192: Sweeping the Yunzhou Disha Temple branch

Tianji Star was curled up on the deck, already disfigured and covered in blood, resembling a shattered, bloody figure.

Evidently, he had just endured a horrific torture, a nightmare of fractured bones and exploding flesh.

"Give me the locations of Earth Fiend Hall's Yunzhou main headquarters and its other branch halls!" Chu Jiang's voice was cold and authoritative, like an imperial decree that could not be defied.

Tianji Star cursed inwardly, "You devil, you always torture people to the brink of death before asking questions. Can't you just ask the questions first? Damn Chu Jiang, falling into his hands is truly eight lifetimes of bad luck!"

"I'll tell you right away. The main headquarters is in Anshan County of Yang Prefecture, and the five other branch halls are located in Purple Flame County, Dahe Prefecture, Annan Prefecture, Feiyun Prefecture..." Tianji Star unhesitatingly betrayed the Yunzhou Earth Fiend Hall.

Anyway, this Yunzhou Earth Fiend Hall was Tianji Star's territory, and he was only a temporary concurrent holder; strictly speaking, they weren't his direct subordinates.

Naturally, he felt no psychological burden in betraying them.

This Yunzhou Earth Fiend Hall was full of idiots, constantly fixated on experiments that would never yield results, stubbornly banging their heads against a wall.

It was simply a waste of resources.

They also didn't care about his new projects, so if they died, they died.

"Alright, you're done here!"

Just then.

Bang!

Chu Jiang kicked hard, and Tianji Star, dragging his chains, flew towards the stern of the ship again.

"Damn it!"

Tianji Star cursed, "Can't you let me rest for a bit?"

...

Time flowed on again.

Anshan County, Yang Prefecture, Moon Mountain.

A seductive woman guarded a tomb without a corpse.

"Yin Shisan, Tianji Hall Master and Earth Treasure Hall Master, along with Purple Mountain Monarch of the Purple Flame Demon Sect, with the combined power of three Peerless Grandmasters, Chu Jiang, that brat, is nearing his end!"

"Go slowly on the Yellow Springs Road; he'll be there to accompany you soon!"

Shangguan Yu'er's eyes were cold. She and Yin Protector had known each other since childhood, and their relationship was extremely close, always between friendship and love.

Now, Yin Shisan was dead.

She now hated Chu Jiang to the bone.

...

At the entrance of Moon Mountain.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Someone is sweeping through the main headquarters! Activate the hall protection array! Slay the invaders!"

Chu Jiang and his group's warship was detected before it even approached Moon Mountain.

"Leave no one alive, kill!"

Chu Jiang's words spread, and the human emperor banner flew out again, embedding itself into Moon Mountain.

"Arrogant! Attacking the Earth Fiend Hall's main headquarters, you have chosen your path to death!"

"Flying Dragon in the Sky, suppress!"

A giant Dragon flew out from the hall protection array, heading straight for the warship in the sky.

"Shatter!"

Chu Jiang's voice was mighty, and the flying giant Dragon instantly disintegrated in the air.

A pair of towering hands pressed down, and the entire hall protection array crumbled into pieces with a roar.

"Not good!"

"This guy is tough, retreat first!"

...

But the entire Moon Mountain was firmly sealed by the human emperor banner, allowing entry but no exit.

Thousands of Demon Suppression Guards, like celestial soldiers and generals, swept down like a tide from the golden path.

The battle lasted a full hour, yet it remained a stalemate.

This Yunzhou Earth Fiend Hall's main headquarters indeed had some capabilities, especially its members with Human-Demon bodies; once demonized, their combat power doubled.

Even though the human emperor banner suppressed the strength of the Earth Fiend Hall members.

These less than two hundred people in the main headquarters still fought indecisively with the thousand Demon Suppression Guards, exchanging blows.

After advancing to the Golden Core Tenth Realm, Chu Jiang's control over battles below the Transcendent Realm reached its peak; within a ten-thousand-meter radius.

Every battle between a Demon Suppression Guard and a Earth Fiend Hall demon was transparently displayed before his eyes, and he could precisely control its intensity.

He also manipulated the human emperor banner to deliver crucial strikes, slaying Human-Demons.

Reaping Lifespan.

This allowed the Demon Suppression Guards to experience life-and-death trials without losing their lives.

...

"Ah... Chu Jiang, you damned devil, I want you dead!"

With a desperate roar, an aura far exceeding that of a Peerless Grandmaster soared from the depths of the Earth Fiend Hall, rushing straight towards Chu Jiang, who stood in the Void Realm.

Peerless Grandmaster!

"It's Protector Shangguan! Protector Shangguan has broken through!"

