Eternal Saber

Chapter 622 - 43: Waiting for Master

"Don’t!"

Death Demon saw the madness flooding into Tie Falei’s eyes, and his face changed.

This senior brother acted with no scruples and was addicted to killing.

He never cared about things like being from the same sect; once you touched his taboo, he would never hold back!

Within the Demon Sect, only Master could suppress him.

Death Demon was extremely wary of Tie Falei, and was also weaker by a margin in combat strength.

Unless absolutely necessary, Death Demon was never willing to come into conflict with him.

But now, Death Demon had no choice but to move to intercept.

He was indeed afraid of Tie Falei, but in his heart, obeying Master’s orders and fulfilling Master’s entrustment was more important.

Master told them to keep an eye on little junior brother; little junior brother must not die!

Just as Tie Falei pounced out, Death Demon appeared in front of him, blocking his way.

"Get out of my way!"

Tie Falei roared angrily, raised his hand and struck with a palm. Five Poison True Qi condensed, transforming in midair into a gigantic pitch‑black hand that came slapping down toward Death Demon.

The Demon Sect’s ultimate art, Celestial Demon Hand.

Death Demon didn’t dare be careless; he spurred his Innate True Qi and likewise unleashed the Celestial Demon Hand.

Endless deathly aura gathered on the palm, rapidly swelling, but it still looked a size smaller than Tie Falei’s Celestial Demon Hand.

Boom!

The two giant hands collided in midair, erupting with a deafening crash!

Death Demon let out a muffled groan, landed on the ground, and staggered back a few steps.

Tie Falei’s figure was obstructed and likewise fell from midair.

"Many thanks, senior brother."

Death Demon cupped his hands slightly, still expressionless.

He had thought that with one exchange he would definitely be injured.

But looking at it now, Tie Falei seemed not to have used his full strength.

Their two Celestial Demon Hands dissipated in midair, actually evenly matched, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

Tie Falei’s expression kept shifting, his gaze dark to the point of being terrifying.

He had never intended to show mercy.

It was just that the mysterious flame Chen Tang had just struck onto him had affected him immensely.

The moment he made a move, he felt that the Five Poison Demonic Technique had been greatly weakened, unable to exert its full power!

Originally, his combat strength was that of a Peak Grandmaster.

Yet that flame had actually dragged his Realm down, turning him into merely a top‑tier Grandmaster!

Although he had forcibly snuffed out that mass of flame, that one exchange left him both shocked and enraged.

This Chen Tang was only at the Third Grade Meridian Passage Realm, and with a casual strike he had such a huge impact on him.

If he achieved the Grandmaster Realm, what then?

Within the same sect, he would definitely be suppressed by this person!

Back then, he had volunteered to leave Xiling for Beiqian, nominally to facilitate the Demon Sect’s infiltration of Qian Country.

In truth, one reason was to build up his own forces to vie for the Divine Land in the future.

The other was to get away from the Demon Venerable.

With the Demon Venerable around, he always felt shackled, unable to kill as he pleased, and the Five Poison Demonic Technique could not reach Great Success.

The Demon Venerable was already over a hundred, his lifespan nearly exhausted.

After the Demon Venerable died, only he would have the qualification and strength to become the new Demon Sect Master.

But now, another so‑called Demon Monarch had popped up, and even controlled some mysterious flame!

"Step aside!"

Tie Falei’s eyes flickered as he said in a low voice, "This man clearly harbors disloyalty and intends to betray the Demon Sect. I am cleansing the sect for Master!"

Death Demon shook his head and said, "Wait for Master."

No matter what, little junior brother had been personally brought back by Master, taken as a disciple, granted the name ’Demon Monarch’, and was even a Closed‑door Disciple.

Whether he had betrayed the Demon Sect or harbored ulterior motives all had to be decided after Master returned.

"Senior brother is right."

