"Damn it, people grow cunning with age, and things grow monstrous! I've seen more Demon Beasts than I can count and killed plenty of high-level ones myself, but I've never met one that seemed so much like a living person!"
You An instinctively sensed that this Demon was different, too, and marveled inwardly.
Li Chen said, "Go!"
Things had come to this; thinking any further would do no good. They could only steel themselves and sprint away beneath the Servant Demon leader's mocking gaze.
"Roar!" Several of the chieftains chased after them in anger, apparently unwilling to let them leave so easily.
But the Servant Demon leader suddenly moved.
It leaped in front of those chieftains and merely turned its head to give them a cool glance. The frenzied chieftains immediately froze, too frightened to move.
"Roar!"
The Servant Demon leader roared at them. A wisp of demonic baleful energy, like burning flame, emerged over its body, and it darted off like a shadow, pursuing Li Chen and You An alone.
Li Chen and You An were already utterly exhausted, but with the hope of escaping alive before them, they still forced their lead-heavy legs onward and ran a long way without stopping.
"It really followed us! What do we do?"
"What else can we do? Run a little farther, then ride our Mechanism Beasts for our lives once the Demon horde is out of sight!"
After running several miles and seeing that the surrounding Demons were far behind, Li Chen finally tore off his painted skin, revealing his true appearance, and summoned the Fang Tiger Mechanism Beast from his Storage Ring.
You An likewise tore off his painted skin, summoned his own Mechanism Beast mount, and swung himself onto it.
"Go!"
Both men used the last of their strength