The Teacher's Responsibilities

Yan Yu spread his hands, the corners of his lips curling up.

His handsome face was full of an expression of watching a good show, and every word he spat out carried cruelty.

"Teacher Li Yan, it seems you can't even protect yourself now."

The response he got was not words, but a thunderclap that shook the valley.

Li Yan turned a deaf ear to the encirclement of the three Demon Generals around him. His body had already become the source of a thunderstorm. Dazzling electric lights burst out from deep within his muscles, outlining his burly figure into an descended God of Thunder.

He took a step forward, and the ground beneath his feet shattered in response.

Thousands of electric snakes surged in all directions with him at the center.

The hunched Bone Spike Demon General let out a sharp, eerie laugh.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, and countless bone spikes pierced through his skin, weaving into a bone shield.

The electric snakes crashed into the bone shield, producing a sharp, ear-piercing explosion.

The bone spikes broke piece by piece under the electric light, eventually burning into charred dust.

The alluring female demon flicked her snake tongue, leaving an afterimage where she stood as she rapidly drifted backward.

Yan Yu silently dodged, no longer able to be locked onto by sight.

With one strike, he forced back three Demon Generals of the same tier!

The lightning on Li Yan's body grew even more intense.

He raised his hands to the sky, and surprisingly, he forcibly tore an opening in the darkness sealed by demonic power above the firmament.

Thick thunderclouds gathered and tumbled within it.

"Lightning Hell!"

His arms swung down with a mighty force.

Rumble!

Dozens of purple thunderbolts, as thick as buckets, tore through the sky and smashed into the basin, indiscriminately hitting both friend and foe.

The lightning seemed to consciously chase the places with the strongest demonic aura, burning most of the Wind Blade Wolves and low-tier demons crawling on the ground directly into charcoal.

The basin instantly became a purgatory of thunder and lightning.

Chen Guan's gaze moved across the entire battlefield, protecting the three people beside him while casually killing some small mobs.

Li Yan's strength exceeded his expectations.

But every time he triggered the lightning, his aura would weaken a bit. That weakening was extremely hard to detect, but Chen Guan's spiritual power happened to be relatively high, so he could see these subtle changes.

That was his life force being consumed.

"He is burning his life essence."

Baal's voice echoed in Chen Guan's mind, confirming his guess.

"Forcibly raising the level of his power with life force, overdrawing his future in exchange for immediate combat power, just like that silly kid with the sword. Hehehe, I really can't understand humans' boring obsession with protecting others."

Chen Guan did not respond.

Although Li Yan usually had a stinky face and added extra training every day, it was undeniable that he was a good teacher.

On the battlefield, the Lightning Hell gradually subsided.

The figures of the three Demon Generals reappeared.

They all looked somewhat battered, but they hadn't suffered any fatal injuries.

The Bone Spike Demon General half-knelt on the ground, the bone spikes on his body more than half broken.

The female demon's robes were torn in multiple places, leaving behind brands of electric arc burns on her snow-white skin.

Relying on his unreasonable abilities, Yan Yu recovered first and said, "His outburst won't last long. Let's wear him down to death."

Li Yan panted heavily, bloody foam spilling from the corners of his lips, but the battle intent in his eyes was still burning.

He understood that he had no time to waste.

He moved.

Target: Bone Spike Demon General.

His burly figure, wrapped in electric light, became a rushing thunderbolt, charging straight toward the enemy who seemed to be the most heavily injured.

"You're courting death!"

The Bone Spike Demon General felt that he was being treated as a soft persimmon and flew into a rage, firing all the remaining bone spikes on his back.

They wove into an airtight net of bone spikes, sealing off all of Li Yan's paths forward.

Li Yan neither dodged nor evaded.

He let those bone spikes, which were enough to pierce through steel plates, penetrate his shoulders, thighs, and arms.

The sound of flesh being torn was clearly audible.

The splattering blood was instantly evaporated by the electric arcs.

