Lord of the Sky City

No one expected a high-level demon to descend.

And anyone familiar with high-level demons knew one thing, their appearance meant a deadly battle!

This was now the case for Rocky. He had to stop the Knife Fox Demon because if he failed, it would be the end of Backhill Village, not just the village but the Guard Corps, Liliya, and everyone and everything would ultimately be destroyed by the scythe of the Knife Fox Demon.

But how difficult it was to achieve this!

If high-level demons could be stopped just by saying so, how could they become the stuff of terrifying legends?

Rocky had merely exchanged a glance with the Knife Fox and already deeply felt the gap between them—he was simply not on the same level as the Knife Fox Demon. The disparity was so great that just one look nearly scared him to death.

This was not because Rocky was cowardly. Anyone who dared confront a high-level demon could be called brave. His fear was solely due to the overwhelming difference in strength, which instinctively triggered his terror.

Indeed, a moment later, Rocky had snapped out of his fear, but when he looked down to the ground again, he discovered that the Knife Fox Demon was gone…

Bad news!

The moment he noticed the Knife Fox Demon had disappeared from its original position, Rocky felt a sense of doom and, without thinking, immediately leaped upward, flying higher.

At the same time as he soared into the air, the Knife Fox Demon appeared in midair, right in front of him, swinging its scythe down!

Fortunately, Rocky had reacted preemptively. By making the right choice the moment he noticed the opponent’s disappearance, when the Knife Fox Demon swung its scythe, he had just rushed upward, allowing the scythe to miss by scraping past his toes.

However, after this miss, the Knife Fox Demon did not fall but instead kicked powerfully twice in midair, propelling itself several meters upwards as if it were stepping on the ground.

Double jump!

Logically, the Knife Fox Demon was not capable of flying, but due to its extreme speed and the excessive power in its legs, this demon could easily jump to heights of forty to fifty meters, or even more, and its strong leg muscles allowed it to perform consecutive jumps in midair. Therefore, while the Knife Fox Demon could not fly freely like a Magic Dragon or reach high altitudes, its ability to jump repeatedly in low-altitude combat presented no problem at all.

Now was such a time; when Rocky had evaded an attack by increasing his altitude, the Knife Fox Demon immediately jumped up and appeared before him again!

“Ah!”

Rocky exclaimed, startled that the opponent could perform consecutive jumps in midair. He immediately responded with the fastest reaction and speed, moving from up to down, beginning to descend.

Unfortunately, although his reaction was quick and there was no problem with his armor operation, he was still a step too slow. Although he did not give the Knife Fox Demon the chance to swing its unstoppable scythe, in the process of their crossing paths, he was stepped on by the demon.

One step from the Knife Fox Demon on his shoulder made Rocky feel as if he had been struck by a mountain, completely out of control, plummeting straight toward the ground!

Then, in the blink of an eye, there was a booming sound as Rocky fell vertically from midair to the ground.

“How…is that…possible…”

“My lord…”

As Rocky heavily fell from the sky, everyone on the city walls gaping widely, whether they were archers or Liliya and the others who had made it back to the walls, at that moment, despair appeared in their eyes.

In everyone’s minds, Rocky was the strongest warrior of Thunderhawk City and, in the eyes of many soldiers, was invincible. In fact, he almost was, whether it was his first demon hunt when he was younger or his later mission defending Backhill Village, or even in the combat arena—it was always so, and in the battle against Wild Horse City, he even performed a one-man pentakill, slaying five Void Magic Warriors.

Such an outstanding record had made everyone in Thunderhawk City feel that as long as Rocky was there, they would never be defeated, and indeed that had been the case—Rocky led them in every battle, and they had never lost.

But this time, they dared not think so, because anyone could see that in the confrontation with the high-level demon, Rocky was at an absolute disadvantage!

And if even he couldn’t stand against the high-level demon, who else could protect them?

“Quick! Contact Thunderhawk City, seek out Master Orton!”

Watching Rocky fall from the sky, Liliya wished she could rush out to help immediately, but she knew she shouldn’t because with her strength she couldn’t truly aid Rocky, and if she did go, she would only distract him.

Hence, after realizing Rocky was no match for the high-level demon, Liliya immediately thought of Orton and the others; they were all archmages, and they could definitely help.

At that moment, the place where Rocky had fallen was stirring up a billowing cloud of dust, quickly obscuring the sight of the people who couldn’t tell what had happened to Rocky.

Yet before anyone could grasp what was happening, another dark shadow fell from the sky!

The Knife Fox Demon had followed!

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With a loud bang, the Knife Fox Demon that fell straight from the sky plunged into the dust, causing everyone’s hearts to clench because nobody knew Rocky’s condition. If he wasn’t ready, then with the Knife Fox Demon’s arrival, his end might very well be at hand.

However, fortunately, just a few seconds after the Knife Fox Demon crashed into the swirling dust, a figure dashed out—it was Rocky!

Emerging from the swirling dust, Rocky had already maxed out his Armor’s speed and while retreating, he opened his shoulder and waist Magic Energy Beam Emitters, and along with the Magic Energy Bullet Emitter on his arm, he unleashed all his firepower in a fierce bombardment towards the dust.

Under this attack, the dust-covered area soon echoed with a series of explosions, and amidst the continuous blasts, the dust was completely dispersed, allowing everyone to see the Knife Fox Demon again.

Facing Rocky’s attack, the Knife Fox Demon dodged left and right with extreme speed, as if teleporting. One moment it appeared on Rocky’s left, the next second it flashed to his right, avoiding both the Magic Bullets and the Magic Energy Beams.

In this situation, within just a few seconds, the Knife Fox Demon, dodging and weaving, had caught up to Rocky and stood before him!

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!”

Appearing before Rocky, the Knife Fox Demon, amidst its screeching, raised the two scythes in its hands, hacking down in a cross formation…!