"Go! Go! They're over there!"
"Fire!"
"Watch out! Up in the air!"
Gunshots and cannon blasts thundered deafeningly. The Hydra soldiers had just scrambled out of their vehicles and had yet to scatter when their comrades' warnings finally registered. A streak of dark teal flashed past the corners of their eyes, and bloody cuts opened across their cheeks, spraying crimson droplets.
One Hydra soldier blankly touched his face. Only when he saw his own blood on his hand did his sluggish body register the sharp pain.
"Aah-!"
Shrill, despairing screams rose one after another. The carnage amid the crowd was horrifying. The incapacitated Hydra soldiers wailed as they finally got a clear look at their attacker.
The mask on his face resembled a demon, grotesque and terrifying. Its eyes were cold and merciless, chilling everyone who saw him to the bone.
Xiao's spear mastery had reached perfection. As he swept back and forth, he seemed like two wind wheels tearing through his enemies at once. The Hydra soldiers were utterly helpless against his spear; even the bullets fired from their guns could not catch his airborne figure.
Xiao donned the Demon-Conquering Nuo Mask, becoming a wrathful demon who slaughtered evil spirits. In his eyes, these Hydra soldiers were now the "evil spirits" lingering in the mortal world.
Without a moment's hesitation, Xiao soared into the air amid Hydra's hail of bullets. His spear descended with the speed of the wind, crashing toward the ground with an unstoppable momentum and the resolve to destroy all evil.
"Bane of All Evil!"
He leaped and plunged again and again. Wreathed in dense darkness, the teal whirlwinds looked particularly ominous. Each time his spear tip struck the ground, spears erupted in an instant, piercing every enemy within range and sending them flying amid sprays