77: Slay demons

"How disgusting!"

Yu Xuzi stood atop Embracing Star, his brow furrowed as he looked down at the thousand-foot-wide blood pool. His green robe billowed in the wind, and his eyes flickered with cold killing intent.

This land had been completely contaminated by demons.

And Embracing Star's figure had also been discovered.

In an instant, the blood pool churned violently, and countless demons roared as they crawled out from within.

"Roar! Roar!"

These newborn First-Rank Demons were each several zhang tall and came in various forms.

Some resembled giant wolves but had scorpion tails and fangs as sharp as daggers; some were like giant apes but with three heads, each bearing a twisted human face; still others looked like centipedes but were covered in human hands, some even clutching broken weapons.

There were over a thousand demons around the blood pool, packed together like a black tide, their dark-red demonic aura blotting out the sun.

Those that could not fly roared excitedly at Embracing Star, their terrifying demonic voices converging into a wave of sound that made the surrounding peaks tremble.

Those capable of flight had already charged forward.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Law, descend!"

At Yu Xuzi's command, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, and silver dragons formed from countless bolts of lightning darted through the clouds, emitting a terrifying pressure.

This was exactly the thunder law he had obtained from the Nine Heavens Dao Sect in the Qingyuan Realm!

"Rumble!"

Countless silver-white lightning bolts poured down like rain.

Each bolt of lightning struck a demon with precision, blowing it to pieces. Before they could even scream, they vanished into wisps of green smoke.

Wherever the lightning passed, the air was torn apart, producing ear-piercing explosions.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred demons were turned to ash.

But the number of demons was simply too great.

Yu Xuzi's brow furrowed slightly as his right hand formed a seal: "Nine Heavens Thunder Law, Thunder Dragon!"

"Roar!"

A dragon's cry echoed from the clouds as a silver dragon, condensed from countless lightning bolts, burst through.

The thunder dragon was fifty zhang long, its body wreathed in silver-white electricity. It roared and charged into the demon horde, turning every demon in its path to ash.

With a sweep of its tail, seven or eight demons were instantly sent flying; with a wave of its claws, several more were torn to shreds.

"Roar!"

Opening its maw, it unleashed a thick bolt of lightning, slaughtering all demons within a range of dozens of zhang.

"Boom!"

However, at that moment, Yu Xuzi's gaze sharpened as he looked toward the distant ground.

Within the range of his Divine Sense, five terrifying auras approached from afar. The First-Rank Demons beside the blood pool below scrambled to get away, growling but not daring to approach.

"As expected, there are Second-Rank Great Demons guarding this place!"

Cold light flickered in Yu Xuzi's eyes.

"Awoo!"

A demon over ten zhang tall at the shoulder appeared first. It resembled a giant bear with dozens of bone spikes protruding from its back and was covered in pitch-black bone armor, roaring incessantly in anger.

Behind it, four more demonic shadows came sprinting forward.

There was a giant serpent demon with eight centipede legs, a blood eagle demon with a wingspan of over thirty zhang, and a giant scorpion demon with a twenty-zhang-long poisonous stinger.

There was even a humanoid demon that looked like a massive mountain of flesh—hideous, bloated, and covered in gore.

Three were at the Second-Rank Early Stage, and two were at the Second-Rank Middle Stage.

"So ugly!"

Yu Xuzi's brow furrowed at the sight.

With a wave of his right hand, countless streaks of golden light flew from his sleeve, transforming into dozens of Puppets upon landing.

Each of these Puppets was at least several zhang tall, with a Rank of Medium Grade First-Rank or higher. They varied in form, having been crafted by Yu Xuzi in his spare time or purchased in Thousand Mechanisms City.

The ten-zhang-tall Xuan Sha Heavenly Tiger in the center was currently the only Low Grade Second-Rank Puppet in Yu Xuzi's possession.

"Kill!!!"

At Yu Xuzi's command, the dozens of Puppets charged into the demon horde, clashing with over a thousand First-Rank Demons.

The Xuan Sha Heavenly Tiger, in particular, was invincible among the low-Rank demons, its sharp claws slicing any demon that charged at it into several pieces.

"You go too."

Yu Xuzi said softly.

Embracing Star and Soaring let out long cries, flapping their wings as they flew toward the battlefield.

Then, Yu Xuzi looked at the five approaching second-Rank demons, cold light flickering in his eyes.

"Now, it's your turn."

The giant bear demon was the first to attack.

It roared, and the several-zhang-long bone spikes on its back shot out, raining down on Yu Xuzi. Their tips glinted coldly, sharp enough to pierce through mountains.

Yu Xuzi neither dodged nor moved, his right hand forming a seal.

"hunyuan cauldron, expand!"

