Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 349: Thank You for Your Hard Work

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Thank You for Your Hard Work

The mountain bandits, upon seeing the roaring Lotcar, immediately had the thought of retreating, and Yang Yu, having no further concerns, launched an attack on the black-clothed assailants.

These black-clothed assailants, whose professions were either warrior or boxer, had high Strength and Defense, with some even having Strength close to three hundred.

However, their own Speed was not high, posing no threat to Yang Yu.

"Shadow Deception."

A shadow appeared behind Yang Yu, and after using it only a few times, he had already discovered how to employ "Shadow Deception" effectively.

Normally, one must wait for the black shadow to enter the designated position before launching an attack, but by starting the movement a little slower, the shadow could follow his own movements.

In this way, although the casting time of "Shadow Deception" would be slightly extended, there was no need to maintain the same action while releasing "Shadow Deception," allowing greater autonomy and flexibility.

It was entirely possible to use this Skill as a slowly cast State Skill.

The shadow tracked closely behind Yang Yu’s sword blade, as if a black wind had risen up on Yang Yu’s sword. This black wind continuously chased Yang Yu’s blade, climbing onto it and turning the blade pitch-black.

Yang Yu ducked an attack from a black-clothed assailant and kicked another coming at him in the abdomen; then, targeting the black-clothed assailant with the greatest difference between Strength and Defense, he landed a sword strike on him.

The black-clothed assailant, struck by the sword, widened his eyes in disbelief. His black clothing was cut open by Yang Yu’s blade, and the white inner lining underneath was slowly soaked red with blood flowing from his chest.

Yang Yu’s attack had breached his Defense in one blow.

But before the black-clothed assailant could be surprised for too long, Yang Yu drove the fallen sword into the ground and, lifting both feet, struck a powerful blow to the robust chest of the assailant, salting his wound.

The remaining black-clothed assailants, still in shock, failed to steady themselves and stumbled backward a few steps, leaning on several other black-clothed assailants. They fell backwards together like a row of tumbling dominoes.

The hefty black-clothed men behind them simultaneously braced themselves into horse stances, stabilizing their centers of gravity to catch the falling members, preventing the dominoes from continuing to fall.

Just as these black-clothed men were about to regroup and counterattack Yang Yu, he used the sword embedded in the ground to cast "Thorny Binding," and countless thorns burst forth from the earth, binding the colliding black-clothed assailants firmly in place.

Two of the black-clothed men who had missed Yang Yu immediately turned around and joined forces to attack him. Yang Yu sidestepped to the right, dropping his weight, and met their combined punches with "Shield Counter."

The fists of the two black-clothed men struck Yang Yu’s Shield, and it was as if they had hit an iron board with spikes, both simultaneously letting out a muffled grunt.

Biting back the pain from the thorns, the bound black-clothed men broke free and were just about to continue their onslaught on Yang Yu when Iyas’ arrows arrived, piercing through the shoulder of one.

In the face of this sudden protective aid, Yang Yu merely scratched his head and then plunged back into the throng, continuing to buy time with bizarre maneuvers.

White Magic Power gathered at the tip of the Magic Wand, and the dazzling Magic Array spread out like a huge sunshade, covering the sunlight above Bai Jin.

"Complete."

With these two words softly uttered, the white Magic Power converged and filled Bai Jin’s Magic Array, a wave of coldness spreading out from the Array.

In an instant, Bai Jin became the epicenter of an explosion, unleashing an even more fierce chill. This chill, wrapped in white snowflakes, swept across the mountain range like a shockwave, freezing all targets in its path and draping the verdant trees within its range with a layer of white snow veil.

The attacking mountain bandits immediately halted, turned into blocks of ice, while the men in black, due to their better physical condition, weren’t instantly killed by Bai Jin’s ice magic. However, their speed was noticeably affected by the ice magic, their originally slow pace becoming even slower.

After the magic had been cast, Bai Jin gasped for air and then wove a new attack, using the chant-simplified Frost Ice Arrows to finish off the bandits who had not yet dropped their weapons. Lotcar also remained in place, sending out waves of claw wind, helping Bai Jin clean up the riffraff, and it wasn’t long before the remaining bandits obediently surrendered, no longer bearing any will to fight.

Seeing this, Bai Jin immediately turned her attack towards the men in black, coordinating with Yang Yu’s movements and providing support with the Ice Spear Technique.

For Yang Yu at that moment, the outcome of the fight was no longer in doubt.

As he had expected, in less than ten minutes, no one dared to attack them again, and the survivors on the scene were completely compliant to Yang Yu.

Nevertheless, Yang Yu had no intention of staying in this place any longer. Seeing that no one was stopping them, he took Iyas and Bai Jin and strode away.

Iyas, with her arms folded and dissatisfaction in her seat at the back of the carriage, said, "Can you tell me how things have come to this?

Once we arrived in Tansen, weren’t we supposed to smoothly find clues about my brother and carry out a rescue?

What exactly did you do to make these people hunt you down, forcing us to flee the city? Doesn’t this take us even further from the clues about my brother?"

Yang Yu, driving the carriage, showed no intention of stopping, simply replying, "I did nothing, and yet it ended up like this."

"Did nothing?! Then why did it end up like this?"

The frustration in Iyas’s heart hadn’t dissipated with her recent outburst. On the contrary, it flared up again because of Yang Yu’s calm demeanor.

"Iyas, calm down," Bai Jin tried to persuade Iyas, "Yang Yu must know something. Don’t rush him; let him finish talking."

But Iyas paid no heed to Bai Jin. If she didn’t hurry to find out the reason and a solution, they would only end up further from her brother,

"You said you would tell me on the way, so why didn’t you..."

"We are on the way right now," Yang Yu interrupted Iyas, "I didn’t tell you before because it didn’t seem appropriate at the time.

Now that we’ve temporarily escaped danger, if you want to know, I can tell you everything I know and what I’ve deduced."

Inside the carriage, Iyas could only see Yang Yu’s broad shoulders, unable to discern any expression on his face. Even with her own slight obtuseness, she could still detect a hint of coldness in Yang Yu’s voice.

This feeling of being distanced made Iyas lower her head, her gaze blurred as she looked at the passing scenery. For some reason, the persistent heaviness in her heart completely dissipated at that moment.

After a long while, Iyas finally spoke, her brow furrowed,

"Thank you."