"Who is causing trouble?!" the brown bear demon roared.
Yi Hao didn't waste words, his gaze falling to the weapon of a demon at his feet.
He kicked it away.
Whoosh—
The halberd cut through the air, leaving a blur in its wake.
Spiritual energy encased the tip of the halberd, making it faster and sharper.
With lightning speed, it shot towards the brown bear.
*Puchi—*
"Where did this..." little brat.
The brown bear looked at Yi Hao,
After uttering a few words,
It felt a coolness, then a warmth in its chest.
Its vision spun.
Until it fell, it still hadn't comprehended what had just happened.
"Such an arrogant human slave!"
The bull-headed demon and the leader of the lizard-like demon frowned.
At the same time, they were somewhat shocked.
This human slave could actually kill the brown bear in one strike?!
"Boss, I'll go deal with him first!"
The bull-headed demon's power began to surge.
Its muscles bulged, and its form expanded several times over.
Its clothes tore apart, and in an instant, it transformed into a massive black bull.
It stood at least five meters tall.
Its horns were curved and sturdy, emitting a dark luster.
At their level, their own might was their greatest 'weapon'!
They usually maintained their bull-headed human form for convenience.
"Wait,"
The demon leader raised a hand and said, "This might not be a human slave."
The bull demon: "You mean..."
"Yes, it's likely another demon transformed, here to seize territory."
The demon leader spoke, circulating its power.
"Let's go together!"
"Alright!"
The demon leader leaped onto the roof of a stone house, claws spread, and swiped at Yi Hao from a distance.
To the left!
Yi Hao, observing the flow of demonic energy within it, dodged to the right first.
*Hualala—*
Several claw marks landed on the stone house, leaving gouges three meters long and a foot deep.
As Yi Hao landed, the demon leader attacked with both claws, one after another.
Even though Yi Hao could see its movements, he was still hard-pressed to keep up.
After dodging the demon leader's 'deathly claw' once more,
Yi Hao leaped off the stone house.
Using the corners and the tall stone houses as cover.
*Boom boom boom—*
The ground trembled as if an earthquake had struck.
Some demons, caught off guard, fell to the ground.
The massive black bull charged through the paths between the stone houses, following the scent, heading straight for Yi Hao.
In front of those long, gleaming black horns, Yi Hao's size seemed insignificant.
Yi Hao, aware of the movement behind him, suddenly turned.
Using his agile body,
He leaped,
Vaulting over the black bull's head and landing on the ground behind it.
He snatched a steel spike from a nearby demon and, like throwing a dagger, aimed for the black bull's vital spot—its rear.
...
As soon as he threw it,
Yi Hao's heart pounded, a sense of impending danger washing over him.
He instinctively retreated,
Tapping his toe, he leaped high, landing on the roof of a stone house behind him.
The next second,
A head resembling a lizard's opened its mouth and slammed into the ground where Yi Hao had just stood.
It created a large pit.
From Yi Hao's perspective, the demon leader was still on the original stone house, but its neck had stretched out by more than ten meters.
It was like a snake.
"Kid, where exactly did you come from?"
The demon leader's long neck moved, its head held high, looking down at Yi Hao.
Its pair of blood-red eyes emitted a cold, bloodthirsty glare.
"What is your objective?"
Yi Hao's gaze fell upon the demon leader's slowly swinging tail.
The tail had accumulated a lot of demonic energy.
"Our objective now... is to defeat you."
As soon as the words left its mouth, it leaped forward.
Leaping between several stone houses,
It dodged the demon leader's suddenly lunging maw.
And arrived behind it.
Using his hand as a blade and spiritual energy as the edge.
He swiftly chopped towards the demon leader's tail.
"Roar—"
The demon leader, caught off guard, let out a cry.
Its blood-red eyes ignited with fury.
Yi Hao's chop hadn't severed it yet.
It had only penetrated about a foot deep.
He immediately retreated.
As expected, the demon leader's claws landed precisely where he had just stood.
After being wounded, the demon leader's body began to reveal layers of green scales.
They covered it like armor.
"This thing looks quite sturdy..."
Yi Hao examined the scales, murmuring.
He ran in the opposite direction of the demon leader.
With a few leaps, he arrived at the location where the human slaves had processed the crystals.
He scanned the area and picked up a sharp and thick crystal spike.
He covered it with spiritual energy.
*Hualala—*
A huge claw mark descended, this time directly slicing through the stone house.
Massive stone blocks rained down.
In the air,
The demon leader's back sprouted a pair of enormous wings, lifting its entire form into the sky.
With every flap of its wings, a strong gust of wind was generated.
After the attack, there was no movement from beneath the stone house.
The demon leader narrowed its cold, bloodthirsty eyes, monitoring its surroundings.
However, the rumbling all around made it impossible to hear clearly.
The black bull ran through the gaps between the stone houses, "Boss, where did that guy go?"
The demon leader felt annoyed. These fellows were strong enough, but their brains evolved too slowly.
Just as it was about to speak, a strong gust of wind came from its rear left.
What?!
The demon leader glanced sideways. When did that guy get behind it?!
It was in the air to avoid close combat!
...
"Boss, be careful!" the black bull's voice sounded a beat late.
The demon leader snorted and added another layer of scales to its tail.
"Trying the same trick again?"
Its scales were much thicker than a pangolin's!
Yi Hao raised the crystal and lifted his left foot.
Towards the demon leader's back,
Like a hundred-thousand-jin splitting axe, it descended heavily!
*Bang!*
Both the person and the demon plummeted to the ground, smashing through a stone house and landing inside a simple dwelling once occupied by human slaves.
A foul stench filled the air.
Yi Hao stepped on the demon leader, raised the crystal...
And began to scale it.
His movements were practiced, just like when they harvested crystals with stone spikes inside the mountains.
Strike after strike.
*Dong dong dong!*
Shattered scales scattered across the ground where the human slaves had lived.
The demon leader hadn't expected this guy to be so cunning.
Its neck arched back, its massive head stretching out considerably, lunging towards Yi Hao.
Yi Hao didn't even look up, grabbing a crystal spike and piercing the lizard-like head's eye.
Sticking it into its own back.
From its waist, he retrieved a smaller, red crystal spike.
And continued to scale it.
*Pupu pupu—*
Green scales scattered, like scaling a fish before cooking.
Just then, the black bull caught up.
...