Chapter 1003: Chapter 1003 - 446: Green Demon Arc – The Traitor (Part 2)

"No way!" Heart Burning Demon shook his head: "My barrier is fluctuating, others might not be able to sense it, but those old human guys are very sensitive to such things, making it easy for them to lock onto our location and chase us down."

Upon hearing this, Shu Bird Demon grumbled and turned to attack the crowd from the Foolish Underworld outside.

The combat power of a Demon Leader is almost at a crushing level when compared to forces below a Hall Master.

He wanted to kill, kill until the cowardly Hall Master hiding inside came out to fight!

However, watching the out-of-control Shu Bird Demon, Heart Burning Demon, who was observing the situation, once again sensed that something was amiss.

"Shu Bird Demon, we retreat!"

"What?"

"Haven’t you realized it yet? The other Hall Masters aren’t here with us!"

As Shu Bird Demon pulled out and crushed the head of a captain like pulling a carrot, then stuffed it into his mouth to chew, he began to calm down upon hearing this.

"The two of us are slaughtering at the gates of the Foolish Underworld, yet no more Hall Masters have come out to fight. There are only two possibilities of where they could be."

Shu Bird Demon looked towards the interior of the Foolish Underworld.

First, they could still be inside the Foolish Underworld, dealing with Green Demon and the others.

Second, they...

A chill ran through him, and Shu Bird Demon said in a deep voice, "But Green Demon is still..."

"If the other Hall Masters are still inside the Foolish Underworld, Green Demon and the others wouldn’t be able to escape. Conversely, if those Hall Masters aren’t in the Foolish Underworld, leaving many demon bodies and Demon Feet here to fight on and delay the battle will be enough for them to grasp the time difference and escape."

The reminder from Heart Burning Demon cleared Shu Bird Demon’s head.

"You go first, I’ll stall this guy a bit longer, and then I’ll catch up!"

"...Alright!"

Heart Burning Demon moved and disappeared into the chaotic crowd.

"Oh? One of them ran away?"

[Shu Shangming] sneered and asked.

"Dealing with you alone is enough for me, let alone the fact that, would you dare to come out?"

Stomping on the headless corpse at his feet, letting the blood splatter on him, Shu Bird Demon provocatively glanced at [Shu Shangming] and then turned to charge at another captain-level combatant, completely exposing his back to [Shu Shangming]!

However, [Shu Shangming] didn’t move.

His task was not to eliminate these two Demon Leaders, but to stall them.

If necessary, to protect himself, he could even activate the Foolish Underworld’s grand formation.

Though it hadn’t come to that, [Shu Shangming] wasn’t in good shape either.

These two Demon Leaders were too strong!

Even fighting one-on-one, he wasn’t a match for either, let alone against both of them together.

In normal circumstances, the gap in combat strength between humans and demons must be compensated by numbers.

If it were a single demon leader, with [Shu Shangming] leading a Dark Hall Golden Shadow Team or with varying amounts of captain-level combat strength assisting, they could indeed put up a fight.

Unfortunately, these conditions must be created, and it’s generally rare to encounter such opportunities.

However, right now, the other two colleagues possessed this condition.

Two Hall Masters joining forces, along with the cooperation of some Golden Shadow Elites, should pose no problem in dealing with a solitary Demon Leader!

With that in mind, [Shu Shangming] roared and charged out, only to be quickly knocked back by Shu Bird Demon.

Fortunately, returning to the scope of the Foolish Underworld made Shu Bird Demon hesitate to pursue, otherwise [Shu Shangming] would have to activate the grand formation for self-protection on the spot.

Gasping for breath, [Shu Shangming] looked towards the gate’s battle situation. Thanks to the numerical advantage, they managed to barely hold their own against the lesser demons below the Demon Leader, but with Shu Bird Demon on the side imposing pressure, the situation continued to worsen.

Just then...

"Roar!!!"

A piercing howl echoed from the rear.

Immediately [Shu Shangming] witnessed a subtle shift in Shu Bird Demon’s expression before he suddenly retreated backward!

Then the group of demons, as if receiving an order, dispersed and fled in all directions.

...Wu Lvzhu, have you left?

A subtle wave of emotion surged in [Shu Shangming]’s heart, and he looked forward again.

As the demons withdrew, the battlefield, moments ago embroiled in life-and-death struggle, instantly became desolate, littered with debris and corpses.

"How long... has it been since such a fierce battle occurred..."

Taking a deep breath, [Shu Shangming] assigned cleanup duties to others and led the remaining captain and near-captain level forces in pursuit of Shu Bird Demon!

...

In a nameless courtyard.

The wind carried a slight salty tinge.

Mixed with a faint scent of blood.

How beautiful.

Even from such a distance, it felt as if he could smell the fierce battle taking place over there.

Severed human limbs, demon heads exploding, a bloody battlefield where they lost their minds and savagely slaughtered each other...

Such a view truly deserved a good pot of wine!

The stubbled man closed his eyes, raised the wine cup in his hand, and took it all in with satisfaction against the tableau imagined in his mind.

Setting down the cup, he poured a second, but just as he was about to drink again, he suddenly sensed something and stopped.

His gaze shifted slightly right, towards the lichen-clad, vivid wall of the courtyard.

His lips curled upward.

"You really... guessed right, Shu Bird Demon!"

BANG!!!

At the instant the stubbled man’s voice fell, the wall to his right unexpectedly exploded with force!

Amidst the flying rubble, a massive hand lunged directly for his throat!

SLAP!

The stubbled man didn’t evade; his neck was seized and pressed to the ground.

Yet the stubbled man was smiling.