"Damn Demon Suppression Guards, your time of death has come, hahahaha..."

Shangguan Yu'er had not appeared until now because she was taking the forbidden drug—True Demon Pill—that had just been developed yesterday. Once taken, it would lead to complete demonization.

Turning into a monster.

Destroying her Foundation.

Losing her sanity.

"Die, little brat!"

A completely non-human entity transformed into a bloody demon tens of feet tall, with a majestic aura, comparable to a Late Stage Peerless Grandmaster.

"An ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating yourself!"

Chu Jiang's eyes were as cold as ice. His broad palm pushed out horizontally, fingers joined, like a majestic Five Finger Mountain pressing down fiercely on Shangguan Yu'er.

That Five Finger Mountain was resplendent with gold and jade, radiating brilliant light, like a dazzling golden sun, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

The air instantly crackled with deafening explosions, echoing through the sky.

"No..."

Shangguan Yu'er's unwilling voice came through. Even though she had taken the forbidden drug, she couldn't shake Chu Jiang in the slightest. Why was this?

Bang!

Before the Five Finger Mountain could fully close, Shangguan Yu'er was crushed into an explosion.

Instantly, not a single bone remained.

"Protector Shangguan!"

The Earth Fiend Hall demons roared in grief. The invincible Protector Shangguan had just appeared and was instantly blasted apart.

Damn it!

However, Shangguan Yu'er's death did not diminish the Earth Fiend Hall demons' morale in the slightest; instead, it was like a blazing fire ignited, stirring up their endless killing intent and making them fight even more desperately.

There were almost no supplicants here, which formed a stark contrast with the Purple Flame Demon Sect and Golden Saber Gate.

But all of this was futile.

With Chu Jiang in command.

The scales of victory would not tip towards the Earth Fiend Hall.

Another half an hour passed.

The battle was nearing its end.

The Yunzhou Earth Fiend Hall's main headquarters was completely annihilated, and all its resources were cleared out.

Including all of Earth Fiend Hall's Human-Demon experiment data, experimental subjects, and various resources.

However.

Earth Fiend Hall's collection was truly surprising; there were only a dozen or so martial arts manuals and merely twenty to thirty weapons.

They believed that flesh and blood were the strongest weapons, and thus mostly disdained weapons or other martial arts. In contrast, the Human-Demon experiment data piled up like mountains.

One day later.

The four major branch halls in Purple Flame County, Dahe Prefecture, Annan Prefecture, and others were successively wiped out by Chu Jiang.

These branch halls had only twenty to thirty people each, with no Human-Demons below the Vajra Realm.

But there were only a few Grandmaster-level Human-Demons, making effective resistance difficult.

By the time they reached Feiyun Prefecture, it was already empty, leaving only a shell.

"What a pity!"

This Feiyun Prefecture branch hall was the first branch hall, second only to Moon Mountain in Yang Prefecture.

Chu Jiang looked at his panel.

[Realm: Golden Core Tenth Realm]

[Talent: Prodigy (First-rate)]

[Concept: Saber Intent (Fifth Revolution), Mountain Sea Concept (Fourth Revolution)]

[Golden Core Martial Art: Great Sun Bright Body (Transcendent)]

...

[demon life essence: One hundred seventy-eight thousand years]

The annihilated Earth Fiend Hall branch halls, with nearly two hundred Human-Demons, contributed a total of twenty thousand Lifespan to him, which was still less than the Lifespan given by pure demons.

He looked at the human emperor banner in his hand, which was so dark it was almost purple, on the verge of a qualitative change.

Having absorbed numerous Souls, this human emperor banner was about to advance to High Grade Demonic Treasure.

"Not bad, not bad!"

The warship transformed from the purple gold gourd turned around and reached the Heavens Pride Gathering again before nightfall.

...

"How long has it been? Commander Chu is already back?"

"The Purple Flame Demon Sect and Golden Saber Gate were destroyed so quickly, this speed is simply..."

Everyone was dumbfounded; they hadn't even pooped that fast.

However.

When they saw the dozens of figures at the stern of the warship, impaled by chains, their flesh and blood mangled as if they had been cut into a thousand pieces, it was horrifying.

Many of them were high-ranking members of the Purple Flame Demon Sect and Golden Saber Gate.

They were completely convinced.

Two sects destroyed in one day.

Is this even human?

The golden path unfolded, and thousands of Demon Suppression Guards, covered in blood, stepped onto the ground from the warship.

Blood-stained clothes.

Cold killing intent.

All confirmed that they had just been through an intense battle.

The powerhouses from various prefectures in the VIP section all rose and looked at the figure on top of the warship.

"Greetings, Commander Chu!"