"Bug, I'll crush you!"
Demos pursued his advantage, his massive body leaping up, his right arm clenched into a fist, striking down at Jin Sheng on the ground.
Faster than words could tell, a flash of sword light swept across the ground. Demos's punch landed on empty space, leaving a huge crater in the ground.
Demos immediately looked to his left. Gan Jiang, holding Mo Xie in one hand and supporting Jin Sheng with the other, was rapidly retreating.
"Little bug, you're looking for death!"
Demos slammed his right hand down on the ground, gripping it fiercely. A large amount of soil instantly transformed into hard rock. Then, he lifted his hand and hurled the massive rock in his hand towards the direction the three were moving.
The next second, Gan Jiang, who was rapidly escaping, was enveloped by a huge shadow. He looked up and saw the rock plummeting from above.
"Long Sword Mo Xie!"
He couldn't care less about anything else. He let go of Jin Sheng, and the long sword carried him into the air. He struck the rock with a single sword blow.
So hard!
This was no ordinary rock, but a rock imbued with some kind of magic.
Gan Jiang struck with his sword, and his body immediately spun. When he was above and Mo Xie was below, he instantly transformed into a broadsword, while Mo Xie, conversely, changed from a sword into a human. She held the broadsword Gan Jiang and struck the rock.
A sword mark appeared on the rock, but it was clearly far from enough.
In an instant, Gan Jiang and Mo Xie began to spin rapidly like fan blades. The two were sometimes above, sometimes below, their two swords constantly interchanging. One moment, Gan Jiang held Mo Xie, who had transformed into a long sword; the next, Mo Xie held Gan Jiang, who had transformed into a broadsword.
When the rock hit the ground, countless cracks appeared on it. Upon touching the ground, it shattered into countless small fragments and dispersed.
Gan Jiang and Mo Xie landed on the ground simultaneously, both panting. Before they could relax, Demos appeared before them, towering over them, and unleashed a punch with his clenched fist.
"Gan Jiang!"
"Mo Xie!"
"Bound by Life and Death!"
Gan Jiang and Mo Xie held each other's hands and simultaneously exerted force, flinging themselves forward. The two instantly transformed into a long sword and a broadsword, crossing as they shot towards Demos. The two swords collided with Demos's fist, and instantly, both swords flew backward, their blades covered in cracks.
The two swords transformed back into human form and landed on the ground, both spitting out a mouthful of blood. Demos was too strong; just a slight collision had left them severely injured.
"Quick, kill them all!" Zhou Tai Number Nine exclaimed excitedly when he saw this scene.
Demos did not pay attention to Zhou Tai Number Nine's words. Compared to Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, he disliked Jin Sheng more, because the light emitted by Jin Sheng when he transformed into a Golden Lion subtly restrained him.
The two were like fire and water, so Jin Sheng was his primary target.
He looked at Jin Sheng on the ground, a cruel smile on his face. It felt so good to nip such a potential threat in the bud before it could grow.
However, just as he lifted his hand, golden threads rapidly coiled around him, instantly pinning him in place.
At the other end of these golden threads, a group of men and women dressed in Taoist robes formed hand seals, each of them looking solemn, gritting their teeth and continuously channeling their spiritual energy.
"Thankfully, we made it in time. Captain Gan Jiang, Captain Jin Sheng, can you still move?" one of the Taoists shouted to Jin Sheng and Gan Jiang.
But neither of them responded. The Taoist's expression immediately turned serious. This was a big problem; they couldn't restrain Demos for long.
Currently, among the four squads participating in the operation, two captains were severely injured, and one captain's life or death was unknown. Only his Kill Demon Squad could continue fighting.
The problem was that the Kill Demon Squad's true expertise lay in killing and capturing demons. Dealing with a creature like Demos, which had no demonic aura, was out of their professional scope.
Of the four squads assembled this time, the Evil Extermination Squad specialized in dealing with zombies, vengeful spirits, and malevolent ghosts. Jin Sheng's Lion's Divine Light had an extreme suppressive effect on such creatures; it could be said that as soon as he glowed, all manner of evil spirits would turn to ashes.
The Zhan E Squad was more adept at handling various large monsters. Those giant creatures, when facing Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, were often like livestock waiting to be slaughtered, dismembered in just a few moves.
The captain of the Sin-Cleansing Squad was Gong Qian. She was particularly skilled at dealing with various evil and criminal transcendents, taking them down with a single punch.
Finally, there was the Kill Demon Squad, which normally managed and dealt with demonic creatures hidden in the city, such as fox spirits, beings that had cultivated from animals into human form.
Incidentally, although Hu Tu'er has Nine-tailed Fox bloodline, she is human, not a true fox spirit.
Crack!
At that moment, Demos's body trembled slightly, and many golden threads immediately showed cracks.
"Not good, Tian Xuan, quickly take the two captains and Mo Xie out of here. We probably can't hold on for much longer," the leading Taoist said.
The Kill Demon Squad consisted of seven people, whose code names were precisely the Big Dipper.
The captain was Tian Shu, and the remaining members were Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang.
"Captain, can you all hold on?" Tian Xuan hesitated.
Right now, all seven of them were exerting their full strength just to barely restrain Demos's mind. Even so, Demos's body's instincts were still resisting. If she left, as soon as Demos's mind operated even slightly, the remaining six would likely be in grave danger.
"At least now we are standing and they are lying down. How can we stand by and do nothing? Go quickly!" Tian Shu said with a resolute and serious expression.
He had actually prepared himself mentally. If Demos truly had a chance to break free, he would burn his vital essence to restrain him, absolutely not giving him any chance to attack.
The Demon-Binding Rope itself was a Dragon-level artifact, crafted from a large amount of precious materials. It had been invincible in past demon-slaying operations. If it weren't for the mismatched expertise, Demos would have obediently submitted.
Tian Xuan gritted her teeth and nodded, immediately stopping the spiritual energy transmission. But as soon as she stopped, Demos's entire body trembled, and the golden threads forming the Demon-Binding Rope continuously burst and broke.
"Spiritual light shakes the celestial pillar, red dragon stirs the essence gate, exhaust this breath, five fires burn the navel wheel!"
Tian Shu quickly formed hand seals at this moment, then slapped his abdomen, muttering incantations.
The other team members' faces all changed, and Tian Xuan's eyes were red as she cried out, "Brother, you!!!"
"Stop talking nonsense, execute the mission!" Tian Shu erupted with a terrifying aura, the veins on his forehead bulging. Continuous spiritual energy formed a golden dragon that coiled along the golden threads around Demos's body.
Tian Xuan gritted her teeth, immediately turned, and quickly ran towards Jin Sheng...
One minute ago.
After Yu Xian rescued a large number of team members and settled everyone in a safe location, he pulled Zhang Shou, who had also retreated, and quickly flew towards the several large mountains that had been blown apart.
They certainly weren't qualified to approach the front-line battlefield; otherwise, even the slightest ripple could kill them.
However, this didn't mean they couldn't do anything. For example, they could save people.
The two landed in a bubble next to the third mountain that had been blown apart. Yu Xian stepped out of the bubble, twitched his nose, and then controlled a large amount of sticky bubbles to start moving rocks.
After a large number of sticky bubbles adhered to and moved the rocks away, a girl with green skin appeared before the two.