Before dying, the Corpse Bone Bird let out a shriek that attracted the Bloodline Sword Demon, but he was too late—Lu Heng had already killed the beast with the utmost haste.
The Bloodline Sword Demon didn't even catch a glimpse of who was behind the attack, as he charged over, saw the Huan Yu and swiftly pounced on it, intent on sinking the ship first.
"The demon is coming!"
The scout eagle in the sky spotted the approach of the Bloodline Sword Demon, and Su Muyu immediately warned everyone loudly.
"Turn on invisibility and retreat quickly!" Lu Heng gestured, urging Su Muyu to turn the Huan Yu invisible and escort it to retreat.
The Wolfpack's armed speedboat, spanning 36 meters in length, had been split in two by the Bloodline Sword Demon with a single strike.
The Huan Yu was only 26 meters long, with a weaker structure. If it got so much as touched, it would sink even faster.
Su Muyu raised her hand and shouted, "Shift the rudder, start retreating, everyone put on life jackets."
Retreating the ship was naturally the aim of preserving it, but they also had to prepare for the worst scenario, so wearing life jackets was the right call.
Su Muyu, who had the scout eagle, could actually take off anytime, but the scout eagle might need to save others, so she put on a life jacket as well.
The Huan Yu entered an invisible state and began to retreat at full speed.
However, such a large ship would still cause visible splashes at the stern when running at full speed, even in an invisible state.
So, if the Bloodline Sword Demon decided to search, he would definitely find it.
Seeing the Bloodline Sword Demon charging towards the Huan Yu, Lu Heng immediately leaped onto the ocean's surface, stepping with Gale Step, racing across the water and angling to intercept the Bloodline Sword Demon.
The Bloodline Sword Demon was fast, but Lu Heng was faster. In the blink of an eye, he intercepted him, swinging the Aurora Blade in a broad slash.
The Bloodline Sword Demon raised his sword to block.
The Aurora Blade collided with the Scarlet Blood Sword, sparking a ringlet of fire.
Human and demon crossed paths, and Lu Heng continued onward, his feet kicking up plumes of fiery spray as he looped a wide circle to charge at the Bloodline Sword Demon again.
The reason he had to make a wide loop is that he couldn't afford to stop.
Stamping against the surface of the water does indeed allow for running on the sea, but there's a catch—you can't stop because the moment you do, you'll sink.
Once his clothes were soaked, they would add weight, inadvertently slowing him down.
Thus, Lu Heng kept running, clashing with the Bloodline Sword Demon time after time, unleashing Quick Attack Swordsmanship with each exchange.
Sword lights clashed, sparking off a series of firelets.
The Bloodline Sword Demon was beyond enraged since his Corpse Bone Birds were dead.
All he wanted now was to kill this human in front of him and then sink the ship too.
After a dozen or so rounds of combat, Lu Heng had a rough estimate of the Bloodline Sword Demon's strength.
His level was likely 24, with all attributes over 50 points, and Agility Attribute surpassing 55 points. His power was formidable.
Lu Heng's attributes were presently Strength at 46 points, Agility at 58 points, with the remaining attributes fluctuating around 46 to 47 points.
Therefore, he couldn't match the Bloodline Sword Demon in strength. After a few head-on collisions, his palms were even buzzing slightly.
Luckily, his higher Agility Attribute gave him an edge in speed. Combined with In-depth Level movement technique and Step Sword Seven Styles, he managed a deadlock.
The Bloodline Sword Demon noticed this as well, and a sharp light flashed in his crimson eyes as he unleashed the Gale Continuous Stabbing skill.
The Scarlet Blood Sword instantly lunged numerous sword shadows, aiming at Lu Heng's crucial points all over his body.
The skill allowed a burst of several times the speed of a stabbing sword in an instant, furiously stabbing in a way the opponent couldn't dodge.
Right when the sword shadows reached him, Lu Heng's eyes sparked with energy, utilizing the Skill "Bullet Time."
In an instant, everything around him slowed, including the water droplets leaping from the sea hanging midair, gradually falling.
The sword shadows thrust by the Bloodline Sword Demon also slowed down.
Under "Bullet Time", Lu Heng ducked his head, sidestepped, tucked his waist, raised his leg, leaped up, and shifted through various poses in a blink, avoiding the incoming sword shadows.
In slow motion, it indeed looked like he was dodging.
However, to the Bloodline Sword Demon, Lu Heng's evasive maneuvers were as swift as his own stabbing shadows, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.
Amidst the series of sword shadows lunging out, Lu Heng's evasions were like flashes of lightning.
After avoiding all the sword shadows, Lu Heng was already at the Bloodline Sword Demon's side, swinging his sword towards the demon's right shoulder.
The Aurora Blade hit the Bloodline Sword Demon's crimson armor, with the Sharp Blade special effect kicking in, breaking through the armor and leaving a deep, bone-exposed wound on the Bloodline Sword Demon's right shoulder.
The Bloodline Sword Demon yelped in pain, roaring furiously, and pressed his hand on the wound.
His wound began to heal at a visibly rapid pace, even sealing the gap in the crimson armor as if he had never been injured.
Seeing this, Lu Heng wasn't too surprised.
From the start, he knew that Bloodline Sword Demons possessed strong Recovery Power, a racial characteristic of the Bloodline Demon species, which was why they had sought out a Superpower User with the "Healing Reduction" Skill in their team initially.
After pulling a distance of a thousand meters, the Huan Yu lowered engine power, slowing down and reducing the splashes at the stern.
They maintained the distance while keeping an eye on the battle.
Lin Zeyu kept his sniper rifle aimed, but a distance of a thousand meters was far too great, and with both individuals constantly moving at speeds difficult to track with the naked eye, he had no chance to shoot.
"Su Muyu, what do we do now? I dare not shoot," Lin Zeyu turned to Su Muyu, seeking her opinion.
Su Muyu was tense as well, but all they could do at the moment was to watch: "Patiently wait. If he needs help, he'll let us know."