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"I repeat, anyone who stands in my way will die!" Su Heng's eyes flashed viciously, a vein throbbing on his forehead.

The dancers suddenly didn't dare make a sound.

Su Heng moved forward, but the dancer in green still stubbornly clutched at Su Heng's long sleeve.

"Very well!" Su Heng sneered coldly, grabbed her neck, and casually flung her towards the wall on the left.

"Ah!" The girl let out a sharp scream, which then abruptly ceased.

Her back collided with the wall with a crack, and she tumbled into a pile of clutter in the corner, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, moaning faintly.

"Qingqing, how could you do this!" The other dancers immediately screamed, reaching out to tug at Su Heng's clothes.

Hiss!

A large amount of thick smoke billowed from Su Heng's body.

His Chi Yang Black Shaong energy circulated, rapidly raising his body temperature.

Touching him felt like touching a branding iron, and the dancer swiftly retracted her fingers as if shocked by electricity.

They then saw Su Heng unfasten the exaggeratedly shaped giant blade from behind and grip it in his hand, sweeping the blade horizontally with a blood-red halo of mournful light.

Boom!

The sound of the blade cutting through flesh and blood did not come.

A red shadow descended from the sky and collided with the giant blade, making a clanging sound.

Taking the opportunity, Su Heng withdrew "Ghost-Seer's Sorrow" and plunged it into the floor. He looked up to find a bright red figure shockingly appear on the ceiling beam above his head.

Li Hongxiu's body had further transformed.

She had taken on the form of half-human, half-demon.

Her limbs had become long and slender, her mouth full of sharp teeth, her narrow eyes ablaze with fox-fire, and from the torn back of her dress, three fluffy fox tails spread out like blooming petals.

"You've finally decided to come out," Su Heng said with a smile.

"By killing innocents indiscriminately like this, what makes you different from those demons?" Li Hongxiu stared intently at Su Heng, her voice hoarse and deep.

"Difference!"

Su Heng clenched his five fingers and swept his arm wide, "The difference is, I am stronger than you all!"

"It's not wrong for demons to eat humans, and it's not wrong for me to kill demons. The only mistake is being weak! Weakness is the greatest sin in this world."

Li Hongxiu stopped talking, just stared steadily at him.

The remaining dancers collapsed on the ground, unable to catch their breath after being frightened by Su Heng's recently emitted killing intent.

The sensation of having narrowly escaped death made them see stars; yet even so, pairs of worried eyes were still looking towards Li Hongxiu.

"I won't die here!" Li Hongxiu said hoarsely.

It was as if she was comforting her sisters and also giving herself a bit of confidence.

"That's not up to you!" Su Heng roared lowly, growing impatient. His left arm swelled as it filled with blood, dark blue veins emerging, and he took a violent swipe at Li Hongxiu.

Boom!

The three fox tails, like three long spears, stabbed desperately forward.

The clash of forces ignited, creating a huge air wave that blew Li Hongxiu away, at the same time a large cloud of dust obscured the view.

Su Heng stepped forward heavily, the draft of his movement destroying the obstructions, and he arrived outside on the stage.

The stage, just like that day.

It was arranged with big and small, all kinds of animal skin drums.

The arrangement of these drums appeared to follow a special pattern, subtly encircling Su Heng within.

Thud!

Accompanied by a muted sound.

Li Hongxiu's elongated, fiery red figure descended from the sky and landed on a drum to the direct south.

Su Heng flicked his finger, the powerful force shot out like a sniper bullet. It hit the drumhead, creating an explosion that let out black smoke, leaving behind a burning mark on the floor.

In the black smoke, a hollow suddenly appeared, and Li Hongxiu swept through it, landing on another drum.

At the same time, there was a muffled sound.

Su Heng attacked again with force, while Li Hongxiu kept dodging.

The sound of the drumbeats became faster and more vigorous, resonating with Su Heng's heartbeat.

Every time Li Hongxiu swept across, she left behind actual burning red flames on the ground.

The flames burned, the lines connected.

A mysterious formation slowly took shape beneath Su Heng's feet, enveloping him within.

Finally—

The last drum surface was smashed by Su Heng's strike.

Li Hongxiu's figure flashed, and she appeared behind Su Heng, her long hair changing from pitch black to fiery red.

