The cold wind blew, and no one dared to move; everyone held their breath.

The Great Demon's eyes shifted, fixing its gaze on Bawei.

Bawei was the strongest among the wizards here, naturally drawing more attention from the Great Demon.

Herag felt that this Great Demon seemed not fully awake, appearing a bit dazed.

The Great Demon watched Bawei for a long while, then sniffed the air.

After catching a scent, its eyes visibly widened, appearing more alert.

The Great Demon's mouth slowly grinned, revealing an odd smile.

It raised its giant hand resting on the cliff edge, swinging it towards Bawei.

Due to its enormous size, its movements appeared slow.

But in reality, the speed at which the Great Demon reached out was extremely fast, whipping up a gust of wind.

Seeing the impending danger, Bawei immediately transformed into a burst of flame and disappeared, reappearing a hundred meters away the next moment.

The Great Demon's hand followed closely but grasped at empty air.

Unclenching its fist to look at the empty palm, it showed an angry expression and opened its mouth to roar at the crowd.

The sound was extremely piercing, causing everyone's heads to buzz and feel dizzy.

Frustrated by its failed grasp, the Great Demon angrily swung its hand towards another Level 1 Wizard.

This angry blow was so fast that the wizard had no time to react.

With such speed, there was no time to gather magic power, and the wizard was instantly struck to the ground by the giant palm.

The Great Demon lifted its palm, bringing its head closer to see if it had hit the mark.

Seeing a mass of blood-red pulp on the ground, it finally showed a satisfied expression.

The cold wind carried the intense scent of blood, weighing heavily on the hearts of everyone present.

The scent of blood seemed to invigorate the Great Demon more, as it stared at the crowd with its mouth agape.

In the distance, Bawei flickered several times with flames and had already run several hundred meters away.

The Great Demon lifted its head, looking at the fleeing Bawei and let out a dissatisfied screech.

It remembered this person, the one who had eluded its grasp, making it very unhappy.

The Great Demon pressed its hand on the edge of the canyon, exerted force, and leapt up from the canyon, soaring into the sky.

Its massive body occupied a large portion of the sky; if it weren't for the darkness of the polluted district already making it hard to see moonlight, the Great Demon's body might have blocked all light in this area.

Herag realized that the Great Demon couldn't actually fly; it merely jumped very high and far.

From the perspective of Herag and others, it seemed as though the Great Demon was flying, but it was in fact only leaping.

With a single leap, the Great Demon soared out of the canyon, flying over everyone's heads, and landed in front of Bawei.

With a bang, the Great Demon's gigantic body stomped down before Bawei.

Seeing this, Herag glanced at the Great Rift Canyon beside him.

After pondering for a moment, he used a flash to leave the encirclement and sprinted towards the Great Rift Canyon without stopping.

Reaching the canyon's edge at great speed, Herag took a leap and jumped down without much thought.

He used flash combined with a rapid sprint, leaving others no time or ability to stop him.

In this situation, the remaining Pioneers were also focused on self-preservation, with no thoughts of dealing with Herag.

Herag had a simple reason for directly jumping into the canyon; behind him was an open plain.

In this area without cover, escaping within the Great Demon's field of vision was nearly impossible due to its speed.

Bawei might have a chance, using some special methods to survive, and even the Great Demon might fail to capture him.

But Herag relied on sheer physical power, a strength completely overwhelmed by the Great Demon.

Whether in speed or power, he was vastly inferior to the Great Demon.

Trying to escape the Great Demon's eyelids in this plain terrain was almost impossible.

However, the canyon behind was an excellent choice; it stretched north and south for a long distance, far enough to get away from this place.

The Great Rift Canyon was wide for humans like Herag.

For the Great Demon, the canyon was relatively narrow, making mobility inconvenient.

Herag planned to dive into the canyon for escape; even if the Great Demon pursued, it wouldn't be easy.

Moreover, with a Great Demon here, the chance of encountering other strong demons was lower.

The Great Demon resting in the canyon generally kept reckless creatures away.

Taking advantage of the Great Demon's ongoing tussle with Bawei, Herag seized the moment to flee.

Upon activating the Feather of Flight, Herag jumped into the canyon, hovering in mid-air.

He flew several hundred meters down without directly reaching the canyon bottom.

Uncertain of what lay at the canyon's floor, he hesitated.

Especially since so many Crawlers had just fallen down, flying to the bottom would create more complications.

Herag descended to a height where Shenlan's environmental detection could reach the bottom.

Thus, even without touching the floor, he could clearly understand the canyon's situation.

The canyon's interior was extremely cold, with temperatures much lower than above.

Herag swiftly flew southwards.

Loud bangs continuously echoed from above, while stones continuously fell from the nearby cliff.

Herag adjusted his direction, steering away from the cliff edge to avoid getting hit by falling rocks.

Bang!

Another loud noise erupted overhead, resembling the sound of some spell explosion.

With the explosion came a strong magic power wave spreading in all directions.

From the magic power fluctuations, one could feel the power of the spell, likely caused by Bawei, as he was the only Level 2 Wizard here.

"Hold on."

Silently, Herag rooted for Bawei in his heart, hoping he could hold on longer and buy him more time to escape.

He believed as long as he got far enough, the Great Demon wouldn't pursue.

The Great Demon's actions suggested that such a creature lacked intelligence, mainly acting on instinct.

To the Great Demon, Herag was merely a small bug; with a small bug fleeing down a ditch, it wouldn't bother to chase it far away.

Especially with a bigger bug still around, Bawei offered more energy upon consumption, satisfying its hunger better.

Having figured things out, Herag continued flying south within the canyon, ignoring the commotion behind him.

His attention now focused on the canyon's interior, wary of any potential surprises.

The canyon floor indeed had many Crawlers, most of which were already crippled or broken-limbed.

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