Zhao Wuji's Might!

Inside the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.

News that the Demon Race had seized the Cloud Azure Territory's border soon reached the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.

Smack!

Xu Xiao slammed the table and sprang to his feet, roaring in fury.

"Damn them! Does the Demon Race think our Human Race has no one left? How dare they invade our borders!"

Xu Xuan rose and cupped his hands slightly. "Father, the fighting at the border is desperate. I volunteer to go!"

"Mm."

Xu Xiao nodded. "Good. Our Evolutionary Spirit Sect must safeguard the Human Race!"

Just then, Zhao Wuji, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke. "Sect Master Xu, yours is truly a righteous spirit!"

"Since Sect Master Xu understands the greater good so well, I too ought to contribute to the Human Race's fortunes. Xu Xuan, may I accompany you?"

As Zhao Wuji spoke, he looked at Xu Xuan with a smile.

After considering it for a moment, Xu Xuan nodded. Naturally, he had no reason to refuse Zhao Wuji's attempt to curry favor.

After all, a demon king in the Heavenly Abode Realm had reportedly appeared at the border. With Zhao Wuji there, he could feel much more at ease.

"I want to go too!"

Yun Qingxue, who had said nothing until now, stepped forward, clenching her delicate fists, her eyes filled with determination!

"You want to go too?"

Yun Qianhe froze, somewhat annoyed. "You're only in the Spirit Palace realm. You'll only hold them back!"

Yun Qianhe was not wrong. Yun Qingxue was only in the Spirit Palace realm, so she would be of little use there.

"City Lord Qianhe, rest assured. With me there, nothing will happen to Qingxue."

Xu Xuan spoke calmly.

"Well..."

Yun Qianhe glanced hesitantly at Xu Xuan, then at Zhao Wuji beside him. In the end, he could only agree with a helpless nod.

"Very well. I'll allow you to go. Be careful at all times."

"Rest assured. With me there, no one will lay a finger on a disciple of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace!"

Zhao Wuji thumped his chest in assurance.

The group set off toward the Cloud Azure Territory's border.

"The Demon Race is running rampant at the border. You three should leave quickly. They say a Heavenly Abode demon king has arrived there. There may not be a single person in the Cloud Azure Territory who can stand against him!"

A one-armed man stopped and addressed the three of them.

"Sir, what happened to your arm?"

"Don't ask. Those demons are utterly savage. I fought one, but he tore off my arm when I let my guard down. That's how I ended up like this."

"What a disgrace! What a disgrace!"

The man's eyes held unconcealed anger, and beneath that anger, fear.

Revenge was all but impossible!

"You three, I'm warning you out of kindness: you'd best not go. Less than a hundred meters ahead is where the demons live. It used to be a city, but now not a single person in it remains alive, and the demons have occupied it entirely. The humans lucky enough to survive have been reduced to sex livestock, driven about for the demons' amusement! What a tragedy!"

The man sighed. He had said everything he needed to say. What they chose to do was no longer his concern.

He hurried away, seemingly unwilling to linger even a moment longer.

Anger surged in Zhao Wuji's heart. Even if he were not trying to curry favor with Xu Xuan, he would still slaughter every demon invading the Cloud Azure border!

"Senior Zhao, let's go!"

"Very well."

Zhao Wuji nodded. The three quickened their pace again and soon reached the former border city less than a hundred meters away.

"Humans are here!"

A broad, hulking gorilla waved his fists excitedly, a bloodthirsty glint appearing in his eyes!

"Humans are nothing but weaklings. Since some still dare come here, they shall suffer my wrath!"

The gorilla roared and leaped straight down, driving his enormous fist viciously toward Zhao Wuji's face.

"Senior Zhao, let me handle this."

Xu Xuan flexed his hands, white gusts of force flickering around his fist. Their attacks collided!

Bang!!

Waves of towering force erupted with the crash, and both their expressions changed.

"What a powerful body! You're the only human I've ever seen who could withstand one of my punches!"

The gorilla stumbled back several steps, his estimation of Xu Xuan rising.

He continued speaking in the human tongue. "Human, you're strong. Again!"

"Who said I'd fight you again?"

Xu Xuan rolled his eyes at the gorilla. "You killed my brethren, invaded our borders, and occupied our city. You deserve death!"

"Senior Zhao, please strike!"

Through that brief exchange, he had realized that he could not yet kill the gorilla, who was likewise at the peak of the Transforming Sea realm, on his own. To settle this quickly, Xu Xuan decided he might as well have Zhao Wuji slaughter him with thunderous force!

Zhao Wuji answered and leaped into the air.

"Demons who invade the borders of our Human Race shall be executed!!"

The moment his words fell, thunder roared!

Holding lightning in his hand, Zhao Wuji wore an icy expression. With a downward sweep of his hand, he sent the lightning crashing down!

Rumble!

The gorilla's eyes widened, filled with panic.

He had never imagined that this unknown human before him would actually be in the Heavenly Abode Realm!

Such cultivation was utterly beyond his ability to resist!

Although demons were stronger than humans at the same realm, the Transforming Sea and Heavenly Abode realms were worlds apart!

Such a gulf in cultivation could not be bridged through techniques or lineage.

Moreover, judging by this display, Zhao Wuji seemed to be no ordinary Heavenly Abode cultivator!

"Y-you can't touch me! I'm from the Heavenly Ape Race..."

The gorilla begged in panic, but what greeted him was still the fury of lightning...

Rumble! Boom!

Lightning of crushing weight rained down as though it cost nothing. The panic froze in the gorilla's eyes, which remained wide open. Struck by such lightning, he was dead beyond all doubt.

"Let's go!"

Zhao Wuji lightly dusted off his hands, as though he had done something utterly trivial.

Inside the city, Tang Shan heard the thunder in the sky and finally came out.

"An envoy from the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace?"

The instant he saw Zhao Wuji, Tang Shan's expression changed. Without another moment's hesitation, he turned and fled.

"Trying to run?"

Zhao Wuji was amused. A traitor to the Human Race who fancied he could lead demons to seize human borders had already committed a capital offense!

"Those who betray the Human Race shall die!"

As his icy voice rang out, three enormous fireballs slowly appeared behind Zhao Wuji!

"Heavenly Fire Descent!"

He extended a finger and lightly pointed forward. The three enormous fireballs instantly shot out!

Boom!!!

Before Tang Tian could react, the three fireballs swallowed him. Consumed by the flames, Tang Tian was reduced entirely to ashes!

"This..."

"Since there isn't a single person left in this city, there's no reason for the city to exist either!!"

Before everyone's eyes, Zhao Wuji unleashed another devastating technique!

Countless demons looked up in terror, only to see a mighty divine ability manifest behind Zhao Wuji.

A succession of thunderous booms followed!

Several demon clans inhabited this city.

"Spirit-Slaying Art!"

The moment his words fell, an immense mass of spiritual energy condensed in his palm.

With a light downward motion of his index finger, the immense spiritual energy instantly crashed down, blotting out the sky and covering the earth!

Among the Demon Race.

A young man in purple robes frowned deeply as he bathed in a spirit pool. Arcs of electricity surged around him, and the enormous phantom of a demonic beast loomed faintly behind his back!

"As expected of our Demon Race's child of destiny! Is he about to break through to the Heavenly Abode Realm already?"

An old demon exclaimed excitedly.