Battle Against Demons

Yuanen Tiandang burst into action and killed a great demon at Super Douluo level in an instant. But before he could catch his breath, two more whooshing sounds closed in from behind.

Two Demon Commanders came rushing in, wrapped in shadow, their overwhelming auras surging. Their scarlet, vertical pupils glinted with bloodthirsty malice.

On the battlefield, there was no room for romance, for sighing over the passage of spring and autumn.

A fierce glint flashed in Yuanen Tiandang's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, his fourth purple Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

Fourth Soul Skill, Gravity Domain!

Centered on him, gravity within a ten-meter radius increased tenfold!

Seizing the moment when the Demon Commanders were slowed by the tenfold gravity, he drew all three demons into his attack range.

Yuanen Tiandang fought three demon powerhouses at Super Douluo level alone. Blood burst around him, and within a dozen breaths, several more cracks had appeared in his Battle Armor.

Not far away, Yuanen Tianshang's battle was just as locked in a stalemate.

Though Yuanen Tiandang's fight against three had created an opening for Yuanen Tianshang, his cultivation was inferior to Yuanen Tiandang's, and he still couldn't shake off the great demon harrying him.

What's more, by now, it was hard to say which of them was holding the other back.

Yuanen Tianshang wanted to break free and save his wife, but he also had to guard against the demon abandoning him and attacking her instead. The situation was perilous.

It was only a few hundred meters away, yet to him, it was as impassable as a heavenly chasm.

Yuanen Tianshang could only watch helplessly as his wife was driven into a desperate corner by the demon's claws, with barely half an inch left between them and her throat.

It felt as if an invisible giant hand had clenched his heart, the pain nearly suffocating him...

"Holy Light—!!"

A clear, ringing shout pierced the smoke and roars. A dazzling golden pillar of light crashed down, and the purifying power of holy light erupted in an instant. The demons within a hundred meters didn't even have a chance to howl before their bodies dissolved in the golden radiance.

The demons beyond a hundred meters were caught in the blast as well. They howled in the searing holy light and fell one after another.

Just when the mountains seemed to block all paths, a willow-shaded village appeared; just when all hope seemed lost, a new vista opened.

Seeing his wife saved, Yuanen Tianshang's eyes blazed with joy. His Titan Giant Ape true form surged with strength, and his massive arms came crashing down, pounding the great demon before him until it spat blood. The sound of its bones snapping rang clear.

Two streaks of light, one purple and one gold, cut across the sky and alighted on the mountaintop in an instant.

The Amethyst Phoenix patterns on Leng Qingning's Four-Word Battle Armor shimmered brightly. Its plates reflected a cold gleam, while the edges of the amethyst phoenix wings on her back burned with undying phoenix fire. With every beat of her wings, tiny sparks of amethyst fire drifted down.

Le Lingzhao's Four-Word Battle Armor was silver-white with gold trim, its lines sleek and flowing. Behind her, two pairs of holy wings unfurled, each feather distinct and gleaming with golden light.

Before they had even arrived, holy light had already struck!

What reached the battlefield before the two women was Le Lingzhao's Holy Light, which had saved Yuanen Tianshang's wife at the critical moment.

Leng Qingning's brows knitted as she surveyed the battlefield stretching for dozens of miles.

Titled Douluo, Soul Douluo, Soul Saint—everybody had joined the fight. To protect the women and children of their clan, even the Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings of the Yuanen Family had taken the field, fighting with great courage.

To be honest, the Yuanen Family's resources were far greater than they'd imagined.

Aside from Yuanen Zhentian, who was at the demigod level, the family had nearly twenty powerhouses at Titled Douluo rank or above, each with a set of... well, Two-Word Battle Armor.

But beyond their strength, the Yuanen Family's poverty shocked the two women as well.

Four-Word Battle Armor required Heavenly Forged Metal. Though Yuanen Zhentian had demigod-level cultivation, it was understandable that he couldn't make Four-Word Battle Armor without Heavenly Forged Metal.

