"Such arrogance."

Nan Yuan's face turned cold; this was the first time anyone had dared to speak so arrogantly in front of him.

As she rubbed her fingertips together, Lu Zhaozhao silently calculated the time, gazing quietly at Nan Yuan.

"You want to kill me, not just because of Wei Zhanjie. We've barely met, but I always feel that your desire to kill me is stronger than acting on impulse."

Nan Yuan looked at her, his eyes filled with unfathomable emotions.

He did not answer Lu Zhaozhao, nor did he launch an attack.

"If you want to kill me so badly, aren't you going to do it?"

Lu Zhaozhao asked.

Nan Yuan gritted his teeth, clenched his fist and then released it.

The maiden whispered from the side, "This child will surely become a future problem. Shouldn't you take this opportunity to kill her, sir?"

Nan Yuan remained silent. He glanced at Lu Zhaozhao, then gestured for the troops to retreat.

"grown ups?"

The swan maiden was puzzled. She first questioned the order, but she could not disobey the Demon Lord's command. After frowning and glaring at Lu Zhaozhao, she sent a telepathic message to the garrisoned demon army to withdraw.

Lu Zhaozhao bit her lower lip; Nan Yuan's move was truly beyond her expectations.

"What, Demon Lord, you're not planning to kill me anymore?"

After Hu Nu had left for a while, Nan Yuan finally spoke lazily.

"Stop pretending. You've probably ambushed people here, and you've likely planted people in various cities as well, just waiting to close the net today."

Nan Yuan loosened his muscles and wandered around the perimeter.

"Who is coming? We can't say it's Yun Xian. I heard that his cultivation has regressed and his Dao heart has been damaged. Coming here would be no different from sending him to his death. He shouldn't be that stupid."

Lu Zhaozhao's heart stopped for a moment. She squinted at him, not expecting Nan Yuan to have such a keen sense of smell, actually seeing through his plan.

"So you ordered them to retreat to avoid heavy casualties. I thought the Demon Lord wouldn't care about that. But you stayed behind yourself, aren't you afraid you won't be able to escape?"

Lu Zhaozhao spoke calmly, and Nan Yuan's gaze was fixed in a certain direction as he casually replied, "Aside from Yun Xian from before, among the human race, unless those old guys show up together, there really isn't anyone who can stop me."

Lu Zhaozhao understood.

Before his cultivation level regressed, Yun Xian was considered the strongest human in terms of combat power, and he even had the upper hand when facing the Demon Lord. That's why he was able to firmly suppress the demons in the Western Region for so many years.

Now that his cultivation has been damaged, the demons and monsters in the Western Regions are eager to emerge.

"Bulu, it's you, you old geezer."

He suddenly spoke, a mocking smile on his face, staring in the direction where Master Bu Lu was.

Now that he'd been seen through, he naturally stopped pretending. The white-bearded elder slowly walked out; he was none other than Master Bu Lu from Wenyuan Academy.

Before this trip, Lu Zhaozhao entrusted Yunxian to deliver a message to Master Bai Yuan.

Her intuition told her that she would definitely catch a big fish this time, but she never expected that the big fish would be Nan Yuan.

"What, are you the only one?"

Nan Yuan's tone was full of indifference.

Even Master Bu Lu was helpless. He couldn't keep Nan Yuan by himself. He didn't expect that it would be Nan Yuan who appeared here. If he had known earlier, he would have called those old guys to come with him.

"You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you either. How about we each take a step back?"

Nan Yuan spoke first, offering a suggestion.

Master Bu Lu lowered his head and pondered, clearly also feeling that this method was the best.

Lu Zhaozhao's fingertips caressed the hilt of the sword.

The devil in front of her had once taken her life, and she was not a compassionate person; she always held a grudge.

My hands are inexplicably itchy.

Nan Yuan was exceptionally sensitive to killing intent, and he immediately turned to look at Lu Zhaozhao.

Lu Zhaozhao also looked at him.

Both of them wore strange expressions.

Nan Yuan hadn't done anything on this trip, and now he couldn't even make a move, so he was already seething with anger. At this moment, he realized Lu Zhaozhao's thoughts, and the two hit it off immediately. For some reason, his hands were itching to act as well.

Before Master Bu Lu could reply, the two were already entangled together.

Lu Zhaozhao's moves were ruthless and unstoppable, even Nan Yuan was taken aback.

At first, Bu Lu Zhenren, who was standing outside the arena, wanted to stop it, but at this moment, he stroked his beard and pondered deeply.

