Wan Lei donned the Thunder Armor, a layer of lightning protection shielding them within. However, this shield only managed to withstand one wave of attack before shattering.
The enemy had too many numbers and their strength was too great. In a one-on-one fight, Wan Lei was confident he could last for days on end, but when the enemies attacked in concert, the intensity of their assault was simply impossible to withstand head-on.
The demons had prepared far too thoroughly this time, pursuing them with over ten times the force needed to kill them.
Qiong Ku knew the Son of Destiny too well. Such individuals, if to be killed, must be done so with all one's might, without distraction. Should they be given even a sliver of opportunity, the target could escape or even turn the tables.
Fortunately, he had learned from the previous three encounters. This time, he was determined to slay Wan Lei.
The first time, the battle in the desert.
The second time, the battle at the Thunder Emperor's Hall.
The third time, the battle at the Liu family.
Each time, Wan Lei had miraculously turned the tide. A miracle would not occur a fourth time.
Good fortune would not always favor him.
With the lightning protective shield broken, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were once again sent flying, using this momentum to widen the distance between themselves and the enemy.
They had no idea where to escape to. They were isolated and unsupported, and they had no idea how far they had fled.
The power of the pursuers behind them had surpassed the combined strength of all the Tribulation Transcending experts in the Thunder Wind Realm before. But the emergence of this power also signified that no one in the Thunder Wind Realm could save them.
They could only rely on themselves, endure this period, and wait for the Naihe Bridge to appear.
Wan Lei could only gamble, betting that upon the appearance of the Naihe Bridge, they could directly obtain the final token and master the Wind Blade Evasion technique.
Immortals bestowed divine abilities, allowing one to use them immediately after a single glance, without needing to comprehend them.
Then, he would gamble again, betting that after obtaining the token, they could directly leave the secret realm. With the speed of the Wind Blade Evasion, these enemies would be unable to catch up.
They continued to flee, but the enemies were closing in again.
Each time the enemies caught up, they would immediately launch attacks, and their injuries continued to worsen. Even with the Wood Thunder healing them, it couldn't keep up with the intensity of the consumption.
Within half an hour, both Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were severely wounded.
This was still the result of Wan Lei taking the brunt of most of the attacks.
This was the most perilous moment of their lives.
In the past, they could count on others to rescue them, and they could escape to safe havens.
But here, there was nothing but enemies.
The enemies were closing in again.
Fang Xiaoyu took out her laser gun, continuously firing vacuum implosion bombs behind them, but she only had five left.
She fired four in quick succession.
These four vacuum implosion bombs were fired directly at the demons, and the demons were pursuing at an extremely high speed. With the combined speed, the demon marshals had no time to dodge and were directly hit by the vacuum implosion bombs.
It was a pity that the four vacuum implosion bombs only killed two low-level demon marshals. The other demon marshals, though injured, were not greatly harmed.
However, the enemy still numbered thirteen.
This time, Qiong Ku and the others did not attack immediately. Instead, they allowed the demon marshal with the Shadow Gate divine ability to intercept Wan Lei and the others from ahead.
While previous attacks had managed to injure them both, they also allowed them to create some distance. This time, they would not let them escape no matter what.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were surrounded by the enemy once more.
Qiong Ku, abandoning his usual verbose nature, joined forces with Qiong Shen to attack Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, while other demon marshals provided support, preventing Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu from escaping.
This time, there was no escape.
Qiong Ku's undead wraiths tightly bound Wan Lei, his lightning unable to dispel them. They immediately came under the most ferocious assault.
Fang Xiaoyu's injuries were severe, and her internal spiritual energy was almost depleted. If they continued to be hit like this, they would be beaten to death by the enemies before they could reach the Naihe Bridge.
With this thought, Fang Xiaoyu immediately turned, using her back to absorb the enemy's attacks. After spitting out two mouthfuls of blood, she finally finished installing the last vacuum implosion bomb.
Then, turning, she unhesitatingly pulled the trigger.
The demon marshals facing Fang Xiaoyu were terrified.
The demon marshals were surrounding them at this moment, almost touching. If this vacuum implosion bomb exploded, they too would be injured.
The demon-breaking version of the vacuum implosion bomb only exploded when it encountered demons, not that it only harmed demons after exploding.
But now, they couldn't afford to worry about that. This was their only way to break out of the encirclement.
After firing the vacuum implosion bomb, Fang Xiaoyu immediately put away her laser gun, then, without hesitation, turned and hugged Wan Lei.
Wan Lei, who was being ganged up on by the demons, didn't know what was happening. But the moment Fang Xiaoyu hugged him, a sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
Immediately after, a violent explosion and shockwave surged towards him from behind Fang Xiaoyu.
BOOM!!!
After a world-shattering roar, both the demons and Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were sent flying.
They crashed heavily onto the ground. Fang Xiaoyu rolled a few times before her armor, severely damaged, automatically retracted into her body.
Wan Lei flew over like a madman. He knew that Fang Xiaoyu had just taken the brunt of the damage for him.
And at this moment, Fang Xiaoyu's bones were broken, her spiritual energy was depleted, and her injuries were so severe that she was on the verge of death.
"Xiaoyu, how are you?"
Wan Lei picked up Fang Xiaoyu and asked nervously.
"Quick... escape... don't put me into the Fate Governing Diagram. I can still... fight with you... this is our mission, neither of us can be missing..."
Wan Lei's heart felt as if it were being cut by ten thousand blades, but he knew this was not the time for grief. He could not waste the opportunity Fang Xiaoyu had desperately created for him.
Wan Lei scooped up Fang Xiaoyu and charged forward again, rushing towards the distance.
Qiong Ku, Qiong Shen, and the others got back to their feet again.
The vacuum implosion bomb had exploded too close to them, and they had not fared well either.
"Chase!"
Qiong Shen roared, leading the demons in pursuit once more.
Qiong Ku, however, took out a stick of incense from his hand.
Qiong Shen glanced at it and his face lit up with joy.
"You brought the Dead Souls Curse Incense too? That's great, this brat is definitely going to die now. No one has ever survived the Dead Souls Curse, not even an immortal!"
"Yes, I didn't intend to use it originally, but this kid is too resilient. Brother, cast the spell with me."
"Alright!"
As Qiong Shen flew, he transferred his demonic energy to Qiong Ku. Qiong Ku began chanting a spell, the incense in his hand rapidly ignited and turned into nothingness, transforming into a wisp of black smoke emanating a terrifying aura of disaster. In the blink of an eye, it entered Wan Lei's body ahead.