Gulping breaths, he tried to calm his violently raging emotions.
He looked towards Li Shidao.
"You strut out so openly, aren’t you afraid that I’ll go to the Li Family and betray you to your arch-nemesis Li Shiquan? If he knows your true identity, the position of Li Family Patriarch could be firmly in his hands."
He was probing as well as seeking opportunities.
Yuan Hongxin knew very well the level of his own strength. In front of a master like Li Shidao, he wouldn’t last even three moves.
And facing a powerful demon who could devour and strip away Li Shidao’s own skin, he certainly stood no chance.
Escape was the only option.
Or rather, how to escape.
But before he escaped, he had to capture Diao Deyi!
Such a supremely pure vessel; he would never encounter another in his lifetime!
One in ten thousand, once in a millennium, no flowery words would be excessive to describe Diao Deyi.
Such a genius, had he walked the path of Martial Arts normally, his future would certainly have been limitless.
But ultimately, serving my purposes, for humanity’s future, for forging a new path, he would be an absolutely crucial cornerstone!
Green Demon seemed to hear a joke, and retorted: "Do you think knowing my identity, you would still be alive to leave today?"
At this moment, Fang Yu had already gone round a bend to come up next to Green Demon, lowering his voice to say.
"Brother Qing, be careful, Yuan Hongxin is tricky. Even the Three Demons you lent me couldn’t take him down."
"No need to panic, I’ve got everything under control."
Green Demon smiled and lightly patted Fang Yu’s shoulder.
Actually, without Fang Yu mentioning it, Green Demon had already spotted the Three Demons lying defeated nearby.
Seeing Green Demon’s arrival, the Three Demons’ faces shifted slightly, all bowing their heads, colored with shame.
Having failed the orders from above, and instead having to rely on the superior to act, was not something a competent subordinate should let happen.
Yet, Yuan Hongxin’s mysterious resilience, unexpectedly problematic, seemed truly a bit difficult to handle.
Even so, to save face, they could not admit this fact.
"Sir! Give us one more chance!"
"Sir, Yuan Hongxin is at the end of his strength, we can handle it!"
"No need for Sir to act, we are fully confident we can capture this criminal!"
The Three Demons boasted shamelessly, but actually made Green Demon hesitate slightly.
This made Fang Yu anxious.
He could still understand Green Demon.
After all, Green Demon couldn’t see the health bar. He didn’t know how well Yuan Hongxin was currently, nor the previous situation.
Continuing to let these Three Demons take action was merely sending them to their deaths, perhaps only draining a bit of Yuan Hongxin’s health bar, and there might even be a chance Yuan Hongxin finds an opportunity to escape.
Once the thick green smoke appeared, even he couldn’t see clearly north, south, east, and west, probably same for Green Demon.
If Yuan Hongxin muddles through and escapes, the situation would truly become problematic.
"Don’t take risks, use thunderous measures, kill Yuan Hongxin, he is no ordinary martial artist, extremely peculiar!"
Fang Yu hurriedly emphasized in a secretive tone.
Like whispering in his ear, Green Demon’s face immediately returned to a calm expression, evidently making a decision.
"You assist from the side."
This word was for the Three Demons.
Upon hearing this, the Three Demons simultaneously showed joy, as if they were being given a chance to redeem themselves, and bowed in response.
But Green Demon had already ignored the Three Demons. Amidst Yuan Hongxin’s astonished expression, he directed his personal guard, Li Lan, and several others.
Almost the instant Green Demon’s voice fell, his bodyguard[Lili Lan] suddenly vanished from the spot.
Before Yuan Hongxin could react...
A large hand abruptly covered his face.
His head was fiercely smashed against the ground, with stones flying about.
The big hand held his head, dragging and pulling along, rocks flying everywhere.
[Yuan Hongxin: 4455/8888.]
A series of damage numbers emerged, his sturdy Bone Armor, in front of that large hand, fragile as a clay sculpture, cracking audibly and breaking into a pile of Bone Powder.
The rough palm was directly stuck to his face.
Chaotic vision, Yuan Hongxin flailing limbs and roaring.
But it was all in vain.
Until [Li Lan]’s large hand was touching his cheeks, about to crush his head like a watermelon.
That momentary pause finally allowed Yuan Hongxin to find an opportunity, fiercely grabbing his wrist.
"Qi finds its path!!"
Yuan Hongxin roared, an unusual current of Qi flowing up Li Lan’s wrist, startling him.
In a fierce moment of letting go, a kick was harshly landed on Yuan Hongxin’s chest.
Yuan Hongxin was sent flying, heavily hitting the ground.
[Yuan Hongxin: 3874/8888.]
As soon as he hit the ground, Yuan Hongxin quickly got up, not caring about his face and staring straight at [Li Lan] — but the latter grunted and at the same moment...
His body burst into a Blood Mist.
He had actually transformed into his true demon form!
This really was a move to put me to death!
However, Yuan’s Martial Arts Hall, although remote, with such frequent fighting and so many demons gathering, would definitely attract attention from others.
By then, with many eyes watching, seeing you Li Shidao also as part of the demons, wouldn’t that be the end for you?
But what puzzled Yuan Hongxin was, from the demons starting to provoke until now, no human had actually passed by, the earlier so-called passers-by were just demons in disguise too.
In an instant, Yuan Hongxin thought of a possibility.
He sharply looked towards Fang Yu and Li Shidao.