Chapter 1697: Golden Claw Blood Devil

BOOM!

Just as the Dragonblood Legion and the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples were fighting very steadily, a golden figure flew out of the distant channel .

Everyone jumped in shock . That figure was Guo Ran . The current Guo Ran looked to be in a very sorry state . His originally majestic golden armor was now covered in scars .

“Boss, boss!” Guo Ran flew straight toward Long Chen .

“What is it?”

“Boss, some terrifying monsters have appeared inside . Their power is so great that even one against one, I can’t beat them . I almost lost my life . Take a look . ”

Guo Ran pointed to a hole in the shoulder of his armor . Blood was slowly flowing out . Shockingly, this injury was caused by a claw .

Guo Ran’s armor was composed of dozens of Ancestral items that were joined together into a perfect formation . Damaging any area meant having to break the defenses of all the other regions . It was completely unexpected for Guo Ran’s armor to be pierced straight through by a claw .

“At first, only one of those golden-clawed monsters appeared . I activated the mechanism on my chest that caught it by surprise and heavily injured it . That allowed me to kill it . However, then five of them appeared at once! I almost pissed myself! I ran for my life . ”

If Guo Ran had been surrounded by those monsters, his armor wouldn’t have lasted very long before being destroyed by their claws . Without his armor, he would be doomed .

“What did they look like?” asked Long Chen .

“They are very similar to humans . Their bodies are covered in blood-colored runes, and they have a bone spur on their back and a horn on their head . Their golden claws are giant and extremely sharp . ”

“Then it should be the Golden Claw Blood Devils from legends . ”

Long Chen nodded . The legends said that the Golden Claw Blood Devils were a high-level race amongst the devil race . They weren’t mindless killing machines like the devil creatures they were currently killing . They had their own intelligence . Their golden claws grew straight out of their flesh .

Those claws were their divine ability, possessing a special power that allowed them to break through defenses . Adding on their power and speed, their combat power was not one bit inferior to an Empyrean .

Guo Ran wouldn’t even be worried about an ordinary Empyrean, but the Golden Claw Blood Devil’s claws could tear through his defense . Without his armor, he had no confidence .

“If the Golden Claw Blood Devils have appeared, then the channel won’t be able to endure for much longer before it grows again . It really is an unprecedented eruption . We’ve entered our great era, but our opponents have entered their great era as well . We can only face them head-on,” said Long Chen .

Originally, he had been hoping to bring back more of the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples when this was over . However, that hope vanished .

“Brothers of the Dao Sect, when the big fight starts, we will take the front . The Dragonblood warriors will defend you, while you are to defend the final wall behind you . Do you understand what that wall signifies? If it is broken, the devil creatures will flood the channel . They will charge their way into all the various large sects . Once they break their seals, they’ll slaughter countless innocent people . The Eastern Xuan Region and the Martial Heaven Continent as a whole will face a calamity . I think that all of you know what must be done . ”

“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, don’t worry! We will also be powerful heroes . We aren’t cowards afraid of death!”

“I’ve already had the blood of so many of my brothers spill on this ground . We won’t let their blood be spilled for nothing . Even if we have to die, we will defend this channel . We won’t give a single inch!”

The Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples roared, their blood burning inside them . Having seen the disciples beside them die one by one, they were filled with fury and killing intent .

They had just learned how to trust their companions . This was their first time entrusting their lives to others .

Many of them had sacrificed their lives so that others could live . That filled the survivors with grief, as well as hatred for these devil creatures .

Explosive sounds suddenly came from the distant channel . It grew larger once more, and an endless flood of blood-colored devil creatures poured onto the battlefield .

These blood-colored devil creatures were even more bloodthirsty and ruthless . Their fellow devil creatures that were in their way would be directly trampled or torn apart to make a path for themselves .

“Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Wan-er, Cloud, Ruyan, Li Qi, Mingyuan, push the battle line forward and guard the entrance . Together, you will hold back the flood . Guo Ran, get out your giant crossbow and support them from long range . Pay special attention to the Golden Claw Blood Devils . Gu Yang, you lead the Dragonblood Legion and create the second defensive line . Zifeng, I’ll leave the Golden Claw Blood Devils to you . Their attacks are extremely sharp, and they’re fast . Take care . ” Long Chen quickly made a new deployment in the face of this change .

“Alright . ” Yue Zifeng, who had yet to fight, nodded . Without waiting for Meng Qi or the others, he sprang forward to the very front of the battlefield, targeting one of the Golden Claw Blood Devils .

