
Ann Rou turned pale and tried to look for Xie Ran, then she saw the figure of the girl jumping so far to the ground under the hill with an appearance that had ash from the explosion. He breathed to see that the girl was fine. Always scared the hell out of me.
But the relief did not last long as the demons began to target him until he had to get busy fighting again.
Ruins due to the explosion moved Bao Jun who came out of the pile of rocks and soil. His eyes were red and filled with a dense demonic aura. It let out its aura that made the Devils even more insane and brutally murderous.
Xie Ran looked at him with narrowed eyes. The enchantment magic was unleashed and his body disappeared from view like a shadow. He made illusions in the area that caused the demons to go crazy and commit suicide.
Bao Jun was about to stop him, but suddenly his entire gaze was dark and filled with gloom. Some phoenix feathers attacked him like bees attacking in the air. He realized he had entered the enchantment magic illusion.
His body filled with darkness casted out a shadow of a demonic snake that was so huge that it exceeded the size of the two dragons that were fighting in the air. The snake hissed and shattered the illusion by attacking Xie Ran who was hidden in the darkness. The sight of the snake was extremely sharp, moreover it was a demonic snake that was not affected by any enchantment or illusion.
The attack was precisely about Xie Ran. Xie Ran held him down with a sword while his entire illusion was shattered causing a backlash that sent him crashing so far away. The snake moved into the ground and appeared where Xie Ran was about to land. The power coming out of the snake's mouth contained poison and caused Xie Ran to have no chance of teleporting.
Xie Ran was thrown so far off the island. His body splashed to the bottom of the lake without a trace. It makes Ann Rou's attention distracted and will join the cast, but the snake is wrapped around it so hard that Ann Rou is completely paralyzed without being able to fight.
The two dragons were entangled in a gathering of demons. The chains filled with demonic and corrosive aura slashed their thick skin to the brim with blood and became paralyzed. The condition of the island becomes sad will the situation turn around.
While Pei Xi and his friends began to lack a lot of energy. Energy consumption using the combined force is so large and too risky. Moreover, the more and more demon attacks from the portal seemed to never run out. Every time Satan dies, it always becomes ashes and comes out of the portal. It never stopped until either party admitted defeat or death.
Bao Jun who saw it did not feel happy or anything like that. He went in the direction where Ann Rou was entangled by her snake then saw the lake so calm.
He felt something was wrong.
"Bao Jun, your life will end after this." Ann Rou was still trying to nenahan snake coils on her body. His ice-cold blue eyes stared at Bao Jun sharply.
"It wants to die but it's still fussy." Bao Jun sneered.
Ann Rou snorted and smiled bitterly. "If I had died, I would have done what I had to do."
"What can you do?"
Ann Rou's gaze grew more mysterious and her smile became so cold. "What do you think I can do?"
Bao Jun's face darkened instantly guessing what Ann Rou had done before. He knew the answer, so he had to complete the mission faster before the person came.
"Kill him!" Bao Jun ordered the snake.
The black snake wrapped around Ann Rou even harder until the woman felt her entire body crumble. Just as the snake coiled even harder, a blue light emanating from the lake struck the snake and was forced to release Ann Rou.
Ann Rou was lying with a body full of wounds, whereas Bao Jun was shocked and saw the lake water forming a huge vortex as if something big was about to emerge from the bottom of the lake.
Blue rays from the vortex of the lake surged into the sky accompanied by thunderous lightning strikes. A blue dragon emerged from within the lake amongst the rays and floated in the air creating such a torrential rainstorm.
Lightning struck the ground from a sword causing a wide, deadly crack. A fierce stream of thunderbolts emanating in the sky centered on a girl's sword above the blue dragon that floated in the air.
He split the air with his sword causing thunderbolts to strike and scatter dozens of demons like dispersing a group of ants. The dragon he rode let out waves so fiercely controlling the lake water like crashing sea water.
The lake water formed a vortex like such a huge hurricane. The vortex was directly referring to the portal in the sky that continued to transfer Devils. In an instant, the portal suffered a scorch causing the transfer of the Devil to be interrupted.
The girl above the Sea Dragon was Xie Ran. He had managed to conquer the underwater Sea Dragons before and made a mutual agreement that only he and the Sea Dragons themselves knew about. But even so, both of them who are both females still like to argue even in battle.
"Miss Ying, your attack is imprecise." Xie Ran commented.
"Then you attack." The sea dragon named Long Ying snorted in annoyance.
Xie Ran clucked bitterly. "You'd better target a fellow animal."
"You!"
