That despicable, scheming woman, she actually disguised herself as an elf lady!

With a loud shout from the butler, Cecilia was immediately stunned by the aura emanating from the enemy. The enemy's powerful pressure made it hard to breathe, and even the air became somewhat viscous, slowing her movements as if she were in a swamp.

After dealing with the remaining cultists and rescuing the others, she turned to Liu Huan and said, "Derek, what should we do now?"

Liu Huan was also helpless upon hearing this!

He's not some unparalleled genius. To defeat an enemy across a whole realm is something that only the Flame Emperor or the Martial Ancestor could probably do.

Gareth then stepped forward, his face resolute, and said, "Liu Huan, we abandoned you before, but we will never do that again this time. We will face death together!!"

"That's right!"

After being untied, Nisha picked up the Aoki Bow and stood resolutely beside Cecilia.

"We're here too!!"

Looking at the faces of Eric, Luca, Gerdwin, Lani, Gareth, Nisha, and others, Liu Huan felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

The thoughts I had just had, when I was alone, gradually faded away, replaced by: This doesn't seem so bad after all!

"A bunch of useless trash!" The deacon remained unmoved as he watched Cecilia slaughter his own followers.

Those who cannot overcome hardship are unworthy to be followers of the evil god!

"Thank you so much for your kindness!"

Liu Huan drew his two-handed greatsword and said solemnly, "Since that's the case, then I'll take the lead and bear all the consequences! You only need to support me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sonic boom occurred in the air, and when everyone opened their eyes, they found that Liu Huan was already fighting with the steward.

There are no flashy moves or fancy skills.

There was only one cut, and then another.

Each strike from the steward was too much for Liu Huan to handle, causing him immense suffering. His arms were numb from the impact, as if countless ants were gnawing at his blood vessels. He struggled to breathe, feeling as if he would suffocate at any moment. Meanwhile, deep craters appeared on the ground.

"Is that all the strength you have?"

Faced with the enemy's taunts, Liu Huan kept his lips tightly shut. It was already a miracle that he could cross a major realm and remain undefeated for a short time!

Seeing this, Gareth grabbed his axe and charged forward, slashing fiercely at the enemy's head.

But the steward easily dodged to the side, then turned and kicked him against the stone wall, where he fell to the ground, his life hanging in the balance.

"Damn, is Gareth's reputation real or fake?"

"Damn! Could it be that it's all hype and no substance?"

"Actually, it's not his fault. Those two are far stronger than us!"

Everyone was stunned. Liu Huan could still withstand a few moves, but Gareth, whom they considered powerful, couldn't even withstand the aftershocks of the battle.

Then he was plunged into deep despair!

Gareth, who is so powerful, is not even qualified to be cannon fodder. He was slapped away with one slap. Just how strong are these two monsters?

Just as everyone was marveling at the scene, a shocking change occurred inside the cave. It turned out that the cultists who had arrived later had launched a sneak attack while everyone was off guard.

Nobody realized any of this!

Suddenly, Luca cried out in alarm, "Watch out!"

He then abruptly shoved Eric away from him.

puff-

That was the sound of a sword piercing a chest, and blood dripped onto the ground from the blade.

"Luca...Luca!"

Eric froze upon seeing this, staring at his friend's trembling lips from the pain and his heaving chest pierced by the blade, unsure of what to say.

Luca felt his eyelids growing heavier and heavier, as if he could see the abyss beckoning to him.

"Heh, Eric, you saved us last time, this time we're even!"

"Also, tell Derek that I, Luca, am no longer a coward!!"

After saying this, Luca breathed his last with a smile on his face, his complexion turned ashen, and he closed his eyes forever!

"Luca!!"

With grief on their faces, Gerdwin and Lani watched as the cultist grinned and drew his longsword, kicking Luca's body to the ground.

"You all deserve to die!!"

Eric's eyes instantly turned red, and he drew his longsword from his waist and thrust it at the enemy.

These new adventurers were only at the early stage of the Blood Awakening Realm, while the cultists were generally at the late stage of the Blood Awakening Realm.

Eric was completely outmaneuvered and was easily knocked to the ground.

"These beasts!!"

Seeing this, Nisha immediately drew an arrow, nocked it, and shot it. The moment the bowstring twanged, the arrowhead pierced the enemy's throat.

Cecilia, with a stern face, killed the remnants of the Portorian Order in just a few moves.

Battle broke out on both sides simultaneously, half a minute later.

Liu Huan's chest was dented by a palm strike, and his whole body was like a rotten hemp. He flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground, while a stream of blood gushed from his throat.

"Cough cough! I can't hold on much longer, you guys better run!!" Liu Huan's earlier spirit was completely shattered by the overwhelming power.

Even after four rounds of bone forging, one can only reign supreme within the Bone Forging Realm. Once encountering a powerful adventurer, one must still kneel and shout, "Private Second Class Gan, loyal!"

Eric struggled to his feet, stood in front of Liu Huan, and said through gritted teeth, "Senior, I've sworn that I will never abandon anyone. Even if we die, we'll die together!"

