Heart Protection (Back from the Brink)

CHAPTER 25

Yan Hui turned her head and shot him a glance: "Still alive?"

The moonlight swirled around her, revealing the clear outline of her face. Tian Yao gazed into her moonlit eyes. For a moment, he forgot to respond.

Yan Hui frowned. She swung the peach wood jian back and whacked Tian Yao on the forehead with it. He was startled and only heard Yan Hui dismissively say: "If you're dead, I'm not going to try to save you."

Tian Yao was stunned for a while. He foolishly held his slightly aching forehead. Suddenly, he emitted a deep and soft laugh.

Yan Hui knitted her eyebrows: "What are you laughing at? Did I hit you too hard and knocked the sense out of you?"

Tian Yao covered his forehead and chuckled softly for a long time: "This is the first time I've met someone like you."

She clearly left him, yet she returned with no regard for the danger. In the midst of his despair, in the midst of adversity, she saved him......

The most miraculous part was her actions had undoubtedly stunned him, but she didn't know it herself.

"What a bunch of nonsense." Yan Hui looked back in front of her. Her eyes focused on the ox-headed demon that she had swept back ten meters. Back then, she didn't hold back any her magic. That's why the ox-headed demon was still dizzily shaking its head.

In the dark forest behind the ox-headed demon, there were black shadows scurrying back and forth, seizing the two up. Because of Yan Hui's power when she knocked them back, they didn't dare to rashly advance. Further back in the forest, there were more rustling sounds in the vegetation. It was clear that there were more demons laying in wait for an opening.

All around Yan Hui and Tian Yao were the demons' murderous auras. Yan Hui tightly gripped her peach wood jian. Her expression was solemn.

These past few days were filled with action. Although her magic had recovered, she hadn't been able to keep much in reserve. It was enough to deal with one demon, but if they were to be attacked by a group of demons, her magic wouldn't be enough to last for long.

Today's plan would have to be tricking the group of demons into retreating.

Yan Hui focused her mind and concentrated magic in her dantian. She opened her mouth and said: "I'm from Chen Xing Mountain. You demons dare to enter the Central Plains and commit crimes. Are you tired of living?"

The name itself, Chen Xing Mountain, held some deterrence toward demons. For a moment, the rustling in the underbrush was ceaseless. It made the atmosphere in the forest even more tense and strange.

Yan Hui gathered magic into her legs. She took one step forward, and fire started to spread out from under her footstep. In an instant, it spread out to over 15 meters in distance. An enormous ring of fire formed over the demons' feet. The light of the blaze surpassed the moonlight, illuminating the eyes of many demons.

As far as the eye could see, Yan Hui counted at least twenty demons. There was a multitude of frightening faces and strange bodies.

The demons encircled in Yan Hui's magic panicked. They wanted to flee, but the fire array glued their feet to the ground. The demons couldn't move an inch.

Yan Hui's gaze swept over them, one by one. When she saw the demons start to tremble out of fear, Yan Hui's aura intensified. She deeply yelled: "Get out of my sight!"

At the same time, Yan Hui violently released her fire array. The explosion shot the demons away.

Now that the demons could escape, they rushed away in every direction. The forest filled with rustling sounds, but after a short while, the demonic presence went away.