Unfortunately, Han Long wanted to retreat, but Sun Xuan and Chu Lin did not want to let him go.

At this moment, Chu Lin was suppressing Han Long head-on, while Sun Xuan had arrived by Han Long's side.

Without a second word, he directly activated the Magic Silver Hand and slammed a palm fiercely toward Han Long's back.

Seeing this, a fierce glint instantly flashed in Han Long's eyes.

Although Han Long was cautious by nature, there was a ruthless streak deep in his bones.

Once he fell into a desperate situation, Han Long dared to risk his life.

At this moment, one of the melon-shaped copper hammers in Han Long's hand smashed fiercely toward the thick-backed saber that Chu Lin was slashing down with.

And his other hand gripped a melon-shaped copper hammer, sweeping it fiercely toward the Magic Silver Hand that Sun Xuan was slamming at his back.

"Clang, clang!"

Two explosive sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and the attacks of Sun Xuan and Chu Lin arrived at the same time, one after the other.

Amidst the humming sounds of metal clashing, Han Long only felt two immense forces surging toward him like a rolling tsunami.

He even felt that the power within Sun Xuan's palm strike was a large margin stronger than Chu Lin's thick-backed saber.

Under the pincer attack of the two huge forces, Han Long's expression changed wildly, and wisps of blood were shaken out of his mouth and nose by the immense force.

At this moment, a thought suddenly popped up in Han Long's mind: he must escape right now, otherwise, he would definitely die here.

Thinking of this, the fierce and frantic look on Han Long's face intensified, and he even let out an angry roar akin to a beast from his mouth.

He saw his internal True Qi violently urged, and then it surged toward the two copper hammers like raging billows.

Sun Xuan immediately felt that within the copper hammer pressed by his palm, a surging hidden force was striking horizontally.

Although Sun Xuan was confident he could block and neutralize this hidden force, as long as he withdrew his palm, he could dodge this fierce strength.

As a result, there was completely no need to collide head-on with this fierce hidden force.

Therefore, without another word, Sun Xuan immediately withdrew his palm.

It was the same on Chu Lin's side.

Under Han Long's fierce hidden force, Chu Lin's expression changed slightly, and then he immediately withdrew his saber.

Sun Xuan and Chu Lin took a step back almost simultaneously, and taking advantage of the gap while they retreated, Han Long directly turned tail and ran without a word.

Seeing Han Long, who had looked so desperate and fierce just a moment ago and bolted away the next second,

the expressions of the two could not help but be stunned for a moment.

"Can you run away?!"

Sun Xuan let out a soft cry, then executed the Ghost Shadow Step under his feet, immediately chasing after Han Long.

Chu Lin also brandished his thick-backed saber and quickly chased after Han Long in silence.

Having finally encountered a rebel of the Baihuo Cult at this moment, Chu Lin was unwilling to let him go no matter what.

If possible, Chu Lin even harbored the idea of capturing him alive for interrogation.

As for Sun Xuan, because he had tasted the sweetness of dropped attributes, he was unwilling at this moment to let go of this fellow who could provide him with a large amount of attribute light spheres.

Therefore, Han Long, who was running for his life, immediately encountered the most intense pursuit.

Moreover, when the two pursuers struck at him, they clearly did not use lethal force, but instead held back.

Han Long knew that this was definitely not because the other party had a soft heart and wanted to go easy on him.

After all, what kind of scum their Baihuo Cult was, both he and the people of the Town Demon Guard were extremely clear about.

There was completely no need to hold back when dealing with heinous scum like them.

Consequently, the intention of these two Town Demon Guards was very clear; they were aiming to capture him alive.

Thinking of this in his heart, Han Long did not know whether he should rejoice or feel sorrowful.

However, his guess was only half right.

Chu Lin was indeed aiming to capture him alive.

But Sun Xuan merely wanted to fight with him for a while longer and squeeze out more attribute light spheres.

"Clang, clang!"

Han Long had not run more than a few steps before Sun Xuan caught up with him again.

After hard-fighting Sun Xuan a few times, seeing that Chu Lin was about to catch up again to encircle him,

Han Long had no choice but to grit his teeth, risking two palm strikes from Sun Xuan on his body, and desperately unleashed a few hammer blows to temporarily force back Sun Xuan's figure, then fled for his life wildly once again.

After Sun Xuan's two immensely powerful Magic Silver Hand strikes landed on Han Long's body, Sun Xuan immediately reined in most of their force.

Then those two fluttering palm strikes merely left some minor injuries on Han Long's body.

