Death?
In an instant of thought,
Xia Wuyuan had made his decision.
As a Grandmaster, facing a "Martial Saint" ranked demon beast and getting killed—it couldn't be more normal!
If death was inevitable, then he would die with a purpose!
Death was acceptable.
He had teammates behind him.
Grandmaster teammates like himself.
Therefore, even in death, he would lash out against this demon beast, inflicting heavy damage before he perished, to grasp any chance for Alkaid to deliver a Fatal Kill!
"Kill!"
A fierce light shot from Xia Wuyuan's eyes.
Facing that earth-shattering punch, he didn't dodge at all, allowing it to target his skull. Even if the punch could burst his head, his determination did not waver in the slightest.
With the utmost decisiveness and ferocity, he thrust the Triangular Spike in his hand, its edge...
Aid straight at its throat!
A longer weapon has the advantage!
Though the demon beast's body had swollen, transforming into a three-ter giant, its punch, compared to the Triangular Spike that Xia Wuyuan now thrust, held no advantage at all.
As the beast's punch struck Xia Wuyuan's figure, it too was destined to be pierced through the throat by this thrust.
A fight to the death!
A life-for-life struggle!
The demon beast instantly realized Xia Wuyuan's intent.
However...
Despite its current state of berserker rage, the beast did not choose to take the stabbing strike at its throat head-on.
Or perhaps...
Xia Wuyuan's life-for-life strategy was already within the realm of the beast's ability to counter.
As it punched, its left hand followed closely, fanning over.
The fist, covered with thick scales, morphed into a palm, deflecting the incoming Triangular Spike, while the fan-like left hand, as if a giant millstone, slamd down ruthlessly towards Xia Wuyuan's skull with incredible speed.
If this slap connected...
The damage wouldn't be any less fatal than a direct punch to the face.
Both would result in a shattered skull.
But just as it struck out with both hands, unable to guard anything else, it seed to sense sothing.
The next mont, a nearly imperceptible sword light flashed before its eyes like a startled swan, rapidly expanding.
The speed of this sword light, fueled by the eruption of Pill Energy, far exceeds the reaction limit of an ordinary martial artist.
If the beast had focused its attention on that sword, it could have seen it clearly and responded accordingly.
But at this mont, it clearly intended to kill Xia Wuyuan first with its overpowering might, then withdraw to deal with the other human Grandmaster it equally disregarded, never expecting that the Grandmaster's sudden burst of power could be so formidable.
It roared, its left hand spinning, directly going for the edge of the Chengying Sword. Relying on its scaly palm and its bloodied body, it audaciously grasped the sword's edge.
Blood spurted out.
However, at the mont it grasped the blade, its expression turned to one of utter shock.
The already lightning-fast speed of the sword edge surged even further in that instant.
As Alkaid's entire being blazed like a furnace, his blood boiling, that thunderous strike, like a dragon erging from the sea, broke free from the demon's grasp around the blade, and its montum unabated, pierced into the demon's chest!
No!
It wasn't just a piercing blow!
It was more like an explosion!
The power contained in the sword edge erupted wildly, leaving a bloody cavity in the beast's chest!
The vital area surrounding the heart was completely shattered.
On the other side!
Stimulated by the adrenaline, Xia Wuyuan's reactions were also at their peak.
Thrown aside by the beast's palm strike, he rotated his body 180 degrees midair, delivering a powerful kick directly to the demon's chest.
A rabbit kicking an eagle!
This kick might not have inflicted severe damage on the demon, but it forced the berserk beast to retreat uncontrollably.
As it stumbled backward, its deadly counterattack aid at Alkaid could no longer be executed, and the Chengying Sword that had pierced its heart was effortlessly withdrawn, becoming free once again.
But at this mont, Alkaid had no chance to launch another sword strike with full Vigor.
Instead, he sprinted forward, plunging headlong into the fray, his left hand thrusting forward as he closed the gap...
Thrust!
Not releasing a violent burst of fist Vigor!
Having condensed all his Vigor into that one Pill Energy-infused strike and having stimulated all his potential with the Star Pointing Technique, he could not rely on the explosive power of his fists to deal a lethal blow to the now revealed "non-human" ranked demon. Therefore, he thrust forward...
Or rather, he targeted with the large-caliber handgun now clenched in his left hand!
Right-hand sword, left-hand gun.
As the demon's body lost balance from Xia Wuyuan's kick, the muzzle of the large-caliber handgun was already steadily pressed forward, aid at its brow from half a ter away!
The next mont...
Within the raging, yet wide-open pupils of the beast, reflected the blinding, lethal flash from the handgun's barrel.
"Roar!"
In an instant, the beast's reluctant and angry roar was drowned out by the subsequent explosion of gunpowder.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Alkaid fired six shots in rapid succession!
He emptied the magazine!
