72: Chapter 72 As long as the health bar is visible—I can kill them all!

Inside the imperial palace of Huoyun City.

Accompanied by a loud rumble of "Boom", the main hall of the imperial palace suddenly collapsed amidst the tremors, and an enraged figure broke through the ruins of the main hall and flew into the sky.

Fury surged in his eyes as his gaze swept across the entire Huoyun City, his spiritual sense scanning wildly through the city like a radar.

A moment later, the figure suddenly flew to the long street in the outer district of Huoyun City.

His gaze fell upon the crater on the long street and the mass of flesh and blood within it that could no longer be called a corpse.

In this remote and desolate place, to be able to pound an enemy into such a state

meant that the perpetrator's strength had already exceeded the Realm of Martial Artists and Martial Masters, reaching the standard of an Immortal Cultivator or a Martial Cultivator.

Furthermore, after Song Chengshan refined the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi, the only ones who could pose a threat to him were inevitably Immortal Cultivators and Martial Cultivators!

In other words, the person who caused this mass of flesh and blood was highly likely the one who killed Song Chengshan and snatched away the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi.

"Moreover, this person merely performed a simple decapitation and drained the blood from Song Chengshan's corpse."

The figure quickly pulled himself out of his raging fury and calmly analyzed:

"Yet for the person before him, he directly destroyed the Physical Body, creating such a pool of blood!"

"This means... the perpetrator wanted to destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces!"

The figure felt that his direction of thought was quite correct.

If not for destroying the corpse and eliminating traces, the perpetrator would never have gone through such great pains to chop the enemy directly into minced meat resembling stuffing!

"This aura..."

Suddenly, the figure's expression changed slightly.

He sensed it; although the aura was extremely faint, he still perceived it clearly with his powerful spiritual sense!

Even though the corpse had been destroyed and wiped out, a faint aura still lingered here.

That is...

"The aura of the Echo Sound Worm!"

Instantly, some intelligence flashed through the figure's mind.

"The Hong Family? Or the Yu Family? Or perhaps... the Xuan Gu Sect?"

The figure frowned.

Whether it was the Hong Family in Daliang Country or the Yu Family in Lingzhu Market, both mastered the Echo Sound Worm.

But when all was said and done, these two Immortal Cultivator families were both talents kept and raised by the Xuan Gu Sect.

Neither the Hong Family nor the Yu Family knew the true origin of the Echo Sound Worm.

Yet that figure was extremely clear — —

The Echo Sound Worm was actually a child Gu propagated by a strange Gu of the Xuan Gu Sect.

This type of child Gu would automatically seek out Immortal Cultivator families whose traits matched it and take deep root among them for a long time.

These families mistakenly believed that they were compatible with the Echo Sound Worm, which was why the Echo Sound Worm could only be raised by members of their own Family and not by other families.

Little did they know that the reason they attracted the Echo Sound Worm was because their Family's special Physique made them extremely suitable to become talents and medicinal treasures for the Xuan Gu Sect to refine Medicinal Pills.

Therefore, they were able to be compatible with the Echo Sound Worm and cultivate it.

"If it is the Xuan Gu Sect, then this matter will be difficult to handle..."

The figure's brows furrowed tightly.

But very soon, the figure made a decision.

"Regardless of whether it is the handiwork of the Xuan Gu Sect, the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi must be taken back!"

The figure flew back up into the firmament, aimed at a northeast direction, and left at flying speed.

Both the Yu Family and the Hong Family were located within Daliang Country.

However, by comparison, the Yu Family was further away from this place, while the Hong Family was closer.

Thus, the figure decided to go annihilate the Hong Family first and give them a complete set of soul-searching package.

If the Hong Family seized the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi, that would be for the best, and he could take it back directly.

If not...

then he would turn to find the Yu Family and likewise give the Yu Family a complete set of soul-searching package.

If it was neither of these two families,

"Then there is only one possibility, the Xuan Gu Sect..."

A trace of apprehension flashed through the figure's eyes, which quickly turned into ruthlessness:

"Then I will directly slaughter my way into the Xuan Gu Sect and take back the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi!"

The Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi concerned his master's arrangement.

This strand of Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi must not be lost!

...

One day later.

Outside Qinghua County, in a dense forest.

Qin Muyuan slowly awoke from the time-acceleration state.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that Qinghua County outside the dense forest was shrouded from top to bottom by a layer of extremely ominous black dark clouds.

These dark clouds completely enveloped the entire firmament of Qinghua County.

Even though it was currently noon, it was very difficult to see any light, as if the entire Qinghua County was blanketed under the cover of night.

"Awooo awooo awooo!"

Seeing the dark curtain over the firmament of Qinghua County, Wangcai immediately emitted warning whimpers.

Hearing this, Qin Muyuan said:

"A fiend? Is this the symbol of a fiend?"

According to Wangcai's description, the black sky curtain enveloping Qinghua County was actually a "Demon Domain" deployed by a fiend.

Once the Demon Domain was formed, it possessed the characteristic that one could enter but not exit.

The ordinary people inside the Demon Domain usually had two fates:

First, losing their lives beneath the fiend's claws, having all their flesh and blood sucked dry by the fiend;

Second, hiding in a remote corner, praying that before the fiend found them, it had already eaten its fill and left.

Of course, if one had high strength, there was a third fate.

That was to find the weakness of the Demon Domain, shatter the Demon Domain through special means, and escape from within it.

However, the Demon Domain was truly incomparably sturdy, and it also possessed the characteristic of self-recovery.

The attacks of ordinary Martial Artists basically could not cause the slightest damage to the Demon Domain.

Even for Martial Masters, several Martial Masters had to join forces together to have a chance to pry open a small gap on the Demon Domain and escape from it.

"Can't we find the fiend's true body and kill it?"

"Awooo awooo... awooo!"

Hearing Wangcai's voice, Qin Muyuan quickly understood.

The so-called fiend was an extremely peculiar monster.

It was unlike humans or monsters.

Humans and monsters would die once killed.

But fiends were different.

The fiend's recovery ability was extremely strong, and ordinary attacks could hardly cause damage to it, and even attacks at the Martial Master level could only breach the fiend's defense.

This point was quite similar to the protective Spiritual Qi of Immortal Cultivators.

But the place where the fiend was even more powerful than Immortal Cultivators was that its recovery ability was very, very strong.

To what extent was it strong?

Even if its true body was found and it was directly chopped into mincemeat, this fiend could piece itself back together within the time it took to burn an incense stick.

Therefore, unless one mastered special sealing arts to completely Seal its true body,

otherwise, when facing a fiend, fleeing was almost the only choice.

But even if it was sealed, the fiend would perish on its own after a period of time.

Afterward, it would condense and be born from heaven and earth once again, reproducing the same characteristics and methods as before.

"Simply put, it's a special monster that cannot be killed by hacking, nor can it be permanently sealed."

Qin Muyuan summarized.

However,

Cannot be killed?

"Let's go, Wangcai, enter the Demon Domain."

In Qin Muyuan's eyes, a dense killing intent flashed.

To him,

whether it was a fiend, an Immortal Cultivator, a Martial Cultivator, or whatever other messy things there were,

as long as the health bar can be lit up — — everything can be killed!