While they were arguing, the snake that had just wrapped around Ann Rou immediately let out a deafening sound towards the sea dragon. Long Ying retaliated with a roar that caused a huge air wave so the wind blew fiercely flying the trees.
The two creatures fought hard. Xie Ran on Long Ying's back helped out and launched an attack on Bao Jun who was also attacking him.
The combination between Xie Ran's lightning and Long Ying's water was so strong that Bao Jun was defeated. Even the demon snake suffered a crushing defeat and exploded after receiving the water lunge along with the lightning swords in succession.
Bao Jun fell to the ground. His ular had disappeared and he had suffered a lot of losses. He immediately sent a demon to repair the portal and took out his last weapon. If he still lost, he would have to leave immediately before that person came.
Bao Jun and the demons stall for time until the portal improves. Bao Jun's strength was enhanced and set limits so that neither Xie Ran nor Long Ying could help the fight, only being able to fight in his own territory. While the opposing demons were the strongest as well as having a huge body like a giant, plus Bao Jun attacked them.
Shortly after, the portal again improved and Long Ying was unable to fly anymore. He could only see a few larger and terrifying Devils coming out of the portal along with the various demonic beasts. Long Ying on top of the sea of ice along with Xie Ran on top of her felt a chill as soon as she saw those demons.
"Bad!" Xie Ran descended from Long Ying's back and attacked the barrier. His friends are in danger there, he must help!
Bao Jun smiled triumphantly successfully using Xie Ran's weakness. His strength formed a root and wrapped around the body of Xie Ran who was killing the demons. He suppressed Long Ying even more strongly and directed the demons to attack the lone Long Ying.
"Xie Ran, that's enough of a joke." Bao Jun tightened the girth of his rope making Xie Ran's body covered in wounds and bleeding.
Xie Ran had been caught and could not break away easily. The rope wrapped around him lowered his strength and consumed all his energy. The more Xie Ran rebelled, the more injured he became and his strength was wasted.
"Risk danger! Energy decreases by 80% in one minute." Sarah's warning was heard to make Xie Ran forced not to rebel anymore. He silently regulated his breathing and endured the pain in his body that was like it was going to crumble.
"Long Long, can you help me?" Xie Ran asked for help in his mind.
"This .. isn't it too risky?" Long Long Long hesitated.
"Whatever it is, as long as it can be detached from the catch. I'll use teleportation to escape after escaping from the entanglement."
Xie Ran understood and called out the system. "Sarah, launch the explosives to distract Bao Jun." He spoke in a low tone.
"Explosives released."
Xie Ran's clock opened and took out a few balls rolling towards Bao Jun. Bao Jun frowned looking at that marble-sized ball that he had almost stepped on.
"explosions."
The balls exploded causing a shock for Bao Jun. Smoke billowed after the explosion filled the area and was so thick that nothing could penetrate it. Even Long Ying was unable to see and was forced into the water by breaking the ice underneath to avoid the danger behind the smoke.
Xie Ran took a good chance. His body was filled with a layer of white and he became transparent until the rope that ensnared him pierced through his body. After which, he touched the barrier that bounded him then used a combination of manipulation and pure energy to destroy it.
After the enchantment magic and pure energy fused well and replaced the rune molecules within the barrier, he pulled his hand and struck the barrier hard until it broke like broken glass.
Xie Ran staggered after using the rest of his strength. However he saw a bigger and terrifying demon launch an attack, he retreated a few steps to dodge the blow of the mace.
Xie Ran's movements were limited due to his body losing a lot of energy. He was able to dodge the first attack, but could not dodge the second attack from his back until he was mired and fell. The cudgel hit his body so hard that Xie Ran rolled on the ground with wounds all over his body.
Xie Ran's body let out a white beam and his shoes moved around his body forcing Xie Ran to stand up and jump far from the reach of the demon's attack.
"Thank you, Long Long, Sarah." Xie Ran realized he could not fight anymore. The avoidance just now was because Long Long gave her the strength to endure as well as Sarah who controlled her shoes and her nervous response to the rest of the body in order to move in time.
"It's okay Miss. However, your strength is 5% and it's very risky to continue."
"I know what I'm doing."
"Hey, you frustrate your algojomans later! You can't even teleport anymore!" Long Long Long spoke out loudly making Xie Ran hiss because his ears were buzzing.
"So you've been thinking about running away. Very good." Bao Jun appeared in front of him making Xie Ran wary.
Xie Ran took out his sword and extended it towards Bao Jun's neck. While Bao Jun chuckled at Xie Ran's actions.