At such close range, rely half a ter away, and in the hands of a Grandmaster, the six shots aid at the head didn't miss a single one!
"Sss! Sss! Sss!"
Blood splattered.
The demon's head was instantly penetrated by six bloody holes from the bullets shot out of the large-caliber handgun!
The three-ter-tall massive body fell backward from the impact of the bullet's kinetic energy.
And the mont he emptied the remaining six bullets in the handgun, Alkaid dropped the gun.
He pounced through the air with murderous intent.
The light of the Chengying Sword flashed like cold lightning towards the demon's exposed throat as it fell.
It was like the arc of a waning moon.
Precise! Swift! Sharp!
The three essential elents compounded, instantly beheading the extrely ferocious demon with its incredibly tenacious life force.
As Alkaid's figure pounced through the air and perford a 360-degree flip over the body of the demon before landing steadily several ters away, the demon's decapitated corpse also fell to the ground, front and back separately, stirring up a cloud of dust.
It was over!
This fully transford demon stationed at a critical location was completely slain.
"Phew!"
A long breath ca from Xia Wuyuan behind him.
As he relaxed with that breath, he rapidly exited the state of heightened adrenaline, and imdiately felt an intense wave of fatigue.
It seed that only by taking quick breaths to replenish the oxygen in his body and speed up tabolism could he slightly dispel the weakness and exhaustion of the mont.
Alkaid likewise regulated his energy and blood.
However, having reached the Fifth Rank Divine Intent, his control over his energy and blood was far beyond that of Xia Wuyuan.
Even the aftermath of the burst of Pill Energy and the activation of the Star Pointing Technique was quickly smoothed over by the ticulous control of his own energy and blood, and vigor, through Divine Intent.
While it was impossible to imdiately return to peak condition, he wouldn't have to endure a period of weakness like those Third Rank Grandmasters and Fourth Rank Martial Saints who had comprehended the Star Pointing Technique and then tapped into their potential.
After briefly adjusting his condition, Alkaid quickly ca to the demon's corpse and activated the strange object in his hand he had nad "Soul Capturing Orb."
At this ti, Xia Wuyuan had also sowhat regained his composure.
He looked at the demon's body, which was decapitated and gradually shifting back toward human form, seemingly still in disbelief, "This demon... definitely had the strength of a Martial Saint! We... killed a Martial Saint!?"
"Mm."
Alkaid responded.
There wasn't much change in his expression.
A demon that had transford into its true body...
This wasn't the first ti he'd seen one.
But the previous demon who manifested its true body was clearly not as powerful as this one.
After capturing the demon's Soul Fragnts, he raised his head and asked, "Is the recording clear this ti?"
"It is."
Xia Wuyuan answered gravely, "Behind the Divine Blood... there's actually... this kind of thing hidden..."
"Rember to blur my image."
Alkaid instructed.
Xia Wuyuan was caught off guard, but he quickly understood the implication, "You think that..."
"It's exactly what you're thinking."
Alkaid said calmly.
After a mont of silence, Xia Wuyuan nodded heavily, "I will keep it confidential, but... if it's like what you suspect, even that level being penetrated, then no matter if I stand in the way, as long as they intend to investigate, this secret won't last long."
"No matter."
Alkaid replied.
Just wait another two months and he would break through the human limit to achieve Martial Saint, and then...
He wouldn't have so much to worry about.
Martial Saint!
As long as one doesn't face heavy firepower or get bombarded, even if one offends the Dayu Royal Family, there is no concern for one's life.
After a mont, he added, "Go and support Yue Xingzhou, lest he destroys so evidence that shouldn't see the light of day."
Xia Wuyuan nodded.
The gunshots at the Baisheng Chemical Plant had stopped, and the battle there was coming to an end.
Imdiately, Xia Wuyuan hurried in the direction of the factory, while Alkaid...
Followed leisurely behind him.
While following Xia Wuyuan back to the chemical plant, he also took the "Soul Capturing Orb" in his hand again.
With a thought, a series of images imdiately appeared before him.
First was the demon that hadn't managed to transform in ti.
The images provided by its Soul Fragnts were of it dutifully delivering each bottle of the refined "Divine Blood" to its buyers personally.
In mory, there were many buyers.
Each one stood at the pinnacle of Tian Nan, holding significant power.
Su Chiming, the Family Head of the Su Family...
Didn't even have access to this level.
Following that ca the just-slain, evidently more powerful, fully manifested demon.
In just a mont, Alkaid had obtained crucial information.
"Zhao Sheng!"
He mouthed the na.
The main person in charge of the nurous demons in Tian Nan Province, the Vice Governor Zhao Sheng.
This man was the demon leader and the mastermind behind the Divine Blood business that Alkaid had been searching for.
However, besides these pieces of information, the images provided by this demon still contained the most impactful mories of its life.
"These demons... were they manufactured!?"
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