69: Demon Slayer Golden Spirit Disciple

“This beast’s defense is indeed formidable!”

Han Li looked at the snake demon.

The next second, a whooshing sound echoed, and a massive snake tail, breaking the air, lashed out.

“Whoosh—!”

Han Li’s figure flickered, and he swiftly dodged.

“Boom!!!”

The ground exploded, andgravel flew.

The attack missed, and seeing the destructive power of the snake tail, Han Li’s heart skipped a beat.

“Roar—!!!”

A fierce tiger roared, Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound activated instantly, its roar like thunder, and Divine Travel Eight Desolations erupted in an instant, moving him directly in front of the snake demon.

“Bang!!”

A punch landed on the snake’s head, and a violent hiss echoed throughout Eagle Sorrow Stream. A black blur flashed, and the several-zhang-long snake demon was directly blasted into the rock wall by a single punch, causing cracks to appear in the surrounding stones.

The snake demon’s defense was strong, but this extreme power attack also left the snake demon dizzy, and many scales on its head fell off.

“Hiss!!”

The Dragon Pattern Spear pierced out like lightning. Before the snake demon could react, Han Li’s spear broke through its defense and plunged into its flesh.

“Roar!!!”

A painful hiss echoed through Eagle Sorrow Stream, its sound traveling over ten li, shaking plants and dislodging snow.

“Boom!!”

Gripping the Dragon Pattern Spear, the veins on Han Li’s arms bulged. He swung it fiercely, causing the ground to shake and the deep pool’s water to surge skyward, splashing into the Void Realm.

The fallen snake demon thrashed its body wildly, and man-sized stones were directly shattered by its tail.

Blood flowed from its wound, and its hissing continued.

“Boom!”

Han Li flashed, like a flying tiger, and punched the snake’s head. Half of its head was completely smashed.

However, the snake demon’s vitality was extremely tenacious. Its body writhed wildly, attempting to escape into the pool. How could Han Li let such an opportunity slip? The Dragon Pattern Spear erupted, and a sky full of spear shadows surged out.

Although he couldn’t break the snake demon’s defense, he could block it.

A silver light flashed, and a faint electric glow condensed on Han Li’s fist. A Ben Lei Fist instantly erupted, sending the snake demon flying away from the deep pool.

The next second, he followed closely. The True Qi in his body surged, and the fierce tiger phenomenon roared again, concentrating all its strength to unleash a punch, blasting towards the snake demon.

“Boom!!”

“Boom!!”

“Boom!!”

—

Within the mountain gorge, a tremendous sound echoed, mixed with the snake demon’s hisses.

Ten li away, amidst a snow-covered forest, two figures emerged.

A man and a woman.

“Senior Brother, that sound… it seems like a demon’s roar…”

Beside him, the young woman spoke, looking into the distance.

The young man beside her had a solemn gaze. He listened carefully for a moment, then said in a deep voice, “Someone is fighting a demon.”

“Let’s go take a look.”

As soon as the young man finished speaking, his figure shot out like the wind, disappearing into the forest.

The young woman blinked, then followed closely, also disappearing into the snow.

—

“Bang!!”

A punch landed, splattering blood. One of Han Li’s fists was completely stained red with the snake demon’s blood.

Beside the deep pool, on the ground, the snake demon lay motionless, its head utterly smashed.

Only its body still twitched unconsciously.

As the last punch landed, a crimson blood Qi emerged, rapidly flowing into Han Li’s body. The demon seed suppressed the blood Qi, and Han Li let out a complete sigh of relief.

Exhaling a puff of white air, Han Li looked at the snake demon’s corpse before him.

It was as thick as a water bucket, covered in black scales, and roughly eight or nine zhang long.

“It’s a good thing it didn’t transform into a flood Dragon, otherwise, it would have been dangerous.”

Looking at the snake demon’s corpse, a thought flashed through Han Li’s mind.

If it had transformed into a flood Dragon, it would likely have been him who died.

This step was probably even more significant than a Martial Artist’s Breakthrough to the Innate stage.

It would likely only take another year or two of Cultivation for it to transform from a snake into a flood Dragon.

But even so, it took considerable effort to kill it. If it were summer, it would have been even harder to deal with. In winter, snake-type demons are still in their weak period; otherwise, he would have had to endure an even longer and harder battle to take it down.

