Chapter 65: 065You Stunned This Monster (Part 1)

Wang Lan watched the monster in the distance, watching its membranous wings slowly unfold behind it, emitting orange light.

"Miss!!! It's charging toward us!!!" Amid the shouts of those nearby, a blast rang out from the direction of the monster:

*Bang—!!!! *

Immediately, it roared bizarrely at a breakneck speed, charging this way. This was not the first time Wang Lan had heard such a sound in her life, and she naturally knew what it signified:

Such breakneck speed can only be attained by at least mid‑stage True Realm masters.

She took charge of the Wang Clan caravan at seventeen, and in the past ten years of traveling far and wide she has seen many things. Yet ultimately she is merely a mortal body; even her cultivated yang‑energy martial path has never reached its pinnacle.

And she is now twenty‑seven; for yang‑energy warriors, their combat peak lies before age forty‑five. Once they reach forty‑five, their physical condition begins to decline, because they must face the same thing all humans must face:

*Aging*

However, compared with cultivators whose life spans start at several hundred years, this peak period is evidently too brief.

But there's nothing to be done; that's fate.

Six hundred twenty kilometers per hour—that speed boost Wang Wu received after his Heavenly Demon Vajra Body cultivated to the second tier.

At the first tier, Wang Wu's top speed was four hundred seventy kilometers, and he could accelerate to that speed in a very short time. His maximum climb altitude was eight thousand two hundred meters; his combat radius was… well, there's no such term—he can take off and land anywhere, and he has many ways to replenish energy.

The second‑tier Heavenly Demon Body raised his speed to six hundred twenty kilometers, and each advancement of the Ninth‑grade Heavenly Demon Body increases its speed, defense, and attack power, while unlocking entirely new skills…

Listening to it feels odd, like a game manual that actually says this.

The Ninth‑grade Heavenly Demon Body has five tiers: the first tier reaches four hundred seventy km/h, the second six hundred twenty km/h, the third eight hundred fifty km/h, the fourth one thousand fifty km/h.

The fifth tier is the hardest, but also offers the greatest boost:

One thousand four hundred km/h.

This speed breaks the sound barrier, signifying the Ninth‑grade warrior's great perfection.

Speed, strength, defense, and stamina—on every front, the Supreme Heaven Vajra Sect has achieved the utmost.

Wang Wu was only a little over ten kilometers from Wang Lan's horse troupe, and at a speed of six hundred twenty km/h that was just a little over a minute away.

Watching the monster rush toward her, Wang Lan turned her head back and glanced behind. She sighed, then looked at a bodyguard cultivator beside her:

"Luo Xian Shi, do we still have a chance to survive?" she asked, though everyone already knew the answer.

Luo Xian Shi gave a wry smile, shook his head, and said to Wang Lan: "Better run. Miss Wang, head toward the open field and run as far as you can. I'll try to draw those two monsters away; if we can return alive, our deaths won't have been in vain."

"Thank you, Immortal Master." Wang Lan nodded silently, bowed respectfully to him and the others, saying nothing superfluous.

"Charge!!!"

Then Wang Lan spurred her horse, accelerating again toward the plain beside the road. At the same time, the bodyguards beside her scattered, some charging toward the demon behind them, others toward the monster behind them.

As bodyguards, most have a reputation to uphold. One may die, but one must not flee. Though betrayals occur—like the one the Wang Clan faced three years ago, involving a bodyguard cultivator they had trusted deeply.

Yet that person wasn't even a professional escort; the Wang Clan simply entrusted the task to them. After all, the other side wasn't a hopelessly stagnant mortal from a poor family hoping to earn a few extra coins.

Such cases are low‑probability; letting fear dictate inaction is unreasonable. Most of the time, these escorts' professional ethics are trustworthy.

This time no unexpected incident arose; the escorts didn't hesitate and promptly began fulfilling their duties. No one retreated; though many were terrified to the brink of collapse, none fled.

