At this moment.
As Divine Emperor Qingmu and the others stared at Li Yun's tall, straight back, they could only marvel. He was too fierce—simply unbelievable.
In one stroke, he had wiped out all the Abyssal Demons in the western region of the Qinglin God Realm, including an exceptionally troublesome Half-step Divine Venerable.
That was practically a quarter of this terrifying Abyssal Demon invasion resolved.
The Heavenly Demon Slayer was terrifying indeed.
Toward Li Yun, Divine Emperor Qingmu and the others felt not only admiration, but also deep gratitude.
However, before Divine Emperor Qingmu and the others could catch up to thank Li Yun, an incomparably sharp ray of light suddenly howled down from the heavens like a towering demonic halberd, shooting straight at him.
"Ah..."
"Oh no..."
"Brother Li, dodge..."
That incomparably sharp ray of light had been fired by the Divine Venerable-level Abyssal Demon in the sky. Clearly, Li Yun's appearance and his slaughter of the Abyssal Demons had drawn its attention and thoroughly enraged it.
That was why it had hurled out this attack, intending to suppress and kill Li Yun.
At that moment.
Li Yun, too, sensed an unprecedented crisis descending upon him. Under the stimulation of that intense sense of danger, every hair on his body stood on end, his body stiffened, and an inexplicable, crushing suffocation rose in his chest, making him feel sick enough to retch.
Dodge?
There was no way he could dodge it.
He simply could not keep up with the speed of that demonic-halberd-like beam of light.
Fortunately, in that hair's-breadth moment, he retained a shred of consciousness. At the crucial instant, he forcibly dragged back the Nine-in-One Supreme Immortal Gate and used the Supreme Immortal Gate to shield his entire body.
Bang!
That demonic-halberd-like beam of light struck the