In just a few breaths, more than half of the Red Skull Bandits had ended up in the Four-Armed Demon Maggot's belly.
The dozen or so masked disciples from aristocratic families were clever. Most were in the innate realm and had cultivated relatively high-grade movement techniques. They scattered to escape, and aside from a few at the peak of the acquired realm who failed to get away, the rest safely vanished from the Four-Armed Demon Maggot's sight and disappeared into the Wuxia Mountains.
The Golden Mask Man stood in a tree, his gaze dark as he watched the chaos and endless screams in the distance.
There should not have been any demons in the Wuxia Mountains, nor had any ever been sighted around the Falling Moon Fief. Without a doubt, this demon that had suddenly appeared had most likely been released by someone.
As for who had the ability to subdue and keep a demon, he could think of no one besides the Red Skull Bandits.
The Golden Mask Man slammed his fist into the tree, grinding his knuckles against the hard bark. His furious eyes were bloodshot, and his teeth grated audibly.
His voice was slightly hoarse as he growled, "Well played, Hong Mian. I've always been the one setting others up. No one has ever dared set me up before. I'll remember this."
In the forest, Fan Chong looked at the Four-Armed Demon Maggot drawing ever closer behind them and called out, "Everyone, split up! If this keeps up, none of us will escape!"
"All right!" Wei Hong and the others agreed, each leading the students from his own class off in a different direction.
After recovering a little Spirit Power, Yun Che used Divine Hand on the Four-Armed Demon Maggot nearly a hundred meters away. He did not know whether this talent would work on targets other than humans, but it was well worth trying.
Because the target was so far away, this extraction cost him a full 20 Spirit Power.
As a brilliant yellow light was drawn out of the Four-Armed Demon Maggot, the eagerly awaited notification sounded.
Ding! Extraction successful. Congratulations! You gained 200 stamina.
"How much?"
Yun Che was stunned. Successfully extracting anything was already unbelievable, yet he had gained 200 stamina in one go!
What was stamina? It was the crucial attribute that determined defense! He hurriedly opened his Attribute Panel to take a look.
Player: Yun Che Identity: Live-in son-in-law of the Qin Prince's Residence, academic instructor Realm: Late acquired realm Talent: SSS Rank · Divine Hand (unique) Martial root: Average Class: Titan Enforcer · LV1 (righteousness points: 20/100) Race: Human Reputation: 1182 Strength: 185+100 (1 strength = 1 attack) Agility: 198 (affects speed, critical hits, and evasion) Stamina: 288+100 (1 stamina = 1 defense) Constitution: 90+100 (1 constitution = 10 health) Spirit: 74 (1 spirit = 5 Spirit Power) Attack: 285 (Azure Autumn Sword +50) Defense: 388 (Rong Silk Soft Armor +20) Health: 1900 Spirit Power: 370 Cultivation arts: Soul Secret Manual · high-grade, Wind-Thunder Body Tempering Art · Middle-Grade, Fire Spirit Art · low-grade Movement techniques: Drifting Willow-Step · high-grade Combat techniques: Frost Heaven Severing Sword · high-grade, Sky-Rending Six Directions Slash · high-grade, Radiant Sword Technique · Middle-Grade, Ten Illusions Sword Technique · Middle-Grade, Nine-Force Mountain River Fist · Middle-Grade, Star-Chasing Slash · low-grade, Phoenix Soaring Flash · low-grade... Experience: 3076/5000 Money: 1 gold, 95 silver, 861 copper
Yun Che was thrilled. With a full 408 defense, even an ordinary innate realm cultivator would have to put in some effort to break through his defenses.
Of course, despite that huge increase in defense, it was still rather inadequate against the grandmaster realm Four-Armed Demon Maggot.
Whether it was Wei Hong's bad luck, Yun Che's bad luck, or a specific order from someone, he did not know.
The enormous Four-Armed Demon Maggot ignored everyone else. Its four long, white, rigid arms shoved several trees aside, and it grinned as it pursued Wei Hong and the others.
"Damn it! Why is it chasing our class?" Wei Hong cursed under his breath, his face turning white with fear.
Seeing this, the other instructors and students relaxed a little. They wanted to help, but they simply lacked the power.
"Hang in there, Wei!"
"With all this commotion, the city guards should come to help soon!"
Fan Chong prayed for Wei Hong inwardly, but he did not dare stop for even a moment, continuing to lead his students away.
Yun Che was also furiously screaming Fuck! in his head. Out of nine classes, it had chosen their Class Nine, the weakest of them all. It was not giving them even a shred of hope!
For some reason, he kept feeling that the Four-Armed Demon Maggot's primary target seemed to be him.
Absurd as it sounded, the look in its eyes beneath that tangled black hair made him feel certain it was watching him.
Surely not! I haven't done anything to anyone!
Muttering inwardly, Yun Che decided to test it and moved a short distance away from the group.
The next second, despair struck him. The moment he left the group, the mysterious demon turned its head, changed direction, and actually came after him.
"Motherfucker! It really is after me!"
Yun Che gritted his teeth, quickened his pace, and ran toward a set of ruins he remembered.
"Yun Che, come back!" Qin Yelan, who was fleeing alongside Class Nine, cried out to him as he left the group.
Yun Che looked back as he ran and shouted, "Don't follow me! This demon's main target is me. I'll lure it away. Get out of here!"
With that, Yun Che stamped down hard and plunged into the depths of the forest. The Four-Armed Demon Maggot tilted its head slightly, its mouth stretching into a grin that reached its ears, mockery gleaming in its eyes. Its four slender arms abruptly pushed against the ground, launching its massive body like a flea toward the fleeing Yun Che.
Qin Yelan's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she was about to break away from the group to save Yun Che when Wei Hong grabbed her. "What are you doing? You'll only get yourself killed! Go back to the city and find King Qin first. There might still be a chance."
"Let go!" Qin Yelan refused to listen. By the time she found her father, Yun Che might already have been turned into excrement.
Wei Hong did not let go and continued trying to persuade her. "Listen to me first. Since Instructor Yun dared to lure the demon away alone, he must have thought of a way to save himself. Besides, the demon is huge. It can't move easily through the complicated terrain of the Wuxia Mountains. Instructor Yun won't necessarily die."
"Only by finding King Qin or the Dean as quickly as possible can we truly save Instructor Yun."
At his words, Qin Yelan's shoulders relaxed, and she calmed down. Just as Wei Hong had said, with her strength below the innate realm, she could not possibly match that demon, even if she had cultivated high-grade combat techniques.
She sighed inwardly. It seemed that this brother-in-law of hers probably would not be coming back.
Even innate realm experts could not withstand a single blow from the demon, let alone a novice who could not even advance beyond the middle stage of the body tempering realm.
As Yun Che fled using Drifting Willow-Step, he glanced back at the Four-Armed Demon Maggot pressing closer behind him.
He could tell that it was toying with him. With its strength, it could swat him dead like a fly without much effort.
Yun Che held the Guaranteed-Fall Banana Peel in his hand. The moment the Four-Armed Demon Maggot tried to kill him, he would throw it out to buy himself some time.
Almost there. If I can just hold on for a few more minutes, I'll have a chance to survive.
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