Forcing a Way Out, Each with Their Own Designs

Is it a dark and windy night?

The smile on Ji Zhaoxuan's face slowly faded, replaced by a cold, indifferent expression.

"Brother Ao, under this rain of blood, we should not linger. Let us join forces and capture this boy together." Ji Zhaoxuan looked at the Demon Race beside him and extended an invitation.

The nine Demon Race surrounding them showed no intention of making a move, merely observing coldly. The Dragon Race leader even shifted his gaze from Yu Tunzhou to Ji Zhaoxuan, his eyes seemingly scrutinizing him.

After realizing that the Demon Race had no intention of making a move, Ji Zhaoxuan narrowed his eyes and said:

"Brother Ao E, are you going to break your promise?"

"Brother Ji, you flatter us. We are merely waiting for the right moment to strike," Ao E said calmly, his gaze returning to Yu Tunzhou. "After all, a great reputation is well-deserved, and we dare not act rashly. How about Brother Ji's men go first?"

Upon discovering that Yu Tunzhou remained calm and showed no fear whatsoever, he couldn't help but show admiration, and suddenly said:

"Yu Tunzhou, why don't we join forces, take down Brother Ji's team first, and then have a final showdown? What do you say?"

His voice pierced through the rain, reaching everyone's ears clearly.

The room fell silent.

Ji Zhaoxuan stared coldly at Ao E without saying a word, seemingly having anticipated this, yet not worried that the other party would actually turn hostile.

Yu Tunzhou glanced at the leading Dragon Race and recognized Ao E. At the start of the second trial, Ao E's status among the Demon Race was clearly extraordinary, and he was no easy opponent.

Seeing that Yu Tunzhou did not respond, Ao E did not care and simply smiled and said:

"Just kidding, the alliance between me and Brother Ji is unbreakable."

Ji Zhaoxuan snorted coldly, "Brother Ao, don't forget, this alliance was not made by you and me, but by our two families' elders. Neither of us has the right to break it!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi's expression subtly changed.

Previously, he had been in charge of maintaining contact with the Demon Race race.

Ao E was also contacted through him.

But now, the royal family and the overseas Demon Race... no, the overseas Dragon Race race already have connections?!

What about Ao E and Ji Zhaoxuan?

Xiao Yanzhi looked intently behind Ji Zhaoxuan.

Who says their crown prince is just a spoiled brat?

These words were not only a reminder to Ao E, but also a warning to Xiao Yanzhi.

"And I'd also like to share some news with Brother Ao--"

Ji Zhaoxuan's voice came again, calm and composed, as if he had anticipated everything long ago. Even if Ao E really had ulterior motives, he was confident that he could bring him back.

"The relationship between Yu Tunzhou and Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple is also quite extraordinary. If Brother Ao can truly join forces with them, I, Ji, will have to look at them with new respect."

"What did you say?!"

Ao E suddenly roared, accompanied by an astonishing killing intent.

He took a sudden step forward, his golden dragon eyes blazing with murderous intent, and roared once more.

"You're a disciple of the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple?!"

Seeing this, Ji Zhaoxuan smiled. This was the fundamental reason why he dared to join forces with Ao E and was not afraid of Ao E turning against him.

Several months ago, on the battlefield in the Northern Sea, that Daoist Fuyao killed a true dragon from overseas at the Dharma Aspect level.

Even overseas today, a powerhouse of this caliber would be a clan-protecting figure, yet he ultimately perished on the Northern Sea battlefield. One can only imagine the pain the overseas Dragon Race must have felt.

That true dragon in its Dharma Aspect was none other than Ao E's ancestor!

At this moment, enraged by Ao E's actions, even the Demon Race warriors who had initially been merely spectators began to stir with excitement.

Yu Tunzhou looked at Ao E in surprise, then suddenly realized, "Was that true dragon that died in the Northern Sea your ancestor? Do you know those two External Scenery true dragons that infiltrated the Western Desert and attacked the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple?"

Ao E took a step forward, his fiery Qi and Blood surging and spreading. His eyes were cold as he said, enunciating each word clearly, "You were also present during the trip to the Western Desert?"

