Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Taking out the [Flame Dragon Shield], a large amount of red gathered in front of Yang Yu, and he followed up with [Red Blood Path], crashing into the ranks of the Living Dead like a red meteor.

The lower end of the Flame Dragon Shield first plunged into the thick ice surface, scraping a sparkling trajectory, with ice shards flying everywhere.

A few Curse Sect believers attempted to intercept Yang Yu in mid-air, but their bodies couldn’t withstand Yang Yu’s meteoric impact and were sent reeling by his [Red Blood Path].

The Minstrels, seeing this, stopped controlling the Living Dead to block him and instead had them stand still, building a defense and waiting for Yang Yu to walk into their trap.

Yang Yu, as if seeing through their intention, placed his feet on either side of the trail.

Now’s the time, Yang Yu activated his legendary equipment [Incredible Braking Boots], unleashing a tremendous amount of Magic Power from under his feet, providing unimaginable resistance to his sliding body on the ice, miraculously bringing him to a stop when inertia should have carried him forward.

The Curse Sect believers, standing defensively and waiting for Yang Yu to charge in, were utterly unprepared for Yang Yu to halt his advance.

Pulling the shield out from the ice, Yang Yu brushed off the ice flakes from it and put the cumbersome shield back into the System.

Without pondering how Yang Yu managed it, the initially defensive Curse Sect believers grabbed their weapons and charged toward him.

Red light burst from Yang Yu’s eyes, and his Speed dramatically increased. With a sword in his right hand and a clenched left fist, he weaved through the circle of believers, blazing a trail toward his true target.

— the Curse Sect’s disciple [Praising].

Based on [Praising]’s performance, [Praising] was a collective entity.

Whether they shared a common consciousness or were controlled by a single mind, Yang Yu did not know.

But Yang Yu knew that in a group fight, you first eliminate the support.

Especially those who, affected by the last wide-range magic attack, have little Blood Volume left and have almost exhausted their survival skills.

If these supports aren’t swiftly taken down now, are we just waiting to go home for the New Year?

The [Praising] Yang Yu targeted sensed his intent but was too late to mount a Defense.

An orange light coated Yang Yu’s Sword Blade as a white blade went in and a red blade came out; Yang Yu mercilessly pierced the Minstrel’s heart, reducing their HP to zero.

After battling for some time, Yang Yu accumulated several Passive layers of [Blazing Blood] and [Fierce Battle Spirit], gaining many attribute enhancements. He could now treat himself as an assassin, even one who could create small-scale chaos.

Immediately after slaying a Minstrel, Yang Yu targeted another nearby Minstrel.

Faced with his surprise attack, the Minstrel quickly strummed the piano strings and cast a Shield over himself.

However, Yang Yu swung his sword horizontally, using the [Shield Shattering] learned from expending 200 Skill Points, shattering the Minstrel’s shield into fragments and coldly executing a double kill.

The Living Dead are jointly controlled by the Minstrels.

If all Minstrels here are not taken down, these Living Dead can still move and launch attacks.

Yang Yu immediately set his sights on the last Minstrel within reach, [Praising Breeze].

Seeing Yang Yu making a direct beeline for [Praising Breeze], the Curse Believers frantically rushed forward, trying to use their bodies to shield the sect disciple from Yang Yu’s strike.

Kekarlos, flying through the air, was startled by Yang Yu’s sudden assault, but being a Curse Sect disciple herself, she remained calm in the chaotic situation.

She intended to quietly close in on Yang Yu and carry out an attack using a Magic Scroll, but Yang Yu delivered himself right to her doorstep.

Manipulating the floating Magic Scroll and injecting it with Magic Power, Kekarlos predicted Yang Yu’s movement trajectory.

In an instant, a barrage of magic rained down from the sky.

If a few spells could hit Yang Yu, Kekarlos had every confidence in finishing him off with her most exquisite magic.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yu stood perfectly still, allowing all the magic to explode around him.

Although Kekarlos’s magic dealt minimal damage to Yang Yu, it also blew away many Living Dead trying to close in on him, inadvertently creating a chaotic scene.

But Kekarlos could swear she did it unintentionally.

Not changing tactics, Kekarlos, with a flick of her fingers, summoned a tiny ”pen” behind Yang Yu in the pervasive icy fog.

The ”pen” slowly rotated, blossoming into a beautiful flower, its stamen ejecting a spiral beam of intricate interwoven magic, stabbing straight toward Yang Yu’s back.

The spiral light beam edged closer to Yang Yu, who simply raised his long sword, imbuing it with a strange light. Then, with a pivot, he deflected the magic’s trajectory using the sword.

The spiral magic attack was ricocheted away by Yang Yu, flying straight toward Kekarlos, who was in the air controlling the Magic Scroll and casting spells.

”[Avoidance Acceleration]!”

Kekarlos ceased channeling Magic Power into the Magic Scroll, focusing entirely on Defense to evade the spiral magic.

Just as she exhaled a sigh of relief, a golden arrow suddenly materialized from the void, shooting toward her heart.

Kekarlos gritted her teeth, using Magic Power to forcibly twist her body, allowing the shining Light Arrow to pierce her chest but not her heart.

No sooner than Kekarlos could catch her breath, several Frost Ice Arrows rapidly flew toward her, prompting her to hastily open a Magic Shield. However, the shield barely withstood a few hits before wavering.

The penultimate Frost Ice Arrow shattered her Magic Shield, while the last one grazed her cheek, leaving a cold gash.

Even with the continuous flow of Blazing Blood, there was no dispelling the chill.

Kekarlos turned her gaze to Bai Jin and others, and that sticky Slime had transformed into a towering structure over three meters high.

Iyas and Bai Jin were launching long-range attacks on her from atop the tower.

Chaste Jasmine could only sigh as she watched the tower; she had tried to cut down the transformed Slime, but Iyas’s healing support was overwhelming.

One strike, and Jasmine doubted if she was dealing more damage than it could recover.

Trying to climb the tower for an attack posed another set of challenges, involving not only dealing with attacks from above but also guarding against the Slime’s transformation.

If, while climbing, the Slime played a sly trick, turning where she climbed into a small ball and tossing it away, Jasmine would metaphorically cry her way back to square one, in despair.

In short, Jasmine had no methods to deal with this tower.

She could only watch helplessly as Bai Jin and the others atop the tower supported Yang Yu from afar, attacking the Curse Sect members.

Kekarlos solemnly shook her head and looked at Yang Yu again.

Yang Yu had once more moved, stepping across areas turned into ice shards, donning a bright red mantle, charging again toward [Praising Breeze].