That Golden Claw Blood Devil roared and slashed its claws at him . Its immense power and its terrifying speed made its claws emit an ear-piercing whistle . Golden light exploded . It was like space could not endure the power of its claws .

The distant Empyreans were stunned . This Golden Claw Blood Devil’s attack seemed to be on par with one of their full-strength attacks based on its pressure .

Within that blinding golden light, a sword came out of its sheath . A flash of sword-light appeared .

The golden light instantly vanished . The roaring Golden Claw Blood Devil stiffened, and its body split into two halves . It was evenly split from head to toe . Even its claw was perfectly cut in two . That precision was unbelievable .

That Golden Claw Blood Devil was killed . Yue Zifeng was already gone before its body began to split apart, charging toward another Golden Claw Blood Devil .

People only saw another flash of sword-light before that Golden Claw Blood Devil was also killed . Yue Zifeng moved toward the third Golden Claw Blood Devil .

“What terrifying attack power . ”

“No wonder it’s said that sword cultivators are number one in terms of offense . ”

“The sword is his god . That’s a true sword cultivator . ”

Other than Long Chen, everyone present was stunned by Yue Zifeng’s attacks . Those terrifying Golden Claw Blood Devils were unable to resist in front of him .

Even Guo Ran, Li Qi, Song Mingyuan, Gu Yang, and the others familiar with Yue Zifeng had not expected his attacks to have reached such a level .

“Zifeng’s sword arts have once more improved . This offensive power truly is stunning,” sighed Long Chen emotionally .

The reason Yue Zifeng was so strong was because of his firm and unyielding drive as well as his infatuation with the sword .

Yue Zifeng’s current sword was not an Ancestral item . It wasn’t even a King item . It was just an ordinary weapon .

It was something he had obtained from Ling Yunzi in the Heavenly Sword Gate . Ling Yunzi had said that true sword cultivators didn’t rely on a divine weapon to improve their attacks . That was a kind of blasphemy to the sword .

Yue Zifeng was holding a completely normal sword, yet his attacks were unstoppable . It was a kind of incomprehensible divine ability .

Following Yue Zifeng, Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Liu Ruyan, and the others also charged forward . While passing a suitable location, Li Qi slammed his hands on the ground, summoning a square platform that soared into the sky .

Guo Ran flew onto it, placing a giant golden crossbow on it . It was dozens of meters wide . This was a bow he had made along with his armor . It represented his highest achievements on the Forging Dao . Both the armor and the crossbow were the masterpieces he was most pleased with .

Li Qi had given him a good platform to shoot from . Here, his arrows could reach anywhere on the battlefield . This crossbow was something he had named Army Breaker, so its full name was the Army Breaker Divine Bow, in reference to his old bow .

The Army Breaker Divine Bow’s runes lit up, and a ray of golden light shot out, striking a Golden Claw Blood Devil in the distance .

It was too fast for anyone to react to . People were only able to see a flash of golden light before that Golden Claw Blood Devil exploded . It was impossible to track the trajectory of the arrow .

This crossbow was an extremely sinister invention of Guo Ran’s . It combined spatial and illusionary runes . By the time people saw the arrow leave the bow, the arrow would have already struck .

That was because Guo Ran would activate the illusion to make it seem he was shooting, when in reality, he had already shot . Due to the concealment of the illusion runes, there was the misperception of a fraction of a second .

That slight difference was enough for his attack to land before others could see his strike . When Guo Ran had first made a demonstration for Long Chen, Long Chen had praised Guo Ran for this invention, saying it was a divine conning ability, one that would kill people without them even realizing how they died .

“Fuck, so a Golden Claw Blood Devil is actually worth fifty million points!” Guo Ran was delighted to realize this . While he had killed another one before on the other side of the channel, it had been too dangerous and he hadn’t had time to look .

Just as he said this, a hand clapped him on the back of his head . Long Chen’s roar rang out . “Focus on the task at hand!”

Long Chen had appeared behind Guo Ran without him even realizing it . Seeing that this little fellow was actually so bored as to take a peek at the Devil Slaughter Rankings, Long Chen had an urge to throw him back to the other side of the channel .

“Oh, my bad!”

Guo Ran hastily focused himself . He slowly turned the Army Breaker Divine Bow . Due to its immense size, the turning wasn’t so nimble, and he needed it to be immobile to be accurate .

Chu Yao, Tang Wan-er, Liu Ruyan, Li Qi, and Song Mingyuan were unleashing large-area attacks, limiting the movements of the Golden Claw Blood Devils . That gave Guo Ran enough time to attack . He killed one with each arrow, delighting him .

“Boss, take a look . Have I managed to take back first place?!” shouted Guo Ran excitedly as he shot .