29: Reverse Slaying the Great Demon

Li Jiangchen's mind seeped in, instantly refining the half-piece of Jade Pendant with extreme smoothness.

A piece of information poured into his mind from the Jade Pendant.

"Soul Control Tablet... the strength of the controlled creature is related to the user's Divine Soul strength..."

"Is it related to the user's Divine Soul strength? With this item, it's worth at least one Great Demon."

"Moreover..."

He opened his Demonic Territory, revealing a meatball-shaped soul. This was the remnant Earth Mother souls he had collected by slaying Demon Lair Leaders everywhere these past few days.

These remnant souls merged into one, forming a meatball, but they still showed no Spiritual Intelligence, and he couldn't extract any information.

But Li Jiangchen vaguely felt that this remnant Earth Mother soul might play a crucial role.

The tenth day.

The east faintly revealed the white belly of a fish (dawn), followed immediately by rolling black clouds; overwhelming Demon Fiends covered the sky.

In the center of the Demon Fiends, a gigantic dark, wriggling mass of flesh appeared, covered in constantly contracting Pores, from which countless Demon Fiends spewed forth.

Ten Great Demons stood at the head of the Demon Tide.

"The Earth Mother... the Earth Mother has arrived!"

"And ten Great Demons."

"Don't panic! Form Ranks! Relying on the Formation, we can block them outside the city, just like before."

The next moment, in the Void Realm, the gigantic dark-red wriggling mass of flesh actually split open, revealing a massive, pitch-black mouth resembling an abyss.

The massive mouth opened and closed, sucking in a vast amount of qi of heaven and earth, instantly making the qi of heaven and earth within a ten-li radius turn into a Vacuum.

Boom—

A dark-red Beam of Light suddenly shot out, striking the City Defense Formation. Instantly, the Formation shattered like an illusory bubble, and the Light Barrier that originally enveloped the city rapidly dissipated.

The crowd immediately fell into panic.

"Just one strike, and the power level absolutely exceeds a Great Demon at the Aperture Opening level." Li Jiangchen frowned.

At this moment, Ancient Spirit's voice came from his mind.

"Master, this Earth Mother... is actually a Fenghu."

"Fenghu? What kind of demon is that?" Li Jiangchen asked, confused.

"The Fenghu is similar to my Ancient Demon Clan, ranking among the Hundred Ancient Demons, but their numbers are much rarer.

It can devour all things and breed Demon Hordes for battle.

Every time it breeds a demon clan, it sheds its Outer Shell to serve as a demon Nest.

Damn it, I should have thought of this earlier, but this demon has shed far too many shells; I thought it was another type of demon.

As soon as I saw this dark-red mass of flesh today, my Legacy Memory instantly recognized it."

Ancient Spirit said, annoyed: "This demon's True Body is hidden inside that Outer Shell, and its combat strength is weak, often inferior even to the Demon Fiends it breeds.

However, by utilizing the power of the Demon Hordes and the Outer Shell, it can often unleash a strike that surpasses its Realm, which is terrifying.

To slay it, one must enter its body and find its True Body."

"Enter its body, huh..."

Li Jiangchen looked toward the abyss-like massive mouth.

If this is just the Outer Shell, this Demon Fiend's size is simply too enormous.

On the other side, after unleashing a strike that surpassed an Aperture Opening Great Demon, the Fenghu's aura weakened significantly and fell silent, but the ten Great Demons led the Demon Fiends in a rapid assault.

"Demons, prepare to die!"

The qi of heaven and earth in the Void Realm surged, forming a gigantic Palm Print, which forcibly trapped five Demon Fiends within it.

A figure flashed into the Void Realm and engaged in battle.

It was Yue Lou.

Five Great Demons remained!

"These two Great Demons are mine." Li Jiangchen controlled the ebb and flow in his palm; the pitch-black Demonic Territory, resembling Chaos Qi Flow, instantly swallowed the two Great Demons.

"I'll take one." Chen Yanran flashed into the Void Realm, her Sword Intent surging, transforming into a Prison that covered a Heart-Eating Wolf Demon.

"Heh heh, Brother Su, if you and I join forces, one Great Demon is nothing to worry about." White Gold Monk patted his round belly.

"Counter-Slaying a Great Demon with Innate cultivation—what joy." Su Jiansheng burst into laughter, and his Ruthless Sword Intent erupted all around him.

The last one was stalled by the remaining six Examinees.

Every one of them possessed Peak Xiantian Realm cultivation. They were one Major Realm below a Great Demon, but under Life-and-Death Combat, holding them off for a moment was no problem.

In an instant, the High-End Combat Power on the field was stalled one by one, but the fighting at the lower levels was often much more brutal.

