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The moment Bai Ling stepped into the range of the baleful aura, purple lightning exploded behind her. Tiger Demon reached out to grab her wrist, but the instant his hand moved, the baleful aura burned him.
“Don’t come closer. This is poison to you.”
Bai Ling did not look back. She walked slowly toward the figure at the center of the ruins, her toes making ripples in the standing water.
The vast baleful aura had long since evaporated the rain around them. For some reason, it had not evaporated the standing water on the ground.
“Don’t tell Guan Qing. Don’t worry…”
Bai Ling’s tone was indifferent, but only she knew how painful every step was in this dense baleful aura. The heat climbing through her heart and lungs was barely suppressed by her cold demon power. Even so, she could only suppress the rising heat inside her.
Every scale stung her skin like a red-hot brand. In a daze, she felt as if she were walking through magma. The scorching flames could gather into a fire dragon at any moment and swallow her whole.
Snake demons feared fire. It was instinct. By all reason, she should turn and run right now. This fire-like heat was no place for a cold-blooded creature like her.
With every step forward, the temperature rose. The dense baleful aura at the center of the ruins had probably reached thousands of degrees by now.
‘Whatever she feared, of course it came…’
The temperature kept rising. Most of the vast demon power she released was broken down by the baleful aura. What remained was a drop in the bucket.
If baleful aura concentration were graded, the baleful aura released by the Night Owl she and Gu Xiyan had encountered before was level one. The baleful aura around Xu Zhi now was at least level four.
This grading followed earthquake magnitude. Every increase of one magnitude released roughly thirty-two times more energy.
In other words, the baleful aura Xu Zhi was releasing now was at least equal to 32,768 Night Owls at once.
‘This guy could be this strong?’
‘No. At a time like this, Bai Ling, you’re still thinking about nonsense.’
‘Just perfect…’
The girl laughed coldly in her heart. It was like that day in the bathroom when the red-clothed ghost attacked her. Even at a life-or-death moment, she had started wondering if the bathroom’s incandescent light had scattered its soul.
‘Why did her thoughts always derail at the most critical moments?’
‘Maybe it was just a way to give herself a reason not to be so tense.’
The distance was less than a hundred meters, yet the girl felt as if she had walked a lifetime.
A sweet, fishy taste suddenly rose in her throat. Her cold demon power could no longer suppress the violent heat. Blood seeped from the corner of the girl’s mouth. When it fell onto the road, it burned the asphalt into honeycomb-like holes.
Perhaps sensing the girl’s approach, Xu Zhi suddenly raised his head at the center of the baleful aura. His beast-like eyes locked onto her amber-gold vertical pupils.
“Ling Xu, stop this…”
The girl reached out to touch that face, but Xu Zhi retreated two steps as if electrocuted.
Zhou Xuan suddenly appeared at the edge of the ruins. He was soaked through, gasping for breath. He looked up just in time to see the snake demon girl reaching toward Xu Zhi.
‘Was this monster trying to kill Xu Zhi?’
“Damn monster! Get away!”
He shouted, drew his pistol, and aimed at the white figure at the center of the ruins. But he was so out of breath he could not steady his breathing or his aim.
“Don’t shoot!”
A golden-brown fox tail suddenly wrapped around his wrist. Gu Xiyan’s voice came from behind. “She’s saving Xu Zhi.”
“But she’s a monster!”
“You have time to think about that?!” Gu Xiyan raised her voice. She grabbed Zhou Xuan by the back of his collar and pulled him over. “The baleful aura here is too thick. Anyone who goes in dies. She’s the only one who can do it!”
“The Xuan Shu System should have a forced-stop safety lock. How do we trigger it?!”
“Tch! Fine, I’ll trust you once!”
Perhaps Zhou Xuan’s shout had struck some nerve in Xu Zhi. His beast-like eyes suddenly locked onto the girl.
“Monster…”
He threw a punch. The baleful aura surged, and the air distorted under the searing heat.
‘Yes, the girl before him was a snake demon, a monster. He was a demon suppression envoy. Subduing demons was his duty!’
But the girl did not dodge. She only stood there, her amber-gold vertical pupils filled with a watery tenderness.
His fist stopped three inches before her eyes. The wind pressure scattered her waterfall-like black hair. The heat curled the ends of her hair.
“Stop it, Blind Xu…”
The girl’s soft hand slipped past his arm covered in metal plates, pierced through the baleful aura, and touched his neck. “I know you could never hurt me.”
“The locking device is on the back of his neck! There’s a chip there. Crush it!”
Zhou Xuan’s shout cut through the heat, his voice hoarse as if his throat had torn. It might have been the loudest he had ever shouted in his life.
‘The back of his neck?’
‘Why did that sound like a joke…’
Hearing that, the girl stepped forward and threw her whole body against Xu Zhi’s chest. Her hands went around his neck, like a girl embracing her lover.
‘So hot…’
The girl indeed found something like a chip at the back of his neck.
‘Was this the locking device?’
It had originally been protected by a full-coverage faceplate. Luckily, Feng Yi’s final blow had shattered the faceplate, exposing it.
She applied a little force between her fingers, and the chip shattered like ice.
The next second, the dense baleful aura around them suddenly condensed. The high temperature gradually faded. The rain curtain that had been evaporating crashed down, washing away the remaining baleful aura in seconds once it lost its source.
The Xuan Shu System, deprived of its baleful aura supply, gradually stopped. The battle armor opened automatically.
Freed from the armor’s restraints, Xu Zhi slumped into the girl’s arms, eyes closed and lips pale, as if having a nightmare.
“You… when will you ever stop making people worry…” The girl held his closed-eyed face and murmured.
The instant the locking device activated, he lost consciousness. No, rather, from the moment the baleful aura inside him went out of control, he had already fallen into an unconscious state. The locking device had only stopped his unconscious rampage.
‘Was this over…’
‘Next, all they had to do was clear the rampaging baleful aura from his body…’
“Thank goodness it stopped…” As the baleful aura dispersed, Zhou Xuan’s legs suddenly gave out and he dropped to the ground.
Sprinting several kilometers was too much for a non-combatant like him.
“It’s not over yet.” Gu Xiyan kicked him.
Yes, it was not over. Feng Yi had not been recovered. A report for this much destruction would take forever to write. And Zhu Ning’s team should be arriving soon…
“Wait!”
Zhu Ning! If he arrived…
Zhou Xuan’s face suddenly went pale. Before he could open his mouth, a grenade cut through the air toward Xu Zhi and Bai Ling.
“Boom!”
If Zhu Ning arrived, this was what would happen…
The blast wave sent the two flying into the library, of which half a building remained. Dust rose everywhere, their lives unknown.
The screech of brakes pierced Zhou Xuan’s eardrums. Several black SUVs marked with the Shanhe Group logo stopped abruptly at the edge of the ruins.
“Firing on your own people?!” Gu Xiyan demanded. “What are you doing?!”
“Exterminating demons. What else?” Zhu Ning jumped out of the car, the grenade launcher mounted under his rifle still smoking. “If there’s a demon and you don’t kill it, what kind of Demon Suppression Bureau are you?”
“There are our people in there!” Gu Xiyan grabbed his collar. Her canine teeth pierced her lower lip.
“Standing with a demon? I’m saving him!” Zhu Ning sneered and knocked Gu Xiyan’s hand away. “All units, free fire authorized. Prepare to exterminate the demon!”
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