Chapter 849: A Once-in-a-Thousand-Years Opportunity (First Update, Requesting Everything)

In an instant, Aixi wanted to intercept the Demon Commander-level Flame Demon.

In terms of speed, Aixi was not only not inferior to the Flame Demon, but actually faster.

Furthermore, Aixi had pushed the Wind Speed Characteristic to its limit along the way, donning five layers of Wind Cloak; thus, its speed was significantly faster than the Flame Demon's.

However, Aixi dared not approach easily; after all, this was a Demon Commander-level Flame Demon. If it were pushed into unleashing its Burning Body Explosion, Li Changsheng would truly be left unable to laugh or cry.

There was no need to dwell on the power of a Burning Body Explosion unleashed by a Demon Commander-level Flame Demon; even an Emperor-level Demon Pet would likely have to avoid its Keen Edge, let alone a mere Demon Beast.

Not to mention Aixi, even Adai and Yuangungun, who possessed the Eternal Indestructible Body characteristic, would likely be blasted to smithereens if hit by the Burning Body Explosion, without even a chance for Regeneration.

To hunt the Flame Demon, one had to maintain a significant distance at the very least; furthermore, defensive measures had to be prepared in advance.

In the sky, Aixi released a dense swarm of Wind Blades, which spun at high speed as they slashed toward the Flame Demon.

The Flame Demon had no intention of slowing its pace; having lived for hundreds of years, it possessed extremely rich combat experience and knew clearly that once it stopped, death might be waiting for it.

Under these circumstances, the Flame Demon only had time to release a large amount of flames from its body surface before being struck by the successive waves of Wind Blades.

In the process of passing through the flames, the power of the Wind Blades was partially neutralized, and by the time they landed on the Flame Demon, they only left behind narrow, slight scratches, not even constituting a minor injury.

After neutralizing a large number of Wind Blades, the Flame Demon continued forward.

It was also at this moment that Kailan condensed a Wood Dragon a full hundred meters in length, and under her control, the Wood Dragon charged toward the Flame Demon with bared fangs and brandished claws.

Suddenly, the Flame Demon folded its wings, then spread them again and flapped them forcefully, avoiding the menacing Wood Dragon with a rather relaxed posture.

The Wood Dragon continued its pursuit, but compared to the Flame Demon, the Wood Dragon's speed was inferior, and the distance between the two could only be pulled further and further apart.

However, it was precisely due to Aixi and the Wood Dragon that the Flame Demon's speed slowed slightly, allowing Baitian and Heiye to catch up and condense Light Flame Giant Swords of black and white, slashing at the Flame Demon from behind.

This time, the Flame Demon still did not dodge, and was struck directly by the two Light Flame Giant Swords, leaving two long wounds on its back.

Yet, the wounds remained shallow, making it difficult to deal a major blow to the Flame Demon.

The moment it was struck by the two Light Flame Giant Swords, the Flame Demon tried to use the impact force to surge forward a distance.

However, at this very moment, the two Light Flame Giant Swords rapidly merged, emitting a harsh, sizzling sound, and accompanied by the mutual Annihilation of countless Light and Darkness energies, a gray substance of Annihilation was born.

Boom—

In an instant, the two severely shrunken Light Flame Giant Swords, along with the substance of Annihilation, were detonated instantly.

Before the Flame Demon could rush out of the explosion range, it was struck by the intense shockwave, which instantly engulfed its body, and a scream could be vaguely heard.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Adai, Yuangungun, the Great Sun Fire Crow, the Long-Eared Cold Jade Rabbit, the Sub-Ancestral Black Dragon, and the Heavenly Double-Pupil Bird all released area-of-effect offensives simultaneously.

Not only them, but some of Zhao Yuanqing's Demon Pets also launched attacks in time.

Rumble—

The next moment, more than a dozen energies of different colors surged into the explosion range, colliding with each other, and subsequently triggering a chemical reaction that caused an even more astonishing explosion.

In a split second, a figure rushed out of the explosion range in a sorry state.

This was naturally the Flame Demon, but unlike before, its body was covered in dense wounds, and its back was even torn open with a large hole, clearly having sustained non-trivial injuries.

However, the Flame Demon's speed was not affected.

Before the Demon Pets could strike again, raging flames emerged on the Flame Demon's body surface, which then exploded into countless Fireballs, surging indiscriminately in all directions.

Aixi and the other Demon Pets had no choice but to do their best to neutralize them; after all, this was an offensive launched by a Demon Commander, and even if the attack was severely dispersed, it still posed a significant threat to the Demon Pets.

On the other side, Zhao Yuanqing's two Saint Grade Spirit Pets ignored these offensives, smashing the incoming Fireballs head-on and continuing to charge toward the Flame Demon.

Zhao Yuanqing's other Demon Pets, like Aixi, engaged in defense.

Compared to Saint Grade Spirit Pets, Demon Beasts were much more fragile.

Taking advantage of the Demon Pets' frantic efforts, the Flame Demon seized the chance to land in the lead, continuing to flap its wings and charge toward the Abyss Gate.

In the rear, Zhao Yuanqing's two Saint Grade Spirit Pets chased desperately, wanting to close the distance with the Flame Demon.

Zhao Yuanqing also went all out, bestowing all the Heaven and Earth Great Power onto the two Saint Grade Spirit Pets in one breath, and even buffed them with acceleration-type Secret Techniques.

As a result, these two Saint Grade Spirit Pets, which were not known for their speed, became faster than the Flame Demon.

At this moment, the speed of both sides had surged to the limit; if long-range offensives were used again, whether they could hit accurately was a question, not to mention that these two Saint Grade Spirit Pets were primarily focused on close-quarters combat.

Even while wary of the Flame Demon's Burning Body Explosion, Zhao Yuanqing still had the two Saint Grade Spirit Pets continue to approach; as long as they could entangle the Flame Demon, once the main force arrived, there would be a chance to kill it.

While the Flame Demon fled desperately, it kept a constant watch on the movements behind it, and upon discovering that its two old rivals were about to catch up, a large amount of flames emerged on its body surface once again.

This time the flames exploded again, but unlike before, these flames transformed into a massive ring of fire with a diameter of a hundred meters, expanding rapidly in all directions.

This was naturally the Resist Fire Ring, only its power and range were much greater than that of the Crown Sunlight Luan.

Because they were in such close pursuit, by the time the two Saint Grade Spirit Pets noticed, it was too late to dodge, and they were struck head-on by the Resist Fire Ring.

A powerful repulsive force appeared, causing the charge of the two Saint Grade Spirit Pets to not only stop, but they were forced to retreat a short distance against their will, and burn marks appeared on their bodies.

Without hesitation, flames erupted on the Flame Demon's body surface again; this time, using the powerful propulsion formed by the eruption of flames, it caused its speed to skyrocket in a short period, seizing the chance to pull a distance away from the Demon Pets.

As it drew closer to the Abyss Gate, the Abyss Will became increasingly Rich, and began to suppress the Heavenly Dao Will.

At the same time, the Flame Demon was able to exert greater strength, and its speed continued to increase.

Unlike the Flame Demon, Zhao Yuanqing's two Saint Grade Spirit Pets were suppressed by the Abyss Will, and their pursuit speed was instead weakened to a certain extent.

Between this increase and decrease, the Flame Demon's speed was actually faster than the two Saint Grade Spirit Pets, and if this continued, the Flame Demon would escape.

Once the Flame Demon escaped, such a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity would be very difficult to encounter again in the future.

(End of chapter)