*Buzz!*

In the blink of an eye, the hunyuan cauldron expanded to dozens of zhang in size, blocking his front.

*Clang! Clang! Clang!*

Countless bone spikes slammed into the cauldron's body, producing deafening sounds, yet they failed to leave even a single mark. Instead, they were shattered by the impact.

"Go!"

The hunyuan cauldron crashed down, the air around it compressing and exploding as it moved.

"Boom!"

The giant bear demon roared and swung its claws to block, but it was forced back repeatedly by the massive cauldron. Each step it took cracked the ground, and the surrounding trees and boulders were pulverized, sending dust billowing into the sky.

"Bang! Bang!"

Accompanied by two loud explosions, the giant bear demon's arms suddenly burst. Its wails echoed through the clouds.

Immediately after, it was crushed into a meat patty.

"The first one!"

At the same time.

The blood eagle demon flapped its wings and dove from high in the sky, trailing a hundred-zhang-long bloody wake.

Yu Xuzi snorted coldly, his body radiating Sword Intent.

*Clang!*

A streak of purple-gold sword light soared into the sky, transforming into a giant sword dozens of zhang long.

"Slash!"

The massive purple-gold sword soared upward against the heavens.

The blood eagle demon tried to dodge in terror, but the yu king sword was too fast; it had no time to react.

As the sword light flashed, its massive body was sliced in half. Dark-black blood poured down like a waterfall, corroding large pits into the ground.

"Two!"

Without a change in expression, Yu Xuzi recalled the hunyuan cauldron and quickly formed another seal.

"Profound Spirit Dao Seal, Third Layer—Open!"

"Boom!"

Golden light radiated from his entire body as his figure rapidly expanded.

The Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence within a radius of dozens of miles suddenly surged violently.

In the blink of an eye, a thirty-zhang-tall golden giant appeared between heaven and earth.

The giant held the hunyuan cauldron in its left hand and the yu king sword in its right, looking like a Heavenly God descending.

The remaining three second-Rank demons were already feeling cowardly.

The two that had charged first were instantly killed. How could they possibly fight this?

"Die!"

Yu Xuzi roared, hurling the hunyuan cauldron in his left hand at the giant scorpion demon and slashing the yu king sword in his right hand at the flesh-mountain demon.

"Boom!!!"

The massive hunyuan cauldron slammed heavily onto the giant scorpion demon, smashing it dozens of zhang into the ground.

Cracks hundreds of zhang long spread across the ground, and billowing dust shot into the sky as the surrounding peaks trembled violently.

"Three!"

*Slash!*

The yu king sword sliced through the flesh-mountain demon. Its seemingly burly body was instantly split in two. The sword light's momentum continued, cutting into the earth and leaving a chasm hundreds of zhang long.

"Four!"

When Yu Xuzi went all out, not a single one of the five second-Rank demons was his match; they were killed one after another in an instant.

"Roar??!"

The last remaining giant serpent demon with centipede legs was terrified. Its eight massive legs frantically dug at the ground as it tried desperately to burrow beneath the surface.

"Thinking of running?"

Yu Xuzi's brow furrowed slightly. Holding the yu king sword with its tip pointing down, he let it fall from the sky with a whistle.

"Rumble!!!"

The brilliant sword light tore through the ground, plunging straight down and pinning the demon dead a hundred zhang deep into the earth!

At this point, all five second-Rank demons had been executed.

In the next instant.

Countless silver flames surged from Yu Xuzi's body, pouring down like an overturned river of stars, instantly covering the entire battlefield.

The Puppets, Embracing Star, and Soaring felt nothing, but the demons wailed within the Star Flame, soon turning to ash.

The thousand-foot blood pool churned violently, producing a hissing sound as if countless vengeful spirits were wailing in the fire, finally vanishing as green smoke.

A moment later.

The demonic aura within a radius of over ten miles was completely incinerated by the Star Flame, and the massive blood pool was also burned away, leaving only a huge, scorched crater.

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Within the Sea of the Myriad Heavens, ten thousand races were born—humans, yao, beasts, spirits... Among them, humans were the leaders of the ten thousand races, capable of ascending to immortality, becoming Buddhas, becoming gods, or even becoming devils.

However, while there are yao and devils in the universe, there was originally no such thing as a "demon." They were all created by a single person, bringing chaos to the heavens ever since!

Everyone has the right to execute them!

Every yao should kill them upon encounter!

Their name is:

"Mara Phantom Purgatory Myriad Tribulations Eternal Life Great Demon Venerable!"

—Excerpt from [General Overview of the Shanhai Great Thousand Cultivation World], Volume 9, "Enemies of Shanhai: Demon Chapter: Origins"