Otherwise, with those two immensely powerful palm strikes from Sun Xuan, Han Long would have had to shed a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

However, if it had been like that, it would not have fit Sun Xuan's purpose of wool-pulling.

During this delayed moment, Chu Lin in the rear also caught up.

"Brother Sun, if he truly cannot be captured alive, we must absolutely not let a tiger return to the mountain.

If matters are impossible, then just finish him off."

Seeing that Han Long could still run for his life with full vigor after stubbornly withstanding two of Sun Xuan's palm strikes, Chu Lin, who had caught up,

knew that Sun Xuan must have held back, and his purpose should also be to capture Han Long alive.

But at this moment, Han Long had already escaped quite a distance.

If he were allowed to run back to his lair, and there were other experts of the Baihuo Cult in his lair,

then the one being hunted down next would change to him and Sun Xuan.

Therefore, although Chu Lin desperately wanted to capture Han Long alive and then extract some information about the Baihuo Cult from Han Long's mouth,

if he truly couldn't be subdued in time, he could only eliminate him first.

After encountering an expert like Han Long, Chu Lin instinctively felt that what happened in Wuling Town was not as simple as imagined.

One must know that in a small county town, an Eighth-Stage expert was not Chinese cabbage.

For the Baihuo Cult to casually dispatch an Eighth-Stage Middle Stage expert could only mean that the forces the Baihuo Cult had hidden in the shadows of Qinghe County were far stronger than previously thought.

Consequently, Chu Lin already had a faint decision in his heart.

After dealing with Han Long, he would immediately send someone back to the headquarters of the Town Demon Guard in Qinghe County City.

Then he would report the severity of the situation here to Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, letting Lü Qing personally preside over the matter of suppressing the Baihuo Cult here.

Otherwise, once the Baihuo Cult stirred up some major trouble, it would not end well.

Thinking this, Chu Lin gritted his teeth and chased after Han Long.

And Sun Xuan also stepped on the Ghost Shadow Step, his entire body acting like a rapidly darting phantom as he arrived behind Han Long once again, then raised his palm and slammed it fiercely toward Han Long's body.

Seeing this, although Han Long was anxious to escape back, this immensely powerful strike came crashing down.

Han Long also had to raise his hammers to counter while running for his life.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

After a dazzling array of mutual bombardments, Han Long's escaping footsteps were once again forced to stop.

Seeing Han Long escaping farther and farther away at this moment, Sun Xuan also gradually extinguished the idea of continuing to extract Han Long's attribute light spheres.

Chu Lin was right just now; if Han Long were allowed to escape back to his headquarters, it would be a counterproductive blunder.

Feeling that every single strike of Sun Xuan was immensely powerful and carried a deadly killing intent,

Han Long knew that the patience of these two Town Demon Guards had been worn out at this moment.

Seeing that the distance to the garrison's earthen dungeon headquarters was getting closer and closer, the path to survival was right before his eyes.

Yet at this moment when he was about to successfully escape and could even begin a counter-kill,

he was intercepted once again.

Moreover, this interception was different from before; these two Town Demon Guards had begun to use lethal force against him.

Looking at the increasingly critical situation before him, Han Long could not help but curse inwardly.

However, after a short while, Chu Lin also caught up again, joining in the encirclement and killing of him.

"You cannot escape. Put down your weapons and surrender now, and there is still a chance to survive.

Otherwise, this exact day next year will be your anniversary of death!"

After Chu Lin joined the siege against Han Long, his thick-backed saber was immensely powerful, hacking Han Long—who was already at a disadvantage—into coughing up blood repeatedly.

Seeing that Han Long was about to not hold on, Chu Lin, holding onto the last sliver of expectation to capture him alive, directly spoke to Han Long.

Hearing these words, Han Long could not help but sneer in his heart.

From the moment he became a rebel in the Baihuo Cult, as long as a Baihuo Cult member had been captured alive by the Town Demon Guard, he had never heard of anyone coming out alive.

After Baihuo Cult members were captured alive by the Town Demon Guard, there was only one end: dying even more miserably.

Therefore, towards Chu Lin's words urging him to surrender, Han Long scoffed at them.

However, under the fierce bombardments of Sun Xuan and Chu Lin, Han Long's injuries became heavier and heavier, and at this moment he was somewhat unable to sustain himself.

Under this circumstance, despair could not help but rise within Han Long's heart.

At this moment, Han Long's physical strength and injuries made him feel that under this intensity of attacks,

it wouldn't take the time of half an incense stick before he would either be captured alive by these two Town Demon Guards or die at their hands due to his excessive injuries and physical exhaustion.

At this moment, he no longer even had the strength to desperately escape once more.

