With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

"Run! He's going to detonate his inner core, trying to take you with him!"

Upon hearing the yamen runner's warning, Zhao Yao felt a sudden alarm bell ring in his mind.

He stared at Hu Ya, noticing the unmistakable madness in his eyes. His pupils constricted instantly, and before Hu Ya could get close, he grabbed the assassin's gun and retreated rapidly.

thump~

He strode forward, reaching the bundle in one step. He grabbed the bundle containing the water bottle and the Fire Tiger's inner core, bent his knees, and leaped dozens of meters into the air!

bang~

Leaving two craters in its place, Zhao Yao's massive 6.5-meter-tall body suddenly shot upwards into the night sky and disappeared, seemingly falling to an unseen location ahead, making a huge commotion as it crashed onto the ground.

At his original spot, Hu Ya, looking up, saw Zhao Yao disappear into the night. His body, which had been frantically moving forward, intending to perish together with Zhao Yao, froze.

He abruptly turned his head, stared at Zhou Pengju standing nearby, and said with unwavering hatred:

"He's gone, but you, his accomplice, are going to die anyway!"

Holy crap! You just ran off like that, selling me out?!

"Gurgle~"

Zhou Pengju swallowed hard, staring at Hu Ya, his heart pounding. He gripped Zhao Yao's bundle tightly, trembling with nervousness.

bang~

Zhao Yao's figure fell from the night sky and crashed into the ground in their field of vision, creating a large crater.

He jumped back.

Zhou Pengju and Hu Ya turned their heads at the same time, looking at him excitedly.

He looked back at the two of them, his face filled with helplessness.

After he jumped, he saw that Hu Ya hadn't followed, and then he remembered Zhou Pengju who had stayed behind. His heart skipped a beat, and he realized that he might have betrayed Zhou Pengju, so he jumped back.

Zhao Yao looked at Zhou Pengju and quickly reminded him:

"Why aren't you running?"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Seeing Hu Ya stare back at Zhao Yao, Zhou Pengju hurriedly nodded and ran away in a flash.

Come and chase me!

Zhao Yao turned his gaze away from Zhou Pengju, who had just left, and looked at Hu Ya, who was struggling to control the flames in his abdomen. He grinned, revealed a smile, and then turned and ran away.

Hu Ya, provoked, gave chase.

thump~

thump~

thump~

He strode forward, running while keeping his head turned and staring intently at Hu Ya, trying to maintain the right distance—neither too close for Hu Ya to get close, nor too far for Hu Ya to catch up.

Hu Ya chased after him with all his might, his expression becoming increasingly frantic and irritable. The surging fire in his abdomen, unable to catch up with Zhao Yao, was forced to be suppressed, causing the fire to overflow and spread throughout his body, resulting in magma-like cracks.

In the wilderness, under the stars, a six-and-a-half-meter-tall, naked, iron-cast statue-like warrior runs ahead, while a large, red-hot, humanoid dog with cracked magma patterns chases behind.

The two chased each other.

At first, Zhao Yao was faster, but as the magma patterns on Hu Ya's body became denser, he became the faster one.

Gradually, Zhao Yao noticed something strange.

He had no other choice in the direction he was running; he seemed to be being driven in a fixed direction.

Zhao Yao couldn't help but recall the scene of sheepdogs herding sheep.

At that moment, he felt like the sheep being herded.

He now judged that, under Hu Ya's coercion, there were two directions he could take: one was to go back and leap up, which would probably allow him to avoid Hu Ya's self-destruction; the other was to head towards Wangzhou City.

Alternatively, you could simply face Hu Ya head-on and let him self-destruct.

As he ran, he turned his head to look at Hu Ya, whose body was flushed red, and a thought struck him, and he made a decision.

He did not change direction and continued to run towards Wangzhou City.

Although Magistrate Zhou Yan forbade him to go back, he secretly wanted to.

Su Shangtao's inexplicable pursuit continued, but he had no idea why. The desire to figure out the ins and outs of this matter had become a kind of obsession.

At this moment, no matter why Hu Ya wanted to drive him towards Wangzhou City, it was destined to be unsuccessful!

Let's drag this out until he's dead!

Zhao Yao has the confidence to back it up.

The two fled, and not long after, Hu Ya's body had turned completely into dark red lava, with sporadic black flames spewing from the cracks in his body, and he was about to lose control.

In the pitch black ahead, a humanoid creature with a broad head, bright eyes, and an upright posture suddenly appeared before the two.

Zhao Yao ran ahead, peering ahead. When he saw the humanoid creature's appearance, his heart skipped a beat, his pupils contracted, and he stopped in his tracks.

