78: Chapter 78 If you're brothers, let's fight!

"Screech!!!"

This sudden collision and ramming caused the Black Water Demon's plant body to issue another shrill, strange cry.

Beneath the strange screeching, murky black water violently spewed from underground where the demon plant took root, and its branches twitched wildly.

Qin Muyuan saw the Black Water Demon's reaction and focused his eyes on the attack impact he had caused.

He saw that on the demon plant's roots, his impact had merely left a palm-sized indentation, failing to even shatter the Black Water Demon's outer skin.

"Tough indeed!"

Truly worthy of being a demon. Taking a direct hit from his Dayun Impact only left a small indentation.

Moreover, this small indentation was recovering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than two seconds, it was completely restored, as if it had never been damaged at all.

Qin Muyuan realized why the world believed demons were impossible to kill with such regeneration speed.

"However... it's just a tiny bit of damage. What are you howling for? Are you really that sensitive?"

Qin Muyuan shook his head slightly as he watched the Black Water Demon go wild from pain, repeatedly lashing its branches at him.

He flicked his hand, drawing out a blood-red long saber.

Slash!

As inner force was injected into it, a blade glow interwoven with lightning and blood ignited along the saber's edge.

Qin Muyuan twisted his waist, and the sea of corpses and blood violently cleaved down onto the Black Water Demon's plant body—

Clang!

A crisp sound like clashing metal rang out.

Qin Muyuan felt a massive force transfer from the long saber into his arm, shaking his hand until it went slightly numb.

"So hard?!"

Qin Muyuan was slightly surprised.

But before he could strike a second time, a strange warm energy suddenly flowed along the long saber into his body.

This energy felt like a warm current, soothing his slightly numb arm and even replenishing his blood Qi and force.

"Hmm?"

Qin Muyuan looked down and saw a faint white mark on the Black Water Demon's plant body where his sea of corpses and blood had struck.

A few drops of extremely rich, vivid blood seeped from the white mark.

Two of these blood droplets touched the sea of corpses and blood and were instantly absorbed by it.

The blade of the long saber immediately turned intensely bright, as if gorged on blood, faintly glowing with a crimson light.

The remaining droplets flowed through the sea of corpses and blood and entered Qin Muyuan's palm.

The warm current Qin Muyuan felt was precisely the sensation brought by these blood droplets entering his palm.

"Oho?!"

In an instant, a sharp gleam flashed in Qin Muyuan's eyes, his tone filled with joy.

An expression matching the [Sun Honglei head turn] meme appeared on his face.

"There's actually such a thing?"

Qin Muyuan swung the sea of corpses and blood in a wide arc and delivered another slash at the Black Water Demon's main body.

Chirr!

A blade glow of thunder and blood-fiend energy sliced forcefully into the giant plant of the Black Water Demon's true form.

This slash felt even smoother than the previous one, with resistance greatly reduced.

Qin Muyuan knew this was the buff granted by the sea of corpses and blood's [Special Effect 1].

The sea of corpses and blood's Special Effect 1 was: after hitting an enemy, it could use the enemy's blood Qi to erode their defensive capabilities.

Earlier, Qin Muyuan's strike had scraped a bit of the Black Water Demon's outer skin, leaving a white mark.

Although the white mark healed rapidly, the blood droplets that seeped out were instantly absorbed by the sea of corpses and blood and converted into power that broke down the Black Water Demon's defensive skin.

Thus, when the second slash landed, it cut a half-centimeter wound directly into the Black Water Demon's skin.

"Screeech—!"

Suffering this hit, the Black Water Demon let out a piercing screech, completely igniting its frantic rage.

Instantly, a dense waterfall of corrosive black liquid erupted from the main plant body, blanketing the sky as it surged toward Qin Muyuan.

Simultaneously, the plant's branches waved frantically; dozens of tendrils formed of black water tore through the air, carrying terrifying whistles as they lashed violently at him like wild whips.

All the Black Water Demon puppets wandering on the periphery fell into madness, charging forward in waves with opened mouthparts, snapping viciously at Qin Muyuan's figure.

However...

Qin Muyuan ignored these attacks entirely.

In his ears, he only heard the gurgling sound of the Black Water Demon's blood oozing out!

In his eyes, there was only that half-centimeter wound on the Black Water Demon's main plant body oozing fresh blood!

"That's it! That's it! The blood needed by the sea of corpses and blood can be replenished right here!"

Qin Muyuan grinned widely, letting out an uninhibited laugh.

Before, he had been troubled over how to obtain the blood of the strong needed to unlock the sea of corpses and blood's [Special Effect 3].

Now... he had found a way to acquire the blood of the strong!

Laughing wildly, Qin Muyuan slashed out with the sea of corpses and blood, cleaving straight into the Black Water Demon's plant body.

Meanwhile, the Black Water Demon's counterattack arrived as well.

With sizzling sounds, torrents of corrosive black ink crashed down upon Qin Muyuan like a waterfall.

The plant branches lashed out with sonic boom-like whips, while demon puppets frantically pounced onto Qin Muyuan's back, tearing and biting wildly with sharp claws and teeth!

But...

All these attacks were completely blocked by the blood-red crystal armor tightly covering Qin Muyuan!

Blocking these attacks consumed a huge amount of inner force and blood Qi.

In less than half a second, the blood-red crystal armor visibly withered, its blood crystals dimming.

Yet in the next moment...

As Qin Muyuan's slash carved a bleeding wound into the Black Water Demon, and as its demonic blood was absorbed by him...

The previously dimmed blood-red crystal armor flashed bright once more, glowing with brilliant scarlet radiance!

"Yes, exactly! If you're my brother, come hack each other!"

Feeling the satisfaction emanating from the sea of corpses and blood...

Feeling the thrilling rush of his body's blood Qi draining and surging back, surging and draining in a back-and-forth cycle...

Instantly, Qin Muyuan's eyes exploded with exhilarating light as he hacked into the Black Water Demon with strike after strike after strike!

In an instant...

The sizzling sounds of corrosion...

The crack-crack-cracking of whipping branches...

The clattering scrapes of sharp claws...

And the squelching sounds of blade after blade sinking into flesh echoed continuously through the county town center, composing a delightful symphony.

Of course, this so-called "delightful symphony" was strictly for Qin Muyuan.

As for the Black Water Demon...

Sensing the gradual loss of demonic blood within its body, its shallow intellect was sounding a buzzing, blaring alarm.

"Screeech—!"

The roots of the Black Water Demon anchored into the ground shook violently.

Its meager intelligence told it that this creature before it, though looking somewhat like a member of the Human Race, had nothing to do with humans at all!

No human could possibly tank its attacks while laughing madly and furiously hacking away at it!

The creature before it was a demon.

It was definitely a terrifying archdemon that preyed on demons and devoured demon blood!

Perhaps... even a demon on the level of a Heavenly Demon!

Encountering such a great demon, even though the Black Water Demon had not yet ascended and was dull-witted...

Its demonic instincts blared at it:

The suppression of a higher demon over a lower demon was utterly irresistible!

Facing a higher demon, its only option was to flee!