Yu Tunzhou immediately smiled broadly and said, "I was there at the Dragon Banquet."

"... very good."

Ao E's expression returned to calm, but the killing intent seemed to have seeped into his very bones, directed directly at Yu Tunzhou. He stared at Yu Tunzhou, uttering each word as if making a vow.

"I will kill you once I reach the Dragon Gate."

The next moment, Ao E suddenly let out a sharp shout:

"Do it!"

The eight Demon Race warriors around them suddenly swarmed forward and pounced.

Ji Zhaoxuan said with a faint smile, "Brother Xiao, let's go."

Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Tantai Mingyu, nodded slightly, and was the first to move, leading the other five to surround her.

Both sides attacked simultaneously, cutting off all of Yu Tunzhou's escape routes.

There are no gaps.

There were no flaws.

Blood rained down, and murderous intent surged like a tide.

Yu Tunzhou stood still, without retreating, his face still bearing the bright smile he had when he mentioned the Dragon Banquet.

then.

That smile gradually became more arrogant and more ferocious.

Xiao Yanzhi frowned slightly. How could he still laugh when surrounded and attacked by fourteen of them?

He didn't believe anyone could fight their way out of such a desperate situation.

Tonight, whether it's Feng Yanleng or Deng Canglan, facing such a large group of people, they can only rely on their physical strength and shout for retreat; there is no other way!

Just then, Yu Tunzhou suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Before anyone could react, the Demon Race warrior at the forefront felt as if a mountain had struck his chest. The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible. He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the rain of blood and splashing up a large spray of water.

The Demon Race warrior struggled for a moment, but was unable to get up again.

Just one punch.

The shock in everyone's hearts hadn't even had time to develop.

While the Demon Race warrior was struggling, Yu Tunzhou had already attacked the nearest enemy warrior.

This man, born into the Bear Race, was over two meters tall with bulging muscles all over his body. At this moment, he sensed the life-or-death crisis, let out a roar, and slammed down with both palms like fans, the wind from his palms causing the rain to swirl back.

In terms of pure power, it ranks among the top three of the eight Demon Race!

Yu Tunzhou did not retreat, allowing the large, fan-like hand to pat his shoulder, yet his body remained completely still.

The bear demon's eyes widened in disbelief—how could its hasty strike have failed to even budge its opponent?!

The next moment, both palms pierced his ears. The bear demon felt as if a bell had exploded in his mind. His vision went black, he lost consciousness, and collapsed to his knees with a thud.

"Get out of the way!"

With a low, angry roar, Ao E immediately realized something was wrong. In the instant that Yu Tunzhou knocked down the bear demon, he rushed forward, his five fingers forming a claw, aiming straight for Yu Tunzhou's back.

The claws tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

Yu Tunzhou suddenly twisted his body, his right fist slamming out from his waist, directly meeting Ao E's dragon claw.

"Boom!"

With a muffled roar, a shockwave exploded, sweeping away the blood rain within a radius of several feet.

Yu Tunzhou swayed slightly, his gaze sharp; he was indeed a formidable opponent.

A brief exchange was enough for Yu Tunzhou to confirm that this person was undoubtedly one of the leaders of the Demon Race in this generation, simply because his physique was not much inferior to Niu Tuntian's.

Fortunately, his physical body has also improved in the past few days.

Otherwise, he would need to be fully focused just to face Ao E, let alone the other fifteen, no, thirteen.

Ao E staggered back several steps, its dragon claws trembling slightly as they collided with the Yu Tunzhou.

After personally experiencing the power contained in Yu Tunzhou's punch, Ao E's expression changed drastically, and the killing intent in his eyes intensified.

He was a pure-blooded Dragon Race, yet this Human Race's physical body was actually superior to his own!

In this generation of the Demon Race, only a handful of people, including Niu Tuntian, possess a physique superior to his!

Ao E asked in a deep voice, "What kind of cultivation method do you practice?"

After saying this, he paused noticeably, his expression turning cold and stern. "It doesn't matter anymore. No matter how you tempered your physical body to this level, you can't possibly defeat us combined!"

"Let's attack together!"

