Muddy Wine had no idea how the enemy had learned of his arrival, but he knew their target was him. If he left the main force alone to draw them away, it would be no different from walking into his death.
Moreover, Muddy Wine was no longer the same as before. With Malthus's help, a golden light emerged from his body. Then, another golden Muddy Wine, identical to him, duplicated itself from within him. It was Malthus transformed into human form.
Muddy Wine respectfully said to Malthus, "I'm counting on you. The longer you can hold them off, the better."
"Leave it to me." Malthus turned into a streak of golden light and ran toward the eastern side of Sun Moon City.
The demons searching their way down the mountain saw the beam of light and immediately revealed excited expressions. Zarha roared, "Nemor really didn't lie to us. Muddy Wine is over there. Chase him!"
Bikas and Mons, the two great demons, also shouted, "Target the golden light in the east! Kill him!"
Buzz~!
More than ten thousand demons spread their wings almost simultaneously and chased after Malthus.
Muddy Wine hid in the forest below. Only after watching the demons fly past him did he order the prone Swift Eagle to rise. He leaped onto its back and controlled it to fly at low altitude toward the main force.
The three Demon Race chiefs led over ten thousand demons in pursuit for more than an hour. Just as they were about to close within five hundred meters, the golden light vanished.
"What's going on?" Mons asked in confusion.
"We'll know once we check." Zarha sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly accelerated toward the spot five hundred meters ahead. Yet no matter how he searched the large tree there, he