"You can't even fight anymore, you still want to argue." Bao Jun laughed and put away Xie Ran's sword with his finger. He looked at Xie Ran's sword and smiled. "The sword of the Heavenly Empress has chosen you. That person has chosen you too."
"You already know that and can't kill me."
"Who said I want to kill you? If that person chooses you, then the Demon Emperor automatically chooses you. You'll thank me."
Xie Ran did not care about his intention and directly wrapped around Bao Jun's feet with his. Bao Jun fell while Xie Ran directly stomped on his chest hard as well as his hands. "I don't care what you say. I only care that you will get death as my gratitude."
Bao Jun snorted. "really?" He immediately pulled Xie Ran's foot and slammed it hard.
Xie Ran groaned painfully feeling that his bones would break soon. Bao Jun's hand grabbed Xie Ran's neck and forcibly lifted him up until Xie Ran had trouble breathing.
"You're a tough girl." Bao Jun emphasized his strength until Xie Ran slipped out of a giggle and slid backwards.
Xie Ran could not fight anymore, only able to give up on the circumstances. He looked at Bao Jun who was getting further away from sight due to his body being blown away. In the next instant, he felt his body twisting along with a warm embrace that caught him and replaced him bumped into the ruins of the hill.
Xie Ran was silent for a while then looked up. Looking at that handsome face that had a complicated look, Xie Ran felt safe in an instant as if there was no battle or danger around him.
"Qu Xuanzi ... is that you?" Xie Ran raised his hand about to grab the man's face to make sure that this was not his excessive delusion.
Qu Xuanzi immediately clasped Xie Ran's cold hand and let Xie Ran's hand touch his face. "I'm right here. Sorry, I'm late."
Xie Ran did not know to be happy or angry so the look on his face became very complicated. Deep down he was happy, but covered with pain all over his body.
Qu Xuanzi was extremely anxious from the very beginning of the entire journey. Ann Rou informs that the Pagoda is under attack by a group of humans and demons. It became increasingly unsettled. He could entrust Xie Ran to fight against Humans, but Devils were a different matter. Not to mention that Bao Jun possessed a power stronger than Huli Dong'er that would not be easily injured just because of an illusion.
After arriving, he saw Xie Ran so badly injured and hit by Bao Jun's fatal attack right in front of his eyes. It made him very angry and could have killed Bao Jun right then and there. But he was more concerned with Xie Ran's safety and saved him first.
Now seeing Xie Ran get hurt was extremely severe. Some parts of his bones were fractured and his strength was exhausted completely. Plus Bao Jun's last attack that was so fatal made Xie Ran completely exhausted so that he could die at any moment. This condition really made him very angry.
Ann Rou came and immediately knelt down full of regret. He also suffered minor injuries, as did the dragons who were still trying to withstand the demonic attack until now.
"Ann Rou negligently let Miss Xie get hurt, preparing to receive punishment." Ann Rou was already prepared to accept any punishment for her negligence. He thought it was appropriate because he was no stronger than those demons. He will train more for danger in the future.
Qu Xuanzi did not reply, but instead handed Xie Ran over to be guarded. His irises had turned red and were staring at the demons and Bao Jun who was already trembling saw him.
Due to the anger that could not be easily appeased anymore, his form completely turned into Asura. His black hair turned silver and his aura became so dark that anyone was scared to death.
With just one small movement, he was in front of Bao Jun and gripped his neck tightly. Bao Jun was no longer standing on the ground until he was completely unable to breathe. His face had completely turned grey and white as well as his body trembled violently looking at the figure in front of him.
"Yang—"
"You don't deserve to live."
Qu Xuanzi's voice was so cold it exceeded the icy cold. With just a single grip, he broke Bao Jun's neck with a small movement without expending much force.
The sound of broken bones sounded so terrifying that the fight had to stop. The humans thought that the demons stopped attacking and retreated because their leader had died. But they're wrong.
Once aware of the dense cold aura as well as the piercing killing intent, they were instantly directed at the figure of a handsome man who had killed a leader of the demon army with just one hand and one small gesture.
They were gripped feeling a killing intent so terrifying as to pierce their bones. Not just Humans, creatures like the Dragon race and other animals were scared to death feeling such a terrifying killing intent. Moreover, Qu Xuanzi's cold gaze as well as his blood eyes that were full of murderous and dangerous intent managed to make anyone feel regret and want to disappear from the earth.
The half-conscious Xie Ran also felt the same way. It was not covered how scared he was to see Qu Xuanzi's fury. Especially after seeing his form that was so similar to the nightmare figure on the devil. They look so much like they are the same person.