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The terrifying demon that had been unable to emerge smoothly from the portal suddenly vanished after taking Yue Yang's strongest sword strike.

This outcome left Yue Yang stunned.

Had his strike killed that absurdly powerful guy? No way, right? The terrifying demon Evil Fire had summoned by sacrificing the lives and blood of a hundred warriors was actually this easy to defeat? Yue Yang could hardly believe it... Could the Binding Chain, the Giant Shadow's hundredfold power boost, and the Innate Formless Body-Breaking Sword Aura's strongest strike really instantly kill anything?

Suddenly, an extremely dangerous warning surged from the depths of his heart.

Yue Yang reacted instantly. With a burst of strength from his feet, he performed the Dancing Sword Waltz from the Three Profound Forms and retreated over thirty feet in an instant.

A crescent-shaped slash that seemed capable of tearing apart heaven and earth shot out of the portal at terrifying speed.

Faster than lightning, it sliced through the sky. It flashed past the tip of Yue Yang's nose as he dodged, then swept onward with unstoppable force, cleaving a bottomless fissure into the ground before vanishing into the distance...

The main building of Happy Forest, which had been blazing fiercely, was split in two by that silent crescent slash. The entire building let out an ear-grating groan as it slowly collapsed, then crashed down with an earth-shaking boom. Every hair on Yue Yang's body stood on end. That terrifying crescent slash had nearly cut him in half. Had he not dodged in time, there was absolutely no way his defenses could have withstood that distant strike. No—if not for the peerless footwork of the Dancing Sword Waltz from the Three Profound Forms, he would probably have died beneath that sneak attack!

"For six hundred years, you are the first human to injure me!"

Following an enraged roar, a demon hand stained with black blood and purple flames extended from within the portal.

A dark green sphere of light condensed in its palm, its energy so powerful it seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth. Compared to this dark green sphere, the Hellfire Evil Fire had summoned earlier was utterly insignificant. Yue Yang did not believe his current self could withstand this attack. If that dark green sphere unleashed a shockwave, the consequences would be unthinkable. But what could he do now?

Run?

Or resist to the end?

Forcibly destroying the portal to stop the terrifying demon from emerging might be a good idea.

But the problem was, how could he bypass the dark green sphere's attack and destroy the portal behind it? Sweat beaded on Yue Yang's forehead as he watched the ever-expanding dark green sphere, then glanced behind him... In that direction lay the beautiful woman's home. Though it was far away, if the energy shockwave from this dark green sphere shot out, then perhaps...

Fourth Mother might still be sleeping soundly with the little girl?

Gritting his teeth, Yue Yang rotated his arms around each other, forming a vortex of reversed yin and yang currents from the remaining true qi within his body.

Though the terrifying demon was far too powerful to resist, Yue Yang still charged forward without hesitation... Yue Yang could ignore the lives and deaths of everyone on the Dragon Soaring Continent, but he would never stand by and watch a danger that might threaten the lives of Fourth Mother and the little girl!

The Fourth Mother who loved him and the mischievous little girl were his family!

"Foolish human!" A voice colder than ice rang out from behind the demon hand, from within the portal.

Boom!

As though it had long known Yue Yang would rush over to his death, the dark green sphere erupted instantly. A pale green beam shot from the terrifying demon's palm and struck straight toward Yue Yang's body.

A pale blue barrier suddenly appeared before Yue Yang, ringed with rainbow light. Its surface rippled with exquisite, mysterious, diamond-like sparkling patterns, protecting his body. A Diamond Codex appeared at the same time, and Little Wenli, wielding her twin Frost Blades in her tiny hands, automatically floated out from Yue Yang's body, her little face filled with tension. The pale green beam struck the barrier, causing it to shake violently with a thunderous roar, nearly shattering. Yue Yang was startled, but fortunately, the barrier's curved surface successfully refracted the beam. The pale green energy beam shot straight into the heavens before finally disappearing beyond the atmosphere.

