"No!"
Li Xiuru's eyes widened, a trace of fear breaking through their usual calm.
Qin Hao's sword strike held more than the Destruction Sword Domain and the Vitality Sword Domain. It also carried Half-Step Time Laws.
Li Xiuru could all but see what would happen if it struck him.
But the problem now was...
Under the Half-Step Time Laws, not only had Li Xiuru's movements slowed, even his thoughts had grown sluggish.
He had no chance to block it.
Unless...
Unless his strength surged again in the brief time he had left. Only then might he withstand the strike, lessen the effect of the Half-Step Time Laws, and find a chance to dodge.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Li Xiuru roared, furious and frantic.
He did not want to expose his Devil Race identity. Qin Hao had said it outright, but without proof, no one would dare do anything to him.
Now, though, he had no choice.
If he did not unleash his Demonic Body and raise his strength again, then...
Qin Hao's sword would pierce him, and he would almost certainly die.
"Qin Hao, damn you! Damn you!"
In a single instant, Li Xiuru made his decision.
He had to do it!
Without his Demonic Body, he would die by Qin Hao's hand.
If he unleashed it...
There were Venerables from the Southern Region Domain Group nearby, but he might still have a chance to escape.
At least that was far better than watching himself die.
The more he thought about it, the angrier Li Xiuru became. Yet it never occurred to him that Qu Yongyang and Lu Yidao had faced the very predicament he faced now.
Unfortunately for them, neither had even had a chance to unleash his Demonic Body before dying on the spot.
"So you