Two blood-drenched heads, one without sorrow or joy, with a tranquil gaze, the other with angry furrowed brows and bulging eyes, revealing an unwillingness to accept their fate.
Lo and behold, it is Master Liao Kong of Golden Zen Temple, and Taoist Luo from the Returning Heart Sect!
They were covering the retreat for a few, sniping at the three-headed Evil Demon from the rear, and met with such a demise.
Upon seeing this, the Sect Heavenly Pass masters, some roared in shock and anger, while others let out sorrowful cries. They all reached out, pulling at the air towards the direction from which the heads came flying.
But then, a fierce chuckle was heard.
The two heads suddenly exploded.
Seeing this scene, several onlookers were distraught. Among them, a Red Robed Taoist from Shenxiao Sect, his fury reaching its limit, his eyeballs almost bursting out, screamed,
"Let’s fight these beasts to the death."
"Five Thunders Body Implant."
As soon as he finished speaking, thunder rumbled in the sky, and a giant black gourd Taoist Soldier, about ten zhang above his head, began to spin. A flow of black and red thunderfire surged out from the mouth of the gourd.
Beneath the night sky, lightning bloomed like a silver tree, with a resounding boom, arm-thick silver thunderbolts fiercely struck the huge mouth of the gourd.
The black gourd trembled and buzzed, as silver blue electric light scurried about densely packed. Then, suddenly reversing, the gourd opening faced downwards and with a tumultuous surge, unleashed an aura of violent destruction that poured out.
Before their eyes, an extraordinary thunderfire actually bombarded directly into the top of his skull!
As the thunderfire filled his body, it seemed as if excruciating pain was tearing through this Shenxiao Sect Heavenly Pass master. His face suddenly twisted ferociously, as if numerous tiny insects were trying to burrow out of his body, his muscles twitching and convulsing, veins bulging all over his body, with tendrils of black and red thunderfire escaping from his pores, and bones emitting a grating sound of snapping and popping. His stature began to swell immensely.
The brutal infusion of thunderfire into his body turned him as hot as burning coal, the intense pain made him let out a blood-curdling scream!
Five Thunders Body Implant, a secret technique of near self-destruction, forcibly stimulating the body’s potential. One can imagine how damaging the thunderfire directly infused into the body is, and the consequences of employing this technique are immeasurable.
The other two changed their expressions and shouted out urgently.
Qin Rushuang, witnessing one after another falling in sacrifice with heavy casualties, couldn’t help but be moved, showing a trace of pain in her eyes. Momentarily lost, she didn’t know if bringing the Martial Vault Tao Fruit here was right or wrong, dragging so many into their graves.
Even if they managed to deliver the Tao Fruit to the hands of the Nine Colonels, the result would be the same. Nothing can withstand the three-headed Evil Demons; it will only lead to more deaths.
Her heart couldn’t help but waver!
She felt as if she couldn’t even complete a single request.
She spoke with difficulty: "It was I who dragged you down. Give me the item. I will lead them away; they are only interested in that object. You all hurry up and escape!"
With that said, her pale face flushed slightly, her hands forming seals, her life force flowing out, and a scroll flew out from her body, except that the originally brilliant and vivid fire tree in the scroll had now dulled significantly.
But then, the one who had used Five Thunders Body Implant, whose body had swollen to seven or eight zhang, suddenly turned his head. Bloodshot eyes filled his bulbous eyeballs, making his expression vicious.
"Bullshit, tell me, how can we honor our Taoist brothers and sisters who fell protecting us? Even if I die, I will take a few teeth from these beasts!"
Having said that, he exploded with power beneath his feet, instantly turning into a brilliant bolt of thunder, shooting towards the Gu Diao blocking the way, and let out a cry filled with intense unwillingness.
"Guang’an Prefecture is right in front of us, I’ll cover you. Make sure to hand the item over to the Nine Colonels!"
Meanwhile, below the mountain and forest, several li away, two figures leaping through the woods, hurriedly stopped to witness the scene unfolding in the air, their expressions filled with horror.
It was the Mountain Patrol Military Officer and his Demon Extermination Envoy.
"It’s those senior sect members supporting the front line!"
The pupils of the Mountain Patrol Military Officer narrowed into fine lines in the dark, and gradually, his expression turned to horror as he recognized two of the figures.
"Colonel, those Demons..." only to hear the Demon Extermination Envoy looking up at those towering figures, his eyes sprinting with fear, a tightness in his chest, his voice tense.
The Demon aura emanating from the three-headed Demons, even from such a distance, still caused a suffocating sensation in his chest, making it hard to breathe.
This feeling of suffocation reminded him of the Great Demon that approached Guang’an Prefecture days earlier!
"Three-headed Tao Fruit Demon!"
The Mountain Patrol Military Officer’s eyelids twitched rapidly, his face turned pale, and a shiver of fear surged in his heart.
Then, a thunderous boom resounded from the sky.
A silver bolt of thunderfire, like a sudden burst of brilliance, slammed violently into the giant Gu Diao, followed by an explosive detonation, scattering thunderfire all over the air in an instant, the heavens and earth thundering loudly.
Next, one could only hear the Gu Diao let out a furious howl, "Damn it, why aren’t you humans afraid of dying."
One could see its silver-metal wings now covered with wildly scurrying thunder and lightning, frantically convulsing, occasionally shedding some Feathers, its Demon Body also trapped in a cage of thunderfire.
In this moment of respite, the remaining two streaks of light hurriedly broke free from the encirclement, continuing to dash forward.
But having not covered a few li, a Big Wolf-toothed Stick tore through the air, smashing towards the two fleeing streaks of light. Then, in the sky, a series of splendid sparks flew out, forming a screen of flowers, blocking the Big Wolf-toothed Stick.
A muffled groan followed.
"These senior sect members can’t hold on much longer."