My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 748 - 392: Reunion, Old Friends, Demon Arrival

"Little... Nian?"

Lin Xingshi suddenly froze in place. Unknowingly, the lion shadow around her slowly faded away. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

But at this moment, behind her, a touch of fiery red flickered in the night. It was a braid. Since leaving Li Jing ten years ago, she braided her hair every day to avoid forgetting the boy who once braided it for her.

And now, the Tree Stump Demon retrieved the stumps it had set up in the wilderness. The surroundings suddenly became much emptier. Bai Tanlang and the Year Beast Monarch were now lying limp in a deep pit.

The Year Beast Monarch squinted its eyes, looking at the giant shadow protecting it. Threads of purple-red flames drifted in the air, like enchanting flowers sweeping over the wilds, with a thick metallic scent of blood carried by the sea breeze.

The Little Nian Beast lowered its head, panting, the clear moonlight spilling over the purple-red giant lion.

Visible to the naked eye, its body size slowly shrank back to a mini length of just over a meter—its favorite form, free and unrestrained, agile in movement;

Even in battle, it preferred this form, rather than being a big, brainless brute like Yaguba.

Moments later, the Little Nian Beast raised its head towards the moonlight, exhaling a breath of relief.

Then it lowered its head, glancing at the Year Beast Monarch inside the deep pit, confirming it still had a breath left, and secretly sighed in relief.

"Glad I made it," the Little Nian Beast said, looking up and sighing, "My reputation value almost got permanently reset to zero."

"Why did you come..."

The Year Beast Monarch opened half an eye to look at it, opened its mouth, and produced a hoarse voice from its throat.

"What do you mean, why? I came to save you."

After speaking, the Little Nian Beast suddenly scratched its head with its paw, murmuring, "Why does this sound so familiar? Why is every one of my fathers useless?"

"Leave quickly... You're no match for them, leave Hai Fan Mountain... Continue with your life, wherever you like to go, just go... But don't come back."

The Year Beast Monarch weakly and hoarsely said. It stared at the Little Nian Beast, its voice sounded like fire-cracked wood, with crackling explosions accompanying each word.

"Leave my ass!" the Little Nian Beast said, "Old thing, just sit there quietly and watch me perform, save your breath."

With that, the Little Nian Beast dug the ground with its paw, throwing a patch of sand onto the Year Beast Monarch's face, "But indeed, I did arrive late, otherwise, you wouldn't have been beaten so miserably."

In fact, in Ji Minghuan's original plan, the Little Nian Beast was supposed to appear much earlier.

But he had been busy controlling Xia Pingzhou's perspective, unable to pay attention to this side at all—blame it on the immense pressure brought by Gu Qiye.

As a catastrophe-level superpower user, Gu Qiye's strength stood at the world's pinnacle, even unreachable for Gu Zhuo Case and Su Wei.

Against other opponents, it wouldn't have been worth it for Ji Minghuan to abandon other bodies and focus on one person.

Not to mention, if not careful, Xia Pingzhou might be instantly killed by this Horror Lightning Man, not to mention Ayase Origami was beside him, so he dared not be distracted, otherwise, not only would a highly potential body be scrapped on the spot, but the young lady might meet her demise.

The result was, within a single exchange, the battle here turned into such a disastrous defeat, something Ji Minghuan had not anticipated.

But upon further thought, it was inevitable; if Demons really had the capability to contend with Exorcists, they wouldn't need to be forced into hiding in the mountains from the start.

Not to mention, Lin Xingshi led the unprecedentedly strong Lake Hunting, humanity's strongest organization on the surface.

The Year Beast Monarch was already old, no longer at its prime, burdened with scars. Without the White Crow Travel Brigade's assistance, Ji Minghuan found it hard to imagine how it could lead the demons on Hai Fan Mountain against Lake Hunting.

But unfortunately... Lake Hunting had prepared for this—they specifically dispatched the Gu Family to monitor the brigade, preventing them from participating in this human-demon conflict.

And as the outcome shows, Lake Hunting's strategy worked successfully.

Ji Minghuan didn't believe that with Lin Xingshi's personality, she'd ask others to risk their lives to help her; she was proud and independent, would never open such a mouth, so this sneaky idea was likely Zhuge Hui's—though Lin Xingshi was the captain, Zhuge Hui was Lake Hunting's true mastermind.

Thus, due to various factors, for the first time, the situation slipped out of Ji Minghuan's control.

At this moment, he controlled the Little Nian Beast, slowly turning its head to look; on the wilderness outside the walls, he could see the charred body of the Cyan Snake Demon, the Rainbow Horse Demon with its head hanging, nailed to the ground;

The death of the White Goat Demon was even more miserable—its body was separated, not to mention the Divine Chicken Demon, which had vanished with not even a shadow remaining, likely crushed to bits by Zhou Jiuya.

Now, only the Dragon Cat Demon, Mad Bull Demon, and Spirit Monkey Demon were left fighting; the Rat Demon was nowhere in sight, but the Little Nian Beast's sharp hearing caught its footsteps, it was stealthily approaching this side.

"Still came too late..." the Little Nian Beast murmured softly.

While the mountain wilderness outside the wall was enveloped in deafening roars, in Lin Xingshi's eyes, the world seemed silent. The Little Nian Beast's fur rose and fell in the sea breeze, with fierce flames dancing above its head.