"Also, Luca asked me to tell you a message: he's no longer a coward!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Huan's face twitched slightly. He turned to look at the corpse on the ground, his emotions still unsettled.

Luca joined the Adventurers' Guild at the same time as him, and the two initially had a good relationship until an incident sparked a dispute between them.

The choice was between completing the mission or rescuing their teammates, and the final choice made by the two was quite obvious!

"Hmph! Foolish."

With a slight twist of his wrist, the deacon flashed a light, and several streaks of blood appeared all over Eric's body.

"Ah...uh!!"

Liu Huan heard screams all around him, but he was powerless to help; he had already done everything he could.

It's not shameful to flee from an enemy you can't defeat no matter how hard you try!

The moment this thought crossed his mind, it was as if a little devil appeared in his ear, whispering, "Hurry back to the real world, and avenge them when you're stronger!"

"Running away is not shameful! As long as we're alive, we can always fight again!"

The deacon seemed intent on torturing Liu Huan, casually inflicting serious injuries on all of Gerdwin and the others before using a scimitar to slit open their arteries, causing blood to gush out like a trickle.

Finally, not satisfied with that, he actually cut off Gerdwin's head and placed it in front of them.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes turned red, yet they were also afraid of becoming the next victim!

Just as the butler was about to kill Eric, a voice filled with anger and suppressed rage came from behind him.

"You're playing with fire!"

Liu Huan suppressed his anger, his inner emotions were extremely turbulent, causing a seed floating in his dantian to gradually break through its shell and sprout.

All the suppressed emotions erupted like a volcano at this moment!

The tender green shoots draw strength from the anger, sprouting from a seed and gradually unfolding.

But Liu Huan had no time to care about these things, nor did he care about the seed that had appeared in his dantian since he became a demon swordsman.

The butler chuckled evilly, "Hahaha, hate me! Only when I see you bunch of good-for-nothings, filled with boundless hatred yet raging helplessly, can I feel any meaning in my life!"

"If you're so capable, then kill me instead of standing there barking like a sick dog with its tail between its legs."

Gradually, Liu Huan felt the changes within his body and sensed the surging energy in his dantian about to erupt.

His expression returned to calm, his face indifferent, and he coldly said, "Then I'll grant your wish!"

True anger is often most intense when it is silent.

When extreme anger transforms into the purest energy and surges into the seed floating in the dantian, the emerald-like sprouting green shoot absorbs this energy and grows at a rapid pace.

These are changes inside the body!

Outwardly, Liu Huan's originally jet-black short hair turned gold, his pupils gradually turned dark red, and his voice became hoarse.

"Boom! Rumble!!"

The aura emanating from his entire body was like a raging flood, threatening to engulf everything around him.

He was like a demon king emerging from the abyss, stepping over a sea of ​​blood and a mountain of corpses!

Liu Huan stood with his hands behind his back, his body emitting a dark red light and exuding a suffocating pressure that sent nearby pebbles flying in all directions.

The once calm underground lake now ripples on its surface.

The black-armored tortoise in the Refining Realm poked its head out and saw that the culprit behind all this was the thief. It was so frightened that it buried its head in its shell and dared not stick it out again.

The onlookers were also blown backward by the force of the attack, and when they saw Liu Huan's appearance, they gasped in disbelief:

"What...what is this?"

"Liu Huan is clearly just a swordsman with some talent, how could he unleash such a powerful aura!"

Gareth, who had just woken from his coma, was so overwhelmed by this aura that he fell unconscious again.

"So this is the correct way to play a magic swordsman!"

Liu Huan clenched his fist and felt a force powerful enough to shake mountains and the earth.

When he picked up the sword, his magical power and fighting spirit intertwined with the blade, transforming into a sharp sword aura.

He simply turned around and gave the butler a cold look.

This master of the Refining Realm was so frightened that he couldn't move.

"Wha...what's going on? How could I be so scared that I can't even stand up straight after just one glare from this piece of trash?!"

The butler roared inwardly, "Impossible! I am the strongest!!"

Having said that, he shot towards Liu Huan with a ferocious expression.

"One sword! I only need one sword to kill you!"

Liu Huan remained expressionless, his hand loosely gripping the sword hilt. The sword immediately emitted a dazzling light, transforming into a twenty-meter-long greatsword.

With a slight bend in his wrist, the greatsword, radiating dazzling light, pierced straight through the butler's body.

Rumbling--

Immediately, a devastating tremor shook the entire underground cavern.

"This... how is this possible? Who exactly are you?!"

The butler stared blankly as he was split in two, his body turning into ashes like sand scattered by the wind.

sizzle-

Liu Huan was still radiating an astonishing pressure, and a terrifying aura spread in all directions. When he saw the steward being cleaved into ashes by a single sword strike, he suddenly lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.

Upon seeing this, everyone exclaimed in surprise:

"Liu Huan! Are you alright?"

"Derek!!"

"Senior!! Please don't die!"