But among the nearly twenty Titled Douluo, half were wearing incomplete Three-Word Battle Armor. One Super Douluo even had a piece missing from his Three-Word Battle Armor.

What's more, the metals used to forge their Battle Armor were quite ordinary, and the craftsmanship was crude.

It was hard to imagine that this was a powerful Soul Master family with a Limit Douluo at its helm and more than a dozen Titled Douluo.

The once peaceful, secluded home had become a land awash in blood and fire.

The same evil. The same invasion from another plane. The sight brought back memories of the Abyss to Leng Qingning and Le Lingzhao alike, and their expressions grew even colder.

"Four-Word Battle Armor!"

The figure on the mountaintop came into view. Yuanen Tiandang's pupils contracted, and his heart gave a sudden leap.

Four-Word Battle Armor. This was Four-Word Battle Armor!

A Titled Douluo who possessed a set could rival a Limit Douluo in battle.

If his father had a set—or if he had one himself—how could the Yuanen Family have been driven into such a desperate situation?

"An opening!"

Yuanen Tiandang was distracted for only an instant, but the Shadow Demon General surrounding him seized the chance and teleported behind him.

At the same time, its arms swelled, and its pitch-black claws tore through the air, raking fiercely at the back of Yuanen Tiandang's armor and leaving a claw mark deep enough to expose bone across his Three-Word Battle Armor.

Shadow Teleportation! Shadow Claw Strike!

Already outnumbered three to one and at a disadvantage, Yuanen Tiandang was in an even worse state after that brief lapse. His Titan Giant Ape true form nearly got knocked down.

Ignoring the pain in his back, he shouted to Leng Qingning and Le Lingzhao, "Seniors! Please lend us your aid! The Yuanen Family will repay you handsomely!"

"Holy Judgment!"

"Phoenix Flame Heaven—!"

Leng Qingning and Le Lingzhao were surprised, but they didn't waste a moment.

Almost as soon as Yuanen Tiandang's shout rang out, the two women attacked.

Brilliant holy light and surging purple flames swept forth. With two Four-Word Battle Armor Masters joining the fight, a huge swath of demons before them was cleared in an instant.

The three Demon Commanders in the distance cursed the Shadow Demon General in their hearts.

The moment those two human powerhouses had arrived, they'd lost the will to fight. They'd only held their ground for fear of being the first ones targeted.

They'd even started going easy, but the foolish Shadow had still dared to launch a sneak attack.

You're so impressive! So noble! So unafraid of death!

You might not be afraid to die, but I am!

The Shadow Demon General didn't care what they thought. Its plan was to use its companions as shields.

It knew that, given the strength of the two human powerhouses before it, escape was impossible.

But as long as it ran faster than its three companions, its odds of survival would increase dramatically.

As it happened, stealth and escape were what the Shadow Clan excelled at most.

Demons understood the principle of letting others die in your place just as well as anyone.

Unfortunately, Le Lingzhao had noticed it and made it her first target.

It wasn't that Le Lingzhao had singled it out. She just couldn't stand the way the Shadow Demon General kept teleporting one moment and diving into the shadows the next.

And it even kept zigzagging around in an S-shaped pattern.

It was hopping around so much, you'd think she couldn't see it. If she didn't hit it, who would she hit?

And so the most energetic Shadow Demon General was caught by Le Lingzhao in a single step and slapped to death in the shadows.

As expected, her Soul Power increased a little. The improvement was too small to matter, but it was an improvement all the same.

Slaying evil beings held endless benefits for Soul Masters with the Holy Angel Martial Soul.

Back in the ancient days, when Evil Soul Masters ran rampant, wherever the Angel Family was active became a forbidden zone for Evil Soul Masters.

There was no other reason: slaying an Evil Soul Master of the same rank was worth three months of arduous cultivation.

From top to bottom, every member of the Angel Family's eyes turned red at the sight of an Evil Soul Master.