Wang Xuan's pupils contracted as he cried out in horror!
At this moment, aside from fear, his heart was filled with even greater confusion!
This guy was clearly human—how had he suddenly turned into a demon?!
"Run!"
Wang Xuan grabbed his bow, arrows, and hunting blade, then turned and fled.
This demon's strength clearly far surpassed the Ox Hide level. It had already reached the Iron Skin Realm!
It was absolutely not something he could deal with!
The Light as a Swallow effect of Sprint activated. With a single leap, Wang Xuan crossed ten meters. In just a few seconds, he had opened a distance of several dozen meters from the demon!
Roar!
The blood-colored demon's scarlet eyes instantly locked onto Wang Xuan. It let out a roar from its throat and, in that instant, chased after him like a streak of blood-red light!
It was incredibly fast, not much slower than Wang Xuan.
You are running through the forest. Sprint experience +5 Sprint experience +5
As Wang Xuan fled madly, his Sprint experience rapidly increased, but he did not feel the slightest joy.
"Damn it, why did this guy turn into a demon?!"
"And why did it have to happen when I barely have any stamina left?!"
Wang Xuan's mind was in complete turmoil.
He had just practiced the Mountain Severing Saber Art for two and a half hours, leaving him with less than thirty percent of his stamina. The demon behind him was incomparably violent and would definitely keep chasing him!
"I need to find a way to shake it off!"
"I can't return to the village, or Sister-in-law and the villagers will suffer. There are martial academies in town—I'll head toward town!"
After a brief moment of thought, Wang Xuan immediately made his decision.
Blackwind Mountain was enormous. As long as he followed its outskirts, he could still reach Whitestone Town.
The blood-colored demon pursued Wang Xuan relentlessly, continuously howling and roaring. Its cries echoed through the forest, startling many wild beasts.
"Kill... die!"
"Eat... eat you!"
Bloodfiend Demonic Qi swept out from the blood-colored demon's body, terrifying as a plague!
Wherever it passed, weeds withered and trees rotted away!
Boom—
The blood-colored demon possessed boundless strength. It grabbed a boulder weighing several hundred pounds and viciously hurled it at Wang Xuan!
Hearing the howling wind, Wang Xuan immediately dodged aside and narrowly avoided the giant boulder.
"That was close. I almost got hit!"
Wang Xuan's eyelids twitched wildly.
Fortunately, he possessed meticulous insight, and with Light as a Swallow helping him, he had managed to evade that strike in time!
Without the effects of those two skills, if that attack had hit him, even if he did not die, he would have been severely injured!
When its strike missed, the blood-colored demon behind him became even more frenzied. Stones, tree trunks, and other objects flew endlessly toward Wang Xuan!
Wang Xuan darted and weaved through the dense forest, constantly evading the blood-colored demon's attacks.
One man and one demon chased one another, swiftly covering more than ten kilometers.
"This damned thing!"
"It's still fucking chasing me!"
Wang Xuan was drenched in sweat, his face deathly pale.
Nearly all his strength had been drained away. His running speed was slowing, and the distance between him and the demon was steadily shrinking, now less than twenty meters.
"Damn it, am I really going to die here?!"
Wang Xuan roared.
"Fuck it!"
He leaped into the air, turned around, and instantly drew three arrows in midair!
Triple Star Shot!
Thousand Shadows!
Boom—
Nine arrows shot forth explosively, enough to severely injure a martial artist at the Stone Hide level!
However!
The blood-colored demon roared. Its enormous hand, swollen to the size of a millstone, suddenly slapped down, easily smashing all nine arrows into powder.
Wang Xuan's eyelids twitched wildly, and all thoughts of risking his life instantly vanished!
Yet in the gap after he fired those arrows, the blood-colored demon suddenly lunged forward, its millstone-sized palm crashing straight down.
Boom—
Wang Xuan narrowly dodged the blow.
But the ground was directly shattered into pieces by that slap, exploding into a deep pit!
Wang Xuan landed and turned to flee.
Sprint experience +10 Your Sprint skill has broken through. Speed greatly increased. The Light as a Swallow effect increased by fifty percent. Minor Mastery progress: 1/400 You have gained one Attribute Point. Current Attribute Points: 6
The prompt from the Crimson Panel rang out at that moment.
Wang Xuan felt the weakness throughout his body lessen by thirty percent, while his body became even lighter.
He stomped hard with his foot, and in one step, he shot forward more than ten meters!
"That was close!"
"I almost thought I was done for!"
Wang Xuan was overjoyed.
The distance that had been closing between him and the demon widened once more.
More than ten kilometers away from Wang Xuan.
More than a dozen people wearing uniform armor were searching through the forest for something.
Each of them was strong and sturdy, their blood and qi surging vigorously.
They were clearly warriors from the army.
Leading them was a young man in his early twenties.
His gaze was like lightning, his muscles gleamed, and as he strode with the gait of a dragon and tiger, the blood and qi within him roared like thunder. His aura was far stronger than the others'; he had likely reached the Iron Skin Realm!
At this moment, he held an ancient bronze object resembling a compass. A needle atop it was spinning.
Suddenly.
The needle stopped and pointed in a certain direction.
"Hm, the demonic qi is coming from over there!"
"Move!"
The man looked at the direction indicated by the needle on the compass, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes.
With one command, everyone immediately sprinted toward the direction the needle indicated—and the direction they were heading was precisely where Wang Xuan and the demon were!
