Chapter 541: Fierce Battle with Quan Xiu

Yuan Yao saw the situation, her expression tightened slightly, and immediately made a gesture toward them, urging them to leave quickly.

The ten‑some human sky‑elite, seeing this, were a little puzzled.

They thought Yuan Yao was about to drive them away, so they opened, "We won't hinder you…"

Before they finished speaking, they also keenly sensed a thread of dangerous aura coming this way, and their faces instantly changed.

When they tried to leave, it was already a moment too late—

"Human?" a deep, magnetic voice sounded.

Everyone looked toward the voice and saw a demon‑clan sky‑elite squad already arrived here.

Leading them was a young man in a dark robe, wearing a half‑black mask that covered half his face; the exposed half of his features was cold and hard.

Behind him followed more than thirty demon‑clan sky‑elite.

"Demon Prince of the Second Rank!" the ten‑some human sky‑elite instantly recognized the half‑masked young man, their pupils contracted, and their expressions became tense and wary.

At this moment, the demon second prince Quan Xiu's icy eyes did not linger a fraction on these panicked human sky‑elite.

His gaze fell on Yuan Yao's party, bearing scrutiny and inquiry.

Quan Xiu slowly opened, "Are you also human?"

"You guess." Yuan Yao laughed.

Quan Xiu stared coldly at them, then raised his hand and waved.

In an instant, two figures shot toward Yuan Yao's party.

Boom!

Ying Wuji and Xue Jin moved, immediately blocking the attacks of those two figures.

The impact burst forth, knocking those two demon figures back several steps.

At the same time, Yuan Yao's hand was hidden behind her back; from a perspective unseen by the demon sky‑elite, she secretly made a gesture to the ten‑some human sky‑elite, urging them to leave now.

These human sky‑elite's wounds had not healed; staying here would not only make them unable to deal with the demon sky‑elite, but also prevent them from finding a suitable chance to depart.

The human sky‑elite exchanged glances, then swiftly turned and fled.

"Your Highness, they're trying to run!" a round‑faced demon girl saw this, her complexion changing abruptly.

Before Quan Xiu could speak, the round‑faced demon girl flickered, brandishing a massive scythe toward the backs of the ten‑some human sky‑elite!

Crack—

A long whip shot through the air, wrapping around the round‑faced demon girl's wrist, yanking it back sharply!

The demon girl staggered, almost dropping the scythe from the excruciating pain in her wrist.

"Who?!"

She suddenly turned her head and saw a masked, tightly wrapped figure standing not far away, holding the other end of the long whip.

When their gazes met, murderous intent surged.

"Seeking death!" the round‑faced girl shouted angrily, finding a chance to break free from the whip, then swung the scythe toward Xiao Lingwei.

The power aura the round‑faced girl unleashed was enough to reach the mid‑stage of the human Spirit Transformation Realm.

Yet she was still a bit weak against Xiao Lingwei.

After several exchanges, Xiao Lingwei had her body riddled with wounds.

Just as Xiao Lingwei was about to snap the opponent's neck, several demon sky‑elite moved and swiftly shielded the round‑faced girl from the fatal blow.

Though those demon sky‑elite blocked the attack, they were also shaken back repeatedly.

The round‑faced girl escaped death; her once plump face now drained of color, leaving only a ghastly pallor.

She gasped, her terror turning into raging fury; her round eyes stared dead at Xiao Lingwei, filled with indignation and wrath.

"Kill her for me!" she shrieked, her voice twisted slightly by anger.

The few demon sky‑elite who had just intervened, upon hearing, showed fierce glints in their eyes and surged toward Xiao Lingwei in a surrounding assault, magical energy roiling, murderous intent chilling.

"You… you… outnumber us! Waa…!"

Immediately, Cang Li changed tone, gritting his teeth, "All of you, attack!"

Without him speaking, Song Yan and his companions had already acted.

Xue Jin was decisive in killing; with one move, he killed two demon sky‑elite.

"I'll cut you filthy demons to death! Let you be arrogant!" Dong Jiao was even more ferocious, both hands somehow each wielding a gleaming kitchen knife, her footwork shifting, her form so fast only a afterimage remained; she even circled around the front‑line demon sky‑elite and rushed straight at the round‑faced girl.

She struck without mercy, each slash fierce, each move lethal!

"Cut your left side!"

"Now cut your right side!"

"Watch me cut off your head!"

"Let your filthy mouth be torn!"

Dong Jiao slashed while shouting full of vigor; the knives whirled like windmills, flashing, forcing the round‑faced girl into a miserable state, instantly adding several deep wounds that exposed bone, blood gushing.

The round‑faced girl, frightened by Dong Jiao's reckless frenzy, was about to collapse; she hurriedly turned back, screaming hoarsely toward the dark‑robed figure, "Second Prince! Save me!"

Quan Xiu's eyes darkened slightly; a powerful pressure belonging to the mid‑stage Void Refinement Realm erupted from his whole body, surging toward Dong Jiao!

At that moment!

A figure swiftly blocked Dong Jiao's path, and she swung a sword hard!

This sword blade, wrapped with terrifying spiritual power, instantly reflected the opponent's pressure with a hundredfold force!

Boom—

A blast!

The massive impact distorted and shook everything around.

Quan Xiu's expression changed slightly; he stared tightly at Yuan Yao's figure.

And in the next instant, an urgent flute note suddenly rang out, invisibly piercing the demon clan prodigies' protective barrier and striking straight at them!

"Ahhh..." many demon clan prodigies let out miserable screams.

Quan Xiu's eyes turned cold; he shifted and instantly closed in on Yuan Yao, raising his hand to palm-strike her.

Yuan Yao raised her sword to block!

Boom!

Yuan Yao was shaken and flew backward; the ordinary longsword in her hand shattered on impact, and her qi and blood surged within her chest.

Just as Yuan Yao was about to fall but hadn't yet, Ling Huya flashed to appear behind her, placing a palm on her back and sending in a gentle yet resilient spiritual force that barely steadied her falling form.

Yuan Yao steadied herself with the momentum, then immediately summoned a new longsword and raised it to meet Quan Xiu's attack.

Seeing Quan Xiu press Yuan Yao step by step with a fierce assault, Ying Wuji and Song Yan instantly moved to his left and right, surrounding him to share Yuan Yao's burden.

For a moment, the three fought Quan Xiu as one; sword qi crisscrossed, demonic flames surged to the heavens, and the battle became intensely fierce.

Qian Yunzhou, who had been playing his flute not far away, was suddenly surrounded by several demon clan prodigies.

Qian Yunzhou's eyes narrowed.

Before he could act, Zhai Qingye and Xiao Zhufeng appeared simultaneously before and behind him, blocking all his attacks.

Qian Yunzhou's brows twitched slightly, then he curled the corner of his lips and continued playing.

"Take this spear!" Cang Li roared, his spear shooting out like a dragon from the sea, flinging a demon clan prodigy aloft.

Having just succeeded, Cang Li caught sight of eight or nine ferocious demon clan prodigies closing in on him from his peripheral vision.

Cang Li's pupils constricted, his grip on the spear tightening as he cried out, aggrieved and angry: "Hey! You guys are ganging up on me—have you no shame? Bullying the weak with your strength! This is too much!"