Human Clan Defender

Blood Pool!

Blood Cocoon!

Yin Xiu gazed at the Blood Cocoon with burning eyes, yet he kept his composure well.

Upon his arrival, the Blood Cocoon trembled, and a chilling, eerie voice emanated from within.

"I sense a familiar aura on you; who are you!"

"I am Yin Xiu of the Demon Evil Clan. My tribe has heard that one of our kind has been born here, so I was specifically sent to extend an invitation, hoping you would join our Demon Evil Clan," Yin Xiu said calmly, telling the truth.

"Demon Evil Clan!"

The voice inside the Blood Cocoon murmured to itself. It seemed somewhat tempted, yet as if it were considering something.

After that, the same voice spoke again, "I feel a familiar aura from you; it seems we indeed come from the same clan."

The voice from the Blood Cocoon grew even colder.

Right after that, the voice posed another question.

"Are there many strong ones in the Demon Evil Clan?"

"Many." Yin Xiu's face bore a proud expression. "In the Demon Evil Clan, there are numerous beings stronger than you and I. If you join our Demon Evil Clan, you will surely receive the protection of our clan. Even the Human Clan will not be able to harm you."

The might of the Demon Evil Clan was something beyond the comprehension of such newly born evils.

Upon hearing this, the Blood Cocoon fell silent.

Moments later, another sound came from within.

"As someone with strength like yours or mine, would I be considered a strong one within the Demon Evil Clan?"

"Anyone who ranks among the Demon Evil is considered strong," Yin Xiu gave a definitive answer. He never thought of himself as a weakling.

"I see." The voice inside the Blood Cocoon fluctuated, "I feel I am about to break through, but I am missing something. Could you help me?"

Help!

Yin Xiu fell into thought. Then he responded calmly, "There are a few people of the Human Clan in Luyang City now, and they are all strong. If you could devour them, you would definitely succeed in breaking through."

"I am aware of those two from the Human Clan." The Blood Cocoon's voice settled down once more. "But they have not come this way, and since I haven't succeeded in my breakthrough, it's also inconvenient for me to act. That's a bit troublesome."

After a pause, the voice from the Blood Cocoon transmitted again.

"The person beside you, can I devour her? If I can, I'm almost certain I would break through."

On hearing this, Su Wan'er was chilled to the bone. She felt a great threat emanating from the Blood Cocoon. That feeling almost made her flee immediately, but considering her own identity and the presence of Yin Xiu, she forcefully suppressed the impulse. Until the last moment, she dared not flee. If Yin Xiu were to hold her accountable, not even the Eternal Alliance Master could save her.

Yin Xiu glanced at Su Wan'er and shook his head, "This person is considered one of our own; I'm afraid I cannot meet your request."

"Is that so—"

The voice of the Blood Cocoon deepened.

In the next instant, the blood pool shook, countless tendrils flew up from beneath the pool, and the voice from inside the Blood Cocoon abruptly became sharp and piercing.

"Since she cannot be eaten, then devouring you will be the same!"

The tendrils hurtled through the air, carrying a strong blood stench that was nauseating.

Yin Xiu's complexion changed drastically, "You're insane!"

It hadn't occurred to him that the Blood Cocoon would dare to attack him. Didn't it realize he was of the Demon Evil Clan? And given the power of the Demon Evil Clan, eradicating it wouldn't be much of a problem.

While speaking, Yin Xiu rapidly retreated, a surge of Yin Evil Aura billowing, shattering those incoming tendrils into dust.

Meanwhile, caught off guard, Su Wan'er found one of her arms entangled by a blood tentacle.

Making a split-second decision, she used the power of Yin Evil to sever her own arm and then quickly withdrew.

RUMBLE!!

With the Blood Cocoon making its move, the entire blood pool erupted into chaos.

Not just that, the countless mounds of corpses similarly trembled violently, and one by one, dried corpses tumbled down where, to the horror of the two onlookers, they fully resurrected, swarming densely towards them.

"Damn it!" Yin Xiu was seething with anger. He had come with good intentions to recruit the other party, only for them to not only refuse but also attempt to devour him.

Rage! An unprecedented fury! Even after Shen Changqing had cut off one of his arms, Yin Xiu hadn't felt this angry. It was a feeling, as if he had been betrayed by his own kin.

BOOM!!

The Yin Evil Aura exploded, pulverizing all the approaching dried corpses in the face of its power.

But it was no use because there were too many dried corpses. Even though many had shattered, a glance still revealed an endless sea of them.

And that wasn't all. The Blood Cocoon occasionally attacked, launching sneak attacks from the shadows.

"What should we do now, sir!" Su Wan'er's pretty face was deathly pale. One of her arms had been severed, and even though the bleeding had stopped, the loss of strength was hard to recover from. Together with that endless sea of dried corpses, it was enough to make one despair.

Upon hearing this, Yin Xiu's face turned cold as ice, "We fight our way out first. He will regret this."

