"Kill him!" The roars of two red Abyss Blade Demons echoed from the distance.
"Kill!"
Countless Abyss Blade Demons howled, swarming in from every direction like flies drawn to the scent of blood. In an instant, with Lin Lei at the center, the sky and earth, all four directions—everywhere was nothing but Abyss Blade Demons.
The pale red killing aura, already condensed into something solid, had completely enveloped Lin Lei. His bloodshot eyes blazed with madness.
"Get out of my way!" Lin Lei roared.
At the same time, a massive number of boulders materialized out of thin air around Lin Lei on all sides, filling the gaps between the surrounding Abyss Blade Demons.
The Abyss Blade Demons needed to fly at high speed, so they couldn't possibly be pressed body-to-body. Each one maintained a distance of two or three meters from the others to swing their blades and maneuver.
And now…
Lin Lei's instant-cast boulders sealed off every gap within several hundred meters.
"Where's the dragonman?" The countless Abyss Blade Demons had previously been able to glimpse Lin Lei at the center through the gaps. But now, with the countless boulders blocking all the space around them, nearly every Abyss Blade Demon had lost sight of him.
With Lin Lei at the center, the mass of Abyss Blade Demons and boulders were intermixed, forming an enormous solid sphere.
"This is bad." The two red Abyss Blade Demons felt a wave of unease upon seeing this.
Abyss Blade Demons' spiritual sense could only penetrate a few meters into solid matter—hardly useful at their scale. And with their vision now blocked, they didn't dare swing their blades wildly for fear of striking their own kin.
After all…
Inside that "solid sphere," aside from countless boulders, were the Abyss Blade Demons themselves. Lin Lei was only one person.
"Kill—"
The instant Lin Lei conjured the massive boulders, dozens of Abyss Blade Demons closest to him slashed at him almost simultaneously. These nearest ones still knew his position. They didn't hesitate.
Dozens of blades came crashing down.
"Die!"
Lin Lei's eyes seemed to spew fire as he roared, gripping the Purpleblood Soft Sword, and shot straight downward like lightning. But no matter how fast he was, over a dozen blades still struck his body at the same instant.
Crack! Lin Lei's "Pulse Guard" on the surface of his body shattered instantly.
The "Earth Guardian Holy Armor" he had set up before diving toward the ground also collapsed in a flash.
Sss! Nearly three blades finally cut through his dragon scales and bit into Lin Lei's flesh, some even cleaving into bone. The searing pain didn't make him furrow his brow.
"Hmph." The deep blue-green dragon blood Battle Qi erupted from within, blasting all three blades away.
Boom!
Like a meteorite, Lin Lei shot straight downward at full speed, the pale red killing aura wreathing his body, making him look like a demon god. Wherever an Abyss Blade Demon blocked his path, Lin Lei didn't bother killing it—he simply swung his sword and knocked it aside.
In a miracle of speed, in less than one second, Lin Lei went from the core of that enormous "solid sphere" straight down and plunged into the earth.
It may sound slow, but in reality, the countless Abyss Blade Demons had barely swarmed in, Lin Lei had instantly conjured the boulders and charged downward—all in less than a second. In that fleeting instant, Lin Lei had already burrowed underground.
"Despicable dragonman." The red Abyss Blade Demon watching this scene let out a cold snort.
The other red Abyss Blade Demon's eyes gleamed with killing intent. "This dragonman is truly infuriating. In one instant, using magic… he created an 'underground' effect in midair, so that most of our children can't see him at all."
Both Abyss Blade Demons understood the crux of the problem.
To kill Lin Lei, a dozen Abyss Blade Demons wouldn't suffice. But once Lin Lei hid underground, what could they do?
"There's only one way." The leading red Abyss Blade Demon fixed his gaze on the ground. "Getting close enough to kill him is indeed difficult. What we can do is… have over ten thousand Abyss Blade Demons simultaneously unleash blade qi attacks at the dragonman."
The other red Abyss Blade Demon's eyes lit up. "Right. No need to get close. Ten thousand Abyss Blade Demons firing blade qi at once—even though the power is only about half that of a direct blade strike—ten thousand of them hitting simultaneously would be enough to grind him to dust."
Back when Lin Lei, Fa En, and the others had first emerged from underground.
Nearly a million Abyss Blade Demons dove and slashed in unison. The blade qi had blanketed an area of several li, carving out a colossal crater of that size. Not only that—the lower half of Fa En's body below the chest was reduced to chunks, and Lin Lei lost everything below the thighs. And the second of the three Six-Eyed Golden Lion brothers had even sacrificed himself to save his eldest and youngest brothers.
It should be noted that of the million Abyss Blade Demons that dove, only about one-thousandth of the blade qi actually struck Lin Lei and the others.
Even so, it had nearly killed Lin Lei and Fa En.
Fortunately, they had been diving headfirst into the ground.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…
Tens of thousands of Abyss Blade Demons shot into the ground like arrows, searching for Lin Lei. Having learned their lesson, if given the chance, these demons would not let Lin Lei escape alive.
The Tenth Level of the Tomb of the Gods.
"Leave me alone!" Bei Bei roared.
Bei Bei's skin was torn and peeled back, blood staining the grass. Desili tried to heal him but was shouted away.
Desili stood on the grass and looked at the other powerhouses—whether it was the two Six-Eyed Golden Lions, the Black-Armored Giant Scorpion, or Rosalie, Tuliy, Olivier—they all remained silent. The atmosphere was oppressive.
"My life was saved by Lin Lei," Tuliy said in a low voice.
Just now, if Lin Lei hadn't blocked the Abyss Blade Demons above for that crucial instant at the last moment, Rosalie, Olivier, and Tuliy would all be dead.
Granted, Lin Lei had also saved them back on the sixth level by killing the "Flame Sovereign," but this time was different from last time. No matter what, Lin Lei would have needed to kill the Flame Sovereign for his own sake. Saving them had been incidental.