The demon saw Lu Yu and burst into laughter, as if he were a toy to be played with.
“Do you know the difference between the Demon Clan and humans?” the demon looked up at Lu Yu with extreme disdain and said, “That is——”
Before the demon could finish his sentence, everyone saw him dash forward like a bolt of lightning toward Lu Yu.
Boom!
Everyone watched as the demon being threw a punch.
The powerful air pressure generated by the fist seemed as if it would shatter the air itself.
Lu Yu felt the air pressure up close, and instantly his entire body’s hair stood on end as he felt an unprecedented sense of fear.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he crouched low, avoiding the punch without directly clashing with it.
Lu Yu instinctively sensed the unique and different power behind that punch.
Boom!
The demon’s fist missed its target and suddenly lifted his foot, which came crashing down toward Lu Yu’s head.
Lu Yu pushed off the ground with both hands and sprang backward forcefully.
Bang!
The demon stepped forward, but his foot missed its mark and landed on the ground instead.
The ground was originally paved with rock. When the foot came down, the surface within a one-meter radius around the foot cracked like a spider’s web and then collapsed inward.
“This power—” Lu Yu saw the change in the ground and suddenly understood something.
When he realized what was happening, the demon’s foot, which had already cracked the earth, instantly exerted force. His leg muscles bulged like tendons, and his body charged toward Lu Yu like a war chariot.
The speed was so fast that it was simply unbelievable, leaving Lu Yu no time to react at all.
Under immense power, speed has also been pushed to another level.
“Among the same realm, we are stronger than humans!” the demon roared, filled with immense pride and arrogance.
Lu Yu barely had time to raise his hands to protect his chest before he was hit and sent flying through the air.
“Crack… Bang, bang…”
Even in midair, every bone in Lu Yu’s body seemed to pop like beans, shattering and cracking inch by inch.
“Second-class魔族, our attack will be redirected—” the demon warrior pushed off the ground once more with both feet, his figure shooting forward like a meteor toward the spot where Lu Yu had landed.
The middle-aged man and his companion were utterly stunned.
This demon man was too powerful; one stomp shattered the ground, and a single impact sent Lu Yu flying dozens of meters away. Where did this monstrous strength come from?
Boom!
Lu Yu landed more than thirty meters away. The effect of the “Body of the Dead” activated, rapidly repairing his injured body.
But— the demon struck Lu Yu in the abdomen with a powerful leg sweep, causing his abdominal area to split open.
Lu Yu’s figure flew up again and crashed into a cluster of buildings.
“My God, did we come to the wrong place?” Everyone was stunned, no one dared to move, standing on the spot, trembling all over.
Two clever individuals attempted to escape, but as soon as they started running, they saw the demon standing right beside them.
“Your blood is worthy for today’s altar.” The demon grinned, revealing sharp, white teeth. With both hands gripping two individuals, he leaped back onto the altar in a single bound.
In the blink of an eye, the two living individuals were reduced to a pile of chopped flesh, which was then thrown onto the altar.
Lu Yu stood up from a pile of rubble, his abdominal wound healed.
But from that kick just now, he felt as if his internal organs had been shattered. For the first time, he experienced the indescribable pain of his insides being sliced apart piece by piece, as if by a knife.
“Power! This is power!”
Lu Yu’s voice was a bit shaky, also showing some excitement.
What a long-lost power!
From the moment the end times began, strength was replaced by attack power. Even with immense attack power, one could no longer deliver punches exuding boundless dominance.
It can shatter skulls and smash chests, yet such damage is merely the result of attack power exceeding the strength of bones and muscles.
At that time, Lu Yu felt that attack power must be related to strength. Otherwise, how could a fist penetrate a chest or crush a skull?
However, he could not sense any fluctuations of power; everything was just at the level of an ordinary person.
But this time, the demon was different.
“That’s right. Attack power is strength! Attack power is merely used by the weak for survival. Since attack power doesn’t require training, it accumulates quickly, serving merely as the world’s first step to eliminate the weak. When the demon race reaches level two, attack power synchronizes with strength. Attack power represents immense strength, and physical power signifies even greater strength.” The demon figure leaped twice from the altar and once again appeared before Lu Yu.
This time, in the eyes of everyone, he appeared taller and more terrifying.
“Translated into your human terms, one point of attack power represents one unit of strength, which is equivalent to one catty!” The demon raised his hand and swung it down toward Lu Yu’s chest.
This was no longer a mere attack power of ten thousand; it was now the impact of ten thousand jin of force. A single, casual punch possessed the strength to smash a person into pulp and collapse walls.
Lu Yu leaned his body backward, his fist roaring past his nose and smashing into the broken wall behind him.
Boom!
The wall was broken through.
However, Lu Yu could hear the faint sound of bones cracking from the demon’s fist, and he noticed the wound on the fist, oozing with a few drops of blood.
After all, fists are still fists, not steel, and still cannot be compared to rocks.
However, a punch like this was already comparable to a rock.
“You’re not even a match for me.” Ignoring his wounds, the demon-like figure raised his hand and tightly gripped Lu Yu’s neck, lifting him up with just a slight upward motion.
Lifting a person with the strength of ten thousand catties is as effortless and easy as picking up a single feather from the ground.
The demon’s hand gradually tightened, savoring the sound of Lu Yu’s neck cracking inch by inch, and said, “Killing you now truly eliminates the biggest threat.”