The demon behind him continued its pursuit. Relying on the speed of Sprint, Wang Xuan had temporarily opened some distance from it.
But as time passed, Wang Xuan's stamina was ultimately exhausted.
Boom—
Wang Xuan had barely caught his breath when the blood-colored demon behind him suddenly slapped down, smashing a great tree into pieces out of thin air!
Wang Xuan rolled aside to evade it, his expression incomparably ugly.
"This damned thing, doesn't it ever get tired?!"
They had chased each other for thirty or forty kilometers.
He was already exhausted beyond measure, holding on only by a single breath!
Yet this blood-colored demon showed no sign of fatigue whatsoever.
Boom—
He had only just dodged when the blood-colored demon pounced again. Wang Xuan immediately raised his hunting blade.
"Mountain Severing Saber Art!"
"Wave Severance!"
He slashed out with all his strength!
A sharp and violent blade qi instantly burst forth!
However!
The demon's great hand slapped down, instantly shattering the blade qi. Then its palm struck Wang Xuan heavily across the body.
"Pfft!"
Wang Xuan spat out a mouthful of blood. As though struck by lightning, he was sent flying by that slap and smashed viciously into a tree trunk.
"Fuck... that hurts!"
Wang Xuan spat out bloody saliva. Every bone in his body felt as though it had been broken by that blow, the pain so intense that his face twisted grotesquely.
He forced himself to rise despite the agony and ran with all his strength. After severely injuring Wang Xuan in one strike, the blood-colored demon pounced again.
Boom—
Ancient trees and giant rocks throughout the forest.
Under the terrifying strength of the blood-colored demon, they were smashed directly to pieces. Wang Xuan could only dodge in wretched desperation, his injuries worsening by the moment.
"I absolutely cannot die!"
"I want to grow stronger! I want to grow stronger!"
Wang Xuan endured the agonizing pain as he fled, his heart filled with unwillingness!
Just then.
A voice suddenly rang out from the dense forest.
"My lord, over here!"
As the voice sounded, more than a dozen figures appeared before Wang Xuan!
When he saw the man in the lead, Wang Xuan's expression changed. "Brother Chen Feng!"
"Little Stone!"
The man also saw Wang Xuan and could not help but be startled.
This man was called Chen Feng, Chen Shan's son.
He had grown up with Wang Xuan, running around naked together. However, two years ago, Chen Feng had entered the county city to join the army. He only came back occasionally.
"My lord, it's a Demon-Human from the Pity Life Sect!"
The expression of one man abruptly changed when he saw the blood-colored demon.
Chen Feng's face was full of killing intent. "Leave one person behind to take care of him. The rest of you, come with me!"
As soon as he spoke, Chen Feng strode forward!
The blood and qi around him surged and roared, producing the sound of thunder!
He drew a specially made pudao from his back and charged directly at it. The soldiers following him likewise rushed toward the demon.
"Little brother, are you all right?!"
A man came to Wang Xuan's side, helped him up, and asked.
Wang Xuan spat out bloody saliva. "I'm fine. I just got hit once."
"That's good. Rest properly off to the side."
Seeing that Wang Xuan was not seriously hurt, the man did not exchange further pleasantries and immediately joined the siege as well.
Wang Xuan retreated to the side to watch, his brows rising slightly.
"Two years apart, and Chen Feng has actually become a martial artist. From the looks of it, he should have reached the Iron Skin level!"
Back when Chen Feng had joined the army in the county city, Chen Shan had forced him to go. Chen Feng had been unwilling at the time, yet after two years apart, he had become a martial artist.
And judging from the situation, his status was probably not low.
He even had more than a dozen people under his command.
"Chen Feng may be at the Iron Skin level, but the others are all at the Ox Hide level. A few are even ordinary people!"
"They... probably can't handle this thing!"
Watching the battle from the side, Wang Xuan could not help muttering.
After Hou Feng's Demonization, his strength had already reached the Iron Skin level. Coupled with a demon's naturally astonishing strength and defense, opponents of the same level were simply no match for it.
Chen Feng could only barely hold it off!
Sure enough.
Just as Wang Xuan had expected, only minutes into the battle, someone was sent flying by the demon's slap, crashing to the ground severely injured and unable to rise.
Chen Feng wielded his pudao in broad, sweeping arcs. Blade qi surged as slash after slash fell upon the blood-colored demon.
But his attacks had no great effect on the blood-colored demon. Even when they landed on its body, they merely left wounds that were neither deep nor shallow!
Bang!
Another person was slapped away, falling to the ground and coughing blood without end.
"You damned thing!"
"Where is this guy's weakness?!"
Chen Feng roared.
All demons had weaknesses, especially demons transformed from humans—their weaknesses were even more obvious.
Hearing this from the side, a sharp glint flashed through Wang Xuan's eyes!
"Weakness?!"
His brows furrowed, and he immediately activated the Tracking Art's effect—Insight into the Minute!
Wang Xuan carefully observed the blood-colored demon and quickly discovered that whenever it faced Chen Feng and the others' attacks, it always protected the area beneath its left chest!
There was a red fleshy tumor there, only the size of a fist and hardly noticeable.
Tracking Art experience +20 Effect: Insight into the Minute evolved into Clear as Fire
A notification from the Crimson Panel rang out.
Wang Xuan immediately shouted, "Brother Chen Feng!"
"This guy's weakness is the red fleshy tumor beneath its left chest!"
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