Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

[Laplace] flashed like lightning again, closing the distance between Gao Yuanyi and the Demon King, as he raised his fist to strike.

The attack was about to land when the Demon King once more activated the armor’s effect, instantly filling the long white bar above his head with his blood bar.

With millions in Shield Value carrying an unspeakable despair, Gao Yuanyi’s attack, however, fell relentlessly on the Deceitful Emperor.

A ”crack” resounded as if the Deceitful Emperor heard the sound of his armor shattering.

Even though he sensed something peculiar about Gao Yuanyi’s attack, he immediately deactivated the long White Shield, yet Gao Yuanyi’s attack still caused damage to his armor.

It was the Eye-blocking Technique! The three boxes on [Laplace] did not form a lock!

Gao Yuanyi did not use three identical Skills!

What he just used was not [Violent Disassembly], which can cause high True Damage, but [Shield Overload].

[Shield Overload] can overload the enemy’s shield, rendering it completely ineffective, and inflict damage equal to 10% of the Shield Value.

The Shield Value created by the Deceitful Emperor’s armor was in the millions, even if [Shield Overload] only caused 10% of the Shield Value as damage, it would still inflict hundreds of thousands of damage.

If this attack hit, the composure on the Deceitful Emperor’s face would completely vanish.

Since the Deceitful Emperor converted the damage to himself, Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi clearly included his current Blood Volume in their sights.

Sometimes, not knowing is better.

The Deceitful Emperor’s status was nearly full, and to completely knock down the full-health Deceitful Emperor in such a complex environment was nearly impossible.

To avoid the nearly maniacal suppression of the Deceitful Emperor, Yang Yu did everything he could, but the Deceitful Emperor resolutely changed targets, and continuing to fight would only place Bai Jin and others in danger.

The effect of the Ghost King had already worn off, and only two skills of [Laplace] were left to be used. To be honest, Gao Yuanyi had no confidence in cooperating with such a group of strangers, not to mention, besides the Demon King, the two Four Heavenly Kings were also on the battlefield.

Upon arriving at the Sethis Kingdom, Gao Yuanyi gathered intelligence and learned that the Demon King Army was aggressively attacking the Sailuomen Plain.

About a week or two ago, the Four Heavenly Kings were in stealth for a while and then launched massive attacks on the capitals of various countries.

The Demon King Army attacking the Wansheng Republic didn’t attack the capital for reasons that were much debated.

A little earlier, Gao Yuanyi had gathered information that [Laplace] was gifted by the Demon King to [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne, who was ravaging the Telen Republic.

In theory, to reclaim [Laplace], Gao Yuanyi should have returned to the Telen Republic.

But considering the cost of returning and the probability of success, Gao Yuanyi trusted his intuition, traveling overnight to the Sailuomen Plain, hoping to find people who could assist him and then plan further.

This time, he came to the right place.

Driving along the route the Demon King Army was attacking, Gao Yuanyi’s accompanying satellite captured anomalous weather.

Using a high-precision telescope, Gao Yuanyi spotted the grey barrier opened by the Demon King and rushed to reach it quickly.

Forcing through the Barrier would catch the attention of its user. Gao Yuanyi didn’t know what was happening inside, so he deployed a drone to investigate.

Gao Yuanyi saw Yang Yu entangled with the Demon King, Bai Jin and their group attempting to break the Barrier, and the observing Four Heavenly Kings.

Without much hesitation, Gao Yuanyi wore the Demon King Army uniform he had taken from a military camp and, as Bai Jin and their group interfered with parts of the Barrier Magic’s Magic Technique, he floored the accelerator and entered the grey Barrier alongside Bai Jin and them. Using strategy, he regained [Laplace] from [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne.

Unfortunately, even after reclaiming [Laplace], Gao Yuanyi found it difficult to change the battle’s outcome with his strength alone.

The last steel fragment pieced together on the Steel Giant Dragon, as Black Diamond Lorne transformed into the colossal form of a Steel Giant Dragon, raised its head, letting out a thunderous Dragon Roar.

Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi simultaneously glanced at the Steel Giant Dragon. The attributes of [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne had surged, with both defenses reaching terrifying heights of thirteen thousand, and an additional special [Mechanical Giant Dragon lv.max], which increased the damage dealt by 20% and reduced the damage received by 20%.

The dual attacks of [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne had also grown considerably. With this special [Steel Giant Dragon Buff], his attacks had become formidable.

Sheets of steel scales peeled off [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne, transforming into long steel spears that rained down on everyone present.

”The accumulated Magic Power is enough.

You all will be buried here.

Damned goddess’ apostle!”

The Deceitful Emperor broke free from Yang Yu’s Taunt, the sword blade flickering with a black glow.

The sharp sword blade didn’t slash toward anyone; instead, the Deceitful Emperor knelt halfway down, mobilizing all available Magic Power, stabbing the black sword blade into the ground.

In that instant, black lights burst forth from the ground, shattering the earth, intersecting with the steel spears fired by [Iron Steel Dragon] Black Diamond Lorne.

”Boom! Boom!”

The ground shook, mountains trembled as Yang Yu looked at Gao Yuanyi not far away, asking:

”I know you’re not our enemy. Do you have anything to help us escape?”

Gao Yuanyi gritted his teeth, uncertain of how to answer Yang Yu. [Laplace] had a transfer skill, but it required preparation time.

Months ago, when he ambushed the Demon King, Gao Yuanyi intended to use this skill to escape, but he ultimately failed.

The Demon King also knew of [Laplace], surely guarding against that transfer skill.

Under such dense attacks, Gao Yuanyi could only ensure his own survival.

A Ghost Shadow separated from Gao Yuanyi’s back, swiftly passing through the intersection point of the attacks.

In a relatively safe spot, Gao Yuanyi and the Ghost Shadow switched places.

Smoke rapidly spread, and Yang Yu sensed something amiss. Typically, even if two attacks collided, they wouldn’t produce such massive smoke.

Yang Yu quickly realized this was smoke intentionally created by the Deceitful Emperor.

The Deceitful Emperor’s race was the Deceit Fog Clan. Yang Yu had come across rare documented records in the dragon’s knowledge library while investigating the Demon Clan about this race.

The Deceit Fog Clan lived in an illusion filled with thick fog, causing those in the fog to lose their direction.

Yang Yu was unsure if this fog could count as the fog surrounding an illusion, but most likely, those from the Deceit Fog Clan could discern direction within this fog and launch silent attacks.

Thinking of this, Yang Yu shivered.

Yang Yu shouted at the direction where Bai Jin and their group were located:

”Don’t forcefully engage him in this fog!

Run towards the Demon King Army!

There, it might be clear of fog!”