By this time, everyone had realized what was happening. They were shocked and alert, and they all realized that this was not a sure-fire hunt.

They were facing a ferocious beast that could drag them to the Underworld at any moment!

No one dared to advance rashly; they all cautiously tightened the encirclement, led by Ao E.

Yu Tunzhou glanced around and said dismissively, "Anyone who didn't know better would think I, Yu, was leading a hunt for you."

For a moment, everyone's faces seemed to burn with embarrassment.

Ao E snorted coldly and attacked again, becoming the main force in this hunt.

Yu Tunzhou did not engage in a prolonged battle with Ao E. Instead, he moved swiftly through the rain, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes forward, sometimes backward. Each strike was as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, striking and retreating immediately without ever lingering.

The enemy numbers were too great; even he dared not say he could escape unscathed from the encirclement led by Ao E.

If he were to be held back by Ao E and surrounded by the crowd, even he would face a life-or-death crisis.

Fortunately, his actions just now were enough to intimidate everyone for a short time.

At this moment, with his eyes fixed on the Yu Tunzhou in the arena, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly shouted in a low voice, "Don't scatter! With Ao E as the leader, form two layers, inner and outer. We absolutely cannot let him break through the encirclement!"

As the encirclement tightened, Yu Tunzhou knew it couldn't last long.

He feinted to dodge Ao E's attack, then darted like a ghost towards a Human Race warrior to the side.

The latter only felt a blur before his eyes, and a fist was growing larger and larger in his field of vision.

"Bang!"

He was sent flying backward, crashing into the stone wall behind him before sliding softly to the ground, his fate unknown.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Tunzhou twisted his body sharply, but still couldn't completely dodge, and was stabbed in the right shoulder by Ao E's claw.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting me?" Ao E roared.

Yu Tunzhou didn't even turn his head, his momentum like a tiger, he pounced on Tantai Mingyu in front of him without regard for anything else.

The latter's expression changed drastically.

She witnessed Yu Tunzhou swiftly and decisively deal with several Demon Race warriors, and realizing that she was no match for him in terms of physical strength, she had already retreated to the back.

But to my surprise, the person in front of me was so weak, he was knocked down with just one punch!

Tantai Mingyu's eyes reflected that fierce and ruthless figure that seemed to devour its prey. Her heart trembled, and she instinctively wanted to retreat, so she moved aside to avoid it.

"Watch out!" Xiao Yanzhi suddenly rushed back to the rescue, taking Tantai Mingyu and blocking Yu Tunzhou's path, delivering a palm strike.

Yu Tunzhou's gaze sharpened, and with a stomp of his foot, all the strength in his body instantly gathered into his fist. His fist, like a heavy hammer, swept towards Xiao Yanzhi was trying to block his way!

Fist and palm met.

Boom!

The blood-red rain within a three-zhang radius was swept away by the shockwave!

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes bulged, his expression changed drastically, and he felt an overwhelming force attacking him, shattering his prepared Inner Qi defenses.

"Puff!"

His Qi and Blood surged rapidly in his chest, forcing him to open his clenched teeth and spit out a mouthful of hot blood.

"Brother Xiao!" Tantai Mingyu snapped out of her daze, her heart filled with a mixture of shock and embarrassment. She was about to make her move when she suddenly heard Xiao Yanzhi's voice transmission, filled with anger:

"Retreat! Let him go! Ji Zhaoxuan has already realized our intentions. This ambush needs a variable, and he is that variable!"

Tantai Mingyu was taken aback.

"Did you intentionally injure yourself?"

"..."

Xiao Yanzhi spat out a mouthful of blood, his heart filled with a mixture of shock and anger. He had only intended to go with the flow and put on a show, and he didn't care about suffering a minor injury.

But once he took that punch, he had no choice but to act out the situation, even suffering a significant injury in the process.

Yu Tunzhou's physique was so strong that it was almost on par with the Ancient Method cultivators who practiced the top-tier physical cultivation method to achieve sainthood!

"Idiot! Stop him!" Ao E shouted angrily from behind.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Tunzhou broke through Tantai Mingyu and Xiao Yanzhi's defenses.

Boom!

