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“Stop right there!”
Upon seeing Li Tian Gang fleeing, the six Demon Kings were immediately enraged. If they let Li Tian Gang escape, they would have no way of explaining themselves to Ms. Yin upon their return.
Roar!
They could no longer afford to take their time or play games; they all erupted with true power, revealing their terrifying true forms that had endured for ten thousand years. They were like six demon breeds crawling out from the deep abyss of the earth, emitting a heaven-shaking aura.
Bang!
The military banner exploded as Sword Qi burst forth. The vine demon elder roared and charged toward it, with thousands of vine strands converging into a hundreds-of-feet-long vine spear that pierced through the void, slashing at the Sword Qi.
The void trembled, the Sword Qi dispersed, and even the Sword Array, comparable in might to a full-force strike from someone in the Tao Heart Realm, ultimately could not withstand the full-strength outburst of the Defying Fate Realm vine demon elder.
Among the six Demon Kings, besides him, there was another of the Defying Fate Realm, who at that moment also unleashed their true power and struck with a claw, shattering another stream of Sword Qi.
Li Hongzhuang’s complexion changed drastically, and she swiftly drew the battle banner from her back, throwing it out successively.
Bang, bang, bang!
The military banners erupted, and Sword Arrays were released, one after another. The red gold Sword Qi slashed across the sky, tearing through the demonic qi in the air, and charged toward the six Demon Kings.
Aside from the two Demon Kings of the Defying Fate Realm, the remaining four were somewhat wary of this Sword Qi; after all, it was a full-force blow from someone on par with them. Even if they struck with all their might, they would sustain injuries.
Li Tian Gang watched the red gold Sword Qi, his mind shaken. This Sword Array was far more formidable than he had imagined!
His Majesty truly favored them. Such a powerful banner, and Li Hongzhuang had brought a large bunch with her. If it could be mass-produced, or if that power was given into his hands, even the border of Liangzhou might not have been breached!
He sighed inwardly and was still somewhat puzzled and perplexed.
After all, in his memory, His Majesty was extremely wise and valiant.
“Block him!”
The vine demon elder saw Li Tian Gang and Li Hongzhuang getting farther and farther away, his rage nearly driving him mad. He could not care less about blocking the Sword Array from the battle banners any longer and chased after them at full speed.
Swoosh!
Li Hongzhuang continued to launch two more battle banners, detonating them in mid-air.
The vine demon elder waved his vine spear to shatter the Sword Qi, roaring as he tore through it and sped murderously toward Li Hongzhuang.
His body paused only briefly, but coupled with his continuous instant shifts, he was rapidly closing in.
However, the distances he managed to move with his instant shifts weren’t long, and the broken Sword Qi turned into a tide of swords that closely followed him.
Li Hongzhuang then threw out more military banners in quick succession.
The Sword Arrays erupted, and the vine demon elder was repeatedly shattered. Soon, he found himself enveloped in the furious surge of broken Sword Qi.
He bellowed, unleashing a pitch-black withered vine. The vine was imbued with dark Thunder Fire, sweeping through and shattering a large chunk of Sword Qi.
Still, many tiny Sword Qi attacked from all directions, their damage extremely low, hitting him like raindrops.
The vine demon elder was initially too lazy to bother with them, but suddenly, his body violently trembled as he felt an intense premonition of death.
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“How can this be…”
His pupils constricted, his heart filled with alarm.
The life force from his body was rapidly fading, his strength swiftly draining away. Even his Divine Soul was locked within his body, unable to break free.
He tried to muster his strength, but couldn’t muster any.
A shadow of death, like an invisible gaping maw, was frenziedly devouring his body!
“No!!”
The vine demon elder panicked, suddenly deploying his Defying Fate ability.
From the top of his head, the pitch-black Thunder Fire Withered Vine that was his true form suddenly shot out.
Thousands of years ago, he had grown in the wilderness, seemingly under some fearsome battling entity above, which caused a vision to strike down a bolt of lightning, turning a withered vine pitch black with scorch.
Yet within the charred vine, tender shoots grew, gradually maturing and developing a spirit, eventually becoming the vine demon elder.
At that moment, his true form furiously broke free from his trunk and shot out.
And the large body with numerous roots fell backward, its life force dissipating.
The peculiar sense of being devoured, as if it had been severed by destiny itself, vanished.
He had survived!
Although he had survived, the vine demon elder was still shocked, staring in disbelief at his original body.
If not for that chance against fate, he might have just died!
Having lived for over ten thousand years, he nearly died!
What was this feeling?
It was like having one foot in the gates of hell, and even now, chills still ran down his spine.
The other Demon Kings arrived in pursuit, all staring blankly at the vine demon elder, clearly also shocked by the scene.
They had heard of the young man’s battle banner’s might, but such a bizarre incident was new to them.
While the six Demon Kings were stunned, Li Hongzhuang was also shocked, recalling how when rescuing her fifth brother Li Xuan Li, the Sword Qi from the battle banner had slain a Demon King.
The death had also been peculiar.
She could tell that the shattered Sword Qi was not highly damaging, but it seemed to contain a hidden move they could not sense!
Li Tian Gang was equally astonished; the vine demon elder was of the Defying Fate Realm, yet he had just wasted one of his lives for this?
At that moment, the siblings sped up their flight.
Before long, they caught up with the main army and all headed for the Array at the city’s head together.
Outside the Array, Li Xuan Li and others had long been waiting. Seeing that all six Demon Kings were repelled by Li Hongzhuang’s battle banners and hadn’t pursued immediately, they immediately ordered that this Array node be temporarily closed.
Soon, the surging army directly rushed across the drawbridge and into the defensive line.
Li Hongzhuang handed an Array command to Li Tian Gang, and once the entire army had entered the drawbridge, the Array opened once more, preventing the Demon Kings from seizing the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
Li Tian Gang and Li Hongzhuang passed through the golden Array and arrived inside the defensive line.
“Tiangang!”
“Fifth brother!”
The brothers saw each other and rushed forward in an emotional embrace, for despite years of leading their respective forces, their brotherly affection had never changed.
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