The cloaked man's two large eyeballs were bloodshot, appearing extremely violent, and he roared angrily, "Kill him!"

The Akalin Demon's body once again glowed with a pink radiance, while the Shadow Wing Demon used its speed to hide in Lin Guang's blind spot, attempting to replicate the earlier pincer attack.

At the same time, a deep dark golden light flickered simultaneously in Lin Guang and Lily's eyes. Their talent, [Heart of Terra], was fully activated as Lin Guang murmured, "Lily, use your strong mental force to block the front!"

"Squee!"

Having formed an Equal Contract, the two had achieved a certain degree of telepathic connection. Confronting the hunter that brought painful memories, they no longer panicked in fear. Instead, a fighting spirit rose within, and it let out a shout, sending an invisible mental force crashing forward.

Swish—

Lin Guang's command did not carry an intention to attack, and Lily understood his purpose!

To merely delay time!

The next moment, the Akalin Demon's [Spiritual Blade] sliced through the air, colliding with the wall formed by the mental force. Despite the tremendous disparity in levels, they amazingly held for two seconds before it was shattered!

Two seconds—enough time for him, wearing Tier Two Spiritual Artifact Running Shoes, to swiftly leave the spot.

He also caught another piercing sound from behind and invoked the Tier Two Spirit Rune Secret Technique [Barrier] to block an [Dark Assault] from the Shadow Wing Demon.

This extremely crude offensive and defensive struggle lasted several rounds. To be precise, most of the time was Lin Guang desperately and clumsily fleeing, with Lily together, mounting only a defense and not attacking.

Yet, the cloaked man couldn't take him down!

"Tch! A bug that can't be squashed, just how much spiritual power do you have?"

Finally, he calmed down, looking at Lin Guang, who was already gasping for breath, eyes bloodshot but still standing defiantly. Even Lily seemed to have completely resolved to resist to the end, and he sneered.

"Heh, trying to buy time, waiting for that Terran Demon to return from the True Waterfall? Such foolish daydreams. The Heart Demon Trial of the True Waterfall has defeated countless, and a mere Tier One Terran Demon hopes to conquer it? It won't be long before her Spirit is gravely injured by Heart Demons, and she'll be disgracefully expelled from the trial."

"... Today you are doomed to die!"

To the cloaked man's taunts, Lin Guang finally glanced at him again, mockery evident in his eyes.

"Oh, really?"

The cloaked man was about to order the spirit beasts to continue attacking when suddenly he froze, noticeably sensing something, and instinctively lifted his head towards the waterfall.

Lifting his head, he saw a fleeting red light swiftly approaching.

The light traced a deep crimson line across the sky, closing in on his position.

The cloaked man's pupils contracted.

That was...

A dark crimson bullet!

He couldn't afford to give orders anymore. Immediately, he opened a crystalline barrier before himself!

Boom!!

The next instant, the bullet hit him, and a violent boom echoed with the sound of an explosion and shockwaves.

"Cough, cough, cough... How is this possible!"

With the barrier barely holding off the attack, he realized the Tier Two barrier was almost shattered, his heart trembled, and he quickly waved to disperse the smoke, only to witness a scene that chilled him to the core.

Because a figure engulfed in blood flames was now trailing a long fiery tail, leaping out from the void of the waterfall, sprinting towards him atop stone pillars.

-- It was Vishdair!

In merely three seconds, she descended from the sky, knees slightly bent, then stood straight beside Lin Guang and Lily.

Her twin horns on either side of her head were crimson like blood, and behind her appeared a tall, crimson demonic shadow with two backward-curving horns and indistinct features, exuding a boundless aura.

[Your partner Vishdair has learned the skill: Beast Soul Awakening: Blue]

Lin Guang looked somewhat surprised at Vishdair shrouded by the shadow, "Are you alright?"

Lily also exclaimed in surprise, "Woo!"

Vishdair was about to speak when she turned and saw the shocking fresh blood marks on Lin Guang's facial features.

"...!!!"

The next moment, the dark golden glow in the girl's eyes turned even colder, a violent curve appeared at the corner of her mouth, and a frenzy of bestial killing intent erupted from those eyes, sweeping over the two spirit beasts and the cloaked man like an ocean tide.

The cloaked man's pupils contracted, and he unconsciously took a slight step back, raising his right hand, recklessly channeling spiritual power into his talent and spirit rune, issuing a dry command, "Kill, kill her!!"

Under the Spirit Master's support, the Akalin Demon barely managed to gather ether under that malevolence and began storing up skills, while the Dark Wing Demon silently approached the backs of Vishdair and Lin Guang.

And at the next moment.