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Han Li seemed to sense something. He abruptly turned his head and looked into the distance.

On the cliff, a man and a woman appeared in his sight.

In the cold winter, the man and woman wore only thin outer garments.

“Martial Artists!”

Han Li frowned slightly. Encountering other Martial Artists in this place was not a good thing.

And at this moment, the two on the cliff leaped into the air, a layer of white light permeating around them. The next second, they landed lightly.

The distance was only a few tens of zhang.

Han Li’s spirit instantly tensed, and the True Qi in his body circulated silently.

A man and a woman were heading towards him.

Han Li’s expression remained normal. The next second, he directly stored the snake demon’s corpse into his hundred treasure sack.

The Dragon Pattern Spear was held in his hand, maintaining a stance ready to strike at any moment.

When the man and woman were almost upon him, they stopped, and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes as they looked at the mess on the ground.

The ground was covered in broken stones, and there were many pits, all evidence of the recent battle.

“Brother, your martial arts are excellent! To be able to easily slay even a Profound Flood Serpent, may I ask your name?”

At this moment, the young man spoke, his face amiable.

Han Li frowned, looking at the two: “Who are you?”

“We are Disciples of the Golden Spirit Sect!” the young woman beside him said proudly.

“Golden Spirit Sect.”

Han Li’s eyes narrowed.

He naturally knew the name of one of Qingzhou’s three great sects.

Like the Qingyuan Sect, it was also one of Qingzhou’s hegemonic forces.

However, its main base was not in Qingyun Prefecture, but in his hometown, Ruyi County.

This was also Han Li’s first contact with Disciples from other Schools.

“Brother, your skill is extraordinary, you must not be an ordinary person, right?” the young man spoke at this moment.

“I am a Disciple of the Qingyuan Sect.”

Looking at the two, Han Li spoke.

Both of them were strong. The young man among them was even at the Tōngmài Realm Peak.

The young woman also had a Tōngmài Realm Late Stage Cultivation.

Stating the Qingyuan Sect’s name also served as a deterrent.

This was the Qingyuan Sect’s territory.

As for his name, there was no need.

It was only their first meeting.

“Qingyuan Sect…”

The young man and woman looked at him, nodding slightly.

“So, Brother, you are a Disciple of the Qingyuan Sect. No wonder you possess such strength. I actually know one or two friends from the Qingyuan Sect,” the young man said with a hearty laugh.

“I also know a few friends from the Golden Spirit Sect,” Han Li bluffed casually.

“Oh?”

“So, it seems we are quite fated, then. May I ask your name, Brother?”

The young man looked at him with a smile.

“I have other matters to attend to, so I shall take my leave now. If fate allows, I will tell you next time.”

Han Li spoke. After he finished, he put away the Dragon Pattern Spear in his hand, leaped, stepped on the protruding rocks, and directly ascended the sheer cliff, disappearing in a few flashes.

“…Senior Brother, this person is too impolite.”

Watching Han Li disappear in a flash, the young woman pouted.

“Perhaps he was afraid we would try to take his spoils of war. He was just being cautious.”

The young man looked up in the direction Han Li disappeared and said.

“Hmph, it’s just a broken snake. It’s not an Innate demon. Who would care?” the young woman said with disdain.

“…Enough. We met by chance, why dwell on such things? If he doesn’t want to tell us, so be it. Let’s go too.”

The young man spoke. The young woman nodded, and then the two leaped, ascending along the sheer cliff, and quickly left the hundred-zhang deep mountain gorge.

Stepping onto the cliff, the two quickly headed towards the vast, snow-covered mountain forest.

And not long after the two disappeared, a figure emerged from another snow-covered forest.

It was Han Li.

Looking at the direction where the two Golden Spirit Sect Disciples disappeared, Han Li watched for a moment, then vanished from his original spot… Returning to the Blackwater County inn, Han Li sat cross-legged on the bed, releasing the demon seed’s blood Qi. A powerful blood Qi surged into his body.

A thunderous sound echoed, and a powerful light of Qi and blood bloomed, a wave of heat permeating the entire room.

His blood became even thicker.

The fascia of his internal organs strengthened, and his Meridians also improved significantly, widening further and becoming even more powerful.

With a “pop,” the Meridians within his body surged again, and the fourth Meridian was opened, his aura instantly rising, and the True Qi in his Dantian became even more abundant.