If Lu Yu hadn't insisted on keeping them alive, Liu Tao would have directly blasted them, crushing the demon hearts within them, letting them die completely.

Fan Long's spine was broken, and he stood up with difficulty, leaning against the wall, while the flesh around his waist wriggled constantly, trying to repair the broken vertebrae.

Actually, for him, whether the spine could conduct nerve responses didn't matter. With the power of the demon heart, he could control bodily movements without needing nerve responses to control muscles.

His bent back was painful, and without the spine being intact, it was difficult for his body to stand straight.

Zheng Zhe had initially wanted to use the two people in his hands to threaten Liu Tao, but seeing Liu Tao's totally indifferent expression towards them and his intention to continue flicking marbles, he could only admit defeat and drop them, helping the incapacitated Fan Long escape.

"Did I permit you to run away?"

Liu Tao flicked a marble, infused with immense spiritual power, and it struck Fan Long's back fiercely. The marble embedded itself into his flesh, and the wriggling flesh couldn't expel it.

Boom! The spiritual power within the marble exploded, and the marble shattered into countless tiny glass fragments that mixed into Fan Long's body, making it even more difficult for him to remove them.

Fan Long felt that the upper part of his spine seemed to be fractured as well and said through gritted teeth, "I will definitely seek revenge!"

Just as he spoke, a marble struck him in the head, and with a clang, Fan Long lost consciousness and fell over, a cow-patterned marble embedded in the back of his head.

Zheng Zhe felt Fan Long suddenly lose consciousness, and all his weight pressed upon him. He quickly grabbed his arm and carried him away.

The weight of one person was not much for him, a level 2 demon hunter.

Liu Tao looked up at Lu Yu, who had manifested in the air. Lu Yu emanated auras of extreme cold and heat, which made Liu Tao feel slightly subdued.

Lu Yu's strength had increased again, while he seemed stuck in place.

It was inevitable; he managed the routine duties of Zhou Dazhi and Lu Yu. Furthermore, the breakthrough from Qi Cultivation to the Imperial Qi realm required a million experience points, and killing a Martial Cultivator at the peak of the Qi Cultivation realm only yielded about ten thousand experience points.

Gathering a million experience points was challenging, requiring considerable time to find suitable monsters for grinding, and Liu Tao was currently extremely short on time.

Glancing at Liu Tao, Lu Yu said, "Leave this to you."

After speaking, his figure disappeared into the air, following the fleeing pair.

Liu Tao looked at the two people lying on the ground, holding Liu Yu, with one hand grabbing one and carrying the other towards his home.

"Huh ~ Huh ~ We're genuinely lucky to have encountered such a freak and still managed to escape," Zheng Zhe said.

Fan Long was still unconscious, unable to respond to his words, and Zheng Zhe was merely talking to himself to vent the fear in his heart, realizing that facing Liu Tao, even his supposed immortality was unreliable, generating fear.

"Truly a freak; that kind of power, can humans really possess it?" Zheng Zhe muttered to himself.

"What power?" a voice appeared in Zheng Zhe's ears, sounding neither male nor female.

"Demon Boy!" Zheng Zhe halted, looking at the indistinguishable person emerging from the shadows, eyes filled with caution.

Demon Boy was part of an earlier batch of demon hunters, reportedly having reached level 4 by now, having achieved this by devouring the hearts of several level 3 demon hunters.

He was a very dangerous demon hunter.

Zheng Zhe glanced around, realizing he had unknowingly returned to the demon hunter gathering spot — an abandoned old factory.

Demon Boy looked at Fan Long unconscious on Zheng Zhe's back, licking his lips said, "He's already lost consciousness; rather than letting him be devoured by the demon heart, why not hand him over to me?"

Zheng Zhe, despite fearing Demon Boy, had no intent to betray his friend, replying, "No way."

There were other demon hunters present; he wasn't afraid of Demon Boy attacking him.

Demon Boy appeared somewhat disappointed, then asked, "By the way, regarding the powerful human you mentioned, what's that about?"

"He's right here, Demon Boy, you ask him yourself!" a voice echoed from the empty factory, followed by the appearance of an elderly man in a lab coat, hunchbacked, with white hair, covered in wrinkles, and a remarkably large head, speaking as he walked.

He looked up into the air where Lu Yu was; he could sense Lu Yu's presence, having devoured a rare special demon heart, granting him the ability to perceive energy.

He perceived the heat and cold emanating from Lu Yu.

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