Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 369: Don’t Be Arrogant

Chapter 369: Chapter 369: Don’t Be Arrogant

Having her attacks blocked with such ease twice in a row, Iyas didn’t have time to be surprised. She took a bow and arrow out of the quiver, created some distance, and prepared for her next attack.

Kiwi charged at her rapidly, swinging a heavy punch, but Iyas dodged the attack with a sidestep.

Unbeknownst to her, another broad-shouldered man named Walnut followed up with a hook punch aimed at Iyas’s chin.

Iyas leaned back, narrowly avoiding the punch as it grazed past her nose.

The force of Walnut’s punch, however, whipped off her hood, revealing her face.

A member blocking the alleyway couldn’t help but whistle,

"She’s quite the looker. Someone who can hold a big shot’s grudge sure is different, to have such a beauty following them. I wonder, later, if I can get a feel and satisfy my hands."

No sooner had these lecherous thoughts left the member’s mouth than Iyas fired another arrow.

This arrow vanished in mid-flight before hitting Kiwi, and in the next moment, it pierced the chest of the member who had been eyeing Iyas with lust, causing him to clutch his chest in agony and kneel down.

"Pretty face, but way too fiery tempered for my taste. I’m not interested in such a woman; I wouldn’t take her even if she were offered to me."

Fire Dragon Fruit’s eyes filled with irritation as he watched his subordinate get wounded,

"Kiwi, Walnut, make her suffer, let her know that even facing a beauty like her, we won’t go easy. Better yet, leave something on that pretty face of hers, so she can’t seduce men any longer."

"Got it!" Kiwi and Walnut said in unison as they dropped into horse stances, with twin purple glows bursting forth from their bodies, covering their arms and making them as thick as diamond.

Both men threw their fists simultaneously, sending two purple gusts of wind at Iyas.

Iyas tried to dodge, but the distance between the gusts was too narrow and, with her curvaceous figure, she had no room to maneuver between them to dodge this attack.

Iyas grunted as the purple gusts hit her, but she bore the pain, stood firm and trembling, drawing her bow and arrow once again.

The space was too cramped, hardly suitable for an archer to perform effectively. To quickly deal with this group, she needed to concentrate her firepower, knock out one of the big brutes with a combo attack, then find a breakthrough.

"Sacred Ripples."

As Kiwi and Walnut attacked again, Iyas didn’t draw her bow immediately. Instead, a gentle light radiated from her body, and ripples spread out from her as the center.

The ripples spread quickly, repelling Kiwi and Walnut’s attacks and causing them a moment of stiffness.

Seizing the opportunity, Iyas drew her bow, using "Hunter Mark" on Kiwi, then unleashed the "Gale Point Break" skill directly at his vital point.

The arrow traced a beautiful arc in the air, as the sharp tip gathered a hurricane, seemingly piercing Kiwi’s chest in an instant.

"Rapid Cold Ice."

Not long after Iyas’s arrow flew, an ice cone colder and faster than her arrows appeared behind her, chasing her arrow and, ultimately, colliding in front of Kiwi, causing an explosion.

Iyas looked behind her. The caster of the spell was none other than Fire Dragon Fruit, not far behind her.

"Don’t underestimate us. You don’t really think I’m just a simple bait, do you? I am the real leader of this team.

You’ve annoyed me, you wench!"

Magic sparks flew from her hands as Fire Dragon Fruit started chanting a powerful magic spell, and Kiwi and Walnut, having recovered from their petrification, were once again poised to launch an assault.

What should I do? In this situation, I alone am no match for them. Continuing like this, I might end up dead here!

Watching Kiwi and Walnut pounce towards her anew, Iyas’s mind went blank. As she drew her arrows and stretched the bowstring, she suddenly didn’t know whom to direct her attack at and could only watch helplessly as the attack drew closer and closer.

At the critical moment, a voice came from afar,

""Support Charge.""

A figure "whooshed" into view before Iyas, followed by his black sword blade slashing across the chests of Kiwi and Walnut.

The pair, in the midst of their coordinated attack, simultaneously felt a sharp pain in their chests, which caused their attack to waver. Seizing the opportunity, Yang Yu kicked Iyas in the stomach, sending her tumbling to the ground.

Immediately after, a strange glow emerged on Yang Yu’s shield, forming the "Reflective Coating." With a side step, he let Fire Dragon Fruit’s woven Blast Flame Magic hit his shield and reflected it back onto Kiwi and Walnut, who were swinging at thin air.

The Blast Flame Magic exploded upon contact with Kiwi and Walnut, sending them staggering backward a few steps, where they were caught by their comrades.

Iyas looked towards Yang Yu, but her gaze wasn’t that of seeing a savior, but rather a complaint of "why have you only come now?"

However, Yang Yu’s focus wasn’t on Iyas, but on Fire Dragon Fruit, who was grinding his teeth in anger.

Fire Dragon Fruit, infuriated by Yang Yu’s use of his attack to hit his subordinates, still managed to contain the rage in his heart and showed Yang Yu a disdainful smile.

"You’ve finally arrived. We’ve been waiting for you! If you don’t want to suffer, just surrender peacefully."

Yang Yu moved his shoulders, ""Who sent you?""

"Hehe." Fire Dragon Fruit let out a cold chuckle, ""You know what you’ve done. It’s my first time seeing someone willing to spend so much to have you completely eliminated.""

"I thought as much," Yang Yu said with a fearless smile, speaking mockingly, ""I suppose my bounty could now rank among the high-profile assassination targets.""

"Don’t flatter yourself," Fire Dragon Fruit said with a face full of mockery, ""A nobody like you, how could you possibly rank highly? There are plenty of more valuable targets out there than you. If there’s something you’re good at, it’s that a nobody like you is much easier to deal with than them.""

Tapping his sword against his shield, creating a clanging sound, Yang Yu returned the taunt,

"But then again, coming to deal with us nobodies, aren’t you also a nobody? The person who claims my bounty will definitely not be from among you."

After speaking, Yang Yu charged towards Fire Dragon Fruit.

"What an arrogant fool. Today, I’ll make sure you learn your lesson the hard way," red magic arrays appeared on Fire Dragon Fruit’s hands, flames bursting forth as he signaled with his right hand for Kiwi and Walnut to regroup behind him.

Even though she was discontent with being rescued, Iyas still drew her bows and arrows behind Yang Yu, ready to provide cover fire for him.

But at that moment, a piercingly cold wind blew from behind the brutes.

The small snowflakes within this chill wind were like sharp blades, skimming over the bodies of the sturdy men and leaving long, blood-red marks on them.

Bai Jin emerged magnificently, single-handedly surrounding the group of brutes.