Yin Demon chimed in from the side, "I’ve long seen that this person hates evil like a sworn enemy, is chivalrous out of temper, and in both words and deeds is unlike one of our Demon Sect. If we keep him in the sect, he’ll be a great hidden threat. In the future he might very well clean us out!"

Death Demon shook his head and said, "Wait for Master."

Yin Demon said earnestly, "Third junior brother, Master isn’t here. In an emergency we must adapt; everything should be decided by senior brother. Don’t, over a single moment of misplaced mercy, commit a grave mistake!"

Death Demon said, "Wait for Master."

"Wait for your damn mother’s..."

Yin Demon cursed inwardly.

Seeing Death Demon impervious to reason, coming and going with that one sentence, Yin Demon gnashed his teeth in hatred and said, "Death Demon, you really live up to your name—dead‑set brain, dead‑stiff head!"

Seeing that Chen Tang was about to flee out of the city, Tie Falei took a deep breath.

If he wanted to kill Chen Tang, he had to get past Death Demon.

In his current state, it was obvious he couldn’t.

He could only stabilize Death Demon for now and hurry to repair his injuries and restore his Realm.

"Even so, we can’t let him get out of Xiling."

Tie Falei said, "Once he escapes into Beiqian, it’ll be hard to track and monitor him."

"Mn."

Death Demon nodded.

This point was also Master’s instruction.

They had to keep watch on Chen Tang and not let him run.

Tie Falei and Death Demon both shot off in Chen Tang’s direction, treading on air, their speed extremely fast.

Yin Demon followed close behind, but the distance between them grew wider and wider.

After they left the city, Chen Tang, Tie Falei, and Death Demon had already run to the horizon, leaving only three black dots in sight.

Yin Demon clenched his fist and could only grit his teeth and keep chasing.

After Chen Tang fled out of the city, he wanted to let out a long howl to summon the Thunder Leopard, but his throat suddenly ached, and he coughed up another mouthful of blood.

Before this, he had only been seeded with a Heart Demon by Tie Falei, affecting his mind and will; his body hadn’t taken much damage.

But now, he had just been heavily shaken by Tie Falei’s Innate True Qi and was indeed badly injured.

A rumbling of hooves came from far to near and, in the blink of an eye, arrived close.

It was the Thunder Leopard, who had heard Chen Tang’s coughing and rushed over at the first moment.

"Go!"

Chen Tang swung onto the mount, pointed toward the east of the city, and urged.

He had just escaped from the west gate; if he wanted to continue eastward, he could only circle around this City of Death.

After all, he had just seen Tie Falei and Death Demon already chasing from behind.

The Thunder Leopard understood and bolted off at full gallop.

But before they had gone far, Chen Tang noticed Tie Falei and Death Demon treading on air and rushing over.

The two formed a pincer, faintly shaping a net‑like encirclement to block his path east.

The Thunder Leopard kept changing routes but could never break out of the two men’s encirclement.

The distance between them instead grew closer and closer.

This wouldn’t do.

Chen Tang frowned to himself and could only say, "Turn around, head west, shake them off first!"

The Thunder Leopard obeyed, wheeled around, and sprinted madly westward.

A Grandmaster’s Body Technique was incredibly fast; even at the Thunder Leopard’s speed, it couldn’t fully shake off Tie Falei and Death Demon in a short time.

But after four hours, the Thunder Leopard’s speed still hadn’t dropped.

The two Grandmasters, exhausted, gradually slowed, and were finally shaken off.

Man and mount had run all night; by now the sky was already bright.

Although he could no longer see Tie Falei and Death Demon’s figures, Chen Tang still wasn’t at ease and had the Thunder Leopard run for another four hours. Only when he saw a lush oasis with abundant water and grass did he slow down.

All this time on horseback, Chen Tang hadn’t had a chance to heal.

The Thunder Leopard had sprinted over a thousand li at full tilt; its mouth was parched and tongue dry, and it truly needed a rest as well.