52: Eighth-tier demonic beast, giant skeletal serpent

The lizard Yao Beast that had just attacked him was caught in mid-air by an invisible giant hand, struggling violently.

Not far away, a youth stood in the Void Realm, his robes fluttering wildly.

"Die!"

The youth, his face full of rage, gave a fierce squeeze.

*Bang—*

The lizard Yao Beast stopped struggling, turning into a mass of mangled flesh and blood.

*Clatter.*

It scattered all over the ground.

The incredibly powerful Rank Six Yao Beast had died just like that.

The youth did not intend to stop there; instead, he targeted other powerful Yao Beasts.

With every move, a Rank Five or Rank Six Yao Beast was crushed.

"This, this, this..."

Patriarch Xu's throat was tied in knots, leaving him speechless.

This strength was far too formidable. His aura was clearly only at the Peak Integration Stage, but the power he unleashed was comparable to the Mahayana Realm!

The Upper Sect had no such figure!

Just who... was he?!

Besides him, many others were also locked in battle with the Yao Beasts.

Patriarch Xu took a look and didn't recognize a single one of them.

"They aren't from the Upper Sect?"

Patriarch Xu was dazed, having no idea where this group of people had come from.

Just as he was forcing himself to step forward and ask, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "A Rank Eight Yao Beast!"

"A Rank Eight Yao Beast actually appeared!"

"Run, quickly!"

The strength of a Rank Eight Yao Beast was comparable to the Middle Stage of the Mahayana Realm.

It was simply not something they could deal with. Countless people turned pale and fled frantically.

However... the moment the Rank Eight Yao Beast appeared, the youth moved.

His figure flashed, and he appeared before the Rank Eight Yao Beast.

His entire aura was restrained, like a precious sword held in its sheath, yet his eyes held a gaze that looked down upon the world.

It was as if he had already pronounced the death sentence for the Rank Eight Yao Beast.

*Roar—*

This Rank Eight Yao Beast was a serpentine skeleton, its body as massive as a hill, hidden within a dark brown poisonous mist.

Compared to it, the youth was so small he was almost invisible.

Seeming to feel itself being looked down upon by a human ant, it grew furious!

*Clatter—*

*Crack, crack, crack—*

The Giant Skeleton Snake was massive, but its speed was incredibly fast. As it slithered, its huge bone tail swept through the air.

Fierce winds rose, sending sand and stones flying.

A massive dark shadow smashed down toward the youth!

*Swish—*

The youth flashed to the side, barely dodging the giant tail, and struck back with a sword.

The sword's power was vast and mighty, hacking fiercely into the Giant Skeleton Snake's body.

*Bang—*

Its body was too large to dodge.

However, this surging sword power only forced the Giant Skeleton Snake back slightly, leaving a shallow sword mark on its bones.

The youth frowned slightly and slashed out several more sword lights.

*Bang, bang, bang—*

The result was the same.

The giant snake seemed completely unfazed. It circled around the youth, quickly surrounding him in a tight, impenetrable enclosure.

The circle gradually tightened, and the dark brown poisonous mist quickly submerged the youth.

Immediately following that.

The giant snake opened its cavernous mouth, and a thick, dark brown liquid, emitting a rotting stench, gushed out.

It sprayed violently toward the youth within the poisonous mist!

*Sizzle—*

The space itself hissed and sizzled as it was scorched by the highly toxic slime.

"It's over..."

Patriarch Xu's heart suddenly went cold.

Suddenly.

A faint golden light lit up in the middle of the poisonous mist.

Then came a second, a third, a fourth... countless golden lights broke through the poisonous mist, illuminating the dark sky as bright as day!

*Bang!*

It suddenly exploded!

The youth emerged slowly, completely unharmed.

"So stinky!"

"Do you want to die?! Splashing such filthy things all over me!"

The youth was enraged. He charged forward with his sword, engaging the giant snake in close-quarters combat.

The poison that could corrode anything seemed to have no effect on him at all. Before long, the youth actually sliced off a large piece of bone from the giant snake with his sword.

The giant snake hissed in pain and fury!

