A few minutes earlier, Bai Qiu Li, Wan Jiang, and the others had finished collecting their spoils from the Sword Tomb Ruins and were preparing to return to Xia City.
But they had barely left the ruins' barrier when the curse pattern on the inside of Wan Jiang's forearm began to burn.
The next instant, a terrifying pressure engulfed the entire group!
"This is bad!"
Wan Jiang immediately sensed danger and instinctively unleashed his Dragon Hunter Domain and tribulation-annihilating thunder bone to resist. But the gap between their powers was simply too great. He could not fight it at all!
At the same time, infernal flames flared before them, and a demonic figure stepped out of the fire... another member of the Bloodfire Inferno Race!
Yet this one looked completely different from Yu Five and Yu Nine. He was exceptionally tall, clad in dark red armor, with two enormous black wings burning with flames behind him. The only similarity was the chain weapon he still held in his hand.
"It's him!" Sword Spirit Chao's heart lurched, unmistakable fear creeping into Chao's voice.
Bai Qiu Li drew the Divine Sword Ice Phoenix, her gaze grave. "You know him?"
Chao's voice was stiff. "He's the Inferno Executioner, one of the Bloodfire Inferno Race's top three fighters, at the very least... demigod-tier!"
Demigod-tier was a separate combat strength classification used by certain powerful races.
It referred to beings who had reached Tier Five and mastered divine core power but had yet to ascend to a divine throne!
But Chao hardly needed to explain how powerful their opponent was. Everyone could feel it from the moment they faced him...
The instant the Inferno Executioner appeared, the pressure of his divine core power descended upon them. That infernal might made it difficult for even Bai