No one expected that Lu Zhaozhao could make such a great breakthrough in just two years. Whether it was her temperament, cultivation, or even the decisiveness of her moves, she was far superior to the Lu Zhaozhao at the Golden Banquet two years ago.

However, Master Bu Lu still frowned, feeling that Lu Zhaozhao was acting too rashly.

As a Demon Lord, Nan Yuan's strength is beyond question. In addition, after only a few encounters, he has proven to be no weaker than himself. Therefore, Master Bu Lu deduced that Nan Yuan is also at the Void Returning stage.

As for Lu Zhaozhao, although she had some extraordinary encounters in the past two years and broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, she was still one stage short.

The higher one's cultivation level, the greater the gap between each stage becomes, like an insurmountable chasm.

Therefore, he could only stand by and watch, ready to intervene and save the young man if anything went wrong.

What he didn't know was that Nan Yuan's true strength was not actually at the Void Returning stage. His strength corresponded to the standard of the cultivation world, which was probably at the late stage of the Divine Transformation stage. He was only able to compete with cultivators at the Void Returning stage because of his strong physique and the uniqueness of the demon race.

But when he encountered Yun Xian, the undisputed number one human in combat power, he could only fall into a disadvantageous position. At most, he could fight for a while, but if he really went all out, he had no chance of winning.

That's why Nan Yuan was so pleased when he learned that Yun Xian's cultivation had regressed.

Lu Zhaozhao knew about this. The plot written in the original book was omniscient to her. Even though the current timeline has collapsed into a mess, these pre-existing events remain unchanged.

That's why she dared to fight Nan Yuan.

Even if the odds of winning were extremely slim, she wanted to know how much she had improved in the past two years and how much the gap was between her and her opponent.

She immediately began chanting the Great Divine Spell of the Big Dipper, unleashing her strongest attack on Nan Yuan.

A hint of amusement flashed in Nan Yuan's eyes. He had just received this spell once, and its powerful effects had piqued his interest.

Seven bright spots appeared in the sky, slowly emerging and shining brightly.

Suddenly, a booming sound came from the sky, and the light of the Big Dipper became even brighter, like seven dazzling gems shining in the air. The light from these seven stars converged into a beam of light, shining directly on Lu Zhaozhao's hands as she formed a hand seal.

Lu Zhaozhao's body was enveloped in light, as if she had merged with heaven and earth.

As the incantation grew more urgent, the magic sword in her hand began to dance. Wherever the sword tip pointed, the air seemed to be torn apart, and cracks appeared in the sky. From these cracks surged endless spiritual energy and mysterious power.

Just then, Lu Zhaozhao suddenly opened her eyes, a resolute light flashing within them. She raised her sword high and chanted softly towards the sky: "Great God of the Big Dipper, who governs the way of heaven and earth, the system of yin and yang, the mechanism of ghosts and gods, and the birth and death of human evil!" As she chanted, the Big Dipper in the sky shone brightly, and the seven stars seemed to rotate in the air, forming a huge array.

This battle formation aims to eradicate evil and wickedness.

The only demon present was Nan Yuan.

The complete Big Dipper Great God Mantra immediately gathered above his head.

As the formation activated, the surrounding air began to freshen, and a peaceful energy began to gather.

The demonic energy surrounding Nan Yuan seemed to have dissipated considerably, replaced by a mysterious and solemn aura.

Nan Yuan curled the corners of his lips, the playfulness in his eyes fading, replaced by seriousness.

The power of this spell was clearly beyond his expectations.

This was also the first time Lu Zhaozhao had fully unleashed it.

The Great Dipper Mantra also puts a burden on the caster. At this moment, she vaguely felt pressure on her internal organs, but it was still within a tolerable range.

Nan Yuan also began to move, demonic energy condensing in his hands, becoming increasingly turbulent, and evil thoughts seemed to be infinitely magnified here.

The Demon Lord Nan Yuan not only possesses unparalleled magical power, but he can also arouse and amplify the evil within people, causing them to lose their minds.

Lu Zhaozhao suppressed her burgeoning evil thoughts, clenching her fist. She wanted to see how Nan Yuan would break this move.

The Big Dipper array descended, radiating boundless light.

Nan Yuan's entire body was covered in it, and in this infinite white light, all demons and monsters had nowhere to hide.

Lu Zhaozhao held her breath and focused intently on what was in front of her.

After a while, a black demonic aura suddenly burst forth.

In the blink of an eye, another burst of demonic energy broke through the white light.

Breakthroughs came one after another, even reaching the Seven Stars in the sky.

For a moment, it was as if a bright pearl had been covered in dust, and the stars were shrouded in demonic energy, dimming somewhat.