"You forced this on me!" Her voice was sharp and hoarse, carrying an uncontrollable exhaustion amid the anger. Clearly, this move was a huge drain on her, a trump card reserved for life-and-death crises.

Hiss!

Her ten fingers quickly formed seals, stretched out, and then pressed down hard towards the ground.

Instantly, a wall of fire more than ten meters high surged up around the formation.

The temperature soared rapidly, the air crackled, and even the surface of the river turned a bright red. If not for the thick fog created by Su Heng cloaking everything around, this would certainly have caused a commotion.

Boom!

The wall of fire thunderously collapsed inward, like the petals of a blooming flower suddenly closing.

Within the blazing flames, there were strands of crimson hair intertwined around Su Heng.

These strands of hair were even more durable than chains, numerous and latching onto Su Heng's hands and feet, wrapping him up in an instant like a rice dumpling.

"Huff..."

Li Hongxiu crouched on the ground, breathing heavily.

Blood-red sweat dripped down the girl's pale cheeks.

"Now... that should have finished him." Li Hongxiu pressed against her wildly beating heart, lifted her head, and her reddened, exquisite pupils reflected the image of a giant cocoon.

Bang!

A muffled sound abruptly emerged.

The giant cocoon shuddered fiercely like a beating heart, its surface cracking.

Then came the second sound. The cracks spread across it, crossing and interlacing, faintly revealing the contour of muscles beneath.

Right after that, the third sound—boom!

The giant cocoon exploded violently, sending powerful shockwaves that lifted layers of wooden planks, howling in every direction.

Li Hongxiu's eyes widened, her hair flying, as she watched the ghastly large figure on the back emerge in front of her, her face gradually filling with despair and helplessness.

"Did you enjoy your little dance just now?" Before she could react, Su Heng's figure flashed explosively, appearing in front of Li Hongxiu.

Then, a punch—

Bang!

An iron fist, nearly half the size of Li Hongxiu's body, slammed heavily into her abdomen.

Her body folded uncontrollably, her eyes filled with pain and streaks of blood. Blood and chunks of her organs were sprayed out uncontrollably, her face and body covered in blood. Her entire body was battered, like a toy figure wrecked by a capricious child.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crazed power washed over her, and Li Hongxiu's body shot through the Red Building like a missile, stirring up dust and causing widespread collapse.

Su Heng's foot stomped down heavily, and amidst the cracking and shattering of wooden planks, he surged forward.

Hiss!

His five fingers spread, driving the airflow.

He viciously grabbed Li Hongxiu's long hair, lifting her head in mid-air, swinging his arm, rotating his body, and then throwing her down.

The swelling airflow pierced the eardrum, first a sharp pain and then silence, leaving the head empty.

The expansive green riverfront rapidly enlarged before Li Hongxiu's eyes.

In the high velocity,

the water surface compressed together, indistinguishable from mud.

Li Hongxiu's body first collided with the river surface, setting off a huge water splash several dozen meters high, then bounced, fell again, and bounced again. She skidded across hundreds of meters of the river surface, lifting gigantic waves like skipping stones before finally crashing down onto a wooden fishing boat with a thunderous impact.

Her entire body broken, organs ruptured, brain matter even oozing out of her nostrils.

Only the demon that had taken residence inside her was still desperately using its Demon Art to cling onto the last thread of life in the girl's body.

Li Hongxiu's consciousness drowned in pain.

"Yingying..." She struggled onto the fishing boat, her breath as thin as a thread, "Run, don't worry about me."

She turned around, seeing the Red Building collapse, continuously spewing out thick smoke, her heart felt as if it were being twisted by a knife. Looking closely once more, she saw Su Heng's towering figure standing remotely on an isolated island in the center of the river, his hands clasped behind his back, his expression grave, not pursuing for some reason.

Li Hongxiu turned her gaze away, belatedly noticing two skinny and dark yellow legs before her.

She looked up, as did the fisherman at the same time.

Hiss—

Li Hongxiu's eyes trembled.

She and the demon inside her both froze. Her heart plunged into an abyss, and a look of hopeless despair crept over her face.

She saw a pair of scorching golden pupils. In all of Baihua County, there was only one person with such unique eyes—

The head of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the Golden-Eyed Ape King Li Daoxuan.