The second and third attacked from both sides at once.
Chen Hao raised his hand, sending two streaks of Sword Aura crossing outward.
Two dull thuds sounded, and two bodies slammed heavily to the ground.
The remaining two Overlords stopped. Fear completely overwhelmed the ferocity in their dark red eyes. The largest let out a piercing screech, turned, and fled into a deeper cavern.
"Running?"
Chen Hao vanished from where he stood.
The next instant, he appeared in the fleeing Overlord's path. He pressed a palm onto its head and poured Spiritual Power into it. Before it could even struggle, its entire body shattered from within.
The last Overlord collapsed on the ground, its limbs weak. It no longer even had the strength to flee.
Chen Hao walked over and looked down at it.
It was actually trembling.
"Things like you will only cause trouble if left alive."
He lowered a finger, and the last Overlord dissolved into black smoke.
The Overlords were dealt with, but the problem was not completely resolved. Deeper within this underground space, countless lesser abyss demons still writhed. They packed the caverns in their tens of thousands.
Chen Hao stood in the center of the cavern and closed his eyes.
Energy began gathering around him at a terrifying speed. He drew energy from the air in a frenzy, forming a visible vortex that spun around him.
The ground began to crack.
The Flame Spirit Stones in the vaulted ceiling shook violently, some breaking loose and falling.
Sensing danger, the lesser abyss demons scrambled deeper underground, trampling one another and letting out shrill howls.
Chen Hao opened his eyes.
"Purify."
One word.
A burst of pure white light erupted outward, with him at its center.
There was no sound.
Or rather, sound was swallowed in that