Without turning her head, it was as if Vishdair had eyes on her back. The menacing muzzle in her hand was already aimed at the Dark Wing Demon, with searing red light starting to burn and gather within it.

It panicked, quickly retreating sideways, trying to evade the lock-on.

But Vishdair was faster!

In movements barely perceptible to Lin Guang, Vishdair suddenly turned and burst forth, crossing a distance of ten meters in just a few steps with unbelievable speed, directly grabbing the Dark Wing Demon's throat.

As the opponent instinctively tried to retaliate, the Fearful Face had already locked onto it through its line of sight, rendering it immobile.

And that was its final moment.

The next second, Vishdair slammed it to the ground, the right hand holding a rugged hand cannon pressing against its forehead, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

Boom!!!!

"Squeak—"

The scream, the breath of life quickly dissipated with the roar, the airwave and dust swirling, forcing Lin Guang nearby to take a step back.

At that very instant, the Akalin Demon's skill was already charged, an invisible and intangible blade slicing through the air, shooting towards Lin Guang.

And Lilly suddenly reacted, leaping out from Lin Guang's embrace. The tips of her nine golden tails shimmered with rippling light as she drove the ether within her, issuing a tiny but determined roar.

"Awooo—"

Spiritual telekinesis fully unleashed!

In an instant, the spiritual telekinesis and the incoming spiritual blade clashed in the air with a teeth-gritting friction.

But different from being easily sliced apart earlier, this time, the two vastly different level skills astonishingly canceled each other out!

And after Lilly exerted all her strength to use this move, she immediately became overwhelmed, her eyes closed, and her small body fell from the air, caught safely in Lin Guang's arms.

At the same time, Vishdair, shrouded in a phantom image, broke through the dense smoke, like a scarlet comet charging toward the Akalin Demon.

The gun in her hand had disappeared, replaced by her right fist glowing with dark red brilliance, and she punched out.

In the flash, in the eyes of the cloaked man whose guts were virtually cut open, this fist hit solidly on the Akalin Demon, which should have no physical form, making physical attacks ineffective.

Under the combined effect of Evil Attribute Ether and Fire Attribute Ether, with just a single punch.

The spiritual element spirit beast, leading Vishdair by 9 levels—

Like a firework, in a piercing cry that echoed around, it exploded into a colorful and dreamy mist.

The Akalin Demon shattered into a splendid and enchanting mist on the spot, while the Dark Wing Demon was blasted into oblivion by an up-close explosive shot.

[Your partner Vishdair has slain a green level 18 enemy, star shard progress bar increases.]

[Your partner Vishdair has slain a green level 22 enemy, star shard progress bar increases.]

[Star shard progress bar 200%, gained 2 star shards.]

From Lin Guang's desperate escape to the effortless one-hit kills of the two spirit beasts, all this happened in the blink of an eye.

"Gwaa!!!"

The cloaked man's eyes were blood-red, bleeding from ears and nose, letting out a hoarse scream.

With the death of two contracted spirit beasts, even bound by an enslavement contract, the backlash would no doubt be significant.

This backlash was not fatal, just painful, not affecting his cognitive abilities much, allowing him to remain conscious and shakily watch the silver-haired girl enveloped in a crimson phantom steadily approaching.

In his eyes, Vishdair at this moment was no different from a demon from hell.

The cloaked man's lips quivered uncontrollably, his face drained of blood, his voice sharp: "No! Don't come! Don't come near me!"

Yet the moment later, the excruciating pain instead cleared the cloaked man's mind: "I have a lot of hidden assets! I can be escorted to the police to sign a spiritual contract! Capture me or whatever, just don't—"

Vishdair suddenly stopped, staring coldly at the pathetic cloaked man before her, seemingly with no intention of attacking immediately.

Not because she was soft-hearted, nor swayed by words, in truth, his words were too fast, she hardly understood, but even without understanding, in situations like this, a mercenary like her had seen too many times, and could guess with her gut what was being suggested.

She stopped because a young figure had somehow appeared at her side, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her.

Vishdair turned to look at Lin Guang, her gaze softened from the previous iciness, as if observing his reaction.

And Lin Guang stared expressionlessly at the cloaked man.

The cloaked man looked at Lin Guang, as if seeing a glimmer of hope for life: "Spare me, what I say is true, I'll tell you anything you want to know! Surely you're curious about its origins—"

Lin Guang looked at him, then at the unconscious little fox, shook his head, calmly delivering the final judgment: "If you have anything to say, tell King Yama yourself."

"!!!"

He slightly opened his mouth, just about to say something, when Vishdair had already drawn a dagger from a leg strap she rarely used and tossed it, striking dead center of his forehead.

His eyes bulged, and he collapsed to the ground rigidly.

And with his fall, this sudden battle finally reached its conclusion.

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