Chapter 8: The Amazing Houtu! This Human Race Member Has Quite Some Guts!

Having broken through to Refining Spirit into Void, Lu Yun discovered that his sensory abilities had improved significantly.

Because the so-called Refining Spirit is related to the soul.

Once the soul is strengthened, divine sense is born, and perception naturally becomes sharper! Furthermore, the true Qi within his body began to transform, becoming a different kind of existence.

It was a product of the fusion between true Qi and soul power; in this world, it should be called—magic power! And because of the birth of magic power, the spell Lu Yun had previously learned—Earth Escape Technique—could now be cast! It could be said that this step Lu Yun took was a transformation in many aspects.

However, Heiying was clearly unaware of this point.

Precisely because of this, upon hearing Lu Yun say he was going to counterattack, a look of disdain appeared in its eagle eyes.

Because even if Lu Yun had broken through, his strength was only on par with it, both being merely at the Refining Spirit into Void stage.

And as a Demon beast, its physical body was stronger than that of the Human Race, and it also possessed the ability to fly.

Not to mention, the broadsword in Lu Yun's hand had been severely twisted and deformed after colliding with its sharp claws just moments ago!

Under such circumstances, how could Lu Yun counterattack? In the end, wouldn't he still be eaten by it!

However, it noticed that the Demon beasts behind were catching up, so its movements had to be a bit faster.

Thinking of this—

"Boom!"

Heiying violently flapped its wings, whipping up an astonishing storm that blew away countless weeds and gravel.

Its figure shot up dozens of meters in an instant, and then it dove down fiercely again, pouncing toward Lu Yun, preparing to snatch away the prey that was Lu Yun before the other Demon beasts caught up! What it did not expect was that although Lu Yun had just said he would counterattack, he now stood motionless in the face of its pounce, as if he had been scared silly.

Seeing this scene, the look of disdain in Heiying's eyes grew even thicker.

But just as its claws were about to grab Lu Yun, and it felt that it could finally eat human flesh, suddenly—

"Whoosh!"

Lu Yun's figure sank without warning, and his entire person submerged into the ground.

Earth Escape Technique! Heiying's pupils contracted, and its pair of sharp claws could not be retracted in time, directly shattering a large patch of ground and kicking up dust that filled the sky.

Worried that Lu Yun might attack it, it hurriedly flapped its wings and flew into the air again.

At the same time, the Demon beasts chasing from behind saw that after Heiying dove down, Lu Yun was gone, leaving only a large pit in the original spot.

In an instant, they all became furious.

"Damn Heiying, it ate that member of the Human Race!"

"We fought for so long, and in the end, it actually benefited!"

"We can't let it benefit! Since it ate that Human Race member, then we will eat it!"

"That's right! We will eat it; we absolutely cannot let it escape!"

The Demon beasts suddenly shared a common hatred, rushing madly toward Heiying again and launching attacks at it from afar.

Heiying felt extremely aggrieved, but it had no time to explain; it just wanted to rush out quickly.

Unfortunately, its luck was too poor this time; those Demon beasts were all playing for real, each casting various spells.

For a time, lightning, flames, ice arrows, wind blades, wood spikes, poisonous gas...

All kinds of spell attacks swept toward Heiying from all directions!

Although Heiying tried its best to dodge, it was caught off guard and struck by some spells, and one of its wings was injured instantly, making it feel that things were looking bad.

With an injured wing, it couldn't fly away! Heiying's figure began to plummet rapidly, and just as it was filled with panic, suddenly—

"Whoosh!" It saw a figure emerge from the ground below; it was none other than Lu Yun!

Heiying was overjoyed, not expecting this member of the Human Race to be so foolish as to stupidly come back out.

It immediately wanted to shout, telling the other Demon beasts to shift their attention to Lu Yun, creating an opportunity for itself to escape.

But before it could cry out, Lu Yun, who had leaped up from the ground, suddenly grabbed its claws and then dragged it back into the mud together!

What is this Human Race member trying to do?!

Heiying was greatly alarmed, feeling uneasy, and struggled frantically.

As a result, it discovered that Lu Yun had quickly let go of it.

Before it could heave a sigh of relief, it suddenly found that half of its body had been pulled into the ground by Lu Yun using the Earth Escape Technique, and for a moment, it was unable to break free from the earth!

"Oh no!"

Heiying understood Lu Yun's intention in an instant.

It looked up abruptly and saw with horror that the second wave of spell attacks from the surrounding Demon beasts had arrived; yet, it was unable to move, and could only watch helplessly as those spells landed on its body.

Although it had tried its best to circulate its magic power for defense, under the joint attack of a group of Demon beasts whose strength was generally higher than its own, it did not hold on for long before being blasted into a state of heavy injury.

The next moment, a group of Demon beasts rushed up from all sides, tore it limb from limb, and divided it up to eat!...

At the peak of the Stone Peak.

Houtu saw this scene and remained silent for a long time.

She could feel how aggrieved, unwilling, and angry the Heiying was before its death.

However, she felt no sympathy at all.

After all, their Wu Clan had always used Demon beasts as food.

Moreover, this Heiying had intended to sneak an attack to snatch the prey of other Demon beasts, so it was quite normal for it to be killed in retaliation by the other Demon beasts.

Furthermore, the Great Desolation was inherently a place where the strong preyed on the weak.

By comparison, she was more concerned about Lu Yun, who was hiding underground at this moment.

It must be said that this Human Race youth had brought her quite a few surprises.

Not only could he cast the Earth Escape Technique just after breaking through to Refining Spirit into Void, but after dodging the attack, he did not flee directly; instead, he laid in ambush and took advantage of the moment to use the surrounding Demon beasts to kill the Heiying.

This series of actions truly made her eyes light up.

Houtu felt that if it were the Wu Clan of her Houtu Ancestral Court, facing such a situation, they would likely only choose to fight the Demon beasts head-on.

However, because the enemy was numerous and he was alone, even if Lu Yun could kill Heiying, he would be torn apart and eaten by the other surrounding Demons! Therefore, Lu Yun's choice at this moment was the wise course of action!

"If the sons of my Wu Clan could also learn this kind of flexibility, there would be far fewer casualties!"

What surprised Houtu even more was that after cleverly dealing with Heiying, Lu Yun actually still did not flee.

She was the Ancestral Witch of Earth herself, naturally proficient in the Great Dao of Earth, so at this moment she could clearly perceive that Lu Yun was hiding dozens of feet deep underground, seemingly trying hard to sense the situation outside.

"Looking at it this way, he still intends to continue attacking and slaughtering other Demons? His courage is truly not small!"

Houtu guessed Lu Yun's intentions, and a look of anticipation appeared in her eyes once again.

One must know that among these surrounding Demons, there were still quite a few characters at the mid-stage of Refining Spirit into Void.

Coupled with the fact that Demons of the same realm have the advantage of powerful physical bodies, if he were even slightly careless, the little life Lu Yun had just saved might be lost again!

Houtu was very curious about what Lu Yun would do next. And just as Houtu had guessed, Lu Yun indeed intended to continue slaughtering these Demons.

Since they had treated him as food before, if he didn't counter-kill them and treat them as food, how could he vent his anger? (End of this chapter)