The banshee's kick landed on Lu Ye's chest, almost knocking him off the spirit boat.
If Lu Ye didn't have a flying spiritual artifact, he would definitely die in the face of such an overlord-level great demon. Therefore, after suffering that kick, Lu Ye almost instinctively hooked his feet onto his spirit boat and flew out with the spirit boat.
After stabilizing himself with great difficulty, Lu Ye hastily looked around, but didn't see the banshee anywhere.
Sensing danger from above, Lu Ye quickly looked up.
With the scorching sun in the sky, the Banshee's figure quickly swooped down from above. The nine Spirit Tools that flew out turned into streams of light and attacked the Banshee head-on. Accompanied by a series of clanking sounds, all the Spirit Tools were bounced off by the Banshee's claws.
This scene caused Lu Ye's heart to palpitate. He truly understood the gap between himself and a powerful Great Demon.
He had seen two overlord-level Yao Beasts. One was Xiao Hui in the encampment, and the other was Ying Jiao he had encountered in the Sky Pillar Sect's territory. However, regardless of whether it was Xiao Hui or Ying Jiao, Lu Ye had never fought them head-on.
This banshee was the first Great Demon Beast he had ever faced.
With his Tian Qi cultivation, he had recently killed quite a few Sky Tier 9 cultivators. However, even Sky Tier 9 cultivators were nothing in front of a powerful Great Demon Beast.
The so-called overlord level was an existence that could dominate the entire battlefield.
This hasty encounter wasn't because the banshee had ambushed him. She had clearly sensed someone approaching while resting and had attacked.
Lu Ye felt that he was unlucky. If he hadn't been curious and ran back to investigate, he wouldn't have encountered such a situation.
Facing the banshee, Lu Ye had nowhere to run. He could only take a deep breath and raise his Mountain Coiling Saber. A streak of light flashed across the blade, increasing its sharpness.
A straight stab!
This was a stab Lu Ye made at the maximum distance possible. It was also a stab that contained all of his strength. He had high hopes for this stab.
However, the Banshee only tilted her neck slightly, and the sharp edge of the Mountain Coiling Blade left a bloody gash on her fair neck. Before Lu Ye could cut her, the Banshee kicked her in the chest.
Lu Ye's entire chest went numb. His body froze for a moment before crashing to the ground. The spirit boat under his feet could not withstand such a huge impact and broke apart.
Boom …
A crater appeared in the dark-red ground, and Lu Ye crashed to the ground. This wasn't the end of it. The demoness pounced on him like a maggot, clawing at him.
Dust flew into the air, and when the ground cracked, Lu Ye had already gotten up and fled. His legs were augmented by flying spirit tattoos, and his mouth and nose were full of blood.
He had never been in such a sorry state before.
The difference in strength was simply too great. He was no match for Zhang Xuan at all.
His air-transportation spiritual artifact had also been destroyed. Lu Ye felt the aura of death chasing after him like an invisible beast.
Gradually, the feeling of his life hanging by a thread disappeared.
Lu Ye hastily turned his head to look back and found that the demoness was actually standing in the same place, quietly looking at him with those scarlet eyes. She didn't chase after him, and even nimbly retreated a few dozen meters, returning to the spot where Lu Ye had first discovered her.
After confirming that the other party had no intention of pursuing him, Lu Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, he realized that it wasn't that the other party didn't want to kill him, but that she couldn't.
In the Land of Fire, the deeper one went, the more intense the environment became. With Lu Ye's strength, he could only reach a distance of two hundred meters from the center.
Although this demoness was an overlord-level existence, she also had her limits.
Her current limit was her current position. If she went any deeper, even she wouldn't be able to withstand it. This was why she had retreated a few dozen meters.
Realizing this, Lu Ye felt completely relieved.
From a distance of nearly a hundred meters, Lu Ye looked down at his chest. His heart was a bloody mess, having been pierced by the demoness' sharp claws. Fortunately, the wound wasn't deep, and his chest was slightly sunken. He raised his hand and pressed on it. His ribs hurt, most likely some bone fractures. The other party's kick was too powerful.
Lu Ye sheathed the Mountain Plate Saber beside him and put away the spirit artifacts in his weapon case. Then, he took out a few healing pills and swallowed them.
After adjusting his breathing for a while and confirming that he was fine, Lu Ye grabbed the Mountain Plate Saber and walked toward the demoness.
Compared to before, the demoness's scarlet eyes were much less malicious. Instead, they were filled with curiosity, as if she was wondering how this creature, who was much weaker than her, could withstand the harsh environment and walk further than her.
She tilted her head and sized up Lu Ye, her eyes full of scrutiny.
When he was about sixty meters away from the demoness, Lu Ye expressionlessly stared at her. In the next instant, his weapon case trembled, and nine streaks of light shot toward the demoness.
If the other party didn't dare to go too deep, then no matter how strong she was, she would still be a target. After seeing how nimble the demoness was, Lu Ye didn't dare to fight her in close combat. However, with the help of a spirit artifact, he didn't have to worry about this.
After being beaten up for no reason and almost losing his life, how could Lu Ye just let it go?
The nine streaks of light arrived in front of the demoness at almost the same time. Under Lu Ye's precise control, they attacked from different angles.
Then, Lu Ye saw what it meant to move like lightning.