He used his own flesh and blood to smash open a path.

This fearless fighting style made the Bone Spike Demon General's eerie laugh freeze on his face, and for the first time, fear reflected in his pupils.

Right at the moment Li Yan closed in, a silent shadow spread out from under his feet.

Demon General Yan Yu launched a sneak attack.

The shadow condensed into sharp claws, silently piercing toward Li Yan's back.

Li Yan was fully aware of the attack from behind, and his body forcibly deflected half an inch during the extreme sprint.

Pfft!

Although the shadow claw did not hit his heart, it pierced through his left chest, bringing out a spray of hot blood.

The intense pain caused Li Yan's forward momentum to stagnate for a moment.

The Bone Spike Demon General seized this fleeting opportunity and, with a sinister smile, transformed his last and thickest arm bone into a spear, thrusting it toward Li Yan's heart.

However, what greeted him was Li Yan's eyes, burning with lightning.

"Caught you."

Li Yan grinned, and a blood-stained smile bloomed on his face.

He completely ignored the bone spear thrusting at his heart, letting it pierce through his abdomen.

At the same time, he reached out his large hand wrapped in electric light and grabbed the Bone Spike Demon General's head like an iron pincer.

"Uh..."

The Bone Spike Demon General's sinister smile froze on his face.

"Accompany me... to hell!"

The lightning on Li Yan's right arm gathered to its peak, condensing into a tangible lightning spear.

He used all his strength to drive this spear, along with his left arm, through the Bone Spike Demon General's chest.

The lightning burst out inside his body.

The Bone Spike Demon General's body was burst open from the inside by the power of lightning, scattering into chunks of flesh and blood filling the sky.

After doing all this, Li Yan's body swayed.

He looked at the two bloody holes in his chest and abdomen, blood gushing out.

He forcefully pulled out the bone spear stuck in his abdomen and casually threw it on the ground.

[Teacher Li—]

[Trading injury for injury... No, this is trading a life for an injury.]

[One for one... But there are still two on the other side...]

The bullet screen was left with only a dead silence of despair and wails.

To severely injure a Demon General, the price Li Yan paid was heavy.

Every breath he took tugged at the wounds on his chest and abdomen.

The jumping electric arcs on his body began to become intermittent, their light dimming.

An opportunity.

Demon General Yan Yu and the snake-like female demon exchanged a glance and moved at the same time.

This time, Li Yan couldn't keep up with their speed anymore.

The shadow on the ground squirmed, extending dozens of tough chains to bind his limbs, firmly pinning him in place.

He struggled, lightning flashing, but he couldn't break free from this bizarre restraint at the first moment.

The figure of the snake-like female demon appeared in front of him.

She flicked her snake tongue, unmasked pleasure in her eyes.

She brought her nail-polished fingers together, her nails suddenly growing long and turning into five pitch-black sharp blades, easily tearing open the already weak lightning barrier in front of Li Yan.

Pfft!

The sharp claws sank into Li Yan's lower abdomen, frantically churning inside.

Li Yan's burly body convulsed.

He lowered his head, looking at the arm that had pierced through his body.

The lightning burning in his pupils finally extinguished inch by inch.

In the end, only a few faint electric sparks remained, dissipating into the air.

The shadow restraint loosened.

His tall body fell heavily to its knees on the ground.

"Teacher..."

An Changqing and Long Ao had woken up at some unknown time.

They struggled to stand up, but could only powerlessly watch the figure who had always sheltered them from the wind and rain fall down.

Hope was completely shattered.

Yan Yu approached slowly, his black robes dragging across the blood-soaked ground.

He paid no attention to the students. Instead, he stopped in front of the kneeling Li Yan, staring down at him from above.

"You have fulfilled your duty as a teacher."

Yan Yu kept his voice soft, yet the mockery laced within it pierced Li Yan's heart like a jagged blade.

"Now, you can watch with your own eyes as your students, one by one... join you in death."