On the vast grassland, a stone fish lost half its body, and its tail remained in the Qingtian Sect forever, as a proof of friendship. However, it no longer had any breath of life, and only the remaining vitality was gradually dissipating. It didn't know that it was dead, and it kept twisting its body, plowing a gully on the grassland like a hoe. But in the end, it still fell down, as heavy as a mountain, and the ground shook.

With this movement, the stone fish suddenly opened its belly, and stones of various sizes fell down. More than 30 people rushed out with panic on their faces. They felt relieved when they saw that there were no demons around.

During the days of escape, some people died due to serious injuries, but they could only stay in the belly of the fish together. That feeling made them despair for a time. Moreover, their former companions became possessed and swore to take their lives. Their crazy shouting made them almost crazy.

The possessed Qingtian Sect members had once caught up with the stone fish, forcing the stone fish to struggle hard to protect the person in its belly and escape underground. So now, looking at the scarred and lifeless stone fish, more than 30 people each held a stone in their pockets to thank it for its protection, and then headed towards the south where it pointed with great regret, ready to set sail again.

“Speed ​​up!”

In the lifeless pupils of the stone fish, a middle-aged man roared, and led everyone to release their vitality, and immediately sped up, moving like the wind. In the past few days, they had been practicing to recover from their injuries in the belly of the stone fish. Now that the stone fish could not hold on and lay here, they had to continue to escape. This grassland was too vast, and they had to run non-stop, otherwise they would die.

In less than half an hour, hysterical roars were heard from behind them.

"Give me your life!"

The middle-aged man at the back turned around, his expression changed, and he hurriedly ordered:

"Don't look back, just go!"

"Big Brother, we have to stay together!"

"That will only sacrifice more people, let's go!"

The man called the eldest brother by these young people is called Du Kang. He is the oldest in this class. His strength is not the strongest, and even ranks in the middle and lower levels. However, he is careful and caring, so he is loved by everyone. Facing the demon who is chasing him, Du Kang holds a three-foot iron sword made of vitality and blocks in front of everyone, but they all stop and are willing to fight.

"They have all escaped from the sect, how can we let them take our lives?"

"We will fight together with our eldest brother and execute these guys on the spot!"

"It's just as well that you don't leave. We're all tired of chasing you!"

A demonic shadow, like a slingshot of ink, suddenly came from a distance and took the lead in standing in front of Du Kang. Seeing that it was an acquaintance, the latter could not help but frown and shook his head with regret.

"I didn't expect you to be possessed by a demon."

Standing in front of Du Kang was Ji Ye, the strongest of his class. The fact that he could be possessed by a demon was enough to show how cruel the Qingtian Sect was now. As expected, the smile on Ji Ye's face when facing Du Kang was intriguing, but it was more of a playful one. If he caught up with them, it would mean that Du Kang and the others would not be able to escape. He did not take action immediately, but just said calmly:

"The deputy sect leader left evil spirits in our bodies. If we don't kill you all within two days, we will die. Otherwise, we will have to kill people and absorb their spirits to survive. You have been running away for so many days. We came out with a hundred people, but only fifteen are left. If we hadn't seen a group of bandits on the way, we would have lost even more people on this deserted road."

“You didn’t take the lead.”

"Then what do you say we should do? I want to live too. I can only blame Liu Qing for choosing you instead of me. Otherwise, I would be able to stand in front of them and face the demon with dignity."

"You can definitely stop them. With your strength, you can definitely stop a hundred people as long as you sacrifice yourself."

"That's easy to say! If it were you, would you choose death?"

"I can!"

Facing the calm Du Kang, Ji Ye looked as fierce as a wolf on the grassland. He sneered at Du Kang's words, saying that they were just nice words. In the face of death, who would mind living instead of others dying?

But in Du Kang's view, since he is strong enough, he must stand out at special times. Even if he is not the strongest among the more than 30 people behind him, he is ready to sacrifice himself and let everyone go. Because their current strength is not as strong as the other party.

Fourteen people came quickly and stood in a row beside Ji Ye. They were no longer his former companions. They were now full of stench and their eyes were dark red, all of which were filled with desires that could not be concealed. Obviously, these guys were addicted to the energy of living beings. At this time, seeing that the more than 30 people in front of them were all food, Chu Xin was lost in the power.

When the two sides were on the verge of a war, Ji Ye smiled sinisterly:

"Big Brother, you really should experience this feeling, it's so wonderful."

"What does it feel like?"

Du Kang was a little confused, but Ji Ye shrugged, as if he was asking a question that he already knew the answer to.

"Of course it's the feeling of falling into the devil's way. You will feel like you are sitting at the center of the world, everything will revolve around you, and you can have whatever you want. For example, if I want stronger power now, I just need to kill you, it's that simple. Absorbing the life energy of a person is better than practicing for several months or even longer. If this is the case, why do we still need to practice?"

"You've gone crazy!"

Du Kang shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment. These guys had lost their nature. The devil was so hateful that it turned them against each other and killed people. But in order to prevent more deaths, Du Kang was ready to sacrifice himself. Just because of the words "big brother" from everyone behind him, he would blow Ji Ye into pieces.

When Du Kang was thinking about how to control Ji Ye, the latter waved the sharp knife in his hand, pointed at the thirty or so people in front of him, and shouted:

"kill!"

