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"Offense and defense shifted?" An Changqing held his sword horizontally in front of him, golden spiritual energy flowing across the blade to protect his four companions. His sharp eyes stared directly at Guan Jinyue: "Guan Jinyue, what exactly do you want to do?"

Why bother?

She sighed, flicked her wrist, and sheathed the Moonlit Sword in her hand: "Please allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Guan Jinyue, the leader of the Seventy-Two Pillar Demons and Baal's contractor."

Guan Jinyue stepped aside and looked at the phantom above the dome: "Baal is about to descend here, and you four, as prodigies, don't really need to be buried with those mediocre people."

She held out her hand: "You still have a chance to join us."

Guan Jinyue's words were like a sharp sword, piercing through the last glimmer of hope.

Baal, the leader of the seventy-two demon gods!

That being, which symbolizes destruction in both mythology and reality, had a contractor who actually stood before them, calmly announcing the imminent arrival of a demon god.

An Changqing, Long Ao, and Su Yuehe's expressions instantly turned extremely ugly. Even the most oblivious person would realize the seriousness of the situation at this moment.

This has far exceeded the scope of what the Four Schools League can handle; it could even be a disaster affecting the entire secret realm and the outside world.

Even if it is just a projection that descends here, it is enough to unleash a disaster.

"Contractor..." An Changqing gripped his sword even tighter. He was not afraid of the strong, nor was he afraid of death. This was the instinctive sense of powerlessness when facing beings of this level.

"Guan Jinyue, do you know what you're doing? Summoning a demon god! Do you know the consequences this will bring?"

He made a final, feeble attempt to persuade them.

"Consequences?" Guan Jinyue chuckled, her silver hair brushing against her shoulder and fluttering in the wind. "You will die, and many outside will probably die too. Although Baal will lose in the end, he is just a projection and can come back countless times, while you are living flesh and blood and will have no chance."

She knew what she was doing, of course, but Guan Jinyue did it willingly, even though she knew she wasn't 100% sure she could get away.

Guan Jinyue's gaze swept over the four of them, lingering on Chen Guan for a moment before turning away: "I admire you all, especially you, An Changqing, and... that classmate carrying the coffin. Your potential shouldn't be wasted here."

"Fuck you!" Long Ao finally couldn't hold back any longer and cursed, his crimson aura erupting uncontrollably, scorching the surrounding rubble until it cracked: "I was born a human being, standing tall and upright, to be a dog for demons? Keep dreaming!"

Chen Guan didn't speak, but silently adjusted his breathing, quietly circulated his mental energy, and fully activated the passive perception of the echo.

He could sense that the terrifying aura emanating from the constantly condensing phantom above the dome was increasing exponentially, like a giant vortex frantically drawing out the spiritual energy of this secret realm.

In the lingering vision, a gray dot emitted a faint ripple, becoming increasingly clear.

As expected... Baal can be recorded by echoes...

An Changqing suppressed the turmoil in his heart: "We have different paths, so we cannot work together. Today, even if it is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, we will never bow down to you or the demon god behind you."

As An Changqing finished speaking, his sword intent soared into the sky. The golden sword light was so condensed that it cleaved through the surrounding dark red mist, creating a small, relatively stable space for his teammates behind him.

"Well said!" Long Ao laughed loudly, his crimson aura rising higher and higher, the ground beneath his feet cracking inch by inch, and a molten lava-like luster condensing on his iron fists, a sign that he had pushed his endless fighting abilities to their current limit.

"Whatever demon god he is, he'll take my punch first!"

Su Yuehe's gaze remained fixed on Guan Jinyue, and she whispered, "Shatter."

The seemingly unbreakable barrier shattered with a deafening roar, and Long Ao charged forward like a burning meteor, unleashing a furious attack aimed directly at Guan Jinyue's face.

Chen Guan closed his eyes, no longer projecting his mental energy outward to resist, but instead drawing it all inward, frantically urging his residual energy.

The target was clearly Baal, whose presence was becoming increasingly clear and emanating a terrifying aura, high above the dome.

To deal with beings of this caliber, conventional methods are meaningless; one must fight rules with rules, and myths with myths.

This is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous act, like trying to hold boiling lava in a fragile clay pot; the slightest mistake will result in collapse.

But for him...

He can try countless times.

Moreover, he could lose before, he could lose to ordinary students countless times, but now he cannot lose, because he still has his own body behind him, and the protagonists of these worlds.

Chen Guan had already made up his mind, and then he changed the range, increasing the range of himself and the coffin to 100 meters.

"Stubborn to the end." The last trace of regret in Guan Jinyue's eyes disappeared: "Then... see you in the next life."

She no longer held back, uttering obscure incantations.

Above the dome, the enormous phantom suddenly let out a deafening roar, causing the entire Scorched Rift Valley and even the wider secret realm to tremble violently.

Dark red lightning cascaded down like a waterfall, tearing through space, and evil spiritual power transformed into a tangible storm that swept everything away.

A gigantic, sky-covering claw tore through the still unstable spatial passage and slammed down on the four people below.

Before the demonic claws even arrived, the terrifying pressure that seemed to crush souls and destroy everything had already made An Changqing's sword light tremble, Long Ao's aura flicker, and Su Yuehe's protective halo shatter layer by layer.

As An Changqing strode forward, ready to fight to the death, a pair of hands pushed him away.

A heavy coffin suddenly pressed down on him, and caught off guard, he was sent flying with the coffin. Fortunately, thanks to his excellent skills, he quickly regained his balance and stared in astonishment at the figure heading straight for death.

In the fleeting glances, his eyes, no longer the usual dark green, reflected a burning world.

That was a faint echo of mythology from Baal that Chen Guan had just forcibly recorded.

Chen Guan clenched his fists as if he had grasped something invisible, and then swung them fiercely at the giant demonic claw that was slamming down.

"Burn the world, flames!"

In an instant, the crimson sky burned even brighter, the wind howled, the fire raged, the thunder roared incessantly, the water flowed ceaselessly, and even space itself seemed to groan as it shattered.

Barna's claws, powerful enough to crush mountains, suddenly stopped just a few feet away from the top of Chen's coffin.

The dark purple scales covering the claws first emitted a blazing white light from within, and then the edges of each scale began to char and turn to ashes.

The originally solid claw shadow suddenly began to disintegrate, and large swaths of dark red flames exploded out of control, scattering the surrounding blood-red color and revealing the original sky color.

A violent hurricane swept towards the four people below, making their clothes flutter and their hair fly along their faces. An Changqing shielded the coffin behind him and looked at the coffin in front of him. He never imagined that it would be the coffin that blocked such a devastating blow.

The most surprised was Guan Jinyue, who showed an incredulous expression for the first time. Her connection with Baal allowed her to clearly perceive that the Baal projection that had descended just now was actually interfered with by a force of the same origin but more fundamental.