The Female Demon's kick struck Lu Ye squarely in the chest, nearly sending him tumbling off the Spirit Boat.
Facing an Overlord-level Demon, Lu Ye would undoubtedly have died without a flying artifact. Thus, after taking that kick, he instinctively hooked his foot around his Spirit Boat, and he and the boat flew away together.
Having barely steadied himself, Lu Ye hurriedly scanned his surroundings, but the Female Demon was nowhere to be seen.
A sense of danger descended from above. Lu Ye abruptly looked up.
Beneath the blazing sun, the Female Demon dove down from above. The nine Spiritual Artifacts he had sent flying turned into streams of light and charged straight at her. Amid a series of clanks, every one of them was knocked away by her twin claws.
The sight made Lu Ye's heart pound, giving him a true sense of the gap between himself and an Overlord-level Demon.
He had seen two Overlord-level Demonic Beasts before: Little Grey at the camp, and the Scaled Flood Dragon he had encountered within Heaven-Supporting Sect territory. But whether it was Little Grey or the Scaled Flood Dragon, Lu Ye had never faced either of them head-on.
The Female Demon was the first Overlord-level Demonic Beast he had confronted directly.
With his Heaven Seven cultivation, he had recently slain quite a few Heaven Nine Grade Cultivators. Yet even Heaven Nine Grade Cultivators were insignificant before an Overlord-level existence like this.
An Overlord-level being was one capable of reigning supreme over the entire battlefield.
This sudden battle had not been an ambush by the Female Demon. She had clearly been resting there when she sensed someone approaching and abruptly attacked.
Lu Ye felt terribly unlucky. If he had not let curiosity get the better of him and returned to investigate, he