Seeing that the barrier had ultimately remained intact, Yue Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

He had gambled correctly!

The halo barrier summoned by Little Wenli's Diamond Codex really could withstand this devastating attack.

"Ah!" Little Wenli let out an incredibly shrill cry. Yue Yang discovered that the demon hand had somehow already pierced into the halo barrier. Though only one finger had entered, Yue Yang was still horrified beyond measure.

Only then did he realize that the halo barrier was not absolute defense; it had its limits. The demon hand's finger thrust had exceeded the barrier's maximum defensive capacity and stabbed straight through. Yue Yang's final instinct was to bend down, pull Little Wenli into his arms, and hold her tightly to protect her. It was over. This battle was over...

Yet Little Wenli swiftly slipped out from his tight embrace, raised her tiny twin Frost Blades, and fiercely chopped down on the demon's finger.

In an instant, the entire demon hand froze into a hand of ice.

Even the Hellfire blazing atop it was completely extinguished by the frost.

"There is still hope!" Yue Yang's reaction surpassed his previous limits completely. He forcibly overdraw his true qi and gathered the most powerful attacking move of the Three Profound Forms, the Swordless Finger. His strongest strike erupted once more, even stronger than before, and stabbed viciously toward the demon hand that was constantly thawing.

The incomparably sharp sword aura did not disappoint Yue Yang.

Though the demon hand tried to withdraw, its speed was as slow as a snail under the frost's freezing grip.

The sword aura caught up in an instant, piercing through the demon hand's palm with a pop and shooting out through the back of the demon hand, which was covered in bloody scales.

At that moment, the portal rapidly shrank and vanished.

The long, extended demon hand no longer dared attack Yue Yang. It quickly withdrew, desperately trying to retreat back through the portal.

With a flick of her snake tail, Little Wenli swam out with breathtaking grace, chasing after the demon hand. Her eyes were wide with fury, and a sharp, piercing screech came from her little mouth. Yue Yang could sense that she was using her Binding Talent with all her strength...

Under normal circumstances, its effect might have been limited.

After all, the binding duration lasted only one second. But now, it produced a miraculous result.

The demon hand was "firmly" frozen in place by Little Wenli, unable to move at all. When the portal disappeared, space itself became like a sharp blade and immediately severed the entire demon arm. Yue Yang was astonished by Little Wenli's combat instincts. She had not used her Binding Talent before, waiting until the portal was about to vanish before using it to severely injure the terrifying demon in one stroke. This was something Yue Yang, whose combat experience was still that of a complete novice, had never even considered.

"Damn it! Detestable human expert, I will remember you! We will definitely meet again! Just you wait..."

The portal disappeared, but the terrifying demon's unwilling roar still echoed through the air.

If they had fought face-to-face, Yue Yang's current strength could not possibly have won.

However, separated by the space between two worlds, the terrifying demon had been unable to emerge smoothly from the portal and could only attack from afar. It had also underestimated its opponent too much. In the end, it suffered heavily at the hands of Yue Yang's monstrous innate sword aura, along with Little Wenli's special Binding Talent and combat instincts. It had even lost an arm; no wonder it flew into a rage from humiliation.

All strength seemed to drain from Yue Yang's body, and he collapsed weakly to the ground.

This battle had turned around. A narrow victory!

The Bronze Codex floating silently in the distance emitted a burst of golden light that illuminated the night sky. A white pillar of light rose into the air, reaching dozens of meters high.

Because Yue Yang had won the battle, it had leveled up... Countless messages flooded the mind of Yue Yang, the transmigrator, filling him with boundless delight: You have defeated an enemy thought impossible to defeat and achieved a miraculous victory. Your combat points have reached the advancement threshold. The Bronze Codex has automatically advanced to the intermediate rank and gained an additional blank page. At the same time, the ancient laws have granted you a divine blessing. Your Life Guardian Beast, Phantom, has gained a new ability...