A hoard of demons of various sizes from human size to demons that were 50 feet tall all chased after something. Everything on their path crumbled as they violently crushed all in pursuit of it, the city that was destroyed in the battle, got demolished even further.
What they were chasing was something that moved with extreme mobility and maneuverability and dodged everything they threw at it. It was Ling Tian, Lian Qiu, and Huo Bing.
Ling Tian had jumped on his sword and shot off towards the opposite direction of the greater demon. Huo Bing, the little girl on his shoulder, held on for dear life; She pulled his hair which caused Ling Tian to grimace occasionally as her force weakened and strengthened when he made turns; However, she was surprisingly silent. Lian Qiu, on the other hand, shouted for Ling Tian to go here and there and used his hands to instruct with panic as he constantly looked behind.
Ling Tian on one hand had to deal with the annoying pain of his hair being pulled and on the other, the shouts of Lian Qiu and he had to balance them, fly, use telekinesis, attack the demons behind so they don't gain on them, pick their path of escape, and dodge what the demons threw at them. He was under a lot of pressure... This caused him to get a bit moody.
"Shut up! I see where I am going!" He shouted at Lian Qiu as he suddenly moved to the side, a boulder smashed on the path they were going to take which caused Huo Bing to pull his hair harder. "Hey, Red! Stop pulling or I will throw you to the demons!" Huo Bing pulled even more.
Ling Tian wanted to curse them as he controlled the sword to fly under a bridge and trapped a few of the bigger Demons behind, "Damn it! Lian Qiu, your finger just poked my eye, you moron. I am going to drop you!" Lian Qiu screamed and held on for dear life, "Don't, Just GO!" Huo Bing surprisingly said with anger, "Stop messing around! Why would you poke his eye?"
Lian Qiu pinched the little girl's face, "It was an accident besides Kids don't get to talk!" The Two began pinching each other and fighting verbally, meanwhile, a few veins popped on Ling Tian's forehead since he was the battlefield as their hands flashed obstructing his vision. "STOP! STUPID! SILENCE!" he shouted loudly and headbutted Lian Qiu.
Lian Qiu said indignantly, "Ouch, You take that stupid girl's side?!" Ling Tian glared with shining red eyes as he channeled a little killing intent, Lian Qiu turned silent instantly as he broke out in cold sweat. Huo Bing who couldn't see Ling Tian's eye saw his reaction and smirked thinking he was afraid of her since she was also glaring at him.
They couldn't accelerate much because they had to constantly dodge and move around so their speed was around 70 mph. Ling Tian saw something that resembled a city center and many tall buildings and ruins were visible there. He changed directions towards that place. 'hmmm, it might work!' he had a brilliant idea.
The number of demons was too much for him to fight them head-on and they kept increasing. They reached the part of the city that had big ruins and such, Ling Tian channeled Qi to his head and used his telekinesis with all his power.
The boulders and ruins lying around began slowly rising up, Ling Tian felt as if a black hole had appeared in his head devouring his Qi but he paid it no mind. He continued using it, All the flying pieces from various sizes began to slowly move toward the Demons and suddenly accelerated and shot towards them like arrows.
The Demons roared and intercepted the projectiles but since some were really big, many demons were smashed to death and the others had to slow down and avoid them. What Ling Tian wanted was to distract them and accelerate to escape, they kept harassing them so they couldn't before.
He used that window of time and shot up, He channeled all his Qi; The invisible Qi waves gained a red color around the sword and grew chaotic and big. They suddenly shot off at extreme speed, The air resistance was quite powerful but thanks to Wave Repulser, it was negated; the sword cut through the resistance with Qi. A thin but big red line was in front of them in a crescent shape, that was the Qi Ling Tian used with Wave repulser to cut the air in front.
In mere seconds they reached 400 mph and the acceleration stopped, This was the maximum speed Ling Tian could reach. They didn't feel a thing but occasional winds blew their hair back. Ling Tian Qi was rapidly decreasing, he looked back and saw the demons were far away and couldn't chase them anymore.
Just as he wanted to sigh in relief, Lian Qiu turned pale as he pointed to their front and said with a trembling voice, "The... The greater demon is ahead!"
Ling Tian looked at the front with razor-sharp eyes and noticed the greater demon looking at them. It suddenly spoke, its voice was extremely deep and demonic, it would create a chilling sensation in any who would hear it, "Ants... You will die."
Ling Tian gulped, Lian Qiu trembled under the being's terrifying gaze, Huo Bing looked with anger. She said, "Big brother, beat the crap out of him! HMPH, how dare they do such terrible things!"
