CHAPTER 225: CHAPTER 221 DEATH

Li Fan and Lu Yuan stepped into the Demon City. Demons attacked them, but under their joint efforts, the demons couldn’t withstand their assault.

Sword cultivators were aggressive in their attack, and the two cleared a path with their swords, plundering sword intent as they entered the city.

However, just moments after they set foot in the Demon City, they felt a powerful sword aura coming from afar, causing Li Fan to frown. He looked up and saw a figure rapidly flying toward them, accompanied by an extremely terrifying demon aura.

"A person?"

Li Fan looked up toward the distant direction. The figure became clearer, revealing Xia Yao.

Xia Yao traveled on a flying boat, with demons madly attacking her, blocking her way. At this moment, she was covered in wounds, with blood flowing incessantly.

Her eyes were filled with despair, but still carried a strong desire to survive. She was close to escaping this demon city.

Even though she knew people could be deceitful, she did not expect the disciples of the Shadow Bearing Sword Arena to set up such a despicable trap.

If not for the radiance of Ying Ze, Ren Yuzhi, and the disciples of the Shadow Bearing Sword Sect, those sword cultivators wouldn’t have followed and become their bargaining chips.

Xia Yao’s somewhat dim eyes glanced ahead, and a figure leapt into her sight, making her beautiful eyes instantly brighten with hope.

It was Zuo Tu.

Zuo Tu and Ying Ze, Ren Yuzhi, and others were at odds, always confronting each other even outside. If she hoped to meet anyone, it would surely be Zuo Tu.

"Young Master Zuo, save me," Xia Yao shouted, and behind her, Ren Yuzhi also saw Li Fan, his face instantly becoming extremely unpleasant, meeting him at this time.

"Buzz..." He pushed his speed to the limit, his Sky Splitting Sword Intent carrying a storm toward the front.

Driven by the will to live, Xia Yao propelled her flying boat to the limit, heading straight for Li Fan.

Li Fan frowned. He came to seize sword intent, not wanting to be involved in other troubles; despite having some conflicts with Ying Ze and Ren Yuzhi, he wasn’t in a hurry, as it wasn’t the most urgent matter.

But why was this Ren Yuzhi pursuing Xia Yao?

Moreover, what was with these demons?

The demons inside the city were actually chasing Xia Yao alongside Ren Yuzhi.

Although Li Fan wasn’t familiar with Xia Yao, he disliked Ren Yuzhi even more.

With a thought, his flying sword shot out, instantly exploding the heads of those demons.

A flying sword shot toward Xia Yao like a peng bird. Xia Yao exclaimed, "Ren Yuzhi and they have colluded with demons."

Li Fan propelled his flying sword, intercepting Ren Yuzhi’s sword attacking Xia Yao. A loud explosion sounded, as Ren Yuzhi continued forward, while a massive Wind Roc Dharma Form appeared in the sky, merging sword aura into the hurricane as it flapped its wings.

"Brother Zuo, this matter doesn’t concern you," Ren Yuzhi spoke loudly.

Li Fan traversed, coming to Xia Yao’s back, swinging his sword to form a sword wall ahead.

"As fellow sword cultivators entering the secret realm, why do you want her dead?" Li Fan curiously asked, with Xia Yao saying the other party colluded with demons; how did they collude?

"This is between me and her, Brother Zuo, don’t be misled," Ren Yuzhi spoke, as the storm formed by Sky Splitting Sword Aura became even more violent, countless swords shooting out, with every flap of the Wind Roc’s wings causing swords to rain down.

Simultaneously, surrounding demons roared and charged forward, seemingly about to engulf Li Fan, Lu Yuan, and Xia Yao.

Moonlight blossomed, with the Bright Moon Dharma Form emptying the sky. Strands of Taiyin Sword Aura shot out like moonlight, instantly freezing demons upon contact and then being shredded by the sword aura.

Yet many demons continued to charge forward, causing Li Fan to frown as his Sword Seed shot out, curving, harvesting demon lives.

Upon seeing this, Ren Yuzhi’s eyes froze. The Wind Roc fluttered, whipping up a hurricane as he merged into it and instantly disappeared from his original spot.

Li Fan sensed the crisis and slashed decisively with his sword. The dragon hymn echoed, slicing through space, almost simultaneously meeting Ren Yuzhi’s Sky Splitting Sword, colliding with Li Fan’s sword.

Amidst the cacophony of a peng bird’s cry, Ren Yuzhi’s brows bore a peng bird’s shadow pouncing toward Li Fan, turning into a sword.

Li Fan’s left hand reached out, with dragon hymns shaking the heavens, and a golden Dragon Shadow appeared behind him. A punch roared out like a demon dragon’s roar, with Ren Yuzhi’s Sword Seed transformed into a peng bird tearing onto the True Dragon’s shadow, tearing it apart.

However, the Wind Roc spewed out another sword beam, resonating with a piercing cry, causing Li Fan’s Divine Soul to tremble, as the sword beam instantly closed in.

"Boom..."

A phantom seemed to step out from Li Fan, with his Divine Soul serving as a sword, clashing with the incoming sword beam.

His body was jolted back, his Primordial Spirit returning, his head still slightly dizzy while Li Fan’s eyes sharpened, staring at the Wind Roc sword.