Fifteen demons rushed forward, shouting that they wanted to tear Du Kang and the others into pieces, so that they could enjoy the pleasure of sucking the souls of living beings. They changed from being afraid at the beginning to being obsessed now, and they would become even crazier, but a figure that fell between the two teams raised some dirt, which stopped their steps, and the released vitality also drifted away, or was taken back into their bodies.

It was a tall and thin figure, his profile full of fatigue, and his dead fish eyes seemed about to close, but this face was familiar to both parties.

"Xia Xiao?"

Du Kang opened his arms to protect the people behind him, and immediately felt that the situation was not good. It was heard that Xia Xiao's strength was at the level of Zunjing Qulun, and with his magic power, they could not fight him at all. When Du Kang realized that he would lose, Ji Ye and others also felt that they were defeated, but their desire for the energy of living beings and the subtle difference between the magic energy and the magic energy made many people rush out.

Xia Xiao didn't know which side it was from, so Du Kang could only ask everyone to prepare for defense.

"careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking and everyone around him was ready, Xia Xiao appeared like a ghost. His right arm made of steel was like a spear in the hands of a knight, piercing through the bodies of those who rushed out of the magic path. At that moment, Xia Xiao's steel cone-like right arm grew countless iron spikes, piercing their bodies, stirring them mercilessly and leaving them in their bodies.

Although Du Kang and the others were all disciples of the Qingtian Sect and had seen the world, they were still somewhat surprised by Xia Xiao's performance. He killed decisively and absorbed the life energy of six people in the blink of an eye. The fatigue in his dead fish eyes was relieved a little, but his body was seriously injured, and this thing could not make him recover at all.

Xia Xiao scraped the ground with his bare feet for several meters. He raised his right hand which was wet with blood and holding the steel spike. He turned his back to Du Kang and more than 30 other people and faced Ji Ye.

Why should he help himself?

Du Kang was a little confused. Is this the reason why the academy openly admitted to shielding Xia Xiao?

Maybe, but Ji also had doubts. He frowned and whispered:

"Why are you meddling in other people's business? You want the energy of life, I'll give you some."

For Du Kang and others, this was a good opportunity to test Xia Xiao, but for Xia Xiao, even though he was not in good condition now, he knew what to choose, so he just said viciously:

"I only want the life of the demon."

"You are also a demon!"

When Ji Ye shouted in panic, Xia Xiao had nailed the six people around him to the ground again. The steel spikes were like punishment for their crimes. The pools of blood were shocking, and Ji Ye saw the bright red and the light of delicious life, but they gradually disappeared, which made Ji Ye panic.

"Why?"

His strength had just reached the realm of the fruit of the Venerable Realm, and even if he absorbed the life energy of ten people, he was not as strong as the power Xia Xiao was showing now. But Xia Xiao did not answer his meaning, and his body was about to fall, so Huo Dou and Xiao Ran rushed out beside him, and they passed by Ji Ye and killed the two people beside him, while Xia Xiao threw him down with a very fierce tone.

“Because we are different!”

The steel spike in Xia Xiao's hand suddenly pierced into Ji Ye's heart. This person who was shocked by the evil spirit in Xia Xiao's body could not resist for a while. Xia Xiao's strange dead fish eyes, although extremely tired, seemed to have taken everything lightly. But when it comes to life and death, he always lives and others die!

When Xia Xiao's steel spike-like arm was pulled out, blood spurted out, but Xia Xiao's bloodstained body soon softened, but was held by Xiao Ran so that he did not fall to the ground. When Huo Dou was pulled back by the fire space, he glanced at Xiao Ran hastily, as if handing Xia Xiao to her, and then disappeared on the spot.

Xiao Ran entered and exited the Wood Element Space through the ring on her finger, so she would not be forcibly pulled back, so she picked up Xia Xiao, who had lost his right arm and left hand, so that he would not fall down pitifully. Seeing this, Ji Ye wanted to run away, but the wound inflicted by Xia Xiao on his chest did not pierce his heart and would not kill him, but Du Kang led everyone to block his way.

The reversal of the battle situation and Xiaoyu's attack caused Ji Ye to be quickly suppressed and die on the grassland. When Xiaoyu's lightning and strong wind turned into feathers and disappeared on Ji Ye's body, Du Kang and the others were sincerely grateful to Xiaoyu.

"Thank you for your help, young lady."

"Let's thank Xia Xiao. I hope you can change your views and misunderstandings about him. Although he has joined the Demonic Path, he still retains his original intention, and his real intention is to dig out the Demonic Path's true intentions and detailed plans."

Du Kang and the others had been extremely disgusted with Xia Xiao, because the news of his possession had also spread to the Qingtian Sect. But they really didn't expect that they would be slapped in the face like this. Du Kang put his sword behind his back and asked:

"The situation in the world has changed drastically now. Is there any way to guide us and let us stick to our own righteous path?"

"Go south and listen to the arrangements of the other four major forces. We will face this disaster together."

After Xiaoyu finished speaking, she transformed into a red and white spirit bird, carrying Xia Xiao and flying southward. Du Kang was silent for a long time. When he looked at the people around him, he knew that he was lucky to be able to save his life this time. What he had to do next was to realize his own value. Xia Xiao fought so hard, so why wouldn't they cherish their lives and avenge themselves for being deceived? Moreover, the stone fish that had lost half of its body had protected them for a long time. If they did nothing and remained silent, it would be a shame for it and Liu Qing.

"Let's go to Daxia!"