Ling Tian almost lost balance, 'This girl is a little too daring...'
Lian Qiu chuckled unconsciously, "The ignorant are truly blessed, Stupid girl that's a greater demon! We are finished!"
Huo Bing stuck her tongue out, "You are a cowardly old man, go away!"
Lian Qiu almost spluttered blood from anger but he stopped talking when he saw Ling Tian's eyes shining red looking ahead. 'This look... Maybe the demon is fucked?'
They were still moving all this time, the greater demon who saw them approaching and not fleeing said with amusement, "Oh, you're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming, right to me?"
It grasped its sword that was a mile long, it was massive. The Sword was pitch black and demonic-looking. This demon was the same one that he had first seen and again seen eating corpses in great numbers from the corpse mountain.
Ling Tian amplified his voice with Qi and said, "I can't beat the sh*t out of you without getting closer."
Huo Bing's eyes sparkled as she looked on, 'Big brother is so cool!' Ling Tian was thinking, 'Acting tough feels surprisingly good! Now that I have bluffed, it will grow enraged, attack me and I will dodge and flee. Since its body is so big it will not have high speed. the attack should be easy to dodge since its so big.'
The greater demon laughed, "HAHAHA! Do puny little ants want to fight me? How amusing, come as close as you like!"
It did not attack and remained still. Ling Tian cursed in his head, 'Fu*k! What now?!'
He saw Huo Bing and Lian Qiu looking at him as if he was some sort of god, he couldn't back down now... He regretted not turning around immediately but then again he thought, 'Behind me is a hoard of demons and in front is one boss demon so there was no choice in the first place, I will think of something... maybe I shouldn't have saved this girl? No! I can't watch a Loli like her get squashed, besides she impressed me by her bravery, maybe I can take her in as a disciple? If we survive that is...'
His eyes scanned the surroundings and saw a river! He was flying at the edges of the city, to his far back was the corpse mountain and ruined city, to his left was a mountain range with thick forests. To his right was a ruined piece of land that the great army had marched on, leaving nothing behind but plain and dead land for as long as the eye could see. To his front were the towering Demon and a river that came from the mountain range and flowed into great forests and hills towards the east.
'I have to fool it? Let's test how strong it is...' he thought as he suddenly descended.
He dropped Lian Qiu and tossed a stunned Huo Bing to him. He whispered, "There is a river, go and hide underneath the water and follow its path... you know where it leads."
Lian Qiu gulped and nodded, Huo Bing said, "But..." Ling Tian didn't linger to hear more.
He shot off towards the demon, standing straight. It seemed heroic, His back was as tall as a mountain for Huo Bing. Meanwhile, what he was thinking was, 'How to fool this thing?'
He opened his system quickly and saw he had 500k points, he had killed some demons and such along the way as they escaped. he upgraded his Qi cultivation. A powerful aura surrounded him as his Qi replenished and increased, it liquified more and his reserves grow several times bigger.
The sudden breakthrough made Lian Qiu feel shocked, 'Is he breaking through or is he opening seals on his cultivation?! It must be the second option, no one can breakthrough like this! However, it is not enough, that demon is at least comparable to a middle-heavenly awakening realm cultivator if not a peak one...'
Huo Bing looked with awe; Ling Tian's clothes and hair fluttered in the distance, red Qi surrounded his body and the air trembled slightly.
His eyes shone a deadly crimson as he looked at the greater Demon. Lian Qiu suddenly fleed with all his power. Huo Bing pinched his face with all her power, "Hey! You cowardly old man, return and help big brother!"
Lian Qiu's lips twitched in anger but he controlled himself, "I am not old... This is a clash of titans, we will only be a burden. I am in the early stage and my cultivation needs a few more weeks to stabilize since I broke through with pills effectively making me weaker than most in my cultivation range not to speak monsters like them."
He suddenly realized, 'Why am I saying this to a stupid little brat?'.
Huo Bing nodded in understanding, "I see, so you are useless..." Lian Qiu was tempted to drop her and run by himself.
The Greater Demon didn't pay the fleeing duo any mind, the human in front of him had gathered its interest, the human dared to fight him with such a cultivation level, he had killed thousands like him easily. The demon said, "You are brave, most righteous cultivators I met were filled with fear for their lives. You seem to be a heroic person... I will enjoy breaking you!"
Ling Tian, who was standing atop the ruin of a wall, saw the demon begin to shrink, he thought, 'I can't let it shrink, it will grow faster that way! Damn it...'
Wave repulser and Blood Bringer flew to his hands as he shot towards the demon and attacked without hesitation, his mind working fast to think of something...