240: You're cheating!

As the people around Han Dongxu died one after another, dark flames ignited on Han Dongxu's body.

From a distance, the flames radiated a scorching aura, but upon closer inspection, one would realize it wasn't physical heat.

"Kill... you..."

These were the last words Han Dongxu uttered before his body was engulfed by the flames.

However, the flames didn't burn him to ashes; instead, a massive fiery phantom coalesced behind his body.

The phantom was dozens of meters tall, standing like a giant between heaven and earth.

Its appearance was identical to Han Dongxu's, yet with subtle differences.

Moreover, as Han Dongxu's body swayed, the phantom mimicked his movements, as if it were his doppelganger.

【High-level Demon: Soul Flame Demon】

【Descent Progress: 51%】

Gu Qinghan had just withdrawn his Skeletons to a safe distance when he saw the information about the giant phantom.

For a moment, he couldn't be sure whether this information belonged to Han Dongxu or the phantom.

Or perhaps, both.

Chairman Han, who had originally intended to build a powerful army through Gu Qinghan, now stood motionless like a walking corpse.

His eyes were hollow, as if his soul had been emptied.

And everyone around Han Dongxu looked the same.

Han Dongxu lightly pointed at Gu Qinghan, and illusory figures immediately detached from these bodies.

They resembled people burning with flames, rushing towards Gu Qinghan, attempting to drag him into hell as well.

Gu Qinghan's expression hardened; these ghostly things seemed to be the souls of those people!

Driven by the eerie flames, these figures left a trail of fire as they directly encircled Gu Qinghan.

A massive number of Skeletons appeared before Gu Qinghan, roaring as they lunged at these burning souls.

The moment they collided, there was no clash of blades or swords as imagined, only a sizzling sound like melting foam boards.

The burning souls erupted in waves of fire, extinguishing the soul fire in the eyes of many Temporary Workers.

There were no cracks on their bones, but these Skeletons slowly disintegrated into a pile of dry bones, mercilessly trampled by the Skeletons behind them.

"Gu Qinghan! These flames can burn souls! I stole this skill before!"

In the distance, Piao Jun, who was entangled with the Maimed Demon, suddenly shouted loudly, reminding Gu Qinghan of the flames' characteristics.

But even if he hadn't spoken, Gu Qinghan had already discovered this.

He quickly transformed the Skeletons into Eye of the Sky, firing dense volleys of arrows towards that direction.

However, what Gu Qinghan didn't expect was that Han Dongxu actually whipped out two fiery long whips, entangling two Maimed Demons.

Sharp, unpleasant screams erupted, and the two Maimed Demons were immediately pulled before Han Dongxu.

Their arms thrashed wildly, clearly suffering immense pain.

As these arms danced, a large number of skills poured forth, colliding with the sky-filled ice arrows to create various colorful fireworks.

"This guy can actually use those flames to drive Maimed Demons!

No, this is practically forcing the Maimed Demons to release skills!"

Gu Qinghan could see that the descent progress of both Maimed Demons was 100%.

A High-level Demon that hadn't fully descended easily controlled two Maimed Demons; this was the difference brought by bloodline.

And as the two Maimed Demons blocked those skills, a somewhat transparent fiery ring slowly descended above Han Dongxu's head.

He seemed unable to move, but after the fiery ring fell, it spread outwards like a wave.

Its speed was unhurried, yet it rendered every place it passed unrecognizable.

Even some mutated, lush weeds gradually withered as the fiery ring swept over them.

However, the surrounding corpses that had not yet been collected by the Maimed Demons suddenly trembled when the fiery ring passed over them.

Subsequently, illusory souls crawled out of their bodies, burning with that kind of flame as they rushed towards Han Dongxu.

Gu Qinghan was on the back of the Crow King and was not affected by the fiery ring.

Piao Jun, however, was shouting loudly behind him, prompting Gu Qinghan to bring him back as well.

As soon as he got close to Gu Qinghan, Piao Jun hurriedly said:

"This guy doesn't seem to have any thoughts about us for now, let's retreat quickly!"

Gu Qinghan gave him a strange look and pointed in Han Dongxu's direction.

Piao Jun turned to look, his face suddenly becoming incredibly grim.

Because, even at this distance, he could see that the Soul Flame Demon's descent progress was gradually increasing.

In just this short while, the opponent's descent progress had already reached 53%.

It was conceivable that if they left now, this guy's descent would definitely only be a matter of time.

But he immediately slapped himself, looking at Gu Qinghan with a very sincere gaze and said:

"Brother, I know you're a hero, but we can't do anything about him right now.

Listen to me, let's retreat and leave this matter to the capable people to solve, okay?"

To his despair, Gu Qinghan still shook his head.

"It's you who can't do anything about it, I might be able to."

Gu Qinghan left these words, then extended his right hand towards Han Dongxu, fingers spread, as if wanting to grasp the opponent.

This scene was extremely similar to when Han Dongxu had pointed at Gu Qinghan before, but with an added sense of composure and calm.

Piao Jun stared intently at Gu Qinghan's palm, expecting some exaggerated skill to be unleashed from there.

But to his disappointment, nothing appeared.

"Brother, don't mess with me, look, he's dozens of meters tall, you..."

He looked towards Han Dongxu with a mournful face, the words he hadn't yet spoken suddenly caught in his throat.

Because at this moment, he saw a bone hand appear above that giant figure.

To be precise, 'big' was no longer sufficient to describe this arm; it should be 'enormous'.

If one were to imagine a person based on the proportion of this arm, then the phantom behind Han Dongxu would be a mere elementary school student in front of this person.

As soon as the giant bone hand appeared, it slammed towards the ground, following Gu Qinghan's movements.

Boom—

The deafening sound made Piao Jun's gaze somewhat blank, and the giant phantom was also sent flying backward by the bone hand.

The soul fire that had just coalesced on the phantom, like leeches drawn to blood, burrowed towards the bone hand, but was quickly dispersed.

Finally, only a several-meter-deep bone handprint was left on the ground.

After one strike, this suddenly appearing bone hand gradually began to disintegrate.

Cracks appeared on it, crawling like a spider web across the entire arm, eventually turning into specks of white light.

As the smoke and dust cleared, the Maimed Demon that had previously forced Piao Jun into a desperate state had already turned into a flattened mess of flesh on the ground.

"Brother, tell me, are you cheating?" Piao Jun asked Gu Qinghan, staring blankly.

"I can't say, I'm even a little suspicious that I'm cheating myself..."