The many experts on Ashburn's side looked incredulous when they saw Dempus actually retreating with First Prince Charles in tow.
"Everyone, fall back!" Blount, the Church of Light's Paladin, suddenly shouted, immediately heading off in Dempus's direction.
Entwined with thick blood clouds, the Demon-Slaying Edge unleashed a torrent of chaotic negative power. It interwove with the power within the blood clouds and cleaved straight down with an incomparably terrifying force.
Dempus and Blount were both horrified, unable to understand what was happening. Blount in particular had easily inflicted serious injuries on Han Shuo just a few days earlier. He knew Han Shuo's strength was extraordinary, but had still considered him beneath his notice. He had never imagined that, after only a few days apart, Han Shuo's strength would have become this terrifying.
It was precisely because they sensed the terrifying power contained in this strike that they immediately began retreating. Even Blount and Dempus had no confidence that they could withstand such a fearsome blow.
Once Dempus and Blount retreated, the lesser soldiers and officers were naturally even more terrified. They began fleeing the area in blind panic, while some of the more powerful experts blurred into motion and left the area in the blink of an eye.
Carrying the force of a collapsing mountain, the terrifying attack crashed down upon the area where a hundred people had yet to escape.
Rumble...
Tremors and thunderous roars like the collapse of heaven and earth erupted from that area. Dust swept wildly over the shattered ground, and hurricane winds carried fragments shooting in every direction. Streaks of bloody light burst like fireworks, while ghastly wails and howls rose one after another.
The soldiers and officers who had failed to leave were instantly blasted to pieces. Their flesh mingled with the debris and