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Under the bombardment of the four layers of dark light, Luo Xiu's movement was greatly restricted. His speed, which was originally far superior to that of the demon bat, could not be fully unleashed at this moment. Facing the demon bat flying low and menacingly attacking again, Luo Xiu exerted his strength in his waist and barely dodged its right claw.
But the claw on the left came right away, and Luo Xiu chose to move his right arm to the side, colliding with the claw that seemed to be carrying a bloody storm.
"Om-"
The sound of metal clashing against metal rang out, and Luo Xiu's body rolled backward and flew out rapidly. In the midst of the roll, he stretched out his right hand to support himself on the ground and regained his footing.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Luo Xiu made up his mind.
This demonic bat was indeed extremely powerful. Even after being weakened by the Weakening Spell, it was still several sizes larger than Luo Xiu. At the same time, its physique was also very strong, with flesh and blood harder than metal.
Without the Weakening spell, this demon bat's strength should be around 4500 points.
In that case...
He looked at the 1361 points he could add on the panel and thought to himself, "Then I have no choice but to add more points."
In the sky, the four flying demon bats saw Luo Xiu being struck and bleeding by the powerful demon bat flying low, and their mouths snarled, their shrewd cries echoing through the Illusionary Mushroom Forest.
"A despicable creature dares to try and stop us?! How foolish and ridiculous! Break his arms and legs and bring him before us!"
The female human-bodied demon bat urged the robust demon bat in the air, eager to personally torture Luo Xiu to death.
Upon hearing this, the demonic bats in the low sky let out an excited shriek, baring their fangs, and pounced on Luo Xiu once more.
The four demonic bats in the sky also cooperated by unleashing annihilation black light, blocking Luo Xiu's path.
Luo Xiu stood motionless, his eyes indifferent, as if he had given up resisting.
But when the muscular demon bat that charged forward saw Luo Xiu's gaze, its heart tightened. It sensed something was wrong; the human before it was far too calm.
But at this moment, it had nowhere left to retreat. Not only had it rushed to within arm's reach of Luo Xiu, but the excited cries of its kin in the sky were also pushing it forward, forward, and forward again.
Until the abyss.
Luo Xiu moved.
Instead of dodging as the demon bat had anticipated, it charged straight at the demon bat's claws, which emanated a terrifying aura and a sharp, dark light.
A punch that couldn't be simpler.
There wasn't even the booming sound of a normal collision; after the strike, only a few arcs of wind spread out between their fists and claws.
The muscular demon bat froze in mid-air.
Its face still bore the fierce smile from before, but its forehead was covered in sweat, and the muscles in its legs trembled almost imperceptibly.
The demonic bats in the sky, witnessing this bizarre scene, were momentarily stunned and continued to unleash their dark light. Two of the weaker fifth-tier bats were even excitedly shouting, anticipating Luo Xiu's next bloodshed.
However, the next second, the muscles of the muscular demon bat suddenly trembled violently, and then large swathes of blood mist burst out from the gaps in its muscles.
Luo Xiu changed his fist into a palm, pulled the demonic bat towards himself, and then leaped to the base of the bat's broad, fleshy wings, stomping down hard.
"squeak!!!"
The pitiful cries echoed through the night sky once more.
This is the second demon bat to suffer this treatment tonight. As fifth-tier creatures, they are usually unapproachable in the Demon Bat Cave, but tonight they are in a miserable state that is hard to imagine.
With a power of 3100 points, Luo Xiu's stomp completely broke the four fleshy wings of the demon bat, ensuring that it could not run far. Luo Xiu then took the opportunity to leap high into the air, directly climbing to the top of a mushroom tree, and then jumped again.
All of this happened in an instant.
With 3100 points of strength and speed, Luo Xiu appeared to the weakened demon bats like a demon whose chains had been completely broken, instantly appearing beside one of them with overwhelming killing intent.
The demonic bat had reacted as quickly as possible, but after being weakened, it was still far too slow compared to Luo Xiu.
It was not one of the stronger types of demonic bats to begin with. Like the demonic bat that Luo Xiu crushed into mincemeat, it belonged to the weakest group. The two of them, along with the first female demonic bat that died at Luo Xiu's hands, were all beings that had just advanced to the fifth rank in the new era.
When the female demon bat was being beaten bloody by Luo Xiu, she shouted her name and the name of the demon bat that had been crushed into mincemeat, but they did not respond. Instead, they abandoned the female demon bat as a sacrifice.
Unexpectedly, just half a day later, another demonic bat was turned into mincemeat, and next, it was its turn.
"Squeak!!!"
Seeing Luo Xiu's outstretched hand, its eyes flashed with anger, and its fear turned into rage. Even now, it still found it hard to believe that a despicable human would dare to attack them, the demon bats.
Anger surged within it, rushing into its mind and gradually disrupting its thoughts. Knowing it couldn't dodge, it let out a sharp roar and actually charged at Luo Xiu's hand!
It refused to believe that a lowly human could kill it!
