The Sword Pavilion Sect Master, who had just made his move, narrowed his eagle eyes upon seeing that his attack had missed. Without saying a word, he lunged forward, his longsword flashing, and with a move called "Breaking Through a Thousand Autumns," he aimed straight for Shi Ruyue's heart.
Breaking Through a Thousand Autumns is one of the most frequently used sword techniques by the Sword Pavilion Sect Master. It is known for its overwhelming power and ability to suppress opponents in the shortest amount of time.
Shi Ruyue was listless. When the sword attacked, he gently raised his hand and pushed and shoved, using a soft and gentle movement to deflect all of the Sword Pavilion Sect Master's moves.
The elder of the Sword Sect, who was watching from the sidelines, got angry and rushed forward with his sword, shouting, "I'll do it!"
Shi Ruyue was only at the Tribulation Transcending stage, yet she was currently fighting two opponents at once without even moving her feet, using softness to overcome hardness with ease.
While setting up a protective shield to protect everyone behind her from the impact, Liu Jinghong observed Shi Ruyue's actions.
He almost never took the initiative.
He simply stood there, accepting all the deadly moves without question, as if he were truly just testing everyone's abilities.
Something's not right.
Liu Jinghong opened the Void Causal Eye and looked again. He could clearly see that every move of the elder of the Blade Sect and the sect master of the Sword Pavilion shrank into wisps of light, like slow-motion afterimages, and entered Shi Ruyue's dark pupils, which were half covered by her eyelashes.
Oh no! Shi Ruyue is learning their moves!
Liu Jinghong rushed forward decisively, disregarding all etiquette, and grabbed him by the back of his collar with one hand each, pulling him back.
"Huh?"
"Liu Jinghong! What are you doing!"
Liu Jinghong couldn't speak, only frowned, her gaze fixed on Shi Ruyue with a particularly sharp intensity.
Shi Ruyue sighed listlessly.
"So you've seen through it already?"
Liu Jinghong remained silent.
"See through what?"
The elder of the Sword Sect looked completely bewildered.
"I can replicate all the martial arts techniques I've ever seen."
Shi Ruyue answered honestly.
Suddenly, everyone's expressions turned grim.
Shi Ruyue raised her eyelids and looked at Liu Jinghong.
"Oh, it's you... Ah Luan's sweetheart."
Liu Jinghong's face suddenly darkened.
I really want to swear.
I really want to ask him what his relationship is with his junior sister, and why he calls her so affectionately.
"So Ah Luan likes handsome men?"
Shi Ruyue tilted her head and looked him over, muttering to herself.
"Well, at least I got to see you once, so this trip wasn't entirely fruitless. I'm leaving now, see you next time."
After slowly delivering his farewell speech, he transformed into black mist and drifted away in full view of everyone.
Liu Jinghong's gloomy demeanor was frightening, and everyone consciously kept quiet, afraid of offending him.
"Ahem, let's head towards Chaos City. Since the Demon Lord knows we're coming and has left this city empty, he must have recalled all his men and is preparing for a final battle with us."
In the end, it was Yue Zheng Chang'an who stepped in to smooth things over.
The main force marched towards Chaos City in a mighty, rumbling manner.
All along the way, there were only empty cities.
There are no humans, and no demons.
Until their army reached the gates of Chaos City.
By then it was already broad daylight, and demon soldiers stood in rows on the city walls, among whom a red figure stood out particularly.
Junior sister...
Liu Jinghong stared blankly at her; it had only been a dozen days since they last met, but it felt like a lifetime had passed.
Chu Hongluan stood to the right of the Demon Lord. As if sensing his gaze, she turned back and looked at him with a strange and cold expression.
Liu Jinghong was stung by that gaze, and she swayed, her face turning deathly pale.
But most of the other people's attention was on the person next to Chu Hongluan.
The young man was surrounded by an unusually noisy demonic aura. His long hair was no longer tied up as meticulously as before, but was just casually draped over his shoulders. The demonic horns that protruded from his temples and the aura of a peak Mahayana realm that he exuded nakedly proclaimed the change in his identity.
He was once the leader of the righteous path, the former... chief disciple of the Sword Pavilion.
But now, he has become the Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord looked at Liu Jinghong, seemingly amused by his sorrow, and deliberately provoked him, reaching out to embrace Chu Hongluan's waist.
The next instant, a searing pain, like being burned alive, swept over his palm, startling him so much that he immediately pulled his hand back.
"Touch me again, and I'll chop off your hand."
Chu Hongluan didn't even glance at him, but the coldness in her words was obvious.
"If Liu Jinghong can hug me, why can't I?"
The Demon Lord gritted his teeth.
Chu Hongluan stared at Liu Jinghong for a while, as if she was thinking.
The Soul-Capturing Curse blurred Chu Hongluan's memory, making her believe that she had always been under the Demon Lord's command, but had a poor memory.
The Demon Blade belongs to the Demon Lord, which is only natural.
However, she was by nature unwilling to submit to anyone, so even though she was fighting for the Demon Clan's territory, she was very dissatisfied with this Demon Lord and even tried to replace him several times.
They just haven't fought each other yet.
This is also something that gives the Demon Lord a huge headache.
Thinking of this, the Demon Lord also felt a little annoyed, and simply waved his hand:
"Guardian Meng! Guardian Yu!"
"exist!"
"Open the city gates! Prepare for battle!"
"yes!"
Then the city gates opened wide, and the second protector, Mengji, and the fourth protector, Yu Meiren, led their demon soldiers out into battle. The two armies clashed, and the clanging of weapons, roars, and curses rose and fell, officially beginning the great battle.
The Demon Lord frowned. Where was Shi Ruyue? Where the hell was she sleeping again?!
"Maybe?"
Chu Hongluan suddenly blurted out this sentence out of the blue, interrupting the Demon Lord's thoughts.
The Demon Lord was stunned for a moment before realizing that she was responding to his earliest statement.
If Liu Jinghong can hug me, why can't I?
She replied: Maybe.
"No! Don't forget! You are my blade!"
The Demon Lord immediately became furious.
"I know, I know, you nag me every day, isn't it annoying!"
"you!"
The Demon Lord was so angry that his head was buzzing.
In fact, at the beginning, after Chu Hongluan was afflicted by the Soul-Capturing Curse, she only had a concept of Liu Jinghong as a name.
If he hadn't been constantly testing her by calling her "Liu Jinghong" this and "Liu Jinghong" that, she probably wouldn't have known who else she had liked.
The Demon Lord grew increasingly furious at the thought that he had shot himself in the foot: "Go and kill him! Prove your loyalty to me!"
Chu Hongluan gave him a cool glance, drew her sword swiftly, and leaped down from the city wall.
"Liu Jinghong! Come out and accept the challenge!"
Liu Jinghong was entangled in a fight with Mengji when she heard Chu Hongluan's voice, and she turned her head almost instinctively!
Upon seeing this, Mengji immediately grinned maliciously and seized the opportunity to slash fiercely at Liu Jinghong's back.
With a clang—
His knife was intercepted by another knife.
"Hey, this is my prey."
"whispering sound."
Monggi gritted his teeth in reluctance, but still drew his sword and retreated, turning to find his next opponent.
Just as he turned around, Chu Hongluan, taking advantage of the Demon Lord's blind spot, quickly winked at Liu Jinghong.
Immediately afterwards, her voice rang out in Liu Jinghong's sea of consciousness through the master-servant contract:
"Senior brother, I miss you so much."
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