But dying might be just as well; at least I can go down and say sorry to my junior brothers and sisters.
Eyes closed, Ye Xiu awaited death. He waited for some time, but the executioner’s blade never fell. Instead, violent explosions echoed through the valley.
Opening his eyes, he saw the Demon Clan member before him had transformed into a petite girl. Isn’t this change a bit too drastic?
"Fellow Daoist, hold these two Demon Generals back! We’ll handle the rest, and then let’s take them down together?" Yue Feng intercepted a Demon General and shouted.
The last Demon General was temporarily stalled by Lin Cheng. Once Bai Jing had settled the rescued cultivator, he would also come to assist. Their Spiritual Beasts would take care of the remaining servant army.
Ao Juelan looked at Yue Feng with a cold smile. "Are you looking down on me? A mere mid-stage Mahayana cultivator?"
His belly tightened, and Ao Juelan transformed from a greasy, overweight man into a massive, muscular brute. His cultivation also soared from the late Mahayana stage to Perfect Mahayana, even vaguely seeming to surpass it.
Focused on the two Demon Generals before them, Ming Yujing and Bali didn’t notice this situation. After donning their sand armor, the two snakes charged towards the Demon Generals with imposing momentum.
Both snakes were at the late Mahayana stage. One was a Disaster Beast, and the other had received a gift from a Golden Immortal. Naturally, their strength was much greater than that of ordinary late Mahayana cultivators, even against Demon Generals.
Flipping his tail once again and sending the Demon General before him flying, Ming Yujing was about to finish off his opponent when he noticed an unidentifiable object falling into view.
Upon closer examination, isn’t that Yue Feng?
Coughing up blood unceasingly, Yue Feng managed a wry smile. "This time, we might have miscalculated. That lead Demon General probably has the power of a Great Demon General."
Becoming a Demon General required a certain level of strength or combat achievements. However, a Great Demon General had to be among the most powerful of the Demon Clan at the Mahayana stage. The gap in strength between the two was huge.
The servant army had been almost entirely dealt with, and the remaining Demon General was also being dominated. This meant the only one still capable of fighting was Ao Juelan.
"Bali and I will hold him off. You all hurry and kill the remaining Demon General." Ming Yujing felt that he and Bali could take him on.
"Are you sure? We can still retreat now if we pay a small price," Yue Feng said gravely.
"Hmph, just you wait," Ming Yujing snorted, displeased.
"Well, well, they’ve swapped in new people? No, new snakes?" Ao Juelan casually observed the two large snakes before him.
"Bali, same as always," Ming Yujing said, not bothering to address Ao Juelan.
Donning layers of sand armor, Bali charged headlong. Ao Juelan, of the Earth Demon Clan, met him directly. At the moment of their impending collision, Ming Yujing’s Sand Snakes bound Ao Juelan’s body, pausing him for an instant.
In that instant, Bali’s enormous snake head slammed hard against Ao Juelan’s chest. Accompanied by the crisp sound of cracking bones, Ao Juelan was sent flying in a perfect arc.
"Interesting. Is that sand armor a Magic Artifact? Why does it feel a bit different?" Ao Juelan patted his chest. With a couple of crisp pops, his wounds healed.
"Not talking, hmm? Well, I’ll find out once I’ve killed you," Ao Juelan said with a ferocious smile.
With a stomp, Ao Juelan instantly appeared in front of Bali. His huge fist smashed down on the snake’s head, breaking the heavy sand armor. The now Spiritual Energy-less sand scattered through the air.
"Brother Yujing, he can erode Spiritual Energy!" Bali shouted loudly.
Watching Ao Juelan’s fierce attacks, Ming Yujing kept conjuring numerous Sand Snakes, but it was largely ineffective; they were eroded away almost instantaneously, barely slowing Ao Juelan.
Seeing Bali getting pummeled, an infuriated Ming Yujing cast aside all restraint and roared, "Go all out! Does he really think I’m just a Mage?"
The small wings at the back of his head spread out, and Ming Yujing emitted a deafening hiss—Divine Power Snake Call!
Ao Juelan, with his peerless physical body, was caught off guard by this sudden mental attack and paused for a moment.
Bali shook his head, shedding large chunks of sand that had lost their Spiritual Energy. He hesitated, "Do we really have to go all out? It makes me very hungry."
"Try my ass! Let’s beat this fatty, earn some Merit, then go home to rest and eat. How much can food even cost?"
Bali’s eyes turned serious. As a recipient of Ba Tianba’s gifts, Bali naturally possessed Divine Skills, including one of the Ba Snake clan’s signature abilities—Swallowing Heaven.
Of course, its power was somewhat lesser, but it was a genuine Divine Skill of the Ba Snake clan.
"Heavenly Snake Nine Calls!"
"Who do you think you’re looking down on?" Ao Juelan sneered. "Red Demon!"
The Exotic Beast Dharma Forms rising behind the two snakes and the burning red vital energy on Ao Juelan’s body clashed violently.
A massive vortex of Spiritual Energy instantly caught the attention of most of the humans and Demon Clan members in the Hunting Ground.
"Perfect Mahayana-level combat! Let’s go watch."
"The aura of a Great Demon General! Let’s go help!"
While many Demon Clan members and cultivators were drawn by the huge vortex of Spiritual Energy, at the site of the incident, the battle had already ended.
Covered in dust, the three humans looked at the two panting snakes and exclaimed in admiration, "Are you two really that strong? Whose Spiritual Beasts are you? You must introduce us next time we’re out!"
"I think we should leave here first. Bali and I don’t have much strength left now," Ming Yujing said to the suddenly flippant trio, somewhat speechless.
Don’t they know how dangerous the Hunting Ground is?
Heeding Ming Yujing’s reminder, Lin Cheng carried Ye Xiu, and the group of humans and beasts quickly left the small valley, heading straight for the exit.
The group was unaware that after they had left, a large number of humans and Demon Clan members had gathered in this small valley, which then became a new and brutal battlefield.