"Oh!"
The fifth-tier demonic bat's claws exploded instantly, turning into a bloody mist.
"Squeak!!!"
Its scream had barely left its mouth when Luo Xiu's next punch arrived, striking it directly in the face.
The blood mist exploded, all the sharp fangs snapped off, its human face shrunk, and its screams stopped abruptly.
"Get out of the way."
Luo Xiu quickly reached out and chopped off the base of one of its wings, then stepped on its falling body and leaped upwards again.
The surrounding demonic bats had already reacted. They no longer cared about releasing dark light from their mouths. Their huge fleshy wings flapped wildly, and they began to rise rapidly, trying to escape Luo Xiu's clutches like stray dogs.
Seeing that he could no longer catch up, Luo Xiu had no choice but to choose his last target.
Finally, he focused his attention on the lead female demon bat.
Perhaps because she was the strongest, she wasn't the first to start running away. Although she was faster than the other two, she was temporarily in second place, almost the same as the last demon bat.
Luo Xiu's figure soared upwards like a rainbow.
The last demon bat sensed Luo Xiu's rapid approach and its dark face turned pale with fright, instinctively closing its eyes.
But soon, it opened its eyes again and was surprised to find that Luo Xiu had actually bypassed it and grabbed at the female demon bat.
It immediately unleashed its fastest speed ever, fleeing frantically while Luo Xiu was dealing with the female demon bat.
Soon, Luo Xiu grabbed the female demon bat's leg.
The female demon bat had a ferocious expression and tried several times to shake Luo Xiu off, but Luo Xiu's hands were like a pair of iron clamps, and the pain from her legs made her scream repeatedly.
Finally, Luo Xiu prepared to leap up along its body.
Its eyes hardened.
We're going to fight Luo Xiu to the death.
It simply couldn't believe that a mere human could be so arrogant.
This is high in the sky, their home turf!
After a few seconds.
The two demon bats, each missing half a wing and severely injured, staggered along the ground in the Forest of Illusions, leaving two bloody trails behind them.
Their bodies were still in excruciating pain, but when they thought of Luo Xiu's face, they only regretted that they didn't have a few more pairs of wings.
But soon, their faces showed terror.
Because a figure appeared in front of them.
Where are we going?
Luo Xiu's smile was as warm as the sun, and his golden hair was like red gemstones, dazzling and beautiful.
In his hand was the female demon bat, which was now being held like a dead dog. Its huge fleshy wings drooped on the ground, probably all broken off, with only some skin and flesh still connected.
The two wingless demon bats trembled violently, as Luo Xiu before them seemed like a demon from hell, bringing them immense shock.
They wanted to scream, but they couldn't make a sound.
They could only watch as Luo Xiu drew closer and closer.
Step by step……
……
Shek is about to collapse.
In fact, half a minute earlier, he had already sensed that he was about to reach the end of his life and had given the order for the entire Knights to retreat to Kanriel.
He held on for another half minute so that the Knights could retreat safely.
At this moment, his skin, covered in blood, was as white as paper, and the blood vessels under his skin were visible to the naked eye, densely packed, like a blue and red spider web.
The healing light that Luo Xiu cast did indeed allow his wounds to heal continuously, but no body could withstand such torment hundreds or thousands of times. Each time, it felt as if the skin all over his body was completely cut up and then stitched back together.
Without the Knights' Order to harvest the low-level demon bats, swarms of dark demon bats swept past him freely on both sides, their "squeak squeak squeak" sounds from all directions seeming to mock his incompetence.
He had no extra strength to retaliate.
Holding off the three demonic bats as much as possible was the last thing he could do.
His fingers were still moving, the crimson magic circle was still summoning, and the torrent of elements was still surging, but he was no longer aware of it.
Those are all subconscious mechanical movements of the body.
His signature slicked-back hair was now plastered to his scalp and covered in blood, and the tassels on his shoulders were long gone, probably snatched away by a low-level demon bat.
He had never looked so disheveled; this was probably the ugliest moment of his life, something unimaginable for someone as image-conscious as him.
But all he wanted to do right now was sleep.
He had imagined countless times the scenario of the mushroom monster being reinvented in his hands, and Kanriel developing rapidly.
I once imagined that I would be like my ancestors, leaving behind stories passed down by word of mouth among the residents of Kanriel.
But I never imagined I would die like this.
"I'm so tired."
This feeling of exhaustion seemed to be not just due to the defense of the city, but more like the exhaustion that had accumulated over the decades—not getting enough sleep, not having a single rest or recreational break—and then suddenly erupting all at once.
In his final moments, his gaze was fixed on a distant direction.
Luo Xiu once fell there while holding a demonic bat.
He hoped that the blond boy named Luo Xiu could escape and survive.
He saw a glimmer of hope for the future in that young man; perhaps the entire Dorrant could truly escape its fate of thousands of years because of that boy.
“Hmph—”
The mushroom grove in that direction trembled, as if something was about to burst out of it.
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