Bloodthirsty Beta and the Mysterious Box

At the same time, Long Haochen, who had been Accumulating Power all this while, moved. His body suddenly sprang up from Haoyue's back, while dazzling white light lit up from the heavy swords in both hands—the Twin Holy Swords. Empowered by the spiritual energy gathered through Accumulating Power, he charged straight at the other two Emerald Twin Blade Demons.

Clang—

A piercing explosion rang out. Long Haochen's body actually paused abruptly in midair. With an almost illusory sweep of his hands, accompanied by two crisp collisions, he blocked both Emerald Twin Blade Demons.

The sight was utterly unbelievable. Long Haochen's body also shone with brilliant golden light—the radiance of Vengeance of Light.

While in midair, he had actually used Divine Obstruction. That instantaneous pause had fulfilled the prerequisite for casting Divine Obstruction.

More importantly, although Long Haochen was sent flying by the impact, he only retreated a single meter before halting in the air. His body twisted midair as Lightning Thrust from his left hand enveloped the Emerald Twin Blade Demon on the left, while the Holy Sword in his right hand unleashed a Sunburst Slash at the other one.

At that moment, Long Haochen seemed like a god descending upon the world.

Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light erupted with countless rays of white light, forcing the formidable Emerald Twin Blade Demon to abandon its attack. Its pair of forelimbs swung desperately, trying to defend itself. Meanwhile, the other Emerald Twin Blade Demon raised its thick forelimbs, attempting to block Long Haochen's strike.

Boom— The Holy Spirit Sword, carrying the radiance of the Holy Sword and Vengeance of Light, slashed fiercely onto the raised forelimbs of the Emerald Twin Blade Demon on the right. A harsh cracking sound followed, and its forelimbs burst apart. Though they were not severed, its emerald carapace was covered in cracks.

A resounding dragon's roar erupted from Long Haochen. Rising Dragon Strike! Long Haochen ignored the Emerald Twin Blade Demon to his left. His Holy Spirit Sword swept out, violently knocking aside the right-side Emerald Twin Blade Demon's forelimbs before stabbing fiercely into the hard carapace on its head. A cloud of blood burst forth.

At the same time, the Emerald Twin Blade Demon on the left also collapsed limply. Compared to its companion, it at least left behind an intact corpse.

This was the coordination of Riding Thorn as One. The purpose of Long Haochen's Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light in his left hand had been to deceive. Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light, supplemented by the power of the Holy Sword, had filled the Emerald Twin Blade Demon with fear. At that moment, Cai'er, who had been hidden behind Long Haochen and had helped him halt in midair, struck. Shadow Clone combined with Overlord's Thrust killed it in a single blow, forcibly severing the Emerald Twin Blade Demon's central nervous system.

In that brief span of time, Long Haochen and Cai'er had already killed two Emerald Twin Blade Demons. On the other side, Wang Yuanyuan had succeeded as well.

Following the Space Splitting Cannon came the Spinning Shield Space Cleaving Strike. As the true strongest warrior of this Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament, once she unleashed her offensive power in full, even Long Haochen would not dare to receive it head-on. The Giant Spirit God Shield was like a massive battle-axe, brutally cleaving apart the Emerald Twin Blade Demon's body. However, Wang Yuanyuan's face had also turned pale. After retrieving the Giant Spirit God Shield, she immediately removed its three crystals. Her spiritual energy was no longer sufficient to sustain the shield's power.

At this point, the difference in individual strength became apparent. Although Sima Xian was in a berserk state, he gained no advantage in a one-on-one fight against an Emerald Twin Blade Demon. Only by consecutively using Holy Light, Holy Light Hammer, and Holy Light Burst was he barely able to withstand the Emerald Twin Blade Demon's savage assault. Fortunately, Lin Xin's Elemental Fire Shield provided timely support, and together they managed to block its attacks.

Just then, Haoyue's three heads finally completed their chant, while the six powerful Magic Eye Warlocks opposite them had also finished preparing their Magic Light Bullets.

Six enormous Magic Light Bullets, each over a meter in diameter, blasted toward Long Haochen's group. Every one of them had locked onto a different person. The air twisted violently in the bullets' wake, and even the Twin Blade Demons of the demon race that had been charging forward hastily retreated.

Red, gold, and green light merged into a strange halo that spread above Haoyue's heads. The instant the halo appeared, all six of Haoyue's eyes turned purple.

Something bizarre happened. The instant the six massive Magic Light Bullets touched the strange halo, they vanished into thin air. Yet the halo continued spreading far into the air. Once it had expanded to a diameter of roughly fifty meters, it slowly descended, even enveloping the carriage that had been the target of Long Haochen's group.

Seven pale purple rays shot out one after another from Haoyue's three heads, landing upon Long Haochen and the other six. They only felt warmth spread through their bodies as a faint purple tint covered them. Immediately afterward, the halo touched the ground.