Amidst this bout of escaping and fighting, whether it was physical strength, True Qi, or injuries, they were all nearing the limit of what Han Long could bear.

In contrast, Sun Xuan and Chu Lin were full of vigor and energy; at this moment, Sun Xuan was completely at ease when dealing with Han Long.

"If you want me to die, don't expect to have a good time either!"

Driven into a desperate situation, Han Long went completely mad.

Seeing his blood-red eyes roar angrily, he then poured all his strength and True Qi into the two copper hammers in his hands.

Following closely, the two copper hammers instantly erupted with power far exceeding before, and then smashed fiercely toward Sun Xuan and Chu Lin.

However, neither Sun Xuan nor Chu Lin were easy pushovers. Although facing Han Long's desperate final strike at this moment, the two of them still responded very steadily.

Chu Lin directly executed a Transcendent skill, and a dazzling sharp glare instantly flashed upon his thick-backed mountain-opening saber.

The entire mountain-opening saber seemed as heavy as if it had a small mountain attached to it, and then it slashed back seemingly slow yet actually fast toward the copper hammer smashed by Han Long.

As for Sun Xuan's pair of palms, all the silver color dissipated, and then they seemed to transform into a pair of jade palms.

This was precisely one of the Transcendent skills mastered by Sun Xuan, the Jade-Breaking Force.

This pair of jade palms carried an elegant and noble aura, and then gently slapped onto the incoming copper hammer.

"Clang, clang!"

Hearing two crisp humming sounds, Chu Lin's thick-backed mountain-opening saber actually split Han Long's incoming copper hammer vertically with the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down on the top.

Then, the remaining momentum unabated, it slashed vertically toward Han Long fiercely.

And Sun Xuan's seemingly fluttering palm even smashed Han Long's incoming copper hammer into scattered fragments of varying sizes.

Under the powerful might of the Jade-Breaking Force, a large amount of fragments were struck to shoot backward toward Han Long.

Han Long was first cleaved cleanly in two by Chu Lin's thick-backed mountain-opening saber.

Following closely, he was blasted into a mist of blood by pieces of copper hammer fragments of various sizes.

After Sun Xuan and Chu Lin withdrew their moves, at this moment, Han Long only had a few fragmented corpse parts left.

"Audacious, you are courting death!"

The moment Sun Xuan and Chu Lin had just resolved Han Long, a roar filled with boiling rage immediately came from afar.

Hearing this, Sun Xuan and Chu Lin immediately raised their eyes and looked in the direction whence the voice came.

With this look, they actually saw an elderly man leading dozens of people, rapidly chasing fiercely toward the direction of Sun Xuan and Chu Lin.

Sun Xuan narrowed his eyes to look at this group of people, and actually discovered that every single one of these dozens of people was a graded Martial Artist.

Although, besides the leading elderly man who was in the Eighth-Stage Late Stage, and besides two Eighth-Stage Early Stage Martial Artists among the rest, the rest were only Ninth-Stage Realm Martial Artists.

But this quantity and configuration were already comparable to nearly half the combat strength of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard.

This discovery instantly made Sun Xuan and Chu Lin lose color in great shock.

Although the two of them had thought that this place should be an important stronghold of this Baihuo Cult branch,

yet they never expected that this place was directly the lair of this Baihuo Cult branch.

Under this circumstance, going to hard-fight again would simply be courting death.

Although the strength of Sun Xuan and Chu Lin was not low, among this group of people, there were not only Martial Artists whose martial arts strength was higher than theirs, but there was also a huge quantity.

Furthermore, who among these Martial Artists held a true spirit artifact, and who mastered a Transcendent skill—Sun Xuan and Chu Lin were completely unclear about these intelligence details.

Ants can bite an elephant to death, let alone graded Martial Artists.

And the current strength of Sun Xuan and Chu Lin was not at the elephant level either.

Therefore, without another word, Sun Xuan and Chu Lin directly turned tail and ran.

Seeing Sun Xuan and Chu Lin escape, this group of people from the Baihuo Cult completely stopped pretending.

A streak of evil red light flickered across the aged skin of the leading person, and then a large number of ordinary residents of Wuling Town immediately swarmed to surround Sun Xuan and Chu Lin.

Those residents of Wuling Town who looked normal earlier were actually growing scales or beast fur all over their bodies at this moment.

Their eyes revealed blood-light one by one, the teeth in their mouths grew wildly, and sharp fangs protruded from the mouths of these Wuling Town residents.

In the span of a short moment, these residents actually all mutated into half-human, half-beast monsters.

Then, emitting wave after wave of frantic roars, they charged desperately toward Sun Xuan and Chu Lin.