The demoness didn't move at all. Her claws turned into a series of afterimages. After a series of clanging sounds, more than half of the nine streaks of light were knocked away, not hurting the demoness at all.
Not only that, but three spirit artifacts were caught in the demoness's hands. They struggled like living creatures, but they couldn't break free.
The demoness seemed to have seen spirit artifacts for the first time. She looked down at the struggling objects in her hands.
The corners of Lu Ye's eyes twitched.
He could accept that the other party dodged or even knocked away his spirit artifacts. After all, she was an overlord-level existence. Her strength had reached the limit of what the Spirit Stream Battlefield could accommodate. However, it was a little awkward to take away his three spirit artifacts like this.
Under the other party's restraint, it was wishful thinking for Lu Ye to take back his spirit artifacts.
Trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it.
With a thought, the three spirit artifacts that the demoness was playing with flashed with brilliance, and explosive spirit inscriptions instantly formed.
Since returning from the Immortal Essence City, Lu Ye had been able to add spirit inscriptions to his spirit artifacts. However, he hadn't tried to add explosive spirit inscriptions to them.
He had only used these spirit inscriptions as the core to set up an explosive array before.
The demoness's perception was undoubtedly very sharp. Just as the explosive spirit inscriptions formed, she raised her hand and threw the three spirit artifacts out.
With three loud bangs, the three spirit artifacts lost most of their spirituality. Their luster dimmed, and their internal restrictions were destroyed. They lost their original functions.
Lu Ye did a quick calculation. Ever since he had met this demoness, he had lost a spirit boat and three imperial weapons. He had even been beaten to the point of having his bones broken …
What a loss!
Without any hesitation, he turned around and left. The difference in strength was too great. Lu Ye had already given up on killing the demoness.
The Heavenly Secret Business Alliance had caused him a lot of trouble. The map clearly stated that there were only three overlord-level demonic beasts in the Hidden Fog Mountain. However, there was a fourth one in the Land of Fire. This was obviously a mistake in the information. It definitely wasn't his fault.
"Wait!" The demoness suddenly spoke. Her voice was a little hoarse, but there was a hint of charm in it.
Lu Ye was a little surprised. He didn't expect her to be able to speak.
This demoness wasn't a demonic cultivator. Lu Ye had specially observed her before. She didn't have any spirit artifacts, nor did she have any signs of cultivation. She fought with her instincts and demonic energy.
Real Demonic Cultivators were different from her. Demonic Cultivators lived in perfect harmony with the Human Clan. They took the path of Enlightened Apertures cultivation. Many sects had Demonic Cultivators as disciples. They were no different from the Human Clan except for some slight differences in appearance.
This demoness could be seen as a demonic cultivator.
Demonic cultivators were different from demonic cultivators. The former's life and cultivation were more primitive, similar to demonic beasts.
Lu Ye didn't know what the demoness's true form was because there weren't many traces of demonic cultivation left on her. However, judging from her nimble body, her true form shouldn't be too big.
During the battle, the demoness didn't speak and was so curious about the spirit artifacts. Lu Ye thought she hadn't come into contact with humans. Now, it seemed that wasn't the case.
At least she could speak.
Lu Ye stopped and turned around to look back.
Their eyes met. The demoness spoke again. "Bring me the thing inside!"
"What's inside?"
"A ball of fire. I can feel it. It's a very powerful ball of fire."
From the looks of it, the demoness also wanted to enter the center of the Land of Fire to search for the legendary fire-type treasure. Although she was unable to reach the center with her strength, she could still feel the existence of the ball of fire.
A treasure that even an overlord-level existence coveted couldn't be bad.
Lu Ye thought of Ying Jiao. Ying Jiao was extremely eager for his scales. It seemed that the ball of fire in the depths of the Land of Fire was as useful to the demoness as the scales were to Ying Jiao.
He turned around and continued moving forward.
"I'll wait for you here!" The demoness's voice came from behind.
Lu Ye pretended not to hear it.
He had traveled a long way here for the same goal as the demoness. Not only did she beat him up, but she also wanted him to bring the thing out to her. She must be dreaming.
A ball of fire. It looked like that ball of fire was the source of this land of fire. Lu Ye was very curious. Just what kind of ball of fire was it that could turn an area of thousands of miles into such a dangerous place?
While moving forward, Lu Ye rummaged through his Storage Bag.
His original Spirit Boat had been destroyed, so he had to quickly refine another flight type spirit artifact.
The previous Spirit Boat was obtained from Sky Bearing Sect's Yuan Guang. Yuan Guang was only an ordinary Ninth Order cultivator, so the quality of his Spirit Boat was mediocre. Recently, Lu Ye had killed so many Heaven Grade cultivators, so naturally, he had obtained a lot of flight type spirit artifacts.
Among them, Lu Ye chose a spirit artifact that was similar in shape to the previous Spirit Boat and pushed his Spirit Qi to refine the seal on it. With Lu Ye's current cultivation and the purity of his Spirit Qi, it wouldn't take him much effort to refine such a spirit artifact.
After a stick of incense worth of time, another flight type spirit artifact appeared under Lu Ye's feet. Compared to the previous one, this one was undoubtedly of better quality. Boosted in flight, the Spirit Boat turned into a stream of light and flew forward.
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