My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel

The southern battlefield was littered with corpses.

The few remaining were forced to retreat step by step by the Demon Race, having fallen back to the last line of defense at Lin Yuan City.

The teachers and students who came to intercept were almost completely wiped out!

Now, only Ying Bing, Gu Qianqian, and a few others were still struggling to hold on.

The reason they could survive until now was largely due to Xia Xiu's deliberate protection!

But the status of this City Lord of Lin Yuan City was extremely dire.

His entire body was drenched in blood, indistinguishable whether it was his own or the enemy's.

The originally robust body now had only one arm left!

Yet even so, he still stood like a spear at the forefront of the group.

"Crack!"

The remaining left hand clenched tightly, nails embedding deeply into the palm.

Bloodshot eyes stared intently at the demon tide surging ahead, burning with an unrelenting hatred.

Many of the teachers from the National Academy had been his comrades in life-and-death battles.

And now...

A hint of sorrow flashed in Xia Xiu's eyes.

When intercepting the Demon Race, they fought until the last moment——

Even in death, they would self-destruct their domain to desperately take down a Commander Level demon.

But even so, the remaining number of demons still made Xia Xiu feel hopeless.

His gaze swept over Ying Bing and Gu Qianqian beside him, and his voice was eerily calm:

"You should leave..."

"We can't hold them off."

"There's no need to die in vain."

Although he urged Ying Bing and Gu Qianqian to leave, he himself did not move, not taking a single step back.

Not far behind was Lin Yuan City.

This action's failure...

Would mean Lin Yuan City would inevitably be slaughtered by the Demon Race!

And as the City Lord of Lin Yuan City...

He swore to live and die with this city!

However——

As Xia Xiu's words fell, not a single person moved.

Gu Qianqian's body was also injured, but her eyes were full of determination:

"Lin Yuan City is where I was born and raised, and I cannot stand by and watch it be destroyed by the Demon Race!"

She paused, her tone suddenly softening when she turned to Ying Bing:

"But Ying Bing... you're different."

"I know you like my brother, and... your talent might compare to his."

"Go, find Gu Xing... avenge us!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Bing was struck like lightning, frozen in place.

Like... Gu Xing?

The secret she had buried deepest, uncovered by Gu Qianqian just like that!

She turned to Gu Qianqian in panic, wanting to deny it.

But faced with Gu Qianqian's certain gaze, she lowered her head.

She could not speak...

What Gu Qianqian said was the truth.

Even though she kept deceiving herself that her feelings for Gu Xing were not love.

But in front of Gu Xing's closest person, at this moment...

All her self-deception collapsed in an instant.

"Ying Bing, leave this place!"

Gu Qianqian repeated once more.

Knowing the inevitable deadly conclusion, she didn't want Ying Bing to stay here and die.

But Ying Bing shook her head vigorously, her hair flying in the wind.

She loved Gu Xing!

Therefore, she could not watch Gu Qianqian sacrifice herself before her eyes.

She must protect everyone related to Gu Xing!

What's more...

Ying Bing's gaze crossed the battlefield and looked at the majestic city in the twilight.

Is this... where he grew up?

Her slender fingers unconsciously touched her chest.

"Thump, thump, thump——"

The heartbeat was deafening, so fast it seemed like it would leap out of her chest.

So this is..... love!!

Wanting to protect everything related to him!

Realizing her feelings, Ying Bing suddenly lifted her head, her lips bit until they turned pale:

"Sis... sister..."

"Can I... call you that?"

Gu Qianqian was first stunned, then a smile appeared on her face.

Ying Bing's words already reflected her choice!

Having such a girl like her brother was that brat's fortune.

Gu Qianqian shifted her gaze from Ying Bing to the Demon Race, speaking slowly:

"Ying Bing, if we survive this, I'll make that brat marry you!"

Hearing this, Ying Bing's cheeks flushed.

Marry her?

Just imagining it made her heart race...

But the next second, her gaze swept over the surging Demon Race army, the ice-blue eyes gradually dimmed.

Unfortunately, they cannot return...

She closed her eyes slowly, her long lashes casting a shadow on her pale face.

But at least——

In the last moments, she wanted to do something for Gu Xing!

"Boom——"

Vast spiritual power erupted suddenly!

Ice-blue long hair faded to silver at a visible speed, her aura soaring continuously, and the soil under her feet began to crystallize with dazzling ice.

"This is.... the Winner's talent?!"

Witnessing this scene, Xia Xiu's pupils shrank, instantly realizing...

The girl was burning her life force.

Understanding this, Xia Xiu's eyes gradually darkened.

As a soldier of Longxia Country, how could he lose to a student!

Veins bulged on his left hand as he gripped the longsword tightly.

Even without a Guardian Beast, even with only one arm...

So what?

"Swish!"

The sword edge slashed through the air, and Xia Xiu charged into the demon tide like an arrow off the string.

His thin figure appeared so small in the vast demonic qi, yet so determined——

How can a single man stop thousands of troops?!

As Xia Xiu charged alone, all Commander Level demons halted unanimously.

——This race is too insane!

They remembered clearly the determination when those human experts self-destructed their domains.

This one-armed man in front of them was clearly intending to exchange his life for theirs!

"Roar!"

With a command, countless Extraordinary Level demons surged toward Xia Xiu like a tide.

Letting these Extraordinary Level demons consume that human was the right choice!

But that was the result Xia Xiu wanted...

Using his own flesh as a sacrifice to buy time for Ying Bing's rise.

In the center of the battlefield.

The sword light was like snow, each arc claiming the lives of several demons.

But Xia Xiu's domain was rapidly dimming, and the arm swinging the sword began to tremble.

"It's now!"

In the distance, a few Commander Level demons who were waiting saw this, a grin forming on their lips.

In the next moment.

A Commander Level demon vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already at Xia Xiu's side.

"Pssst!"

The sound of claws piercing the heart echoed.

"Ugh..."

Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, yet Xia Xiu smiled.

His bloodstained hand clamped onto the demon's wrist like a vice:

"Got you."

The demon's pupils contracted suddenly.

The next second——

"Boom!!!"

Dazzling white light engulfed a hundred meters around!

This Commander Level demon and the surrounding Extraordinary Level demons instantly vaporized.

In the distance.

The remaining commanders had grim faces.

This race, in thousands of years....

Was the toughest race they had ever seen!

Despite the enormous power gap, yet...

Not a single one yielded.

But all this was over!

The last human Commander Level Beast Master to pose a threat to them was dead, and now...

The moment those few remaining Commander Level demons sighed in relief.

A snowflake landed on the tip of his nose.

"This is...?"

All of the demons simultaneously looked up.

The silver-haired girl stood in mid-air, with ice-blue eyes turned to frosty white.

She slowly raised her hand, and the whole world echoed with the sound of swords singing in the wind——