Why Are You Yelling So Loud?

The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's body was indeed incredibly tough.

Yet the successive blows had not caused it any serious injuries. Even its speed remained unaffected.

Li Xin's Sun Slash struck the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's back, but it only inflicted damage and could not disrupt its movements.

The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon pounced again.

This time, Long Haochen stood his ground and suddenly stepped toward the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon.

Just as the first blade came down, he sharply twisted aside and slightly tilted the shield in his hand.

"Sacred Seal Shield!"

The next moment, a dazzling white light burst forth, and a thick layer of white radiance suddenly coated the shield.

A Guardian Knight's shield defense skill, an energy shield formed from Sacred Light spiritual energy.

"Screech—"

A piercing grinding sound rang out.

The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's blade scraped across the shield's surface and embedded itself in the ground.

Long Haochen merely swayed before raising his shield again with his left hand, taking up the stance of Divine Guard Block.

Clang!

The second blade fell, and golden light surged up.

After just one exchange, Long Haochen had successfully defended against the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's attack.

Of course, that was only for a short time.

The gap between the fourth and fifth tiers was still enormous.

Even with a divine defensive skill like Divine Guard Block, it was still unrealistic to completely block the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's attacks.

"Hah!"

Chen Si roared as his heavy shield slammed fiercely into the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's side again.

After being amplified by several skills, the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon was knocked off balance.

"Again, Sun Slash!"

Two longswords gleaming with dazzling light came from the side.

The greatswords overlapped, as though they would cleave the entire world apart, forming an arc as they crashed down upon the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's neck.

Crack!

Sun Slash broke through its shell and pierced into its flesh.

The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon opened its mouth and cried out in pain.

"Lin Jialu!"

Li Xin exerted all her strength and drove the two greatswords another half inch deeper.

In response, a deep blue glimmer flashed by soundlessly, shooting precisely into the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's gaping, blood-filled mouth.

Squelch!

The blue glimmer pierced out through the back of its head.

Lin Jialu held up her staff and let out a long breath.

"Why are you yelling so loud?"

Li Xin was forced back by the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's final movements. Gripping both greatswords tightly, she stared fixedly at it.

The others did not rashly step forward either.

The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's entire body had gone rigid. Green blood flowed from its mouthparts and neck, dripping onto the ground.

After swaying slightly for a while, it finally crashed to the ground.

"Whew!"

Seeing this, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"You finally didn't let me down!"

Li Xin turned around and gave Lin Jialu a thumbs-up, then pointed it toward the others as well.

Cough, cough!

Long Haochen crouched halfway down, coughing lightly.

Blood-stained saliva sprayed onto the ground.

"Great Recovery Technique!"

Ye Tian quietly chanted a few somewhat lengthy incantations, and golden light enveloped him.

A dense sacred aura rapidly seeped into Long Haochen's body through his pores.

Long Haochen's internal injuries quickly healed.

"That feels great. Thanks, Brother Tian!"

Long Haochen stood up, and the unbearable discomfort from earlier was completely swept away.

Ye Tian merely shook his head gently. "It was what I should have done. Haochen, you really made me see you in a new light today."

Hearing that, Long Haochen scratched his head somewhat sheepishly.

"Great Recovery Technique should be a fifth-tier skill, right?"

Remembering something, Chen Si asked, barely suppressing his astonishment.

Ye Tian smiled and nodded. "Hall Master Nalan taught it to me."

"Brother Ye, you used three third-tier support skills in succession, then a fourth-tier support skill, and you still had enough Internal Spiritual Energy to use Great Recovery Technique?"

Chen Chen looked as though he had seen a ghost.

The key was that Ye Tian was neither flushed nor out of breath. He clearly still had plenty to spare.

Just what level was he at?!

It was not just the brothers Chen Si and Chen Chen who were puzzled; even Long Haochen was extremely curious.

However, Ye Tian only smiled and offered no response.

Li Xin calmly stepped in to defuse the situation. "That's so nice. I want to learn fifth-tier skills too!"

Ye Tian replied with a smile, "What can you do? The only two Earth Knights in Haoyue Branch Hall are both Guardian Knights. Sister Xin, if you want to learn Punishment Knight skills, you'll have to wait until you join a Demon Hunter Squad."

"That's the only way!"

Li Xin nodded somewhat helplessly.

Haoyue Branch Hall had no high-level Punishment Knights, so the strongest offensive skill she currently possessed was Sun Slash.

Otherwise, if she had learned something like Holy Sword or Flame of the Sun, dealing with the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon would not have been so difficult.

Lin Jialu had the same problem.

Her strongest offensive spell was only the fourth-tier Ice Nether Needle. She did have a fifth-tier spell, Water Guardian.

But one could tell from the name that it was a defensive spell.

That was why both women were especially looking forward to the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition.

"Alright, we can talk after we get back. We've killed enough demons already, so let's retreat first!"

Everyone quickly wiped the smiles from their faces.

A single fifth-tier Emerald Twin-Blade Demon had been so difficult to handle. If they encountered an even stronger demon, they would be done for.

"Brother Tian is right. Let's withdraw now!"

While they were talking, Haoyue, the two-headed lizard, had sneakily eaten the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's demon crystal.

Fortunately, the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's corpse was also quite valuable, so Ye Tian stored it in his ring.

"Retreat!"

The six individuals immediately turned and headed toward the Holy Temple Alliance's garrison.

Not long after they left, a figure suddenly appeared at the site of the previous battle.

Looking at the demon corpses scattered across the ground, the newcomer spoke with anger in its voice.

"They're all dead? Even the King of the Zelin Tribe was defeated?"

"What a bunch of trash!"

After muttering a curse, the newcomer forcefully sniffed the air.

A moment later, it turned toward the direction Ye Tian and the others had gone.

"They went this way? That direction seems to lead to the human Barracks. They killed my demon warriors and think they can just leave? It won't be that easy!"

As soon as the words fell, the newcomer vanished from the spot.

After rushing for thirty li without encountering any demons, they were only a few dozen li away from the garrison.

Yet Lin Jialu still used Eagle Eye Technique from time to time to scout the surroundings, finding no danger.

They drew ever closer to the border.

Just as they were about to completely relax.

The ease on Ye Tian's face abruptly vanished, replaced by a stern expression.

"Little brother, is something happening again?"

Li Xin immediately noticed the change in Ye Tian's expression and could not help asking.

Hearing this, the others immediately stopped as well, their expressions varying.

Ye Tian nodded lightly. "A big one is catching up to us!"

Lin Jialu hurriedly used Eagle Eye Technique and immediately spotted the pursuer Ye Tian had mentioned.

But because of that, the girl's face instantly turned pale.

"Lin Jialu, what is it?" Li Xin asked anxiously.

"There's still only one enemy. It's from the Bear Demon Race!"

The Bear Demon Race?!

As soon as those words were spoken, the others' faces changed as well.

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