It was a white tiger in human form! It gave off an extremely dangerous feeling!

In the darkness, the white tiger stood upright, over three meters tall, its eyes glowing eerily, blood dripping from the corner of its mouth. One claw sheath extended a sharp claw, slowly grooming the blood-stained fur around its lips, while the other claw casually grasped the head of a female Black Iron Warrior who lay dead with her eyes wide open, making its image so terrifying.

The humanoid white tiger glanced at Zhao Yao's face, its deep blue eyes narrowing slightly.

Zhao Yao glanced down and saw the familiar face of the severed head in her hand; his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

"He killed my brother. Help me kill him, and from now on, you'll be the fourth leader."

As Hu Ya was about to catch up with Zhao Yao, he couldn't help but rub his throat first and shout out a metallic sound at the humanoid white tiger with all his might.

Although he acted madly, wanting to self-destruct and perish together with Zhao Yao, a sliver of reason remained. Knowing that even so, he probably couldn't take Zhao Yao with him, he intentionally kept driving Zhao Yao in that direction.

At this moment, he suppressed his hatred and finally achieved his goal.

Hearing the voice behind him, Zhao Yao felt a chill run down his spine and stepped aside.

Hu Ya was indeed intentionally driving me in this direction! There was actually a third person coming down from Black Wind Stronghold, and he was an extremely dangerous humanoid white tiger.

He forced himself not to focus all his attention on the humanoid white tiger, keeping an eye on Hu Ya out of the corner of his eye. Seizing the opportunity, just as Hu Ya was about to reach him, he silently recited a spell in his mind and activated the technique:

"Thumbs, magic!" 』

"I promise you, I will kill him!"

"You rush up first, put out the fire, and that will seriously injure him."

Zhao Yaochong nodded to Hu Ya, who was standing in front of him, in a strange tone, forcibly switching the roles of friend and foe.

"good!"

Hu Ya, still seething with resentment, responded to these words.

His dark eyes fixed on the humanoid white tiger, and without stopping, he rushed forward.

As he drew closer to the humanoid white tiger, the fire within him became uncontrollable, and his body rapidly brightened.

"interesting."

The humanoid white tiger witnessed this change, glanced at Zhao Yao, and grinned.

Her expression remained unchanged, and she did not dodge, but suddenly threw the severed head in her hand, which hit Hu Ya in the abdomen with precision!

Before Hu Ya could get close enough, the fire pill inside him was activated first, and he instantly unleashed all his firepower.

Boom!

In an instant, Hu Ya's body exploded, and waves of fire swept around and impacted all directions!

The humanoid white tiger was very close to the explosion and was the first to be hit, but it still did not dodge and was directly engulfed by the fire wave.

pat~

A piece of flesh and blood, inlaid with a fiery red inner core, fell to the ground nearby.

The firelight illuminated the surroundings, making the scene very clear and casting an uncertain shadow over Zhao Yao's expression.

He didn't look at the ground; his eyes were fixed on the humanoid white tiger amidst the flames, growing increasingly wary.

Call ~

As the flames subsided, the humanoid white tiger gradually emerged clearly from the distorted air.

She radiated a white light, revealing a kind of sacred aura, and was not harmed in the slightest.

She stood there, silently watching Zhao Yao, sizing him up like a prey, without saying a word for a moment.

After a long while, as Zhao Yao grew increasingly nervous, she finally opened her tiger-like mouth and spoke in a hoarse yet magnetic voice:

"Zhao Yao".

I never imagined that you would have the blood of a demon like mine within you.

"You actually know my name?"

May I ask your name? Perhaps you will spare my life because of this?

She finally spoke, and Zhao Yao's pupils narrowed, turning into a bright yellow tail fire tiger's third eye. He raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised.

Seeing that the humanoid white tiger did not show any displeasure at his trickery, he decided to test her.

"Heh~ I'll let you off the hook this time?"

The humanoid white tiger grinned, its jaws wide as if it were laughing.

She took two steps forward, prompting Zhao Yao to retreat in unison.

She glanced casually at Zhao Yao's naked body, paused, and stopped in her tracks. She lowered her head, admiring her own fingers from head to toe, and said:

"It's not that it's impossible."

She suddenly changed the subject, revealing that she genuinely wanted to avoid conflict with Zhao Yao.

She continued in a calm tone:

"My horse has died, and I want to give it a proper burial. Tell me a way to give it a proper burial, and if it satisfies me, I can let you go."

Why are we suddenly talking about horses? Could this be a pretext...?

Zhao Yao's heart skipped a beat, and he asked with a rather serious expression:

"As for a grand funeral, that depends on how much you love this horse."