He stomped heavily on his foot, kicking up a cloud of dust and mud, which, along with the blood rain, disrupted Ao E's vision behind him.

The next moment, he charged forward with unstoppable momentum to the last obstacle blocking his way. Golden light emanated from beneath his skin, and with a fierce and domineering aura, he punched forward!

Even though warriors were rushing to his aid from both sides, he showed no intention of retreating, nor did he even adopt a defensive stance.

In his eyes, before his fist, there was only the martial artist blocking his way.

This domineering aura, willing to sacrifice himself to kill the person in front of him, shattered the last person blocking his way, causing him to hastily dodge to the side.

Now, the road ahead is wide open!

Yu Tunzhou laughed loudly, letting the martial artists attacking from both sides strike his back with a palm and a knife.

His Inner Qi surged violently, but with the help of the two men, he suddenly darted forward.

"How is this possible?!" the swordsman exclaimed in disbelief.

His body was surging with Qi and Blood, as if burning with fire, but with a full-force strike, he only managed to leave a shallow cut on Yu Tunzhou's back, with not much blood splattering out.

In that fleeting glimpse, he vaguely saw golden light emanating from the wound, suppressing the bleeding and showing signs of healing.

It's like facing off against a powerful demon with top-tier bloodlines!

At this point, Yu Tunzhou forcefully tore open a gap in the encirclement of more than ten people!

Amidst the rain of blood, the loud laughter of Yu Tunzhou echoed:

"If you're not afraid of death, come and chase me!"

"A bunch of scoundrels!" Ao E roared in fury, his figure following closely behind Yu Tunzhou like a shadow, "Keep up!"

He hadn't expected that in just a moment, Yu Tunzhou would break through the defenses of three people in succession, with the Human Race warriors playing a particularly significant role.

The group of overseas Demon Race warriors looked grim, all following behind. If word of today's battle were to get out, it would be far too humiliating.

Ji Zhaoxuan, who had been observing from the outside the whole time, darkened his expression and swept his cold gaze across Xiao Yanzhi and Tantai Mingyu.

But when he saw Xiao Yanzhi suddenly spit out another mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of broken internal organs, he was also a little unsure and his eyelids twitched.

Even if Xiao Yanzhi was deliberately acting and intended to let the Yu Tunzhou away, he wouldn't have allowed himself to suffer such injuries; it had already damaged his very foundation.

Is this Madman truly this vicious?!

"Your Highness, we must not allow Yu Tunzhou to continue growing by leveraging the resources of Dragon Gate! We must stop him!"

Xiao Yanzhi forced himself to sit up, using Secret Method to suppress his injuries, and spoke urgently.

Ji Zhaoxuan's gaze fell on Xiao Yanzhi's face, confirming that this person was sincere.

"Chase!" Ji Zhaoxuan turned around and, this time, took the lead, setting out to hunt Yu Tunzhou.

Tantai Mingyu walked past Xiao Yanzhi, nodding slightly as she did so, her expression conveying a clear understanding.

She guessed that Xiao Yanzhi wanted to use Yu Tunzhou to get rid of Ji Zhaoxuan, and transmitted her voice:

"Don't worry, I'll hold back later; I won't let Yu Tunzhou get into a desperate situation."

Xiao Yanzhi felt a surge of frustration welling up in his chest.

Release water?

Do you have the right to go easy on him?!

He gritted his teeth and whispered:

"The Yu Tunzhou has become a major threat! Haven't you realized it yet?! This child has no flaws in physique or Primordial Spirit, has mastered the Unity of Heaven and Celestial Person, and is even suspected of cultivating a top-tier method for achieving physical sainthood!"

"If we allow him to forge his Inner Heaven and Earth at this stage, leveraging the fortuitous opportunity and resources within the Dragon Gate, then even if we use the Three Talents Formation at the very end of the Dragon Gate, it will be difficult to defeat him!"

Even if we can't kill him, we must make him exit this stage early!

Tantai Mingyu was stunned, and asked in surprise, "You weren't acting just now?!"

Puff!

Overwhelmed with pent-up emotions, Xiao Yanzhi coughed up another mouthful of blood.