “The rest is up to you two siblings.”
“Rest assured, Your Majesty. Although we cannot unleash the full power of the Blade of the Overlord, it is more than sufficient to deal with these remnants,” Jiuyao Zhutian replied, taking the blade and stepping beside Jiuyao Zhuyue!
“If we lacked absolute certainty, the Thunderflame Legion would not have shown ourselves so readily,” Demon Luo Yinfeng declared.
“I would very much like to see what means you have left, now that three mages and the Chi Yue Daoist are heavily wounded,” Jiuyao Zhutian challenged.
“Haha,” Demon Luo Yinfeng chuckled. “Sometimes, fighting and killing is not the best way to resolve an issue. It seems we were too greedy.”
“You are surprisingly self-aware,” Jiuyao Chongyang remarked. At that moment, leaning on Jiuyao Zhutian’s Frost-Congealing Greatsword, Jiuyao Chongyang painfully managed to stand up!
“Perhaps so. A pity I couldn’t kill you instantly earlier,” Demon Luo Yinfeng unconsciously glanced toward the horizon. “Honestly, I wasn't entirely sure I could kill you, but now whether I kill you or not is no longer important.”
“......” Jiuyao Zhuyue looked utterly baffled, unable to fathom what Demon Luo Yinfeng was planning. Just then!
Whoosh! Whoosh! A dazzling pillar of light suddenly shot up from the horizon!
“Ah, it’s from the direction of the Heavenly Demon Sanctuary.” Jiuyao Zhutian’s expression changed drastically. “Damn it, the Princess and the Crown Prince.”
“Curse it, we fell for the trap,” Jiuyao Zhuyue cried out in alarm.
“Stay where you are!” Jiuyao Chongyang roared furiously, ignoring his severe injuries, and lunged toward Demon Luo Yinfeng!
“Hahahaha!” Demon Luo Yinfeng laughed wildly. “Gentlemen, until we meet again.” Several white lights flashed, and the figures of Demon Luo Yinfeng and his companions vanished into thin air!
“Ah! It’s a Random Teleport Scroll,” Jiuyao Zhutian realized.
“Hurry to the Heavenly Demon Sanctuary!” Jiuyao Zhuyue dashed rapidly toward the direction from which the light pillar had risen.