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Yet, in the very next moment.
Mi Chuan let out a pained scream.
His right arm, which had been poised to swing his sword again, suddenly dissolved into a mist of blood.
On the other side, Feng Tengyun also spat out a mouthful of blood.
His left shoulder exploded.
If he hadn't caught the faintest hint of Wang Zun's movement,
it would have been his head that exploded just now.
He hurriedly retreated, not daring to fight any longer.
Zhang Bowen fired off a continuous barrage of Six Meridian Divine Swords, but before they could even reach Wang Zun, they were scattered.
Simultaneously, he took several more punches in quick succession, his Tripartite Origin Qi on the verge of collapse.
Suddenly, he grinned, revealing an excited smile, and said,
"I see it now!"
"Tripartite Divine Finger!"
Boom!
The air erupted!
Zhang Bowen's right arm, the one he had used to execute the Tripartite Divine Finger, vanished from the shoulder down.
His entire body was sent flying backward.
Both his Tripartite Origin Qi and his Indestructible Diamond Body Skill were shattered in that instant.
And Wang Zun's Heaven-Man Unity martial domain was also broken at this very moment.
His condition was the same as Zhang Bowen's.
His attacking right arm had exploded at the shoulder.
His whole person was sent flying backward.
Wang Zun gritted his teeth fiercely.
Yet, blood continuously seeped from between them.
Mi Chuan immediately raised his sword again, excitedly saying,
"Hurry, finish off this Wang family freak!"
Feng Tengyun at his side also immediately gathered his energy to attack.
Right at this moment.
The three people fleeing east towards the Holy Capital suddenly saw a soaring sword aura rushing towards them.
"It's the Dugu Sword Demon!"
The three exchanged glances and stopped fleeing towards the Holy Capital.
Soon, a blood-red figure appeared before their eyes in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the three, the Dugu Sword Demon frowned and asked,
"Why are there only three of you?"
"Where are the Martial Saints from the other families?"
Ye Zhen, the Ye family's Martial Saint, sighed and said,
"A major change occurred."
"Not only did Zhang Bowen have four reinforcements, but the Dark Department Administrator of the Martial Arts Guild also betrayed us."
"When Feng Tengyun betrayed us, he also killed the Wei family's Wei Haoran."
"The rest of us were no match for Zhang Bowen. Only the three of us managed to escape."
The Dugu Sword Demon frowned.
After hearing Ye Zhen's words, he didn't say anything more.
He immediately executed Man-Sword Unity and shot towards Kunlun City.
At this moment, Wang Zun lay amidst the ruins.
He no longer had the strength to fight.
After all, unlike Zhang Bowen, he didn't have the Indestructible Diamond Body Skill and a host of other messy martial arts protecting him.
Seeing Mi Chuan and Feng Tengyun preparing to seize the opportunity to strike, he could only close his eyes and wait for death.
Yet, the two who were just about to attack Wang Zun
simultaneously looked up towards the east.
Though they couldn't sense any blood-qi energy,
the wind blowing towards them already carried a dense, sharp sword intent.
"The Dugu Sword Demon is really coming!"
Without a second thought, Feng Tengyun turned and fled towards the west.
Mi Chuan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shouted,
"Shouldn't we kill him first before leaving?"
"Hey, hey! Wait for me!"
"And what about Mr. Zhang Bowen?"
Mi Chuan glanced at Zhang Bowen, who was struggling to get up with his one remaining arm, and shouted,
"Old Zhang, I'm running for it first!"
"See you again someday!"
With that, he also chased after Feng Tengyun's direction.
Zhang Bowen was amused by Mi Chuan, coughing up another few mouthfuls of blood despite himself.
"That kid!"
He too looked up towards the soaring sword intent in the east.
He took out the last Vermilion Fruit.
This time, the ten Vermilion Fruits he had prepared were finally all consumed.
Relying on the powerful restorative force of the fruit,
Zhang Bowen activated his Wind God Legs and fled towards the direction of the Kunlun Mountains.