"Magical Treasure."

Moreover, it’s a magical treasure attacking the Divine Soul, alongside the Sword Seed, catching him off guard, easily taking him by surprise.

"Young Master Zuo, be careful, these people are despicable," Xia Yao’s voice was low behind him. Li Fan stared at Ren Yuzhi. These people outside appeared dignified and graceful, but inside the secret realm, they instantly showed their true colors.

Outside is a façade; even in duels, grace must be maintained.

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But here, everywhere is filled with killing intent.

A moment of carelessness earlier, if his Divine Soul wasn’t strong enough, it could have cost him his life in an instant.

"Brother Zuo, do you really want to intervene in this?" Ren Yuzhi continued, "Right now, Brother Zuo can still leave."

"Ren Yuzhi and Ying Ze invited us to join them, intending to hand us over to the Demon Generals in the city to exchange for Sword Intent. They had collusion with the demons even before entering the Secret Realm."

Xia Yao spoke as soon as Ren Yuzhi finished speaking.

Li Fan squinted his eyes; Xia Yao’s words carried a significant amount of information.

It was everyone’s first time entering the Secret Realm, so how could there have been collusion before entering?

However, this Xia Yao...isn’t a benign character either.

When Ren Yuzhi said he could leave, she revealed this truth, thus...Ren Yuzhi and the others would now have to kill him.

With just one sentence, she dragged herself into the fray as well.

Knowing such secrets, still hoping to stay uninvolved?

"Buzz..." From a distance, an overwhelming Sword Intent gathered, forming a terrifying giant sword, surging towards Li Fan, accompanied by an extremely overpowering aura sweeping in from afar.

Ren Yuzhi sensed this aura, his expression indifferent—the Demon General had arrived.

Li Fan looked up and also felt the powerful aura, surpassing Ren Yuzhi. It should be one of the nine Demon Generals in this Secret Realm.

The giant sword attacking them was likely condensed from Sword Intent.

Li Fan’s internal power and blood erupted, dragon roars echoed, and a majestic Sword Intent transformed into a Star Giant Sword, charging towards the descending giant sword.

"Boom..." A terrifying storm surged, engulfing Li Fan in Sword Intent. Simultaneously, Ren Yuzhi struck out with a sword from afar, and a Wind Roc Giant Sword attacked.

At this moment, Lu Yuan appeared by Li Fan’s side, her icy Sword Intent bursting forth, her sword dancing, unleashing a towering sword force like tidal waves.

"Let’s go..." Li Fan struck with a sword while speaking to Lu Yuan, and the two retreated.

Ren Yuzhi slashed out another distant sword, and as Li Fan retreated, his eyes flashed with cold light. His sword strike made Ren Yuzhi’s heart tremble slightly with hesitation, not daring to pursue alone.

But the giant sword was aiming at Xia Yao. Already severely injured, her expression changed dramatically, looking towards Li Fan and saying, "Young Master Zuo, save me."

Li Fan turned and, using Sword Control, fled without heeding Xia Yao’s plea for help.

In an instant, the overwhelming Sword Intent submerged Xia Yao’s body, screams echoing out. Li Fan did not look back and fled into the distance.

Ren Yuzhi ultimately did not dare to pursue, as powerful Demon Energy rolled in, and the Demon General arrived here. Behind him, Ying Ze also arrived and asked, "What happened?"

"Xia Yao told Zuo Tu," Ren Yuzhi replied.

Ying Ze’s eyes filled with greater killing intent, he said, "Go outside the city to meet the Sword Cultivators from Chi Xiao City and release the news that Zuo Tu has colluded with demons, hunting foreign Sword Cultivators and killed Xia Yao and others."

Ren Yuzhi’s eyes lit up. Only Zuo Tu and Lu Yuan knew about this. Is their credibility higher, or is his and Ying Ze’s higher?

"Do it now," Ying Ze continued. They needed the initiative and couldn’t let Zuo Tu leak the information first, or they would be passive.

For this mission, they must acquire enough Sword Intent and gain opportunities.

Meanwhile, Li Fan and Lu Yuan left this place, abandoning this Demon City and choosing to head towards another city.

Ying Ze, Ren Yuzhi, and others colluded with the Demon General. If they joined forces, it would be a huge hassle; now is not the time to confront them.

Although he knew Ying Ze and Ren Yuzhi weren’t good people, he hadn’t expected their collusion with demons.

Little Senior Brother’s words, ’the human heart is like a demon,’ are increasingly profound.

"Are we just abandoning Xia Yao?" Lu Yuan whispered.

"If Xia Yao hadn’t said those words, I might have acted. While she involved me to survive, to stand from her perspective is reasonable, but I’m not obliged to risk for her," Li Fan replied. "She’s not Lu Yuan."

Lu Yuan was momentarily stunned, her expression odd, asking, "If Lu Yuan were in danger, would you take the risk?"

"Of course," Li Fan replied, "If Lu Yuan were in danger, it would certainly be worth fighting for."

Lu Yuan gave Li Fan a sidelong glance at his seemingly joking words, and while her eyes looked forward, ignoring him, a ripple arose in her heart.

She pondered, if Li Fan were in danger, to what extent could she go?

Perhaps until that moment, she would not even know herself.

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