Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

What do you mean by being able to see.....?

For the first time, Gao Yuanyi’s mind wavered, and a terrifying thought surfaced in his mind.

——Could it be that the Demon King knows he can see others’ blood bars above their heads?

Impossible, that’s not possible, right?

Works that discuss the topic of blood bars usually have a somewhat comedic nature. But until now, what I’ve seen is a relatively complete, serious world.

How suddenly did a character who knows I’m looking at his blood bar appear, and it’s the Demon King...

”Demon King, what exactly did you just say?

What seeing?

I’m just observing whether your reinforcements have arrived.

Don’t think I’m afraid of you.

If once is not enough, then here comes the second time.”

Gao Yuanyi pulled out [Laplace] from the Demon King’s hand and sternly said, ”[Laplace], you better pick the right time, this time it must succeed! Even if we have to cheat a bit, it must succeed!”

The Demon King did not stop him, merely watching Gao Yuanyi, watching as a green square lit up once more inside [Laplace], a white strip continuously flowing over the robotic arm, watching Gao Yuanyi launch the [Shield Overload] at him fiercely.

Then, the Demon King lightly raised his hand again, effortlessly catching the mechanical arm Gao Yuanyi had launched at him.

The enormous magic power emanated from the mechanical arm, violent, chaotic, uncontrollable, seemingly about to destroy everything around it.

This magic power reached only up to the Demon King’s arm, with huge amounts of magic power streaming out from the base of the Demon King’s arm, not affecting the operation of the Demon King Armor’s core, not shattering even a shred of the shield.

The Demon King’s method of handling this can hardly be called a skill, more like a bit of technique.

If the attack had landed not on the Demon King’s hand, but on his back, maybe it could have dissolved the shield on him and caused some damage.

But seeing the Demon King so effortlessly dissolve his attack, Gao Yuanyi’s inner heart grew more perturbed, his initial calm slowly replaced by agitation. If he doesn’t defeat the Demon King here, the battle plan will fail, their future will...

At this moment, a voice echoed in Gao Yuanyi’s heart, the voice of the Artifact Spirit [Laplace]:

”Calm down, Yuanyi. I have only two chances left before complete overload.

The skill you can use to break the shield is down to one.

You cannot be reckless like just now!

If it doesn’t work head-on, we can change direction and launch a surprise attack from the side or back.

You should have a speed advantage, find a way to get moving.

Believe in yourself, and trust in Wei fighting behind your back!

You’ve prepared for this for so long; are you willing to let it all go to waste here?”

The words from [Laplace] pulled back Gao Yuanyi’s tense nerves, and he realized that indeed he had become agitated.

Gao Yuanyi kept muttering to himself internally, self-motivating, he still has a chance, as long as he launches [Shield Overload], he can decide the outcome in one breath. He must not be impulsive like before, [Laplace] is a valuable resource, cannot be wasted carelessly.

Just as Gao Yuanyi resumed brewing his attack, the Demon King’s voice echoed in his ears again:

”Even if you pretend ignorance, it’s of no use.

I didn’t expect her power to have already infiltrated here.

How old are you?”

Gao Yuanyi did not respond, only pulled out the mechanical arm [Laplace] from the Demon King’s hand again.

The Demon King looked relaxed, completely indifferent to Gao Yuanyi’s recent action.

”Actually, there’s no need to ask, I can roughly guess.

More than ten years ago... no... it’s almost been twenty years, right?

Was it when we attempted to open the door to another world and she infiltrated?

Really, she’s everywhere.

It seems that they only know the Demon King entered another world, still entirely unaware of what’s happening here.”

”You’ve been yapping there since just now, what are you talking about? I don’t understand a word of your old man’s speech,” Gao Yuanyi activated the mechanical arm while replying, constantly searching for a flaw in the Demon King.

The Demon King let out a mocking laugh, ”I just find you very pathetic.

Whether you truly don’t know or pretend not to know, I find you very pathetic.

She offered you quite a lot of privileges, turning everyone’s abilities into numbers for you to see.

Then used rewards to lure you, to complete tasks for her.

You’re just a lapdog who begs and pleads for a bit of grace, abandoning dignity and turning against your fellow men.

Use whatever skills you have.”

For some reason, the atmosphere around the Demon King suddenly changed.

Killing intent surged forth, not emanating from the Demon King himself but gradually converging around him.

Wei, inside the war vehicle, felt her throat tightened by the intense killing intent, almost suffocating, her muddled consciousness unable to manipulate the interface to unleash magic attacks.

Was it the grey barrier the Demon King just deployed? Can’t exclude that possibility...

The intense killing intent surged forward, Yuan Yi would surely...

Even in breathless despair, the first person Wei thought of was Gao Yuanyi; she mustered her strength to make a sound:

”Yuan Yi, run! We’re not opponents at all!”

While shouting, Wei switched the war vehicle to manual operations, straining to maximize the vehicle’s output, recklessly pouring a large amount of [Fairy’s Magic Stone] into it, attempting to use a powerful magic attack to buy time for Gao Yuanyi’s escape.

”Escape? That’s not a word in my dictionary.”

Gao Yuanyi activated [Laplace] again; the Demon King’s words were nebulous, but it seemed the Demon King knew of players like him and despised their existence.

Even if they wanted to escape, there was absolutely no way to do so.

Even if he could really escape, Wei used as a cover would have no chance of winning against the Demon King with 6 million shields.

After he escaped, Wei would surely be caught and used as bait to lure him out just like many game scenarios.

If he really walked away now to live in hiding, Wei would certainly be ruthlessly killed or face a fate more painful than death.

On the journey, finally meeting a companion he could talk to, chat with... If he let her die like this...

Gao Yuanyi absolutely would not allow this to happen.

She was a very weak yet strong girl. It was she who spoke to me to become stronger, accompanying me on a long, long road.

Turns out she had no relation to the Demon King; it was I who forcefully dragged her into this conflict.

Then I have the responsibility to complete my plan here, to keep her safe and sound.

This is an inescapable responsibility!

Gao Yuanyi communicated with [Laplace] in his mind,

”Later, I’ll find a way to maneuver behind him. After two attacks were defused, you should know somewhat about the principle.

Tell me how to make the skill hit this time.”