Whether bodyguard fighters or cultivator bodyguards, they all earn their living this way and have long prepared for such circumstances.

"Dammit, I have to be the one to save them."

Watching the group ahead rush toward the beast‑bodied, human‑headed monster, Wang Wu shook his head, and his forehead crystal began to gather light.

Though he could have ignored it, they earn a living risking their lives; staying at their post and charging in to trade their lives for time still earns respect for their professionalism.

Being an escort is a harsh profession; the pay is high but the danger is extreme. This year may pass without incident, yet the first escort next year could end in an untimely death.

A golden beam shot from Wang Wu's forehead crystal, crossing more than ten kilometers in an instant and striking the monster's forehead precisely.

The golden light entered the brain portal; the monster staggered, lost balance, and fell, yet its body kept sliding and rolling forward due to inertia.

Immediately, the monster's body began to swell, fissures opening across it, with golden light continuously pouring out from the cracks.

Watching the monster's reaction, Wang Wu suddenly realized he might no longer be able to use this "Heavenly Demon Cannon" in the future. Its nature is too similar to the Supreme Heaven Vajra Sect's cultivation technique, and there's nothing he can do—after all, it belongs to a sect.

Overuse could expose his human form to detection in human society.

But it's fine; if the golden‑type Heavenly Demon Cannon can't fire, Wang Wu still has the Silver Vein Divine Sect's Silver Vein True Divine Body, and the Silver Vein Divine Sect's offensive techniques can be released through the Heavenly Demon Body's Heavenly Demon Eye.

The Heavenly Demon Eye, that crystal on Wang Wu's forehead, can trigger certain ranged attacks. Though it's the only ranged method, it still counts as ranged and fills the sole shortcoming of the Supreme Heaven Vajra Sect.

Though activation is slow, requires charging and a transformation, it's still a ranged attack, isn't it?

Moreover, the Heavenly Demon Eye isn't limited to the Heavenly Demon Cannon; other sects' ranged techniques can also be executed through it. Any ranged technique used via the Heavenly Demon Eye is, of course, considered part of the Supreme Heaven Vajra Sect.

*Yin God Finger*

It is the ranged technique Wang Wu has been training recently, used to supplement his ranged attack capability.

He continued flying forward, but changed direction toward the path where Wang Lan was frantically fleeing.

*Sss—*

In the distance lay the spot where the cursed demon had been. There was no explosion, no spray of blood and flesh, only a huge cloud of black smoke and the monster's hide rapidly drying and shriveling. In the end, the monster that had been chasing them relentlessly was reduced to a heap of black skeletons.

The escorts, already prepared to sacrifice themselves, stared at the skeletons before them, all in astonishment.

"Miss!!!"

But at that moment, a shout from the squad leader drew their attention; turning around, everyone's faces turned ice‑cold.

That thing ignored them entirely and flew straight toward the spot where Wang Lan had fled.

At this point, the distance between that thing and Wang Lan kept shrinking, and the group had no means to stop it because it was simply too fast. It was a True Realm Great Demon, far beyond the early stage.

"Why, why!??"

At this moment, everyone protecting the convoy thought:

"Why?? Why would a True Realm Great Demon appear outside He Dong Xian and He Xi Xian????"

Time passed second by second; each second Wang Wu surged forward about two hundred meters, and he was only eleven or twelve kilometers from the target—a little over a minute away.

In the end, nothing unexpected occurred, nor any hero swooping in to rescue a damsel.

Wang Wu's massive body landed lightly before Wang Lan, blocking her path.

A curved horn, crimson eyes, and a human-shaped face as hard as steel, cold and fierce.

Reining in the horse, Wang Lan could feel the mount beneath him trembling violently from fear. Looking at those dark red eyes, Wang Lan swallowed, his hand gripping the reins so tightly it was nearly pressing them into his flesh.

"You."

Above the wilderness, the gigantic humanoid monster folded its wings and spoke in human language:

"Do you want to do business?"

"Huh?"

Wang Lan was stunned.

(End of chapter)