A strange howl rang out within the fifty-meter radius. Then, a huge pillar of mixed red, gold, and green light shot into the sky.

All the ordinary Twin Blade Demons within its range were instantly reduced to ashes before they could even scream. The Emerald Twin Blade Demon pressing Sima Xian first stiffened, then its emerald carapace visibly began to crack in great numbers beneath the not particularly intense three-colored light. It shrieked miserably, trying to rush out of the pillar of light.

How could Sima Xian let such an opportunity slip by? His staff, carrying Holy Light Hammer, smashed down viciously. This time, the Emerald Twin Blade Demon's hard carapace lost its defensive effect. Sima Xian shattered its forelimbs with sheer force, then followed with another strike that completely destroyed it.

The six powerful Magic Eye Warlocks were all enveloped by the halo. They, too, let out piercing shrieks, their thick legs kicking off the ground as they frantically rushed beyond the pillar of light. As they fled, the Magic Eyes atop their heads burst one after another. Cracks also rapidly spread across their skin, and the purple-black light emanating from within their bodies was completely unable to stop the erosion of the three-colored radiance.

Cai'er moved. At that moment, she was like a ghost, silently leaping up. As she accelerated in an instant, all that could be seen was a chain of flickering afterimages.

Countless streaks of white light shot forth, enveloping an injured Magic Eye Warlock. In an instant, its body became riddled with holes. Their attack power far surpassed that of Emerald Twin Blade Demons, but defense was never the specialty of these Magic Eye Warlocks.

Dark golden light swept across two Magic Eye Warlocks in succession, and their bodies collapsed limply to the ground.

Cai'er's overwhelming offensive power erupted completely at that moment. After suffering Haoyue's magical assault, these high-level Magic Eye Warlocks had no ability whatsoever to fight back against her.

However, at that very moment, an enraged roar suddenly erupted. The carriage enveloped by the three-colored pillar of light exploded with a crash, and a powerful figure appeared within.

Grain transport carts were extremely large, capable of carrying thousands of pounds of grain. The appearance of this huge figure made Long Haochen and the others suck in cold breaths.

It was an enormous creature over six meters long. They had seen this species yesterday: a wolf's body, griffin wings, and a serpent's tail. Its powerful body was covered in black keratin, and its broad wings could stir up gales when they flapped. Was it not a Beta Flying Demon of the Marcosius Clan?

However, this Beta Flying Demon differed from the ones they had seen yesterday. The Beta Flying Demons they had seen before were only around four meters long, while this one exceeded six meters. Its eyes were blood-red, and its entire body was shrouded in a red glow filled with the stench of blood.

A name immediately surfaced in the minds of everyone in the Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad: Bloodthirsty Beta.

Bloodthirsty Betas were the personal guards of the Thirty-Fifth Pillar Demon God Marchosias. Every Bloodthirsty Beta possessed cultivation at the seventh rank. Though they were only at the lowest level of the seventh rank, they were still seventh-rank powerhouses!

However, this Bloodthirsty Beta was clearly not in good condition. The blue-black feathers on its body, glowing red, were falling off rapidly. It roared furiously and beat its wings, trying to take flight, but it was unable to fly within the three-colored pillar of light released by Haoyue. A small box was clearly visible, tied around its neck with a tough metal cord of unknown material. Evidently, this was the important item those powerful demons were protecting.

"Cai'er, come back!" Long Haochen shouted. At that moment, he fully displayed the fearless resolve expected of a Demon Hunt Squad captain.

Milky-white light erupted from his chest—it was the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove. The Spiritual Stove's radiance landed directly on the Bloodthirsty Beta Flying Demon, and golden-red flames instantly rose from within its body. It was Sun Fire.

When facing a powerful enemy, retreat was clearly not an option. The Bloodthirsty Beta Flying Demon was a formidable seventh-rank demon capable of flight. How could Long Haochen's group possibly outrun it? They could only hold it off head-on first.

Long Haochen had never expected that they would run into such an iron wall in an ordinary grain transport team—a seventh-rank demon.

Hearing Long Haochen's shout, Cai'er changed direction and sped back toward him. At the same time, Haoyue's three heads suddenly lifted, each releasing a rhythmic and strange howl.

The three long howls were high, medium, and low in pitch. Then something bizarre happened: the three-colored pillar of light that encompassed fifty meters suddenly condensed. It became a dense beam as thick as an arm and slammed fiercely into the left wing of the Bloodthirsty Beta that was struggling to take flight.

A miserable scream accompanied a spray of blood. Although the Bloodthirsty Beta had erupted with intense blue-black light in an attempt to defend itself, its entire left wing was still torn to pieces by the three-colored pillar. It could no longer fly.

Guess what skill Haoyue used... Here's a hint: it wasn't some kind of dragon-language magic... but it was incredibly powerful. Hehe.