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

"Want to save them? Too late!"

Shen Chang'an wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.

He didn't even glance at Luo Zheng, who was crushing down on him like a mountain of flesh, and endured the internal injuries caused by the explosion. He took another explosive step forward!

It transformed into a deadly black light, heading straight for Liu Fang who was retreating.

As that face, filled with icy killing intent, drew closer, the terror in Liu Fang's eyes completely transformed into hysterical madness.

She knew she couldn't escape.

"Then let's die together! Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, burn the heavens!"

Liu Fang desperately formed one last mudra with her remaining left hand.

A massive, crimson fire lotus, large enough to blot out half the sky, bursts into bloom, centered on Liu Fang!

"boom--!!!"

A terrifying firestorm instantly swept across the wasteland for several kilometers!

The hundreds of monsters that rushed towards them didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly vaporized in the terrifying heat that could melt steel, leaving not even a trace!

Shen Chang'an, who was the first to be hit, felt as if he had been thrown into the core of the sun.

"Buzz! Click! Click!"

All the jade pendants on his body shattered instantly under this terrifying impact, not even lasting half a second!

On the brink of life and death, Shen Chang'an's left hand flailing wildly in front of him as if possessed.

One after another, black barriers formed from black flames continuously appeared in front of him, like layers of armor.

But as soon as the barrier was formed, it was instantly melted through by the high temperature of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire!

Shen Chang'an could only rely on his vast reserves of spiritual energy to recklessly draw talismans and forcefully use layer upon layer of black flames to consume the terrifying crimson fire!

The intense heat of the flames for over ten seconds felt like an eternity.

When the storm finally subsided.

A massive, charred crater, over a hundred meters in diameter, remained in the center of the battlefield. Liu Fang's figure had vanished completely, leaving not even ashes behind.

"Cough cough..."

Shen Chang'an knelt at the bottom of the pit, coughing violently, each cough bringing up a large amount of blood.

His left side was severely burned, with the skin and flesh torn open. The most serious injury was to his right arm, where he was holding the gun; large areas of the muscle were charred, and the meridians were severely damaged. His entire arm hung limply at his side, barely able to lift the weapon.

On the other side of the crater's edge.

Luo Zheng stood there, equally disheveled. Although he had also suffered most of the damage from Liu Fang's dying counterattack, he was, after all, a dual cultivator of earth and blood energy who primarily focused on physical defense, and being further away, his situation was much better than Shen Chang'an's.

"You...you actually killed her!"

Luo Zheng stared at the empty meteorite crater, his scarred face contorted in horror, and a brutal killing intent erupted from his eyes.

"I'm going to crush every single bone in your body, inch by inch!"

"Screw you."

Shen Chang'an cursed under his breath. In his current state, he could barely hold a gun; how could he possibly fight a furious sixth-realm body cultivator?

Without any hesitation, Shen Chang'an quickly drew several cyan runes in mid-air with his left hand.

Blowing technique!

A fierce wind suddenly rose from the ground. Shen Chang'an endured the excruciating pain that felt like his body was being torn apart. Using the force of the wind, he transformed into a blur and turned to flee deeper into the abyss!

"You can't escape!"

Luo Zheng let out a roar, his feet erupting with blood energy as he relentlessly pursued the enemy.

The two engaged in a life-or-death chase across this eerie, purplish-red wasteland, one after the other.

As the pursuit deepened, the surrounding environment became increasingly bizarre.

Deep, bottomless cracks began to appear in the earth, and the demonic energy in the air was so dense that it almost condensed into black droplets.

When Shen Chang'an glanced down at his tactical watch, the numbers on it sent chills down his spine.

Depth: 22 kilometers!

"roar--!"

A deep roar suddenly came from behind a black mountain ahead.

The sheer pressure contained in that voice was enough to make Shen Chang'an and Luo Zheng, who were running wildly, feel a tightness in their chests and almost spit out blood!

A terrifying monster at the peak of the sixth realm... or even possibly the seventh realm!

In that instant, both Shen Chang'an, who was being chased, and Luo Zheng, who was blinded by rage, made the same move in unison.

In an instant, he completely suppressed all spiritual energy fluctuations and life force throughout his body to the extreme!

In this deep region teeming with high-level monsters that could easily crush them, continuing to recklessly unleash spiritual power in pursuit is tantamount to lighting a match in a powder keg; the only outcome is mutual destruction.

Like a nimble gecko, Shen Chang'an silently slipped into a narrow crevice in the rock, completely hiding his body in the shadows.

Not far away, Luo Zheng also hid behind a huge black rock, suppressing his breathing to the extreme.

Deep within a narrow, dark crevice in the rock, Shen Chang'an leaned against the cold, damp stone wall, panting heavily.

With each breath, he aggravated the large burns on his abdomen and left side, causing him to break out in a cold sweat. He used his teeth to bite open the first-aid bandage he carried with him, and with one hand, he struggled to hold his almost useless right arm to his chest, then haphazardly sprinkled some hemostatic powder on the wounds.

"Sigh...sigh..."

Heavy breathing echoed across the wasteland; those were the breaths of high-level demons at the sixth or even seventh realm. They were far more intelligent than the mindless beasts on the outskirts, and the fresh, rich scent of blood emanating from Shen Chang'an was as conspicuous as a searchlight in the darkness of this desolate abyss.

They are following the scent of blood, gradually narrowing their encirclement.

Just then, from behind a giant rock a few hundred meters away from Shen Chang'an.

Luo Zheng, who had also concealed his aura, had a cold glint in his eyes. He glanced at the terrifying monsters that were sniffing around, and then at the rocky area where Shen Chang'an was hiding.

"I'll see if you can still hide from me!"

Luo Zheng forced out a drop of blood essence from his fingertip, then flicked his finger!

The drop of essence blood containing his sixth-realm blood energy transformed into an extremely thin blood line, silently shooting towards the top of the rock wall where Shen Chang'an was hiding. Then, with a "pop," it exploded into a thick cloud of blood mist!

"roar!!!"

The sudden, intense stench of blood instantly alerted the surrounding high-level demons. Three or four terrifying behemoths, each the size of a small mountain, abruptly turned their heads, their scarlet compound eyes locking onto the rock wall!

"Fuck your grandpa!"

Hidden in the crack, Shen Chang'an immediately noticed the disturbance outside and couldn't help but curse loudly.

"boom!"

A massive, truck-sized claw covered in black scales slammed into the rock face. The entire mountain collapsed instantly, sending rocks flying everywhere!

With his hiding place completely destroyed, Shen Chang'an could no longer care about concealing his presence.

"Wind Technique!"

With a swift slash of his remaining left hand in mid-air, a violent azure wind talisman instantly surged onto his legs. He leaped from the collapsed rubble like a rabbit, transforming into a blur as he raced away!

But he discovered in despair that he had no way to escape towards the exit.

Because on the only path in that direction, Luo Zheng stood on a high ground with his arms crossed, looking down at him. Luo Zheng didn't need to make a move; he only needed to block the way like a wall, delaying Shen Chang'an for half a second, and the enraged high-level demons behind him would tear Shen Chang'an to shreds.

Luo Zheng's eyes were like those of someone looking at a corpse. He wanted to watch this new student, who had repeatedly created miracles, be devoured alive by the monster!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The earth trembled as three demonic creatures, each exuding the pressure of the peak of the sixth realm, relentlessly pursued him, their foul breath reaching even the back of Shen Chang'an's neck.