“Murder Star Soul, tsk tsk, never expected to meet you here.” The demon’s grip tightened, squeezing Lu Yu to the point where he could no longer breathe.
The people around still stood motionless.
Because they had already been stunned by the demon’s words, their weapons trembling in their hands even as they held them.
“Ten thousand jin, the power of ten thousand jin!”
“What, what are you hitting?”
“With an attack power of ten thousand, he could kill all of us with just a flick of his finger.”
Someone muttered softly, their face unnervingly pale.
“Oh no, oh no, what a huge stupid thing we’ve done.”
The middle-aged man also stood up, his expression grim.
But instead of showing the same horror as the others, he glared with a sharp gleam in his eyes and shouted loudly, “What are you all hesitating for? If Lu Yu dies, we will all die too. Attack! Give Lu Yu a chance to strike back.”
The loud shout from the middle-aged man immediately brought many people back to their senses.
Someone has made a move.
The star soldiers were just sent out, making everyone feel powerless just by looking at them.
The demon threw Lu Yu to the ground and laughed, “Wait for me. I’ll deal with them first and then come back to kill you. Haha, never thought I’d run into you.”
The demon turned his head arrogantly, completely ignoring Lu Yu’s presence.
With the strength of ten thousand catties, it indeed has the qualification to look down upon everyone.
But—
Not everyone is willing to accept such disregard.
In the moment the demon turned around, Lu Yu’s eyes blazed with killing intent. Even while still gasping for breath, he leaped up. His right hand snapped forward, and the Demon-Slaying Sword shot out from his arm. The blade, about a foot long, heavily cleaved down onto the demon’s neck.
Hmph!
The back of the demon’s neck split open like a child’s mouth, revealing the gleaming white bones of the back of the head.
“You’re asking for death!” the demon roared in fury, surprised that the man still hadn’t lost hope after being instantly defeated repeatedly.
It turned around and punched through Lu Yu’s chest.
Blood flowed across Lu Yu’s chest. At the moment his gaze became unfocused, the Demon-Slaying Sword sprang forth once more. The three-foot blade nearly fully extended from his arm, piercing straight into the demon’s eye.
“I’ll tear you apart.” The demon’s eyeball burst, and crimson blood flowed out.
He went crazy and kicked Lu Yu out with one powerful kick.
The body of the deceased stirs to life!
Lu Yu flipped mid-air and landed on the ground, staring at the demon with a sinister grin: “Ignoring my existence, you really think I have no ability to fight back.”
Lu Yu’s power has been transforming from the very beginning, and it has always been in a state of transformation.
Although his offensive power couldn’t match that of the demon, it was certainly higher than his opponent’s physical strength.
At this moment, the demon was struck several times from behind. The star soldier dragged two long, shallow but striking wounds across the demon’s back.
After breaking through to the first level of the peak, the special effects on tendons and bones disappeared.
Therefore, attacks with power lower than that of tendons and bones can still cause damage, although the base damage remains at ten hit points.
If a person were struck by this blow, it would be forceful enough to cut right down to the bone.
The muscles of the demon man were even tougher; when the star soldier swung his blade at it, the cut only penetrated about a tenth of an inch, leaving only a gaping wound and exposed flesh.
The demon turned around, swung his slender arm, and shattered a man’s skull with a single blow.
Bang!
Lu Yu suddenly grabbed the demon’s neck from behind, and his left hand, like a dagger gleaming with cold light, plunged into the demon’s back.
Five fingers pierced through flesh, broke through bone, and delved in as deep as three inches.
The demon’s back muscles tightened, clamping down hard on Lu Yu’s hand.
Lu Yu twisted his hand, and as his left hand slashed like a blade, shredding the demon’s back flesh, he simultaneously stepped backward.
“You, your hand!” The demon saw clearly Lu Yu’s left hand, still glowing with a chilling light, and snarled, “You deserve to die even more!”
The demon completely abandoned everyone else and lunged straight at Lu Yu.
“You’re not ignoring me, are you?” Lu Yu was not alarmed, but burst into laughter. “Daring to look down on my existence, no one has ever dared to do that before.”
“I will tear every inch of your body to pieces. I will devour all your flesh and blood,” the demon roared, stomping heavily on the ground, causing the earth to tremble slightly.
Boom, boom…
The demon man threw two consecutive punches, each carrying the force of ten thousand jin, causing the air to explode with a deafening sound.
Lu Yu counterattacked with two punches. His right hand collided with his opponent’s left fist, causing his bones to shatter from the impact.
However, the demon’s punch was also met with a blade that shot out from the right hand, causing the bones in his fist to crack all the way up to the elbow.
“The Demon-Slaying Sword successfully injured the demon, reducing its health by 730 points and causing a bleeding effect. Before the wound heals, it will lose 500 health points per second.”
“Murderous Star Soul activated, energy accumulation in progress. Still 97% away from reaching level three. Basic maximum life has hit the limit and cannot increase further; attack power has increased by 1,500 points. Tendons and bones have also reached their limit and cannot be enhanced any further!”
This is the sound that Lu Yu wants to hear the most right now.
“Haha, come on, attack again!” Lu Yu ignored the wound on his palm, his laughter growing even wilder.
Such a powerful opponent would be very helpful for the Murder Star Soul.
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