The next moment.
A gigantic sword shadow appeared in the sky above the ruins.
The Dugu Sword Demon glanced at Wang Zun in the ruins, then looked towards the direction Zhang Bowen had fled.
He vanished in a flash.
Charging straight towards the Kunlun Mountains.
Zhang Bowen fled while simultaneously catalyzing the Vermilion Fruit's effects.
At his peak, he might have been able to fight the Dugu Sword Demon.
In his current state,
encountering the Dugu Sword Demon was almost certainly a death sentence.
"Sword!"
Suddenly, a voice like the clashing of fine steel rang out behind him.
Zhang Bowen felt as if a sword had suddenly been placed against the left side of his neck.
He hurriedly twisted his body, then forcibly activated his Indestructible Diamond Body Skill and Innate Protective Qi.
With a clang,
his left arm was severed by a flash of sword light.
It even took a large piece of his lung with it.
"What a troublesome fellow!"
Zhang Bowen's smile grew even more excited. The sealing mists of the Kunlun Mountains were right before his eyes.
His Wind God Legs were pushed to their absolute limit.
"Slash!"
Before the sound of the word even reached him,
Zhang Bowen felt his legs part ways with his body.
"So he was holding back earlier!"
"Hahaha..."
Zhang Bowen collapsed before the sealing mists.
The hair on his head even brushed against the edge of the mist.
Unfortunately, a sword qi had severed his hope of escape,
robbing him of his last chance.
The Dugu Sword Demon stood before Zhang Bowen.
Looking at Zhang Bowen, now limbless, he frowned and asked,
"What was your ultimate goal in risking your life like this?"
"With your abilities, you shouldn't have been in such a hurry."
"Or is it that Chen Feng would expose some great secret of the Kunlun Mountains?"
Zhang Bowen laughed heartily:
"The reason is simple!"
"Because I'm about to die!"
"It's a pity I still have so many things left unfinished!"
"I was so close!"
"Soon, you'll all experience the surprise I've prepared for you."
"Hahaha..."
The Dugu Sword Demon's frown deepened.
He could sense that
Zhang Bowen's actions were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.
But what the true purpose was, he had no way of guessing.
The Dugu Sword Demon grabbed Zhang Bowen by the hair, intending to haul him back to the Holy Capital.
Meanwhile, the three fleeing Martial Saints turned back.
Following the Dugu Sword Demon's trail,
they finally saw the three-hundred-year-old thorn in Great Xia's side, chopped down to a human stump.
"Three hundred years, we've finally captured Zhang Bowen."
"How many people have been sacrificed to deal with this guy."
"This time, Kunlun City was almost completely destroyed too."
"And we lost six Martial Saints!"
...
The Dugu Sword Demon and the three Martial Saints all wore somber expressions.
There was no joy in having captured Zhang Bowen.
Zhang Bowen coughed up several large mouthfuls of blood and said with a chuckle,
"It's not just six Martial Saints who died!"
"That one from the Duan family will likely die by Su Yan's hand."
"And you four, it's time for you to die too!"
A sudden chill ran down the Dugu Sword Demon's spine!
The other three still didn't understand what was happening.
They saw Zhang Bowen gather every last bit of his power, activate the Lion's Roar Skill, and roar maniacally:
"JIAO SNAKE!"
Instantly, sword qi shot straight into the clouds. Without a second thought, the Dugu Sword Demon immediately fled into the distance.
His speed was so fast he nearly tore Zhang Bowen's head off.
Yet, he still felt the sky suddenly darken.
At this moment.
The three Martial Saints, who still hadn't grasped the situation, all stared at the sky, frozen in place!
A snake head that blotted out the heavens appeared in the sky, with two horns actually growing from its head.
It was opening its massive maw wide, descending upon them.
This maw was completely unlike that of an ordinary snake.
Both its upper and lower jaws were lined with rows of sword-like, pale-white teeth.
Most terrifyingly, it was unimaginably vast.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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