A Desperate Gamble (1)

"Boom, creak, creak."

The entire space shuddered, followed by a series of grating, unpleasant sounds.

"Holy shit!"

A pair of enormous yellow hands gripped the spatial barrier and yanked hard in both directions. The space let out harsh scraping noises beneath that tremendous force.

"They can chase us here too? Are these demons dogs or something?"

"Demons?"

"Miss, we need to leave!" Ōtsutsuki Keiko said as she backed away in terror.

Through the rapidly expanding spatial rift, they could already see the demons' hideous, savage faces up close. Veins bulged across their muscular bodies as they let out excited roars at the Ōtsutsuki within the space.

Li Yu immediately stepped in front of the spatial rift and said quickly, "Alice, Jessie, fall back."

The two women retreated in fear. The powerful, evil force felt almost tangible, pressing down on them so heavily that they could barely breathe.

"This space can't be used as a battlefield." Li Yu could no longer afford to hide his strength. The horns atop his head rapidly grew larger and connected behind his head, while the skin exposed beyond his clothes became covered in black markings.

"This is..." Ōtsutsuki Anshiki stared at the changes in Li Yu's body in shock.

"Miss, he... could he be...?"

Before the shock could fade from their faces, they saw golden light flickering in Li Yu's eyes.

"Twin Divine Eyes? How is that possible?" Ōtsutsuki Anshiki's mouth had already fallen open into an O.

"Divine Eyes? Is he going to burn his life force?" Ōtsutsuki Keiko cried out.

"Could he be from the main family? No, impossible. There's no one like him among all the main family members."

"Miss, could he be a newly born member of the main family?"

"Impossible. No main family member has died in the past thousand