Atop a high-rise building, Shen Changqing and Xun Qu looked at this scene, exchanging glances, seemingly taken aback.

Originally, they had planned to directly find the old lair of the Demon Evil and stop it from breaking through. However, they hadn't yet located the Demon Evil's lair and were instead attracted by the commotion of the battle between Yin Xiu and the Blood Cocoon. By the time they climbed up the high-rise building to watch, they were shocked to discover that the two Demon Evils seemed to have turned on each other.

Xun Qu's expression was bizarre, "I was worried that they would join forces, but now it seems my concern was somewhat superfluous."

Joining forces. What a joke. Does this scene look like they're about to form an alliance?

Shen Changqing's gaze fixated there, "The people of Luyang City are not enough for its breakthrough; it wants to devour that Demon Evil completely."

After saying that, he turned his attention back to those resurrected dried corpses. From their clothes, it was not hard to recognize the identity of those corpses.

Those—were the people of Luyang City.

That Demon Evil slaughtered all the citizens and then turned their bodies into puppets—hundreds of thousands of them. Even though each puppet was only equivalent to a Martial Artist of the Body Tempering Realm, it was still terrifying.

Two hundred thousand in the Body Tempering Realm. On the battlefield, the effect they could unleash was unimaginable.

Normally, two hundred thousand Martial Artists of the Body Tempering Realm would not be able to stop a Demon Evil, though the Demon Evil might not be able to handle so many people. But if it wanted to leave, it could do so at any time.

However, Yin Xiu was already injured, and with the Blood Cocoon's covert attacks, there was no chance of escape.

Every attempt to flee was exactly intercepted by the Blood Cocoon.

When Yin Xiu was blocked, the dried corpses rushed up at the first opportunity.

Biting with their teeth. Scratching with their hands.

The Scale Armor of the Demon Evil itself was the best defensive weapon; no matter how the dried corpses bit and scratched, they couldn't breach its defense.

That said, with so many dried corpses blocking the way, Yin Xiu also had no chance of escaping temporarily.

"Elder Shen must not have seen such a scene before!" Xun Qu's voice reached his ears.

Shen Changqing turned his head to look and met his gaze.

Before he could reply, Xun Qu continued on his own, "This is the terror of the Demon Evil. If a powerful Demon Evil appears, it could lead to the death of an entire city's population in the worst case. This is why Great Qin has established the Demon-Subduing Division in various places. The purpose is, whenever there's a Demon Evil calamity in a place, the Demon-Subduing Division can lend aid at the first instance. While this approach cannot entirely prevent Demon Evils from massacring cities, such occurrences have indeed become much less frequent compared to before."

Massacring cities by Demon Evils!

A heaviness settled in Shen Changqing's heart.

Xun Qu said, "Whenever a Demon Evil massacres a city, it's usually the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Those who die to the powerful Demon Evils also turn into their puppets, causing a great impact. If it's a single Demon Evil, the Demon-Subduing Division can handle it. But like the situation now, with the addition of a few hundred thousand puppet army, that becomes difficult to deal with."

An army of one is ultimately a rarity. Even a Grandmaster Level powerhouse, while able to become an army of one, cannot truly act with impunity. Armies vary in size. A Grandmaster Peak had only just stepped onto the threshold of being an army of one. To not fear the trouble of two hundred thousand puppets was not something an ordinary Grandmaster Peak or even a Defender Envoy could achieve. Not to mention, a powerful Demon Evil also hid among the puppets.

Xun Qu's words caused Shen Changqing to fall silent. He had been with the Demon-Subduing Division for not a short time, and in the span of two to three years, he had seen many scenes of Demon Evil disasters.

However, compared to those scenes, the current situation was far worse.

In the past, it was only about a village's people being wiped out. Now, it was an entire city's population annihilated.

The endless dried corpses and that vast pool of blood; even at a great distance, the smell of blood could clearly waft over.

After a long while, Shen Changqing said, "That Demon Evil is strong, but it's still somewhat inferior compared to the one in Luyang City, especially since it's injured. If the Luyang City Demon Evil is allowed to devour it, its breakthrough is certain."

"Let's wait and see; no need to act rashly." Xun Qu had a faint smile on his face, as if he had a winning hand. "Demon Evils aren't as simple as you think. Every Demon Evil has its own life-saving means. That Demon Evil might be trapped right now, but it hasn't revealed its true trump card yet. Let's wait a bit more. Let's act once the Demon Evil has exposed its trump cards and both are injured from fighting one another."

Defender Xun wants to benefit as the third party.

"If we can save a bit of effort, then let's save it. That Demon Evil is desperate to break through, or else it wouldn't act. Right now, we wait for the right moment, preferably to ensure that one strike decides the outcome. We don't have to kill it completely but must severely injure it. Otherwise, with the strength of that Demon Evil, even if you and I join forces, we wouldn't have a hundred percent certainty of suppressing it."

Demon Evils are not inanimate objects. If they can't beat you, they will run. Blocking a powerful Demon Evil that's determined to flee is not so easy.