Chapter 689: Slaughtering the Profound Demon Gang, Secrets of the Secret Realm!

An arrow tore through the long sky and shot straight for one man’s face. This Hall Master of the Black Water Gang let out an enraged roar, a blood lotus blooming between his brows and rising up, turning into a great lotus of Qi Blood. He hacked down hard with his blade at the side of that arrow, knocking the incoming arrow off its course.

But the backlash from this strike made the tiger’s mouth of his blade hand tremble; flesh split and fresh blood flowed from his palm, yet he still let those four Divine Arm Crossbows fire in unison.

They feared that even without that monster on the field lifting a hand, the two of them would be shot dead by Quan Feng first!

…

At the same time, Liu Sha, who had burst out of the dark hall in a fury, also sensed the commotion coming from the dark hall behind him, yet at this moment he could not free himself.

“There are still two of Quan Feng’s people in the dark hall… Quan Feng has already made his move; for a short while the dark hall should be without worry.”

One after another, three streaks of flowing light shot over; the first two figures were none other than Dugu Lie and Wang Heng.

Seeing Liu Sha appear, the pursued Dugu Lie and Wang Heng showed joy on their faces and immediately closed in quickly. Liu Sha, seeing the two not fighting back at all and only fleeing, had originally been seething with rage.

But when he saw that this old ghost Dugu Lie’s left palm had vanished into thin air, his heart was shocked, secretly thinking that what the two had said earlier might actually be true?

Liu Sha fixed his gaze; that razor‑sharp pursuer was a spear‑wielding woman whose face was utterly unfamiliar. He racked his brains and confirmed he had never seen this woman before, and the aura on her body also differed from that of those from the surrounding several prefectures’ great powers.

“She truly is a Half-Step Grandmaster, that much is not false…”

Liu Sha could sense on the approaching woman the aura belonging to a Half-Step Grandmaster. Judging by the aura, her strength was indeed above that of Dugu Lie and Wang Heng, on par with his own.

Yet even he himself would find it hard to force the two back, much less injure them, in so short a time. What trump card did this woman possess?

His suspicious gaze quickly fell upon the dark‑gold long spear in the woman’s hand. It seemed to be a decent Fourth-Grade Dharma Artifact, but that was all.

“Gang Leader Liu!”

“Strike quickly, you and I together will slay this woman!”

Dugu Lie and Wang Heng swiftly arrived at Liu Sha’s side; the three faced off against the Profound Robe woman at a distance of over ten zhang. Liu Sha suppressed the anger in his eyes and did not rush to act—the matter was simply too strange.

“Hm? There’s another one?”

When the Profound Robe woman saw Liu Sha, her pupils flickered slightly, a grave look arising in her heart. She could sense that the last one to appear had a formidable strength; judging by aura alone he was a cut above herself.

By contrast, though she carried at her side a Third Grade Profound Gold Spear brought from her clan, she, after all, was only a Half-Step Grandmaster, not a true Martial Arts Grandmaster; fully driving a Grandmaster-level Weapon consumed no small amount.

To face three with one, the situation seemed somewhat unfavorable for her.

“Rumble—!”

Just then, ever‑greater tremors kept coming from the dark hall behind. Each sound exploded in Liu Sha’s heart, pressing down the suspicion in his eyes. This was precisely the critical juncture; he could not allow any slip.

The three of them joining hands to strangle one person—what need had they to be so hesitant?

“Good, the three brothers of us will go together!”

Liu Sha, anxious at heart, was the first to strike. Yet just as he closed in on the woman, he saw in her eyes a trace of doubt and puzzlement.

Doubt and puzzlement?

Why would the other side show such an expression?

Soon Liu Sha understood the reason. In the next instant his face changed drastically, pupils shrinking as he let out a furious low roar, knowing he had been set up. The not‑so‑eye‑catching dark‑gold long spear in the woman’s hand suddenly burst forth with brilliant golden light.

One after another, Artifact Patterns upon it lit up in succession—there were actually as many as seven complete lines!

“Buzz!”

A terrifying sharpness belonging to a Grandmaster-level spear soared into the sky.

“Damn it!”

…

“Hero, save me!”

“As long as you can save my life—no, even if I don’t live past today, I’ll drag Quan Feng down with me. Hero, so long as you strike and butcher that cur Quan Feng, I can tell you a great secret, a secret for prying into the marvels of the Upper Three Grades!”

“Hm?”