"Heavy Blade Battalion, charge with me!"

The Personal Guard, who had only one arm left, rode on a Warhorse, holding a Great Saber, charging on the front line, followed by Soldiers in tattered mysterious armor.

After many days of Campaign, the mysterious armor was already shattered. Many of them had blood on their blades and missing limbs, yet their gazes were as firm as iron.

"Kill! Kill these Demon Brats."

Loose Cultivators and the Remnants of the Sects converged and charged forward.

The moment the Human Race and the Demon Tide collided, dark-red blood erupted. Like a meat grinder, the Scent of Gore permeated the air, and the ground was covered in shattered flesh and blood.

At this moment.

Inside the Demonic Territory, over one hundred thousand Demon Fiend Troops surrounded and divided the two Great Demons.

The Bloodthirsty Bull Demon wielded its Bone-white, Sharp-Teethed Giant Club. With a single swing, it smashed dozens of Ice Demons who approached its side into smithereens.

"What kind of Dao Technique is this? Suppressive Force Field, and dead demon souls..." The Bloodthirsty Bull Demon let out a heavy grunt.

The Bone Giant Club in its hand swung like the wind. For a time, not a single demon soul could approach within Ten Zhang of it.

Suddenly, a tattered Ice Demon changed its form, revealing Li Jiangchen's figure.

Just now, he had used the Spirit Fox Illusion Technique to transform into an Ice Demon and blend into the Demon Hordes, while simultaneously using Withered and Flourishing Sword Intent to conceal his aura, all for the sake of slaying a Great Demon in one strike.

Clang—

A thick Sword Qi sliced through the Void Realm.

Aperture Opening Sword Technique—Chan Meditation.

"Die."

The Xiantian True Qi inside Li Jiangchen surged into the demon slaying sword as if it were worthless.

The gray-white Sword Qi struck the bull demon's neck, but it was like chopping Raw Iron; it only cut halfway in before losing momentum.

There was no helping it; this body didn't have the blessing of the Immortal Sword Body, and the quality and quantity of True Qi were far inferior to his True Body.

Naturally, the power could not be compared.

Li Jiangchen pushed the Withered and Flourishing Sword Intent to its limit, and a profound, mysterious fluctuation covered the Sword Blade.

This was precisely the strongest state previously Inscribed by the Withered and Flourishing Sword Intent.

Even though his True Qi had become murky and his strength was fading, it reached the Peak under the blessing of the Withered and Flourishing Sword Intent.

"Break for me!"

*Pfft!*

The Sword Light slashed through, and a gigantic bull head rolled off. Demon Blood erupted from the cut surface like a fountain.

However, the Bloodthirsty Bull Demon's aura remained strong. Every drop of scattered Demon Blood dispersed like a living thing, fleeing rapidly.

"Immortal Sword Intent, suppress!"

A golden Sword Rain erupted, annihilating every drop of fleeing Demon Blood.

After a few breaths, the Bloodthirsty Bull Demon's aura was extinguished, and peace returned.

Absorbed by the Demonic Territory, a Phantom Image of the Bloodthirsty Bull Demon floated out of the Demon Corpse.

"Greetings, Master."

The Bloodthirsty Bull Demon knelt on the ground.

A look of joy appeared on Li Jiangchen's face.

The addition of one Great Demon to the Demonic Territory was a Qualitative Change.

Moreover, as the number of slain Great Demons increases, the Demonic Territory will only grow stronger, and the Amplification effect will also increase.

Suddenly, a long, narrow Tail Sting pierced the air, penetrating demon souls one after another, heading straight for Li Jiangchen's back.

Whoosh—

The figure shattered, and Li Jiangchen disappeared dozens of meters away.

"The second Great Demon, Purple Sun Poison Scorpion."

demon souls whistled and circled. Under the fluctuation of Withered and Flourishing Sword Intent, Li Jiangchen's aura instantly vanished.

At the same time, the Bloodthirsty Bull Demon hoisted its thick, Bone-white Giant Club and violently smashed it toward the Purple Sun Poison Scorpion.

After an intense fight, the Purple Sun Poison Scorpion's dark-purple Armor burst open, and its aura weakened. The Bloodthirsty Bull Demon was also pierced by the scorpion tail, and the dark-purple Venom was actually able to corrode the demon soul.

At this moment.

Clang—

The demon souls scattered, and a Heaven-Slaying Sword Qi descended from above, splitting the Purple Sun Poison Scorpion in half like a block of tofu.

The pitch-black Demonic Territory submerged it, the demon soul was captured, and a dozens-of-meters-long Phantom Image of the Purple Sun Poison Scorpion appeared among the Demon Hordes.

The second Great Demon was secured.