Chapter 260: Deception.

The flames grew stronger as they made their way through the sky and over the heads of the demons before spiralling toward the woman that had abandoned both Major Niu and Reulla. He couldn't keep in his anger after seeing such a thing and so decided to do something about it.

He knew first hand what it was like to be in a situation where one person flees to save themselves and in turn damns everyone else to a brutal death. He had seen it before on both sides and he could never forgive the cowardness of the people who would do such a thing to their own people.

The demons down below, Major Niu and Ruella all looked up at the sky as it became coated in a thick layer of fire before the flame hurdled towards the woman that had abandoned the fight and made contact with her leg as she flew off into the distance.

She looked down at the flames that were covering her foot and ankle before shaking them to try to put them out as she continued to fly. But no matter how hard she tried the flames didn't die out. They weren't painful to her yet they were spreading across her whole body which caused her to panic.

Before suddenly she was engulfed completely in fire and the heat intensified as it began to burn her skin until it was red and covered in blisters.

"Agh!" The woman screamed out in pain as the burns got worse and worse before burning through her skin and down into her flesh. Her tongue and throat were completely melted and she couldn't make a noise as the flames turned her into ashes.

It was a brutal death for anyone to endure but a deserter on the battlefield was no longer a person. They were a coward. Nothing more and nothing less. Haru felt proud of himself for getting rid of such a person but his act of vengeance had brought attention to him from everyone below him.

Haru looked down at the floor to see that all of the demons were looking up at him along with both Major Niu and Ruella.

'I guess this is it. I can't run away from something like this. I just hope that I can buy enough time for those two to gather their strength.' Haru thought as he looked over at Ruella and winked.

He was sure that she could see him and he just hoped that she would understand what he meant by winking. Ruella whispered in Major Niu's ear before both sitting on the ground and circulating their Qi now that the demons were no longer paying attention to them.

They were now focused solely on Haru and he felt like he was now in the spotlight. He would have to fight for his life or die trying to survive.

"I'm guessing you regret intervening in this matter don't you?" Li Jun asked as he floated next to Haru.

"Maybe a little… But I can't stand by and watch as two women are murdered by an army of demons, can I? I was the one who made the call for help so their lives are my responsibility. I don't want to lose a single person if that's possible." Haru replied to Li Jun's teasing with seriousness.

"That's right. Make sure you keep that mindset. No matter what difficulties you may face make sure you hold onto your empathy or else you will turn into something worse than any monster you have even heard about before.

I was a little worried when you first came to me and I started teaching you because you have an old soul that has reincarnated. But I can see that is what makes you who you are. I am proud to be your teacher so don't fail me and die to this mob of boneheads.

The sword in your hands is enough to cut down hundreds of these guys so make sure that you use it to its full potential and don't hold back." Li Jun instructed Haru on what to do and then let him go ahead with whatever he had in mind.

Haru's eyes glistened with determination as he descended down to the ground beneath him and stood tall and confident before the army of demons. He believed in Li Jun's words and held out his sword by his side as he waited for them to approach him.

But upon seeing the air of confidence that Haru had, the demons stopped dead in their tracks and waited to see if he was going to take the initiative to attack them.

Someone who could lock eyes with more than thirty people at the peak strength of the realm and not show a single ounce of fear was not someone they could underestimate.

The fact that Haru had a flooded soul ocean hid his cultivation stage from them and they couldn't do anything to determine his strength. They watched on and stayed cautious of him but then suddenly the leader of the group of demons stepped forward to address Haru who was an unknown factor in their eyes.

"Who are you? Someone of your strength shouldn't be in this world… Were you sent by the Divine Palace to stop us?" The demon asked with a worried expression on his face.

'The divine palace? Oh, that was the name of the circle that the top sects in the upper realm belonged to wasn't it?' Haru thought back to when Sect Master Shen had told him about the dark phantom wreaking havoc in the upper realm. He remembered the name since they were the ones responsible for driving the black star sect into hiding.

Haru thought of how to reply to the man as he looked around at the faces of the demons that stood behind him. They were also worried about the possibility of Haru being a big shot in the upper realm.

"You know of the divine palace? How is that possible? We made sure to block off the road to the upper realms far before any of you were born." Haru put on his best act to intimidate them.

He remembered how Teacher Lin had told him that the road to the upper realm was blocked hundreds of years ago and there were only a few ways for someone to enter. The divine palace was located in the upper realm so if the demons belonged to the middle realm they wouldn't know about the divine palace.

"Hehehe, You underestimate how far and wide our spies are spread across the cosmos. There isn't any information that our demon clan can't get our hands-on. Just knowing about the divine palace is nothing.

I bet I know what sect you're from… Given the fact that you are wielding a sword of such high quality then you are definitely from the Divine Sword Sect. Hehehe." The demon began to laugh while thinking that he knew something about Haru's identity but little did he know that it was all a bluff.

"So you know where I am from… Why does it amuse you so much? Don't you also know what I am capable of doing if I turn my blade toward you?" Haru was a little confused as to why he was laughing so he decided to act a little more and try to figure out what he was thinking.

"Well, that's because I stalled you. I wasn't talking to you because I am interested in anything you have to say. But because I distracted you enough so that you wouldn't notice that I sent one of my men to notify the captain that someone from the divine palace is here.

And you should know. The captain is in possession of a divine artefact. The restrictions of this lower realm no longer affect him. He has his full strength and he will be able to crush you within a heartbeat. There's nothing you can do to fight back unless you brought an army of people from the upper realm.

But I am yet to see them if that's the case." The demon began to laugh out loud once more as he thought that he had Haru cornered but as he turned his head to look back at his men he was shocked to see that they were all lying dead on the ground.

Including the one that he had sent to notify the captain of the demons. They were all dead and he didn't have a clue how it had happened. He quickly looked back at Haru as he heard him laughing from behind him.

"You actually thought that someone from the upper realm had come to help us fight? I wish things were that easy. No one even knows where this galaxy is located so what would make you think something like that.

You thought that you had a grasp on the situation based on a few facts you know about the upper realm and even thought that I was from the divine palace. If you weren't here to try to kill me then I would think that you were here to become a clown.

But hey, Don't be too upset. Everyone knows that all warfare is based on deception. You only have yourself to blame for not being smart enough to know that this planet isn't worth two shits to the divine palace." Haru said with a smile as Ruella took a stance behind the demon and ripped his head from his shoulders with a single shot from a metallic looking bow she held in her hands.