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

Clearly, the manipulator hiding in the shadows had no idea that his two proud fifth-realm tiger demon puppets would be so easily killed in just two or three seconds!

This momentary lapse in concentration caused a fatal slowdown and panic in the man's control over the remaining four demonic puppets. The four demons, which were originally preparing to coordinate an attack, suddenly became noticeably stiff.

"The flaws are too obvious."

Shen Chang'an instantly seized this fleeting opportunity.

With a sudden burst of power from his legs, he transformed into a violent black afterimage and charged directly into the midst of the remaining four demons!

This was a one-sided, close-range massacre with no suspense whatsoever.

Shen Chang'an reached out with his left hand and precisely gripped the throat of a fourth-realm dog demon like an iron clamp. His five fingers suddenly tightened and exerted force, and with a crisp "crack", he crushed its neck bone. Immediately afterward, his right leg swept out like a battle axe, and the violent force directly kicked another dog demon that pounced on him in half at the waist!

Faced with the two snake demons that tried to coil around him, Shen Chang'an advanced instead of retreating, roughly grabbing their slippery seven inches with both hands. His arm muscles instantly bulged, and with a tearing sound that made his teeth ache, he actually tore the two fourth-realm snake demons into four pieces with his terrifying pure physical strength!

In less than three seconds, they were all wiped out!

Amidst the carnage and bloodshed, a blinding light burst forth from the depths of Shen Chang'an's burning orange pupils.

Through the dissipated spiritual energy of these demon puppets, he keenly detected several fine threads of spiritual energy connected to their heads.

Shen Chang'an quickly took out the Thousand-Mile Silk-Pulling Disc from his tactical backpack.

He grabbed the dissipating spiritual energy thread in mid-air and pressed it directly onto the eye of the thread-drawing disc.

"Buzz—"

The runes on the thread-drawing disc lit up instantly, and a virtual pointer emitting a faint red light spun rapidly before finally fixing itself on a thick, load-bearing iron wall on the right. The red line seemed to penetrate the wall, extending infinitely into the depths.

"I've found you."

He gripped the spear with one hand, took a deep breath, and his five realms of spiritual power surged into the spear like a tsunami.

"Open it!"

With a loud shout, Shen Chang'an thrust his spear straight out without any fancy moves.

"BOOM—!!!"

A terrifying destructive force erupted instantly. The half-meter-thick reinforced concrete wall was like tofu in front of the Calamity Cloud Spear, pierced through directly and blasting out a huge gap large enough for a person to pass through!

Amidst the flying debris, Shen Chang'an crossed the gap without hesitation, initiating a wild pursuit.

On the other side of the iron wall was a dimly lit underground maintenance passage.

In the darkness ahead, a figure in a gray, tight-fitting combat suit was fleeing in a disheveled state.

Shen Chang'an walked through the passage as if it were flat ground, and the distance between the two was rapidly closing.

"Stop running, you can't escape."

As Shen Chang'an maintained his high-speed pursuit, he sneered and mocked, his voice echoing clearly in the empty underground passage.

"On the territory of the Eastern Huang Kingdom, to provoke our Zhenye Division and then think you can get away unscathed is not a wise choice."

The figure ahead remained silent, but simply accelerated again.

"If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink a penalty cup."

Shen Chang'an's eyes turned cold, and his mental energy precisely locked onto the other person's back. He suddenly stopped in his tracks while moving at high speed, his waist twisting sharply like a fully drawn bow.

"call out--!"

The Cloud of Calamity spear in his hand transformed into a terrifying black lightning bolt, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound as it tore through the air, and was hurled directly toward the man's back!

At the same time, Shen Chang'an quickly drew a talisman with his left hand.

"control!"

A sky full of black chains followed closely behind the spear, sealing off the entire passage like a net from heaven and earth!

Sensing the deadly danger behind him, the gray-clad man finally revealed his true fifth-realm cultivation. His body twisted in a bizarre, ergonomically unsound manner as he ran at high speed, making him resemble a boneless eel.

"Swish! Swish!"

He narrowly avoided the fatal blow of the Blazing Cloud Spear by grazing the blade, and at the same time, he used his legs to quickly and continuously jump against the wall at an incredible speed, managing to squeeze through the gaps in the Black Flame Chains.

However, in that half-second opening when he had just dodged the chains and was about to land and catch his breath, he was caught in a trap.

"Bang!"

With a deafening sonic boom, Shen Chang'an used his explosive step, appearing directly in front of him as if by teleportation!

He dodged the spear and chains, but he could never dodge Shen Chang'an's ferocious close-range barrage!

This is a battle that abandons fancy spells and focuses on the purest form of force: biting and physical collision!

"boom!"

Shen Chang'an delivered a powerful punch, imbued with terrifying kinetic energy, and slammed it squarely into the opponent's face without any fancy moves!

The man in gray had nowhere to hide, so he could only roar and cross his arms to block the attack.

"Snap!"

The crisp sound of bones shattering rang out. The gray-clad man was sent sliding back several meters by the terrifying force of the punch, his arms twisted unnaturally, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"It's not over yet!"

Shen Chang'an gave him no chance to catch his breath, pressing close to him again like a persistent infection.

Fists, elbows, knees, legs—every part of Shen Chang'an's body transformed into a deadly weapon, raining down on his opponent like a storm, each punch landing squarely!

The opponent was beaten so badly that he could barely fight back. Shen Chang'an punched him, sending him flying into a distant wall. The heavy impact almost made the opponent faint.

"Damn it! You forced me to do this!"

"Secret Technique! Beetle Demon Body!"

The gray-clad man let out a shrill, inhuman roar. His normally human muscles suddenly swelled up as if inflated, and a dark blue keratin layer resembling a beetle's shell appeared on his skin. His joints also made strange "crackling" sounds.

This is an unorthodox and life-draining "insect technique." By integrating certain Gu insects with abnormal powers into the body, practitioners can mimic the characteristics of those insects, such as rhinoceros beetles and ants, for a short period of time, unleashing terrifying physical strength several times or even ten times their own body weight!

With the support of this strange power, the gray-clad man's ability to withstand blows and his strength increased dramatically. He even began to barely keep up with Shen Chang'an's pace and was even able to fiercely withstand Shen Chang'an's punches and launch counterattacks!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The pure physical collision between the two fifth-realm experts was like a bomb exploding with every strike, causing the entire underground passage to rattle and crackle like spider webs on the walls.

"His strength has indeed increased considerably, but unfortunately... his technique is terrible!"

In the fierce exchange of fire, Shen Chang'an astutely seized upon a small opening caused by the gray-clad man's overconfidence.

Shen Chang'an withstood the opponent's heavy sweeping kick, and then skillfully turned halfway around, his right fist suddenly retracting to his waist.

The spiritual power of the five realms within the body, along with the muscular strength of the entire body, were perfectly twisted into one rope in that instant!

At the same time, it was covered with black flames.

"Die!"

With a furious roar, Shen Chang'an's right fist, like a terrifying battering ram, slammed into the gray-clad man's proud chest armor with an overwhelming aura of destruction!

"BOOM—!!!"

"Click-clack click-clack..."

The hard, dark blue keratin layer shattered instantly like fragile glass in the face of that pure power!

The man in gray let out a piercing scream, and his entire sternum visibly caved in.

His swollen body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, flying more than ten meters away before crashing heavily into the wall at the end of the passage. He coughed up mouthfuls of blood mixed with pieces of his internal organs, completely losing his fighting ability.