Chu He Used a Secret Art to Battle a Fourth Rank Late Stage Demon

"Hundred Household Commander Sun..."

"Sir!"

"Sun Shang..."

Zhang Wei lay on the ground, coughing up blood, yet his eyes brimmed with tears as he roared in grief and fury, "Why?"

"The person I loved most died saving me back then, and now my most important brother has died for me too."

"What right do I have to still be alive? What right..."

He wanted to get up and avenge Sun Shang, but his injuries left him without even the strength to stand.

Pop!

The tiger-headed demon pulled the sword from his chest. Though his face had grown somewhat pale, he still turned and charged toward the battlefield.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Every step of his enormous body made the earth tremble.

"Ah..."

A shrill scream rang out.

As it turned out...

During this time, the chaos in Nine Nether Town had driven large numbers of residents eastward. They were all hiding in an open space protected by the Demon Suppression Guards, with some injured sect disciples among them.

As for...

Why the disciples who could still fight had not come, it was because they feared being conscripted by the Demon Suppression Guards to fight the demons alongside them.

Just now...

A little girl had screamed in fright at the tiger-headed demon.

At that moment...

The injured sect disciples' expressions also changed drastically. Many even crawled away, wanting to leave this place.

The state of the battle was clear!

Above, Qian Hao was tied down by Tian Liu. Below, of the two strongest Hundred Household Commanders, one was dead and the other wounded. Even all the other Hundred Household Commanders combined could not possibly match this demon.

The outcome went without saying. They would all die!

"Brother..."

In the crowd...

A frail man clutched the arm of the imposing man beside him, a trace of terror showing on his pale face.

"Don't be afraid... your brother's here."

The imposing man patted his head, but worry and fear also showed in his eyes. However composed he normally was, at a moment of life and death like this, he could not help being afraid.

Whoosh!

A Hundred Household Commander of the Demon Suppression Guard, drenched in blood after just slaying a demon, forced himself upright. He tore off his cuff, bound it around his Demon-Suppressing Saber, and blocked the tiger-headed demon's path. Raising his Demon-Suppressing Saber, he shouted:

"Suppress the demons!"

Bang!

Ignoring their injuries, all the Demon Suppression Guards formed another defensive line, blocking every demon's path.

Together, they threw back their heads and roared:

"Suppress the demons!"

"Suppress the demons!"

"Suppress the demons!"

"Kill!"

Earth-shaking sounds of slaughter rose once more!

Flesh and blood flew, and bloody mist filled the air. Every Demon Suppression Guard attacked madly, as though injected with chicken blood.

Bang!

A Company Commander blocking the tiger-headed demon was trampled to death.

Riiip...

A Hundred Household Commander was torn apart.

"How dare you!"

Qian Hao's eyes nearly split with fury as he moved to help.

However...

Tian Liu blocked him.

"Hahaha... Qian Hao, why do you think I was willing to come watch with you? I wanted you to see with your own eyes how they were torn apart and slaughtered, bit by bit, right in front of you."

Tian Liu sneered mockingly.

He was not a psychopath.

Rather, he intended to use this method to throw Qian Hao into disarray. That way, he might be able to kill him in a short time.

The Demon-Suppressing Sword was his true target.

At that moment...

Chu He slew another Third Rank demon. He looked up at the tiger-headed demon advancing along his path, his eyes narrowing.

The situation was grim.

Something had gone wrong with the Demon Suppression Bureau's fallback plan, and though the tiger-headed demon was badly wounded, he was still beyond their ability to stop.

If this continued, every Demon Suppression Guard on the eastern battlefield would die within the time it took an incense stick to burn.

As for him...

He had only two paths!

First, he could turn and flee immediately. He could definitely escape Nine Nether Town, but doing so would mean breaking with the Demon Suppression Bureau. Thousand Household Commander Qian Hao would most likely survive! When that happened, he would become wanted by the Demon Suppression Bureau, and all his previous plans would come to nothing.

That was something Chu He could not accept.

So...

He would choose the second option and go crazy once more. Besides, the present circumstances suited him doing just that.

Bang!

He kicked away the demon before him!

"Roar..."

Chu He threw back his head and howled, swallowing a pill.

At the same time...

Dazzling flames blazed from his body, as though a god of fire had descended into the world.

The tremendous commotion drew the entire battlefield's attention. Even the tiger-headed demon instinctively looked toward Chu He.

This was...

"Not good! Stop him!"

"He's using the Nine Demonic Latent Arts to unleash his potential! He'll die!"

Seeing Chu He bathed in flames, Zhang Wei's expression changed drastically. He tried to rise and stop him, but unfortunately could not get up at all.

What?

The Demon Suppression Guards all shuddered when they heard Zhang Wei.

The Nine Demonic Latent Arts was a top-tier secret art of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Bureau, yet very few Demon Suppression Guards practiced it. It was not because it was weak. On the contrary, the greater one's potential, the greater the strength it could unleash.

But once used, it left the user dead or crippled. Furthermore, using it was excruciatingly painful. One Demon Suppression Guard had once killed himself from the pain less than three breaths after activating it!

Thus, this art was already tacitly regarded as forbidden.

Now...

Chu He was actually using it. Did he not want to live?

Shing-!

Holding the Demon-Suppressing Saber in his right hand, Chu He walked toward the tiger-headed demon, step by step.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

With every step, his presence grew stronger.

He dragged his long saber along as he walked.

Its violent friction against the bluestone ground sent showers of dazzling sparks flying.

At the same time...

Chu He's commanding, hoarse voice rang out across the battlefield:

"Chu He!"

"Joined the Demon Suppression Bureau in Great Qian Year 996!"

"Currently Company Commander of the Third Battalion, Third Army of Yunzhou. Today, I declare: demons... must die."

Bang!

Chu He stamped down, shattering ten meters of bluestone into dust.

He leaped dozens of meters, his Demon-Suppressing Saber descending from the sky toward the tiger-headed demon's head. There was not the slightest saber light, yet it chilled the heart.

"Suppress! Demons!"

"Roar! Die!"

The tiger-headed demon thrust out both claws at once. Claw light slashed toward Chu He with the might to tear everything apart.

Clang! Clang!

Two rather quiet impacts rang out.

Whoosh.

Chu He was flung a hundred meters away and stood silently on the ground.

His face was expressionless, as though he had suffered no harm, but the blood constantly pooling beneath his feet proved how dire his condition was.

On the other side...

A trace of astonishment had only just appeared on the tiger-headed demon's face when he suddenly clutched his head and howled madly:

"Roar... damn it... roar..."

Strike while you were sick; take your life.

Thud!

Chu He leaped up again and charged at the tiger-headed demon.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Soft collisions rang out continuously, like children fighting.

Yet!

What none of them could understand was that the tiger-headed demon not only defended timidly, but wailed more miserably after every collision, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Roar..."

The tiger-headed demon's roar carried tremendous fury.

Outrageous! Damn it all!

"Awooo..."

The tiger-headed demon stopped defending and roared madly at Chu He. Waves of sound visible to the naked eye emerged. This was the tiger demons' innate skill: Tiger Roar.

Screee...

Chu He held his saber in front of him and was driven backward a hundred meters before barely managing to stop. However, his flying-fish uniform could endure no more.

Bang!

His flying-fish uniform shattered!

His lean, muscular upper body was exposed to the eyes of every living being present!

Hiss...