43: Chapter 43: Blood Rat

On the Jiuhuan Continent, the demon race and the human race coexisted. However, as the power of the human race grew stronger, the demon race, which had always claimed to be the orthodox rulers of this world, could no longer sit still and thus brazenly launched a war.

The consequence was countless casualties, devastation of the living, and the birth of the fiend race in response to the tribulation.

They survived by devouring the life essence of other living beings. They were even more cruel and domineering than the demon race, and their cultivation speed was extremely fast.

In a mere thousand years, by the time the human and demon races reacted, the fiend race had already grown into a behemoth.

Therefore, the two races were forced to join forces and launch a surprise attack while the foundation of the fiend race was still unstable. Although this heavily battered their momentum, they themselves suffered a massive blow to their vitality, and the entire continent fell into a delicate balance.

The human, fiend, and demon races coexisted, among which the condition of the demon race was the most wretched, because the fiend race had risen from the territory of the demon race.

Until today, over a hundred thousand years later, the forces of the demon race had been completely shattered, scattered within the territories of the fiend race and the human race, barely clinging to survival.

However, there were still powerful beings within the demon race. To avoid a situation where both sides perished together and let the fiend race reap the benefits, the human race dared not exterminate them completely.

Aside from insignificant fierce beasts, most of the powerful demon beast tribes were suppressed and sealed.

The Tianxuan Sword Sect was originally a garrison squad dispatched by the Taichu Sword Court of Zhongzhou. Through countless years of development and the support of the Sword Court, it had attained its current scale.

Its main responsibilities were twofold: first, to guard the various formation eyes across the Tianxuan territory; second, to promptly suppress and kill any members of the demon race who broke free from the seals.

The nine luminaries demon-suppressing monument was the most important spiritual object of the sealing formation eyes among them.

If it were ten thousand years ago, the Hehuan Sect would never have dared to defy universal condemnation to do such a thing. However, as time progressed, opinions within the human race had also diverged.

Dominated mainly by demonic forces, they felt that keeping these demon races was completely useless and that killing them directly was the right thing to do. After all, the corpses of high-level demon races were full of treasures.

As for the mighty beings of the demon race, in the words of the demonic path, just killing them all clean would suffice.

The Tianxuan Sword Sect had originally planned to quietly deal with the demon race that escaped from the missing formation eyes. Now, with the spread of the news, they were forced to put up a grandiose posture.

One reason was to give an explanation to other righteous sects, and the second was to let their former master, the Taichu Sword Court, see the attitude of the Tianxuan Sword Sect.

At this moment, above the main peak of the Tianxuan Sword Sect, several flying boats that blotted out the sky were suspended, and amidst the rolling sea of clouds, killing intent surged like a tide.

"Set out!"

The figure suspended in front of the flying boat did not say a single redundant word, and the flying boat turned into a streak of light rushing straight into the sky.

This annihilation team was still dominated by cultivators from Doujian Peak. Each team consisted of four people, grouped as three mid-Qi Refining Stage members and one Late Qi Refining Stage captain.

They entered the Wanshou Mountain Range within the Tianxuan territory in batches to sweep through it, and their target for annihilation was the Blood Rat tribe that had escaped the seal.

"An adult Blood Rat only has mid-Qi Refining Stage cultivation, but their nature is ferocious. Once a battle starts, they are fearless of death, and they mostly appear in groups. For Qi Refining Stage cultivators, they are still extremely troublesome."

Inside a room on a spirit boat, a worried Ling Shuanghua was intensively tutoring you on knowledge about the demon race.

"In addition, the most terrifying thing about this race is their reproductive ability. If there is enough flesh and blood, they can even create a terrifyingly large army in an extremely short period of time, which is why they need to be cleaned up at the very first moment."

As a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, her task was to patrol and provide support everywhere, and she would only make a move to exterminate them when encountering a Blood Rat commander, thus she couldn't take care of you at all times.

As for the higher-tier Blood Rat royal family, naturally, the accompanying high-level cultivators would slay them.

"Okay, Senior Sister, I will pay attention."

You nodded obediently. In front of powerful cultivators, you always remembered that a wise man submits to circumstances!

Seeing this, the corners of Ling Shuanghua's mouth slightly curled up, and she couldn't help reaching out to rub your head.

Junior Sister is still the best! Those two things Grandpa took in are truly boring.

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At nightfall, the flying boat slowly stopped before an endless dense forest.

The mission for this trip had been properly assigned when accepted at the sect, and the various teams had already been organized, waiting only to land before taking action.

Therefore, after the flying boat steadied, figures impatiently rushed toward the woods, shouting along the way: Charge! Kill demons, merits, and things like that!

Your three team members were all at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, two men and one woman.

They stood behind you. Seeing that you hadn't moved for a long time, one burly man hesitated slightly and finally asked:

"Senior Sister Lin, are we not setting off immediately?"

To be honest, they were quite happy to be assigned to your group.

A captain who was breathtakingly beautiful and powerful was a welfare from any aspect.

"Let's go."

Seeing that the main force had already entered the mountain forest, you lifted your foot and chose a direction with fewer people to walk toward.

The three dared not question and hurriedly followed your footsteps.

Stepping into the dense forest for about twenty miles, your advancing footsteps suddenly stopped. Now, your divine sense range could reach about three hundred meters, exceeding ordinary peak Qi Refining Stage cultivators by more than three times.

A year ago, you entered the Qingfeng Valley secret realm again. Until you took the sixth spirit-nourishing fruit, your divine sense made no further progress.

"Senior Sister?"

The female cultivator closely following behind you wore a puzzled expression.

You didn't say a word, your figure flashed and disappeared from the spot, merging into the nearby forest shadows.

The next instant, three crimson figures violently rushed down from a shadow-shrouded tree trunk, their slender and ferocious fangs still dripping with fresh blood, yet they froze uniformly while lunging mid-air.

A wisp of cold light flashed, and three huge rat heads smashed heavily onto the ground, pitch-black blood scattering all over the place.

Faint spiritual light emanated around your body, isolating all filth.

Under the sky-filling blood mist, the moonlight outlined your cold profile. The extreme bloodlust and holiness intertwined, unexpectedly setting you off like a pure-world white lotus that had fallen into the mortal world, majestic and sacred, not allowing the slightest infringement.

This visually impactful scene left your three teammates dumbfounded in place for a moment.

"Dig out the demon cores."

Until your voice sounded did they snap out of it like waking from a dream, immediately running over quickly. Their gazes fell on the three half-man-tall crimson rat corpses on the ground, then they quietly raised their eyes to look at you, their throats moving slightly, yet not daring to make a sound for a long while.

"Dig out the demon cores."

You patiently repeated it once more.

Seeing them immediately get busy, you continued to speak:

"Here, you'd better muster twelve points of spirit. If you really encounter danger, don't expect me to save you at the very first moment."

"Yes!" x3

The three immediately tensed their bodies and obediently replied.

Are you kidding? Three mid-Qi Refining Stage Blood Rats were so easily slain with a single sword strike by this Senior Sister. With a sword strike like that, what difficulty could there be for the three teammates?

"Let's go."

You nodded with satisfaction. You didn't expect them to fight; being able to clean up the battlefield was already very good, after all, you were unwilling to be tainted with filth.

Watching the back of you turning away, the three swallowed hard, and after exchanging glances, they all saw the determination in each other's eyes.

We must hug Senior Sister Lin's thighs!