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Chapter 754 Sudden Shout
Chapter 754 Sudden Shout
Chapter 754 Sudden Shout
'Fuck! Why has he become so strong?!' He cursed inwardly.
He could see Max had only used that grayish energy to simply reinforce his punch, nothing more, but he still managed to exhaust one-third of the barrier's energy. This meant he could shatter it with just two more punches.
He had gained over 200,000 war merits until now and hadn't tried to save them when he activated it, meaning the barrier was as strong as a defensive spell cast by a mid-stage King mage, and he had thought Max wouldn't be able to do anything to him for a while, giving him time to either use his trump card or attract the human emperors' attention. Once he told them his identity, they definitely wouldn't let Max kill him; however, now it seemed he wouldn't be able to do either.
After a few moments, Max suppressed his surprised, deciding to ask Martha or someone else who knew about how he was able to activate this barrier with his merit plate. With his bloodline sense, he could tell he only needed to strike it with the same force just two or three times and the barrier would crumble. Therefore, without wasting any time, he clenched his fist, ready to strike again.
Seeing this, Oliver hurriedly said, "Wait! If you break this—"
Bang!
Max punched the barrier, causing it to ripple. Then, as he pulled his hand back and covered his fist with a bit more Death Energy, he asked, "What will happen if I break it?"
Oliver's face was dark. Not only the fact that he was afraid of him made him feel angry and disgusted, but his blatant disregard also made him feel humiliated.
Even though he could see Max didn't care what knowing the consequences of breaking the barrier was and was going to shatter it, he still gritted his teeth and said, "This barrier is the war temple's protection granted to people of value against betrayal by fellow humans. Once you break it, the emperors will investigate and punish—"
BANG!
Once again, before he could finish speaking, Max punched as hard as he could. The barrier rippled violently before shattering, the energy dispersing in the air.
Swoosh!
"Let them punish me then." Max sneered and appeared in front of Oliver, his other hand punching toward his head.
However, right then…
"HOW DARING!"
A shout rang in his head, disorienting him. At the same time, the death energy from his fist was forcefully dispersed by an overwhelming force, and even his physical strength seemed to be sapped away because his punch struck true but didn't even as much as bruise Oliver.
Thud!
Although Oliver didn't understand why Max suddenly became powerful and dazed, he didn't hesitate to deliver a hard punch to his gut, sending him flying back before taking out a three-inch-long ice dagger and starting to channel his ice elemental mana into it, a ruthless expression on his face.
Just then, however…
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The sound of many people flying rapidly filled the atmosphere, and he turned around to look. Immediately, his eyes shone with delight and relief, and he stopped channeling his mana before putting the ice dagger back into his spatial ring.
…
A few moments earlier…
"Hmm?" High in the sky, the emperors' noticed something and turned their heads in the direction of the Green Leaf. Immediately, their expressions changed. While the human emperors' eyes lit up with relief and joy, the demon emperors' expressions turned as dark as they could get.
"Fuck! Why did they come so soon?" Yshoy cursed openly, revealing his frustration.
Vigil glanced at Empress Luen, who sighed and said through her divine sense, [Give the retreat order. We will fight again after our reinforcements come.]
Vigil nodded, his face expressionless as his aura burst out and broke the isolation barrier.
"Retreat!"
…
"Retreat!"
As his voice thundered, all the demons stopped battling or resting, and perplexed, they hurriedly started retreating.
The humans were equally perplexed by the sudden order of retreat, but more than that, they were relieved, especially those who were about to be killed.
They simply watched the demons retreat, not wanting to take advantage of the situation.
"Our reinforcements from the central plains are here!"
Even after this voice sounded, informing them of the reason why the demons were retreating, save for some, most stayed put.
"We survived!" Someone shouted, feeling overly emotional. This person, like most others, had thought he would die today. So, seeing he had survived, he couldn't help but become emotional.
"We survived!" Someone near him echoed his sentiment in a loud voice, and then everyone started chanting it.
"We survived!"
"We survived!"
"We…"
…
Swoosh!
Once the order of retreat sounded, Leo immediately flew over and landed beside Max, who was still lying on the ground, disoriented, and glared cautiously at Oliver, who was walking over, his eyes filled with killing intent.
"The battles are over. You should back away now." He said in a deep voice.
"Heh!"
Oliver sneered and suddenly disappeared before appearing in front of him, his hand already gripping Leo's neck.
"How are you to order me, peasant?!"
Saying this, he was about to break his neck and freeze his brain when a dense and chilling killing intent enveloped him.
Oliver felt his heart stop and looked down, only to see Max staring back at him.
Shua!
Without any hesitation, he released Leo and retreated as fast as he could, his face pale and a terrified look in his eyes.
Max slowly stood up, a terrifyingly calm expression on his face as he stared at Oliver, who had already retreated over hundreds of meters, for a few seconds, before moving his gaze away from him to look at Leo.
"You alright?"
Gulp!
Leo's face was pale just like Oliver's as he stared at Max in horror. Hearing his question, he heavily shook his head, "Sir Overlord… your killing intent…"
"Hmm?" Max frowned slightly before reining his killing intent in.
Thud!
Ha! Ha!
As it disappeared, Leo fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
"Whoa! That was… too terrifying." Leo said, his heart still palpitating. He had been fighting alongside him for several hours and had witnessed his killing intent before, but compared to what he just felt, it was extremely subdued. He couldn't help but wonder what Oliver did that made him so furious.
Max ignored him and looked in the distance, watching dozens of people flying over; his gaze locked on the five people wearing pure white robes.