High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

According to the coordinates on the dispatch order, the accident occurred in the neighboring Shiping District, Linhai Street.

Two rogue demons of the fourth realm maliciously injured people and violently resisted arrest after being surrounded. The head of the Shiping District branch was only a cultivator who had recently entered the fourth realm and was completely unable to handle two demons of the same level. If a forced battle were to break out, it would likely affect the surrounding area and cause large-scale civilian casualties.

"More than 30 kilometers..."

Shen Chang'an glanced at the estimated time on the navigation and floored the accelerator.

"Ten minutes."

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Shiping District, on the edge of Linhai Subdistrict.

This area was originally planned as a villa district for developing a seaside resort, but due to the downturn in the real estate market in the past two years, coupled with the developer's broken capital chain, this half-finished villa complex has long become an abandoned, unfinished building, overgrown with weeds, and no one ever comes here.

But now, this place has become an excellent hiding place for those two roaming demon clans.

At this moment, the entire unfinished villa area was completely sealed off by a thick energy barrier that emitted a faint yellow light.

The Shiping District branch deployed its elite forces in this operation. Their combat configuration was a standard "3-3-4" formation—two experienced third-realm field agents, plus a fourth-realm lamplighter commander. At this moment, these three were trapped inside the barrier, dealing with the two ferocious demons.

Outside the barrier, the special operations team, fully armed, had already set up the highest level of blockade.

"Increase energy output! We absolutely cannot let this barrier break. If they get into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Ma Xiaoyuan, the director of the Shiping District branch, was standing in front of a command vehicle, sweating profusely as he shouted commands into a walkie-talkie.

"Director! It's not working!" An assistant responsible for operating the barrier array rushed over, his face pale.

"The high-grade spirit stone reserves in the array are almost exhausted! The nearest supply truck from the branch office won't arrive for at least another twenty minutes!"

Ma Xiaoyuan's heart skipped a beat.

He stared intently at the radar screen on the command vehicle, which was scanning the energy fluctuations inside the barrier in real time. On the screen, the green dots representing the three lamplighters were flickering weakly, while the two blinding red lights representing the demon race remained violent and powerful.

This proves that the fighting inside is not only not over, but the situation is extremely unfavorable for Shiping District!

"Damn it, those are two fourth-level demons!" Ma Xiaoyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched tightly.

If these three lantern bearers perish inside, the Shiping District branch will suffer a complete loss of high-end combat power. Even more terrifying is that once the barrier breaks, the two berserk fourth-realm demons will rush into the densely populated residential area several kilometers away, causing a horrific massacre!

"Has the city bureau sent out the request for assistance? Has there been a response?!"

Ma Xiaoyuan turned and roared at his assistant.

"It's out! It's been out for ages!"

The assistant's voice was trembling.

"The dispatch center relayed the message ten minutes ago, saying that Shen Chang'an, the person in charge in Qingzhou District, has accepted the order and is on his way at full speed!"

Upon hearing the name "Shen Chang'an," a glimmer of hope finally flashed in Ma Xiaoyuan's despairing eyes.

Ma Xiaoyuan prayed silently.

"Faster...faster!"

Inside the barrier, the once luxurious, unfinished seaside villa complex has now been completely reduced to ruins.

Stone fragments flew, spiritual energy surged, and the shockwaves generated by the collision of spells uprooted the surrounding weeds.

The three-man team from Shiping District were back to back, panting heavily, their bodies covered in mud and blood, struggling to maintain their crumbling defensive formation.

The team was led by Liu Feng, the head of Shiping District and the "Four Realms Lantern Bearer." Standing on either side of him were two senior field agents from the Third Realm: the man was named Wang Lei, and the woman was named Chen Meng.

Chen Meng wiped the cold sweat from her face, her chest heaving. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "What bad luck! I just got back from the Municipal Public Security Bureau after dropping off those young masters and ladies, and I didn't even get a sip of water before running into this tough nut!"

Less than thirty meters directly in front of them, two enormous monsters were coiled up, their true forms already revealed.

On the left is a black-scaled venomous snake, as thick as a bucket and over ten meters long. A fleshy growth grows on its raised triangular head, and its scarlet forked tongue hisses in the air in a chilling manner.

On the right is a giant gray rat, about the size of a small truck, with a pair of eyes the size of mung beans that gleam with a cruel and cunning light, and dark red bloodstains still remaining on its sharp incisors.

"Hiss..."

The giant serpent demon flicked its tongue, its vertical pupils fixed on Liu Feng at the front. In that dangerous exchange just now, the bony spikes on its tail had cunningly slashed Liu Feng's right arm.

At this moment, a large patch of Liu Feng's combat uniform on his right arm had been corroded, and the flesh around the wound was a terrifying purplish-black color, even emitting wisps of foul-smelling white smoke.

"Give up, humans."

The snake demon spoke in a sharp, hoarse voice, filled with mockery.

"He's been poisoned by my primordial demonic poison; he won't live much longer. The poison has already started spreading along his veins. Get out of the way now and remove the barrier; you two might still have a chance to live."

The two demons were also getting impatient.

They knew very well how comprehensive the Night Watch's support system was. If they lingered here too long, high-ranking lantern bearers from other defense zones would inevitably arrive to provide support, making escape difficult. As long as they could break through the barrier and escape into the sea a few hundred meters away, concealing their presence with the ocean currents, they would still have a glimmer of hope.

However, Liu Feng did not give them that chance.

He glanced down at his right arm, which was completely numb and the purplish-black poison gas was spreading wildly upwards, and veins bulged on his forehead.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Feng swiftly drew his specially made battle knife from behind him with his left hand.

"Whoosh!"

The blade flashed by.

"Pfft!"

Blood spurted out like a fountain, and a blackened severed arm slammed heavily to the ground.

"Ugh—!!!"

Liu Feng's face turned deathly pale with pain, his features contorted, and he let out a low, beast-like growl. He roughly mobilized his spiritual energy to forcibly seal the severed blood vessels in his shoulder, stopping the gushing blood.

"team leader!"

Wang Lei and Chen Meng's eyes turned bloodshot, and they cried out in shock.

Seeing this, even the giant snake demon subconsciously shrank its vertical pupils, its voice filled with a hint of fear: "Ruthless enough... to stop us, it even gave up its hands."

"Heh... this little bit of pain is nothing!"

Liu Feng winced in pain, panting heavily, but his eyes remained fixed on the two demonic creatures like a lone wolf. He knew the situation was unfavorable; a direct confrontation would mean certain death. His only chance of winning was to buy time. If he could hold out until reinforcements arrived, time would be on his side.

"You think you can survive by escaping into the sea?"

Liu Feng planted his sword in the ground, using the hilt to keep himself from falling.

"This sea area has long been protected by a magic array. Your spiritual energy fluctuations have already been detected by the Municipal Bureau. Even if you break through the barrier, there's heavy firepower waiting for you outside. Surrender now and come back to the Night Town Division with me; maybe you can at least leave with a whole corpse..."

However, the rat demon that had been lying silently to the side darted around with its beady green eyes and instantly saw through Liu Feng's intentions.

"Don't listen to his nonsense! This bastard is just stalling for time!"