# 1984
Chapter 1971: [Demon] Withering
Four purple figures, four different directions.
Although these directions varied, they were all generally moving toward the Ancestral God Temple. Among them, only Su Yuan on the far right was charging straight north toward the Ancestral God Temple's position.
The other three were heading northwest, due west, and southwest respectively. As they advanced, their distance from the Ancestral God Temple increased rather than decreased.
Corresponding to these four trajectories from right to left were Su Yuan, Li Zhenzhen, Liu Jun, and Han Chuang.
The moment these four purple figures shot forward, Han Chuang on the far left was slightly slower, causing him to be the closest prey in the eyes of [Chaos].
Seeing this, [Chaos] hesitated not at all, and took a step to pursue Han Chuang, who had fallen behind.
The dark red wings fluttered rapidly over the sea. Han Chuang's heart was in his throat. After slashing at [Chaos], he had been frantically sprinting forward.
However, those dark red wings had barely fluttered twice before an unprecedented pressure came from behind!
He really came!!
Han Chuang's body felt like it had plunged into an ice pit, but his speed showed no sign of slowing. Just as the wings were about to complete their second beat, a black finger descended from the heavens!
Death's threat flooded his consciousness. Before he could even perceive the descending figure, darkness consumed his vision!
His body suddenly and impossibly flattened, as if every bone had been crushed simultaneously, resembling an insect crushed beneath a wheel, drifting lifelessly down to the sea's surface!
Splash—
A thin spray of water erupted, crimson blood spreading across the ocean's surface before the waves diluted its intensity.
[Demon] Squad member Han Chuang, death.
As the flattened corpse sank into the depths, [Chaos] didn't even glance back, its gaze leisurely drifting toward the distance, as if it had merely taken a casual step forward and accidentally stepped on an ant.
From the moment Han Chuang turned to flee until his death by a single finger strike, the entire sequence lasted barely a second...
Immediately after, its form vanished from where it stood.
In that single second of Han Chuang's demise, the other three figures had already fled several kilometers. Currently, the target nearest to [Chaos] was Liu Jun in the second position from the left.
Han Chuang's death had come too quickly—even a dying scream had failed to escape his lips. Liu Jun's complexion had turned ashen, but he didn't look back, continuing his desperate sprint!
He had known from the beginning that he would be the next to die.
They only had five people. They needed to ensure that before [Chaos] killed the fourth person, the fifth individual would already reach the Ancestral God Temple's location, becoming the final link in their decoy plan.
Therefore, the fundamental logic of this plan was to delay [Chaos]'s killing pace, buying time for the last person to escape into the Ancestral God Temple's area...
From the start, Lu Baoyou had predetermined everyone's death order.
Han Chuang's trajectory deviated significantly from the true Ancestral God Temple position. His purpose was to draw [Chaos] as far as possible from Su Yuan's route, using his own death to purchase her precious seconds. That initial pause he made was the deliberate weakness meant to lure [Chaos] into chasing him.
And after Han Chuang's death, the person whose trajectory most closely matched Han Chuang's original heading was Liu Jun...
Sensing that overwhelming terror appearing behind him, Liu Jun understood his doom had arrived. Unwilling to die silently like Han Chuang, he suddenly drew the Straight Blade from his waist while still soaring through the air!
Clang—!!
"Great Xia will triumph!! [Chaos]!! Damn you to hell!!!"
Liu Jun's hand gripping the blade shot up with a raised middle finger, and as he began to laugh a "Ha" sound, a dim radiance pierced through his body!
The next moment, he exploded mid-air like a torn sack!
That dark silhouette slowly walked above where his corpse had been, casting an icy glance at the scattered limbs floating on the sea's surface.
"Insects... daring to provoke me?"
[Demon] Squad member Liu Jun, death.
Compared to Han Chuang, Liu Jun had lasted approximately half a second longer... and that half-second had been purchased by his dying curse.
In less than three seconds, two kills. [Chaos]'s gaze locked onto the next "Earth's Anchor" carrier.
It lifted its foot only half a step before crossing several kilometers of distance, arriving before Li Zhenzhen.
[Chaos]'s massive form blocked her path like a wall. Li Zhenzhen could only halt her movements...
"Goddess of Love?" [Chaos] observed her with obvious interest.
"What an intriguing ability... Using you to编排 some love stories should be quite entertaining? Like making Lin Qiye fall in love with the [Black Goat]... Oh my heavens, if such a scene appeared during the broadcast, perhaps it would be more thrilling than simply destroying them with fear? Hahahaha..."
"You wish!!"
Li Zhenzhen clenched her teeth, her palm seizing a heart-tipped arrow from the void, driving it毫不犹豫 toward her own heart without hesitation!
At that moment, a black hand seized her wrist.
"Want to die? Did you think you could simply end yourself?" [Chaos] sneered.
While Li Zhenzhen struggled, she glanced sideways with her peripheral vision. During her confrontation with [Chaos], several seconds had already passed, and Su Yuan on the direct route had arrived near the Ancestral God Temple. She would soon be able to enter!
Li Zhenzhen's eyes flashed with determination. Under that terrifying pressure, she forced herself to speak calmly:
"You want to use my abilities for your schemes... shouldn't that require offering me something in return first?"
"Something in return?" [Chaos] grinned widely. "Are you overestimating yourself... As long as I take you back, the [Black Goat] will naturally transform you into our puppet.
Insects have no right to negotiate with us."
As it spoke, [Chaos] directly seized Li Zhenzhen by the throat with one hand, lifting her slowly like holding a chick...
Li Zhenzhen knew her time to delay had reached its limit. She cast one final glance toward the Ancestral God Temple's direction—Su Yuan had already arrived at the area outside the Ancestral God Temple. At this distance, she should be able to complete the final trap mission and survive.
She was using this doomed, broken body to purchase Su Yuan's chance at life.
Li Zhenzhen, suspended by [Chaos]'s grip, her pale lips slightly curling upward as if in mockery.
"So what if I'm an insect? Someday... you'll also die at the hands of these so-called insects."
The next moment, pink light ignited within Li Zhenzhen's chest. A heart-tipped arrow burst forth from within her body, instantly tearing a gaping wound through her torso!
The appearance of this heart-tipped arrow was so sudden that [Chaos], frowning, was just preparing to intercept it when that arrow actually vanished into thin air...