Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

The strength of a Spirit Manipulator does not rely on the manipulator themselves, but on the strength and number of the spiritual bodies they can control.

There are only two ways to defeat a Spirit Manipulator: either attack the manipulator’s body or weaken their spiritual bodies.

Hualan has a special constitution, capable of using an inexhaustible number of spiritual bodies.

Yang Yu, being a Physical profession, entangling with too many spiritual bodies is akin to shadowboxing.

The second method is completely infeasible for Yang Yu; he can only launch a direct assault.

The Spirit Manipulator summoning and materializing spiritual bodies takes time.

The longer this match drags on, the more spiritual bodies Hualan summons, the more disadvantageous it becomes for Yang Yu.

If all the spiritual bodies Hualan manipulates materialize, Yang Yu will face countless souls slumbering in the vast ocean.

Quickly approach and suppress Hualan with a barrage of attacks; that’s the only way to victory.

Hualan’s average attribute exceeds one thousand three hundred, standing out among Spirit Manipulators.

Although Yang Yu’s current attributes far surpass Hualan’s, taking down Hualan within a short time is still quite challenging.

Therefore, Yang Yu charged straight at Hualan from the start.

Raising the Shield, a red hue covered Yang Yu’s front, making him akin to a red truck crashing towards Hualan.

Hualan stood still, while a few small fish surrounding her transformed into meteors, rushing towards Yang Yu.

As the small fish approached Yang Yu’s Shield, their forms suddenly expanded into ferocious sharks, baring wide, bloody mouths.

Yang Yu actively crashed into the mouth of one shark, punching through its body and emerging from its tail like a shell.

Shedding the Cloak from her body, Hualan revealed her youthful figure and smooth, thin blue membrane-like skin.

She clasped her hands together, cloaking her entire body in a nebulous spiritual body.

Seeing Yang Yu’s [Red Blood Path] approaching, spiritual bodies peeled off from Hualan, transforming into swimming small fish.

These endless small fish, like blue Mars, encircled Hualan, weaving a cobalt blue protective Shield around her.

Yang Yu’s [Red Blood Path] collided with the splendid Shield, sparking countless bright sparks.

Hualan remained unmoved.

”Thank you, my lovely fishes. Now it’s our turn, Uncle Juanlang.”

Switching gestures, Hualan jumped back, leaving behind a pale blue spiritual body.

Under the protection of the lovely small fish, the spiritual body transformed into a Fishman Warrior wielding a large sword.

In that instant, one spirit and one person seemed connected by something, and Hualan saw everything Uncle Juanlang experienced in life, understood the skills he used, achieving mental synchronization.

Hualan stretched out her hand, and the Fishman Warrior swung the sharp blade, both moving in perfect unison.

A torrent of water surged from the sword blade in the Fishman Warrior’s hand, spiraling around the sword’s edge to create a vortex.

”[Killing Move. Unrivaled Wave-Cutting Slash]”

As Hualan was about to swing her sword at Yang Yu, Yang Yu swiftly moved to her side and kicked her several meters away.

Hualan’s motion to direct the spiritual body to release skills stopped abruptly.

An orange glow flashed across the sword’s edge as Yang Yu swung the sword forward, inflicting a fatal slash from Hualan’s right collarbone to her armpit.

Crimson blood instantly sprayed onto Hualan’s smooth skin.

In the audience, watching his sister’s match, Lang Yi stood up abruptly, watching the arena intently.

The strike was too ruthless, and how had he moved so quickly to Hualan’s side?

The speed was just too fast!

With a speed nearing three thousand, it wasn’t difficult for Yang Yu to swiftly withdraw from a charge.

[Red Blood Path] is driven by a person, and in combination with the Illusion Shield generated by [Interception], it creates immense inertia.

Both skills are supported by human Magic Power. Once the Shield is released, [Red Blood Path] and [Interception] would disappear.

However, the whole process is like unplugging a rice cooker, where the power indicator stays lit for a brief moment; when Yang Yu released the Shield, [Red Blood Path] and [Interception] could still last for one or two seconds.

Utilizing this trait, and with the aid of [Shadow Power], Yang Yu completed this maneuver from behind.

The Shield blocking [Red Blood Path] vanished, Shield [Shadow Blue Shattered Ice] flew over, Yang Yu caught it firmly, launching a pursuit against Hualan.

”Free motion.”

Hualan waved her hand, lifting restrictions on the materialized spiritual body. Meanwhile, three small fish formed in her hand, shooting at Yang Yu like torpedoes.

Yang Yu swung his knife, cutting the three materialized spiritual bodies in half, dispersing them into tiny light particles.

”No choice but to use that move.”

Countless spiritual bodies emerged from beneath Hualan, radiating outward, forming an ocean of spiritual bodies.

Yet, before Hualan could summon numerous spiritual bodies from the ocean to aid defense, Yang Yu’s Shield was already covered with dense black iron thorns, striking at her stomach.

Several spiritual bodies emerged from Hualan, intending to protect her, but the Shield behind Yang Yu’s iron thorns spewed countless small ice fragments, deflecting Hualan’s protective spiritual bodies away.

The black iron thorns hit Hualan’s smooth abdomen, puncturing a dozen small holes.

A chill hit Yang Yu’s back; the freed Fishman Warrior swung a massive broadsword down at him, driven solely to protect Hualan.

Unfaltering, Yang Yu activated several tanking skills, letting the Fishman Warrior’s sharp blade land on his back.

A large wound resembling an Earth Split extended across Yang Yu’s back, instantly draining a quarter of his blood.

Yang Yu showed no wavering under the Fishman Warrior’s hit.

Charging his left hand, he shield-bashed Hualan, creating distance between him and the Fishman Warrior. His sharp sword blade targeted Hualan, each move aiming at her vital points, distracting her from summoning more spiritual bodies.

Attempting to resist, Hualan found it hard to summon spiritual bodies on a large scale without time for Sealing, restricted to using previously released spiritual bodies for counterattacks against Yang Yu.

The sharks previously released by Hualan burrowed underground, circled the arena’s edge, and lunged at Yang Yu; Fishman Uncle, spun up water flows on his illusory blade; even the small fish that transformed into defense and the tiny souls from the ocean of spiritual bodies, surged forward, successively clashing into Yang Yu.

As he wasn’t a Spirit Manipulator, Yang Yu couldn’t intuitively judge the strength of each spiritual body, but as long as he could deal with Hualan before the spiritual bodies reached him, that would suffice.

A red light shone in Yang Yu’s pupils, his speed sharply increased, and pulling out the Long Stick [Sky Fall], he thrust it forward, pressing against Hualan’s still-bleeding abdomen, driving her towards the arena’s edge.