The instant he sensed that aura erupt.
Even though he had already prepared himself mentally, the Leopard Demon God still lost his nerve.
He looked at Long Xingyu before him with utter terror.
He realized.
He still lacked the courage to face Long Xingyu's sword head-on.
Within that sword, he had even sensed the flavor of death.
Which meant!
He could not take it head-on!
At that moment, the Leopard Demon God cowered.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately dodged. Then, upon seeing the still-glowing fifty-seventh Demon God Pillar, his mind spun.
Without hesitation.
He immediately retreated behind the Demon God Pillar.
The defensive capabilities of a Demon God Pillar were unparalleled in this world.
Likewise, all demon gods—or rather, the entirety of the Holy Demon Continent—shared a consensus: before a demon god fell, the Demon God Pillar bound to them would never shatter. It could even nourish the demon god in return!
And during the Leopard Demon God's more than ten years as a demon god, that had always been the case.
At once.
He hid directly behind the Demon God Pillar.
"Now let's see how you break through this king's defenses!" the Leopard Demon God laughed wildly inwardly.
And everything unfolded just as he had expected.
Very quickly, that sword struck the fifty-seventh Demon God Pillar directly.
In but an instant, the fifty-seventh Demon God Pillar erupted with the clamor of clashing metal from the collision, defending itself as well.
But.
What happened next was beyond the Leopard Demon God's expectations.
That sword was not stopped.
Instead, the fifty-seventh Demon God Pillar was knocked several meters backward. Had he not been bracing it from within, the pillar might have toppled over in that instant!
The brilliant aura that had previously been crazily gathering power to break through the