Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

As the heel left the battle platform, and she was about to fall off the field, Hualan reached out her hand, and a peculiar light enveloped both her and Yang Yu.

In an instant, the positions of Yang Yu and Hualan switched.

Hualan returned to the field, while Yang Yu fell straight toward the grassy ground.

[Level Flow Replacement] is a special skill of the Fish-dragon Clan, capable of swapping positions with a target within a certain range.

Yang Yu had seen Lang Yi try this skill before, how could he be unprepared?

Countless purple thorns grew from the edge of the arena, charging toward Yang Yu.

Putting away his long stick, Yang Yu grabbed a thorn and pulled himself back onto the field.

During this gap, Hualan summoned her second Contracted Spiritual Body,

”Sleeping Queen, heed my summon, appear before the world!”

An ice-blue light continuously churned in midair, transforming into an Octopus Lady with an octopus lower body and a beautiful woman upper body.

This Octopus Lady raised four tentacles, the ends turning into sharp blades, lashing out towards Yang Yu.

Ascertaining the direction of each tentacle’s attack, Yang Yu danced under the assault of the four tentacles, wielding sword and shield as he struck at Hualan, who was clutching her belly trying to stop the bleeding.

Before Yang Yu could charge in front of Hualan, a bloody mouth suddenly appeared beneath Yang Yu’s feet.

No, there were three bloody mouths, resembling three giant animal traps quietly awaiting their prey, blocking Yang Yu’s path one after the other.

These three ”animal traps” aimed to snap the prey’s legs, leaving no escape.

The four tentacles lashed out, and the small fish of the Spiritual Body Sea turned into steel needles as thin as sardines, scattering towards Yang Yu, sealing his escape.

These diminutive spiritual bodies all came from the most commonly preyed upon oceanic creatures—sardines.

Though the damage might not be high, it prevailed in quantity.

With insufficient defense, one would inevitably be pierced like a beehive by the needles of these spiritual bodies.

Yang Yu crouched down and activated [Climbing], taking a deep breath and letting the shark swallow him up as he put away [Blue Shadow Shattered Ice] and took out [Flame Dragon Shield].

The shark swallowing Yang Yu didn’t have a real physical body, unable to digest Yang Yu, but the physicalized blue spiritual body brought an indescribable suffocating feeling.

The higher the degree of physicalization of the spiritual body, the stronger this suffocating sensation.

Yang Yu was as if suspended in a viscous pool of honey, every move bearing the resistance brought by the spiritual body’s physicalization.

Unfortunately, these physicalized spiritual bodies had no sweet taste, only an unpleasant fishy smell.

Without [Climbing], Yang Yu might have been swept away by this viscous mass, soared into the air, and then fiercely thrown out of the field.

However, thanks to the shark’s physicalized sticky body, the sardines flying towards Yang Yu slowed significantly as they ”entered the water”.

By the time they reached Yang Yu, the spiritual body needles had become just regular little fish, slipping away before even touching Yang Yu.

Though Hualan was able to manipulate numerous spiritual bodies, due to their vast number, she couldn’t precisely control each one.

Otherwise, she could command these tiny spiritual bodies back into ghost form, pass through Yang Yu’s shield, and harm him.

Because of the sheer number of spiritual bodies to control, Hualan could only issue simple commands to some of them, impossible to give exceedingly complex instructions.

Issuing even slightly complex instructions required considerable attention from Hualan.

Dividing one’s attention is a criterion for becoming an excellent Spirit Manipulator.

Spending attention on too many minute and trivial attacks only leads to one’s defeat.

After summoning the sardine group, Hualan made several gentle spiritual bodies physical to temporarily block her own wound.

[Level Flow Replacement] has a long cooldown time, if pushed out of the field again, Hualan doesn’t have the means to return, and every one of Yang Yu’s attacks is forceful; if he gets close and deals terrifying damage, she is sure to lose.

Seizing this rare opportunity, Hualan clasped her fingers and offered her prayer:

”Ancient Queen ruling the sea for a hundred years, lend your strength to me who swims through the domain, defeat the enemy before me!”

In an instant, Hualan felt her consciousness traverse countless years, arriving at the sea realm ruled by the Octopus Lady, engaging in a long and earnest conversation about her dream of ruling the world.

Before long, Hualan and the Octopus Lady achieved a unified consciousness, deciding on the skill they were about to jointly unleash.

Hualan opened her arms, moving like waves.

The Octopus Lady also opened her arms following Hualan’s actions, raising the four tentacles turned into blades, waving like waves.

The surrounding magic surged wildly.

”The sea is boundless, the fury of the sea unimaginable. I am the embodiment of the Sea Mother, the spokesperson of the sea, feel the wrath of the sea! [Furious Sea Roar]!”

As the vision solidified, Hualan’s and the Octopus Lady’s swinging arms ceased abruptly, their opened hands clapped forward, altering the surrounding magic, turning into a massive torrent, raising a towering giant wave charging toward Yang Yu.

Spectators opened their mouths wide watching the towering giant wave, over fifty meters high and covering the entire arena, even anxiously rising to evade as the wave swept towards them, fearing being swallowed by it.

The tsunami struck, the surrounding magic was greatly reduced, the sharks and sardine groups confining Yang Yu gradually lost their physical form and sank into the ground to avoid being engulfed by the towering great wave.

When the tsunami dissipated, the surrounding magic became abundant again, these spiritual bodies would burrow out from the battle platform once more, quickly consolidating under Hualan’s control to rally.

However, they had no chance to rally nor attack again.

A pale blue light emitted from Yang Yu’s feet, he activated [Water Wave Walking Technique], charging toward the oncoming giant wave.

He actually climbed the rolling giant wave, like a roller coaster making an incredible overturn, stepping over the turbulent wave crest onto the wave’s back.

Before the giant wave crashed into the Guardian Barrier, Yang Yu rode the wave forward, as if he was speeding down a sixty-degree slope to the foothill, his legs bursting with unbelievable speed.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Yu arrived before Hualan, orange light engulfing his sword blade once again.

Hualan tried to mobilize spiritual bodies for protection, but after using such a powerful spell, the spiritual bodies she controlled couldn’t quickly physicalize and ultimately were too late.

Yang Yu laced a layer of crimson cloak over himself, activating [Fury Blood], combined with [Breaking Cauldrons and Sinking Boats] to maximize his output ability.

In the thunderous sound of the giant wave hitting the barrier, Yang Yu’s sword blade danced upon Hualan, eventually knocking her to the ground.