I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

On the sycamore tree that was barely standing in the shockwave in the shadows, the white-haired old man's hands were trembling slightly. He took a deep breath to compose his voice.

"I have lived for over seventy years and have never seen such a sequence."

In that split second, I didn't even see where his true form was.

The middle-aged female worshipper's eyes widened in disbelief, the soft whip in her hand still crackling with lingering electric shock. She lowered her voice but couldn't suppress the shock in her tone.

"Even the Lamp Demon is praising his sequence. Last time I went on a mission with an S-class superhuman, I didn't see Calamity praise him at all."

"Just what level is Master Gu's superpower? He usually seems so gentle and mild-mannered at the Chen family. Who would have thought he's such a formidable fighter?"

The Lamp Demon retracted its claws, which had been smashed to the ground, and pulled the claw tips out of the rubble pit with a screeching sound.

It grinned, revealing an even more ferocious smile, with black viscous fluid dripping from its sharp teeth.

"Then let me see how many times you can dodge."

"No matter how strong your sequence is, your body is still just a human shell. I want to see how long your mental strength can last."

It launched another attack, this time more than twice as fast as before.

Two enormous black claws slammed down on Gu Yan from the left and right at the same time, compressing the air and creating a loud cracking sound. Several cracks were torn into the ground by the claw wind.

Several timid onlookers collapsed to the ground, their legs too weak to stand.

They didn't even have the strength to shout anymore, so they could only cover their eyes with their hands.

All the law enforcement officers who could still stand drew their pistols and rushed forward without hesitation.

They knew their bullets were useless against this thing, but they also knew that if Gu Yan died here, none of them would have the face to live on.

"Protect Master Gu! Quickly, don't let that monster get close to him. Use firepower to hold it off."

The enforcement captain gritted his teeth and was the first to raise his gun and fire at the lamp demon, the spent cartridges bouncing around his feet.

Gunshots rang out on the sycamore-lined avenue, the sound of more than a dozen pistols firing at the same time making people's eardrums hurt.

The bullets struck the Lamp Demon's skin, but they seemed to have sunk into the mud, leaving no trace; the bullets were swallowed up by the cracks in its skin.

The Lamp Demon didn't even glance at the law enforcement officers; he simply waved his hand to the side.

An invisible force swept over like an unseen wall, sending seven or eight law enforcement officers flying.

Their bodies tumbled several times in the air before crashing heavily against the walls on the street. Some even smashed through shop windows and fell into the shops.

Several law enforcement officers vomited blood on the spot, their chests covered in cuts from broken glass, and one of the younger officers fainted on the spot.

"Evacuate the crowd, move everyone to the west area, quickly, don't dawdle."

The enforcement captain got up from the ground, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and was still shouting hoarsely.

His trouser legs were torn by gravel, and he walked with a limp, but he still insisted on standing in the middle of the street waving his arms and directing traffic.

The shops along the street were swept by the claws of the lamp demon; the roller shutters were torn open like paper, and the shelves and goods inside were all swept out.

An old three-story wooden building was struck by its tail, and the whole building creaked horribly. A huge crack appeared in the middle of the building, and wooden beams and bricks rained down from the height.

Screams and cries erupted from the crowd who hadn't managed to get far. Several elderly people had been hit in the legs by falling rocks, blood streaming down their trousers, and were being dragged to safety by young people who were holding their arms.

Just then, two figures suddenly fell from the sycamore tree in the shadows, crashing down in front of the Lamp Demon like two cannonballs.

Golden light appeared on the white-haired old man's palms, the light so solid it seemed to be cast from metal. Without any further ado, he struck out with his palm, a golden shockwave tearing through the air and blasting towards the Lamp Demon.

The middle-aged female priestess drew a soft whip from her waist, the whip crackling with blinding electric light. She swung it in the air, creating a giant electric net that descended from the sky, blocking the lamp demon's escape route.

The Lamp Demon raised a claw to block the golden shockwave. The shockwave struck its claw, and the resulting blast blew away all the surrounding debris.

Its other claw grabbed the electric grid and tore it in two like a piece of paper.

It slapped at the white-haired old man with one claw, faster than when it attacked Gu Yan earlier. The old man crossed his palms to block, but was blasted back more than ten steps.

The soles of the shoes carved two deep furrows into the stone pavement before finally coming to a stop against a sycamore tree, its trunk split in half from the impact.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the middle-aged female priestess lashed out with her whip from the side, the tip of which struck the lamp demon precisely on the neck, exploding into a burst of electric sparks.

The Lamp Demon turned and roared at her, the sound waves making the air tremble. Her eardrums bled instantly, and two streaks of blood flowed down her earlobes.

But her whip didn't stop; she gritted her teeth and continued to lash out, each lash precisely binding the lamp demon's arm as it tried to launch an attack.

Just then, a huge piece of rock flew out from the collapsed building, crashing straight towards the direction where they were hiding with a whooshing sound.

Gu Yan reacted quickly, grabbing Shen Youyao's wrist and feeling the warmth in his palm.

He pulled her behind a relatively intact stone wall across the street, their bodies pressed tightly together.

The rubble crashed against the wall with a terrifying thud, causing several cracks to appear in the wall, and dust fell from above.

The shockwave pushed Shen Youyao into Gu Yan's arms. Her body pressed against his chest, and they could feel the exchange of body heat through the thin fabric.

Gu Yan looked down and could see the snow-white cleavage below her collar, rising and falling with her rapid breathing, the soft contours appearing and disappearing in the shadows.

Her hair brushed against his chin, carrying a faint scent of shampoo.

Shen Youyao quickly took half a step back, her face flushed red, and the tips of her ears were so red they looked like they were about to burn.

But she didn't completely leave his embrace; she simply reached out and grabbed his arm, her fingers tightly gripping his sleeve.

The roar of the Lamp Demon and the rumble of collapsing buildings continued in the distance, but the two people behind the stone wall seemed to be isolated in another space.

Gu Yan grasped Shen Youyao's shoulders, looked into her eyes, and spoke earnestly.

"Youwei, come out and help. Only you can help in this situation."

"The offerings outside are about to collapse; if this continues, the whole street will crumble."

But those pupils were still a soft, deep brown; it was Shen Youyao herself looking at him.

Shen Youyao bit her lip and nodded firmly, her voice soft.

"If I call out to my sister, she should be able to hear me. She's been angry with me these past few days."

She shouted it out in her mind several times, her brows furrowing more and more tightly, as if she were being pulled by something unseen.