"Two young ladies, brace yourselves."
Li Xuan looked at Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu, who were pale with tension, and sighed helplessly. In the next moment, Jing Hun appeared in his hand.
"Young Master Li Xuan, are you planning to go out on your own?" Zhou Wenjin asked, seeing this.
Li Xuan sighed helplessly. "Miss Wen Jin, if those demonic beasts were truly luring us in, then your senior and junior sisters must have fallen into their trap. As far as I know, that Beast King has used some divine ability, and our talismans have become useless."
After speaking, Li Xuan gripped Jing Hun and walked into the forest. If his suspicions were correct, without any spirit masters arriving, those demonic beasts would likely surround and annihilate Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu. Now that he was here, he would inevitably be put in a passive position.
Li Xuan had no desire to relive the days of fleeing for his life.
"Let's go." After a moment of silence, Zhou Wenjin looked at Li Xuan's retreating back and said.
Seeing Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu follow, Li Xuan nodded in his heart. If Zhou Wenjin had chosen not to believe him, there would have been nothing he could do. Since Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu were following, Li Xuan would naturally do everything in his power to protect them.
Soon, the trio entered the forest. At the same time, a bird circling overhead moved and shot into the depths of the forest.
"That bird… seems unusual." Zhou Wenjin glanced at the small bird in the sky, her expression now solemn.
"It's nothing. As long as the Beast King doesn't show up, we should be able to break through," Li Xuan said, shaking his head.
Zhou Wenjin was somewhat surprised, but remembering that Li Xuan could withstand a blow from the Beast King without dying, she acknowledged his strength. Soon, the three of them increased their speed.
Hiss!
Two minutes later, Li Xuan suddenly stopped and made a shushing gesture. Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu both looked tense. Following Li Xuan's gaze, their expressions changed drastically.
They saw more than a hundred demonic beasts hidden within the forest, many of them possessing powerful auras. Even Zhou Wenjin, with her initial Martial God realm strength, felt her scalp tingle.
Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu realized that Li Xuan's earlier words had likely been proven true. The communication talismans they had sent out had become death warrants for their senior and junior sisters at the Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land.
"My ladies, I will draw their attention shortly. At that time, you two must break through immediately. Do not engage in prolonged combat, for I will be too occupied to come to your aid," Li Xuan said seriously.
"Young Master Li Xuan, you won't be alright, will you?" Zhou Wenjin frowned. Li Xuan, though renowned, was only at the initial Martial Emperor realm. The hundred demonic beasts before them were a force that even she found overwhelming.
"Don't worry about me. You two just focus on breaking through. As I said, as long as the Beast King doesn't appear, I am invincible," Li Xuan said with a hearty laugh. Then, his expression turned serious, and he hurled Jing Hun directly at an eighth-tier peak demonic beast.
Before arriving, Li Xuan had sensed the auras of these hundred demonic beasts. Only two eighth-tier peak demonic beasts posed a threat to him. If he could eliminate one of them first, Li Xuan's pressure would be halved.
"Now, go!" Li Xuan's voice reached Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu, and he then merged with his sword, striking directly at the eighth-tier peak demonic beast.
Roar!
Li Xuan's sword intent had now reached ten feet, and he was attacking with all his might. With a single strike, he tore through the body of the eighth-tier peak demonic beast. Accompanied by a furious roar, the entire forest trembled.
"Go!" Zhou Wenjin's expression stiffened as she saw Li Xuan break through the defense of an eighth-tier peak demonic beast with a single sword strike. She then pulled Zhou Wen Shu and fled into the distance.
"Heaven Severing Three Swords, Second Strike!"
Li Xuan held his sword with both hands, and his sword energy surged wildly within him. Seeing the increasing number of demonic beasts surging forward, he unleashed nearly six hundred layers of sword energy with the Heaven Severing Three Swords.
Boom!
Over a dozen seventh-tier demonic beasts were instantly cleaved in half by the sword energy, but the beasts behind them surged forward again.
Wave after wave of terrifying sword energy crashed forth, and soon, another ten or so demonic beasts in the second wave were also killed.
As the sword energy dissipated, another eighth-tier peak demonic beast lunged at Li Xuan. With the eighth-tier peak demonic beast's attack, the other demonic beasts stopped. The hierarchy among demonic beasts was extremely strict; weaker ones dared not interfere when a higher-level one attacked.
However, even so, dozens of demonic beasts surrounded Li Xuan and the eighth-tier peak demonic beast. If Li Xuan were to fall, the consequences were dire.
Li Xuan took a deep breath, retracted Jing Hun, and then unleashed a punch.
Bang bang bang!
Terrifying shockwaves erupted, forcing the surrounding demonic beasts to retreat several meters under the impact. The battle between man and beast lasted for a full five minutes before they finally disengaged. Li Xuan glanced at the spot where Zhou Wenjin and Zhou Wen Shu had stood earlier and saw they were gone. He felt a slight sense of relief.
"One Sword Shatters Ten Thousand Laws!"
In the next instant, Li Xuan drew Jing Hun and swung it at the eighth-tier peak demonic beast.
Boom!
The terrifying sword might reverberated, causing the surrounding demonic beasts to dodge or be struck by the might. In an instant, countless were killed or injured. Coupled with their large size, dozens of demonic beasts collided with each other, throwing them into disarray.
Seeing this, Li Xuan did not hesitate. He moved and fled into the distance.
Half a minute after Li Xuan had shot away, a furious roar echoed through the sky. Soon, dozens of demonic beasts stopped in place, not daring to move.
"Damn humans!" A demonic beast with a colossal body strode forward, causing the ground to tremble with each step. This demonic beast was the one Li Xuan had severely injured with his sword earlier, an eighth-tier peak beast.
"Take the corpses of those dozen or so humans back to Lord Beast King," the demonic beast commanded after a moment of contemplation, staring in the direction Li Xuan had fled. To continue the pursuit would be to court death.
"Elephant Venerable, those dozen or so human corpses were also taken by that human just now," a voice spoke up, an eighth-tier demonic beast speaking gravely.
"Damn it!"
The former roared in fury, and the earth trembled once more.
Meanwhile, Li Xuan, who had fled over a hundred miles, stopped. He glanced behind him and breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then set up a sword-light barrier and sat cross-legged to recuperate.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
"Those dozen or so corpses were likely Zhou Wenjin's senior and junior sisters. Alas, I can only give them to them next time we meet." Li Xuan sighed slightly, then stood up and walked away into the distance.