Its ferocity was completely triggered, and its attacks became even more violent. One moment its giant tail swept across, the next its massive mouth lunged to bite, then it tried to coil its body to crush the youth into pulp... The giant snake knew no Spells, but its Physical Body was extremely powerful.

Moreover, its entire body was covered in poison.

The youth was completely fearless as he grappled with the giant snake.

He grew more and more excited.

"This is too exaggerated!"

Patriarch Xu's mouth hung wide open.

A Peak Integration Stage cultivator was actually fighting to a draw with a Rank Eight Yao Beast comparable to the Middle Stage of the Mahayana Realm?

It was simply a fantasy!

But it was happening right before his eyes.

He had no choice but to believe it.

At this moment.

Many Yao Beasts were gradually being cleared out. The Xu Family, Zhang Family, Tang Family, Wu Family... many families of Jianghan City had survived the disaster.

One by one, dragging their severely injured bodies, they watched the fierce battle between the youth and the giant snake in the Void Realm with disbelief.

Their hearts were in their throats.

If the youth were to lose, then what awaited them... would still be death.

"He must win!"

Many people prayed silently in their hearts.

Patriarch Xu felt the same way, so nervous his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

A few surviving Family Elders gathered around Patriarch Xu.

All were covered in wounds, barely looking human.

They looked at each other and felt a deep sorrow; they were the lucky ones, as many people would never be seen again... At that moment, they saw a woman with a proud posture and hair like a waterfall.

Like a meticulously painted scroll, she was breathtakingly beautiful, as if she were not of this world.

Her eyes were like stars, and her lips like cherries.

Her skin was extremely pale.

Even with the most critical eye, no flaw could be found.

She stood there atop a pile of countless Yao Beast and human corpses, her gaze fixed on the man and the Yao Beast in the Void Realm.

Like a white lotus blooming amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

"I can't see through her..."

Patriarch Xu and the several Family Elders narrowed their eyes, completely unable to tell what Realm this woman was in.

They only knew that this woman's status must be extremely high, as the others stood quietly behind her with respectful expressions.

He led the few Family Elders and walked over with difficulty.

"...Th-thank you for saving us, Senior. May I ask which Upper Sect Senior is from? So that we may repay you in the future..."

Patriarch Xu asked with a trembling voice.

"Wending Sect."

Fairy Nansheng replied without even turning her head.

Her voice wasn't loud, but to everyone's ears, it was like a clap of thunder!

Wending Sect?

Wasn't that a Sect that killed without blinking?

Especially the Sect Master, Lin Chen, who was a bloodthirsty Devil Head!

How could... Everyone looked at each other, suspecting they had misheard.

They never expected that while the Upper Sect hadn't come to save them, the ones who did would be the Wending Sect!

"It must be fake, right?"

Many people began to harbor doubts.

Besides the Xu Family, the gathered Zhang Family, Tang Family, Wu Family... all had the same thought.

"The one up there fighting the Yao Beast is our Sect Master, Lin Chen."

A Tribulation Crossing Realm Outer Sect Elder, seeing the doubt in everyone's eyes, kindly reminded them.

Ah?

He is Lin Chen?

He is actually willing to fight for the common people of the world?

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

When the Beast Tide broke out, they had asked for help from all the major Sects in Qingzhou, and even sent distress signals to major Sects in the surrounding provinces, but they specifically hadn't asked the Wending Sect.

Yet not a single Sect had responded.

The only one who responded was—

Wending Sect.

How ironic!

Just as their faces turned red and white from shame, the situation on the battlefield changed.

The giant snake's demonic power was gradually failing, and its attacks became weak.

On the other hand, Lin Chen became more courageous as the fight went on.

Before long, the giant snake actually grew afraid. After launching a non-threatening attack, it turned and fled!

In the next moment.

Without any warning, Lin Chen appeared like a ghost before its empty eye socket.

He tapped a finger on the tip of its nose.

"Karmic Fire."

Lin Chen said softly.

A pale, almost transparent flame instantly spread across the Giant Skeleton Snake's entire body... without making any sound.

Piece by piece, the bones simply vanished into thin air... A moment later, not a trace was left.

"Ah?"

Everyone stared with wide eyes as if they had seen a ghost.

What kind of Cultivation Technique is this?